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31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

UPDATE 2008-CHART

With the additional January ratings the following Albums are New Entries or in Peak Position:

NEW ENTRY
PEAK POSITION

145. 61,684782 - 76,88 (08 ) Etienne Jaumet ´Night Music´

143. 61,764705 - 74,00 (10 ) Fanfarlo ´Reservoir´

142. 61,804123 - 75,44 (09 ) King Midas Sound ´Waiting For You´

126. 62,065217 - 77,75 (08 ) Dave Rawlings Machine ´A Friend Of A Friend´

108. 62,525773 – 77,00 (09 ) Real Estate ´Real Estate´

101. 62,686915 - 74,68 (11 ) Local Natives ´Gorilla Manor´

058. 64,402173 – 83,18 (08 ) Converge ´Axe To Fall´

053. 64,626168 – 78,46 (11 ) The Unthanks ´Here´s The Tender Coming´

024. 66,776315 – 75,50 (20 ) Atlas Sound ´Logos´

THE CLUES

A Laura Veirs
B Owen Pallett
C Vampire Weekend
D Spoon
E Lindström & Christabelle

THE WINNER

There is no winner this month, as nobody anticipated Beach House´s ´Teen Dream´ to rocket up the charts. SR was right with his guess, but unfortunately a few days late.

The CD goes to the Jackpot for next month´s Competition.

THE MEGA-CRITIC-CHART

The current position is followed by the adjusted score, the average rating and the number of reviews in brackets.

The scores after the title are the individual positions/adjusted scores for Europe, the UK and the US, followed by the current Metacritic score.

All Albums are NEW ENTRIES



001. 68,860544 - 79,18 (19 ) Beach House ´Teen Dream´
EU : 002. 67,08 - UK : 007. 67,35 - US : 001. 71,96 - MC : 82

002. 68,093220 - 75,62 (25 ) Vampire Weekend ´Contra´
EU : 001. 67,95 - UK : 003. 69,39 - US : 005. 67,14 - MC : 80

003. 66,639344 - 79,00 (14 ) Four Tet ´There Is Love In You´
EU : 013. 60,81 - UK : 006. 66,18 - US : 002. 70,24 - MC : 83

004. 65,984848 - 76,38 (16 ) Owen Pallett ´Heartland´
EU : 003. 66,14 - UK : 00000000 - US : 003. 69,17 - MC : 80

005. 65,828025 - 73,67 (21 ) Spoon ´Transference´
EU : 008. 63,25 - UK : 012. 65,91 - US : 004. 68,39 - MC : 80



006. 65,693430 - 75,29 (17 ) Laura Veirs ´July Flame´
EU : 004. 65,35 - UK : 002. 71,43 - US : 012. 57,26 - MC : 80

007. 64,877049 - 75,93 (14 ) Lindström & Christabelle ´Real Life Is No Cool´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 004. 69,32 - US : 007. 75,00 - MC : 78

008. 63,971962 - 77,18 (11 ) These New Puritans ´Hidden´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 001. 76,14 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

009. 63,299180 - 73,18 (14 ) Midlake ´The Courage Of Others´
EU : 005. 64,43 - UK : 009. 67,05 - US : 00000000 - MC : 84

010.62,976190 - 70,08 (19 ) Charlotte Gainsbourg ´IRM´ (2009 )
EU : 006. 63,72 - UK : 00000000 - US : 010. 61,67 - MC : 83



011. 62,038043 - 77,69 (08 ) Hot Chip ´One Life Stand´
EU : 007. 63,27 - UK : 011. 66,18 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

012. 61,088435 - 67,16 (19 ) Magnetic Fields ´Realism´
EU : 011. 61,64 - UK : 00000000 - US : 13. 56,94 - MC : 74

013. 61,030927 - 73,78 (09 ) Fool´s Gold ´Fool´s Gold´ (2009 )
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

014. 60,775862 - 76,79 (07 ) Yeasayer ´Odd Blood´
EU : 009. 62,10 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

THE BUBBLERS

015. 60,373831 - 70,18 (11 ) Tindersticks ´Falling Down A Mountain´
EU : 010. 61,73 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

016. 60,289115 - 65,92 (19 ) eels ´End Times´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 005. 69,23 - US : 14. 56,77 - MC : 69

017. 60,206185 - 72,00 (09 ) Retribution Gospel Choir ´2´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 011. 61,34 - MC : 77

018. 60,196850 - 67,27 (15 ) Delphic ´Acolyte´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 007. 67,35 - US : 00000000 - MC : 70

019. 60,054347 - 73,13 (08 ) Los Campesinos! ´Romance Is Boring´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 008. 63,89 - MC : 82

020. 60,000000 - 70,40 (10 ) Lawrence Arabia ´Chant ´Darling´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 013. 65,39 - US : 00000000 - MC : 78

021. 59,712643 - 74,14 (07 ) Gucci Mane ´The State Vs. Radric Davis´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 009. 62,56 - MC : 75

FURTHER EU-POSITIONS

012. 60,95 Get Well Soon ´Vexations´
014. 60,54 Motorpsycho ´Heavy Metal Fruit´

FURTHER UK-POSITIONS

010. 66,67 Erland And The Carnival ´EATC´
013. 65,39 Chew Lips ´Unicorn´

FURTHER US-POSITIONS

006. 66,11 Surfer Blood ´Astro Coast´

NEW COMPETITION

Guess (Deadline = 25th) the highest New Entry into next month´s Mega-Critic-Chart (Publication = 28th) as well as its position (as a tie-breaker) and enter the chance to win two CDs of your choice.
Clues will be online on the 21st.

Good Luck !!!

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

Great start of the year, Stefan! I am as grateful as always for the work you put into this.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

Yeah, very nice presentation. And interesting list too.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

Beach House number one? Awesome!

Also? Looking forward to another year of your fantastic work, STEFAN.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

I thought the winner had to be one of the bands or artists mentioned in the CLUES.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

The year is already off to a fantastic start. Thanks, Stefan!

One slight correction: although Owen Pallett is indeed going to be performing under his own name from now on, HEARTLAND is still officially credited to his former pseudonym Final Fantasy, and should be identified as such here.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

Thanks Stefan! And so we welcome what promises to be a great year in music.

And what a start! Contra gets better with every listen, and Teen Dream, especially, is nearly immaculate and better than most of 2009's albums. The thought that there will inevitably be albums better than Team Dream in the coming 11 months gets me excited.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

Tim, the CLUES are just a hint, based on the chart on the 21st of each month. What happens in the last 9 to 10 days is often unexpected, as this was the case with Beach House last month.

Re: 31/01/2010 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2010 So Far (With Competition)

Harold, Heartland is listed under Owen Pallett in 15 of the 16 sources, that reviewed the album yet, so I will go on identifying it under that name.