Good to have you back Andre.

I just realized I listed my songs weeks ago, but forgot the Albums:

1. OutKast -- Stankonia
2. Radiohead -- Kid A
3. Coldplay -- Parachutes
4. The Cure -- Bloodflowers
5. A Perfect Circle -- Mer De Noms
6. The White Stripes -- De Stijl
7. The Smashing Pumpkins -- Machina & The Machines Of God
8. Pearl Jam -- Binaural
9. Oasis -- Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
10. Queens Of The Stone Age -- Rated R
11. The Hives -- Veni Vidi Vicious
12. Placebo -- Black Market Music
13. U2 -- All The You Can't Leave Behind
14. Rage Against The Machine -- Renegades
15. Doves -- Lost Souls
16. Johnny Cash -- American III: Solitary Man
17. Blink 182 -- Enema Of The State
18. At The Drive-In -- Relationship Of Command
19. Common -- Like Water For Chocloate
20. Deftones -- White Pony
21. Godspeed You Black Emperor! -- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
22. The Dandy Warhols -- Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
23. Richard Ashcroft -- Alone With Everybody
24. Lifehouse -- No Name Face
25. No Doubt -- Return Of Saturn
26. Sunny Day Real Estate -- The Rising Tide
27. Eminem -- The Marshall Mathers LP
28. Phoenix -- United

Songs

1. Eminem feat. Dido - Stan
2. Thomas Newman - American Beauty
3. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
4. Air - Playground Love
5. Radiohead - Everything in Its Right Place
6. The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So
7. Yo La Tengo - Saturday
8. Thomas Newman - Dead Already
9. Grandaddy - He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot
10. OutKast - Ms. Jackson
11. Radiohead - The National Anthem
12. Aimee Mann - Calling It Quits
13. Aaliyah - Try Again
14. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
15. Sade - By Your Side
16. Titiyo - Come Along
17. Radiohead - Morning Bell
18. Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
19. The New Pornographers - Letter from An Occupant
20. Low - Dinosaur Act

This is just a suggestion so everyone should take it as such, but is there any reason to wait on a 150 album/song format? I think that's a great idea and would make the revealing of the results more fun.

Didn't we have just one week ago the same discussion in this thread?

Songs:

30. Inner Smile- Texas
29. Ex-Girlfriend- No Doubt
28. The Way I Am- Eminem
27. A Song for the Lovers- Richard Ashcroft
26. Don't Tell Me- Madonna
25. Absolutely (Story of a Girl)- Nine Days
24. Doesn't Really Matter- Janet Jackson
23. The Mess We're In- PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke
22. Letter from an Occupant- New Pornographers
21. The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret- Queens of the Stone Age

20. Music- Madonna
19. Stan- Eminem f/Dido
18. Bohemian Like You- Dandy Warhols
17. The Crystal Lake- Granddaddy
16. One Armed Scissor- At the Drive In
15. Idioteque- Radiohead
14. Hate to Say I Told You So- The Hives
13. Everything In Its Right Place- Radiohead
12. Optimistic- Radiohead
11. Feel Good Hit of the Summer- Queens of the Stone Age

10. A Simple Kind of Life- No Doubt
09. Stuck in a Moment that You Can't Get Out Of- U2
08. Pinch Me- Barenaked Ladies
07. Beautiful Day- U2
06. So Fresh, So Clean- OutKast
05. Waiting- Green Day
04. Walk On- U2
03. Ms. Jackson- OutKast
02. Untitled (How Does It Feel)- D'Angelo
01. BOB- OutKast

Albums
1)The Avalanches - Since I Left You
2)Radiohead - Kid A
3)U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
4)Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
5)Coldplay - Parachutes
6)PJ Harvey - Stories From The City,Stories From The Sea
7)Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
8)Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
9)Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
10)Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy

Songs
1)Coldplay - Yellow
2)U2 - Kite
3)Matchbox 20 - If You're Gone
4)U2 - Beautiful Day
5)Eminem feat. Dido - Stan
6)Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
7)Outkast - Ms. Jackson
8)Lenny Kravitz - Again
9)The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
10)Eminem - The Way I Am
11)All Saints - Pure Shores
12)Coldplay - Trouble
13)Powderfinger - My Happiness
14)PJ Harvey - Good Fortune
15)Radiohead - Kid A
16)Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction
17)Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
18)Aaliyah - Try Again
19)Fuel - Hemmorrage
20)The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

Here's an idea I want to put out there.

We could compile two separate lists. One where we take the top 10 point-getters of each year, and one while we take the top 10 that are not in AM's top 200 of the decade.

That way we'll end up with one list of 100 albums everybody has heard, and one list of 100 albums fewer people have heard, and vote each separately.

That discussion was over 100 vs. 200 albums. What Henrik was suggesting is nominating 150 albums so there is some suspense when the results for the top 100 are revealed, starting next year with the 90s poll. I was just wondering why we couldn't introduce that format this year. I think it would be more interesting if we didn't know which albums made the top 100 in the final vote.

I don't know why we're having so much discussion about changing a formula we've been using successfully for every other decade. Let's at least stick with it to the end and do something different next time around if that's what people want. Why is everyone trying to fix something that ain't broke?

Albums

1. Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, PJ Harvey
2. Stankonia, OutKast
3. Kid A, Radiohead
4. Relationship of Command, At the Drive-In
5. All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2
6. The Marshal Mathers LP, Eminem
7. Voodoo, D’Angelo
8. Veni, Vidi, Vicious, The Hives
9. Since I Left You, The Avalanches
10. I am Shelby Lynn, Shelby Lynn
11. Mama’s Gun, Erika Badu
12. Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams
13. And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, Yo La Tengo
14. R, Queens of the Stone Age
15. Mass Romantic, New Pornographers
16. Parachutes, Coldplay
17. The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Badly Drawn Boy
18. All Hands on the Bad One, Sleater-Kinney
19. Figure 8, Elliott Smith
20. Supreme Clientele, Ghostface Killah

Hopefully I'll have time to do a songs list before deadline.

Well, the formula we've been using works, but it gives too major an advantage to the albums everybody has heard. That's why I suggest we have a separate final vote for the less well known albums.

Albums

1. Vainica Doble: En familia
2. Nosoträsh: Mi vida en un fin de semana
3. Belle & Sebastian : Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
4. Mojave 3: Excuses for Travellers
5. Lambchop: Nixon
6. Los Planetas: Unidad de desplazamiento
7. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: The Blue Trees
8. Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
9. John Hiatt: Crossing Muddy Waters
10. Coldplay: Parachutes
11. Aimee Mann: Bachelor Nº 2
12. Neil Young: Silver and Gold
13. L-Kan: Cosas que miden poco
14. Cinerama: Disco Volante
15. Kiko Veneno: La familia pollo
16. Super Furry Animals: Mwng
17. Beachwood Sparks: Beachwood Sparks
18. Eels: Daisies of the Galaxy
19. The Aisler Set: Last Match
20. The Jayhawks: Smile

21. The Jacquelines: Juanita, Songs of Tragedy and Grotesque
22. Jaume Sisa amb Pascal Comelade: Visca la llibertat
23. Black Box Recorder: The Facts of Life
24. Teenage Fanclub: Howdy!
25. Henri Salvador: Chambre avec vue
26. Señor Cononut: El baile alemán
27. XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
28. Pizzicato Five: The Fifth Release from Matador
29. The Kingsbury Manx: The Kingsbury Manx
30. Joe Jackson: Night and Day II
31. Kirsty McColl: Tropical Brainstorm
32. Daniel Johnston: Why Me?
33. Kathryn Williams: Little Black Numbers
34. Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
35. Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man
36. Cecilia Ann: Suenacuento
37. La Casa Azul: El sonido efervescente de la casa azul
38. Menlo Park: Menlo Park
39. Saint Etienne: Sound of Water
40. Centromatic: All the Falsest Hearts Can Try
41. Sexy Sadie: Butterflies
42. Paolo Conte: Razmataz
43. Oscar Peterson & Michel Legrand: Trail of Dreams. A Canadian Suite
44. Various Artists: O Brother, Where Are Thou?
45. Sodastream: Looks Like A Russian
46. Mates of State: My Solo Project
47. The Gentle Waves: Swansong for You
48. The High Llamas: Buzzle Bee
49. Elliot Murphy: Rainy Season
50. Antony and The Johnsons: Antony and The Johnsons

I am in favor of expanding the number of songs that qualify, in case we are still having that discussion.

Songs
01: OutKast: B.O.B.
02: Daft Punk: One More Time
03: OutKast: Ms. Jackson
04: Eminem: Stan
05: The Hives: Hate to Say I Told You So
06: The Avalanches: Frontier Psychiatrist
07: Coldplay: Yellow
08: Phoenix: If I Ever Feel Better
09: Aaliyah: Try Again
10: Radiohead: Idioteque
11: The Avalanches: Since I Left You
12: Radiohead: Everything In Its Right Place
13: U2: Beautiful Day
14: Phoenix: Too Young
15: Radiohead: How To Disappear Completely
16: The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You
17: U2: Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
18: Eminem: The Real Slim Shady
19: Ghostface Killah: Nutmeg
20: Shaggy: It Wasn't Me

21: Nelly: Country Grammar
22: The New Pornographers: Letter From An Occupant
23: Ghostface Killah: Apollo Kids
24: OutKast: So Fresh, So Clean
25: AFI: The Days of the Phoenix
26: OutKast: Humble Mumble
27: Wheatus: Teenage Dirtbag
28: At the Drive-in: One Armed Scissor
29: Jay-Z: Big Pimpin'
30: Common: The Light
31: U2: Kite
32: Radiohead: The National Anthem
33: Mystikal: Shake Ya Ass
34: Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed
35: Alkaline Trio: Radio

This is the first time I'll actually know enough albums to participate in the poll.

01: Radiohead: Kid A
02: OutKast: Stankonia
03: U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind
04: Ghostface Killah: Supreme Cliente
05: The Avalanches: Since I Left You
06: Phoenix: United
07: Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
08: The White Stripes: De Stijl
09: AFI: The Art of Drowning
10: Alkaline Trio: Maybe I'll Catch Fire

Fantastic year. I compiled then a CD for some friends with music made by women and I can see that this CD influenced a lot my songs list.

ALBUMS:

1. RADIOHEAD "Kid A" (#37 of all time)
2. EMINEM "The Marshal Mathers LP" (#86)
3. PJ HARVEY "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea"
4. JOHNNY CASH "American III: Solitary Man"
5. MOJAVE 3 "Excuses for Travellers"
6. ELLIOTT SMITH "Figure 8"
7. HENRI SALVADOR "Chambre avec vue"
8. THE AVALANCHES "Since I Left You"
9. OUTKAST "Stankonia"
10. BADLY DRAWN BOY "The Hour of Bewilderbeast"
11. GRANDADDY "The Sophtware Slump"
12. YO LA TENGO "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out"
13. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR "Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!"
14. RYAN ADAMS "Heartbreaker"
15. LAMBCHOP "Nixon"
16. JILL SCOTT "Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1"
17. COMMON "Like Water for Chocolate"
18. MADONNA "Music"
19. GOLDFRAPP "Felt Mountain"
20. BROADCAST "The Noise Made By People"
21. COLDPLAY "Parachutes"
22. HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM "Kän ingen sorg för mig Göteborg"
23. THE HIVES "Veni Vidi Vicious"
24. AT THE DRIVE-IN "Relationship of Command"
25. PRIMAL SCREAM "XTRMNTR"


SONGS:

1. EMINEM featuring DIDO "Stan" (#34 in my all-time list)
2. THE AVALANCHES "Since I Left You" (#220)
3. MOJAVE 3 "In Love With a View" (#249)
4. BJÖRK featuring THON YORKE "I've Seen It All"
5. RADIOHEAD "How to Disappear Completely"
6. BADLY DRAWN BOY "The Shining"
7. JOHNNY CASH "Mercy Seat"
8. PJ HARVEY "This Is Love"
9. GOLDFRAPP "Lovely Head"
10. MADONNA "Music"
11. KYLIE MINOGUE "Spinning Around"
12. OUTKAST "Ms. Jackson"
13. MOLOKO "The Time Is Now"
14. BROADCAST "Come On Let's Go"
15. YO LA TENGO "You Can Have It All"
16. THE GO-BETWEENS "Going Blind"
17. HENRI SALVADOR "Jardin d'hiver"
18. NU TEMPO "Islas"
19. LOW & SPRING HEEL JACK "Hand So Small"
20. EMINEM "Kim"
21. RADIOHEAD "Idioteque"
22. THE AVALANCHES "Frontier Psychiatrist"
23. GRANDADDY "The Crystal Lake"
24. KIKO VENENO "Coge la guitarra"
25. TONINO CAROTONE "Me cago en el amor"
26. CATHY CLARET "La chica del viento"
27. HENRI SALVADOR "Chambre avec vue"
28. ST GERMAIN "Rose Rouge"
29. GRANDADDY "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot"
30. RADIOHEAD "Everything in Its Right Place"
31. COLDPLAY "Yellow"
32. BADLY DRAWN BOY "Once Around the Block"
33. RYAN ADAMS "Amy"
34. ELLIOTT SMITH "Son of Sam"
35. BERGMAN "Enigmas in Your Hand"
36. SADE "By Your Side"
37. JILL SCOTT "The Way"
38. KELIS "Caught Out There"
39. COMMON "The Light"
40. OUTKAST "B.O.B."
41. AT THE DRIVE-IN "One Armed Scissor"
42. THE HIVES "Hate to Say I Told You So"
43. HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM "Kän ingen sorg för mig Göteborg"
44. LAMBCHOP "Grumpus"
45. STEVE WYNN & AUSTRALIAN BLONDE "Suddenly"
46. LA CASA AZUL "Cerca de Shibuya"
47. LOS PLANETAS "Un buen día"
48. SEXY SADIE "I Don't Know"
49. PJ HARVEY "Good Fortune"
50. JOHNNY CASH "I See a Darkness"

FAVOURITE COMPILATION: JOHNNY CASH "Love, God, Murder"


The Spotify link for the songs list.

A round trip overseas. Nothing as natural as the crossed influences in music. The colonization of American and African countries by Europeans is a story of brutality and genocide, that's undeniable, but it's also a story of cultural interchange. The music that the Europeans brought was reinterpreted by the natives (or by the slaves) and this cultural collision created fascinating new styles (in fact jazz was born when African Americans took the instruments of a brass band and began to play it with their own style).
And then the ebb came. The Portuguese musicians showed proudly Brazilian influences, the English psychedelia used Hindi instruments and French music was permeated by North African music (to use examples of three different continents). Given the rich music traditions in Latin America (Cuban son, Mexican bolero or Argentinean tango to mention a few) Spain was not going to be the exception to the rule, and music coming from Latin America has always been favourites of Spanish audiences, from Antonio Machín to Shakira.
But surprisingly the Spanish musicians rarely embraced those warm sounds coming from our brothers overseas. In fact sometimes it was the opposite, Latin American singers tried to emulate detestable Spanish singers like (argh) Julio Iglesias. Instead looking to the West most of the Spanish musicians preferred to look to the North, to the European scene, trying to shake off atavistic complexes of cultural delay. Of course there were exceptions like the easy-listening orchestras of the 1940s and 1950s (Xavier Cugat style) and mainly the "rumba" of the 1960s and 1970s, a style born in Barcelona that mixed Spanish flamenco and Cuban son, played by great musicians that ranged from the popular (Peret) to the intellectual (Gato Pérez).
The pop musicians began to dig into this goldmine in the mid 1980s with bands as Radio Futura, Los Coyotes or Los Mestizos. Fronting the latter band was Juanjo Javierre, a musician that commanded many bands, especially Los Mestizos in the 80s, Soul Mondo in the 90s and Nu Tempo in the 00s. A personal project mostly based in down tempo and "cold" electronica but adding some musicians that got with them the Caribbean heat: the Cuban singer Ludmila Mercerón, the gypsy percussionist Tahití Giménez and the Cuban trumpet player Ángel Beltrán. They released an album in 2000 called Rumbo a nuevas islas (Bound to New Islands) that included a bolero from Néstor 'Lupita' Nazareno (also collaborating on vocals) that exemplified the Cuba-Spain connection. Joan Pons for Rockdelux: "Echoed by a distant trumpet, Juanjo Javierre docks in Cuba and get himself drenched in mature rum to heal the soul wounds. The Innerzone Orchestra lost in the Caribbean. Mr. Fingers warping to a modern bolero with spare but definitive lyrics".


ISLAS
Composer: Néstor Nazareno 'Lupita'
Perfomer: NU TEMPO
First release: 2000 ("Rumbo a nuevas islas" album)
Lenght: 5’10”

Es tan corta la distancia
pero tan largo el camino
entre tu boca y mi boca
entre tu corazón y el mío.
Si pudiera recorrer
el trayecto entre los dos,
tan cerca pero tan lejos
media un mundo entre tú y yo.

Islas
en medio de un oscuro mar,
somos tú y yo,
somos tú y yo.
Islas
en medio de la oscuridad,
somos tú y yo,
somos tú y yo.
Islas
en medio de un oscuro mar,
somos tú y yo,
somos tú y yo.
Islas
en medio de la oscuridad,
somos tú y yo,
somos tú y yo.

Es tan corta la distancia
pero tan largo el camino
entre tu boca y mi boca
entre tu corazón y el mío.

Si pudiera recorrer
el trayecto entre los dos,
tan cerca pero tan lejos
media un mundo entre tú y yo.

Islas
en medio de un oscuro mar,
somos tú y yo,
somos tú y yo.
Islas
en medio de la oscuridad,
somos tú y yo,
somos tú y yo.

Islas.
Islas.
Islas.


ISLANDS

The distance is so short
but it’s a long way
from your mouth to my mouth
from your heart to mine.
If I could travel
the distance between us,
so near but so far away,
there’s a world between you and me.

Islands
in the midst of a dark sea,
are you and me,
are you and me.
Islands
in the midst of darkness,
are you and me,
are you and me.
Islands
in the midst of a dark sea,
are you and me,
are you and me.
Islands
in the midst of darkness,
are you and me,
are you and me.

The distance is so short
but it’s a long way
from your mouth to my mouth
from your heart to mine.

If I could travel
the distance between us,
so near but so far away,
there’s a world between you and me.

Islands
in the midst of a dark sea,
are you and me,
are you and me.
Islands
in the midst of darkness,
are you and me,
are you and me.

Islands.
Islands.
Islands.


Audio Clip

Songs
1. U2 – “Beautiful Day”
2. OutKast – “Gasoline Dreams”
2. PJ Harvey – “Big Exit”
4. Coldplay – “Yellow”
5. At the Drive-In – “One-Armed Scissor”
6. The Hives – “Hate to Say I Told You So”
7. Soggy Bottom Boys – “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow”
8. Eminem – “Real Slim Shady”
9. OutKast – “Ms. Jackson”
10. New Pornographers – “Letter from an Occupant”
11. PJ Harvey – “You Said Something”
12. PJ Harvey – “This Is Love”
13. Eminem – “Stan”
14. Shelby Lynne – “Gotta Get Back”
15. D’Angelo – “Devil’s Pie”
16. Radiohead – “Optimistic”
17. Avalanches – “Since I Left You”
18. Sleater-Kinney – “You’re No Rock ‘n’ Roll Fun”
19. Ryan Adams – “To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, to Be High)”
20. PJ Harvey – “Good Fortune”

Well, love for u2 in this thread is one of the most suprising things I've ever seen.

I second that.

Only one day left to vote.

I like also Henrik's suggestion about new rules. It would fix almost every bad sides of this almost perfect game. (albums/songs released in ”stronger” year wouldn't suffer anymore etc.).
But 2010 songs poll proved that sometimes 150 songs is too much (I guess it was the main reason why there were way less voters in the second round than in the first one.)
It also looks that most of the forumers do prefer the current rules. So if there won't show up shortly new supporters of new rules (by Henrik) in the forum, I think the debate is over and we will stick in the current rules.

And love for U2 of 00's is also big surprise to me also.

Well, I've thought a bit about that.
I like the 150 rules, but I also know for having done a poll myself that in some years, albums between 11 and 15 had very few support and were only personal favorite of a few people. Is that a good thing or not, I don't know.
And the one hand, I will probably already know most of the top 10 albums of this decade, which is the one I know the best (and well, the top 10 of the 90s year too I guess) so for this year and next year, the best way for me to be sure to make discoveries would be 150 albums rule, and that would also increase the suspens on the final top 100 indeed.
Of course I'm in favor or ranking all the albums, not just the top 100 among them, mostly because whether we have 100, 150 or 200 albums, I want to make sure that, let's say, Screamadelica is at the bottom of my list.
So sure, on the 80s or 70s poll, listening to all albums will be harder, but you have to remember that the scoring rule kind of erase the problem, by giving average score to albums you have not heard, you can find in every decade polls (and in the 00s movies poll too), some items that did very well despite rather low amount of votes.

So, I don't know if the seemed clear, but I'm in favor of the 150 rule !
Plus this way it would be more likely that Relationship of Command makes the cut ^^

Songs

1. Mojave 3: In Love With a View
2. Vainica Doble: El pintor
3. Cooper: Vértigo
4. Vainica Doble: La flor de la canalla
5. Vainica Doble: El museo
6. Los Planetas: Vas a verme por la tele
7. Nosoträsh: Rara sensación
8. Sr. Chinarro: Cero en gimnasia
9. XTC: Stupidly Happy
10. Nosoträsh: Hacia el sur
11. John Hiatt: Crossing Muddy Waters
12. Super Furry Animals: Dacw Hi
13. Aimee Mann: Nothing is Good Enough
14. Teenage Fan Club: I Need Direction
15. The Aisler Set: Hit the Snow
16. Mojave 3: Trying to Reach You
17. Señor Coconut y su conjunto: Showroom Dummies
18. The Jayhakws: A Break in the Clouds
19. Cinerama: 146 Degrees
20. La Casa Azul: Cerca de Shibuya

21. XTC: Playground
22. Mojave 3: When You’re Drifting
23. Los Planetas: Maniobra de evasión
24. La Casa Azul: Galletas
25. Astrud: Cambio de forma
26. L-Kan: Nave industrial
27. Kiko Veneno: Coje la guitarra
28. Belle & Sebastian: The Wrong Girl
29. Belle & Sebastian: Waiting for the Moon to Rise
30. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: This Summer's Been Good from the Start
31. Lambchop: The Old Gold Shoe (la primera)
32. Coldplay: Yellow
33. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Lady Fair
34. Aimee Mann: Red Vines
35. Neil Young: Good to See You
36. Sisa amb Pascal Comelade: Tornar a cantar
37. Los Planetas: Anuncio para coche
38. Eels: The Sound of Fear
39. Yo La Tengo: Cherry Chapstick
40. Yo La Tengo: Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
41. Beachwood Sparks: Desert Skies
42. Joe Jackson: Stranger Than You
43. Lambchop: Grumpus
44. Kirsty McColl: Treachery
45. Sisa amb Pascal Comelade: La verbena dels desamparats
46. Katrhyn Willliams: Soul to Feet
47. Belle & Sebastian: Women’s Realm
48. Señor Coconut y su conjunto: Trans-Europe Express
49. Kirsty McColl: Celestine
50. Yo La Tengo: Our Way to Fall

51. Coldplay: Shiver
52. Lambchop: Up With People
53. Vainica Doble: Don Marcial
54. L-Kan: Mi dedo gordo del pie (izquierdo)
55. Lambchop: You Masculine You
56. Kathryn Williams: We Dug a Hole
57. Joe Jackson: Glamour and Pain
58. Coldplay: Trouble
59. Vainica Doble: El ruido
60. Mojave 3: Return to Sender
61. Nosoträsh: Si es que hay suerte
62. Coldplay: Don’t Panic
63. Belle & Sebastian: The Model
64. Johnny Cash: One
65. Black Box Recorder: The Facts of Life
66. Super Furry Animals: Ymaelodi A'r Ymylon
67. The Jacquelines: So Many Windows
68. Menlo Park: Cochon Cochon
69. Alpino Featuring Alaska: No sucederá más
70. Nosoträsh: El enemigo en casa
71. Belle & Sebastian: Nice Day for a Sulk
72. Los Planetas: Santos que yo te pinte
73. Sufjan Stevens: We Are What you Say
74. The Jayhakws: I'm Gonna Make you Love Me
75. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Sbia Ar y Seren

Albums

1. Thomas Newman - American Beauty
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
4. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
5. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
6. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 (Or the Last Remains of the Dodo)
7. 16 Horsepower - Secret South
8. Coldplay - Parachutes
9. Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
10. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
11. The White Stripes - De Stijl
12. Songs: Ohia - The Lioness
13. LoopTroop - Modern Day City Symphony
14. Håkan Hellström - Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
15. Luomo - Vocalcity
16. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
17. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
18. OutKast - Stankonia
19. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
20. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man

Screamadelica rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Albums:

1) Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey
2) Kid A - Radiohead
3) And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out - Yo La Tengo
4) Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams
5) De Stijl - The White Stripes
6) Stankonia - OutKast
7) Since I Left You - The Avalanches
8) Veni Vidi Viscious - The Hives
9) O Brother Where Art Thou - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
10) Selmasongs - Bjork
11) Buildings and Grounds - Papas Fritas
12) All Hands on the Bad One - Sleater-Kinney
13) 100 Broken Windows - Idlewild
14) Parachutes - Coldplay

Songs:

1. B.O.B. - OutKast
2. One More Night - Daft Punk
3. Ms. Jackson - OutKast
4.The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore - PJ Harvey
5. Hate to Say I Told You So - The Hives
6. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House - Yo La Tengo
7. I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys
8. A Place Called Home - PJ Harvey
9. Nutmeg - Ghostface Killah
10. Cherry Chapstick - Yo La Tengo
11. Main Offender - The Hives
12. Since I Left You - The Avalanches
13. Stan - Eminem (Feat. Dido)
14. Optimistic - Radiohead
15. AMY - Ryan Adams
16. I've Seen It All - Bjork
17. Tears Are in Your Eyes - Yo La Tengo
18. Way You Walk - Papas Fritas
19. A Boy's Best Friend - The White Stripes
20. Letter from An Occupant - The New Pornographers
21. You're Pretty Good Looking for a Girl - The White Stripes
22. Walk On - U2
23. Don't Tell Me - Madonna

Albums:

1. Radiohead, Kid A
2. Modest Mouse, The Moon and Antarctica
3. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
4. Outkast, Stankonia
5. Primal Scream, XTRMNTR
6. The Avalanches, Since I Left You
7. Clinic, Internal Wrangler
8. Deftones, White Pony
9. At the Drive-In, Relationship of Command
10. Grandaddy, The Software Slump
11. Bright Eyes, Fevers and Mirrors
12. Pearl Jam, Binaural
13. Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker
14. Elliot Smith, Figure 8
15. Broadcast, The Noise Made by People
16. Coldplay, Parachutes
17. Queens of the Stone Age, R
18. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
19. D'Angelo, Voodoo
20. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele

Songs:

1. Radiohead, "Everything In Its Right Place"
2. PJ Harvey, "Beautiful Feeling"
3. Radiohead, "The National Anthem"
4. OutKast, "Ms. Jackson"
5. Clinic, "Distortions"
6. Deftones, "Change (In the House of Flies)"
7. Bright Eyes, "The Movement of a Hand"
8. Goldfrapp, "Utopia"
9. Bjork, "New World"
10. Pearl Jam, "Nothing As It Seems"
11. Grandaddy, "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot"
12. At the Drive-In, "One-Armed Scissor"
13. The Avalanches, "Since I Left You"
14. Modest Mouse, "Dark Center of the Universe"
15. Primal Scream, "Accelerator"
16. Air, "Playground Love"
17. Radiohead, "How to Disappear Completely"
18. Broadcast, "Come On Let's Go"
19. Elliot Smith, "Son of Sam"
20. U2, "Walk On"
21. Daft Punk, "One More Time"
22. Coldplay, "Everything's Not Lost"
23. Bright Eyes, "The Calendar Hung Itself"
24. Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"
25. Radiohead, "Optimistic"
26. The Doves, "Sea Song"
27. OutKast, "BOB"
28. Modest Mouse, "Perfect Disguise"
29. Queens of the Stone Age, "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret"
30. D'Angelo, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
31. New Pornographers, "A Letter From An Occupant"
32. Ghostface Killah, "Child’s Play"
33. Godspeed you Black Emperor, "Terrible Canyons of Static"
34. Yo La Tengo, "You Can Have it All"
35. Blur, "Music Is My Radar"
36. PJ Harvey, "This Mess We're In"
37. The Avalanches, "Frontier Scientist"
38. Ryan Adams, "Come Pick Me Up"
39. Elliot Smith, "Everything Reminds Me of Her"
40. Clinic, "Goodnight Georgie"
41. At the Drive-In, "Non-Zero Possibility"
42. Pearl Jam, "Light Years"
43. Broadcast, "Look Inside"
44. Goldfrapp, "Lovely Head"
45. Common, "The Questions"
46. Boredoms, "(two circles)"
47. Lambchop, "Up With the People"
48. Luomo, "Tessio"
49. Vast, "We Will Meet Again
50. Primal Scream, "Keep Your Dreams"

1. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift yr skinny fists like antennas to heaven!
2. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
3. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
4. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
5. Sleater-Kinney - All Hands On The Bad One
6. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
7. Magic Dirt - What Are Rock Stars Doing Today
8. Doves - Lost Souls
9. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
10. The White Stripes - De Stijl
11. Smog - Dongs Of Sevotion
12. Super Furry Animals - Mwng
13. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
14. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
15. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
16. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
17. Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy
18. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
19. Radiohead - Kid A
20. Calexico - The Hot Rail
21. The For Carnation - s/t
22. Phoenix - United
23. Shellac - 1000 Hurts
24. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
25. Outkast - Stankonia
26. Leila - Courtesy Of Choice
27. The Kingsbury Manx - s/t
28. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
29. Johnny Cash - American III:Solitary Man
30. St Germain - The Tourist
31. Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
32. Deltron 3030 - s/t
33. Marah - Kids In Philly
34. Clinic - Internal Wrangler
35. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
36. The Webb Brothers - Maroon
37. Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music
38. Gonzales - The Entertainist
39. The Go-Betweens - The Friends Of Rachel Worth
40. Broadcast - The Noise Made By People
41. Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders
42. Black Box Recorder - The Facts Of Life
43. Lambchop - Nixon
44. David Holmes - Bow Down To The Exit Sign
45. Knife In The Water - Plays One Sound And Others
46. Wu-Tang Clan - The W
47. Amon Tobin - Supermodified
48. Teenage Fanclub - Howdy!
49. Grand Drive - True Love And High Adventure
50. Six By Seven - The Closer You Get

1. PJ Harvey Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
2. Radiohead Kid A
3. Elliott Smith Figure 8
4. Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica
5. Ryan Adams Heartbreaker
6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
7. Broadcast The Noise Made By People
8. Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
9. Bright Eyes Fevers & Mirrors
10. The Microphones The Glow, Pt. 2
11. The New Pornographers Mass Romantic
12. Aimee Mann Bachelor Nº 2, Or The Last Remains Of The Dodo
13. Erykah Badu Mama's Gun
14. The White Stripes De Stijl
15. The Clientele Suburban Light
16. At The Drive-In Relationship Of Command
17. Sleater-Kinney All Hands On The Bad One
18. D'Angelo Voodoo
19. The Avalanches Since I Left You
20. Goldfrapp Felt Mountain
21. Jill Scott Who Is Jill Scott ?: Words & Sounds, Vol. 1
22. Primal Scream XTRMNTR
23. Queens Of The Stone Age Rated R
24. Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump
25. Coldplay Parachutes
26. Thomas Newman American Beauty: Official Score
27. Air The Virgin Suicides
28. Doves Lost Souls
29. Belle & Sebastian Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant
30. Cat Power The Cover Records

Albums

1. Johnny Cash - American III : Solitary Man (75 all time)
2. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (89)
3. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (198)
4. OutKast - Stankonia (228)
5. Henri Salvador - Chambre avec vue
6. Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
7. St. Germain - Tourist
8. Alvin Youngblood Hart - Start With The Soul
9. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
10. Radiohead - Kid A
11. Day One - Ordinary Man
12. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
13. Various Artists - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - The Album
14. Neil Young - Silver & Gold
15. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
16. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
17. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
18. Les Yeux Noirs - Balamouk
19. Thierry "Titi" Robin - Un ciel de cuivre
20. Wu-Tang Clan - The W

Songs

Roots meets French Touch meets dirty rap


1 . Johnny Cash - One
2 . Eminem - Stan
3 . Grandaddy - Crystal Lake
4 . Elliott Smith - Son of Sam
5 . Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
6 . Daft Punk - One More Time
7 . Johnny Cash - I See A Darkness
8 . Grandaddy - He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot
9 . Henri Salvador - Chambre avec vue
10 . A Reminiscent Drive - Ambrosia

11 . Tekitha - Walking Through The Darkness ("Ghost Dog" OST)
12 . Outkast - Ms. Jackson
13 . Day One - I'm Doing Fine
14 . Shigeru Umebayashi - Yumeji's Theme ("In The Mood For Love" OST)
15 . Eminem - The Way I Am
16 . Ryan Adams - My Winding Wheel
17 . Coldplay - Yellow
18 . Bertrand Burgalat - Ma rencontre
19 . Pascal Comelade & Robert Wyatt - September Song
20 . Air - Playground Love


21 . Carmen Gonzalez - Caramba
22 . Aaliyah - Try Again
23 . St. Germain - Sure Thing
24 . Wu-Tang Clan - Gravel Pit
25 . Johnny Cash - That Lucky Old Sun
26 . Grandaddy - Hewlett's Daughter
27 . Outkast - Xplosion
28 . Björk -I've Seen It All
29 . Alvin Youngblood Hart - Porch Monkey's Theme
30 . Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret

31 . The Soggy Bottom Boys - Man Of Constant Sorrow
32 . The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
33 . Steve Earle - I Can Wait
34 . Neil Young - Red Sun
35 . Radiohead - The National Anthem
36 . Toby Keith - How Do You Like Me Now ?
37 . Henri Salvador - Faire des ronds dans l'eau
38 . Radiohead - Idioteque
39 . Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
40 . PJ Harvey - A Place Called Home

41 . Steve Earle - Steve's Last Ramble
42 . Madonna - Music
43 . Titi Robin - Fandangos maures
44 . Guy Davis - Motherless children
45 . Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion
46 . Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies
47 . Alvin Youngblood Hart - A Prophet's Mission
48 . Day One - Love On The Dole
49 . Elliott Smith - Better Be Quiet Now
50 . Joseph Arthur - In The Sun

51 . Amon Tobin - Four Ton Mantis
52 . Johnny Cash - Solitary Man
53 . Henri Salvador - Jazz Méditerranée
54 . Arthur H - Indiana Lullaby
55 . Grandaddy - Miner At The Dial-A-View
56 . Superfunk - Last Dance in Copacabana
57 . Outkast - B.O.B
58 . Johnny Cash - Mary Of The Wild Moor
59 . Acoustic Syndicate - Pumpkin & Daisy
60 . Pierre Henry - Psyché Rock
Resurrection

61 . Keren Ann - Dimanche en hiver
62 . Le Peuple de l'Herbe - Electro MJ
63 . PJ Harvey - Good Fortune
64 . Dr. John - The Flaming Sword
65 . Johnny Cash & Merle Haggard - I'm Leaving Now
66 . The Doves - Sea Song
67 . Ryan Adams - To Be Young
68 . Les Yeux Noirs - Balamouk
69 . DJ Food - Full Bleed
70 . Jurassic 5 - The Influence
71 . Tarwater - All Of The Ants Left Paris
72 . Henri Salvador - Le Fou de la reine
73 . Erykah Badu - Penitentiary Philosophy
74 . Drugs - Strung Out
75 . The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So

Compilation of the year : Arhoolie's 40th Birthday Box Set

Movie of the year : Ghost Dog

Favorite Tracks of 2000:
1. Silkworm - Contempt
2. Belle & Sebastian - The Model
3. Matt Pond PA - The Hollows
4. I Am Kloot - To You
5. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep
7. Belle & Sebastian - The Wrong Girl
8. OutKast - BOB
9. Yo La Tengo - Cherry Chapstick
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Static
11. Radiohead - Idioteque
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Antennas To Heaven
13. Fushitsusha - Don't Be Afraid Even if Your Nerves Snap, You Can Tie Them to a Fragment of the Universe…
14. Badly Drawn Boy - Camping Next To Water
15. Johnny Cash - Solitary Man
16. Johnny Cash - I See A Darkness
17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
18. Belle & Sebastian - I Fought In A War
19. PJ Harvey - The Whores Hustle and The Hustlers Whore
20. Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away

Albums later today... Thanks!

Albums

[01] The Avalanches | Since I Left You
[02] Primal Scream | Xtrmntr
[03] Radiohead | Kid A
[04] Deltron 3030 | Deltron 3030
[05] Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R
[06] OutKast | Stankonia
[07] Badly Drawn Boy | The Hour of Bewilderbeast
[08] Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
[09] Amon Tobin | Supermodified
[10] Clinic | Internal Wrangler
[11] Ghostface Killer | Supreme Clientele
[12] Grandaddy | The Sophtware Slump
[13] PJ Harvey | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
[14] OOIOO | Gold and Green
[15] Elliott Smith | Figure 8

Songs

[01] The Avalanches | Frontier Psychiatrist
[02] OutKast | B.O.B.
[03] Radiohead | The National Anthem
[04] Primal Scream | Accelerator
[05] The Avalanches | Since I Left You
[06] Radiohead | Everything In Its Right Place
[07] Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Storm
[08] Deltron 3030 | 3030
[09] Queens of the Stone Age | Ode to Clarissa
[10] Bob Dylan | Things Have Changed
[11] Primal Scream | Shoot Speed/Kill Light
[12] Grandaddy | He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot
[13] Hives | Hate To Say I Told You So
[14] Modest Mouse | 3rd Planet
[15] Daft Punk | One More Time
[16] OutKast | Xplosion
[17] Yo La Tengo | You Can Have It All
[18] PJ Harvey | This Mess We're In
[19] Queens of the Stone Age | The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
[20] Badly Drawn Boy | Once Around the Block

This was released in 2001. I gave Mass Romantic 12 points ... and Jill Scott 1 point.

The single was actually released in 1999 (and I even voted this song in our 1999 poll).

Ouch, I forgot to vote Yumeji's Theme. It's actually one of my favorites of the year.

The Muppett video is one of the most hilarious and best videos on YouTube.

Every album in top 16 can still reach the top ten. They are very close to each other (actually the gap between #10 and #18 is 67 points so even #18 has still some chances.

Songs

1 - Elevation - U2
2 - Try Again - Aaliyah
3 - Walk On - U2
4 - Idioteque - Radiohead
5 - Beautiful Day - U2
6 - Stan - Eminem
7 - Music - Madonna
8 - B.O.B. - OutKast
9 - Yellow - Coldplay
10 - I See A Darkness - Johnny Cash
11- Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
12 - Ms. Jackson - OutKast
13 - One More Time - Daft Punk
14 - The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
15 - Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
16 - Trouble - Coldplay

Albums

1 - All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
2 - Kid A - Radiohead
3 - American III: Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
4 - The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
5 - Stankonia - OutKast
6 - Parachutes - Coldplay
7 - Since I Left You- The Avalanches
8 - The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse
9 - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea - PJ Harvey
10- Relationship of Command - At the Drive-In

Here's Mine:

1. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2. Belle and Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
3. Radiohead - Kid A
4. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
5. OutKast - Stankonia
6. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
7. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
8. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
9. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
10. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man
11. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
12. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
13. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
14. Bettie Serveert - Private Suit
15. Matt Pond PA - Measure
16. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
17. Waxwings - Low to the Ground
18. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
19. The Mekons - Journey To The End Of The Night
20. Oranger - The Quiet Vibration Land

Thanks!

I remember hearing about someone one time who had a job interview,and mid-way through their phone interrupted it with that song as the ringtone. Think it finished up pretty quick after that...

1. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
2. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
3. PJ Harvey - Stories form the City, Stories from the Sea
4. The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse
5. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
6. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
7. OutKast - Stankonia
8. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
9. Radiohead - Kid A
10. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

Swap it out for "The Rising" then, even though it won't make a difference. Badly Drawn Boy was one of my favorite discoveries from doing this poll; that album is ridiculously good.

The voting is now closed. I will send the results within three hours (after my lesson).

1) Andre welcome back !! I'm so glad you're back !!

2) Yesterday I decided to send my lists at 2 PM. At 1:56 I realized I had forgotten "Yumeji's Theme" !!

What a thriller! Only couble of days ago Ghostface Killah was in the top 10 (and now #17). And QOTSA were almost the whole month in top 10. I thought 300 points would be enough but I was wrong.

Albums (45 voters)
rank. artist - album points (voters)
1. Radiohead-Kid A 1378 ( 38 )
2. OutKast - Stankonia 799 ( 29 )
3. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 752 ( 29 )
4. Avalanches - Since I Left You 553 ( 25 )
5. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 511 ( 20 )
6. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind 402 ( 14 )
7. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR 362 ( 16 )
8. Coldplay - Parachutes 335 ( 19 )
9. Modest Mouse- Moon & Antarctica 330 ( 15 )
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! 308 ( 15 )

11. Queens of the Stone Age-Rated R 300 ( 18 )
12. Elliott Smith - Figure 8 297 ( 16 )
13. At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command 295 ( 15 )
14. Yo la Tengo - And then nothing turned itself inside-out 268 ( 19 )
15. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man 261 ( 15 )
16. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump 253 ( 15 )
17. Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele 232 ( 12 )
18. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker 230 ( 16 )
19. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast 187 ( 13 )
20. White Stripes - De Stijl 175 ( 10 )
21. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 (Or the Last Remains of the Dodo) 163 ( 13 )
22. Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy 150 ( 8 )
23. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia 123 ( 7 )
24. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic 121 ( 7 )
25. Clinic - Internal Wrangler 116 ( 6 )

OutKast, Avalanches and Radiohead got two songs to the final top 100 (and Radiohead got four songs into the top 13).
Songs (41 voters)
1. Outkast - B.O.B. 746 ( 22 )
2. Eminem feat. Dido - Stan 601 ( 23 )
3. OutKast - Ms. Jackson 557 ( 29 )
4. Daft Punk - One More Time 415 ( 15 )
5. Radiohead- Everything in it's Right Place 345 ( 18 )
6. Coldplay - Yellow 340 ( 16 )
7. U2 - Beautiful Day 337 ( 13 )
8. Avalanches, The - Frontier Psychiatrist 334 ( 12 )
9. Avalanches, The - Since I Left You 320 ( 16 )
10. Radiohead - Idioteque 274 ( 14 )

11. Radiohead- The National Anthem 232 ( 9 )
12. The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So 220 ( 12 )
13. Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely 204 ( 9 )
14. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You 183 ( 12 )
15. Aaliyah - Try Again 160 ( 9 )
16. Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat 158 ( 7 )
17. At the Drive-in- One Armed Scissor 141 ( 9 )
18. U2 – Walk On 113 ( 5 )
19. Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret 112 ( 11 )
20. Ghostface Killah – Nutmeg 110 ( 6 )
21. Grandaddy – He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot 109 ( 6 )
22. Air- Playground Love 100 ( 7 )
23. Elliott Smith- Son of Sam 87 ( 5 )
24. Mojave 3 - In Love With a View 85 ( 2 )
25. Matchbox 20 - If You're Gone 85 ( 2 )

So... about this 15 albums a year rule ? No ? Still not ? Dammit...

I don't think I have ever been that disappointed by a forum poll result
My bet would still go to Boy In Da Corner for highest ranked album not to reach the final round though.

Mmm, excuse me for bein' an ass, but I'm afraid I have to side with Nassim. It's a decent list, but the top 20 is almost the same as the AM list of 2000.

I still think it would be a good idea to have two separate final ballots, the second of which takes the top ten outside the top 100 of the decade on the AM list that did not make the first one.

Like, one for the albums everybody already knew about, and one for the more obscure ones.

Terrible, terrible News. I heard the whole top 10 and they are solid to great songs, but I don't see how these two could not qualify.

We are far more to vote for the 2000s so the more we are the less original the final list will be.

The results are just fine in my view.

I was especially pleased to see "If You're Gone" make the top 25

I don't really see the problem either, it's a fine list. And two Radiohead songs in the top 10 is more than enough; happy the best song (by far) they ever made is considered their best from Kid A by this forum as well.

That said, BillAdama's idea doesn't sound too bad to me.

Gotta side with Nassim here. Probably just a pipe dream at this point though.

I wish some albums were higher, but fine list overall and it is the forum consensus. That are 8 other years coming! Let's go guys

Pavement, Here > Coldplay, Yellow

9, I hope?

That's true. I would have preferred that some of the songs and albums on positions 11-15 could have been in the Top 10. But that happened to me on every poll so far. However I'm glad that "One More Time" qualified, I didn't realized that it was released on 2000, I was planning to vote for it on 2001.

OMG That's True! Damn I knew i was terrible in math, but counting? Come On! 9, NINE years!

Yes, the albums that made the list are really good albums.

The problem isn't the albums that qualified: The problem is the ones that didn't have a realistic chance to qualify because fewer people know they exist.

I don't see the problem. If a few of our less well-known gems don't qualify during this poll, perhaps the benefit will be that the folks who were unaware of these gems may now want to take note and listen to them.

However, condescending articulation will not encourage such listenings. Instead, I would recommend that for those who are disappointed that their gems didn't make the cut - they should actually describe the wonders of the songs that they so much admire so that others become motivated to listen to these gems again.

Just sayin'

No, but having an extra, separate ballot that includes those lesser known gems will encourage such listens.

I agree and think that the separate ballot for the lesser know gems is an excellent idea.

I don't yet understand how these "lesser known" items would be selected.

Good idea, you should run it.

It seems like everyone complaining about the results voted for at least half of the albums and songs that made it. We have full control of the results. If there's a highly acclaimed album that's not deserving, then don't vote for it. Or listen to a bunch of new albums during the month instead of just voting based on what you already know.

Anyway, whenever we have AM polls I discover most new albums/songs through the individual lists, not the consensus list. Also, we already have two polls running right now to try and identify lesser-known gems (Unacclaimed songs and Moderate albums). I don't see how what is being proposed is significantly different from those.

Are you volunteering me?

Moderate will be over by then, so I'd be willing.


That's the thing Jackson, the acclaimed albums that make it are deserving. They just have home field advantage over the other deserving ones.

As for how we select the lesser known ones, I suppose we'd just have to pick a number to be the AM rank cutoff.

BillAdama, if you want to run an less acclaimed top 100 of the decade that's surely fine with me, I will definitely participate. Not that you need my word though, this is Petri's poll, but I don't see why he should have anything against your idea either.

Wow this is Egypt in this thread !! A revolution has started.

Well, a lot of people are new to the decade polls. 10 albums per year is hard, but trust me it was as hard for the 1952-1999 polls we made these past years.

A solution could be a recommendation thread as we did for the previous polls.
At the beginning of each month, everyone posts the songs he thinks are lesser known, so that everybody has time to listen to them and (why not ?) to include them.
That's why I always post my definitive lists in the end : I belive that I have a lot to learn from other people's lists.

Um, sorry for making confusing posts, but I really agree with what nicolas said. I thought again about BillAdama's idea and I'm not all that positive anymore. Discover lesser-known music is not the main purpose of the decade polls, we have other games for that. And as for my own participation I would probably throw in a ballot but I'm sure I won't have time to listen to the albums I haven't already heard as the main top 100 will be my priority.

take the first 15 albums, my 2 favorites will be in it, I will stop complaining

and really, suspens in the final top 100 would be better

If you want to run this alternative poll I'll probably participate to it. (I'll send excel sheets to Henrik that he can release them in the forum.)
But I don't see how we select the albums. If we just take #11-#20 (I'm actually more familiar with those ones than some top 10 albums like U2) what we will have: probably a lot less acclaimed albums by big artists (late 00's albums by Coldplay, White Stripes, Strokes, U2 etc.)
If we select the albums that have the best average score among those who voted these hidden gems (excluding albums that got only one vote) what we have. Let's see (rank. artist -album (average points, votes)
1. Air – The Virgin Suicides ( 37,5 , 2 )
(2.) Radiohead-Kid A ( 36,26 , 38 )
2. Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory ( 32,5 , 2 )
3. Steely Dan - Two Against Nature ( 30,33 , 3 )
4. Day One - Ordinary Man ( 30 , 2 )
5. The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse ( 30 , 2 )
6. Quasimoto – The Unseen ( 29 , 2 )
(8.) U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind ( 28,71 , 14 )
('9.) OutKast - Stankonia ( 27,55 , 29 )
7. Los Planetas - Unidad de desplazamiento ( 27,5 , 2 )
8. The Cure - BloodFlowers ( 27 , 4 )
9. The Smashing Pumpkins / MACHINA/The Machines of God ( 26,5 , 2 )
(13.) PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea ( 25,93 , 29 )
(14.) Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP ( 25,55 , 20 )
10. Mojave 3 - Excuses For Travellers ( 23,67 , 3 )
Hybrid Theory: The best selling album of the year in the whole world (or at least best selling rock album). Old favorites (Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Steely Dan). Popular film score (I guess at least 15 of the voters have heard it).
I admit that the list above is in a way more interesting in some parts (couble of bands I haven't heard of before) than the top 10. But still we have two polls which deal with lesser known music right now... (Sorry, I haven't got time to participate to them).

I'm a bit surprised that this idea has got more support than Henrik's (in my opinion) great idea.
Hope I didn't sound rude.

Sorry, I should have read more carefully.

I agree the 150 album idea will probably accomplish much of what my idea would also accomplish.

And I had a different idea for a new music discovery game after Moderate was done anyway.

What would be perfect is if we could somehow come up with a system in the qualifying rounds so you're not explicitly voting against every album you haven't heard, but I don't know how to do that.

You'd have to include some sort of variable in the point calculation that would decrease the amounts of points the more votes an album gets. I.e. the first #1 vote gives 100 points and the second #1 gives 95 points, etc. It would make things a little unfair though.

I think this gets near the heart of the problem... we like to recommend albums that others haven't heard, but it becomes pointless when so many voters place their votes extremely early in the month without spending the allotted time listening to the music they haven't heard already. I can imagine a scenario where some voters give away points to albums that they don't necessarily like, but that they've simply heard and can therefore use to help fill in their lists. Maybe not, but I'm highly suspicious.

I vote early because I simply know that I won't have much time to listen to new albums from the 2000s. I have heard so many albums from this decade that the chance of finding something new (that I like) is slim, and I prefer to spend my limited time listening to the albums in the Moderately Acclaimed game. For example, there is only one album in our top 25 for 2000 I haven't heard and it's #25.

On top of that, I have the small hope that I can get some people to listen to albums near the top of my (purposely) short lists by posting early.

Let me be more clear- I'm not against people voting early (in fact, I always scan the early charts to find unknowns for my own listening) - my concern is that well-intentioned efforts like recommendation threads become worthless if they are largely ignored.

I certainly don't doubt the efforts put in by a large group of voters (such as yourself, Stephan)... I'm just doubtful that everyone is able to put in the same amount of effort, and I believe the results we end up with speak to this.

I agree, it's just that I felt a need to defend myself a little since I posted the first list in both 2000 and 2001. BillAdama can attest to the fact that in the film polls I'm always one of the last to post, just to watch as many films as possible.

One possibility that just came to mind is giving weights to lists depending on how different they are from the consensus, but that too might be hard and a little unfair.

I think we're missing the point a bit here, and perhaps overreacting to some fairly predictable results -- these specific polls are sort of defining our own canon. The Top 10s may be predictable, though maybe the final results won't be (at least the order). But the point of these I thought was consensus.

You all know I love my esoteric lists, but I think this forum is getting great at delving into those. I feel we should stay consistent with the original format...we're almost there!

(Also, I highly disagree with using the average score of the albums that didn't make the cut...fuzzy math that could result in rather annoying strategic voting.)

I do think these polls should be designed to establish a board 'canon', but I feel different people are at different phases of their musical exploration. Somebody new to the site who's just straying away from mainstream for the first time benefits a lot more from the polls as we've been doing them. But somebody who's already been exploring for years and has already heard all the 'canon' albums benefits more from a game that delves a little deeper. That's why I was hoping to find a way to address both groups at the same time: Keep the 'canon' ones in but also leave room for new discoveries.

I agree going by average points per vote isn't the ideal solution, as it doesn't separate the albums a person doesn't like from the albums a person hasn't heard. Also, it makes it so you're penalizing your 20th favorite album but not your 21st.

I wonder if there's some way to come up with some sort of prediction metric for the percentage of voters who have heard the album, based on things like the AM rank, and sales figures that we can use as a constant divider for scores outside the top ten.

Let me add in my two cents here: Every other decade had 10 albums and songs each year. Why not run this poll the same way? If we want to expand or change the system, we should do it next year for the second 90's poll, since we've already done the 90's under this system.

Just to make it clear: I am fine with 100 albums/songs and am happy to do it that way. I just think it can be improved. If we nominated 150 albums and songs and voted for the top 100 from there, I think we would have a more legitimate top 100. If we want to wait until the next go-around of the decades to implement a change then I understand that. My only question is why wait? I don't see a downside to nominating 150 albums/songs and picking a definitive top 100 from there.

Album sales would be a poor metric to determine how many AM users have heard an album. An album like Since I Left You didn't even dent the charts, but the majority of people here have heard it.

I think it's safer to assume that the AM rank directly correlates with the amount of people who have heard an album. The only exception would be albums by highly acclaimed/popular artists that bombed with critics, but I still think AM rank is the best method short of simply asking people to list every album they've heard from a given year.

Are there going to be Excel documents posted like in past polls?