so, i did and wrote a pretty long top 40 which is finally up! read it, tell me how much my taste sucks and further make me happy. i also wax nostalgic about the year and give out some shouts to fellow boarders here. but for those that just want to see the list, here it is, minus my staggering insights:

40 The Walkmen A Hundred Miles Off Record Collection
39 Malajube Trompe L'Oeil Dare to Care
38 Clark Body Riddle Warp
37 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere Downtown
36 White Flight White Flight Range Life Records
35 The Black Keys Magic Potion Nonesuch
34 Trentmoller The Last Resort Poker Flat
33 The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldier V2
32 Archie Bronson Outfit Derdang Derdang Domino
31 Booka Shade Movements Get Physical
30 Asobi Seksu Citrus Friendly Fire
29 Cold War Kids Robbers & Cowards Downtown
28 The Brother Kite Waiting For The Time To Be Right Clairerecords
27 The OOHLAs Best Stop Pop Stolen Transmission
26 Peter Bjorn and John Writer's Block Wichita/V2
25 TV on the Radio Return To Cookie Mountain Interscope
24 Ellen Allien & Apparat Orchestra Of Bubbles Bpitch Control
23 DeVotchKa Curse Your Little Heart Ace Fu
22 Herbert Scale Studio K7
21 Benoit Pioulard Precis Kranky
20 Land of Talk Applause Cheer Boo Hiss Dependent
19 Sonic Youth Rather Ripped Geffen
18 Nathan Fake Drowning In A Sea Of Love Border Community
17 Cansei De Ser Sexy (CSS) Cansei De Ser Sexy (CSS) Sub Pop
16 Thom Yorke The Eraser XL
15 Beck The Information Interscope
14 Beirut Gulag Orketstar Ba Da Bing!
13 Silversun Pickups Carnivas Dangerbird
12 Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther Bella Union
10 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Broom Polyvinyl
10 Christians & Lions More Songs For Dreamsleepers & The Very Awake ECA Records
9 Boris Pink Southern Lord
8 Snowden Anti Anti Jade Tree
7 Man Man Six Demon Bag Ace Fu
6 The Sword Age Of Winters Kemodo
5 Joanna Newsom Ys Drag City
4 Annuals Be He Me Ace Fu
3 Band Of Horses Everything All The Time Sub Pop
2 The Black Angels Passover Light in the Attic
1 Liars Drum's Not Dead Mute

hey - thanks for the props...good list as well....however, i cannot get into that joanna newsom disc AT ALL

Good list. Always nice to see Man Man in a top 10. It's battling with Liars for my #1 spot.

I should give that Midlake album another chance. I heard a song from it recently that I really liked.

i think i'm hardly the only who would say that they are well deserved. thank you!

yeah, that man man records is very good. i caught them live last week and it was amazing. the midlake record is worth another chance for sure.

also nice to see alot of people ranking that boris disc within their top 10....i love that disc

Another Obner with Beck ranked in their top 20.



Also, THE SWORD!

i really like that beck disc as well....however its somewhere in my 21-25 range

this record is much better than people give it credit for. sure, not his finest, but still pretty damn good.



i can't say fuck yeah about this band enough. just got done listening to this record, and it slays.

Yeah, that Sword album is good.

I just got around to hearing it a little while ago.

i liked the record when i first heard it, but i didn't get the full force until recently. seeing them live definitely brought my appreciation up another level, as they're pretty damn good.

Anyone who likes the Sword record should definitely check out Witche's debut. J Mascis' drumming comes as close to channelling Bonham as anything I'ver heard.

i've not heard it. anybody have it?