SINCE THE LAST UPDATE HAVE BEEN ADDED :

ACCLAIMED PAZZ & JOP - BLOW UP - CD REVIEWS -
DAGENSSKIVA - DROWNED IN DOUND - HUMO - GO-MAG -
HMV: POLL OF POLLS - IL MUCCHIO SELVAGGIO -
LAUT.DE : READERS - MONDOSONORO - NATT OG DAG -
OTHER MUSIC - PANORAMA AVETS - PLATTENTEST.DE :
CRITICS - PLATTENTEST.DE : READERS - PLAYLOUDER -
POPNEWS : CRITICS - POPNEWS : READERS - PORCYS -
ROCKTONE - SENTIRE ASCOLTARE - SHOT ONLINE

THE TOP 100 AS OF JANUARY 18TH :
(IN BRACKETS = ACTUAL POSITION IN HENRIK'S CHART)

1 3357 ( 1) SURFJAN STEVENS '...ILLINOISE'
2 2501 ( 3) ANTONY & JOHNSONS 'I AM A BIRD NOW'
3 2356 ( 6) BLOC PARTY 'SILENT ALARM'
4 2214 ( 2) M.I.A. 'ARULAR'
5 1981 ( 5) LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 'LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'

6 1806 ( 8) BRIGHT EYES 'I'M WIDE AWAKE IT'S MORNING'
7 1693 ( 7) FRANZ FERDINAND 'YOU COULD HAVE IT...'
8 1595 ( 4) KANYE WEST 'LATE REGISTRATION'
9 1453 (13) THE WHITE STRIPES 'GET BEHIND ME SATAN'
10 1382 (14) WOLF PARADE 'APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY'

11 1355 (15) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'FEEL'
12 1326 ( 9) MY MORNING JACKET 'Z'
13 1317 (10) GORILLAZ 'DEMON DAYS'
14 1202 (23) SIGUR ROS 'TAKK...'
15 1159 (26) THE DECEMBERISTS 'PICARESQUE'

16 1139 (11) NEW PORNOGRAPHERS 'TWIN CINEMA'
17 1106 (19) CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH 'CLAP YOUR...'
18 1104 (12) SLEATER-KINNES 'THE WOODS'
19 1010 (21) MAXIMO PARK 'A CERTAIN TRIGGER'
20 1003 (17) SPOON 'GIMME FICTION'

21 995 (16) ART BRUT 'BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL'
22 957 (33) DEVENDRA BANHART 'CRIPPLE CROW'
23 918 (35) SYSTEM OF A DOWN 'MESMERIZE'
24 897 (20) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE 'BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE'
25 843 (30) KAISER CHIEFS 'EMPLOYMENT'

26 803 (--) THE MARS VOLTA 'FRANCES THE MUTE'
27 781 (24) ANDREW BIRD '...PRODUCTION OF EGGS'
28 780 (22) THE MAGIC NUMBERS 'THE MAGIC NUMBERS'
29 762 (32) KATE BUSH 'AERIAL'
30 749 (--) DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'PLANS'

31 731 (--) COLDPLAY 'X & Y'
32 721 (36) THE NATIONAL 'ALLIGATOR'
33 696 (18) COMMON 'BE'
34 622 (28) OKKERVIL RIVER 'BLACK SHEEP BOY'
35 596 (--) AND YOU WILL KNOW... 'WORLDS APART'

36 587 (--) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 'LULLABIES...'
37 570 (--) ELBOW 'LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD'
38 564 (31) BECK 'GUERO'
39 560 (29) THE HOLD STEADY 'SEPERATION SUNDAY'
40 549 (--) RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 'WANT TWO'

41 520 (25) ISOLEE 'WE ARE MONSTER'
42 517 (--) EDITORS 'THE BACK ROOM'
43 513 (34) DANGER DOOM 'THE MOUSE AND THE MASK'
44 510 (27) FIONA APPLE 'EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE'
45 489 (37) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 'DEVILS & DUST'

46 480 (--) BABY SHAMBLES 'DOWN IN ALBION'
47 473 (--) EELS 'BLINKING LIGHTS AND...'
48 469 (--) LOW 'THE GREAT DESTROYER'
49 433 (--) STARS 'SET YOURSELF ON FIRE'
50 417 (--) BOARDS OF CANADA 'CAMPFIRE HEADPHASE'

51 400 (--) DEERHOOF 'THE RUNNERS FOUR'
51 400 (--) NINE INCH NAILS 'WITH TEETH'
53 394 (--) HARD-FI 'STARS ON CCTV'
54 393 (--) AMADOU & MARIAM 'DIMANCHE A BAMAKO'
55 373 (--) MOUNTAIN GOATS 'THE SUNSET TREE'

56 371 (--) OASIS 'DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH'
57 369 (--) EDAN 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAT'
58 363 (--) RICHARD HAWLEY 'YOLES CORNER'
59 356 (--) OPETH 'GHOST REVERIES'
60 355 (--) BROADCAST 'TENDER BUTTONS'

61 351 (--) RYAN ADAMS & CARDINALS 'COLD ROSES'
62 344 (--) RY COODER 'CHAVEZ RIVINE'
63 343 (--) NEIL YOUNG 'PRAIRIE WIND'
64 332 (--) BLACK MOUNTAIN 'BLACK MOUNTAIN'
65 328 (--) ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI 'IN CASE...'

66 327 (--) COCOROSIE 'NOAH'S ARK'
67 324 (--) THE RAKES 'CAPTURE/RELEASE'
68 321 (--) JOHN LEGEND 'GET LIFTED'
69 318 (--) VASHTI BUNYAN 'LOOKAFTERING'
70 309 (--) MADONNA 'CONFESSIONS ON THE...'

71 307 (--) ROLLING STONES 'A BIGGER BANG'
72 298 (--) PATRICK WOLF 'WIND IN THE WIRES'
73 297 (--) VITALIC 'OK COWBOY'
74 294 (--) JAMIE LIDELL 'MULTIPLY'
75 280 (--) TOCOTRONIC 'PURE VERNUNFT...'

76 274 (--) THE BOOKS 'LOST AND SAFE'
76 274 (--) DEPECHE MODE 'PLAYING THE ANGEL'
78 272 (--) PAUL MC CARTNEY 'CHAOS AND CREATION...'
79 268 (--) THE GO-BETWEENS 'OCEANS APART'
80 259 (--) JOSE GONZALES 'VENEER'

81 258 (--) AKRON/FAMILY 'AKRON/FAMILY'
82 256 (--) BONNIE 'PRINCE BILLY 'SUPERWOLF'
83 253 (--) LIGHTNING BOLT 'HYPERMAGIC MOUNTAIN'
84 252 (--) BRIGHT EYES 'DIGITAL ASH IN A...'
85 247 (--) IRON & WINE/CALEXICO 'IN THE REINS'

86 244 (--) DOVES 'SOME CITIES'
86 244 (--) MANDO DIAO 'HURRICANE BAR'
88 241 (--) GOLDFRAPP 'SUPERNATURE'
89 240 (--) M83 'BEFORE THE DAWN HEALS US'
90 235 (--) KONONO NO1 'CONGOTRONICS'

91 234 (--) JOSH ROUSE 'NASHVILLE'
92 231 (--) DREDG 'CATCH WITHOUT ARMS'
93 230 (--) BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB 'HOWL'
94 228 (--) NADA SURF 'THE WEIGHT IS A GIFT'
95 223 (--) MARTHA WAINWRIGHT 'MARTHA WAINWRIGHT'

96 212 (--) VARIOUS 'RUN THE ROAD'
97 205 (--) BRITISH SEA POWER 'OPEN SEASON'
97 205 (--) ROBYN 'ROBYN'
99 202 (--) FOO FIGHTERS 'IN YOUR HONOR'
99 202 (--) KETTCAR 'VON SPATZEN UND TAUBEN...'

HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FROM THEIR 2004 SCORES :

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT : 37 POINTS
AMADOU & MARIAM : 17 POINTS
JOHN LEGEND : 16 POINTS

HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THEIR 2004 SCORES :

ARCADE FIRE : 1525 POINTS / NOW : 2ND
(IN THE NEXT UPDATE THE SENSATION MIGHT BE PERFECT :
ONLY 44 POINTS DIFFERENCE NOW TO NUMBER 1 'FRANZ
FERDINAND')
ELLIOTT SMITH : 1 POINT / NOW 6TH
THE GO!TEAM : 278 POINTS / NOW 22ND
GREEN DAY : 22 POINTS / NOW 24TH
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE : 6 POINTS / NOW 26TH
JOANNA NEWSOM : 32 POINTS / NOW 27TH
FUTUREHEADS : 31 POINTS / NOW 31ST
KINGS OF LEON : 145 POINTS / NOW 40TH
FEIST : 188 POINTS / NOW : 41ST
DUNGEN : 166 POINTS / NOW 44TH
ANNIE : 146 POINTS / NOW 51ST
RILO KILEY : 61 POINTS / NOW 52ND
THE EARLIES : 10 POINTS / NOW 81ST
LAURA VEIRS : 37 POINTS : NOW 85TH

NEXT UPDATE ON JANUARY 31ST

Great job, Stefan!

Am I right that when you are comparing Franz Ferdinand and Arcade Fire in your 2004 summary, you don't bother about the fact that the number of lists from 2004 and 2005 is not the same?

HI HENRIK
NO YOU ARE NOT RIGHT...I ONLY ADD POINTS OF LISTS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN COUNTED IN 2004...ALL OTHER LISTS
DO NOT COUNT FOR THE PRECEDENT YEAR...AND IF A LIST
HAD 20 POSITIONS IN 2004 AND HAS 50 POSITIONS IN 2005, THE POINTS ARE ONLY ADDED IN VALUE TO THE 20 POSITIONS...I HOPE THIS IS CLEAR, AS MY MOTHER LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH...
ALL THE BEST
STEFAN

Of course this is clear. But how do you handle magazines that had a 2004 list but never came out with a list this year?

THERE IS ONLY A VERY FEW 2004-LISTS LEFT, WHERE I DO NOT HAVE YET THE 2005-LIST...SOME I KNOW, WILL BE RE-
LEASED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH...TWO CHANGED TO THE
NON-CLASSIFIED FORMAT (THAT I DO NOT TAKE IN ACCOUNT)
BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY 'LATE-COMERS' ON THEM...TWO DO
NOT EXIST ANYMORE...SO I ONLY COUNT THEIR 2004-CHART
WITH OR WITHOUT 'ARCADE FIRE'...TOO BAD...AS I DO CUMULATE ONLY THE YEAR END CHARTS PER ANNUM, IT DOES
NOT AFFECT MUCH...BECAUSE ON THE OTHER HAND YOU NEVER
CAN BE SURE A NUMBER 7 IN 2005 EQUALS A NUMBER 7 IN 2004...AND FOR THE ALL-TIME-CHART I ONLY TAKE IN ACCOUNT ALL-TIME-LISTS...OF COURSE THAT WAY THE NEWER ALBUMS HAVE TO GO A LONG TIME...BUT THEN A CLASSIC IS
A CLASSIC AND CANNOT BECOME ONE IN JUST 5 YEARS...
THAT'S WHY I BREAK THEM DOWN INTO DECENNIAL ALBUMS...
SO FOR THE 'NAUGHTIES' THERE EXISTS ALREADY A LITTLE
CHART...
HOPE TO BE HELPFUL!!!
STEFAN

It's very cool to compare this list with the list Henrik has. Great work!

Hello Stefan,

Nice work. I look forward to your updates. I wonder if you have a website where all your updates for previous years are on display. If not, would it be possible for you to send it by e-mail to me? Thanks in advance!

Best regards

Peter