The 10 Best Albums of the Year Cont. -- ACCORDING TO BILLBOARD (critic's choice)

5. Elbow - "The Seldom Seen Kid" (Fiction/Geffen)

Many of Billboard's European contributors included the latest from U.K. rock band Elbow on their lists. Among them was Billboard deputy global editor Tom Ferguson, who calls the band "worthy Mercury Prize winners with a song of the year contender in 'One Day Like This'."