could it be improved? hardly
Is the suspense killing you?
#60– Avey Tare and Panda Bear – Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished
#59– Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
#58– Sunset Rubdown – Random Spirit Lover
#57– Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
#56– Fleet Foxes
#55– Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
#54– Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
#53– The Drones – Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
#52– Okkervil River – The Stage Names
#51– Eluvium - Copia
#70– Animal Collective – Sung Tongs
#69 – Adam Green – Garfield [2002]
#68–Adam Green – Friends of Mine
#67–Battles - Mirrored
#66–Jack Ladder – Not Worth Waiting For
#65–Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock n Roll
#64– White Stripes – White Blood Cells
#63– The Shins – Oh! Inverted World
#62– The National - Boxer
#61– Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrrsing
#60– Avey Tare and Panda Bear – Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished
#80– Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Hearts of Oak [2003]
#79– The Postal Service – Give Up [2003]
#78– Portishead - Third [2008]
#77– PJ Harvey – White Chalk [2007]
#76– Swan Lake – Beast Moans [2006]
#75– Why? Alopecia [2008]
#74– The Books – The Lemon of Pink [2003]
#73– Mountain Goats – Get Lonely [2006]
#72– TV on the Radio – Dear Science [2008]
#71– Panda Bear – Person Pitch [2007]
#90– Jens Lekman – Night Falls over Kortedala [2007]
#89– Band of Horses – Everything All the Time [2006]
#88– Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head [2002]
#87– Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP [2000]
#86– Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? [2007]
#85- Modest Mouse – The Moon and Antarctica [2000]
#84– Danielson - Ships [2006]
#83– Morrissey – You are the Quarry [2004]
#82– Broken Social Scene [2007]
#81– Moldy Peaches [2001]
#100 – Bonnie “Prince” Billy - The Letting Go [2006]
#99– Cake – Comfort Eagle [2001]
#98– Dogs Die in Hot Cars – Please Describe Yourself [2004]
#97– I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – Fear is On Our Side [2006]
#96– The Field – From Here We Go Sublime [2007]
#95– The Walkmen – Bows and Arrows [2004]
#94– And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – Source Tags and Codes [2002]
#93– Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers [2005]
#92– Smog - Supper [2002]
#91– The Strokes – Is This It? [2001]
A list of albums from the last decade which are brilliant, but which I couldn’t find a spot for on my list.
Ben Folds – Rockin the Suburbs
Born Ruffians – Red Yellow and Blue
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Franz Ferdinand
Guillemots – From the Cliffs
Jens Lekman - Oh You’re so Silent Jens
Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
Sufjan – Michigan
Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer
Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?
White Stripes - Elephant
Wilco – Ghost is Bron
Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
Grizzly Bear – Vickatimest
Adam Green – Gemstones
Air – Talkie Walkie
Bjork – Medulla
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
Brian Wilson – Smile
Eskimo Joe – Girl
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Interpol – Antics
Japandroids – Post Nothing
John Vanderslice – Pixel Revolt
LCD Soundsystem
Man Man – Six Demon Bag
Mogwai – Mr Beast
Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
Okkervil River – Don’t Fall In Love With Everyone You See
Scott Walker – The Drift
Sigur Ros – Takk
Sigur Ros – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Spoon – Gimme Fiction
The Knife – Silent Shout
The New Pornographers – Electric Version
The New pornographers – Twin Cinema
Thermals – Body Blood Machine
Triffids – In the Pines
TV on the Radio - Desparate Youth
Vampire Weekend
Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering
Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
Xiu Xiu – A Promise
Yo La Tengo – And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Yo La Tengo – I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
You Am I – Convicts