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UPDATE DEC 28TH : BEST ALBUMS OF 2005 (NOW INCLUDING 111 LISTS)

SINCE THE LAST UPDATE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED :

AFTENPOSTEN (NORWAY) - ALMOST COOL -AVERSION -
BASEMENT GALAXY - CMJ - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY :
CHRIS WILLIAMS & DAVID BROWNE - E-MUSIC : CRITICS
& READERS - FREEWILLIAMSBURG - JUNKMEDIA - LAUT
(GERMANY) - MORNING NEWS - NEW-NOISE - NO RIPCORD
- NY TIMES : JON PARELES & KELEFA SANNEH - ROLLING
STONE (SPAIN) - SCREENAGERS REDACTION (POLAND) -
STEREOGUM - STYLUS - TIME MAGAZINE - TINYMIXTAPES
- USA TODAY - VISIONS (GERMANY) - ZÜNDFUNK (GERMANY)

THE CORRECTIONS AFTER THE UPDATE FROM 'RATE YOUR
MUSIC' HAVE BEEN MADE :

THE TOP 100 AS OF DECEMBER 28TH :
(IN BRACKETS ACTUAL POSITION IN HENRIK'S CHART)

1 2110 ( 1) SURFJAN STEVENS : 'ILLINOISE'
2 1709 ( 3) ANTONY & JOHNSONS : 'I AM A BIRD NOW'
3 1502 ( 2) M.I.A. : 'ARULAR'
4 1499 ( 5) BLOC PARTY : 'SILENT ALARM'
5 1295 ( 6) LCD SOUNDSYSTEM : 'LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'

6 1094 ( 4) KANYE WEST : 'LATE REGISTRATION'
7 1054 ( 7) FRANZ FERDINAND : 'YOU COULD HAVE IT...'
8 985 (12) THE WHITE STRIPES : 'GET BEHIND ME SATAN'
9 942 (10) BRIGHT EYES : 'I'M WIDE AWAKE...'
10 888 (15) WOLF PARADE : 'APOLOGIES TO QUEEN MARY'

11 879 ( 8) GORILLAZ : 'DEMON DAYS'
12 838 ( 9) MY MORNING JACKET : 'Z'
13 790 (16) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE : 'FEEL'
14 778 (14) SPOON : 'GIMME FICTION'$
15 766 (13) SLEATER-KINNEY : 'THE WOODS'

16 756 (11) NEW PORNOGRAPHERS : 'TWIN CINEMA'
17 656 (20) CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH : 'CLAP YOUR...'
18 655 (24) DEVENDRA BANHART : 'CRIPPLE CROW'
19 635 (19) ART BRUT : 'BANG BANG ROCK 6 ROLL'
20 608 (18) THE MAGIC NUMBERS : 'THE MAGIC NUMBERS'

21 585 (29) MAXIMO PARK : 'A CERTAIN TRIGGER'
22 581 (27) THE DECEMBERISTS : 'PICARESQUE'
23 579 (30) SIGUR ROS : 'TAKK...'
24 563 (--) SYSTEM OF A DOWN : 'MESMERIZE'
25 541 (17) COMMON : 'BE'

26 534 (38) KATE BUSH : 'AERIAL'
27 531 (25) KAISER CHIEFS : 'EMPLOYMENT'
28 505 (26) ANDREW BIRD : '...PRODUCTION OF EGGS'
29 499 (37) THE MARS VOLTA : 'FRANCES THE MUTE'
30 485 (22) THE HOLD STEADY : 'SEPARATION SUNDAY'

31 457 (33) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE : 'BROKEN SOCIAL...'
32 438 (21) FIONA APPLE : 'EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE'
33 430 (--) THE NATIONAL : 'ALLIGATOR'
34 415 (--) COLDPLAY : 'X & Y'
35 411 (23) BECK : 'GUERO'

36 399 (36) DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE : 'PLANS'
37 398 (--) ELBOW : 'LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD'
38 366 (--) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN : 'DEVILS & DUST'
39 359 (28) OKKERVIL RIVER : 'BLACK SHEEP BOY'
40 353 (32) DANGER DOOM : 'THE MOUSE AND THE MASK'

41 344 (--) RUFUS WAINWRIGHT : 'WANT TWO'
42 338 (--) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE : 'LULLABIES...'
43 333 (--) BABYSHAMBLES : 'DOWN IN ALBION'
44 332 (--) EDITORS : 'THE BACK ROOM'
45 322 (35) RICHARD HAWLWY : 'YOLES CORNER'

46 309 (--) BOARDS OF CANADA : 'CAMPFIRE HEADPHASE'
47 305 (31) ISOLEE : 'WE ARE MONSTER'
48 298 (--) AND YOU WILL KNOW... : 'WORLDS APART'
49 292 (--) OPETH : 'GHOST REVERIES'
50 289 (--) JOHN LEGEND : 'GET LIFTED'

51 285 (--) AMADOU & MARIAM : 'DIMANCHE A BAMAKO'
52 276 (--) RY COODER : 'CHAVEZ RIVINE'
53 275 (--) EELS : 'BLINKING LIGHTS AND...'
53 275 (--) DEERHOOF : 'THE RUNNERS FOUR'
55 273 (--) BROADCAST : 'TENDER BUTTONS'

56 271 (--) ROLLING STONES : 'A BIGGER BANG'
57 264 (--) COCOROSIE : 'NOAH'S ARK'
58 263 (--) MOUNTAIN GOATS : 'THE SUNSET TREE'
59 256 (--) JOSE GONZALES : 'VENEER'
60 255 (--) MADONNA : 'CONFESSIONS ON THE DANCEFLOOR'

61 251 (--) RYAN ADAMS & CARDINALS : 'COLD ROSES'
61 251 (30) LOW : 'THE GREAT DESTROYER'
61 251 (--) THE GO-BETWEENS : 'OCEANS APART'
64 248 (--) THE RAKES : 'CAPTURE/RELEASE'
65 242 (--) BLACK MOUNTAIN : 'BLACK MOUNTAIN'

66 241 (--) PAUL MC CARTNEY : 'CHAOS AND CREATION...'
67 240 (--) OASIS : 'DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH'
68 233 (--) NEIL YOUNG : 'PRAIRIE WIND'
68 233 (--) NINE INCH NAILS : 'WITH TEETH'
70 228 (--) HARD-FI : 'STARS OF CCTV'

71 215 (--) DOVES : 'SOME CITIES'
71 215 (--) VASHTI BUNYAN : 'LOOKAFTERING'
73 199 (--) EDAN : 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAT'
74 193 (--) JAMIE LIDELL : 'MULTIPLY'
75 188 (--) THE BOOKS : 'LOST AND SAFE'

76 182 (--) OUT HUD : 'LET US NEVER SPEAK OF IT...'
77 178 (34) LIGHTNING BOLT : 'HYPERMAGIC MOUNTAIN'
78 177 (--) THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET : 'AT CANEGIE...'
79 174 (--) CONONO NO1 : CONGOTRONICS'
79 174 (--) GOLDFRAPP : 'SUPERNATURE'

81 164 (--) VITALIC : 'OK COWBOY'
82 163 (--) VARIOUS : 'RUN THE ROAD'
83 159 (--) BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY : 'SUPERWOLF'
83 159 (--) BRITISH SEA POWER : 'OPEN SEASON'
85 158 (--) STARS : 'SET YOURSELF ON FIRE'

86 156 (--) ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI : 'IN CASE...'
87 155 (--) M83 : 'BEFORE THE DAWN HEALS US'
88 151 (--) MARTHA WAINWRIGHT : 'MARTHA WAINWRIGHT'
88 151 (--) BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB : 'HOWL'
90 146 (--) THE GAME : 'THE DOCUMENTARY'

91 141 (--) BOB DYLAN : 'NO DIRECTION HOME...'
92 140 (--) DEPECHE MODE : 'PLAYING THE ANGEL'
92 140 (--) JOSH ROUSE : 'NASHVILLE'
94 136 (--) IRON & WINE/CALEXICO : 'IN THE REINS'
94 136 (--) BETTYE LAVETTE : 'I'VE GOT MY OWN HELL..'

96 133 (--) NADA SURF : 'THE WEIGHT IS A GIFT'
97 131 (--) JACK JOHNSON : 'IN BETWEEN DREAMS'
97 131 (--) TOCOTRONIC : 'PURE VERNUNFT...'
97 131 (--) THE DARKNESS : 'ONE WAY TICKET TO HELL..'
97 131 (--) KRAFTWERK : 'MINIMUM-MAXIMUM'

HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FROM THEIR 2004 SCORES :

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT : 37 POINTS
AMADOU & MARIAM : 17 POINTS
JOHN LEGEND : 16 POINTS

HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THEIR 2004 SCORES :

ARCADE FIRE : 880 POINTS / NOW : 2ND
THE GO!TEAM : 212 POINTS / NOW : 24TH
THE FUTUREHEADS : 24 POINTS / NOW : 31ST
KINGS OF LEON : 119 POINTS / NOW : 40TH
FEIST : 144 POINTS / NOW : 41ST
DUNGEN : 143 POINTS / NOW : 45TH
RILO KILEY : 16 POINTS / NOW : 55TH
ANNIE : 77 POINTS / NOW : 58TH
THE EARLIES : 10 POINTS / NOW : 81ST
LAURA VEIRS : 31 POINTS / NOW : 89TH

NEXT UPDATE ON JANUARY 4TH

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!