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lithiumzzz's top albums (overall)
1. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (219) 2. Dashboard Confessional - The Shade of Poison Trees (170) 3. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (163) 4. Blue Scholars - Blue Scholars (158) 5. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (137) 6. The Postal Service - Give Up (133) 7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (133) 8. Anberlin - Cities (129) 9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (129) 10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits (123) 11. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album (122) 12. Metro Station - Metro Station (119) 13. Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell (116) 14. Asobi Seksu - Citrus (110) 15. Regina Spektor - Far (108) 16. Common Market - Common Market (106) 17. Daphne Loves Derby - On the Strength of All Convinced (102) 18. Owl City - Maybe I'm Dreaming (102) 19. Angels & Airwaves - I-Empire (99) 20. Daphne Loves Derby - Good Night, Witness Light (97) 21. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (95) 22. Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door EP (95) 23. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (92) 24. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs (91) 25. Dropkick Murphys - Blackout (88) 26. Coldplay - Prospekt's March (86) 27. Muse - Absolution (85) 28. The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed (83) 29. Death Cab for Cutie - Forbidden Love EP (82) 30. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (80) 31. Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes (79) 32. Passion Pit - Manners (79) 33. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (78) 34. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (78) 35. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (72) 36. Ben Folds - Way to Normal (72) 37. The Subways - All or Nothing (71) 38. Incubus - Light Grenades (70) 39. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line (69) 40. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (68) 41. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (67) 42. Beck - Modern Guilt (66) 43. Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate (66) 44. Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger (64) 45. Big Japan - Music For Dummies (63) 46. Billy Talent - Billy Talent II (62) 47. Owl City - Of June (62) 48. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (61) 49. Mae - The Everglow (60) 50. Muse - Dead Star/In Your World (59)

lithiumzzz's top albums (overall)
1. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (219) 2. Dashboard Confessional - The Shade of Poison Trees (170) 3. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (163) 4. Blue Scholars - Blue Scholars (158) 5. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (137) 6. The Postal Service - Give Up (133) 7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (133) 8. Anberlin - Cities (129) 9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (129) 10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits (123) 11. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album (122) 12. Metro Station - Metro Station (119) 13. Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell (116) 14. Asobi Seksu - Citrus (110) 15. Regina Spektor - Far (108) 16. Common Market - Common Market (106) 17. Daphne Loves Derby - On the Strength of All Convinced (102) 18. Owl City - Maybe I'm Dreaming (102) 19. Angels & Airwaves - I-Empire (99) 20. Daphne Loves Derby - Good Night, Witness Light (97) 21. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (95) 22. Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door EP (95) 23. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (92) 24. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs (91) 25. Dropkick Murphys - Blackout (88) 26. Coldplay - Prospekt's March (86) 27. Muse - Absolution (85) 28. The Streets - Everything Is Borrowed (83) 29. Death Cab for Cutie - Forbidden Love EP (82) 30. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (80) 31. Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes (79) 32. Passion Pit - Manners (79) 33. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (78) 34. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (78) 35. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (72) 36. Ben Folds - Way to Normal (72) 37. The Subways - All or Nothing (71) 38. Incubus - Light Grenades (70) 39. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line (69) 40. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (68) 41. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (67) 42. Beck - Modern Guilt (66) 43. Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate (66) 44. Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger (64) 45. Big Japan - Music For Dummies (63) 46. Billy Talent - Billy Talent II (62) 47. Owl City - Of June (62) 48. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (61) 49. Mae - The Everglow (60) 50. Muse - Dead Star/In Your World (59)

My 60 Favourite Records of the 2000s are:

Air – The Virgin Suicides [Original Motion Picture Score] (2000)
PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
Queens of the Stone Age – Rated (2000)
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Radiohead – Amnesiac (2001)
Low – Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)
Millionaire – Outside the Simian Flock (2001)
The Shins – Oh, Inverted World (2001)
The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World (2001)
The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
Zita Swoon – Life = A Sexy Sanctuary (2001)
2 Many DJ's – As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 (2002)
Beck – Sea Change (2002)
Blackalicious – Blazing Arrow (2002)
Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
The Chemical Brothers – Come With Us (2002)
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Hörse of the dög (2002)
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
Milwaukee Wildmen – Psychosomatic (2002)
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
Stuurbaard Bakkebaard – Chuck (2002)
Supergrass – Life on Other Planets (2002)
Tom Waits – Alice (2002)
Tom Waits – Blood Money (2002)
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Blur – Think Tank (2003)
Calexico – Feast of Wire (2003)
Radiohead – Hail To The Thief (2003)
The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Tindersticks – Waiting for the Moon (2003)
Drive-By Truckers – The Dirty South (2004)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
Kings of Convenience – Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Tom Waits – Real Gone (2004)
Antony & The Johnsons –I Am a Bird Now (2005)
The Arcade Fire – Funeral (2005*)
Iron & Wine and Calexico – In the Reins (2005)
dEUS – Pocket Revolution (2005)
Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations (2005)
My Morning Jacket – Z (2005)
Ian Siegal – Meat & Potatoes (2005)
Sufjan Stevens – Come Feel The Illinoise! (2005)
Belle & Sebastian – The Life Persuit (2006)
The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)
Mastodon – Blood Mountain (2006)
The Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (2007)
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (2007)
M.I.A. – Kala (2007)
The National – Boxer (2007)
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
Feist – The Reminder (2007)
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008^)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008)
Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules And Love Affair (2008)
TV on the Radio – Dear Science (2008)
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (2009)

*) 2004 in Canada & U.S.
^) 2007 in U.S.

I've made a lot of decadelists, like most musicnerds. Top 10 follows in december! Yeah!

1. How did you get into 31?
Belle and Sebastian
It was one of those curious experiments.


2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Coldplay
Speed of Sound.


3. What's your favorite lyric by 29?
PJ Harvey
Lyrics to Rid of Me.


4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Rage Against the Machine
Battle of Los Angeles.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
M.I.A.
Arular and Kala.


6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Kaiser Chiefs
Everything Is Average Nowadays.


7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
No. I love all their songs and they make me happy.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Beck
The New Pollution.


9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Pixies
Where Is My Mind?


10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
My Bloody Valentine
Blown A Wish.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Monsters of Folk
Their only one.


12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Joy Division
Transmission.


13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
The La's
Dancing to There She Goes.


14. What is your favorite song by 37?
Oasis
Hey Now!


15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
The Stone Roses
Yes; Elephant Stone.


16. How many times have you seen 24 live?
MGMT
Zero.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Rich.


18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Blur
Parklife.


19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Radiohead
Thom Yorke.


20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Björk
No.

21. What is a good memory involving 45?
Pearl Jam
Last year, I used their song Jeremy as an example in a project I was doing in English.


22. What is your favorite song by 16?
The Vaselines
Molly's Lips.


23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Buddy Holly
That'll Be The Day


24. What is your favorite album by 21?
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted.


25. What is your favorite song by 18?
Elvis Costello
Blame It on Cain.


26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
Phoenix
1901.


27. What is your favorite lyric by 3?
Nirvana
I just like it when he sings "Nature is a whore" for some reason.


28. What is you favorite song by 2?
Elliott Smith
Say Yes.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
The Cure
Just Like Heaven.


31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Muse
Zero.


32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Elastica
Stutter.


33. What is your favorite album by 12?
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better.


34. What is the worst song by 46?
The Lemonheads
I can't say because I don't know.


35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
The Smashing Pumpkins
1979.


36. What is your favorite album by 42?
Band Of Skulls
Their only one.


37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
R.E.M.
Zero.


38. What is your favorite album by 36?
Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde.


39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Arctic Monkeys
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.


40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Sonic Youth
Dirty.

Andrew Bird
Apostle of Hustle
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Atmosphere
Battles
Beck
Ben Folds
Black Joe Lewis
Bloc Party
The Black & White Years
The Black Keys
City and Colour
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah x 2
The Cribs
Damien Rice
Death Cab for Cutie
The Decemberists
Deerhoof
DeVotchKa
Eagles of Death Metal
Explosions in the Sky
Final Fantasy x 2
Fleet Foxes
Franz Ferdinand
Frightened Rabbit
Ghostland Observatory
Gogol Bordello x 3
Grizzly Bear
Heartless Bastards
Here We Go Magic
Hollywood Gossip
Icy Demons
Islands
Jaguar Love x2
Jamie Lidell
Jenny Lewis
Kaiser Chiefs
The Killers
The Kills
Larkin Grimm
Living Things
Minus the Bear
The Mountain Goats
Muse
The National
The New Pornographers
of Montreal x 2
Okkervil River x 2
Patrick Wolf x 2
Plasticines x 2
The Raconteurs
Regina Spektor
Ringo Deathstarr
sharon jones & the dap kings
Sondre Lerche
Spoon
St. Vincent
Stars
The Strokes
The Swell Season
Thomas Dybdahl
Vampire Weekend
Voxtrot
We Are Scientists
Willy Mason
Yeasayer
Yellow Fever

I decided to make myself a playlist of some of my favourite singles/tracks that have come out this year... and this is what i've come up with.

(by the way, this is in 'Playlist Order' and not order of preference)

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
Hafdis Huld - Kongulo
Air - Sing Sang Sung
Massive Attack - Psyche (Flash Treatment) (feat. Martina-Topley Bird)
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait (feat. Beck)
John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey - Black Hearted Love
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
Röyksopp - This Must Be It (feat. Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife/Fever Ray)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated
Basement Jaxx - Raindrops
Sia - You've Changed
My Robot Friend - Waiting (feat. Alison Moyet)
Felix da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince
Space Cowboy - Falling Down
Peaches - I Feel Cream
Marsheaux - So Far
Client - Lullaby
Fischerspooner - We Are Electric
Annie - I Don't Like Your Band
Röyksopp - You Don't Have a Clue (feat. Anneli Drecker)
Depeche Mode - Wrong
The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother
Auf der Maur - Out Of Our Minds
Babybird - Like Them
Michael Jackson - This Is It

Upcoming:
Bombay Bicycle Club (x2)
The Maccabees
The Big Pink

A:
Airborne Toxic Event

B:
Beck
Bloc Party
Bombay Bicycle Club (x4)
British Sea Power

C:
The Coral
The Cribs

D:
Dan Potthast
DJ Yoda
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Doves

E:
Editors (x2)

F:
Fatboy Slim
The Feeling
Future of the Left

G:
The Go! Team

H:
Hard-Fi

I:

J:
James Brown
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
The Joy Formidable

K:
Kate Nash
Keane
Kid British
KT Tunstall
Kubb

L:
Lightspeed Champion

M:
Macy Gray
Magic Numbers (x2)
Maximo Park
Morrissey
Mylo
Mystery Jets

N:
Natty

O:

P:
Paul Weller

Q:
Qemists

R:
Radiohead
Razorlight
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Rumble Strips

S:
Streetlight Manifesto
Sugababes
Supergrass

T:
Travis

U:

V:

W:

X:

Y:

Z:

1 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2 Ryan Adams -Heartbreaker
3 Beck - Sea Change
4 Low - The Great Destroyer
5 Sonic Youth - Murry Street
6 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
7 Jim O'Rourke - Eureka
8 Radiohead - Kid A
9 M.I.A. - Kala
10 Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
11 At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
12 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
13 Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
14 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
15 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
16 M.I.A. - Arular
17 Mastodon - Leviathan
18 Gillian Welch - Time (the Revelator)
19 M. Ward - Post-War
20 Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood


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