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NEW!!! UPDATE JAN 4TH : BEST ALBUMS OF 2005 (NOW INCLUDING 150 LISTS)

SINCE THE LAST UPDATE HAVE BEEN ADDED :

AEKITUESDAY - AFTONBLADET - AZ CENTRAL -
BALTIMORE CITY PAPER - BETAMUSIC - BIG
YAWN - BLADID - BLAWGADECON - CHART
ATTACK - CULTUREBULLY - DJ MAGAZINE -
DONUTMUSIC - EYE - GLAZBA - HMV -
INDEPENDENT CRITICS - INDIE FOR DUMMIES -
INDIEWORKSHOP - KEXP 90.3 LISTENERS -
KULTKOMPLEX - LIQUID GENERATION - LOS
ANGELES TIMES - LOSTATSEA - MAGNET -
ONDAROCK - PLANET SOUND - SWEEPING THE
NATION - SPEX CRITICS - SPEX READERS -
30 MUSIC - TIME OUT CRITICS - TIME OUT
READERS - TRAX - UNDERTONER - UFCK -
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER -WXPN.ORG 88.5 -
XL REPUBBLICA - YOU AIN'T NO PICASSO

THE CORRECTIONS AFTER THE UPDATES FROM
'FASTNBULBOUS' AND 'SCARUFFI' HAVE
BEEN MADE

THE TOP 100 AS OF JANUARY 4TH :
(IN BRACKETS = ACTUAL POSITION IN HENRIK'S CHART)

1 2842 ( 1) SURFJAN STEVENS '...ILLINOISE'
2 1709 ( 3) ANTONY & JOHNSONS 'I AM A BIRD NOW'
3 1961 ( 5) BLOC PARTY 'SILENT ALARM'
4 1949 ( 2) M.I.A. 'ARULAR'
5 1644 ( 6) LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 'LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'

6 1445 ( 4) KANYE WEST 'LATE REGISTRATION'
7 1372 (10) BRIGHT EYES 'I'M WIDE AWAKE...'
8 1360 ( 7) FRANZ FERDINAND 'YOU COULD HAVE IT...'
9 1290 (15) WOLF PARADE 'APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY
10 1253 (12) THE WHITE STRIPES 'GET BEHIND ME SATAN'

11 1116 ( 9) MY MORNING JACKET 'Z'
12 1103 ( 8) GORILLAZ 'DEMON DAYS'
13 1076 (16) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'FEEL'
14 1003 (11) NEW PORNOGRAPHERS 'TWIN CINEMA'
15 988 (13) SLEATER-KINNES 'THE WOODS'

16 983 (14) SPOON 'GIMME FICTION'$
17 968 (27) THE DECEMBERISTS 'PICARESQUE'
18 954 (20) CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH 'CLAP YOUR...'
19 949 (30) SIGUR ROS 'TAKK...'
20 836 (19) ART BRUT 'BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL'

21 785 (33) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE 'BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE'
22 776 (24) DEVENDRA BANHART 'CRIPPLE CROW'
23 773 (29) MAXIMO PARK 'A CERTAIN TRIGGER'
24 687 (26) ANDREW BIRD '...PRODUCTION OF EGGS'
25 686 (38) KATE BUSH 'AERIAL'$

26 684 (18) THE MAGIC NUMBERS 'THE MAGIC NUMBERS'
27 662 (25) KAISER CHIEFS 'EMPLOYMENT'
28 639 (17) COMMON 'BE'
29 634 (--) THE NATIONAL 'ALLIGATOR'
30 624 (--) SYSTEM OF A DOWN 'MESMERIZE'

31 597 (28) OKKERVIL RIVER 'BLACK SHEEP BOY'
32 596 (36) DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 'PLANS'
33 564 (37) THE MARS VOLTA 'FRANCES THE MUTE'
34 561 (--) COLDPLAY 'X&Y'
35 560 (22) THE HOLD STEADY 'SEPERATION SUNDAY'

36 537 (23) BECK 'GUERO'
37 518 (--) ELBOW 'LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD'
38 486 (21) FIONA APPLE 'EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE'
39 459 (32) DANGER DOOM 'THE MOUSE AND THE MASK'
40 457 (--) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 'DEVILS & DUST'

41 439 (--) EDITORS 'THE BACK ROOM'
42 437 (31) ISOLEE 'WE ARE MONSTER'
43 421 (--) RUFUS WAINWRIGHT 'WANT TWO'
44 393 (--) AMADOU & MARIAM 'DIMANCHE A BAMAKO'
45 393 (--) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 'LULLABIES...'

46 387 (--) AND YOU WILL KNOW... 'WORLDS APART'
47 383 (--) STARS 'SET YOURSELF ON FIRE'
48 379 (--) DEERHOOF 'THE RUNNERS FOUR'
49 374 (30) LOW 'THE GREAT DESTROYER'
50 373 (--) MOUNTAIN GOATS 'THE SUNSET TREE'

51 371 (--) EELS 'BLINKING LIGHTS AND...'
52 368 (--) BABY SHAMBLES 'DOWN IN ALBION'
53 346 (--) HARD-FI 'STARS ON CCTV'
54 341 (--) BOARDS OF CANADA 'CAMPFIRE HEADPHASE'
55 327 (--) COCOROSIE 'NOAH'S ARK'

56 322 (35) RICHARD HAWLWY 'YOLES CORNER'
57 321 (--) RYAN ADAMS & CARDINALS 'COLD ROSES'
58 314 (--) BLACK MOUNTAIN 'BLACK MOUNTAIN'
59 309 (--) JOHN LEGEND 'GET LIFTED'
60 307 (--) OPETH 'GHOST REVERIES'
60 307 (--) RY COODER 'CHAVEZ RIVINE'
60 307 (--) ROLLING STONES 'A BIGGER BANG'

63 302 (--) MADONNA 'CONFESSIONS ON THE DANCEFLOOR'
64 300 (--) NEIL YOUNG 'PRAIRIE WIND'
65 289 (--) BROADCAST 'TENDER BUTTONS'

66 286 (--) ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI 'IN CASE...'
66 286 (--) VASHTI BUNYAN 'LOOKAFTERING'
68 270 (--) OASIS 'DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH'
68 270 (--) EDAN 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAT'
70 264 (--) THE GO-BETWEENS 'OCEANS APART'

71 262 (--) JAMIE LIDELL 'MULTIPLY'
72 260 (--) NINE INCH NAILS 'WITH TEETH'
73 259 (--) JOSE GONZALES 'VENEER'
74 257 (--) PAUL MC CARTNEY 'CHAOS AND CREATION...'
75 256 (--) THE RAKES 'CAPTURE/RELEASE'

76 244 (--) DOVES 'SOME CITIES'
77 242 (--) VITALIC 'OK COWVOY'
78 240 (--) AKRON/FAMILY 'AKRON/FAMILY'
79 227 (--) M83 'BEFORE THE DAWN HEALS US'
80 221 (--) THE BOOKS 'LOST AND SAFE'

81 220 (--) KONONO NO1 'CONGOTRONICS'
82 219 (--) IRON & WINE/CALEXICO 'IN THE REINS'
83 212 (--) VARIOUS 'RUN THE ROAD'
84 211 (--) BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY 'SUPERWOLF'
85 210 (--) PATRICK WOLF 'WIND IN THE WIRES'

86 209 (--) TOCOTRONIC 'PURE VERNUNFT...'
87 207 (34) LIGHTNING BOLT 'HYPERMAGIC MOUNTAIN'
88 202 (--) DEPECHE MODE 'PLAYING THE ANGEL'
89 200 (--) BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB 'HOWL'
90 185 (--) GOLDFRAPP 'SUPERNATURE'

91 183 (--) IRON & WINE 'WOMAN KING EP'
92 178 (--) OUT HUD 'LET US NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN'
92 178 (--) NADA SURF 'THE WEIGHT IS A GIFT'
94 177 (--) THELONIOUS MONK 'LIVE AT CARNEGIE...'
95 169 (--) OF MONTREAL 'THE SUNLANDIC TWINS'

96 164 (--) JOSH ROUSE 'NASHVILLE'
96 164 (--) ROGUE WAVE 'DESCENDEND LIKE VULTURES'
98 163 (--) MARTHA WAINWRIGHT 'MARTHA WAINWRIGHT'
98 163 (--) JACK JOHNSON 'IN BETWEEN DREAMS'
100 162 (--) SMOG 'A RIVER AIN'T TOO MUCH TO LOVE'

HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THEIR 2004 SCORES :

ARCADE FIRE : 1142 POINTS / NOW : 2ND
THE GO!TEAM : 212 POINTS / NOW : 22ND
THE FUTUREHEADS : 31 POINTS / NOW : 31ST
KINGS OF LEON : 145 POINTS / NOW 40TH
FEIST : 188 POINTS / NOW : 41ST
DUNGEN : 143 POINTS / NOW : 45TH
ANNIE : 140 POINTS / NOW : 51ST
RILO KILEY : 61 POINTS / NOW : 52ND
THE EARLIES : 10 POINTS / NOW : 81ST
LAURA VEIRS : 31 POINTS / NOW 89TH

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