I am generally wary of best album of the year lists. After all, who actually has time to listen to everything? What honest person without loads of disposable income in our generic radio environment could actually scratch the surface of the quality music that is released over the course of the year? Yes, I am teetering on the brink of a file sharing debate, but that's another post.
I haven't heard everything, either, so this list is not set in stone, it is a snapshot. It represents the albums that I think I'll still be listening to not just a year from now, but ten years and beyond.
1. National - Alligator
2. Andrew Bird - ...and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
3. Mark Eitzel - Candy Ass
4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
5. Ladytron - Witching Hour
6. Ivy - In the Clear
7. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
8. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
9. Hood - Outside Closer
10. The Magic Numbers - s/t
And beyond...
11. My Morning Jacket - Z
12. Erasure - Nightbird
13. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
14. Decemberists - Picaresque
15. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
I'll probably change my mind, sooner rather than later.
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