Arpeggi

List is pretty much a joke.

Subpar efforts from Arcade Fire and The Shins make the top 2 and a shitty Modest Mouse makes top 10? For shame.

benedict

Arpeggi, if you don't understand how this thread works I suggest that you refrain from posting in it.

auto

Two top albums were pretty far ahead of the pack. They were lucky to come out early in the year and ride their good reviews/word of mouth through until the end. Radiohead made a huge late jump as expected. Blonde Redhead fell just out of the top ten.

auto

Here is pitchforkmedia's reader's list:

1. Radiohead: In Rainbows
2. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
3. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
4. The National: Boxer
5. Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam
6. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
7. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
9. M.I.A.: Kala
10. Battles: Mirrored
11. Feist: The Reminder
12. Okkervil River: The Stage Names
13. Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala
14. Sunset Rubdown: Random Spirit Lover
15. Wilco: Sky Blue Sky
16. Menomena: Friend and Foe
17. Justice: †
18. Burial: Untrue
19. Deerhunter: Cryptograms
20. Iron & Wine: The Shepherd's Dog
21. The Field: From Here We Go Sublime
22. Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha
22. Kanye West: Graduation
23. Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
24. The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
25. Band of Horses: Cease to Begin

A lot of similarities coming from a much larger base of people voting.

maxfisher

Thanks for putting this together, auto. I always enjoy seeing what others on the board enjoyed during the year and have picked up albums as a result of these threads in the past.