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Albums:
01 | Broadcast and the Focus Group | Investigate the Witch Cult Trials of the Radio Age
02 | Super Furry Animals | Dark Days/Light Years
03 | Antlers | Hospice
04 | Cold Cave | Love Comes Close
05 | St. Vincent | Actor
06 | Telepathe | Dance Mother
07 | Tortoise | Beacons of Ancestorship
08 | Flaming Lips | Embryonic
09 | Zola Jesus | The Spoils
10 | White Denim | Fits
11 | Akron/Family | Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
12 | xx | The XX
13 | Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics | Inspiration Information, Vol 3
14 | The Horrors | Primary Colours
15 | Sunn O))) | Monoliths and Dimensions
16 | Portico Quartet | Isla
17 | King Midas Sound | Waiting For You
18 | Raekwon | Only Built for Cuban Linx, Pt. II
19 | Atlas Sound | Logos
20 | The Fiery Furnaces | I'm Going Away
It's amazing this year-long journey through the 2000s has come to a close. I hadn't listened nearly enough to albums from this decade before this year, only scraping the surface with highly acclaimed albums that are well-known around here. Now I've heard at least 20-25 albums from each year of the decade, and there's no other decade I can say that about. It is really satisfying to get to know a single year of music really well, though I found myself wishing there was more time at the end of each month to hear more.
As far as my list goes, I find this is one of the years where I differ the most from the critical consensus. Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear don't do it for me. Broadcast and the Focus Group made the true psychedelic masterpiece of the year, an album that was obtuse to me at first but slowly revealed its magic after numerous listens. I highly recommend the Cold Cave album, the most pleasant surprise of the month for me.
Songs:
01 | The Roots | How I Got Over
02 | Cold Cave | Life Magazine
03 | Portishead | Chase the Tear
04 | Antlers | Bear
05 | Dirty Projectors | Stillness is the Move
06 | Phoenix | Lisztomania
07 | xx | Crystalized
08 | Raekwon | House of Flying Daggers
09 | Big Boi | Shine Blockas
10 | James Blackshaw | Cross
11 | Super Furry Animals | The Very Best of Neil Diamond
12 | Portico Quartet | Paper Scissors Stone
13 | Antlers | Two
14 | Akron/Family | Everyone is Guilty
15 | Flaming Lips | Convinced of the Hex
16 | Joy Orbison | Hyph Mngo
17 | Telepathe | In Your Line
18 | Sunn O))) | Agartha
19 | Broadcast and the Focus Group | The Be Colony
20 | Dinosaur Jr. | Pieces
Not the strongest year at the top, but there were some great gems and discoveries. Not sure why "Life Magazine" didn't gain more traction among indie sites.
Hope this is not too late... it's still November here in the US!
Also, sorry I missed voting in the 2008 poll.
Albums:
1) St. Vincent - Actor
2) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
3) The Antlers - Hospice
4) Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
5) The xx - Xx
6) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7) The Bad Plus (joined by Wendy Lewis) - For All I Care
8) Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
9) Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
10) Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Songs:
1) Bat for Lashes - Daniel
2) Bon Iver - Blood Bank
3) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
4) Grizzly Bear - Fine for Now
5) The Bad Plus w/ Wendy Lewis - Barracuda
6) The xx - Shelter
7) Phoenix - 1901
8) St. Vincent - The Strangers
9) Antony and the Johnsons - Aeon
10) Charlotte Gainsbourg w/ Beck - Heaven Can Wait
11) Camera Obscura - French Navy
12) Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
13) Animal Collective - My Girls
14) St. Vincent - Black Rainbow
15) Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
16) The Antlers - Bear
17) Phoenix - Lisztomania
18) Regina Spektor - Eet
19) The xx - VCR
20) St. Vincent - The Party
// ALBUMS
50 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
49 Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
48 Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do!
47 UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ
46 Bob Mould - Life And Times
45 A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
44 A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
43 Sonic Youth - The Eternal
42 Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
41 Condo Fucks - Fuckbook
40 Taken By Trees - East Of Eden
39 Clientele, The - Bonfires On The Heath
38 Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
-- No Age - Losing Feeling
37 Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
36 Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
35 Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
34 The Field - Yesterday And Today
33 The Lonely Island - Incredibad
32 The Horrors - Primary Colors
31 Polvo - In Prism
30 Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light
29 Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
28 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
27 YACHT - See Mystery Lights
26 Passion Pit - Manners
25 The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come
24 The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
23 The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
22 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
21 White Rabbits - It's Frightening
20 Juan Maclean, The - The Future Will Come
19 St. Vincent - Actor
18 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
17 Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
16 The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love
-- Destroyer - Bay Of Pigs
15 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
14 Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
13 Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
12 Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
11 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
10 Girls - Album
09 Dan Deacon - Bromst
08 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
07 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
06 Yeah Yeah Yeah - It's Blitz!
-- Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
05 Flaming Lips, The - Embryonic
04 The xx - xx
03 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
02 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
01 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
// TRACKS
50 Dinosaur Jr. - I Don't Wanna Go There
49 Juan Maclean, The - One Day
48 Wild Beasts - All The King's Men
47 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons
46 Röyksopp ft. Robyn – The Girl And The Robot
45 Doves - Jetstream
44 Bear In Heven - Wholehearted Mess
43 jj - Ecstasy
42 Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wind Phoenix
41 Delorean - Seasun
40 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
39 Wilco - Bull Black Nova
38 Dan Deacon - Get Older
37 Dan Deacon - Slow With Horns / Run For Your Life
36 Free Energy - Dream City
35 The xx - Crystalised
35 Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling
34 Woods - Rain On
33 Major Lazer featuring Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze - Keep It Goin' Louder
32 Bear In Heven - Wholehearted Mess
31 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
30 Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
29 Washed Out - You'll See It
28 The Big Pink - Velvet
27 Bat For Lashes - Glass
26 Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
25 Atlas Sound featuring Noah Lennox - Walkabout
24 Big Boi featuring Gucci Mane - Shine Blockas
23 Phoenix - 1901
22 Health - Die Slow
21 Joker - Digidesign
20 Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
19 Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
18 The xx - Basic Space
17 Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
16 Antony And The Johnsons - Aeon
15 Phoenix - Lisztomania
14 Yo La Tengo - Here To Fall
13 Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
11 Animal Collective - My Girls
10 Flaming Lips, The - See The Leaves
09 Bat For Lashes - Daniel
08 jj - My Life, My Swag
07 Lonely Island, The featuring T. Pain - I'm On A Boat
06 Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
05 Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
04 Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky
03 Destroyer - Bay Of Pigs
02 Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
01 Animal Collective - Brother Sport
OK, voting is now over. I'll release the results after I've counted augurus' points.
Albums
Rank . Artist – Album - Score ( Voters - Average/voter )
1 . THE xx-XX - 724 ( 24 - 30,17 )
2 . Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 617 ( 19 - 32,47 )
3 . Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - 471 ( 20 - 23,55 )
4 . Fever Ray - Fever Ray - 411 ( 17 - 24,18 )
5 . Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - 392 ( 16 - 24,5 )
6 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz - 368 ( 16 - 23 )
7 . The Antlers - Hospice - 309 ( 11 - 28,09 )
8 . Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - 251 ( 14 - 17,93 )
9 . Girls - Album - 236 ( 10 - 23,6 )
10 . Bat for Lashes - Two Suns - 235 ( 12 - 19,58 )
11 . Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - 191 ( 8 - 23,88 )
12 . The Flaming Lips – Embryonic - 190 ( 9 - 21,11 )
13 . St. Vincent - Actor - 186 ( 11 - 16,91 )
14 . Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light - 182 ( 6 - 30,33 )
15 . Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - 182 ( 7 - 26 )
16 . White Denim - Fits - 162 ( 5 - 32,4 )
17 . Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Pt II - 155 ( 9 - 17,22 )
18 . The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - 154 ( 8 - 19,25 )
19 . Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - 128 ( 7 - 18,29 )
20 . Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years - 114 ( 4 - 28,5 )
21 . Benjamin Biolay - La superbe - 106 ( 3 - 35,33 )
22 . Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - 93 ( 4 - 23,25 )
23 . Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - 91 ( 7 - 13 )
24 . Broadcast and the Focus Group | Investigate the Witch Cult Trials of the Radio Age - 90 ( 2 - 45 )
25 . Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - 90 ( 3 - 30 )
Songs
Rank . Artist – Song Score Voters Average/voter
1 . Animal Collective - My Girls - 377 ( 14 , 26,93 )
2 . Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks - 314 ( 16 , 19,63 )
3 . Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind - 296 ( 12 , 24,67 )
4 . Phoenix - Lisztomania - 284 ( 15 , 18,93 )
5 . Phoenix - 1901 - 283 ( 12 , 23,58 )
6 . The xx - Crystalised - 236 ( 10 , 23,6 )
7 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero - 231 ( 12 , 19,25 )
8 . Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes - 207 ( 8 , 25,88 )
9 . Bat For Lashes - Daniel - 196 ( 11 , 17,82 )
10 . Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me - 183 ( 6 , 30,5 )
11 . Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move - 176 ( 9 , 19,56 )
12 . The Roots : How I Got Over - 111 ( 8 , 13,88 )
13 . Animal Collective - Brother Sport - 109 ( 5 , 21,8 )
14 . Fever Ray - I'm Not Done - 109 ( 3 , 36,33 )
15 . Bon Iver - Blood Bank - 105 ( 3 , 35 )
16 . The Big Pink- Dominos - 92 ( 4 , 23 )
17 . Fever Ray - When I Grow Up - 89 ( 4 , 22,25 )
18 . The Antlers - Bear - 87 ( 7 , 12,43 )
19 . Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane | Shine Blockas - 83 ( 5 , 16,6 )
20 . Four Tet - Love Cry - 80 ( 3 , 26,67 )
21 . The Antlers - Two - 77 ( 4 , 19,25 )
22 . Animal Collective – In The Flowers - 75 ( 2 , 37,5 )
23 . The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction - 70 ( 6 , 11,67 )
24 . The Very Best : Warm Heart Of Africa - 69 ( 4 , 17,25 )
25 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll - 68 ( 5 , 13,6 )
I'll start the final thread tonight.
1 . THE xx-XX - 724 ( 24 - 30,17 )
2 . Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 617 ( 19 - 32,47 )
10 . Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me - 183 ( 6 , 30,5 )
11 . Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move - 176 ( 9 , 19,56 )
Go Bat for Lashes! So glad that both Two Suns and "Daniel" made the cut. Sorry that Annie didn't have a better showing, though.
Ok let's forget about that terrible year and this 100% indie top 10 and move on to the next stage (which may be at least 80 % indie).
You want my opinion ? That is just ridiculous.
Not to be contrarian, but the 11-20 section for both albums and songs is better than 1-10, particularly on the albums side. The xx beating AC is a nice surprise though.
Yeah, I would so love to see Fits and Actor in that top ten.
I'm surprised The XX beat out MPP for #1. That's one album whose appeal I just don't get, I find it generally mediocre. And I really, really tried to like it.
@Nicolas
My suggestion for the 90's poll was top 12 + highest non-Anglophone + top 2 not already in based on highest 3 votes.
Bah, I had an extra numbered entry for Bear In Heaven's Wholehearted Mess. If it weren't there, Rain Machine's Give Blood would have been number 50.
zzz
I would be interested in seeing the entire list of songs and albums from the poll if possible.
Albums
Rank . Artist – Album - Score
1 . THE xx-XX - 724
2 . Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 617
3 . Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - 471
4 . Fever Ray - Fever Ray - 411
5 . Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - 392
6 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It's Blitz - 368
7 . The Antlers - Hospice - 309
8 . Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - 251
9 . Girls - Album - 236
10 . Bat for Lashes - Two Suns - 235
11 . Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - 191
12 . The Flaming Lips – Embryonic - 190
13 . St. Vincent - Actor - 186
14 . Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light - 182
15 . Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - 182
16 . White Denim - Fits - 162
17 . Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Pt II - 155
18 . The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - 154
19 . Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - 128
20 . Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years - 114
21 . Benjamin Biolay - La superbe - 106
22 . Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - 93
23 . Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - 91
24 . Broadcast and the Focus Group | Investigate the Witch Cult Trials of the Radio Age - 90
25 . Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - 90
26 . Japandroids - Post Nothing 88
27 . Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration Information, Vol. 3 88
28 . Tinariwen | Imidiwan: Companions 80
29 . DAN DEACON - BROMST 76
30 . The Horrors - Primary Colours 76
31 . M. Ward - Hold Time 73
32 . Mos Def - The Ecstatic 71
33 . Fredo Viola's The Turn 68
34 . The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa 68
35 . Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy 67
36 . Prefab Sprout - Let's Change the World with Music 66
37 . Pearl Jam | Backspacer 64
38 . Annie - Don't Stop 59
39 . Heather Woods Broderick - From the Ground 56
40 . Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions 53
41 . Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall 53
42 . Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young 53
43 . Silversun Pickups/ Swoon 50
44 . Wilco - Wilco (The Album) 50
45 . Franz Ferdinand - Tonight Franz Ferdinand 50
46 . Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship 48
47 . Leonard Cohen - Live In London 47
48 . BLK JKS - After Robots 43
49 . Passion Pit - Manners 43
50 . Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM 42
51 . The Sandwitches - How to Make Ambient Sadcake 40
52 . R.E.M. - Live At The Olympia 40
53 . Echo & The Bunnymen/ The Fountain 40
54 . MEW-No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away 40
55 . Fool's Gold - Fool's Gold 40
56 . The Big Pink- A Brief History of Love 39
57 . Vic Chesnutt At the cut 39
58 . Miranda Lambert - Revolution 39
59 . Various Artists - Dark Was The Night 38
60 . Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 37
61 . Train/ Save Me, San Francisco 35
62 . Anthony Joseph & the Spasm Band - Bird Head Son 35
63 . McAlmont and Nyman - The Glare 35
64 . Eminem - Relapse 35
65 . Booker T.: Potato Hole 35
66 . Prince - LotusFlow3r 35
67 . La Roux 32
68 . Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi 32
69 . Madness: The Liberty of Norton Folgate 31
70 . Cold Cave | Love Comes Close 30
71 . Levon Helm - Electric Dirt 30
72 . Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr. Boondigga % the Big BW 30
73 . Florence + The Machine - Lungs 30
74 . Muse | The Resistance 30
75 . Orelsan - Perdu d'Avance 30
76 . No nos llamamos Fiodor: Los clásicos rusos 30
77 . Betty Davis - Is It Love Or Desire 30
78 . KYTEMAN-The Hermit Sessions 30
79 . Rodrigo & Gabriela - 11:11 (#200) 30
80 . Sonic Youth - The Eternal 29
81 . Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 28
82 . Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum 27
83 . Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King 26
84 . Staff Benda Bilili - Très très fort 26
85 . Noah & The Whale - The Last Days Of Spring 25
86 . Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk 25
87 . The Temper Trap | Conditions 25
88 . Super Mash Bros. - All About the Scrillions 25
89 . Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan 25
90 . DM Stith - Heavy Ghost 25
91 . Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul 25
92 . David Sylvian | Manafon 23
93 . Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 22
94 . Camera Obscura- My Maudlin Career 21
95 . The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant 20
96 . Le Prince Miiaou - Safety First 20
97 . James Blackshaw | The Glass Bead Game 20
98 . Prince - LotusFlow3r + MplSound 20
99 . Telepathe | Dance Mother 20
100 . BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS-Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! 20
101 . J. Cole - The Warm Up 20
102 . Mastodon - Crack the Skye 20
103 . Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 20
104 . Anntona: En la cama con Anntona 20
105 . Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon: The End of the Day 19
106 . Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter 18
107 . Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night 18
108 . The Bad Plus (joined by Wendy Lewis) - For All I Care 18
109 . Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond 18
110 . Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth 18
111 . Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below 18
112 . Élena: Un café setanta matins 18
113 . Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg 18
114 . Ramona Falls - Intuit 16
115 . Iron & Wine - Around the Well 16
116 . The-Dream - Lovs vs Money 16
117 . Rowland S Howard - Pop Crimes 16
118 . Color Cassette - Forever Sparrow 16
119 . The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming 16
120 . Eels: Hombre Lobo 16
121 . Peaches - I Feel Cream 16
122 . WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM-Black Cascade 16
123 . The Rifles - The Great Escape 16
124 . Au Revoir Simone- Still Night, Still Light 16
125 . LILY ALLEN - IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU 15
126 . Alela Diane - To Be Still 15
127 . Candi Staton: Who's Hurting Now 14
128 . Zola Jesus | The Spoils 14
129 . Georgia Anne Muldrow | Umsindo 14
130 . The Dead Weather - Horehound 14
131 . Big Blood - Already Gone I & II 14
132 . CASS MCCOMBS - CATACOMBS 14
133 . The Lava Children - Four Spells [EP] 14
134 . Holden - Fantomatisme 14
135 . HEALTH- Get Color 14
136 . Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder 14
137 . Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 13
138 . Portico Quartet | Isla 13
139 . Martyn - Great Lengths 12
140 . Diving With Andy - Sugar Sugar 12
141 . Editors - In This Light And On This Evening 12
142 . Andrew Bird - Noble Beast 12
143 . A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage 12
144 . Meshell Ndegeocello - Devil's Halo 12
145 . Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe 12
146 . Gossip - Music For Men 12
147 . Joss Stone/ Colour Me Free 12
148 . Khaled - Liberte 12
149 . tUnE-yArDs - Bird-Brains 12
150 . Civil Twilight | Civil Twilight 12
151 . Nick Garrie: 49 Arlington Garden 12
152 . PEVERELIST-Jarvik Mindstate 12
153 . Why? - Eskimo Snow 12
154 . La Bienquerida: Romancero 10
155 . Codeine Velvet Club | s/t 10
156 . LADY GAGA-THE FAME 10
157 . Prince - MPLSoUND 10
158 . PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH "A Woman a Man Walked By" 10
159 . Cesária Evora - Nha Sentimento 10
160 . Regina - Puutarhatrilogia 10
161 . AVISHAI COHEN "Aurora" 10
162 . Joe Bonamassa/ The Ballad Of John Henry 10
163 . Akron/Family | Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free 10
164 . Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another 10
165 . The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan 10
166 . Those Darlins - Those Darlins 10
167 . Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem 9
168 . VEKTOR-Black Future 9
169 . Milkman - Circle of Fifths 9
170 . Pete Doherty - Grace/Wasteland 9
171 . Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 9
172 . Piano Magic - Ovations 9
173 . Bachelorette - My Electric Family 9
174 . Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care 9
175 . Alice In Chains | Black Gives Way To Blue 9
176 . Yacht - See Mystery Lights 9
177 . Isbells - s/t 8
178 . Lee Fields & The Expressions - My World 8
179 . Among the Oak and Ash: Among the Oak and Ash 8
180 . Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster 7
181 . The PHANTOM BAND-Checkmate Savage 7
182 . Nouvelle Vague: 3 7
183 . Jars of Clay/ The Long Fall Back To Earth 7
184 . Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds 7
185 . Crash Kings - Crash Kings 7
186 . Dan Auerbach | Keep It Hid 7
187 . Seconds To Mars | This Is War 7
188 . The Lemonheads - Varshons 7
189 . Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream 7
190 . Tony Allen - Secret Agent 7
191 . Rosanne Cash - The List 6
192 . Full Blast | Black Hole 6
193 . Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Live at the Fillmore 6
194 . Anna Puu - s/t 6
195 . Orianthi/ Believe 6
196 . GALLOWS-Grey Britain 6
197 . Evan Parker | House Full of Floors 5
198 . Matt & Kim - Grand 5
199 . India.Arie/ Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics 5
200 . Kylesa - Static Tensions 5
201 . Kings of Convenience: Declaration of Dependence 5
202 . The Killers | Live at Royal Albert Hall 5
203 . Cornershop - Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast 5
204 . Atlas Sound | Logos 5
205 . Group Bombino | Guitars from Agadez, Vol. 2 4
206 . Cam'ron - Crime Pays 4
207 . Adam Lambert/ For Your Entertainment 4
208 . King Midas Sound | Waiting For You 4
209 . Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away 4
210 . Cola Jet Set: Guitarras y tambores 4
211 . Tuomas Henrikin Jeesuksen Kristuksen Bändi - Vade Retro Satanus I 4
212 . Oneida - Rated O 4
213 . LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO-Futuro 3
214 . Jenny Wilson - Hardships! 3
215 . The Church | Untitled #23 3
216 . Linda Mirada: China es otra cultura 3
217 . U2/ No Line On The Horizon 3
218 . OOIOO | Armonico Hewa 3
219 . Loney Dear - Dear John 3
220 . Bob Mould - Life and Times 3
221 . Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul 3
222 . Anni Rossi - Rockwell 3
223 . SOULSAVERS-Broken 2
224 . Alondra Bentley: Ashfield Avenue 2
225 . Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | I Speak Fula 2
226 . Ghinzu - Mirror Mirror 2
227 . The Legendary Tigerman - Femina 2
228 . Laura Izibor - Let The Truth Be Told 2
229 . Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South 1
230 . Juan Maclean, The - The Future Will Come 1
231 . Renaud Garcia-Fons | La línea del sur 1
232 . Gent Del Desert - Molles 1
233 . The Fiery Furnaces | I'm Going Away 1
234 . Abraham Boba: La educación 1
Didn't exclude Fame by Lady Gaga because I assumed Particle Analyst meant Fame Monster.
Songs
Rank . Artist – Song Score
1 . Animal Collective - My Girls - 377
2 . Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks - 314
3 . Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind - 296
4 . Phoenix - Lisztomania - 284
5 . Phoenix - 1901 - 283
6 . The xx - Crystalised - 236
7 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero - 231
8 . Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes - 207
9 . Bat For Lashes - Daniel - 196
10 . Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me - 183
10 . Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move - 183
12 . The Roots : How I Got Over - 111
13 . Animal Collective - Brother Sport - 109
14 . Fever Ray - I'm Not Done - 109
15 . Bon Iver - Blood Bank - 105
16 . The Big Pink- Dominos - 92
17 . Fever Ray - When I Grow Up - 89
18 . The Antlers - Bear - 87
19 . Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane | Shine Blockas - 83
20 . Four Tet - Love Cry - 80
21 . The Antlers - Two - 77
22 . Animal Collective – In The Flowers - 75
23 . The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction - 70
24 . The Very Best : Warm Heart Of Africa - 69
25 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll - 68
26 . The xx – Night Time 65
27 . Annie - "Anthonio" 63
28 . Fuck Buttons - Olympians 59
29 . Grizzly Bear - Fine for Now 55
30 . SunnO))) – Alice 54
31 . The Horrors- Who Can Say 53
32 . The xx - Intro 52
33 . Destroyer - Bay of Pigs 52
34 . James Blackshaw | Cross 52
35 . Bill Callahan - Faith/Void 50
36 . PREFAB SPROUT "Music Is a Princess" 50
37 . Julian Casablancas - Left & Right in the Dark 50
38 . U2 – Stand Up Comedy 50
39 . Train/ Hey Soul Sister 50
40 . Antony & the Johnsons - One Dove 50
41 . Grizzly Bear – While You Wait for the Others 50
42 . Madness: Dust Devil 50
43 . Laura Veirs - July Flame 50
44 . The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? 50
45 . Eminem : Crack A Bottle 50
46 . Benjamin Biolay - Brandt Rhapsodie 49
47 . Voo Voo I Haydamaky- Bądź Zdrowe, Serce Me 49
48 . Passion Pit - Little Secrets 47
49 . Antony & The Johnsons - Epilepsy is Dancing 47
50 . Andrew Bird - Oh No 45
51 . Mumford & Sons – The Cave 44
52 . El Perro del Mar - Change of Heart 43
53 . Camera Obscura- Honey in the Sun 43
54 . Cancel the Astronauts- I Am the President of You Fanclub 40
55 . The Rifles - The General 40
56 . Röyksopp feat Robyn. The Girl and The Robot 40
57 . Yo La Tengo: Avalon or Someone Very Similar 40
58 . Animal Collective - Bluish 40
59 . Animal Collective- What Would I Want? Sky! 40
60 . LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS-MONEY IS KING (from My World-R&B/Soul) 40
61 . Dave Matthews Band – Time Bomb 40
62 . Cold Cave | Life Magazine 40
63 . La Roux - In for the kill remix by skream 40
64 . Eminem - Same Song and Dance 40
65 . Fredo Viola - Robinson Crusoe 40
66 . John Mayer/ Half of My Heart 40
67 . Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dull Life 39
68 . Beach House – Norway 38
69 . Benjamin Biolay - La Superbe 38
70 . The xx - Shelter 38
71 . U2- Magnificent 36
72 . Annie - Bad Times 36
73 . Tinariwen | Lulla 35
74 . Voo Voo i Haydamaky – Tylko z nieba 35
75 . WHITE DENIM-I START TO RUN (from Fits-Pop/Rock) 35
76 . tUnE-YaRdS - Fiya 35
77 . Wolfmother - White Feather 35
78 . Grizzly Bear- Foreground 35
79 . Booker T.: Hey Ya 35
80 . Portishead | Chase the Tear 35
81 . Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Vero 35
82 . Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home 35
83 . Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel 35
84 . Annie - "Songs Remind Me of You" 35
85 . Colbie Caillat/ Fallin' For You 35
86 . Music Go Music : Warm In The Shadows 35
87 . Heather Woods Broderick – For Misty 35
88 . Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me 35
89 . Depeche Mode- Wrong 33
90 . Prefab Sprout - Earth, the Story So Far 33
91 . La Roux- Bulletproof 32
92 . PEVERELIST-ESPERANTO (from Jarvik Mindstate-Electronica) 30
93 . The Unthanks : Lucky Gilchrist 30
94 . The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You 30
95 . The XX - Stars 30
96 . Broadcast and The Focus Group | The Be Colony 30
97 . Weezer - Put Me Back Together 30
98 . dan deacon - red f 30
99 . Archive- Bullets 30
100 . AVISHAI COHEN "Alfonsina y el mar" 30
101 . Nouvelle Vague: Blister in the Sun 30
102 . Kasabian- Underdog 30
103 . Arnaud Fleurent-Didier - France Culture 30
104 . Fat Freddy's Drop - Big BW 30
105 . Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls 28
106 . Bat for Lashes | Glass 28
107 . Japandroids - The Boys are Leaving Town 28
108 . Lady Gaga Bad Romance 26
109 . Kasabian- Where Did All the Love go? 26
110 . Sting- Soulcake 25
111 . the xx - infinity 25
112 . The Bad Plus w/ Wendy Lewis - Barracuda 25
113 . Snow Patrol | Just Say Yes 25
114 . Bill Callahan - Jim Cain 25
115 . Wolfmother - In the Morning 25
116 . M. Ward | Rave On 25
117 . Jay-Z feat. Mr. Hudson- Young Forever 25
118 . Dan Deacon - Woof Woof 25
119 . Cooper: Hyde Park 25
120 . dirty projectors - useful chamber 25
121 . Annie - "Marie Cherie" 25
122 . M. WARD "Hold Time" 25
123 . Levon Helm - Golden Bird 25
124 . Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers 24
125 . Raekwon | House of Flying Daggers 23
126 . Girls - Laura 23
127 . Prince - Colonized Mind 22
128 . The xx - VCR 21
129 . Silversun Pickups/ Growing Old Is Getting Old 20
130 . St. Vincent - The Strangers 20
131 . sonic youth - antenna 20
132 . Shrinebuilder - Pyramid of the Moon 20
133 . Élena: En un minut 20
134 . Gent Del Desert - El Record 20
135 . Delorean - Deli 20
136 . Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw 20
137 . Black Lips : Trapped In A Basement 20
138 . Pearl Jam | Just Breathe 20
139 . Orelsan - Soirée Ratée 20
140 . Antony and the Johnsons - Aeon 19
141 . Foo Fighters | Wheels 19
142 . Yo La Tengo: Nothing to Hide 18
143 . Fredo Viola - The Turn 18
144 . Lonely Island, The featuring T. Pain - I'm On A Boat 18
145 . BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS-SUGARFOOT (from Tell 'Em What your Name Is!-Pop/Soul) 18
146 . Civil Twilight | Anybody Out There 18
147 . Kasabian- Vlad the Impaler 18
148 . St Vincent - Marrow 18
149 . Passion Pit- The Reeling 18
150 . Mulatu Astatqé and The Heliocentrics | Anglo Ethio Suite 18
151 . Camera Obscura - French Navy 17
152 . Rosanne Cash - Girl from the North Country 16
153 . Salif Keita - La Différence 16
154 . Annie - "Don't Stop" 16
155 . Staff Benda Bilili | Sala Keba 16
156 . Burial + Fourtet - Moth 16
157 . Jj - My Life, My Swag 16
158 . Dave Matthews Band – Squirm 16
159 . Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me 16
160 . KYTEMAN-PITCHBLACK DARKNESS (from The Hermit Sessions-Hiphop) 16
161 . Alela Diane | Age Old Blue 16
162 . Atlas Sound (feat. Noah Lennox) - Walkabout 16
163 . Élena: Plou 16
164 . Neko Case - People Got A Lotta Nerve 16
165 . Radaid : Shine 16
166 . Wild Beasts - Two Dancers 16
167 . Fever Ray - Seven 15
168 . Why? - Into the Shadows of My Embrace 14
169 . The XX- Islands 14
170 . The Decemberists - The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid 14
171 . antlers - sylvia 14
172 . Kid Cudi | Pursuit Of Happiness 14
173 . Big Boi | Shine Blockas 14
174 . Kasabian- Thick As Thieves 14
175 . Jack Peñate - Tonight's Today 14
176 . FLAMING LIPS-THE SPARROW LOOKS UP AT THE MACHINE (from Embryonic-Pop/Rock) 14
177 . Lee Fields & The Expressions : Ladies 14
178 . Prince - "Dance 4 Me" 14
179 . Extraperlo: Bañadores 14
180 . Buddy and Julie Miller feat. Patty Griffin - Chalk 14
181 . Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar 13
182 . Joy Orbison | Hyph Mngo 13
183 . Wilco - Bull Black Nova 12
184 . Kasabian- Fire 12
185 . Flaming Lips, The - See The Leaves 12
186 . animal collective - lion in a coma 12
187 . 2000F & J. KAMATA-YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (single-Electronica/Dubstep) 12
188 . Dr. Explosion: All Mine 12
189 . Annie - "I Can't Let Go" 12
190 . Richard Hawley - For Your Lover Have Some Time 12
191 . WILCO "I'll Fight" 12
192 . Charlotte Gainsbourg w/ Beck - Heaven Can Wait 12
193 . Phoenix - Fences 12
194 . PJ Harvey & John Parish - Black Hearted Love 12
195 . Editors - Papillon 12
196 . U2- Fez- Being born 12
197 . Richard Hawley - Open Up Your Door 12
198 . Mission Of Burma : 1, 2 ,3, Partyy! 12
199 . Animal Collective – Graze 12
200 . Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone 11
201 . VIC CHESNUTT "Coward" 10
202 . OOIOO | O O I A H 10
203 . Beck | Harry Partch 10
204 . flaming lips - the egos last stand 10
205 . Cesaria Evora - Noiva de ceu 10
206 . Super Furry Animals | The Very Best of Neil Diamon 10
207 . Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling 10
208 . Jay-Z - Run This Town 10
209 . Dave Matthews band- Alligator Pie 10
210 . Polly Scattergood : Number 24 10
211 . Prince - "No More Candy 4 U" 10
212 . Metric. Help, I'm Alive 10
213 . Lyle Lovett - Whooping Crane 10
214 . Joe Crepúsculo: Toda esa energía 10
215 . St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work 10
216 . Pet Shop Boys - Did You See Me Coming? 9
217 . Bat For Lashes – Siren Song 9
218 . Tinariwen - Imidiwan 9
219 . Élena: Dos 9
220 . Bat for Lashes - "Good Love" 9
221 . Portico Quartet | Paper Scissors Stone 9
222 . M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You 9
223 . Flaming Lips | Convinced of the Hex 9
224 . Silversun Pickups | Panic Switch 9
225 . Raekwon - About Me 9
226 . MULATU ASTATKE & THE HELIOCENTRICS-CHA CHA (from Inspiration Information-World/Africa/Ethiopia) 9
227 . Dirty Projectors - Two Doves 8
228 . Bill Callahan - Rococo Zephyr 8
229 . Mariah Carey - H.A.T.E.U. 8
230 . Exlovers - You Forget So Easily 8
231 . Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream 8
232 . VEKTOR-OBLIVION (from Black Future-Metal) 8
233 . Tarántula: El mítico culo 8
234 . THEM CROOKED VULTURES-SCUMBAG BLUES (from Them Crooked Vultures-Pop/Rock) 7
235 . Wild Beasts | Hooting and Howling 7
236 . The xx - Night Time 7
237 . Baaba Maal - Tindo 7
238 . Akron/Family | Everyone is Guilty 7
239 . Le Prince Miiaou - No Compassion Available 7
240 . Seasick Steve - Diddley Bo 7
241 . Janelle Monáe - "Come Alive (War of the Roses)" 7
242 . Miike Snow - Animal 7
243 . Orelsan - Différent 7
244 . Yo La Tengo - Here To Fall 7
245 . Matisyahu | One Day 7
246 . St. Vincent - Black Rainbow 7
247 . Super Furry Animals: Liwiau Llachar 7
248 . Taken by Trees - Watch the Waves 7
249 . sleigh bells - crown on the ground 7
251 . Wilco- You Never Know 6
252 . The Drums - Let's Go Surfing 6
253 . cass mccombs - my sister my spouse 6
254 . Annie - "The Breakfast Song" 6
255 . Anntona: Y además bastante fea 6
256 . Metric - Sick Muse 6
257 . Pearl Jam | The Fixer 6
258 . Basement Jaxx -Raindrops 6
259 . The Clientele | I Wonder Who We Are 6
260 . The Mountain Goats : Genesis 3:23 6
261 . D.M. STITH-CREEKMOUTH (from Heavy Ghost-Singer/songwriter) 6
262 . Horehound - Treat Me Like Your Mother 5
263 . The Boy Least Likely To: A Balloon on a Broken Street 5
264 . Burial + Fourtet - WolfCub 5
265 . The Heavy - Short Change Hero 5
266 . tune-yards - sunlight 5
267 . Seasick Steve & Amy Lavere - So Lonesome I Could Cry 5
268 . Mos Def - Auditorium 5
269 . Yeasayer – Tightrope 5
270 . The Sandwitches : Fire 5
271 . Tony Allen - Ijo 5
272 . Fool's Gold - Night Dancing 4
273 . Matt & Kim - Daylight 4
274 . Tortoise : Prepare Your Coffin 4
275 . Voo Voo I Haydamaky- Wyszła Młoda 4
276 . M. WARD "Epistemology" 4
277 . Dave Matthews Band- Baybe Blue 4
278 . Chromeo - "Night by Night" 4
279 . Sufjan Stevens | You Are The Blood 4
280 . The Flatlanders - Homeland Refugee 4
281 . Martyn - Natural Selection 4
282 . Regina Spektor - Folding Chair 4
283 . Super Furry Animals: Where Do You Wanna Go? 4
284 . Owl City Fireflies 4
285 . Regina Spektor - Eet 4
286 . Telepathe | In Your Line 4
287 . FRANCISCO NIXON "Erasmus borrachas" 3
288 . The xx - Basic Space 3
289 . Wilco - Wilco (the Song) 3
290 . Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band : Healing 3
291 . DMB- Timebomb 3
292 . The Reigning Sound | The Bells 3
293 . Nouvelle Vague (with Martin Gore): Master and Servant 3
294 . Annie - "Take You Home" 3
295 . Dominique A. | Immortels 3
296 . Sunn O))) | Agartha 3
297 . Prefab Sprout Sweet Gospel Music 3
298 . Future of the Left - Arming Eritrea 3
299 . Holden - Un toit étranger 3
300 . The-Dream feat Kanye West. Walking on the Moon 3
301 . U2 – White as Snow 3
302 . The Temper Trap | Fader 3
303 . Babx - Electrochocs Ladyland 2
304 . WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM-AHRIMANIC TRANCE (from Black Cascade-Metal) 2
305 . The XX - VCR (Matthew Dear remix) 2
306 . Art Brut - Alcoholics Unanimous 2
307 . Broadcast and the Focus Group | The Be Colony 2
308 . Super Furry Animals: White Socks / Flip Flops 2
309 . Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You 2
310 . The xx - Islands 2
311 . Horrors Who Can Say 2
312 . Gossip- Heavy Cross 2
313 . Mastodon - Divinations 2
314 . Shakira. She Wolf 2
315 . Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars 2
316 . St. Vincent - The Party 2
317 . Sting- Cold Song 2
318 . Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra | Asteroids! 2
319 . Dinosaur Jr. | Pieces 1
320 . Mos Def | Quiet Dog 1
321 . Among the Oak and Ash: Peggy-O 1
322 . Bachelorette - "Her Rotating Head" 1
323 . Animal Collective - In The Flowers 1
324 . Chris Garneau - Dirty Night Clowns 1
325 . K-Os : I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman 1
326 . Lightning Dust - Wondering What Everyone Knows 1
327 . Morrissey I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 1
328 . The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea 1
329 . The DREADNOUGHTS-HOTTRESS 1
OH, I NOTICED I DIDN'T HAVE COUNTED CHRIS' POINTS FOR STILLNESS IS THE MOVE...
I check is there any way to avoid the tiebreak...
Edit. OK I rechecked the results and looks like it's time for tiebreak again.
Ordering the albums for the 00s poll I realized that 2009 was the year with less degree of personal agreement with the rest of the Forum (7 albums of the Top 10 were not on my Top 20), while during the rest of the decade I had a high level of correlation.
Albums on the global Top 10 that were not on my Top 20s:
2000: 4
2001: 0
2002: 2
2003: 1
2004: 3
2005: 4
2006: 3
2007: 2
2008: 3
2009: 7
I would not dare to say that 2009 was a bad year for music (I really like the albums on my Top 20) but I definitely don't like the trendy sounds of that year, a quite indigestible mélange of annoying rhythms, enervating synths and unappealing voices, at least to my ears.
To mine tooo