I'm surprised At War with the Mystics is in the top 10. Unlike Flaming Lips' previous two albums this one is very unremarkable.

Henrik, have you seen the new Consumer Guide in this week's VILLAGE VOICE (apparently the reports of Christgau's departure were wrong)? He awards FISHSCALE a rare A+, the first one he's given to a new album since SMILE in 2004; I think the only other ones he's handed out this decade were for LOVE AND THEFT and STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA. (Christgau hasn't rated any of the other albums in the current top 5 yet.)

Harold, Christgau's review is included at metacritic.com

Get rid of Built to Spill. Best Ofs shouldn't count. In that case put Lullibies to Violane by the Cocteau Twins in as well.

Are you saying the new Built to Spill is a Best Of? Because it's actually all new material.

Ma Bad! I heard a best of was coming.

Hey Henrik,

Have you heard of this guy called Piero Scaruffi? Apparently he is a famous music historian and journalist...among other things...like being a scientist!

Go to www.scaruffi.com and click on music for lists by year.

Its interesting and strange...Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica" is the only album ever to receive 9 out of 10! He hails it as rock's only true great contribution to music...Any takers?

Later.

Yes I've seen scaruffi.com, Scaruffi has been discussed here in the forum before and something from his website will be included in one of the nearest updates.

Only a few changes this week.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
3. Cat Power - The Greatest
4. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
5. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
7. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
8. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
9. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
10. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
11. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
12. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
13. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
14. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
15. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
16. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
17. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
18. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
19. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
20. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
21. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
22. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
23. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
24. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
25. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
26. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
27. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
28. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
29. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
30. Islands - Return to the Sea

Hey, "Pearl Jam" is getting rave reviews...haven't heard it yet...how is it? Their best in 12 years?!!!

Looks like the last two years have been comeback years for the 10+ year old bands. Greenday "American Idiot", Oasis "Don't Believe the Truth" and now Pearl Jam..hope Radiohead hits home.

The last time such a thing happened was during grunge 14 years back in 91-92 with R.E.M. "Automatic For The People" and U2 "Achtung Baby"...although they were far superior albums to these.

I think the music industry undegoes a shake-up every 10-15 years....still awaiting the next one...but it's definitely getting there.

Unfortuantely it looks like Radiohead won't be putting out a full length album this year, probably will be some EP's though.

Just bought the Wolfmother debut and I think it is one of the best albums so far this year. Also, the new Pearl Jam record lives up to all the good reviews.

the boy kill boy debut rocks! check that one out!

Time for a new mini-update!

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
6. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
9. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
10. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
11. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
12. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
13. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
14. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
15. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
16. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
17. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
18. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
19. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
20. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
21. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
22. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
23. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
24. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
25. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
26. Julie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You
27. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
28. Neil Young - Living with War
29. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
30. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
31. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
32. T.I. - King
33. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
34. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
35. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror

No major changes this week.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
6. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
7. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
10. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
11. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
12. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
13. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
14. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
15. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
16. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
17. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
18. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
19. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
20. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
21. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
22. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
23. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
24. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
25. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
26. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
27. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
28. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
29. T.I. - King
30. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
31. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
32. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
33. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
34. Paul Simon - Surprise
35. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth

The top 40 this new week.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
6. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
9. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
10. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
11. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
14. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
15. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
16. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
17. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
18. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
19. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
20. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
21. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
22. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
23. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
24. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
25. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
26. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
27. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
28. Danielson - Ships
29. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
30. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
31. T.I. - King
32. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
33. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
34. Herbert - Scale
35. Calexico - Garden Ruin
36. Paul Simon - Surprise
37. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
38. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
39. Candi Staton - His Hands
40. Islands - Return to the Sea

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
6. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
7. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
10. Scott Walker - The Drift
11. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
12. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
13. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
14. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
15. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
16. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
17. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
18. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
19. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
20. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
21. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
22. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
23. Juana Molina - Son
24. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
25. T.I. - King
26. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
27. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
28. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
29. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
30. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
31. Danielson - Ships
32. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
33. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
34. Islands - Return to the Sea
35. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
36. Herbert - Scale
37. Paul Simon - Surprise
38. Calexico - Garden Ruin
39. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
40. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror

Monkeys still at the top? Crazy, Why has Candi Staton dropped out of the top 40 too?

A top 50 this week!

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Cat Power - The Greatest
5. Scott Walker - The Drift
6. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
7. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
10. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
11. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
12. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
13. Hot Chip - The Warning
14. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
15. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
16. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
17. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
18. Juana Molina - Son
19. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
20. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
21. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
22. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
23. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
24. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
25. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
26. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
27. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
28. T.I. - King
29. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
30. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
31. Herbert - Scale
32. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
33. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
34. Paul Simon - Surprise
35. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
36. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
37. Danielson - Ships
38. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
39. Islands - Return to the Sea
40. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
41. Calexico - Garden Ruin
42. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
43. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
44. Thursday - A City by the Light Divided
45. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
46. Candi Staton - His Hands
47. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
48. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
49. Neil Young - Living with War
50. Julie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
4. Scott Walker - The Drift
5. Cat Power - The Greatest
6. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
7. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
8. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
10. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
11. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
14. Hot Chip - The Warning
15. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
16. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
17. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
18. Serena-Maneesh - Serena-Maneesh
19. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
20. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
21. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
22. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
23. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
24. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
25. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
26. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
27. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
28. Juana Molina - Son
29. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
30. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
31. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
32. Paul Simon - Surprise
33. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
34. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
35. Danielson - Ships
36. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
37. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
38. Islands - Return to the Sea
39. Calexico - Garden Ruin
40. Herbert - Scale
41. T.I. - King
42. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
43. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
44. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
45. Candi Staton - His Hands
46. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
47. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
48. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
49. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
50. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops

Where are the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

Am I the only person wondering why RHCP arent on the list? They seem to have got a lot of good reviews.

I had been wondering about the Chili Peppers myself. But Henrik's ranking is based mostly on Metacritic, and STADIUM ARCADIUM only has a 70 there. That's higher than the Strokes album, though, so I'm not sure exactly how Henrik calculates the final rank.

Strokes' metascore is based on many more ratings and therefore they have made the top 50. RHCP is just outside the list.

Doesn't Serena-Maneesh's s/t count as a 2005 release?

Well, Metacritic have finally included that 5 star rating from Q for Stadium Arcadium. So it's overall score is now up to 72 from 24 reviews. It's interesting to see that Stefan has it 9th on his list. As well as Metacritic & Q he's included :

'RATE YOUR MUSIC', 'FASTNBULBOUS', 'MUSIK EXPRESS', 'SPEX', 'MUSIC BOX' AND NEW ALSO
'ROBERT CHRISTGAU'.

So i guess the ratings from these 6 must have been universally excellent !

Doesn't Serena-Maneesh's s/t count as a 2005 release?

That's correct. I hadn't noticed this. Thanks.

...and Red Hot Chili Peppers made the list this week

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
4. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
5. Cat Power - The Greatest
6. Scott Walker - The Drift
7. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
8. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
10. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
11. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
14. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
15. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
16. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
17. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
18. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
19. Hot Chip - The Warning
20. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
21. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
22. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
23. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
24. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
25. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
26. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
27. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
28. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
29. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
30. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
31. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
32. Herbert - Scale
33. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
34. Paul Simon - Surprise
35. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
36. Juana Molina - Son
37. Danielson - Ships
38. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
39. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
40. Islands - Return to the Sea
41. Calexico - Garden Ruin
42. T.I. - King
43. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
44. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
45. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
46. Candi Staton - His Hands
47. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
48. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
49. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
50. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever They Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
5. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
9. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
11. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
14. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
15. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
16. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
17. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
18. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
19. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
20. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
21. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
22. Hot Chip - The Warning
23. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
24. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
25. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
26. Juana Molina - Son
27. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
28. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
29. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
30. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
31. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
32. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
33. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
34. Paul Simon - Surprise
35. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
36. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
37. Danielson - Ships
38. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
39. Islands - Return to the Sea
40. Herbert - Scale
41. Calexico - Garden Ruin
42. T.I. - King
43. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
44. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
45. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
46. Nelly Furtado - Loose
47. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
48. Candi Staton - His Hands
49. Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
50. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches

I'm glad St. Elsewhere is still up there in the top 5. If that Sonic Youth album stays in the top 10 i shall have to get it.

With the new entries in bold and finally the Arctic Monkeys title corrected...!

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
5. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
9. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
11. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
14. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
15. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
16. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
17. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
18. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
19. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
20. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
21. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
22. Hot Chip - The Warning
23. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
24. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
25. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
26. Juana Molina - Son
27. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
28. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
29. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
30. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
31. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
32. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
33. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
34. Paul Simon - Surprise
35. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
36. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
37. Danielson - Ships
38. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
39. Islands - Return to the Sea
40. Herbert - Scale
41. Calexico - Garden Ruin
42. T.I. - King
43. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
44. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
45. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
46. Nelly Furtado - Loose
47. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
48. Candi Staton - His Hands
49. Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
50. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches

Is it safe to assume that Johnny Cash and TV on the Radio (released in the U.K. this week, with the U.S. release to follow next month) will be making fairly high debuts in the next weekly update?

Amazing how stable the list has been as we reach the halfway point of the year. The top five albums from the initial 2006 update Henrik posted months ago are all still in the top ten.

Harold I think that shows how poor the rest of the year has been.

Here's my halfway top 20, I've left leaks in.

1 Everything All the Time - Band Of Horses
2 Who Needs Actions When You Got Words - Plan B
3 Through The Window Pane - The Guillemots
4 Love Travels at Illegal Speeds - Graham Coxon
5 Ten Silver Drops - The Secret Machines
6 Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
7 Ringleaders of The Tormentors - Morrissey
8 The Eraser - Thom Yorke
9 Johnny Boy - Johnny Boy
10 We Are The Pipettes - The Pipettes
11 Voices of Animals and Men - The Young Knives
12 Making Dens - Mystery Jets
13 Orchestra of Bubbles - Ellen Allien and Apparat
14 Give Me A Wall - ¡Forward, Russia!
15 Drum's Not Dead - The Liars
16 Destroyer's Rubies - Destroyer
17 Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
18 Inside In/Inside Out - The Kooks
19 Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio
20 Whatever You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - The Arctic Monkeys

There have been some amazing releases this year! Just very few indie (and to be honest these lists all look like they were compiled by the NME)

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Tool - 10000 Days
Lacuna Coil - Karmacode
The Gathering - Home

To name but a few "metal" groups. The lists don't include this. I think were the reviews are coming from needs to be looked at!

Yes, metacritic has left out some metal magazines. That's not good, and I wish I had time to add those excluded magazines, but I simply don't.

Of the new albums below (bolded), Raconteurs should have been included a long time ago. A mistake.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
5. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
9. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
11. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
14. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
15. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
16. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
17. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
18. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
19. Thom Yorke - Eraser
20. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
21. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
22. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
23. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
24. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
25. Hot Chip - The Warning
26. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
27. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
28. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
29. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
30. Juana Molina - Son
31. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
32. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
33. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
34. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
35. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
36. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
37. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
38. Paul Simon - Surprise
39. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
40. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
41. Danielson - Ships
42. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
43. Islands - Return to the Sea
44. Herbert - Scale
45. Calexico - Garden Ruin
46. T.I. - King
47. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
48. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
49. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
50. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
51. Candi Staton - His Hands
52. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album
53. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
54. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
55. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers

I used to like Catatonia. Who's stealing their name?

I actually know why these past few years have been so lousy as far as music goes. It's thanks to a little invention called the MP3 Player. People don't but music any more so bands can't make money. Cds are becoming obsolete and record stores are closing. Right now is just about the worst time ever to be in music. Those years of releasing 3 albums in one year are turning out to be 3 albums in one decade. Of course the artist don't want to admit that MP3's are responsible with the declining sales because of the Napster fiasco but it's the truth. Marketing music is harder now than it's ever been. Myspace helps but it's not the the solution.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
5. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
8. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
9. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
11. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
12. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
13. Thom Yorke - Eraser
14. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
15. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
16. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
17. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
18. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
19. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
20. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
21. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
22. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
23. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
24. Hot Chip - The Warning
25. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
26. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
27. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
28. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
29. Herbert - Scale
30. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
31. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
32. Juana Molina - Son
33. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
34. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
35. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
36. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
37. Paul Simon - Surprise
38. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
39. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
40. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
41. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
42. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
43. Danielson - Ships
44. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
45. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
46. Islands - Return to the Sea
47. Calexico - Garden Ruin
48. T.I. - King
49. Neil Young - Living with War (re-entry)
50. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
51. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
52. Candi Staton - His Hands
53. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse (re-entry)
54. Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
55. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
56. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
57. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
58. Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words (re-entry)
59. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album
60. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (re-entry)

Only some minor changes this time...

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
5. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
10. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
11. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
12. Thom Yorke - Eraser
13. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
14. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
15. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
16. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
17. Hot Chip - The Warning
18. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
19. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
20. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
21. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
22. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
23. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
24. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
25. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
26. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
27. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
28. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
29. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
30. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
31. Herbert - Scale
32. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
33. Juana Molina - Son
34. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
35. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
36. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
37. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
38. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
39. Paul Simon - Surprise
40. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
41. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
42. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
43. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
44. Danielson - Ships
45. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
46. Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
47. Islands - Return to the Sea
48. Calexico - Garden Ruin
49. T.I. - King
50. Neil Young - Living with War
51. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
52. The Futureheads - News and Tributes (re-entry)
53. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
54. Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
55. Candi Staton - His Hands
56. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album
57. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
58. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
59. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
60. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
5. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
10. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
11. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
12. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
13. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
14. Thom Yorke - Eraser
15. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
16. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
17. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
18. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
19. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
20. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
21. Hot Chip - The Warning
22. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
23. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
24. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
25. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
26. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
27. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
28. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
29. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
30. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
31. Herbert - Scale
32. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album
33. Ali Farka Touré - Savane
34. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
35. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
36. Juana Molina - Son
37. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
38. Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
39. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
40. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
41. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
42. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
43. Paul Simon - Surprise
44. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
45. Danielson - Ships
46. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
47. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
48. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
49. Islands - Return to the Sea
50. Comets on Fire - Avatar
51. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
52. Calexico - Garden Ruin
53. T.I. - King
54. Neil Young - Living with War
55. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
56. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
57. Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
58. Candi Staton - His Hands
59. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops (re-entry)
60. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
61. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
62. The Sleepy Jackson - Personality (One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird)
63. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
64. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches
65. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time

Stupid TV on the Radio took Belle and Sebastian off the top ten. Overrated bastards!

yep, a whole lotta crap. When's the next Gorillaz album? I can't wait for the new Scissor Sisters.

Can't wait for MF DOOM collab wit Ghostface, should be tight watch for it420

Preliminary all-time positions will be added in one of the next updates. However, this week only bring a little in terms of additional material to last week's list.

1. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
3. Scott Walker - The Drift
4. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
5. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
6. Cat Power - The Greatest
7. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
9. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
10. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
11. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
12. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
13. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
14. Thom Yorke - Eraser
15. Built to Spill - You in Reverse
16. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
17. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
18. Comets on Fire - Avatar
19. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
20. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
21. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
22. Ali Farka Touré - Savane
23. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
24. Hot Chip - The Warning
25. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
26. Mission of Burma - The Obliterati
27. Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
28. Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from the Illinois Album
29. The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
30. Lambchop - Damaged
31. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
32. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
33. The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon
34. DFA - DFA Remixes: Chapter 1
35. Herbert - Scale
36. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
37. Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
38. Juana Molina - Son
39. Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
40. Guillemots - Through the Windowpane
41. Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and a Curse
42. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
43. Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
44. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
45. Paul Simon - Surprise
46. Tom Zé - Estudando o pagode
47. Danielson - Ships
48. Islands - Return to the Sea
49. Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
50. Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
51. J Dilla aka Jay Dee - Donuts
52. The Futureheads - News and Tributes
53. Calexico - Garden Ruin
54. T.I. - King
55. Espers - II
56. Neil Young - Living with War
57. The Strokes - The First Impressions on Earth
58. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
59. Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
60. Candi Staton - His Hands
61. Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
62. Julie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You (re-entry)
63. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse
64. The Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
65. Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches

I'm a huge fan of Scaruffi, because I identify quite a bit with his philosophy of rating albums solely on their creativity and innovativeness, regardless of their "listenability" or "sellability". But it's only one man's take, so I really like what you're doing here with Acclaimed Music. I do hope that his lists are included very soon, if they haven't already. I'm a newbie to this site.