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10. MEO SUO I EYRUM VIO SPILUM ENDALAUST
Sigur Ròs
Over the course of five studio al*bums, these otherworldly Icelanders have perfected the art of conjuring frosty, reverb-drenched sound*scapes. Perhaps that's what makes Meo's opener, ''Gobbledigook,'' such a straight-up stunner: The sun-warmed acoustic frolic instantly sweeps away years of arctic chill, even as subse*quent songs cleave to a more classic Sigur spookiness. It doesn't even matter that the album is sung, as al*ways, in umlaut-drenched Icelandic; it could be Esperanto and lose none of its loveliness.
9. THA CARTER III
Lil Wayne
This Lil rapper sold a whole lot of records in 2008 — and compromised almost none of his seriously out-there sensibility to get there. For every near-normal radio jam (''Got Money,'' ''Mrs. Officer''), the 26-year-old New Orleans native unleashes some dare*deviling Evel Knievel tongue boggles to remind listeners just how singular his talent is.
8. FOR EMMA, FOREVER AGO
Bon Iver
If a sad folkie sings in the woods, does it make a sound? At first, only just. But fans and critics came around to Justin Vernon's initially self-released debut, recorded in a re*mote northern Wisconsin cabin over three subzero months (the Iver name is a variation on the French phrase for ''good winter''). Sprung from a series of unfortunate events — ill*ness, a band breakup, and the end of a relationship — Emma offers up the undiluted purging of one man's broken-but-mending heart, and the songs, built on a deceptively simple framework of overdubbed vocals and acoustic guitar, are both tender and raw.
7. ORACULAR SPECTACULAR
MGMT
To the derision of indie purists — and the delight of Urban Outfitters man*agers everywhere — this New York-based duo unleashed a debut album of obscenely catchy hits, hidden under the sneaky guise of poncho-draped prog-rock and squiggly psych-boogie. Admittedly, the band's headband aesthetic can be off-putting at first, but the music is just too much freaking fun to care. Plus, after years of black-Converse conformity, a little peacocking is actually welcome, and we don't just mean the fashion: Dare to download songs like ''Electric Feel,'' ''Kids,'' ''The Youth,'' or ''Time to Pretend'' (or YouTube their atten*dant Technicolor-dreamcoat videos) and disagree.
6. VIVA LA VIDA
Coldplay
Go ahead, surrender. To the swelling strings, the sweeping piano runs, the sheer tsunami of feelings emanating from Chris Martin and his not-so-merry men. While detractors have long dismissed the band as croony Radiohead-come-latelies, this mag*isterial beauty, co-produced by Brian Eno, finally forges a singular identity. Viva is perhaps their greatest achievement yet: a sumptuous, fearlessly grand sonic experiment.
5. NEW AMERYKAH PT. ONE (4TH WORLD WAR)
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu is a loopy lady; you al*most need a passport to get where she's at musically. But from its first notes, the R&B songbird's third full-length blazes, fueled by Stax-style soul, superbad funk, and her own indefinable brand of mystic-priestess musical voodoo. And though she could sing an IKEA assembly man*ual in her smoked-honey voice and make it memorable, the album is, beneath its swirly-twirly shenani*gans, intensely focused on politics. Even as she falls off in the second half, the Amerykahn splendor of early tracks like ''The Healer'' and ''My People'' lingers—and so does the message.
4. ROBYN
Robyn
An adorable blond pixie who bleach*es her eyebrows white, worships the Wu-Tang Clan, and covers Prince's ''J--- U Off'' in a voice that sounds like a Smurf on poppers? Sweden doesn't make its pop stars quite like we do. Gone is the demure teen who hit the U.S. top 10 in the late '90s with hits like ''Show Me Love''; in her place is an autonomous, thrill*ingly eccentric dance diva capable of both wrenching techno ballads — yes, Virginia, it's possible! — and saucy, whip-smart kiss-offs.
3. SANTOGOLD
Santogold
It's too easy to compare Philadelphia-bred Santi White, a.k.a. Santogold, with Sri Lankan Brit M.I.A. Yes, they're both female artists with a bent for global beats, agit-punk, and underground hip-hop. But the debut from the thirtysomething White — who spent years toiling behind the music-industry scenes — is, song for song, more realized, and more genu*inely musical, than M.I.A.'s Kala. ''L.E.S. Artistes'' is perhaps the best downtown anthem Karen O never wrote, ''You'll Find a Way'' and ''Say Aha'' are straight-up house-party pogo, and the swoony ''Lights Out'' is destined for the basement make*out session after.
2. I AM...SASHA FIERCE
Beyoncé
Any superstar worth her spangles knows that pop music is all about capturing a Big Moment. But after a decade on the world stage, Ms. Knowles has also learned how to plant a seed and let it grow — or in this case, two seeds: the ballad-focused Beyoncé, and her dance-floor-boss-lady alter ego Sasha Fierce. Simultaneous singles ''If I Were a Boy'' and ''Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'' are undoubtedly album highlights; still, the surprise here is how consistently satisfying the rest of it is — even the less showy tracks blossom on repeated listening.
1. DEAR SCIENCE
TV on the Radio
Five years, three studio albums, and multiple EPs in, it remains nearly impossible to pin down the sound of this joyfully discursive Brooklyn quintet. But Science is, in the best sense, art — the band's swirling eddy of broken-down doo-wop, shivery post-punk, funk, and rock feels like a bridge from the past to a sonic future the rest of us just haven't caught up to yet. And even as the album's moods shift dramatically, from the überfunky ''Dancing Choose'' to the hazy, mournful ''Family Tree,'' the band's commitment to inspired storytell*ing never flags. In the end, when Tunde Adebimpe and co-vocalist Kyp Malone sing of a ''Golden Age''—''the age of mir*acles, the age of sound'' — it sounds less like wishful thinking than a promise.
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