Mine, as submitted last thursday night to eric.


1. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
2. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
3. Arthur, Joseph - Our Shadows Will Remain
4. Tihista's, Kevin Red Terror - Wake Up Captain
5. Two Cow Garage - The Wall Against Our Back
6. Keane - Hopes And Fears
7. Harcourt, Ed - Strangers
8. Stevens, Sufjan - Seven Swans
9. Thrills, The - Let's Bottle Bohemia
10. Smith, Elliott - From A Basement On The Hill
11. Air - Talkie Walkie
12. Killers, The - Hot Fuss
13. Quasar Wut Wut - Tarot Sound
14. Yamagata, Rachel - Happenstance
15. Lynn, Loretta - Van Lear Rose
16. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
17. Jem - Finally Woken
18. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
19. Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times
20. Veils, The - The Runaway Found

My Final Revision...

01. Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
02. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
03. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
04. Veils, The - The Runaway Found
05. CLOUDDEAD - Ten
06. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
07. Mendoza Line, The - Fortune
08. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
09. Libertines, The - The Libertines
10. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
11. Waits, Tom - Real Gone
12. Sloan - The Action Pact
13. Delgados, The - Universal Audio
14. Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
15. Electrelane - The Power Out
16. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
17. Scissor Sistors - Scissor Sistors
18. Keane - Hopes And Fears
19. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
20. Ratatat - Ratatat

Kudos to the very few souls who put the Legends on their lists, sad that they won't crack the top 20. I couple that I bet I'd like a whole lot but never got my grubby paws on include The Stars and that Jem album. I'll be on the hunt in 2005 for those two.

1. Legends, The - Up Against The Legends
2. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
3. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
4. Interpol - Antics
5. Lali Puna - Faking The Books
6. Ridgway, Stan - Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads and Fugitive Songs
7. Miss Kittin - I.Com
8. De/Vison - Six Feet Underground
9. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
10. Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard
11. American Music Club - Love Songs For Patriots
12. Razorlight - Up All Night
13. Killers, The - Hot Fuss
14. Old Canes - Early Morning Hymns
15. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
16. Libertines, The - The Libertines
17. Clinic - Winchester Cathedral
18. Radio 4 - Stealing Of A Nation
19. Air - Talkie Walkie
20. Kasabian - Kasabian

such as it is...

jc

The Legends will be on my list.

Just started listening to this after getting it as a gift for Christmas and so far it's pretty fuckin' great.

Steve

they might have made my list if i had heard it back when it was released in '03.

I'm not sure how this argument keeps coming up but Allmusic and Pitchfork both have it listed as a 2004 release and when I went to the record store to see if I could order it in August or September of 2004 I was told it hadn't been released yet. Maybe it was only released in the states in 2004 or something but I have yet to find anywhere that says it was a 2003 release.

It really is a lot of fun. I don't know exactly what Shatner's trying to do on Has Been, but he sure knows how to write entertaining songs.

He's trying to have one last commentary about his life before he gets old but is masking it in serio-comic pomp. You don't do a bit about finding your wife's body and intend it just to be Weird Al-funny.

There's some baffling and undefinable near-genuis on this album.

I considered putting it on my Top 20, but didn't. Possibly because the CD defies good/bad categorization. It exists within its own Sphere of Shat.

Capt. James T. Kirk is doing his next record with Shat?

Score one for Buddyhead.

Just out of curiosity, where did you come up with that? A quick google search showed a July UK release date coupled with the October State side release. Clearly those aren't the only two countries in the world but I can't find any mention of a 2003 release date for that album.

jc

the back of my cd says labrador records 2003.

i'm really not trying to be anal about it or anything, i love the album and love that they are getting well-deserved attention this year. just offering up the reason why they aren't on my '04 top 20.

I figure by this point I'm not gonna be able to give anything enough listens to change this list:

1. Watt, Mike - The Secondman's Middle Stand
2. Vanderslice, John - Cellar Door
3. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
4. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
5. Burning Brides - Leave No Ashes
6. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
7. Case, Neko - The Tigers Have Spoken
8. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
9. Old 97's, The - Drag It Up
10. Bigger Lovers, The - This Affair Never Happened
11. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
12. Hatfield, Juliana - In Exile Deo
13. Candy Butchers - Hang On Mike
14. Hayden - Elk-Lake Serenade
15. Court and Spark, The - Witch Season
16. Merritt, Tift - Tambourine
17. Fancey - Fancey
18. De La Soul - The Grind Date
19. Bare Jr., Bobby - From the End of Your Leash
20. Parker, Graham - Your Country

That doesn't mean anything. I've seen records come out in 2004 that say 2005 (I think the Gwen Stefani comes to mind), and (more commonly) vice versa (the album comes out the following year) -- that's just when the songs got copyrighted, not when the album came out.

And it's anal retentive. Anal just means having to do with the anus. What you're doing is being anal retentive.

As am I.

Strongly considered putting these in my Top 20. Watt is brilliant, but a nagging tiny part of me is annoyed at how MUCH he embraced prog with this one. It just seems so contrary and smartass to have THAT MUCH ORGAN. Love the album though.

1. Madvillain – Madvillainy
2. Animal Collective – Sung Tongs
3. The Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
4. The High Water Marks – Songs About the Ocean
5. Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
6. ulysses – .010
7. Tortoise – It’s All Around You
8. Camera Obscura – Underachievers Please Try Harder
9. TV On The Radio – desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes
10. Saturday Looks Good to Me – Every Night
11. Robert Pollard – Fiction Man
12. Interpol – Antics
13. Decemberists – The Tain
14. Panda Bear – Young Prayer
15. The Walkmen – Bows + Arrows
16. Battles – EP C
17. Gomez – Split the Difference
18. Electrelane – The Power Out
19. The Black Keys – Rubber Factory
20. Múm – Summer Make Good

At least it's not an ugly organ.

Bah-dump.

I had the same question about Delays 'Faded Seaside Glamour', the back of my CD says it's 2003 but the people here assured me it was a 2004 release so I believe them. I didn't think you were being anal retentive, I was just curious where the argument comes from.

1. air - talkie walkie
2. apostle of hustle - folkloric feel
3. sonic youth - sonic nurse
4. cLOUDDEAD - ten
5. wilco - a ghost is born
6. the arcade fire - funeral
7. tv on the radio - desperate youth, blood thirsty babes
8. pj harvey - uh huh her
9. sufjan stevens - seven swans
10. viva voce - the heat can melt your brain
11. rron & wine - our endless numbered days
12. bjork - medulla
13. les savy fav - inches
14. mclusky - the difference between me and you is that i’m not on fire
15. franz ferdinand - franz ferdinand
16. vetiver - vetiver
17. elliott smith - a basement from a hill
18. the walkmen - bows + arrows
19. interpol - antics
20. neko case - the tigers have spoken

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Modest Mouse - Good News...
3. Mendoza Line - Fortune
4. Elliott Smith - From a Basement...
5. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
6. The Legends - Up Against The Legends
7. Black Keys - Rubber Factory
8. Iron & Wine - Our Endless...
9. Pinback - Summer in Abandon
10. Old 97's - Drag it Up
11. Keane - Hopes and Fears
12. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
13. Libertines - S/T
14. The Killers - Hot Fuss
15. Ambulance LTD - LP
16. Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
17. Bobby Bare Jr. - From the End of Your Leash
18. Jimmy Eat World - Futures
19. Futureheads - S/T
20. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder

Before I became a member of Obner I would have thought I had a really creative list. You guys all out-indie me so much though that I'm bored just looking at it. Still had fun putting it together though.

1. Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
2. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
3. Autolux - Future Perfect
4. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
5. Razorlight - Up All Night
6. Controller.Controller - History
7. Mr. Airplane Man - C'mon DJ
8. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
9. Interpol - Antics
10. Black Keys, The - Rubber Factory
11. !!! - Louden Up Now
12. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
13. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
14. Smith, Elliott - From A Basement On The Hill
15. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
16. Air - Talkie Walkie
17. Ambulance Ltd. - LP
18. VHS Or Beta - Night On Fire
19. Libertines, The - The Libertines
20. Midnight Movies - Midnight Movies

20) John Vanderslice, Cellar Door
19) American Music Club, Love Songs For Patriots
18) Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days
17) Robyn Hitchcock, Spooked
16) Giant Sand, Is All Over The Map
15) Norman & Nancy Blake, The Morning Glory Ramblers
14) Jolie Holland, Escondida
13) Stan Ridgway, Snakebite
12) Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
11) Ghost, Hypnotic Underworld
10) Lambchop, Aw C’mon
9) Devendra Banhart, Rejoicing In The Hands
8) Jim White, Drill A Hole In The Substrate…
7) Mark Lanegan Band, Bubblegum
6) Ray Lamontagne, Trouble
5) Twilight Singers, She Loves You
4) Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sings Greatest Palace Music
3) Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Oh, My Girl
2) Joseph Arthur, Our Shadows Will Remain
1) Willard Grant Conspiracy, Regard The End

1. Autolux - Future Perfect
2. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
3. Ambulance Ltd. - LP
4. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
5. Newman, A.C. - The Slow Wonder
6. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
7. Elbow - Cast of Thousands
8. Dios - Dios
9. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
10. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
11. Bloc Party - Bloc Party
12. Interpol - Antics
13. Thermals, The - Fuckin' A
14. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
15. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
16. The Earlies - These Were the Earlies
17. Black Keys, The - Rubber Factory
18. Mirah - C'Mon Miracle
19. Seafood - As the Cry Flows
20. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere

1. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood thirsty babes
2. The Eternals - Rawar Style
3. Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
4. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
5. Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flags Fluttered and the Sun Shines
6. Arcade Fire - Funeral
7. Masta Killa - No Said Date
8. Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
9. Shalabi Effect - Pink Abyss
10. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Day
11. cLOUDDEAD - Ten
12. p:ano - The Den
13. Madvillain - Madvillainy
14. Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
15. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
16. Interpol - Antics
17. Tanakh - Dieu Deuil
18. Faust vs Dalek - Der Respect, Alder
19. Les Georges Leningrad - Sur Les Traces de Black Eskimo
20. Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral

Here's my list, as of right now. This was difficult as always, especially since I just barely got a couple releases (Arcade Fire, Pinback) that would probably climb even higher given time. Also didn't get around to hearing everything I wanted too (Drive-By Truckers, Delgados). But with the deadline looming, this is as good as it's going to get.

1. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
2. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
3. Ambulance Ltd. - LP
4. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
5. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
6. Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral
7. Vanderslice, John - Cellar Door
8. Smith, Elliott - From A Basement On The Hill
9. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
10. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
11. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
12. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
13. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
14. R.E.M. - Around The Sun
15. West, Kayne - The College Dropout
16. Cooper Temple Clause, The - Kick Up the Fire, And Let the Flames Break Loose
17. Air - Talkie Walkie
18. Keane - Hopes And Fears
19. Kweller, Ben - On My Way
20. Guided By Voices - Half Smiles Of The Decomposed

ps. Thanks so much to shmoo, haq, z, etc. for all the hard work putting this together. Very well done!