10. The xx: 'xx' (Young Turks) – Where so many bands fill their space with noise and layers, The xx showed that less can indeed be more. Set to a musical backdrop of trip-hop, two step and dub dual vocalists, Oliver Sim and Romy Croft open their hearts and mouths scattering broken-hearted rhymes and brittle citadels of romance. From the upbeat pop tunes of ‘Basic Space’ and ‘VCR’ to the stunning ‘Crystalised’ and ‘Shelter’, this debut album never drops below astonishing. The future is neon bright for The XX but even if they packed it all in tomorrow they have left their indelible dark, yet breathtaking mark on 2009. (David Renshaw)
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- Moderat, Memory Tapes and Vitalic?!! Great list for including those alone
- The Blueprint 3? That is one rubbish album. Shame that Jay Z hasn't made a good album for 8 years.
- Tune-Yards should have been on this list.
- Gotta be the best album list I've read so far!
- bunch of marginally talented hipster douches ruined this list.
YYY and Muse are the only ones worth buying.
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