Not a strictly Pop list but, in ascending order:

10.Oranger / Shutdown the sun 
9. Centro-matic / Love you just the same 
8. The Tyde / Twice 
7. James William Hindle / Prospect Park 
6. Norfolk & Western / Dusk in cold parlours 
5. Kings of Leon / Youth & young manhood 
4. Wheat / Per second, per second... 
3. M. Ward / Transfiguration of Vincent 
2. Sufjan Stevens / Greetings from Michigan.. 
1. Nadine / Strange seasons 

(The Wheat album has to be the flat-out Pop record of
the year, casually trumping the likes of Owsley, the
FoW, etc.  U2 as hijacked by Gregg Alexander? 
Whatever, it's great stuff and an uncomplicated 'Buy'
recommendation for everyone on here.)

Near-misses: The Long Winters / When I pretend to fall
             Richard Hawley / Lowedges
             Limbeck / Hi, everything's great
             
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