UPDATE 2010

With the additional January ratings the following Albums are in a new Peak Position:

THE OUTSIDERS

Two CDs, which do not contain new material, are not included in the EOY 2010 EU-Mega-Critic-Top 150.
Here their position, if they were included :

003. (003 ) 73,700787 - 90,13 (15 ) Bruce Springsteen ´The Promise´
EU : 046. 74,71 - UK : 001. 79,55 - US : 133. 63,71 - MC : 95

022. (028 ) 68,482142 - 84,50 (12 ) Bob Dylan ´The Bootleg Series Vol.9 : The Witmark Demos : 1962 - 1964´
EU : 007. 70,21 - UK : 00000000 – US : 025. 68,19 – MC : 86

THE APPROVED

001. (001 ) 76,172839 - 88,55 (22 ) Kanye West ´My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy´
EU : 001. 75,97 - UK : 049. 69.23 - US : 001. 81,25 - MC : 93

034. (043 ) 66, 950757 - 77,63 (16 ) Twin Shadow ´Forget´
EU : 020. 67,85 - UK : 095. 67,05 - US : 091. 65,16 - MC : 82

060. (074 ) 65,573777 - 77,14 (14 ) Superchunk ´Majesty Shredding´
EU : 098. 62,50 - UK : 072. 67,95 - US : 061. 66,46 - MC : 82

103. (103 ) 63,578431 - 77,70 (10 ) Caitlin Rose ´Own Side Now´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 031. 70,46 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

CLUES TO THE CLUES

A Indian Anna & Edith Piaf & Corsica´s Calvi = Anna Calvi´Anna Calvi´

B Santa = December & King & No More = The Decemberists´The King Is Dead´

C Kiss & Iron & Mr. Clean = Iron & Wine´Kiss Each Other Clean

D Bark & Red & Wire = Wire´Red Barked Tree

THE WINNER

Sorry Sketch, your (correct) answer came too late (Deadline is always on the 25th). So I had too choose the closest who is SuperFurry. Congratulations !!!

THE MEGA-CRITIC-CHART

As only 6 acts have come to clear the hurdle of an adjusted score of 61, I extended that score to 60, to obtain a Top 10 at least.

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. 67,500000 – 76,60 (20 ) Iron & Wine ´Kiss Each Other Clean´
EU : 001. 65,73 – UK : 001. 71,59 – US : 006. 65,88 – MC : 78

002. 64,446721 – 75,18 (14 ) Wire ´Red Barked Tree´
EU : 007. 58,63 – UK : 002. 69,32 – US : 007. 65,28 – MC : 79

003. 63,390151 – 72,09 (16 ) Deerhoof ´Deerhoof Vs. Evil´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 008. 65,91 – US : 005. 66,82 – MC : 77

004. 63,053892 – 68,96 (23 ) The Decemberists ´The King Is Dead´
EU : 002. 65,22 – UK : 00000000 – US : 00000000 – MC : 78

005. 62,391304 – 78,50 (08 ) Destroyer ´Kaputt´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 00000000 – US : 002. 68,43 – MC : 84



006. 61,633858 – 69,70 (15 ) Anna Calvi ´Anna Calvi´
EU : 003. 61,73 – UK : 010. 65,31 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

007. 60,892857 – 70,33 (12 ) Joan As Policewoman ´The Deep Field´
EU : 005. 60,00 – UK : 010. 65,31 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

008. 60,760869 – 74,75 (08 ) Ghostface Killah ´Apollo Kids´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 00000000 – US : 004. 67,45 – MC : 00

009. 60,360824 – 72,33 (09 ) Suuns ´Zeroes QC´
EU : 00000000 – UK : 003. 68,18 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

010. 60,267857 – 69,17 (12 ) Adele ´21´
EU : 004. 61,54 – UK : 00000000 – US : 00000000 – MC : 00

FURTHER EU-POSITIONS

006. 58,99 Diddy Dirty Money ´Last Train To Paris´
008. 58,38 Phoenix Foundation ´Buffalo´
009. 58,10 Cloud Nothings ´Cloud Nothings´
010. 57,50 British Sea Power ´Valhalla Dancehall´

FURTHER UK-POSITIONS

003. 68,18 The Joy Formidable ´The Big Roar´
005. 67,05 Hannah Peel ´Broken Wave
006. 66,33 British Sea Power ´Valhalla Dancehall´
007. 66,18 Gang Of Four ´Content´
008. 65,91 Fujiya & Miyagi ´Ventriloquizzing´

FURTHER US-POSITIONS

001. 70,00 Smith Westerns ´Dye It Blonde´
003. 68,24 Braids ´Native Speaker´
008. 64,52 Delicate Steve ´Wondervisions´
009. 63,26 Tennis ´Cape Dory´
010. 61,45 Supersilent ´10´

THE TOP 5

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NEW COMPETITION

Guess (Deadline = 25th) the Highest New Entry into next month´s Mega-Critic-Chart (Publication = 30th) as well as its position (as a tie-breaker) and enter the chance to win 2 CDs of your choice.
The Clues will be online on the 21st.

Good Luck !!!