40. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - s/t
39. Burial - "Untrue"
38. Aereogramme - "My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go"
37. Broken West - "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On"
36. Prefuse 73 - "Preparations"
35. Sondre Lerche - "Phantom Punch"
34. Sunset Rubdown - "Random Spirit Lover"
33. Ween - "La Cucaracha"
32. Air - "Pocket Symphony"
31. Spoon - "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"
30. Apostle of Hustle - "National Anthem of Nowhere"
29. Bob Pollard - "Coast to Coast Carpet of Love"
28. The Sea & Cake - "Everybody"
27. Caribou - "Andorra"
26. Bjork - "Volta"
25. LCD Soundsystem - "Sound of Silver"
24. St. Vincent - "Marry Me"
23. mum - "Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy"
22. Blonde Redhead - "23"
21. The Field - "From Here We Go Sublime"
20. Super Furry Animals - "Hey Venus!"
19. Apples in Stereo - "New Magnetic Wonder"
18. The Shins - "Wincing the Night Away"
17. Wilco - "Sku Blue Sky"
16. Bob Pollard - "Standard Gargoyle Decisions"
15. Explosions in the Sky - "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
14. Low - "Drums and Guns"
13. Radical Face - "Ghost"
12. Feist - "The Reminder"
11. Gruff Rhys - "Candylion"
10. Bloc Party - "Weekend in the City"
9. The Comas - "Spells"
8. Patrick Wolf - "Magic Position"
7. The Clientele - "God Save the Clientele"
6. Arcade Fire - "Neon Bible"
5. The National - "Boxer"
4. Stars - "In Our Bedroom After the War"
3. Of Montreal - "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"
2. Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
1. Jens Lekman - "Night Falls Over Kortedala"

EDIT: Sorry, was I supposed to write that this was my official list? Because it is.

HERE YOU GO (even though i didnt hear the new roger clyne, shoutoutlouds, imperial teen etc)

15. Band of Horses- Cease to Begin
14. Bright Eyes- Cassadaga
13. Weakerthans- Reunion Tour
12. Buffalo Tom- Three Easy Pieces
11. Ben Lee- Ben Lee Sings Against Me New Wave
10. The Polyphonic Spree- Fragile Army
9. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
7. Rilo Kiley- Under The Black Light
6. Son Volt- The Search
5. Greg Brown- Yellow Dog
4. Jens Lekman- Night Falls...
3. Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
2. Radiohead- In Rainbows
1. National- The Boxer

"Montana doesn't care about black people."

racist monty jokes'll never get old

Fuck, I forgot about this:



....and this:




What a dick

Completely unfounded though.

post/avatar combo

Are you talking about Tuco? Hopefully more than a few people have seen that classic.

were John later.

(Personally, I think any crack about you being racist is just fucking stupid.)

But yeah, I'd put Tuco right up there with Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

40) Kula Shaker - Strangefolk
39) The Coral - Roots & Echoes
38) Ash - Twilight Of The Innocents
37) Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours To Keep
36) Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate
35) PJ Harvey - White Chalk
34) Figurines - When The Deer Wore Blue
33) The Good, The Bad & The Queen - TGTBTQ
32) The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
31) Interpol - Our Love To Admire

30) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
29) The Hives - The Black And White Album
28) Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
27) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
26) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
25) Gruff Rhys - Candylion
24) Vampire Weekend - Blue CD-R
23) The Electric Soft Parade - No Need To Be Downhearted
22) The Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
21) Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

20) Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin
19) The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
18) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
17) Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
16) Georgie James - Places
15) Dungen - Tio Bitar
14) The White Stripes - Icky Thump
13) Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
12) Babyshambles - Shotters Nation
11) The New Pornographers - Challengers

10) Ian Ball - Who Goes There
09) Bright Eyes - Cassadega
08) Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
07) Radiohead - In Rainbows
06) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
05) Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
04) Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
03) Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
02) Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
01) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder

Cuntitude of the highest order. I expect an apology immediately.

Good to see TSDOLE and iLiKETRAiNS in your list UR. Really pleased to see the likes of Hey Venus! and Tones of Tone picking up some steam as well.

1. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
3. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
4. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times
5. M.I.A. – Arular
6. Okkervil River – The Stage Names
7. Grinderman – Grinderman
8. Common – Finding Forever
9. Neil Young – Chrome Dreams II
10. Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
11. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
12. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
13. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
14. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
15. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
16. Art Brut – It’s a Bit Complicated
17. Kanye West – Graduation
18. Feist – The Reminder
19. Vasco Era – Oh We Do Like to be Beside the Seaside
20. Low – Drums & Guns
21. Kevin Drew – Spirit If
22. Bloc Party – A Weekend in the City
23. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
24. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
25. Lupe Fiasco – The Cool [late contender, so just gets into top 25]

1. Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
2. Burial - Untrue
3. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
4. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
5. Crowded House - Time On Earth
6. Of Montreal - HFYATD
7. Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexions
8. Patrick Wolf - Magic Position
9. Boyz Noize - Oi Oi Oi
10. Underworld - Oblivion with Bells
11. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
12. Lucky Pierre - Dip
13. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
14. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
15. Field - From Here We Go Sublime
16. Holy Fuck - LP
17. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
18. Radiohead - In rainbows
19. James Yorkston - Year of the Leopard
20. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
21. Once OST
22. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Sustain Release
23. Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
24. Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
25. Matthew Midleton - A Brighter Beat
26. MIA - Kala
27. Strange Death of Liberal England - Strange Death of Liberal England
28. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
29. Go Team - Proof of Youth
30. Feist - The Reminder
31. Boxcutter - Glyphic
32. Chemical Brothers - We are the Night
33. Paul Hartnoll - Ideal Condition
34. Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye
35. Orchestra Baobab - Made in Dakar
36. White Stripes - Icky Thump
37. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
38. Jowell & Randy - Casas De Leones
39. Pharoah Monche - Desire
40. Eelkje Klein - Naturally Artificial
41. Villalobos - Fabric 36
42. Various - Ballad of the Books
43. Justice - Cross
44. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
45. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
46. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
47. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
48. Digitalism -Idealism
49. Bloc Party - A Weekend In the City
50. The Good The Bad and The Queen - S/T

1. The National – Boxer
2. Les Savy Fav – Let’s Stay Friends
3. Grinderman – Grinderman
4. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
5. Of Montreal – HFYATD
6. Caribou – Andorra
7. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. White Stripes – Icky Thump
9. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
10. The Sea and Cake – Everybody
11. Gruff Rhys – Candylion
12. Deerhunter – Cryptograms
13. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity

Good. People should listen to the Roll Deep mixtape from January, Wiley's album on Big Dada, both Soulfood mixtapes, Skepta's album and Chipmunk's League of My Own before voting for the Bizzle anyway.

And P Money and Little Dee's mixtapes too.

Why do I always forget Nellie McKay has a new album out? I need to go buy it.

Awesome list.

If radiohead takes #1, 2007 will be a failure.

If anybody's still combing this thread while cramming a last few listens in, get over and check out Particle Hustler's thread (the dubiously-titled "sun shines out of my ass" thread) about the Jackdaw4. Stellar power pop for Jellyfish junkies.

It's a done deal. HTTT took #1 too.

After about 3 #1s since I last protested, I think you might be right. But who cares? Best shit always ends up in the bottom 70 or so. Anyway, I'll put IR in my top 30; it's a good album.

Nice little bit of research there, Bob.

1. Wilco -Sky Blue Sky
2. Spoon -Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Arcade Fire -Neon Bible
4. Ryan Adams -Easy Tiger
5. Radiohead -In Rainbows
6. White Stripes -Icky Thump
7. The Shins -Wincing the Night Away
8. Modest Mouse -We were Dead before the ship even sank
9. Neil Young -Chrome Dreams II
10. LCD Soundsystem -Sound of Silver

So I predicted more #1's for In Rainbows, and Mitch did post near the end of the list date.

"Get 'em!"

Funny when Montana criticizes others for being predictable. I guess they don't have many mirrors out on the range.

Who gives a fuck what he thinks?

Well that is of course true. Just pointing out some fun hypocritical statements.

There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. Silverchair - Young Modern
3. Straylight Run - The Needles the Space
4. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
5. Ash - Twilight of the Innocents
6. Feist - The Reminder
7. Kiss Kiss - Reality Vs. the Optimist
8. Lovedrug - Everything Starts Where It Ends
9. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
10. Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor
11. The New Pornographers - Challengers
12. Charlotte Hatherley - The Deep Blue
13. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
14. Ken Andrews - Secrets of the Lost Satellite
15. John Davis - Arigato!
16. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
17. Voxtrot - Voxtrot
18. Maria Taylor - Lynn Teeter Flower
19. Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers
20. The Bird and the Bee - The Bird and the Bee

For now. This list has changed quite a bit in just the week I was trying to cram it together the last couple weeks. I warned my list would include a lot of mainstream stuff though, stuff that would make the elitists here cry. Then someone said Menomena was mainstream. I laughed... and then couldn't wait until they saw some of the stuff on my list.

Nice record at your #1, unterwasser. Totally under-heard this year.

Can someone tell me a way to flip my list, which is in word, to have it countdown? Ya know, it's numbered 1-40 and I want it flipped. It's driving me fucking nuts.

I've tried to paste and renumber manually and keep fucking it up. Fuck. Fuck.

Looks like Mitch had some "grumpy side up" eggs for breakfast.

I copy/paste into notepad and copy/paste back into word, which turns the numbering into plain text.

Then you go Table | Sort and Sort by Paragraphs descending.

1. Bottomless Pit - Hammer of the Gods
2. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
3. The Fugitives - In Streetlight Communion
4. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
5. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Dawn McCarthy - Wai Notes
7. Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
8. Scout Niblett - This Fool Can Die Now
9. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Ashtray Rock
10. Feist - The Reminder
11. Caribou - Andorra
12. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
13. Handsome Furs - Plague Park
14. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
15. Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
16. Stars - In Our Bedrooms After The War
17. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
18. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
19. Om - Pilgrimage
20. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
21. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Ask Forgiveness
22. Low - Drums and Guns
23. Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
24. Los Campesinios! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
25. Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
26. High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
27. Efterklang - Parades
28. Wintersleep - Welcome To The Night Sky
29. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
30. Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
31. Georgie James - Places
32. Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound
33. UGK - Underground Kingz
34. Les Savy Fav - Let`s Stay Friends
35. Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
36. Future Of The Left - Curses
37. St. Vincent - Marry Me
38. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
39. Future Of The Left - Curses
40. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
41. Radiohead - In Rainbows
42. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
43. They Shoot Horses Don't They? - Pick Up Sticks
44. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
45. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
46. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
47. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
48. M.I.A. - Kala
49. Liars - Liars
50. Holly Golightly - You Can't Buy A Gun When You're Crying

I don't have breakfast at half two in the afternoon.

I'm also not grumpy, I'm just fed up of you spoiling these threads with comments that are mean-spirited, false and unfunny.

1. Kings of Leon | Because of the Times
2. Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Jay-Z | American Gangster
4. The National | Boxer
5. Wilco | Sky Blue Sky
6. Radiohead | In Rainbows
7. Feist | The Reminder
8. Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare
9. LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver
10. The White Stripes | Icky Thump

11. The Clientele | God Save the Clientele
12. Arcade Fire | Neon Bible
13. Josh Ritter | The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
14. Kanye West | Graduation
15. Les Savy Fav | Let's Stay Friends
16. Ryan Adams | Easy Tiger
17. Future of the Left | Curses
18. Ghostface Killah | The Big Doe Rehab
19. Iron & Wine | The Shepherd's Dog
20. Panda Bear | Person Pitch

21. Pharoahe Monch | Desire
22. M.I.A. | Kala
23. Andrew Bird | Armchair Apocrypha
24. Stars of the Lid| And Their Refinement of the Decline
25. Babyshambles | Shotter's Nation
26. Bright Eyes | Cassadaga
27. The Go! Team | Proof of Youth
28. Okkervil River | The Stage Names
29. Caribou | Andorra
30. The Shins | Wincing the Night Away

31. Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
32. Freeway | Free at Last
33. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss | Raising Sand
34. The Pony | Turn the Lights Out
35. Battles | Mirrored

1. The National - Boxer
2. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
3. Vampire Weekend - Blue CDR
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Against Me! - New Wave
6. Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
7. Art Brut - It's A Bit Complicated
8. The Hives - The Black & White Album
9. Cloud Cult - The Meaning of 8
10. The White Stripes - icky Thump
11. Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
12. Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare
13. NIN - Year Zero
14. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
15. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
16. John Doe - A Year In The Wilderness
17. Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces
18. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
19. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
20. Coconut Records - Nighttiming
21. The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
22. Parts & Labor - Mapmaker
23. Los Campesinos! - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP
24. Idlewild - Make A New World
25. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
26. Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
27. Mavis Staples - We'll Never Turn Back
28. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
29. Glenn Mercer - Wheels In Motion
30. Tulsa - I Was Submerged EP
31. Ike Reilly - We Belong To The Staggering Evening
32. Great Northern - Trading Twilight For Daylight
33. Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch

Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block
34. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes

Both were on last years' list.

Thank you for saving my caffeine frazzled mind, Vurt.

Like most lists here, much of this ordering, especially out of the top 20, is a moment in time...

lists that count up instead of down should count for half points.

It is so much of a non-issue for me. I have to click one more button to switch the points around. No biggie.

Prediction time

10. Untrue
9. Strawberry Jam
8. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
7. Night Falls Over Kortedala
6. Person Pitch
5. Neon Bible
4. Boxer
3. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2. In Rainbows
1. Sound of Silver

1. The Shins | Wincing The Night Away
2. Panda Bear | Person Pitch
3. Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
4. Stars | In Our Bedroom After The War
5. The Octopus Project | Hello, Avalanche
6. Black Moth Super Rainbow | Dandelion Gum
7. The Postmarks | Postmarks
8. Bright Eyes | Cassadaga
9. Fields| Everything Last Winter
10. Oh No! Oh My! | Between The Devil And The Sea

11. The View | Hats Off To The Buskers
12. The Bravery | Sun And The Moon
13. Sea Wolf | Leaves In The River
14. Battles | Mirrored
15. Of Montreal | Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer
16. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. | Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenage
17. Voxtrot | Voxtrot
18. Architecture In Helsinki | Places Like This
19. Polytechnic | Down Til Dawn
20. Ghosts - | The World Is Outside

Has in Rainbows actually got a #1 vote though. The way the this years vote is weighted, it'll surely make a difference.

Threw this together in like 15 minutes. Finals are this week, no time for making lists.

1. Feist - The Reminder
2. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
3. Mark Sultan - Sultanic Verses
4. King Khan & the Shrines - What Is?!
5. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
6. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
7. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
8. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
9. The National - Boxer
10. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

11. Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated
12. Les Savy Fav - Let's Be Friends
13. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
14. The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
15. The New Pornographers - Challengers
16. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly
17, MIA - Kala
18. Radiohead - In Rainbows
19. Vampire Weekend - Blue CD-R
20. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

21. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
22. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
23. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
24. Battles - Mirrored
25. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

I think Olson is going to take it.

^yes, a few.

I'm a fan of the last few lists (despite radiohead's inevitable overranking)
Continued surprise at bright eyes- seems it will place decently on the final list