NME has released the top fifth of their albums of the year list on their website, and the results shouldn't surprise anyone who has traipsed by the NME.com in the last 12 months: MGMT's Oracular Spectacular has claimed the top spot.
And also unsurprisingly, British bands dominate the list, with Glasvegas, Metronomy, Foals, Friendly Fires and Mystery Jets making the top ten. Plus, you might as well toss in Kings of Leon into that pile, since they're way bigger in the U.K., and the NME loves that band more than any American magazine will ever allow itself to.
TV on the Radio's Dear Science, and Vampire Weekend and Santogold's self-titled debuts round out the top ten. Here's the list in order:
10 Friendly Fires
09 Kings of Leon- Only By The Night
08 Mystery Jets- 21
07 Santogold
06 Metronomy- Nights Out
05 Foals- Antidotes
04 Vampire Weekend
03 Glasvegas
02 TV on the Radio- Dear Science
01 MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
[NME]


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funny to see MGMT topping someone's best of list--they can be catchy, but really, number 1 for the year?