first off, only post your list here after you post it at www.obner.org/poll after that, come and post it here for discussion.

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having everything scored in groups really takes the pressure off. having the list subsequently emailed to you is ultra-suede!

1. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
2. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
3. Delgados, The - Universal Audio
4. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
5. RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke
6. Madvillain - Madvillainy
7. National, The - Cherry Tree
8. Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
9. Ghostface - the Pretty Toney Album
10. Beauty Pill, The - The Unsustainable Lifestyle
11. De La Soul - The Grind Date
12. Vanderslice, John - Cellar Door
13. Foreign Exchange, The - Connected
14. Hold Steady, The - Almost Killed Me
15. Lekman, Jens - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
16. Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
17. McLusky - Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire
18. Smith, Elliott - From A Basement On The Hill
19. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
20. West, Kayne - The College Dropout

1. Nick Cave - The Lyre of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues
2. Drive by Truckers - The Dirty South
3. Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
4. Paul Westerberg - Folker
5. Richard Buckner - Dents and Shells
6. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
7. Davendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
8. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
9. Richmond Fontaine - Post to Wire
10. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
11. AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
12. American Music Club - Love Songs for Patriots
13. John Vanderslice - Cellar Door
14. Interpol - Antics
15. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
16. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
17. Tift Merritt - Tambourine
18. Elliot Smith - From a Basement on a Hill
19. Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Delivery man
20. Snow Patrol - Final Straw

1.Mission of Burma– Onoffon
2.Drive By Truckers – The Dirty South
3.The Arcade Fire - Funeral
4.Giant Sand – Is All Over The Map
5.Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
6.Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
7.Rogue Wave – Out Of The Shadow
8.Frog Eyes – The Folded Palm
9.The Good Life – Album Of The Year
10.Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing In The Hands
11.90 Day Men – Panda Park
12.The Black Keys – Rubber Factory
13.Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
14.Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
15.The Libertines – The Libertines
16.The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart
17.Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
18.Castanets – Cathedral
19.Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
20.TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

I wish I could have heard every cd so I could have the most comprehensive list.

Here is mine (which I will submit as soon as the glitch is fixed).

01. BLONDE REDHEAD Misery Is A Butterfly
02. THE WALKMEN Bows + Arrows
03. TV ON THE RADIO Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
04. THE ARCADE FIRE Funeral
05. CLOUDDEAD Ten
06. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Sung Tongs
07. TOM WAITS Real Gone
08. LIARS They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
09. ELECTRELANE The Power Out
10. THE MENDOZA LINE Fortune
11. THE DELGADOS Universal Audio
12. PJ HARVEY Uh Huh Her
13. THE LIBERTINES The Libertines
14. THE VEILS The Runaway Found
15. ROGUE WAVE Out Of The Shadow
16. SLOAN The Action Pact
17. TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS Shake The Sheets
18. COMETS ON FIRE Blue Cathedral
19. SON AMBULANCE Key
20. NOW IT'S OVERHEAD Fall Back Open

Chuck D's top 20 albums of 2004:

1. The Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
2. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
3. The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
4. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who Is This America?
5. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm A Machine
6. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
7. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
8. Dangermouse - The Grey Album
9. The Earlies - These Were The Earlies
10. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the hands
11. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
12. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
13. Six Organs of Admittance - For Octavio Paz
14. Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
15. !!! - Louden Up Now
16. The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
17. cLOUDDEAD - ten
18. Madvillain - Madvillainy
19. RJD2 - Since last we spoke
20. Kanye West - The College Dropout

awesome. didn't make my top 20, but i love this.


isn't this a reissue?

if so, i am stupid. but i only heard it recently, due to ish.

it's new to me?

hmm ive been meaning to check these out.

whats lekman like?

Jens Lekman is like Will Oldham, Rockapella, Morrissey and about 20 other musicians all wrapped in one neat package.

1. Brian Wilson - SMiLE
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
4. American Music Club - Love Songs for Patriots
5. Jason Forrest - The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash
6. Kanye West - The College Droupout
7. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
8. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Nmbered Days
9. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
10. Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
11. Ed Harcourt - Strangers
12. The Futureheads - s/t
13. Giant Sand - Is All Over the Map
14. Jim White - Drill A Hole...
15. John Vanderslice - Cellar Door
16. The Earlies - These Were the Earlies
17. Mission Of Burma - OnOffOn
18. Lamontagne, Ray - Trouble
19. Hold Steady, The - Almost Killed Me
20. The Velvet Teen - Elysium

except minus will oldham and plus a whole lot of neil hannon and stephin merritt.

but that's just one man's analysis.

KPH

I hear a lot of Jonathan Richman in his voice.

fart

1. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
2. CLOUDDEAD - Ten
3. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
4. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
5. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
6. Razorlight - Up All Night
7. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
8. Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat
9. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
10. Elf Power - Walking With the Beggar Boys
11. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
12. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
13. Libertines, The - The Libertines
14. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
15. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
16. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
17. Frames, The - Set List
18. Newman, A.C. - The Slow Wonder
19. Keane - Hopes And Fears
20. Sweet, Matthew - Living Things

closest list so far to mine, with about 12 common entries.

For Octavia Paz was released in 2003 on Time-Lag. He didn't put out a new full-length in 2004. The Manifestation is half material from this year, and half some old 10", I believe. School of the Flower is the best album of 2005.

i'd never really noticed that but you're right. i hear a shit-ton of neil hannon but i don't get the merritt comparrisons that kph and my gf, amongst others i'm sure, have made.

1. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
2. Features, The - Exhibit A
3. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
4. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
5. Wilson, Brian - Smile
6. Polyphonic Spree, The - Together We're Heavy
7. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
8. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
9. Madvillain - Madvillainy
10. !!! - Louden Up Now
11. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
12. Concretes, The - The Concretes
13. Interpol - Antics
14. Thermals, The - Fuckin' A
15. Lerche, Sondre - Two Way Monologue
16. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
17. Bloc Party - Bloc Party
18. Mission Of Burma - OnOffOn
19. Vanderslice, John - Cellar Door
20. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes


I honestly found it hard to compile this list, I wasn't too impressed this year. Plus, I found myself buying a lot more re-issues and older albums rather than the new ones.

I hear the Merritt too, but it's occasional.

1. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
2. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
3. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
4. Smith, Elliott - From A Basement On The Hill
5. Black Keys, The - Rubber Factory
6. Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street
7. Stevens, Sufjan - Seven Swans
8. Harcourt, Ed - Strangers
9. Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
10. Llhasa - The Living Road
11. Bees, The - Free The Bees
12. Dunger, Nicolai - Here's My Song, You Can Have It...I Don't Want It Anymore
13. Libertines, The - The Libertines
14. Luna - Rendezvous
15. Apostle Of Hustle - Folkloric Feel
16. Shearwater - Winged Life
17. Banhart, Devendra - Rejoicing In The Hands
18. Sons And Daughters - Love The Cup
19. Vetiver - Vetiver
20. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral

whoops. i'll post a corrected list to the shmoo poll:

1. The Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
2. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
3. The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
4. Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Who Is This America?
5. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm A Machine
6. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
7. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
8. Dangermouse - The Grey Album
9. The Earlies - These Were The Earlies
10. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the hands
11. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
12. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
13. Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
14. !!! - Louden Up Now
15. The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
16. cLOUDDEAD - ten
17. Madvillain - Madvillainy
18. RJD2 - Since last we spoke
19. Kanye West - The College Dropout
20. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand