Great work, Paul--once again.

I guess I should listen to Portishead now.

great job, paul.

a few surprises here and there - placements i thought were very high or low for a lot of albums. for instance, i liked that nick cave record, but i never would've thought it'd place where it did.

Great list, but I'm still a little disappointed that my #1 only came in at 124



If you're a fan of 60's psychedelic pop music, you're really missing out if you've never heard this album.

surprised this wasn't top 100.

excellent album.

Hmm, placed much higher than Bright Blue Dream. Maybe I should give it a few more listens.

{{{Sunset}}} might have cracked the top 100 if he had only released one album this year

My #1



Thanks kmac and amotin

I failed to vote for anything in the top 200.

Handsome motherfucker. 6'4" and lowslung nuts.

Hey some things I voted made the top 100 and others didn't!

That's right. A WASPish blueblood look = tons of beef curtain.

I thought that was a 2007 album or would have voted for it.

I'm shocked that someone else listed this.

April @#5 is more than I could have hoped for. Awesome. Overall probably the best list I've seen this year, from anywhere.

I'm ashamed that Black Sea broke the top 30 and i forgot to vote for it.

Paul didn't tab my list at all

Oh please. That was top of the pops compared to my top pick.

good work, paul

lol, chron0wned

just jammed to the newest portishead joint while jogging home from work and i have to say "the rip" is probably one of the greatest achievements of this century next to frozen pizza cookers and cable internet connections

Why do you have alternate accounts?



Expected these to make the list. Besides the Ray album, because I haven't listened to it. Is it any good?



Yes. Absolutely. I would say it's significantly better.




I still haven't heard the Malkmus album and the Kanye one didn't do it for me. Much different music opinions.

Have to sift through 20 plus pages of shit to get through the Top 40. Every fiber of my being, you fuking homo.

just so you know, if Paul tabs my list, Frightened Rabbit jumps at least 2 or 3 spots.


the only thing i'm truly shocked by on this countdown is that Times New Viking didn't even place. this is 2008 guys, year of classic lo-fi jams and youthful exuberance and teens making music that is better than Los Campesinos!

the bounciness of the Early '80s? the Thor's Hammer of a riff on (My Head)? the absolute blistering facesmash of Come Together?

Times New Viking is The Rolling Stones of our generation.

ok im not crazy then. i took notice of yours because i submitted mine in the very next post. maybe all of page 48 was overlooked??? my votes dont seem to be tabulated either

either way, i know its a hell of a lot of work getting this shit together. thanks, paul!

Gave up reading the thread once I got to the top 20 and just looked at the list. I'm not really feeling it. :/

more like it

Portishead #1, huh? I still haven't heard more than a few tracks from it. Glad that Sun Kil Moon placed top 5

What the funt?

Cheers Paul!

...felt that way reading this blurb.

Thanks, Paul.

Cloud Cult 174th?

Fucking sad thing is..like a week after I submitted my list I discovered this dreamy post-rock/psych-band "Kacica" ( http://myspace.com/kacicajapan ) whose record "Mosaic" I have added to my list and I'd say it would have knocked Cloud Cult out of the top 10. I can't get enough of it..it's brought me to tears a number of times in the last 10 days.

I got 1 of my top 10 in, in Wolf Parade.

also happy to see a couple of other votes for my #1, Apes and Androids

great work as always Paul.

I'll have to re-read through this more thoroughly when I have time. Right now I'm in the middle of moving in this sub-zero MN weather

I missed this. Awesome. If we do, you can come to the reception.

Fantastic job once again on all the lists, Paul and to all who managed to do a blurb.



It's truly amazing how Dungen barely managed to sneak once again, but I'm glad they made it.


Surprised this one made it as high as it did.


There's always one album every year that I wish I pimped more and this is it. It's just very hard to hate this thing.


Who else voted for this is awesome. Okay, checked it out. Man Is Matter, you are awesome.


Would have been my #1 record if it had been released officially.


I really need to check this out seeing as how much I dug her last one.


They released a new album this year? Where the hell have I been?

i want answers.

Pretty sure this is a 2009 release and a few of us jumped the gun. I'll be curious to see how this holds up over the course of the year, but right now I'm loving it.

Paul, you are so awesome. I don't know how you do it, but I'm so glad that you do. Whatever they're paying you, it isn't enough. Cheers.

I have some thoughts about this list and its unveiling that I'm having a hard time articulating right now without sounding like a whiny bitch. I'm gonna need a few beers or a few coffees to expound. It's something around the phrase "live and let live." It's doomed to failure and/or whiny bitching.

Came out in July. Perfect summer record.

that soundtrack of our lives is 09, yeah? i haven't seen or heard of it.

loving this:



9 PEOPLE VOTED FOR THIS AWESOME RECORD.

Probably the 9 people on the board that have heard it.

no I heard it and I didn't really care about it.

I think people probably forgot about Lupe being eligible (The Cool is leagues ahead of TC3 and 808s), and the rest of these are just severely underrated. Chris Wood at 378? Seriously guys? I do it sometimes too, but the amount of bias towards 'cool' bands is just disgusting when Chris Wood ends up at fucking 378.

don't know about the others..aside from Lupe Fiasco I know of..they've mentioned him on the podcast of course. But anyone whose a supporter of Apes and Androids I am happy to see ..and the Cloud Cult I definitely am surprised to see not in the top 100, not to mention as low as 174. To me, it was a breakthrough record; and I don't recall seeing a bad review about it.

no Skeletal Lamping is a shame. and no Tronic is a shame.

that No Age album is fucking awesome.

amazing harry potter blurb, undo.

Why? is my AOTY...and I'm kinda shocked it wasn't a bit higher.

I'm honored to be the quote for The Walkmen's entry. I still stand by that record but this was a pretty solid year for music in my opinion...not outstanding but solid...I think there is something to be said for each one of the upper entries and I'm pretty happy with the list...great job to all involved esp. Paul

Thanks Paul. Yer a prince. Prince of the somb, in fact, despite chrono's assertion.

I'm surprised that Caesura didn't place this year... if I remember right Eingya made an appearance its year.

Also I knew that I needed to listen to Frightened Rabbit but was not aware of how quickly I needed to do so... three songs in and it's fucking fantastic.

Thanks for all the work Paul

It came out at the wrong time of year.

Eingya picked up steam because a steady buzz grew around it for the most part of the year. Whereas, "Caesura" came out at the end of November and by that time people were busy doing year end lists and not looking for new stuff. Likewise, his ep from last year while good, wasn't brilliant and maybe some people stopped caring.

I actually think "Caesura" is the superior album now. I probably would have voted it #2, instead of #4.

the genius of Boymerang

I agree... I think Caesura is a much more complete album than Eingya

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