Top Ten Albums of the Year (1996 - 2011)
2011
01. Radiohead, The King of Limbs
02. Clams Casino, Rainforest
03. Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch the Throne
04. Tom Waits, Bad as Me
05. Dirty Beaches, Badlands
06. Cold Cave, Cherish the Light Years
07. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
08. St. Vincent, Strange Mercy
09. SBTRKT, SBTRKT
10. Atlas Sound, Parallax
2010
01. Beach House, Teen Dream
02. The Walkmen, Lisbon
03. Little Boots, Hands
04. The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt
05. Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles II
06. Wild Nothing, Gemini
07. No Age, Everything in Between
08. Sun Airway, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
09. Das Racist, Shut Up, Dude
10. Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
2009
01. St. Vincent, Actor
02. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion and Fall Be Kind
03. P.O.S., Never Better
04. The Antlers, Hospice
05. The Field, Yesterday and Today
06. Mos Def, The Ecstatic
07. Passion Pit, Manners
08. Pomegranates, Everybody, Come Outside!
09. Morrissey, Years of Refusal
10. The Harlem Shakes, Technicolor Health
2008
01. TV on the Radio, Dear Science
02. British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?
03. No Age, Nouns
04. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
05. The Walkmen, You & Me
06. The Teenagers, Reality Check
07. Coldplay, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
08. Flying Lotus, Los Angeles
09. Babe, Terror, Babe, Terror
10. Aidan Baker and Tim Hecker, Fantasma-Parastasie
2007
01. Radiohead, In Rainbows
02. LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
03. The Field, From Here We Go Sublime
04. Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam
05. Deerhunter, Cryptograms
06. The Virgins, The Virgins
07. New Young Pony Club, Fantastic Playroom
08. The Subjects, With the Ease, Grace, Precision, and Cleverness of Human Beings
09. Burial, Untrue
10. Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cendre
2006
01. Morrissey, Ringleader of the Tormentors
02. Cold War Kids, Up in Rags
03. Be Your Own Pet, Be Your Own Pet
04. TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain
05. Scott Walker, The Drift
06. Bob Dylan, Modern Times
07. Junior Boys, So This Is Goodbye
08. Matmos, The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
09. Jarvis Cocker, Jarvis
10. Ornette Coleman, Sound Grammar
2005
01. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
02. Bloc Party, Escape Alarm
03. The Subjects, The Subjects
04. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem
05. Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary
06. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
07. British Sea Power, Open Season
08. Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Insen
09. One Be Lo, S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
10. Giant Drag, Hearts and Unicorns
2004
01. Nellie McKay, Get Away From Me
02. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand
03. Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Like Bad News
04. The Killers, Hot Fuss
05. The Twilight Singers, She Loves You
06. The Arcade Fire, Funeral
07. The Mountain Goats, We Shall All Be Healed
08. Black Dice, Creature Comforts
09. Destroyer, Your Blues
10. Morrissey, You Are the Quarry
2003
01. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell
02. TV on the Radio, Young Liars
03. The Strokes, Room on Fire
04. British Sea Power, The Decline of British Sea Power
05. Radiohead, Hail to the Thief
06. Arab Strap, The Shy Retirer
07. The Postal Service, Give Up
08. The Constantines, Shine a Light and Mogwai, Happy Songs for Happy People
09. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, And This Is Our Music
10. The Wrens, The Meadowlands
2002
01. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
02. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
03. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It in People
04. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious
05. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
06. DJ Shadow, The Private Press
07. Andrew W.K., I Get Wet
08. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
09. Arto Lindsay, Invoke
10. Cody ChesnuTT, The Headphone Masterpiece
2001
01. The Strokes, Is This It
02. Radiohead, I Might Be Wrong: The Live Recordings and Amnesiac
03. Pulp, We Love Life
04. Spoon, Girls Can Tell
05. Air, 10,000 Hz Legend
06. Mira Calix, Prickle
07. Matmos, A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure
08. The White Stripes, White Blood Cells
09. Aphex Twin, Drukqs and Slayer, God Hates Us All
10. Arab Strap, The Red Thread
2000
01. Coldplay, Parachutes
02. Radiohead, Kid A
03. Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun
04. Cornelius, CM and FM
05. Boards of Canada, In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
06. Air, The Soundtrack to The Virgin Suicides
07. Thievery Corporation, The Mirror Conspiracy
08. Black Box Recorder, The Facts of Life
09. Doves, Lost Souls
10. Kid 606, The Soccergirl EP
1999
01. Momus, The Little Red Songbook
02. Beck, Midnite Vultures
03. Moby, Play
04. Cornelius, Fantasma
05. Fiona Apple, When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts…
06. Jim O'Rourke, Eureka
07. Arto Lindsay, Noon Chill
08. Air, Premiers Symptomes
09. Underworld, Beaucoup Fish
10. Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
1998
01. Massive Attack, Mezzanine
02. The Afghan Whigs, 1965
03. Pulp, This Is Hardcore
04. UNKLE, Psyence Fiction
05. Air, Moon Safari
06. Beck, Mutations
07. PJ Harvey, Is This Desire?
08. Garbage, Version 2.0
09. Boredoms, Super Æ
10. Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Black Star
1997
01. Radiohead, OK Computer
02. Mogwai, Young Team
03. Momus, Ping Pong
04. Jim O'Rourke, Bad Timing
05. Stereolab, Dots and Loops
06. DJ Shadow, Preemptive Strike
07. Kid Loco, A Grand Love Story
08. U2, Pop
09. The Crystal Method, Vegas
10. Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
1996
01. Weezer, Pinkerton
02. Aphex Twin, Richard D. James Album
03. Arto Lindsay, Mundo Civilizado
04. Fiona Apple, Tidal
05. Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1996
06. Ghostface Killah, Ironman
07. Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
08. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Take It From the Man!
09. Stereolab, Emperor Tomato Ketchup
10. Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die
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