IT'S ONLY THE END OF NOVEMBER, AND ALREADY A FEW LISTS HAVE BEEN EDITED :

AMAZON CRITICS - FASTNBULBOUS - INSOUND - INTRO - METACRITIC - MUSICBOX-ONLINE - NOJESGUIDEN - RATE YOUR MUSIC - ROUGH TRADE - SISTER RAY - SKATTER- BRAIN - TRAVELERS DIAGRAM - UNCUT - WXPN ORG 88.5 STAFF

THE LIST AS OF 30TH NOVEMBER 2005 :

1 392 SURFJAN STEVENS : 'ILLINOIS'
2 311 ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS : 'I AM A BIRD NOW'
3 271 M.I.A. : 'ARULAR'
4 257 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM : 'LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'
5 226 BLOC PARTY : 'SILENT ALARM'

6 294 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE : 'FEELS'
7 169 FRANZ FERDINAND : 'YOU COULD HAVE IT...'
8 167 KANYE WEST : 'LATE REGISTRATION'
9 164 WOLF PARADE : 'APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY'
10 160 SIGUR ROS : 'TAKK...'

11 156 SPOON : 'GIMME FICTION'
12 154 MY MORNING JACKET : 'Z'
12 154 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS : 'TWIN CINEMA'
14 144 BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE : 'BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE'
15 142 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH : 'CLAP YOUR HANDS...'

16 137 DEVENDRA BANHART : 'CRIPPLE CROW'
17 135 BRIGHT EYES . 'I'M WIDE AWAKE IT'S MORNING'
18 124 BLACK MOUNTAIN : 'BLACK MOUNTAIN'
19 120 THE DECEMBERISTS : 'PICARESQUE'
20 119 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE : 'PLANS'

21 115 THE MARS VOLTA : 'FRANCES THE MULE'
22 113 SLEATER-KINNEY : 'THE WOODS'
23 112 ISOLEE : 'WE ARE MONSTER'
24 111 OKKERVIL RIVER : 'BLACK SHEEP BOY'
25 110 KRAFTWERK : 'MINIMUM-MAXIMUM'

26 109 THE MAGIC NUMBERS : 'THE MAGIC NUMBERS'
27 108 BROADCAST : 'TENDER BUTTONS'
28 107 THE WHITE STRIPES : 'GET BEHIND ME SATAN'
28 107 GORRILAZ : 'DEMON DAYS'
30 102 OUT HUD : 'LET US NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN'

246 ARCADE FIRE : 'FUNERAL'
(HAVE BEEN ADDED TO 2004 SCORE)

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ONLINE ON 7TH DECEMBER