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victorvienna's top albums (overall)
1. Brendan James - The Day Is Brave (1307) 2. The Swell Season - The Swell Season (1055) 3. Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces (811) 4. Josh Kelley - Special Company (789) 5. Jack Johnson - On And On (770) 6. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static (763) 7. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams (725) 8. Duffy - Rockferry (704) 9. Lykke Li - Youth Novels (702) 10. Kings of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (634) 11. Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street (628) 12. [unknown] - Songs We Sing (625) 13. Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales (612) 14. Travis - The Boy With No Name (602) 15. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (559) 16. Damien Rice - O (543) 17. Yelle - Pop-up (525) 18. M.I.A. - Kala (524) 19. Damien Rice - 9 (517) 20. Britney Spears - Circus (515) 21. Thomas Newman - Wall-E (OST) (506) 22. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice (503) 23. The Frames - The Cost (498) 24. Cheyenne Kimball - The Day Has Come (492) 25. Moby - Hotel (491) 26. David Gray - White Ladder (485) 27. M.I.A. - Arular (479) 28. Damien Rice - Live from the Union Chapel (461) 29. Travis - Singles (439) 30. Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat (430) 31. Britney Spears - Blackout (428) 32. Glen Hansard - Once [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 (426) 33. Chris Garneau - El Radio (405) 34. Bitter:Sweet - The Mating Game (383) 35. Damien Rice - B-Sides [Bonus Track] (382) 36. Jack Johnson - Curious George: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies (370) 37. Brooke Hogan - Undiscovered (365) 38. Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew (358) 39. Jem - Finally Woken (341) 40. Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (340) 41. Cocoon - My Friends All Died In A Plane Crash (301) 42. Feist - The Reminder (288) 43. Alexz Johnson - Instant Star (288) 44. Erlend Øye - Unrest (287) 45. Milla - The Divine Comedy (286) 46. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (274) 47. Glen Hansard/Markéta Irglová - Once [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 (269) 48. Kings of Convenience - Versus (260) 49. Damien Rice - Lives (254) 50. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (248)

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 & 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*)
Calexico / Iron & Wine – In The Reins [EP] (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 & 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!

farrasiname's top albums (12 months)
1. Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live (566) 2. Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street (381) 3. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (376) 4. Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (371) 5. The Good Life - Album of the Year Disc 1 (343) 6. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (293) 7. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (288) 8. The Killers - Day and Age (276) 9. Ben Kweller - Changing Horses (275) 10. The Replacements - Let It Be (265)

So, here are my favourites albums of 2009. Best songs list coming soon. Good year for scandinavian artists...On the Spanish front, well, i haven't been paying them that much attention so far, but kind of weak offerings...

1. Florence and The Machine - Lungs
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
3. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. The xx - xx
6. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
7. Röyksopp - Junior
8. Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
9. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
11. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
12. Delorean - AYRTON SENNA E.P.
13. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Beta
14. Kings of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence
15. Little Boots - Hands
16. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
17. Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
18. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
19. Passion Pit - Manners
20. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
21. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
22. Various Artists - Valerie & Friends
23. Zoot Woman - Things Are What They Used To Be
24. Air - Love 2
25. Atlas Sound - Logos
26. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
27. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
28. The Antlers - Hospice
29. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - II
30. Telepathe - Dance Mother
31. Anorak - Neighbourhood Postcards
32. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
33. Zero 7 - Yeah Ghost
34. The Legends - Over and over
35. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
36. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
37. The Mary Onettes - Islands
38. Savath & Savalas - La Llama
39. White Lies - To Lose My Life
40. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
41. Various Artists – Adventureland

Any comments?

Opening Credits
The Kills – U.R.A Fever (you’ve no Idea...)

Waking Up
Arcade Fire – In The Backseat (oh,cute!)

First Day At School
The Lodger – The Good Old Days (GOOD days?for real?dude,I’ve suffered during my school time)

Falling In Love
Oasis– Supersonic (did I felt in love with Gin and Tonic?more likely than falling for any of the boring girls I’ve met during my school time)

Losing Virginity
Animal Collective – In The Flowers (So,have we done in the garden?and it's Animal Collective,gosh,it must have been insane...)

Fight Song
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names– Funeral Face (so,did I lost the fight and died?likely…)

Breaking Up
Fischerspooner– We Need a War (AWESOME breaking up!I guess I’ve kicked someone’s ass!)

Prom
Vive la Fête – Mr.Le President (was it a sexual prom or has Lula gone to my party?)

Life
The Magnetic Fields– Papa Was a Rodeo (Are we hillbillies?)

Mental Breakdown
Tegan and Sara – Walking With a Ghost (Totally,as soon as I walk with a ghost,I’d go bananas)

Driving
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (gee,I guess I’m driving drunk!nah,but,seriously,this is one of my favorite driving songs ever,it really fits the mood)

Depression
Regina Spektor– Blue Lips (oh,cute depressive song…and it kinda makes sense)

Partying
Santogold– Say Aha (AWESOME party,I had a blast,that’s for sure)

Happy dance
The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division (yeah,definitely a very childish,awesome and mind-blowing dance,I loved it)

You & friends
Bat for Lashes -Horse and I (oh,good,I'm friends with a horse...I hate horses)

Betrayal
The Pigeon Detectives – Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Damn it?does that mean I still want her?)

Regretting
Dengue Fever – Tiger Phone Card (I LOVED IT!I’ve had something with a Cambodian lady,she’s cheated on me,she’s sorry,I forgave her and now we’ll spend the rest of our days living as the most happy couple ever.I love my life,dude!)

Long night alone
Ladyhawke – Manipulating Woman (mmm,my Cambodian bride,why did you left me alone?did I cheated on you with a manipulating woman?)

Flashback
Hello Saferide – Long Lost Penpal (Oh,super!this really is my flashback song and I really have penpals I’ve been in touch with for more than 6 years,it’s a shame knowing I’ll lose them)

Getting Back Together
Love Is All - Make Outfall Out Make Up (What a wild and sexy getting back together,my Cambodian wife!)

Wedding
White Lies - The Price of Love (was it an expansive wedding?)

Honeymoon
Client - Down To The Underground (I had a sexy and wild honeymood,hadn't I?)

Birth of Child
Hello Saferide – Parenting Never Ends (O___o wow,dude!NEVER ?!)

Losing someone dear
Kings of Convenience - Winning a Battle,Losing The War (beautiful...too bad I lost someone I loved,though)

Final Battle
Late of the Pier – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (so is it me X The UK?I don’t wanna fight aganist englishmen…)

Death Scene
Juliette & The Licks – Death of a Whore (AHAAHAHAHAH!OH MINE!That says it all,doesn’t it?!)

Funeral Song
Regina Spektor – Genius Next Door (thank you,I don’t deserve a funeral song that pretty,I’m a whore,remember? [gee])

Final Credits
Franz Ferdinand – You’re The Reason I’m Leaving (See?I’m only leaving because of YOU!)

[I loved my life!]

So here's how you do it:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- No cheating!

1. John Frusciante - The Will to Death

Ein Album, das mich ganz und gar durchdringt!

2. Clueso - Gute Musik

Gute Musik steht zwar drauf, aber drinnen wirds besser.

3. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

Bam bam bam!

4. Sigur Ros - Takk

Gefühlvoll, aufbrausend - einfach genial!

5. The Mars Volta - De-loused in the crematorium

Ein Geniestreich!

6. Muse - Absolution

Ein Album, bei dem es möglich ist sich fallen zu lassen aber auch derb zu zappeln.

7. The Album Leaf - In a safe Place

Wird nie langweilig, wunderschöne Sturkturen, die einen in eine andere Welt entführen.

8. Rosie Thomas - Friends of Mine

Aus wenig alles gemacht, Wahnsinn!

9. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State

Synfonieartiges Singer-/ Songwriting, wobei dieser Begriff zu wenig ist.

10. Kings of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street

Man liebt es immer ein Stück mehr, nachdem man es gehört hat.

11. FK Allstars - En Directo

Wohl das beste Livealbum, das ich kenne.

12. Creed - Human Clay

Ehrliche, schöne und brilliante Rockmusik!

13. Donavon Frankenreiter - Pass it around

Wer hier nicht tanzt stinkt!

14. Opeth - Damnation

Düster, aber musikalisch das beste Album der letzten 10 Jahre.

15. Matt Costa - Songs we sing

Perfektes Singer-/ Songwriting!

16. Coldplay - Parachutes

Jedes Lied ein Kunstwerk.

17. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Knallt, rockt, schiebt!

18. Amos Lee - Amos Lee

Schöne jazzangehauchte Platte, die mein Herz erwärmt.

19. Deftones - Deftones

Das Album, wenn man mit dem Vorschlaghammer eine Wand einreißen will!

20. Beirut- The Flying Club Cup

Ein Album das leicht ist und glücklich macht.

It's my first experience ^^

1. With an urgent, careful stare,
I see panic in those eyes
Angels & Airwaves - Lifeline


2.Ти там, ти є десь так далеко,
Чому летить одна лелека?


3. We're wakin' in he air
We're floating in the moonlight sky
Nightwish - Walking In The Air


4. Borderline, dead inside.
I don't mind, falling to pieces
Breaking Benjamin - Unknown Soldier


5. Could I be possibly insane
To think you and I have like figured out


6. Усе не так і вже не стане краще
A ранок знов лишить на призволяще


7. I got one more life
Can you see it wasting away?


8. Baby I've been waiting for some time
To find a way to free your mind


9. It's a tied rope, life flips
Someone else have found the mood


10. So wee meet again after several years
Several years of separation
Kings of convenience - Boat Behind


11. I'm not doing great
I feel like I'm dead


12. Make it quick, don't leave me here
In a crowded room with ticked air


13. Change everything you are
And everything you where
Muse - Butterflies And Hurricanes


14. Just talk yourself up
And tear yourself down


15. Тоска, одиночество, боль, дыхание ночи
Это, конечно, совсем не то , что ты хочешь


16. When leaves have fallen
And skies turned into gray
Within Temptation - Ice Queen

17. Where do we go nobody knows?
I've gotta say I'm on my way down
Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face


18. Іноді не маєш ти нічого крім м'яса
Мару-мармурового, та все ж лишень м'яса


19. Loaded forecast on to you
The pants are tided, you are ready to use


20. Don't know what i'm doin' backin the studio
Getting greedy cause he said he had another sick flow
Gwen Stefani - Orange County Girl


21. I don't believe in miracles
I never did


22. I conjure up the thought of being gone
But I'd probably even do that wrong


23. Hey i would really like to talk with you
Girl do you have a time to stop


24. You are too important for anyone
There's something wrong with everything you see
Evanescence - Where Will You Go


25. The sun rises to another day
My constitution keeps changing till it slips away
Creed - Illusion

26. He hurts me 'cause he cares
He hurts me and it's all my fault!


27. You'd better believe I'm coming
You'd better believe what I say


28. Зашаманила в четверг бы
Я же чистую бы правду


29. Someday I'll talk about it
One day I'll mention it to you


30. Газовых горелок больше нет
Hoли своё забирают




artists:





Angels & Airwaves
Anastasia
Breaking Benjamin
Cinema Bizarre
Coldplay
Creed
Crossfade
Eisley
Evanescence
Fakultet
Guano Apes x 2
Gwen Stefani
Kings of Convenience
Korn
Muse
Nightwish
Otep
Paramore
Pink
Sahara Hotnights
Travis
The Verve
Within Temptation
Лама
Земфира х 2
Flёur
QARPA


Enjoy =)

Fri 6 Nov – Kings of Convenience

Hola!
Click here for the review of Kings of Convenience @ Palau de la Música Catalana.