[Shaun]

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January:
Ultimately, free mixtape won out over first-week full-price purchase here.

1) VICKI LEEKX MIXTAPE, M.I.A./Vicki Leekx
2) 21, Adele
3) The Autumn Stone, Small Faces
4) Ritual, White Lies
5) Kala, M.I.A.
6) The Fall, Gorillaz
7) /\/\ /\ Y /\, M.I.A.
8) Rolling Blackouts, The Go! Team
9) Valhalla Dancehall, British Sea Power
10) Queen Of Denmark, John Grant

February:
I'm really disappointed that RVW didn't smash this year.

1) 21, Adele
2) Different Gear, Still Speeding, Beady Eye
3) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), Janelle Monae
4) Let England Shake, PJ Harvey
5) James Blake, James Blake
6) The King of Limbs, Radiohead
7) Gilgamesh, Gypsy and the Cat
8) Vaughan Williams: Symphonies No. 1-9, Ralph Vaughan Williams
9) Goodbye Lullaby, Avril Lavigne
10) Begin to Hope, Regina Spektor

March:
K so nothing came out this month it seems.

1) Who's Next, The Who
2) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), Janelle Monae
3) Hounds Of Love, Kate Bush
4) Louder Than Bombs, The Smiths
5) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
6) The Kick Inside, Kate Bush
7) My Generation, The Who
8) Angles, The Strokes
9) Innervisions, Stevie Wonder
10) The Sensual World, Kate Bush

April:
Must have been a slow month. Dominated by 2010 stuff.

1) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
2) Kala, M.I.A.
3) Wasted Light, Foo Fighters
4) /\/\ /\ Y /\, M.I.A.
5) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), Janelle Monae
6) Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes
7) Angles, The Strokes
8) Many Fish to Fry, Jake Morley
9) Tron: Legacy OST, Daft Punk
10) VICKI LEEKX MIXTAPE, M.I.A./Vicki Leekx

May:
Best month for leaks all year, really.

1) Born This Way, Lady GaGa
2) Adulthood, CockNBullKid
3) Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys
4) Angles, The Strokes
5) Kala, M.I.A.
6) Bon Iver, Bon Iver
7) Pala, Friendly Fires
8) Yuck, Yuck
9) Goblin, Tyler the Creator
10) Gloss Drop, Battles

June:
The world was run, one plus one equalled two, and you were the best thing I never had, etc. etc. etc.

1) 4, Beyonce
2) Born This Way, Lady GaGa
3) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), Janelle Monae
4) Lupercalia, Patrick Wolf
5) Torches, Foster the People
6) The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
7) Cults, Cults
8) No Memory of Loss, Nathaniel Ratecliff
9) 100% Publishing, Wiley
10) Virtue, Emmy the Great

July:
Guess who died? YES, ALICE GOLD'S CAREER.

1) Frank, Amy Winehouse
2) Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
3) Within and Without, Washed Out
4) The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
5) Go Tell Fire to the Mountain, WU LYF
6) Seven Rainbows, Alice Gold
7) Cat's Eyes, Cat's Eyes
8) Born This Way, Lady GaGa
9) Here I Am, Kelly Rowland ¬_¬
10) Skying, The Horrors

August:
A slow month, clearly.

1) The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III), Janelle Monae
2) Watch the Throne, The Throne
3) Louder Than Bombs, The Smiths
4) Cinderella's Eyes, Nicola Roberts
5) Echoes, Will Young
6) Big Talk, Big Talk
7) Psycho Jukebox, Jon Fratelli
8) LP1, Joss Stone
9) Quadrophenia, The Who
10) My Generation, The Who

September:
I don't want to talk about this month.

1) The Golden Age of Apocalypse, Thundercat
2) Let England Shake, PJ Harvey
3) The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
4) A Different Kind Of Fix, Bombay Bicycle Club
5) Killer Sounds, Hard-Fi
6) I'm With You, Red Hot Chili Peppers
7) A Night At The Opera, Queen
8) Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta
9) Angles, The Strokes
10) Video Games (EP), Lana Del Rey

October:
First month at university - and the party playlists took over. I also discovered Super Bass about 6 months late.

1) Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj
2) 4, Beyonce
3) Video Games (EP), Lana Del Rey
4) The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
5) Velociraptor!, Kasabian
6) We Found Love (single), Rihanna
7) Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
8) Portamento, The Drums
9) The xx, The xx
10) Cinderella's Eyes, Nicola Roberts

November:
Got back into my reviewing habit and was inundated with a lot of leaks.

1) Conatus, Zola Jesus
2) Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83
3) Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
4) Watch the Throne, The Throne
5) Talk That Talk, Rihanna
6) 4, Beyonce
7) Biophilia, Bjork
8) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
9) Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj
10) Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

December:
This month I had basically no laptop whatsoever, so this was pretty much on the basis of the first half and what my brother had (Bon Iver/GaGa).

1) Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay
2) Watch the Throne, The Throne
3) Bon Iver, Bon Iver
4) Louder Than Bombs, The Smiths
5) On Your Radar, The Saturdays
6) Born This Way, Lady GaGa
7) Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83
8) The xx, The xx
9) 212 (feat. Lazy Jay) (single), Azealia Banks
10) Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell