good review:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529567

don't forget these:
crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/.../The-Flaming-Lips-Embryonic.html -

Dero and Kott discussion (click to listen)
http://www.soundopinions.org/cm/reviews

here's the recent top scores at metracritic
1. Music: Blue Record by Baroness (2009) 88
Relapse
2. Music: xx by The xx (2009) 84
Beggars XL
3. Music: Bonfires On The Heath by The Clientele (2009) 84
Merge
4. Music: The List by Rosanne Cash (2009) 84
Manhattan
5. Music: Axe To Fall by Converge (2009) 84
Epitaph
6. Music: The Twilight Saga: New Moon [OST] by Various Artists (2009) 83
Chop Shop/Atlantic
7. Music: Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons (2009) 82
ATP
8. Music: Losing Feeling [EP] by No Age (2009) 81
Sub Pop
9. Music: Logos by Atlas Sound (2009) 81
Kranky
10. Music: Fits by White Denim (2009) 80
Downtown
11. Music: Kings & Queens by Jamie T (2009) 80
Virgin
12. Music: Embryonic by The Flaming Lips (2009) 80
WEA/Reprise