The Observer’s Best Albums Of The Year

Having trouble discovering new music? Wondering what to buy? Or just keen to give the music industry some dollars? Here are ten of the top 50 picks from British Sunday paper The Observer:

1. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys (Amazon)

2. Savane - Ali Farka Toure (Amazon)

3. Orphans - Tom Waits (Amazon)

4. Damaged - Lambchop (Amazon)

5. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse (Amazon)

6. Modern Times - Bob Dylan (Amazon)

7. Ys - Joanna Newsom (Amazon)

8. Fishcale - Ghostface Killah (Amazon)

9. Jarvis - Jarvis Cocker - (Amazon)

10. Alright Still - Lily Allen (Amazon)

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