Since everyone and their mother are doing this list I thought it was about time that we did it as well. I only ask for the top 10 but I did 25 anyways because I couldn’t stop.

1. Radiohead – Kid A
2. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Pedro the Lion - Control
4. Unbelievable Truth – Sorrythankyou
5. the White Stripes – White Blood Cells
6. the Arcade Fire – Funeral
7. Bright Eyes – Lifted or the Story…
8. JJ72 – JJ72
9. Doves – the Last Broadcast
10. Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
11. the Decemberists – Castaways and Cut-Outs
12. the Delgados – the Great Eastern
13. the Notwist – Neon Golden
14. the Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
15. Muse – Origin Of Symmetry
16. Super Furry Animals – mwng
17. Songs: Ohia – Magnolia Electric Co.
18. Oceansize – Effloresce
19. Elbow – Asleep In the Back
20. Calla – Televise
21. Death Cab For Cutie – We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes
22. the Shins – Oh, Inverted World
23. Zero 7 – Simple Things
24. …Trail Of Dead – Source Tags & Codes
25. Spiritualized – Let It Come Down

I thought about doing one, when Stylus was doing theirs.

But I stopped myself. Sowwie

1-Rise of Marakara- s/t EP
2-MANSTEAK-We Used to Make Music but Now We Make Love
3-OK-demo
4-Fireblower-Doom Porn
5-Stranger Rape-Live From Nicaragua
6-Little Girls With Facial Hair-Worship Songs
7-Sex With Men-Spoken Word LP
8-Moulet Poulet-Shake d'homme
9-Skalingrad-Skankors


I could only come up with 9, sorry.

i'll play

1 Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
2 Radiohead - Kid A
3 QOTSA - Rated R
4 Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
5 Interpol - TOTBL
6 Doves - Lost Souls
7 Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
8 M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
9 Fugazi - The Argument
10 Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists ...

A while ago I tried to rate every album I had from 2000-2004. Obviously that was quite a large undertaking and I've still only manage to listen to about a third of the albums from this period - plus my opinion kept changing. Anyway this is what my Top Ten looked like when I gave up, it's hard enough finding the time to keep on top of new releases...

The Strokes - Is This It?
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Madonna
The White Stripes - De Stijl
Sluts of Trust - We Are All Sluts Of Trust
P J Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Radiohead - Kid A
White Stripes - Elephant
RJD2 - Deadringer

my list is boring, generated from my database. i think i'd rerank some if i had to take this to court...

01 kid a radiohead
02 hail to the thief radiohead
03 amnesiac radiohead
04 think tank blur
05 exciter depeche mode
06 heartbreaker ryan adams
07 yankee hotel foxtrot wilco
08 gold ryan adams
09 pneumonia whiskeytown
10 beautifulgarbage garbage
11 the marshall mathers lp eminem
12 the moon & antarctica modest mouse
13 demolition ryan adams
14 good news for people who love bad news modest mouse
15 the eminem show eminem

why not

1. Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
2. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
3. Deerhoof - Reveille
4. Radiohead - Kid A
5. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
6. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan
7. Fugazi - The Argument
8. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
9. Jackie-O Motherfucker - Fig. 5
10. Need New Body - s/t
11. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd - In What Language?
12. Madvillain - Madvillainy
13. Autechre - Confield
14. Mouse on Mars - Idiology
15. M. Ward - The Transfiguration of Vincent
16. Six Organs of Admittance - Dark Noontide
17. Sunburned Hand of the Man - Headdress
18. The Books - Thought for Food
19. Brian Wilson - Smile
20. Angels of Light - Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home
21. The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
22. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
23. Gospeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists...
24. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
25. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow

Wilco-YHF
YLT-ATNTIIO
BSS-YFIIP
Songs: Ohia-Didn't It Rain
Sonic Youth-Sonic Nurse
Bjork-Vespertine
Sufjan Stevens-Michigan
Cat Power-You Are Free
Spoon-Kill The Moonlight
Radiohead-Amnesiac
Beck-Seachange
The Avalanches-Since I Left You
McLusky-McLusky Do Dallas
The Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots.

Shit, I forgot this one.

No order:

Frank Black Black Letter Days
Spoon Girls Can Tell
Warren Zanes Memory Girls
Tsar Tsar
Joe Henry Scar
You Am I Dress Me Slowly
Ike Reilly Salesmen & Racists
The Strokes Is This It
Reigning Sound Time Bomb High School
Ted Leo + the Pharmacists The Tyranny Of Distance

Man, there is some GREAT stuff that missed the cut. But I just couldn't leave a single one of these off my Top 20...

20. The Detroit Cobras Life, Love & Leaving
19. Starlight Mints Built on Squares
18. Stephen Malkmus Stephen Malkmus
17. The White Stripes White Blood Cells
16. The Webb Brothers Maroon
15. John Vanderslice Life and Death of an American Fourtracker
14. Ron Sexsmith Blue Boy
13. Frank Black Black Letter Days
12. Jim White Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
11. The Black Keys thickfreakness
10. The Natural History Beat Beat Heartbeat
9. Spoon Kill the Moonlight
8. Hayden Elk Lake Serenade
7. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow
6. Centro-Matic Distance & Clime
5. Beulah Yoko
4. Ass Ponys Lohio
3. Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway
2. Ted Leo / Pharmacists The Tyranny of Distance
1. Pedro The Lion Control

i suggested a 00-04 listmania a few months ago but it was too early. now would as good a time as any to have it. i would do the work. anyone interested?

yeah

For some reason I thougt you hated The Strokes, Rads. Gladly I am mistaken. They bring the monger pretty hard.

Also, what, no Goddess in the Doorway?!?

Edit: I'm way down for yr. new Listmania, Northern Soul.

Yeah, if only to take my mind off some other shit going on.

Steve