First of all, thanks! It's nice to feel welcome.

Secondly -- yeah! Their last couple of albums (Perpetuum Mobile, Ende Neu, Tabula Rasa, and, my favourite, Silence is Sexy) are my favourites that they've done.

And fantab in concert, too.

1. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
2. Interpol - Antics
3. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
4. Ambulance Ltd. - LP
5. Collective Soul - Youth
6. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
7. Stroke 9 - All In
8. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
9. Killers, The - Hot Fuss
10. Hives, The - Tyrannosaurus Hives
11. Lanegan, Mark Band - Bubblegum
12. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
13. Case, Neko - The Tigers Have Spoken
14. Melody Club - Face The Music
15. Shatner, William - Has Been
16. Endochine - Day Two
17. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
18. Razorlight - Up All Night
19. Keane - Hopes And Fears
20. West, Kayne - The College Dropout


I'm annoyed that I forgot to put the Sahara Hotnights in there. They probably should have been #15, bumping everyone else down one.

I helped make the thing and still couldn't get my list posted in time. Sorry, shmoo.

1. Smith, Elliott - From A Basement On The Hill
2. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
3. Stevens, Sufjan - Seven Swans
4. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
5. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
6. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
7. Banhart, Devendra - Rejoicing In The Hands
8. Typical Cats - Civil Service
9. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
10. Wilson, Brian - Smile
11. Razorlight - Up All Night
12. Adem - Homesongs
13. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
14. Libertines, The - The Libertines
15. Madvillain - Madvillainy
16. Shearwater - Winged Life
17. Old 97's, The - Drag It Up
18. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
19. Diplo - Florida
20. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows

1. Concretes, The - The Concretes
2. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
3. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
4. Newman, A.C. - The Slow Wonder
5. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
6. Nada Surf - Live in Brussels
7. Brunettes, The - Mars Loves Venus
8. Razorlight - Up All Night
9. Reilly, Ike - Sparkle In The Finish
10. Various Artists - The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered
Covered
11. Sandman, Mark - Sandbox
12. Organ, The - Grab That Gun
13. Lekman, Jens - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
14. Blanche - If We Can't Trust The Doctors
15. Hatfield, Juliana - In Exile Deo
16. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
17. Jem - Finally Woken
18. Lynn, Loretta - Van Lear Rose
19. Tegan & Sara - So Jealous
20. Shatner, William - Has Been

when can we expect the results from this bad boy?

submitted for your approval...

1. Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow
2. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
3. Legends, The - Up Against The Legends
4. Lali Puna - Faking The Books
5. Ambulance Ltd. - LP
6. Razorlight - Up All Night
7. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
8. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
9. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
10. Bloc Party - Bloc Party
11. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
12. Air - Talkie Walkie
13. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
14. Dirty On Purpose - Sleep Late For A Better Tomorrow
15. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
16. !!! - Louden Up Now
17. Veils, The - The Runaway Found
18. Sia - Colour The Small One
19. Fall, The - The Real New Fall LP
20. Leo, Ted & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets

bump for listening purposes

no help from me, I lost my list shortly after posting on the poll, after some meditation I may get some recall I hope

<---yeah that's me, make it hurt too

seafoamrush's list:

1. Architecture in Helsinki - Fingers Crossed
2. Anomoanon - The Derby Ram
3. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
4. Delays, The - Faded Seaside Glamour
5. Guided By Voices - Half Smiles Of The Decomposed
6. Court and Spark, The - Witch Season
7. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
8. Ponys, The - Laced With Romance
9. Lambchop - Aw Cmon/No You Cmon
10. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
11. Lynn, Loretta - Van Lear Rose
12. Delgados, The - Universal Audio
13. Billy, Bonnie "Prince" - Greatest Palace Music
14. Lerche, Sondre - Two Way Monologue
15. Westerberg, Paul - Folker
16. Ambulance Ltd. - LP
17. Luna - Rendezvous
18. Razorlight - Up All Night
19. Zutons, The - Who Killed The Zutons?
20. Killers, The - Hot Fuss

The Concretes - The Concretes
The New Year - End is Near

These 2 could have really taken any place in the last 5 for me. I lstened to the New Year today and wished I popped it in the 20. The Concrete's "You Can't Hurry Love" is one of the best songs of the year. Both great albums.




SWEET! Thanks man. I'm savin' it this time.

you friggin':rawk:

I'd forgotten that was this year. Crisp! Refreshing! Silly! It woulda made my list.

I just picked this up; feeling the same way about it. He's aged reliably. Of all his solo stuff I like Sailing To Philadelphia the least. I hope he's got a couple more good'uns left in him.

Here's shmoo shmoo poll list, which I realize I never posted here:

1. Lanegan, Mark Band - Bubblegum
2. Hold Steady, The - Almost Killed Me
3. Case, Neko - The Tigers Have Spoken
4. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
5. Lekman, Jens - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
6. Beauty Pill, The - The Unsustainable Lifestyle
7. Arcade Fire, The - Funeral
8. Bjork - Medulla
9. Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
10. Futureheads, The - Futureheads, The
11. Magnetic Fields, The - i
12. Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat
13. Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
14. Good Life, The - Album Of The Year
15. Newman, A.C. - The Slow Wonder
16. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
17. Walkmen, The - Bows + Arrows
18. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
19. Molina, Jason - Pyramid Electric Co.
20. Delgados, The - Universal Audio