Not sure if this is eligible, because it alludes to "listener input" in addition to staff deliberation in the creation of the list.
John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls (2002)
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
Arcade Fire: Funeral (2004)
The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas (2003)
Beyoncé: Dangerously In Love (2003)
Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago (2007-8)
Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
Burial: Untrue (2007)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: self-titled (2005)
Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway (2004)
Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)
Danger Mouse: The Grey Album (2004)
Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism (2003)
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife (2006)
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)
Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasion Segun San Marcos (The Passion according to Saint Mark)
Green Day: American Idiot (2004)
Iron And Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Jay-Z: The Blueprint (2001)
Norah Jones: Come Away With Me (2002)
Juanes: Fijate Bien (2000)
LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver (2007)
Lil' Wayne: Tha Carter III (2008)
Little Brother: The Listening (2003)
Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet (2002)
Mastodon: Leviathan (2004)
M.I.A.: Kala (2007)
Jason Moran: Black Stars (2001)
OutKast: Stankonia (2000)
Brad Paisley: 5th Gear (2007)
Panda Bear: Person Pitch (2007)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand (2007)
The Postal Service: Give Up (2003)
Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007)
Radiohead: Kid A (2000)
Shakira: Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1 (2005)
Sigur Ros: ( ) (2002)
Britney Spears: In The Zone (2003)
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (2005)
The Strokes: Is This It (2002)
The Swell Season: Once Soundtrack (2007)
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart of the Moon (2005)
TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)
Various: Garden State Soundtrack (2004)
Various: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2000)
Kanye West: The College Dropout (2004)
The White Stripes: White Blood Cells (2001)
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Amy Winehouse: Back To Black (2006)
Holy moley! This is the National Public Radio "All Songs Considered" EOD list - the exact same list. Is The Independent trying to pass it off as its own?!?
