Top 25:
1. Kanye West - "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
2. The Black Keys - "Brothers"
3. Janelle Monae - "The ArchAndroid"
4. The Thermals - "Personal Life"
5. Big Boi - "Sir Lucious Left Foot... Son of Chico Dusty"
6. Jamey Johnson - "The Guitar Song"
7. LCD Soundsystem - "This Is Happening"
8. The National - "High Violet"
9. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "The Brutalist Bricks"
10. Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs"
11. Vampire Weekend - "Contra"
12. Surfer Blood - "Astro Coast"
13. Bobby Bare Jr. - "A Storm, A Tree, My Mother's Head"
14. Grinderman - "Grinderman 2"
15. Cee-Lo Green - "The Lady Killer"
16. The Walkmen - "Lisbon"
17. Deerhunter - "Halcyon Digest"
18. Shining - "Blackjazz"
19. Robert Plant - "Band of Joy"
20. Jonsi - "Go"
21. The Roots - "How I Got Over"
22. Sleigh Bells - "Treats"
23. Spoon - "Transference"
24. Local Natives - "Gorilla Manor"
25. Sufjan Stevens - "The Age of Adz"

Honorable Mention:
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Before Today"
Band of Horses - "Infinite Arms"
Beach House - "Teen Dream"
Menomena - "Mines"
Josh Ritter - "So Runs the World Away"
Titus Andronicus - "The Monitor"
Wavves - "King of the Beach"

Haven't Heard Yet:
Agalloch - "Marrow of the Spirit"
Avi Buffalo - "Avi Buffalo"
Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma"
Free Energy - "Stuck on Nothing"
How to Dress Well - "Love Remains"
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - "I Learned the Hard Way"
Laura Marling - "I Speak Because I Can"
Nicki Minaj - "Pink Friday"
Phosphorescent - "Here's To Taking It Easy"
Pulled Apart By Horses - "Pulled Apart By Horses"
The Radio Dept. - "Clinging to a Scheme"
Mavis Staples - "You Are Not Alone"
Marnie Stern - "Marnie Stern"
Superchunk - "Majesty Shredding"
Swans - "My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky"
The Tallest Man on Earth - "The Wild Hunt"
J. Roddy Walston and the Business - "J. Roddy Walston and the Business"

Shining - "Blackjazz" is pretty wild. didn't make my list, but it's a mental listen for sure.

All nearly made my list.

i want to edit the jamey johnson down to like 12-15 songs and then I would love it. I like a lot of it and dislike a lot of it.

I should probably listen to that Jamey Johnson again. It kind of seemed like paint-by-numbers outlaw country, who's popularity is explained only as a reaction to modern country radio. But I only kinda listened to it.

musically, it is. the number of songs allows quite a bit of variation without it sounding too forced, but yeah. It's nothing truly special like some people say - but his songwriting is clearly more clever and just overall better than most country writers there. But the reactionary effect is why it's popular and also part of the reason I would call it good, however lame that is.

also i want to say that I almost always like huskerpunk's lists and wish he posted more often.

I've tried a few times now and it's just all right. Can't muster up the enthusiasm I was expecting based on word of mouth.

You guys are spot on.