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

7. Nick Cave - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!!" (Mute/Anti-)

Billboard.com contributor Ron Hart was one of many of our critics who listed Nick Cave's latest. "After 30 years of shape-shifting theatrics and guttural gothic blues," Hart says, "Nick Cave unleashes the boogie out of his Bad Seeds and releases the finest album of his longtime band's legendary career."