While we're at it, 1981 is a top-5 year for me all time, and 2003 is close to my top 10.

Honorio:

If "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior is eligible this year, can you make it my #10 song and move everything else down one spot.

I seem to remember last month being told it was released in 2002, but a few people have listed it as 2003.

Sorry I forgot TVOTR and "Lost in the plot".
My revised songs list:

1. Hymie's Basement - 21th Century Song
2. The Fall - Janet vs Jane and Johnny
3. Radiohead - There There
4. Cat Power - He War
5. TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
6. Four Tet - Hands
7. Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin
8. Radiohead - 2+2=5
9. Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise
10. The Fall - Theme from Sparta FC
11. The Knife - Pass This On
12. Killing Joke - Seeing Red
13. Songs:Ohia - Farewell Transmission
14. Cat Power - Free
15. Cat Power - Shaking Paper
16. The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
17. Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird
18. The Dears - Lost In The Plot
19. Menomena - The Late Great Libido
20. Pernice Brothers - Number Two

albums

A good year for neo-classic rock, world and everything I like (i.e. the 2000s seen from 1970)


1 . Fabulous Trobadors | Duels de tchatche et autres trucs du folklore toulousain (#17 overall)
2 . OutKast | Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (57)
3 . Sufjan Stevens | Michigan (176)
4 . The Coral | Magic and Medicine (218)
5 . Drive-By Truckers | Decoration Day (264)
6 . The White Stripes | Elephant
7 . My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves
8 . The Black Keys | Thickfreakness
9 . Robert Wyatt | Cuckooland
10 . Cesária Evora | Voz d'amor
11 . The Strokes | Room On Fire
12 . Richard Hawley | Low Edges
13 . The Jayhawks | Rainy Day Music
14 . The Mars Volta | Deloused In the Comatorium
15 . Josh Rouse | 1972
16 . Belle & Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress
17 . Asleep At The Wheel | Live At Billy Bob's Texas
18 . Radiohead | Hail to the Thief
19 . Josh Ritter | Hello Starling
20 . Rufus Wainwright | Want One

21 . The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow
22 . Joe Strummer | Streetcore
23 . Idrissa Soumaoro | Köte
24 . Cat Power | You Are Free
25 . Syd Matters | A Whisper and A Sigh
26 . Jay-Z - The Black Album
27 . The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Stampede
28 . Al Green - I Can't Stop
29 . Four Tet - Rounds
30 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

31 . Grandaddy - Sumday
32 . Calexico -Feast Of Wire
33 . Rokia Traore - Bowmboi
34 . Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears
35 . Buddy Guy - Blues Singer
36 . Blur - Think Tank
37 . Neil Young - Greendale
38 . Emilie Simon - s/t
39 . Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
40 . Oi Va Voi - Laughter Through Tears

songs

Fab Trob rule, but the rest is OK too

1 Fabulous Trobadors - Si tu te fais
2 Fabulous Trobadors - Bonne nuit
3 Fabulous Trobadors - Duel de sans-pareil
4 The Coral - Careless Hands
5 Elliott Smith - Pretty (Ugly Before)
6 The Coral - Pass It On
7 Outkast - Hey Ya
8 Cesaria Evoria - Jardim Prometido
9 Outkast - Reset
10 My Morning Jacket - Golden

11 Robert Wyatt - Insensatez
12 The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP
13 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
14 Sufjan Stevens - Flint
15 The Jayhawks - Tailspin
16 Richard Hawley - You Don't miss Your Water
17 Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer - Redemption Song
18 Drive-By Truckers - Outfit
19 Beyoncé - Crazy In Love
20 Radiohead - There There

21 Fabulous Trobadors - Il nous ment
22 Outkast - Flip Flop Rock
23 I Am Kloot - From Yr Favorite Sky
24 Yann Tiersen - Summer 78
25 Sufjan Stevens - Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head !
26 Sébastien Tellier - Broadway
27 Josh Rouse - Rise
28 Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
29 Kelis - Trick Me
30 The Black Keys - Hurt Like Mine

31 Bonnie Prince Billy - Wolf Among Wolves
32 Fabulous Trobadors - Ami
33 The Strokes - Reptilia
34 Outkast - My Favorite Things
35 The Libertines - Don't Look Back into the Sun
36 The Coral - Don't Think You're The First
37 The Dixie Chicks - Long Time Gone
38 Buddy Guy - Crawling Kingsnake
39 The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit
40 Jean-Louis Murat - Le Cri du papillon

41 The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
42 Kanye West - Through The Wire
43 Fabulous Trobadors - L'Anniversaire
44 Outkast - The love Below
45 The Electric Soft Parade - Lose Yr Frown
46 Drive-by Truckers - Sink Hole
47 Blur - Out Of Time
48 Nick Cave - Bring It On
49 Jay-Z - What More Can I Say ?
50 !!! - Me & Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard ( A True Story)

I think we decided that Move Your Feet was eligible in 2002 so I'm not counting points to that song. There are some other songs too that aren't eligibe because they aren't from 2003 (or we have at least decided that): Mad World, songs from O, Danger High Voltage, Ignition (Remix) (+ some others I think I'm not in my home computer right now). Also EP's aren't eligible so Young Liars doesn't have chance to qualify (Andre is the only one who has voted it though).
Probably I won't be home tomorrow (at least before night) so I'll release the results on Thursday. So you can vote still tomorrow.

(and R Kelly thing was a joke)

1. Spiritualized - Amazing Grace
2. The White Stripes - Elephant
3. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
4. Muse - Absolution
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
6. Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
7. The Rapture - Echoes
8. Four Tet - Rounds
9. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
10. Jet - Get Born
11. Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
12. The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
13. Magic Dirt - Tough Love
14. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
15. Calexico - Feast O Wire
16. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
17. The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
18. The Strokes - Room On Fire
19. Grandpaboy - Dead Man Shake
20. Cat Power - You Are Free
21. Blur - Think Tank
22. The Black Keys - Thickfreakness
23. Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble
24. Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
25. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
26. Jay-Z - The Black Album
27. The Raveonettes - Chain Gang Of Love
28. Broadcast - Haha Sound
29. Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
30. Manitoba - Up In Flames
31. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
32. Elbow - Cast Of Thousands
33. Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
34. BRMC - Take Them On, On Your Own
35. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
36. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
37. The New Pornographers - Electric Version
38. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
39. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
40. The Thrills - So Much For The City
41. The Concretes - s/t
42. Peaches - Fatherfucker
43. Grandaddy - Sumday
44. Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
45. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
46. British Sea Power - The Decline Of...
47. The Wrens - Meadowlands
48. Ariel Pink - Worn Copy
49. Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather
50. Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored
51. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
52. The Distillers - Coral Fang
53. The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
54. The Coral - Magic & Medicine
55. The Go-Betweens - Bright Yellow Bright Orange
56. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master And Everyone
57. Andrew WK - The Wolf
58. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
59. The Dears - No Cities Left
60. A.R.E. Weapons - s/t
61. Desert Sessions - Vol 9&10
62. The Hidden Cameras - The Smell Of Our Own
63. Joe Strummer - Streetcore
64. Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
65. Shelby Lynne - Identity Crisis
66. Richard Hawley - Lowedges
67. The Pernice Brothers - Yours, Mine & Ours
68. Warren Zevon - The Wind
69. Ryan Adams - Rock n Roll
70. Josh Rouse - 1972
71. Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire
72. The Handsome Family - Singing Bones
73. Metallica - St Anger
74. Stellastarr* - s/t
75. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
76. Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears
77. Neil Young - Greendale
78. John Cale - Hobosapiens
79. Missy Elliott - This Is Not A Test!
80. Smog - Supper
81. Nick Cave - Nocturama
82. Loose Fur - s/t
83. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
84. The Cooper Temple Clause - Kick Up The Fire & Let The Flames Break Loose
85. Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks
86. The Dandy Warhols - Welcome To The Monkey House
87. Zwan - Mary Star Of The Sea
88. Devics - The Stars At Saint Andrea
89. Hawksley Workman - Lover/Fighter
90. Emmylou Harris - Stumble Into Grace
91. Hamell On Trial - Tough Love
92. Ed Harcourt - From Every Sphere
93. Throwing Muses - s/t
94. Jane's Addiction - Strays
95. James Kirk - You Can Make It If You Boogie
96. The Darkness - Permission To Land
97. David Bowie - Reality
98. Clearlake - Cedars
99. Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn
100. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard The End

1. White Stripes, Elephant
2. Radiohead, Hail To the Thief
3. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
4. Broadcast, Ha-Ha Sound
5. The Rapture, Echoes
6. Blur, Think Tank
7. Cat Power, You Are Free
8. Caribou/Manitoba, Up In Flames
9. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak
10. New Pornographers, Electric Version
11. Calexico, Feast of Wire
12. Wrens, Meadowlands
13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell
14. Outkast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
15. Mogwai, Happy Songs for Happy People
16. Mars Volta, De-Loused in the Comatorium
17. Belle and Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress
18. Secret Machines, September 000
19. Grandaddy, Sumday
20. The Books, The Lemon of Pink

Can I submit my list sometime on Thursday? If I don't have it then I won't have it for a while, so skip me if Thursday passes with no word.

Albums:
1 - Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Pig Lib
2 - Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
3 - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
4 - My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
5 - Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Hearts Of Oak
6 - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
7 - Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
8 - The White Stripes - Elephant
9 - The Wrens - The Meadowlands
10 - Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
11 - Manitoba - Up In Flames
12 - Blur - Think Tank
13 - Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
14 - Cat Power - You Are Free
15 - Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
16 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
17 - The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
18 - The Decemberists - Her Majesty
19 - The New Pornographers - Electric Version
20 - The Strokes - Room On Fire

Songs:
1 - My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
2 - Brian Jonestown Massacre - When Jokers Attack
3 - OutKast - Hey Ya!
4 - The Exploding Hearts - Rumors In Town
5 - Radiohead - There There (The Boney King of Nowhere)
6 - Blur - Battery In My Leg
7 - Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcher
8 - Yo La Tengo - Today Is The Day
9 - Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - 1% Of One
10 - Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Ballad Of The Sin Eater
11 - My Morning Jacket - Steam Engine
12 - Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
13 - Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission
14 - Songs: Ohia - Just Be Simple
15 - Cat Power - Speak For Me
16 - The Dears - Lost In The Plot
17 - Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Animal Midnight
18 - Cat Power - He War
19 - My Morning Jacket - Dancefloors
20 - My Morning Jacket - Mahgeeta

Thanks!

Albums

1. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
2. Cat Power - You Are Free
3. The White Stripes - Elephant
4. Rhythm & Sound - W/ the Artists
5. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
6. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
8. José González - Veneer
9. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden
10. The Knife - Deep Cuts
11. Massive Attack - 100th Window
12. Four Tet - Rounds
13. OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
15. Calexico - Feast of Wire
16. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
17. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
18. Blur - Think Tank
19. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
20. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium


Songs

1. OutKast - Hey Ya!
2. The Knife - Pass This On
3. Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin
4. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
5. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Joy and Jubilee
6. Sufjan Stevens - Holland
7. Britney Spears - Toxic
8. José González - Heartbeats
9. Four Tet - My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
10. Kraftwerk - Tour de France Étape 2
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
12. Sufjan Stevens - The Upper Peninsula
13. Mogwai - I Know You Are But What Am I?
14. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
15. Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
16. Postal Service - Such Great Heights
17. Keane - Everybody's Changing
18. Cat Power - Free
19. Massive Attack - Everywhen
20. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U

Albums:

1. Wrens - The Meadowlands
2. Broadcast - Haha Sound
3. Caribou/Manitoba - Up in Flames
4. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
5. Four Tet - Rounds
6. Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
7. Microphones - Mount Eerie
8. Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
9. Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
10. British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power
11. Blur - Think Tank
12. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
13. Songs : Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
14. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts
15. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power

Very deep album year, but I wish I had more time to listen. I definitely could have found more than 15 albums to list, and some of these sound like they could be all-timers with more listens.

Don't hustle dewdrop alleys, dear, but Sonofsamiam and I eventually agreed on that you could've had a much better summer if you were giving Threads a try..

An OK year,but not one of my favourites. I'll keep this simple:

Albums
1)White Stripes - Elephant
2)The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
3)The Fall - The Real New Fall LP(Formerly Country On The Click)
4)The Wrens - Meadowlands
5)Blur - Think Tank
6)Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
7)The Strokes - Room On Fire
8)Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
9)British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power
10)Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner

Songs
1)The Flaming Lips - Sunship Balloons
2)John Mayer - Clarity
3)Outkast - Hey Ya!
4)Blur - Out Of Time
5)Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats
6)Twista Feat. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
7)TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
8)Cosmic Rough Riders - For A Smile
9)Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
10)Postal Service - Such Great Heights

~2003 Songs
20 Darkness, The - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
19 Kelis - Milkshake
18 White Stripes, The - The Hardest Button To Button
17 Clientele, The - E.M.P.T.Y.
16 National, The - Available
15 TV On The Radio - Young Liars
14 Postal Service, The - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
13 Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby
12 Wrens, The - Ex-Girl Collection
11 Jay-Z - 99 Problems
10 Caribou - Hendrix With Ko
09 Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
08 Wrens, The - She Sends Kisses
07 TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
06 Dizzee Rascal feat. Jeanine Jacques - I Luv U
05 Postal Service, The - Such Great Heights
04 White Stripes, The - Seven Nation Army
03 Outkast - Hey Ya!
02 Beyonce - Crazy In Love
01 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

If Ignition (Remix) came out in 2003, it'd take third place. But it came out in 2002.

~2003 Albums
10 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
09 New Pornographers, The - Electric Version
08 National, The - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
07 Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster
06 Animal Collective - Here Comes The Indian
05 Fiery Furances, The - Gallowsbird Bark
04 Postal Service, The - Give Up
03 TV On The Radio - Young Liars
02 Wrens, The - The Meadowlands
01 Caribou - Up In Flames

Songs

1. The Wrens - She Sends Kisses
2. TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
3. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
4. The Wrens - 13 Months in 6 Minutes
5. Songs : Ohia - Farewell Transmission
6. OutKast - Hey Ya!
7. Broadcast - Ominous Cloud
8. Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
9. 50 Cent - In da Club
10. Ulrich Schnauss - Clear Day
11. Lightning Bolt - Two Towers
12. Iron Maiden - Paschendale
13. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
14. Robert Wyatt - Insensatez
15. Caribou - Bijoux
16. Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
17. Strokes - Reptilia
18. Blur - Ambulance
19. Fout Tet - As Serious As Your Life
20. Cat Power - Free
21. Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own
22. British Sea Power - Remember Me
23. Super Furry Animals - Slow Life
24. Menomena - The Late Great Libido
25. Lightning Bolt - Dracula Mountain
26. Broadcast - Lunch Hour Pops
27. Robert Wyatt - Old Europe
28. M83 - Run into Flowers
29. Four Tet - She Moves She
30. Fiery Furnances - Asthma Attack

Strange year for songs for me; not a lot of all timers, but some really cool songs throughout that are likely to grow on me.

@nj I thought my votse for Strangely Isolated Place and Cuckooland would be enough to appease you.

indie avalanche

Henrik I love your # 1 and was surprised that it (Sufjan Stevens) wasn't included in that many lists.

Jackson I didn't know you liked Iron Maiden (I have no idea how they sounded in 2003, probably the same as in 1982 though)

Iron Maiden was one of my favorite bands back when I was in my metal/hard rock phase. Many of their songs still sound good to me, and "Paschendale" is a nice epic that, in fact, does sound just like their better 80s material.

hey, sure they are, i'm talking more like ze future path... plus: you deserve a platinum triple star for "votse"...

There are a lot of early albums by bands I love that I haven't heard being voted for this year. I hope a few of 'em qualify so I have extra incentive to listen to them.

I have the results ready to release but if you submit your list soon I will count it. The gabs between #10 and #11 are quite big so I doubt your vote will affect to finalists.
I counted points to Ignition (Remix) and it's going to make to final although it may be a 2002 song.

OK here are the results.

Albums
1 . The White Stripes - Elephant - 940
2 . The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow - 574
3 . Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - 569
4 . Outkast - Speakerboxxx/Love Below - 496
5 . The Wrens - Meadowlands - 351
6 . The Postal Service - Give up - 320
7 . The Strokes - Room on Fire - 281
8 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell - 266
9 . Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - 263
10 . Sufjan Stevens - Michigan - 248

11 . Blur - Think Tank - 222
12 . Cat Power - You Are Free - 196
13 . Fountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers - 192
14 . Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism - 186
15 . Manitoba | Up In Flames - 183
16 . Jay-Z - The Black Album - 183
17 . Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland - 178
18 . Super Furry Animals- Phantom Power - 163
19 . Four Tet - Rounds - 135
20 . Rapture, The - Echoes - 129
21 . The New Pornographers - Electric Version - 125
22 . The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone - 118
23 . Muse - Absolution - 118
24 . Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner - 116
25 . My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves - 107

Songs
1 . OutKast – Hey Ya! - 799
2 . The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army - 462
3 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - 440
4 . The Postal Service - Such Great Heights - 352
5 . Jay-Z - 99 Problems - 279
6 . TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun - 272
7 . Radiohead - There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.) - 213
8 . R Kelly- Ignition (Remix) - 171
9 . Beyoncé – Crazy in Love - 170
10 . Blur - Out of Time - 163

11 . The Strokes - Reptilia - 128
12 . Kanye West - Through The Wire - 126
13 . Shins – Saint Simon - 119
14 . !!! - Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story) - 111
15 . The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button - 104
16 . The Strokes - 12:51 - 93
17 . Twista Feat. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz - 93
18 . The Knife - Pass This on - 92
19 . Fountains of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom - 92
20 . Elliott Smith - Pretty (Ugly Before) - 91
21 . Fountains of Wayne - Valley Winter Song - 90
22 . 50 Cent - In Da Club - 87
23 . The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP - 80
24 . Junior Seniors - Move Your Feet # (2002 song) - 81
25 . Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin - 70

Petri, my vote wouldn't have changed the results at all, so you can keep these as the final results.

32nd of the decade in AM, 24th of its year in the forum poll... Forum, I am disappoint !

I tried Dizzee Rascal, but I just cannot do the British rap thing. It sounds ridiculous to me.

If Through The Wire and Slow Jamz aren't going to make it, I'm guessing only Jesus Walks from The College Dropout will qualify, which is a shame because that album is quickly becoming one of my favorites from the past decade and is loaded with strong singles.

Can't really complain about this. Lots of my favorites are not acclaimed, and this seems pretty good.


This is where it goes pear-shaped. The acclaim for "Ignition" baffles me - it just seems like another shitty rap song from the 00s. And Beyonce is the spawn of Satan. That these 2 songs defile the top 10 while "Reptilia" and "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard" miss out is a real shame.

Nah. With this song, she's more like the spawn of Aphrodite after a steamy affair with Kratos, out-sexing and out-powering every other song released that year.

I prefer albums 11-20 to albums 1-10. Plus only 3 of my top 30 songs made it, and HaHa Sound didn't make top 25. By far the worst results of any year so far. People still listen to Ignition?

embrace my lulwot of the week.

indie invasion (The Shins at #2 !!! that album sounds unfinished tome, unachieved, not bad though)
Plus "ignition".... oh those youngsters of nowadays..
The reference here is the AM top 3000, and in the 200's there is this profusion of indie material (that fascinates the critics for some reason).
So the more we are the more the final list will look like the AM list. Laws of math.
That's why I always prefer to have a look at individual lists, at the personal choices of evey one of us, even if they finally get drowned in the final list. The final list doesn't realy matter.

I agree about the Shins. It's not a horrible album it's just meh! asi-asi. Not worthy of being all the way at #2. I guess the majority here agreed with the critics. I'm sure the rest of the decade lists wont look so disappointing. I think Funeral is overrated but it's still better than the majority of what was in the top 25 for 03.

I guess... if you find this sexy.

It just about sums up Beyonce's contributions to music and her sex appeal.

OMG Moonbeam !! Amis de la poésie bonjour

The one year I don't vote....
The bottom ten is making it self cleaer by the month.

hip hop then? spoken word? or did I download the wrong album?

I still haven't voted in any month of this 00's polls, but I'm now really pissed off to see that if I had voted for Think Tank it would have gone to the finals. That would have made for 5 of the 7 Blur albums achieving the finals in the decade polls, only leaving Leisure and the ridiculous The Great Escape out. But now we won't have Think Tank also.

At least Out of Time advanced, joining to their other 6 tracks that went the '90s final!

c: the wrong album. not a big fan here of subdividing every little expiration of the blues into tinier and tinier categories, but "british rap thing" was funny.

WTF?!

Was it really necessary to resort to something so cheap and distasteful?

When the poll results are announced at the end of every month, there are always a few people criticizing songs or albums that made it through to the next round. And of course that is absolutely fine – we are all entitled to our opinions. But those songs and albums made it through because there were enough people supporting them, and if they get criticized their supporters might come up for them.

Crazy in Love was my favourite song of 2003 and it obviously had other supporters as well. You then call Beyonce the spawn of Satan (which was kinda funny) so I tried to respond to that in a diplomatic way by saying that I find the song sexy and powerful. But then you respond by basically saying that someone can only find that song sexy if they think a couple of dogs going at it and vomiting afterwards are sexy. Call me sensitive, but I think that’s more than just a little offensive.

You are already all over the Thanks, We Get It top 30, but it looks like your hatred for Beyonce will make the top 5 in no time.

My apologies for offending you (and anybody else), then. I crossed a line there.

You're right, though. My level of disdain for The Beatles is magnified by a factor of about 100 when it comes to Beyonce. She makes me want to throw things at the TV when I see her.