- 5 stars: Taylor Swift, Fearless; Lady Gaga, The Fame; Eric Church, Chief; Liturgy, Aesthetica; Veronica Falls, Veronica Falls; Taylor Swift, Red; Torche, Harmonicraft; Fear of Men, Loom; Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings
- 4.5 stars:
- 2007: Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad
- 2009: Major Lazer, Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do; Mono, Hymn to the Immortal Wind
- 2012: Burial, Kindred EP
- 2014: Joyce Manor, Never Hungover Again
- 2018: Bad Bunny, X 100pre; Beach House, 7; Daughters, You Won't Get What You Want; Ariana Grande, Sweetener; Julia Holter, Aviary; Jon Hopkins, Singularity; Noname, Room 25; Travis Scott, Astroworld; Sleep, The Sciences; Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile; Kali Uchis, Isolation
- 2019: Baroness, Gold & Grey; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ghosteen; The Comet Is Coming, Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery; Helado Negro, This Is How You Smile; Julia Jacklin, Crushing; King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Infest the Rats' Nest; Little Simz, Grey Area; Lizzo, Cuz I Love You; Purple Mountains, Purple Mountains
- 4 stars: DJ Drama & Lil Wayne, Dedication 2: Gangsta Grillz; Cymbals Eat Guitars, Why There Are Mountains; jj, n°2; Silversun Pickups, Swoon; Foster the People, Torches; Jens Lekman, I Know What Love Isn't; Paul McCartney, New; Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface; Jenny Lewis, On the Line; Low, Double Negative; Skee Mask, Compro
- 3.5 stars: The Go! Team, Proof of Youth; The Killers, Day & Age;
Muse, The Resistance;The Prodigy, Invaders Must Die; The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Belong; Alex G, DSU