Here comes another list from the U.K. This time it's Q Magazine's turn, as they chimb in on what the Best Albums of the Year are. Do people who do these lists automatically go for shock value at #1? Also, a very British list, with U2 in the Top 10, and the usual Arctic Monkeys love fest. Muse at #7?!
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50 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
49 Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
48 Ian Brown - My Way
47 Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
46 Golden Silvers - True Romance
45 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South
44 The View - Which Bitch?
43 Tinariwen - Imidiwen Companions
42 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx
41 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
40 Cheryl Cole - 3 Words
39 The Horrors - Primary Colours
38. Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
37 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
36 Sonic Youth - The Eternal
35 Pearl Jam - Backspacer
34 White Lies - To Lose My Life
33 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
32 Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
31 Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
30 La Roux - La Roux
29 Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
28 Bruce Springsteen - Walking On A Dream
27 The Dead Weather - Horehound
26 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
25 Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring
24 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
23 The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
22 The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
21 Jamie T - Kings & Queens
20 Fever Ray - Fever Ray
19 Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
18 Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much
17 Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
16 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
15 Dizzee Rascal - Tongue N' Cheek
14 Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
13 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
12 Jack Penate - Everything Is New
11 Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
10 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
09 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
08 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
07 Muse - The Resistance
06 Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
05 Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
04 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
03 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
02 Florence And The Machine - Lungs
01 Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
U2 aren't British. They're Irish. ;)
It is an awful list though. Q has very much gone downnhill in recent years.
Posted by: Swearimnotpaul | November 27, 2009 at 05:14 AM
Yes, I didn't mean to imply that U2 were British, sorry. Only that it was a British list.
Posted by: Derek Moore | November 30, 2009 at 07:39 AM
I thought the Hazards of Love by The Decemberists would be on there.
Posted by: Alex | December 02, 2009 at 01:08 PM