Hi, it's been about 3 months ago that most of us submitted their end of year lists to Rocky Raccoon.
The problem with early voting in December/January is, that you might not have listened to a couple of albums at all, or not enough to let the music sink in. As a consequence, your personal end of year list will likely be very dynamic and change constantly.
I saw Stephan already post an update of his list. Just for you information, here's my current top 20 (position in January in parentheses):
(4) 1 Radiohead - In Rainbows
(1) 2 The National - Boxer
(3) 3 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
(5) 4 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
(2) 5 Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
(6) 6 PJ Harvey - White Chalk
(8) 7 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
(7) 8 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
(-) 9 Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
(9) 10 Blonde Redhead - 23
(15) 11 Feist - The Reminder
(11) 12 Okkervil River - The Stage Names
(10) 13 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
(-) 14 Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
(-) 15 Studio - Yearbook 1
(16) 16 Caribou - Andorra
(14) 17 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
(13) 18 Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
(20) 19 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
(-) 20 Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
I think it has changed again, so I'll post it again.
1) (1) The National - Boxer
2) (2) Bruce Springsteen - Magic
3) (-) Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
4) (3) Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
5) (4) The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6) (9) LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
7) (-) Burial - Untrue
8) (6) Battles - Mirrored
9) (7) Blonde Redhead - 23
10) (10) Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
11) (5) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
12) (8) Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
13) (12) M.I.A. - Kala
14) (-) Studio - Yearbook
15) (11) The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
01.(01) Mirrored. Battles
02.(02) Fever Pitch. Panda Bear
03.(03) Rise Above. Dirty Projectors 04.(--) Dandelion Gum. Black Moth Super Rainbow
05.(04) All Hour Cymbals. Yeasayer
06.(05) Craft Of The Lost Art. Shape Of Broad Minds
07.(06) Andorra. Caribou
08.(07) Friend And Foe. Menomena
09.(09) Marry Me. St. Vincent
10.(0 Comicopera. Robert Wyatt
11.(10) Curses. Future Of The Left
12.(11) Cryptograms. Deerhunter
13.(12) Tromatic Reflexxions. Von Südenfed
14.(13) Friend Opportunity. Deerhoof
15.(14) Shelter From The Ash. Six Organs Of Admittance
16.(15) Pre-Emptive False Rapture. Chrome Hoof
17.(16) I'll Sleep When You're Dead. El-P
18.(20) All The Birds Were Anarchists. September Collective
19.(17) White Chalk. PJ Harvey
20.(1 Weirdo Rippers. No Age
21.(20) Hey Venus. Super Furry Animals
22.(21) Hissing Fauna.... Of Montreal
23.(22) Strawberry Jam. Animal Collective
24.(23) Tears Of The Valedictorian. Frog Eyes
25.(24) Sound Of Silver. LCD Soundsystem
26.(25) Widow City. The Fiery Furnaces
27.(26) Future Rock. Strategy
28.(27) Strange House. The Horrors
29.(2 Kingdom Of Fear. Shitdisco
30.(29) Liars. Liars
31.(30) Random Spirit Lover. Sunset Rubdown
32.(49) Bambi's Dilemma. Melt-Banana
33.(31) Abandoned Language. Dälek
34.(32) Walls. Apparat
35.(33) In Rainbows. Radiohead
36.(34) Holy Fuck. Holy Fuck
37.(35) Shocking Pinks. Shocking Pinks
38.(36) Good Bad Not Evil. The Black Lips
39.(37) The Shepherd's Dog. Iron And Wine
40.(39) Tones Of Town. Field Music
41.(3 In Advance Of The Broken Arm. Marnie Stern
42.(40) You Follow Me. Nina Nastasia/Jim White
43.(42) Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Spoon
44.(41) The Ghost That Carried Us Away. Seabear
45.(43) Hope For Men. Pissed Jeans
46.(44) For Emma, Forever Ago. Bon Iver
47.(45) Pride. Phosphorescent
48.(52) Think Before You Speak. Good Shoes
49.(46) Hello, Avalanche. The Octopus Project
50.(47) Parades. Efterklang
speechless and ashamed for having overlooked it so long..
1. MIA: Kala (6)
2. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Living With the Living (5)
3. Battles: Mirrored (7)
4. Wu-Tang Clan: 8 Diagrams (1)
5. The National: Boxer (4)
6. Tegan and Sara: The Con (2)
7. Nina Nastasia/Jim White: You Follow Me (10)
8. Britney Spears: Blackout (13)
9. St. Vincent: Marry Me (16)
10. Talib Kweli: Ear Drum (3)
11. Dr. Dog: We All Belong (12)
12. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (14)
13. White Stripes: Icky Thump (24)
14. Super Furry Animals: Hey Venus (25)
15. Radiohead: In Rainbows (8)