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 Pearl JamDark Matter“Working with superproducer Andrew Watt, Pearl Jam sound reenergized on their 12th LP, 'Dark Matter.” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 A- | 83 | 2024 |
 Pearl JamGigaton“Grunge Gods return with their best album since the late ‘90s” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 77 | 2020 |
 The White StripesIcky Thump“The White Stripes' Icky Thump was released on June 15, 2007. In honor of its 10th anniversary, we've republished” | Brian Raftery Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 81 | 2017 |
 Frank OceanBlonde“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: August 20, 2016Label: Boys Don't Cry / Def JamFrank Ocean fixed “Wolves.” No, really: Kanye was onto something when he” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 85 | 2016 |
 The AvalanchesWildflower“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: July 08, 2016Label: XLSo many ways to counter the sophomore slump, and the Avalanches chose the most difficult one. It” | Brad Shoup Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2016 |
 Blink-182California | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 63 | 2016 |
 The 1975I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: February 26, 2016Label: Dirty Hit / Interscope / Polydor / VagrantThe 1975 are driving a hard bargain. The” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 75 | 2016 |
 Kanye WestThe Life of Pablo | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 75 | 2016 |
 GrimesArt Angels“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: November 06, 2015Label: 4ADFour records into Claire Boucher's career as Grimes, she decided it was time for a posse” | Colin Joyce Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 82 | 2015 |
 Lana Del ReyHoneymoon“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: September 21, 2015Label: Interscope"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," the final song and only cover on Lana Del Rey's” | Harley Brown Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2015 |
 Death GripsThe Money Store“Tyler, the Creator, having apparently missed the memo that print is dead, started up a new print magazine, Golf. In the inaugural issue, the rapper” | James Grebey Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2015 |
 Carly Rae JepsenEmotion | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 80 | 2015 |
 Tame ImpalaCurrents“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: July 17, 2015Label: InterscopeToward the end of Currents, Australian psych-rockonauts Tame Impala's impeccable third” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 82 | 2015 |
 MuseDrones“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: June 05, 2015Label: Warner Bros. / Helium-3Sometime after Muse released The 2nd Law — their nose-thumbing 2012” | Colin Joyce Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 68 | 2015 |
 BlurThe Magic Whip“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 27, 2015Label: ParlophoneSometime in the year 2023, Blur and Radiohead will release the exact same album. As” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 75 | 2015 |
 Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: March 31, 2015Label: Asthmatic KittyFollowing Sufjan Stevens' discography up to this point has been a study in” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 90 | 2015 |
 Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly“10 SPIN Rating: 10 of 10Release Date: March 17, 2015Label: Top Dawg Azealia Banks — the immensely skilled and completely without-filter rapper” | not named Read the review | 100 10/10 | 92 | 2015 |
 MadonnaRebel Heart“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: March 10, 2015Label: InterscopeAs the woman who reinvented and ultimately defined what pop stardom means, Madonna” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 66 | 2015 |
 DrakeIf You’re Reading This It’s Too Late“In a week that was already hardly lacking in hip-hop excitement, Drake had to go and drop a surprise mixtape last night. It may take us the full All-Star” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2015 |
 Bob DylanShadows in the Night“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: February 04, 2015Label: Columbia"I left all my dreams and hopes," Bob Dylan, longing to be a carol singer, once sang in” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 85 | 2015 |
 BjörkVulnicura“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: January 23, 2015Label: One Little IndianWe long ago decided to just let Björk be Björk. This woman has already given us” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 83 | 2015 |
 Marilyn MansonThe Pale Emperor“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: January 20, 2015Label: Hell etcIf Marilyn Manson is indeed the Pale Emperor, what — or who, rather — constitutes his” | James Greene Jr Read the review | 50 5/10 | 68 | 2015 |
 Joey Bada$$B4.Da.$$“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: January 20, 2015Label: Cinematic Music Group/Pro EraThough Joey Bada$$ has turned icy in the past when critics compare” | Rebecca Haithcoat Read the review | 50 5/10 | 71 | 2015 |
 Nicki MinajThe Pinkprint“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: December 16, 2014Label: Cash MoneyEarlier this fall, Nicki Minaj announced that she'd need to push back the release” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2014 |
 Charli XCXSucker“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: December 16, 2014Label: Asylum/Atlantic/Neon GoldThis year was a good one to be Charli XCX, but what no one ever” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2014 |
 U2Songs of Innocence“As one media outlet or another undoubtedly has yelled at you by now, on Tuesday U2 and Apple confirmed that 2014 will go down as a year of more innovation” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 65 | 2014 |
 MastodonOnce More ‘Round the Sun“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 24, 2014Label: RepriseAlbum after album, Mastodon set the pace for modern heavy metal. They took pole position” | Jonathan Zwickel Read the review | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2014 |
 Lana Del ReyUltraviolence“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 17, 2014Label: InterscopeSorry Mariah, but Me. I Am Lana…The Elusive Chanteuse is a title more fit for a” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 75 | 2014 |
 Jack WhiteLazaretto“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: June 10, 2014Label: Third ManSo Jack White's an asshole. So what — as long as the music's good? The man” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 79 | 2014 |
 ColdplayGhost Stories“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: May 20, 2014Label: ParlophoneTo Chris Martin, there's nothing more terrifying than a broken heart. While love makes him” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 61 | 2014 |
 Lily AllenSheezus“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: May 06, 2014Label: Warner BrothersOh, Lily. You so had us when we first saw you eating chocolate in bed and slipping” | not named Read the review | 50 5/10 | 63 | 2014 |
 SkrillexRecess“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 18, 2014Label: OWSLA/Big Beat/Atlantic"Dance like it hurts to stand still," sings Chance the Rapper on "Coast Is” | Philip Sherburne Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 64 | 2014 |
 MadlibPiñata“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 18, 2014Label: Madlib InvazionPiñata, the full-length collaboration between 21st-century gangster rapper Freddie” | Mosi Reeves Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 79 | 2014 |
 Kylie MinogueKiss Me Once“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 18, 2014Label: ParlophoneKylie Minogue albums work best as blank canvases, the versatile singer herself smattered” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 66 | 2014 |
 Schoolboy QOxymoron“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: February 25, 2014Label: Interscope / Top DawgScHoolboy Q, the most unambitious and conventional member of Southern” | Brandon Soderberg Read the review | 70 7/10 | 71 | 2014 |
 Bruce SpringsteenHigh Hopes“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: January 14, 2014Label: ColumbiaThe magic trick that still powers Bruce Springsteen's epochal career is his ability to” | not named Read the review | 50 5/10 | 69 | 2014 |
 Donald GloverBecause the Internet“2SPIN Rating: 2 of 10Release Date: December 10, 2013Label: GlassnoteHere we have a punch line without a premise. Childish Gambino is the rap alias of the” | Phillip Mlynar Read the review via Wikipedia | 20 2/10 | 61 | 2013 |
 M.I.A.Matangi“SPIN's new Cute Reviews section shrinks our finest album reviews to snappy soundbytes and tosses in video of a few adorable kittens because, well, why” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2013 |
 Lady GagaArtpop“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: November 12, 2013Label: InterscopeAs the culmination of a seemingly endless promotional cycle that involved onstage” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 62 | 2013 |
 Pearl JamLightning Bolt“6 SPIN Rating: 6 of 10 Release Date: October 15, 2013 Label: Monkeywrench/Republic It is silly and reductive to think this way, but still: Pearl Jam's” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 72 | 2013 |
 Miley CyrusBangerz“4 SPIN Rating: 4 of 10 Release Date: October 04, 2013 Label: RCA What is there to "review" when it comes to a Miley Cyrus album? Her singing, affected and” | not named Read the review | 40 4/10 | 64 | 2013 |
 Arcade FireReflektor“The experience of the advance "listening session" is an unnatural way to hear an album, especially for the first time: You've got one chance to conjure” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2013 |
 LordePure Heroine“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: October 01, 2013Label: UniversalPop music is a young person's game, which is why one of the greatest compliments that” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 74 | 2013 |
 ChvrchesThe Bones of What You Believe“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: September 24, 2013Label: GlassnoteAt first listen, Scotland's CHVRCHES could easily fool you into believing that” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 77 | 2013 |
 Kings of LeonMechanical Bull“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: September 24, 2013Label: RCAThe strangest thing about Kings of Leon's first album since a three-year hiatus is how much” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 71 | 2013 |
 The WeekndKiss Land“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: September 10, 2013Label: UniversalWhen the Weeknd debuted with the mysterious March 2011 mixtape House of Balloons,” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 58 | 2013 |
 Nine Inch NailsHesitation Marks“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: September 03, 2013Label: ColumbiaAs a record from the gear-grinding, bloodletting, mud-sweat-and-tears, industrial” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 78 | 2013 |
 Franz FerdinandRight Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: August 27, 2013Label: DominoFranz Ferdinand broke with Britpop the same way the Strokes declared war against mook rock.” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2013 |
 Earl SweatshirtDoris | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 81 | 2013 |
 Jay-ZMagna Carta Holy Grail“At 12:01 a.m. on the Fourth of July, Samsung Galaxy owners nationwide honored America by furtively attempting to download the new Jay-Z album, Magna Carta” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 60 | 2013 |
 Sigur RósKveikur“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 20, 2013Label: XLHow does one update beatific art-rock weirdness now so culturally engrained that it longer seems” | Barry Walters Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2013 |
 J. ColeBorn Sinner“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: June 18, 2013Label: Roc NationBorn Sinner is derailed by its penultimate track. "Let Nas Down" finds the North” | Phillip Mlynar Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 68 | 2013 |
 Kanye WestYeezus“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 18, 2013Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def JamJust to make thangs interesting, let's start this off in the gooey middle” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 87 | 2013 |
 Queens of the Stone Age…Like Clockwork“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 04, 2013Label: MatadorHere are two things to get out of the way regarding Queens of the Stone Age's sixth record,” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 82 | 2013 |
 Daft PunkRandom Access Memories“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: May 21, 2013Label: ColumbiaSo the album opens like an overture to a Siegfried & Roy revue: smoke machines and” | Garrett Kamps Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 84 | 2013 |
 Vampire WeekendModern Vampires of the City“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: May 14, 2013Label: XLHalfway through Vampire Weekend's third album, on a hushed, mysterious song called "Hannah Hunt,” | Mike Powell Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 85 | 2013 |
 GhostInfestissumam“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 15, 2013Label: Rise Above/Metal BladePlus: Ghost's Infestissumam and Purson's The Circle and the Blue DoorIn the” | Kory Grow Read the review | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2013 |
 Charli XCXTrue Romance“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: April 16, 2013Label: AsylumThe biggest (and accidentally self-perpetuated) misconception about Charli XCX is that she's” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 66 | 2013 |
 The StrokesComedown Machine“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: March 26, 2013Label: RCANobody much asks what the Strokes will do next anymore. ("No search results found for 'What” | Keith Harris Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 68 | 2013 |
 Justin TimberlakeThe 20/20 Experience“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: March 19, 2013Label: RCAIf we're to take The 20/20 Experience's title literally, then one lens best snaps into focus” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 69 | 2013 |
 Atoms for PeaceAmok“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: February 26, 2013Label: XLLet us begin with praise for the man known to the government as Michael Peter Balzary, but to” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 75 | 2013 |
 Chief KeefFinally Rich“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: December 18, 2012Label: InterscopeChief Keef did something in 2012 that plenty of people didn't expect: He persevered.” | Jordan Sargent Read the review | 80 8/10 | 60 | 2012 |
 T.I.Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: December 18, 2012Label: Grand Hustle/AtlanticThe dilemma is "street cred" or "Hollywood." These aren't my words. They” | Jeff Weiss Read the review | 70 7/10 | 63 | 2012 |
 Wiz KhalifaO.N.I.F.C.“3SPIN Rating: 3 of 10Release Date: December 04, 2012Label: Rostrum/AtlanticJust because something embodies the laid-back vibes of "weed rap" doesn't mean” | Dan Weiss Read the review | 30 3/10 | 57 | 2012 |
 DeftonesKoi No Yokan“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: November 13, 2012Label: RepriseThe respect denied so many '90s rock perennials persists for Deftones for two reasons.” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 84 | 2012 |
 AerosmithMusic from Another Dimension!“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: November 06, 2012Label: ColumbiaThe run-up to Aerosmith's 15th studio album has involved a lot of rib-nudging and” | Maura Johnston Read the review | 60 6/10 | 51 | 2012 |
 Neil Young and Crazy HorsePsychedelic Pill | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 76 | 2012 |
 Tame ImpalaLonerism“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: October 09, 2012Label: Modular"Why won't they talk to me?" squeaks a small but emphatically overdubbed voice midway” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 87 | 2012 |
 Mumford & SonsBabel“4SPIN Rating: 4 of 10Release Date: September 25, 2012Label: Gentlemen of the Road/GlassnoteThe first album Marcus Mumford ever paid attention to, he has” | Chuck Eddy Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 63 | 2012 |
 Bob DylanTempest“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: September 11, 2012Label: ColumbiaLet's put things in perspective. The title track to Bob Dylan's 35th (or so) album is” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 84 | 2012 |
 2 ChainzBased on a T.R.U. Story“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: August 14, 2012Label: Def JamOnce upon a time, before 2 Chainz was 2 Chainz — back when he was barely Tity” | Nick Murray Read the review | 60 6/10 | 50 | 2012 |
 Rick RossGod Forgives, I Don’t“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: July 31, 2012Label: Def JamOn the cover of God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross poses in a church, wearing a tangle of gold” | Zach Baron Read the review | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2012 |
 Frank OceanChannel Orange“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: July 17, 2012Label: Def JamIf you are one of the thousands of Americans wondering why the R&B singer Frank Ocean is” | Mike Powell Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 89 | 2012 |
 Linkin ParkLiving Things“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: June 26, 2012Label: Warner Bros./WEA"We're building it up to break it back down," Chester Bennington sings on the lead” | Mikael Wood Read the review | 60 6/10 | 64 | 2012 |
 RushClockwork Angels“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: June 12, 2012Label: RoadrunnerA steampunk narrative is what's new on studio LP 19; and for the 19th straight time, muso” | David Marchese Read the review | 70 7/10 | 80 | 2012 |
 Sigur RósValtari“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: May 29, 2012Label: XLPost-rock heroes return with another LP of uncanny beauty, a throbbing glob of pop with no” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 76 | 2012 |
 KeaneStrangeland“3SPIN Rating: 3 of 10Release Date: May 07, 2012Label: Island/InterscopeKeane are one of those groups based entirely on a single riff from a better song in” | not named Read the review | 30 3/10 | 54 | 2012 |
 Carrie UnderwoodBlown Away“4SPIN Rating: 4 of 10Release Date: May 01, 2012Label: 19/Arista NashvilleMeet the huffing and puffing Shania Benatar.” | not named Read the review | 40 4/10 | 57 | 2012 |
 Cattle DecapitationMonolith of Inhumanity“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: May 08, 2012Label: Metal BladeBlackened death/grind vegans feast on manmade atrocities, incur existential MRSA.” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2012 |
 Norah JonesLittle Broken Hearts“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: May 01, 2012Label: Blue Note/EMIThe lesson to glean from …Little Broken Hearts — what may well endure as the” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2012 |
 FuturePluto“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 17, 2012Label: A1/Free Bandz/EpicAt first, hip-hop was an exercise in musical distillation. It freed words and” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 67 | 2012 |
 Jack WhiteBlunderbuss“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 23, 2012Label: ColumbiaThe first time I saw the White Stripes, in 1999, everyone walked out with one question” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 83 | 2012 |
 The Mars VoltaNoctourniquet“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 27, 2012Label: Warner Bros. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of the Mars Volta has spoken recently with atypical clarity about” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2012 |
 Nicki MinajPink Friday: Roman Reloaded“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 03, 2012Label: Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic"This is for the hood / This is for the kids," offers” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 61 | 2012 |
 Cannibal CorpseTorture“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: March 13, 2012Label: Metal BladeProverbial showers not growers, the death vets continue winning/killing streak of their” | Kory Grow Read the review | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2012 |
 MadonnaMDNA“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 26, 2012Label: InterscopeOne pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small. And the pill Madonna wants you” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 65 | 2012 |
 Bruce SpringsteenWrecking Ball“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 06, 2012Label: ColumbiaBruce Springsteen has come unstuck in time. At 32, he released Nebraska, a stark acoustic” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 74 | 2012 |
 Napalm DeathUtilitarian“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: February 28, 2012Label: Century MediaDeath-metal firebrands still blaze, thanks to Viking chants, Zornographic sax” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2012 |
 GrimesVisions“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: February 21, 2012Label: 4ADClaire Boucher has called her music "post-Internet," but perhaps a more specific view of” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 80 | 2012 |
 Paul McCartneyKisses on the Bottom“3SPIN Rating: 3 of 10Release Date: February 07, 2012Label: Hear MusicWho the fuck is Paul McCartney?" That was the gist, more or less, of a series of” | not named Read the review | 30 3/10 | 60 | 2012 |
 Leonard CohenOld Ideas“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: January 31, 2012Label: ColumbiaMy grandma's friend Willy told me the funniest and most honest thing I've ever heard an” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 81 | 2012 |
 The WeekndEchoes of Silence“Neither as relentlessly hooky as March's House of Balloons nor as noisy and hatefuck-filled as August's Thursday, the third 2011 mixtape from” | Brandon Soderberg Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 77 | 2011 |
 The Black KeysEl Camino“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: December 06, 2011Label: NonesuchThe same thing keeps happening when I listen to the new Black Keys album. I press play” | David Marchese Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 82 | 2011 |
 Kate Bush50 Words for Snow“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: November 21, 2011Label: Anti-Thirty years into her career, Kate Bush's sensual world is still enrapturing disciples” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 85 | 2011 |
 YelawolfRadioactive“His "mullet mohawk"may not resemble close-cropped, bleached-blonde 'do of label boss Eminem, but Alabama rapper Yelawolf treads familiar territory on his” | Phillip Mlynar Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 62 | 2011 |
 Florence + the MachineCeremonials | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2011 |
 MetallicaLulu“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: November 01, 2011Label: Warner Bros. Though it seems an unlikely collaboration, both artists involved here share the” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 48 | 2011 |
 BjörkBiophilia“Björk's eighth studio solo album is at once her most and least Björk-y. On one hand, this intersection of science, music, technology, and” | Rich Juzwiak Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 78 | 2011 |
 J. ColeCole World: The Sideline Story“J. Cole waits until the sixth song on his official full-length debut to invoke the name of Jay-Z, the man who hand-picked the Fayetteville, North” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 73 | 2011 |
 Red Hot Chili PeppersI’m with You“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: August 30, 2011Label: Warner Bros. Given Red Hot Chili Peppers' congenital inability to hold on to a guitarist, you'd” | Mikael Wood Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 68 | 2011 |
 David GuettaNothing but the Beat | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 63 | 2011 |
 Lil WayneTha Carter IV“Some great artists burst in and burn out. Rappers, especially, struggle to sustain relevance, let alone greatness. What happened this year with Watch the” | Sean Fennessey Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 58 | 2011 |
 Limp BizkitGold Cobra“4SPIN Rating: 4 of 10Release Date: June 28, 2011Label: InterscopeOh my god, they're back again. Rap-rock's original boy band haven't made an album” | Mikael Wood Read the review | 40 4/10 | 52 | 2011 |
 Arctic MonkeysSuck It and See“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 07, 2011Label: DominoFive years ago, the only people who seemed impervious to Monkeymania were Arctic Monkeys” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2011 |
 Lady GagaBorn This Way“Life is a highway, and Lady Gaga wants to ride it on a unicorn with Jesus strapped to her back all night long. Born This Way is a literal road…” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2011 |
 Beastie BoysHot Sauce Committee Part Two“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: May 03, 2011Label: CapitolWhen the Beastie Boys reissued most of their back catalog in 2009, the sonic upgrade added” | Barry Walters Read the review | 60 6/10 | 79 | 2011 |
 Foo FightersWasting Light“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: April 12, 2011Label: Roswell/ RCAFirst Dave Grohl learned to fly. Then, in "Times Like These," he learned to love and” | not named Read the review | 90 9/10 | 79 | 2011 |
 Snoop DoggDoggumentary“He's a mess of contradictions: a father, a youth football coach, a strip-club patron, and an ex-gangsta bold enough to rhyme "bikinis" with "no weenies” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 57 | 2011 |
 Britney SpearsFemme Fatale“Britney Spears' seventh album starts with the Ke$ha-cowritten disco banger "Till the World Ends," her first truly synapse-sizzling single since "Toxic.” | Caryn Ganz Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 65 | 2011 |
 Wiz KhalifaRolling Papers“Black and Yellow" turned Wiz into a bona fide star, but this twerpy stoner's first album since that megahit embraces the doggedly one-note approach of” | Brandon Soderberg Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 57 | 2011 |
 R.E.M.Collapse into Now“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: March 08, 2011Label: Warner Bros. The definitely-call-it-a-comeback Accelerate was the sound of R.E.M. gloriously” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2011 |
 Avril LavigneGoodbye Lullaby“You know you're in trouble when Avril Lavigne starts sharing song titles with R.E.M. and Pink Floyd. Yet if "Everybody Hurts" and "Wish You Were Here” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 54 | 2011 |
 Lupe FiascoLasers“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: March 08, 2011Label: 1st & 15th/AtlanticLupe Fiasco's oft-delayed, way too overthought third album fuses the seething,” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 53 | 2011 |
 Beady EyeDifferent Gear, Still Speeding“On their first two albums, Oasis aimed to conquer the world. Then, having done that, the Manchester quintet began to believe their own headlines. Now” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 65 | 2011 |
 RadioheadThe King of Limbs | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 79 | 2011 |
 PJ HarveyLet England Shake“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: February 15, 2011Label: VagrantPJ Harvey is beloved for a cornucopia of reasons — her ferocity, her frankness, that” | not named Read the review | 90 9/10 | 91 | 2011 |
 My Chemical RomanceDanger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: November 22, 2010Label: RepriseFour years after The Black Parade solidified their place as America's goth-friendliest” | Mikael Wood Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 73 | 2010 |
 Kid CudiMan on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: November 09, 2010Label: G.O.O.D./Universal MotownKid Cudi is one fucked-up dude. This is not Web-lurking speculation.” | Charles Aaron Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 73 | 2010 |
 Kings of LeonCome Around Sundown“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: October 15, 2010Label: RCALast year, the lovably corny "Use Somebody" turned these Southern-rock road dogs into” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 63 | 2010 |
 WeezerHurley“Such is the predictable cycle of pre-release Weezer buzz that Rivers Cuomo fans must've been skeptical upon hearing that, on the new Hurley, their hero” | David Marchese Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 68 | 2010 |
 Katy PerryTeenage Dream“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: August 24, 2010Label: CapitolWhen Katy Perry revealed the title of her sophomore album earlier this year, the members” | not named Read the review | 60 6/10 | 60 | 2010 |
 Rick RossTeflon Don“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: July 20, 2010Label: Def JamRick Ross has been generous with descriptions of material rewards ("Hustlin'"), but stingy” | Ben Detrick Read the review | 80 8/10 | 72 | 2010 |
 Kylie MinogueAphrodite“Finally even the suits realize that no one wants ersatz hip-hop or Americanized AOR from Australia's ultimate pop tart. Club crossover boffins Stuart” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 73 | 2010 |
 EminemRecovery“Like all great orators — stand-up comedians, politicians, preachers, wrestlers, etc. — rappers are at their best when they're grounded in a unique point” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 69 | 2010 |
 Big BoiSir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: July 05, 2010Label: Def JamFor years, André "3000" Benjamin has been valorized as OutKast's engine, its creative” | Sean Fennessey Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 85 | 2010 |
 3OH!3Streets of Gold“As anyone who's ever worked retail will attest, some people are so unfathomably thickheaded you suspect that they're stealth sociopathic geniuses. 3OH!3” | Stacey Anderson Read the review via Wikipedia | 20 2/10 | 43 | 2010 |
 Christina AguileraBionic“A grab bag of producers give X-tina a Cosmo-gone-cosmic retrofuture makeover, constructing a club-hopping cyborg character equal parts Space Fergie, Space” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 56 | 2010 |
 NasDistant Relatives“After a 2005 collaboration on the pensive, pleasant "Road to Zion," from Marley's Welcome to Jamrock album, Bob's youngest son and Nas concoct an entire” | J Gabriel Boylan Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 75 | 2010 |
 FoalsTotal Life Forever“Most British bands get better as they get catchier. Not Foals. This quintet's strong suit is flailing like ten arms on a single synchronized body. The” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 75 | 2010 |
 Flying LotusCosmogramma“Widely acknowledged as an avant-beat auteur, Flying Lotus is a hybridist at heart. More than his contemporaries (Nosaj Thing, Daedelus), he understands” | Mosi Reeves Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 85 | 2010 |
 DeftonesDiamond Eyes“These nü-metal holdouts' best album, 2000's White Pony, gets pegged as their most experimental, but that's wrong: 2003's self-titled follow-up was” | Spencer Kornhaber Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2010 |
 Lil WayneRebirth“It's perhaps the greatest musical tantrum of 2010. Over a nagging synthesizer maelstrom, Lil Wayne bellows like a man facing down a wind machine on a” | Charles Aaron Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 41 | 2010 |
 MGMTCongratulations“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 13, 2010Label: ColumbiaThe closing and title track of MGMT's second album could be a career coda — a tender” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 69 | 2010 |
 GorillazPlastic Beach“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: January 22, 2016Label: VirginDamon Albarn claims the concept for the third Gorillaz album came to him while watching” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 84 | 2010 |
 Peter GabrielScratch My Back“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 02, 2010Label: Virgin U.K.Even in the early days of Genesis, this art-rock pioneer possessed the voice of a sage.” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 62 | 2010 |
 Massive AttackHeligoland“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: February 09, 2010Label: VirginWith one tune called "Girl I Love You" and another on which Damon Albarn wonders, "Do you” | not named Read the review | 70 7/10 | 67 | 2010 |
 Vampire WeekendContra“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: January 11, 2010Label: XLThey make Pavement seem like poor folks. They make Steely Dan sound like simps. Sharpen up” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2010 |
 Alicia KeysThe Element of Freedom“Alicia Keys' 2007 smash "No One" launched this once-precocious R&B singer to U2-level save-the-world-with-song status. So you can't really blame her” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 63 | 2009 |
 Snoop DoggMalice n Wonderland“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: December 08, 2009Label: EMIThese days, Snoop Dogg is as much a multiplatform brand as a rapper, so it's no surprise” | not named Read the review | 50 5/10 | 66 | 2009 |
 30 Seconds to MarsThis Is War“There's a stunning scene from the storied teen-TV tour de force My So-Called Life in which earnest waif-heroine Angela Chase (Claire Danes), dyslexic” | Charles Aaron Read the review via Wikipedia | 30 3/10 | 70 | 2009 |
 Adam LambertFor Your Entertainment“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: November 23, 2009Label: 19 Recordings/RCAThe success of former American Idol contestants is measured not only by who” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 74 | 2009 |
 WeezerRaditude“After listening to Weezer's seventh release, you may want to describe frontman Rivers Cuomo with one word: demented. The bespectacled, Harvard-groomed” | Spencer Kornhaber Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 59 | 2009 |
 Robbie WilliamsReality Killed the Video Star“Robbie Williams insists in "Bodies" that "All we've ever wanted is to look good naked," which is a very Robbie Williams thing to insist. Truth be told,” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 63 | 2009 |
 RakimThe Seventh Seal“It's appropriate for the man most consider the best rapper ever to open his first album in a decade with "How to Emcee." And it's no surprise that Rakim” | Mosi Reeves Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 2.5/5 | 61 | 2009 |
 Pearl JamBackspacer“Conventional wisdom marks 2006's Pearl Jam as the grunge outfit's reignition point after years without a spark. If that's true, then the first three songs” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 76 | 2009 |
 MikaThe Boy Who Knew Too Much“Self-absorbed and awkwardly exhibitionistic, Mika would be the Brüno of platinum piano pop if he didn't ground his giddiness with old-fashioned chops.” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 70 | 2009 |
 The Mars VoltaOctahedron“Unless you're the kind of prog-rock nut who plans to buy I Love You, Man on DVD just to relive the scene at the Rush concert, you're probably suffering” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2009 |
 RancidLet the Dominoes Fall“We're still around," Tim Armstrong growls over Lars Frederiksen's peppy guitar blitz as these lovable mosh-pit lifers kick off album number seven. The” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 68 | 2009 |
 Black Eyed PeasThe E.N.D“With will.i.am and Fergie now White House VIPs, the Peas hone their post-millennial party anthems to an even more piquantly peppy sheen. On the single "I” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 57 | 2009 |
 KasabianWest Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum“Teaming up with Gorillaz producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura to hammer out their third album, these glammy Brit yobs try to revise the churning,” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 2.5/5 | 60 | 2009 |
 Depeche ModeSounds of the Universe“This is Depeche Mode's 12th studio album, but it's only the second they've released since the dance-rock style they helped invent caught fire among” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 70 | 2009 |
 MastodonCrack the Skye“Mastodon may be heavy, but they're sure as hell not dull. Leviathan, from 2004, was a bruising explication of Moby Dick. Two years later, the band” | David Marchese Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 81 | 2009 |
 The ProdigyInvaders Must Die“When the Prodigy appeared on SPIN's September 1997 cover, the U.K. group's third album, The Fat of the Land, had been tagged as electronica's de facto” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 63 | 2009 |
 MorrisseyYears of Refusal“Pop music doesn't allow for many third bites at the apple, but here's Stephen Patrick Morrissey chomping away. It's the Dr. Dre career path: Both led” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 70 | 2009 |
 Animal CollectiveMerriweather Post Pavilion“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: January 26, 2016Label: DominoA waterlogged sample of a voice croaking, "You can dance" opens Animal Collective's ninth” | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 89 | 2008 |
 Franz FerdinandTonight: Franz Ferdinand“How did Scottish people ever have sex before the existence of Franz Ferdinand? No offense to the Highlands' cozy twee-pop lineage, but until this Glasgow” | Brian Raftery Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2008 |
 DidoSafe Trip Home“This is all Eminem's fault. He took a meek British singer conversant in Sarah McLachlan's lilting atmospherics, sampled her misty purr on "Stan" (the one” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 69 | 2008 |
 PinkFunhouse“It's no surprise that the recent divorce of America's most soul-baring mainstream singer would yield an emotionally in-your-face radio single. She loudly” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 68 | 2008 |
 Snow PatrolA Hundred Million Suns“In a climate noisy with hip-hop, shiny R&B, bashful indie, and rockers who exploit grunge's worst traits, Snow Patrol stand out as staggeringly” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 68 | 2008 |
 KeanePerfect Symmetry“News flash: Coldplay aren't the only dreamy British pop-rock band with an experimental streak. On album three, Keane trick out their pretty piano melodies” | Mikael Wood Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 54 | 2008 |
 Scarlett JohanssonAnywhere I Lay My Head“Beyond the fact that her voice is deep enough for her to front Crash Test Dummies, there's nothing particularly compelling about Scarlett Johansson's” | Mikael Wood Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 59 | 2008 |
 Flogging MollyFloat“As much as Flogging Molly's spirited Irish punk brings to mind the Pogues (as well as rowdy pub elders the Dubliners), the Los Angeles septet are as” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2008 |
 The Mars VoltaThe Bedlam in Goliath“Problema número uno: The Mars Volta no longer have the services of superhumanly hard-swinging drummer Jon Theodore, who kept even their knottiest” | Joe Gross Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 70 | 2008 |
 Bruce SpringsteenMagic“For a minute there, it looked like Bruce Springsteen was acting his age. Last year's early-Americana romp We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions may have” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 85 | 2007 |
 Foo FightersEchoes, Silence, Patience & Grace“Part of Nirvana's greatness stemmed from their volatility. The exact opposite can be said of Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters. Since their 1995 debut,” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 66 | 2007 |
 Linkin ParkMinutes to Midnight | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 64 | 2007 |
 MikaLife in Cartoon Motion“From the Beatles at their campiest to Scissor Sisters at their catchiest, this Lebanon-born Londoner comes on like an agreeably eager compendium of every” | Barry Walters Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 55 | 2007 |
 Wu-Tang Clan8 Diagrams | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 69 | 2007 |
 Tenacious DThe Pick of Destiny“Featuring cameos from Ronnie James Dio and Dave Grohl (as the Devil), along with the D's trademark folk-metal pomp and unwavering commitment to the” | David Marchese Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 58 | 2006 |
 Cobra StarshipWhile the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets“Following the weird, midlevel fame he experienced this past summer with "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)," former Midtown frontman Gabe Saporta wanders” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 63 | 2006 |
 My Chemical RomanceThe Black Parade“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: October 23, 2006Label: RepriseIt's both fascinating and kind of terrifying to imagine the bedroom of a teenage Gerard” | Andy Greenwald Read the review | 80 8/10 | 83 | 2006 |
 The StrokesFirst Impressions of Earth“Comes a time when every great band wonders if the world's stopped needing them. And there comes a time when every great man realizes how much he needs the” | Jon Dolan Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 65 | 2005 |
 Kanye WestLate Registration“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: August 30, 2005Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def JamThis review was originally published in the September 2005 issue of SPIN and” | Jon Caramanica Read the review | 80 8/10 | 82 | 2005 |
 RöyksoppThe Understanding“At the beginning of the decade, dance music got downsized. You can, in part, thank Royksopp for this. The Bergen, Norway duo's late 2001 debut, Melody” | Michaelangelo Matos Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 B+ | 74 | 2005 |
 AudioslaveOut of Exile“Aren't you sick of hearing about how Seattle's liberal latte-lickers don't understand Cheyenne's conservative lager-lifters? I humbly suggest, my fellow” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 A- | 72 | 2005 |
 Missy ElliottThe Cookbook“Y'all don't really know my life," Missy Elliott insists on her sixth album. She's right — but The Cookbook doesn't get us any closer to understanding” | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Read the review via Wikipedia | 81 B- | 74 | 2005 |
 SlayerDiabolus in Musica | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 40 4/10 | 70 | 2005 |
 Simple PlanStill Not Getting Any… | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 71 C- | 71 | 2004 |
 KeaneHopes and Fears“By: Mark Brandau The time may be just right for a band like Keane and their soaring, romantic debut Hopes and Fears. Bolstered by critics' comparisons to” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 A- | 64 | 2004 |
 AudioslaveAudioslave“Here's the problem with the new album from Audioslave, Chris Cornell's collaboration with three former members of Rage Against the Machine: It sounds like” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 63 | 2003 |
 Lil' KimLa Bella Mafia“Once upon a time, back when the Kingdom of the East was at war with the Kingdom of the West, Lil' Kim, Princess of Brooklyn, proclaimed herself Queen” | Nick Catucci Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 70 | 2003 |
 Jay-ZThe Blueprint“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: April 29, 2016Label: Roc-A-FellaTenures at the top are short in hip-hop — short like, say, leprechauns. Native Tongues” | Chris Ryan Read the review | 90 9/10 | 65 | 2003 |
 Die Antwoord$O$ | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 71 | |
 Sia1000 Forms of Fear | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | |
 Brandy Clark12 Stories | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 85 | |
 Taylor Swift1989 | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 74 | |
 Joey Bada$$1999 | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 75 | |
 J. Cole2014 Forest Hills Drive“6 SPIN Rating: 6 of 10 Release Date: December 08, 2014 Label: Roc Nation/Columbia "No singles." So decreed J. Cole in mid-November, when word first came” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 67 | |
 Adele21 | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 | |
 Green Day21st Century Breakdown | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 72 | |
 Adele25“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: November 22, 2015Label: XLIn her first proper interview in over four years, the now 27-year-old Adele Adkins recently” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 79 | |
 Prince3121 | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 85 B | 71 | |
 Beyoncé4“Nearly 15 years into a career with all the indicators of a future lifetime-achievement award, Beyoncé is so sure of her place in pop's ruling class” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 71 | |
 Deadmau54×4=12 | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 67 | |
 Van HalenA Different Kind of Truth | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 76 | |
 RadioheadA Moon Shaped Pool | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 88 | |
 Linkin ParkA Thousand Suns“Linkin Park's fourth studio album (and second collaboration with producer Rick Rubin) contains plenty of aggressively arty material that might surprise” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 71 | |
 Jennifer LopezA.K.A. | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 52 | |
 Arctic MonkeysAM | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 84 | |
 AaliyahAaliyah | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 78 |