BEST ALBUMS
100 Leonard Cohen - 10 New Songs
99 The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
98 TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
97 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
96 The Streets - Original Pirate Material
95 Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
94 The Libertines - Up The Brackett
93 Johnny Cash - Unearthed
92 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
91 The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
90 Amadou & Miriam - Dimanche A Bamako
89 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
88 Brian Wilson - Smile
87 Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
86 The Postal Service - Give Up
85 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
84 Eminem - The Eminem Show
83 The Black Keys - Attack & Release
82 Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
81 Ryan Adams - Gold
80 Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood
79 The New Pornographers - Electric Version
78 Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
77 Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
76 Sigur Rós - ( )
75 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
74 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
73 Coldplay - Parachutes
72 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
71 Bright Eyes - Lifted Of The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
70 Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
69 Missy Elliott - Under Construction
68 U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
67 Björk - Vespertine
66 Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
65 Manu Chao - Próxima Estación Esperanza
64 Gillian Welch - Time The Revelator
63 Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak
62 Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary May
61 The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
60 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
59 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
58 Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
57 Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
56 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
55 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
54 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
53 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
52 M.I.A. - Arular
51 Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
50 Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
49 Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
48 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
47 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
46 Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
45 Kanye West - Graduation
44 System Of A Down - Toxicity
43 The Killers - Hot Fuss
42 Elliott Smith - Figure 8
41 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
40 Kanye West - Late Registration
39 Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
38 Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
37 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
36 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
35 PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
34 OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
33 Daft Punk - Discovery
32 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
31 My Morning Jacket - Z
30 Radiohead - In Rainbows
29 Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
27 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
26 Cat Power - The Greatest
25 Radiohead - Amnesiac
24 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
23 D'Angelo - Voodoo
22 Green Day - American Idiot
21 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
20 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
19 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
18 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
17 Beck - Sea Change
16 OutKast - Stankonia
15 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
14 Jay-Z - The Black Album
13 U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
12 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
11 Bob Dylan - Love And Theft
10 Kanye West - The College Dropout
09 M.I.A. - Kala
08 Bob Dylan - Modern Times
07 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
06 Arcade Fire - Funeral
05 The White Stripes - Elephant
04 Jay-Z - The Blueprint
03 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
02 The Strokes - Is This It
01 Radiohead - Kid A

BEST SONGS
100 Damian Marley - "Welcome To Jamrock"
99 Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
98 Amy Winehouse - "Back To Black"
97 Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"
96 Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
95 Mary J. Blige - "Family Affair"
94 Radiohead - "Pyramid Song"
93 Snoop Dogg - "Drop It Like It's Hot"
92 Brad Paisley - "Alcohol"
91 Bruce Springsteen - "My City Of Ruins"
90 Midlake - "Roscoe"
89 Bright Eyes - "Lua"
88 Jay-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A)"
87 The Knife - "Heartbeats"
86 Aaliyah - "Try Again"
85 Dirty Projectors - "Stillness Is The Move"
84 Clipse - "Grindin'"
83 The Gossip - "Standing In The Way Of Control"
82 Jay-Z - "Dirt Off Your Shoulder"
81 Pink - "Get The Party Started"
80 Phoenix - "1901"
79 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Gone Gone Gone"
78 LCD Soundsystem - "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"
77 Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"
76 Madonna - "Hung Up"
75 Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
74 TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
73 Queens Of The Stone Age - "No One Knows"
72 Kings Of Leon - "Use Somebody"
71 Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
70 Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor"
69 Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes"
68 Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
67 Wilco - "Jesus, Etc."
66 Madonna - "Music"
65 Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
64 U2 - "Vertigo"
63 Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
62 Alicia Keys - "Fallin'"
61 Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
60 Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"
59 The Strokes - "Hard To Explain"
58 The White Stripes - "Fell In Love With A Girl"
57 The Shins - "New Slang"
56 Radiohead - "Idioteque"
55 OutKast - "Ms. Jackson"
54 Coldplay - "The Scientist"
53 The Rapture - "House Of Jealous Lovers"
52 Christina Aguilera - "Beautiful"
51 D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
50 Beyoncé - "Single Ladies"
49 The Walkmen - "The Rat"
48 The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
47 Green Day - "American Idiot"
46 MGMT - "Kids"
45 Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
44 Britney Spears - "Toxic"
43 The Roots - "The Seed (2.0)"
42 Arcade Fire - "Wake Up"
41 LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends"
40 Kelis - "Milkshake"
39 Modest Mouse - "Float On"
38 Gorillaz - "Clint Eastwood"
37 LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge"
36 U2 - "Moment Of Surrender"
35 Bruce Springsteen - "The Rising"
34 Coldplay - "Yellow"
33 Daft Punk - "One More Time"
32 Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
31 The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??"
30 R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"
29 Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
28 Randy Newman - "A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country"
27 The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
26 Coldplay - "Clocks"
25 Missy Elliott - "Work It"
24 Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place"
23 Rihanna - "Umbrella"
22 Amerie - "1 Thing"
21 OutKast - "B.O.B."
20 Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me A River"
19 Kanye West - "Jesus Walks"
18 Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"
17 Bob Dylan - "Mississippi"
16 The Strokes - "Last Nite"
15 Johnny Cash - "Hurt"
14 Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"
13 50 Cent - "In Da Club"
12 Eminem "Lose Yourself"
11 MGMT - "Time To Pretend"
10 Eminem - "Stan"
09 U2 - "Beautiful Day"
08 Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"
07 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"
06 The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
05 M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
04 OutKast - "Hey Ya!"
03 Beyoncé - "Crazy In Love"
02 Jay-Z - "99 Problems"
01 Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"

I have less problems with these lists than a lot of others. Predictable mix of good/bad.

I guess even ol Jann is embarrassed by the 5 STAR review of Goddess in the Doorway, eh?

I think they gave out three or four 5 star reviews this decade, but they left this one off the list.

I think it is a great list. I wouldn't have a lot of it on my list, but it is one of the most realistic list that includes both critical and commercially successful albums and songs.
I don't think RS intentionally included any song or album in the top ten just to get the wow factor or discussion.

2 dylans in the top 11

2 springsteens in the top 24

wtf at number 13

#13 = Garbage

these would probably all be in my top 100

Don't like that U2 album or U2 in general?

3 coldplay albums on the list, almost their whole discography.

I just don't dig that band.

Old U2 is fantastic but their output this decade was disappointing.

Yeah, that's about three too many.

I like ATYCLB.

I'm down with these. Couldn't they have come up with a few unknown gems for us to seek out? sheesh.

I actually like this list... given its mainstream focus it seems pretty supportable.

Two Dylans... I wouldn't put him quite that high, but it's not a glaring goof up. And who'dda thunk forty years ago he's put two "bests" in the top 15 in this millenium.

And the U2 (All That...), I was disappointed when I came out... but I still reach for it, play it... and some of it rocks quite nicely.

I was just looking at the voters for these lists...you have a lot of guys from indie type bands like Britt Daniel, Isaac Brock, Fabrizio Moretti, Colin Meloy, Jim James to random record label and media folk, to more mainstream type artists like Lenny Kravitz, Lars Ulrich, Mike Shinoda, etc.

For what this is it's better than I would have expected. No use at expecting a mainstream publication to list to many non mainstream stuff. I would say that at least 20% of these would be on my list of top 100 for the decade.

i didnt know it was voted on, i thought their writers made up the list. makes a little more sens now.