I could be happy with this choice.

I'm in.

1. The Strokes - Is This It
2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr
4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
6. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
7. Arcade Fire - Funeral
8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
10. Radiohead - In Rainbows
11. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
12. LCD Soundsystem - The Sound Of Silver
13. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
14. Radiohead - Kid A
15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
16. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
18. The White Stripes - Elephant
19. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
20. Blur - Think Tank
21. The Coral - The Coral
22. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
23. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
24. The Libertines - The Libertines
25. Rapture - Echoes
26. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
27. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
28. Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around
29. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
30. Elbow - Asleep In The Back
31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
33. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
34. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
35. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
36. Spirtualized - Let It Come Down
37. The Knife - Silent Shout
38. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
39. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
40. Ryan Adams - Gold
41. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
42. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
43. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
44. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
45. Avalanches - Since I Left You
46. Delgados - The Great Eastern
47. Brendan Benson - Lapalco
48. Walkmen - Bows And Arrows
49. Muse - Absolution
50. MIA - Arular

and the rest, thanks djmartian:

100 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
99 The Maccabees - Colour It In
98 Gorillaz - Demon Days
97 Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
96 Shellac - Excellent
95 Bjork - Vespertine
94 Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog
93 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
92 The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
91 Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
90 Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves
89 Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
88 Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
87 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
86 The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
85 Roots - Manuva Run Come Save Me
84 Regina Spector - Soviet Kitsch
83 Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
82 Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
81 Field Music - Field Music
80 Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
79 Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood
78 Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
77 Isobel Campbell - Ballad Of The Broken Seas
76 Capdown - Civil Disobedients
75 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
74 Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Of Me
73 Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
72 MIA - Kala
71 Brian Wilson - Smile
70 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
69 Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
68 The Horrors - Primary Colours
67 Botch - We Are The Romans
66 Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
65 Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
64 The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
63 Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
62 Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
61 The National - Alligator
60 Green Day - American Idiot
59 The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
58 Liars - Drum's Not Dead
57 Outkast - Stankonia
56 My Morning Jacket - Z
55 Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
54 The Golden Virgins Songs Of Praise
53 Jamie T - Panic Prevention
52 Rufus Wainwright - Poses
51 The Good, The Bad and The Queen - The Good, The Bad and The Queen

read my mind

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

I saw them at SXSW 2004 - great morning hangover music. I thought the follow up wasn't nearly as good, but Lovers remains a fave. I need to remember that come making my list.

I have agreed with this sentiment for most of the decade but in the past year or so I've listened to Is This It a bunch after leaving it on the shelf for a few years and not really listened to Room.

I consider them on pretty much equal footing like a modern day Sticky Fingers and Exile

The disturbing thing about this list that we'll probably see a lot is the top 10 ranking for Fever To Tell, an album with one good song that is far inferior to their subsequent efforts (especially the brilliant Show Your Bones)

One of a handful of good albums you brought back from your time in New Hampshire and turned me on to during The Lost Era.