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December 30, 2004-January 5, 2005

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The List Tureen

Who voted for what.

M.J. Fine's Top 10

  1. Ken Stringfellow, Soft Commands (YepRoc)
  2. Fur Cups For Teeth, Allergic 2 Fur (Self-Released)
  3. Le Tigre, This Island (Universal/Strummer)
  4. The Organ, Grab That Gun (Mint)
  5. Cowboy Junkies, One Soul Now (Zoe)
  6. Allison Moorer, The Duel (Sugar Hill)
  7. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
  8. Chicks On Speed, 99 Cents (Chicks On Speed)
  9. The Dresden Dolls, The Dresden Dolls (8ft.)
  10. Neko Case, The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti-)

Maura Johnston's Top 10

  1. The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade)
  2. Annie, Anniemal (679)
  3. Cristina, Sleep It Off / Doll in the Box (Ze)
  4. TV on the Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go)
  5. Solex, The Laughing Stock Of Indie Rock (Arena Rock)
  6. Aveo, Battery (Barsuk)
  7. R. Kelly, Happy People (Jive)
  8. M.I.A., Piracy Funds Terrorism (Hollertronix)
  9. The Rogers Sisters, Three Fingers (Troubleman)
  10. Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters (Universal)

Lou Perseghin's Top 10

  1. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  2. Kanye West, College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
  3. Converge, You Fail Me (Epitaph)
  4. Various Artists, Garden State Soundtrack (Sony)
  5. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
  6. David Cross, It's Not Funny (Sub Pop)
  7. Bjork, Medulla (Elektra)
  8. Badly Drawn Boy, One Plus One is One (Astralwerks)
  9. Rise Against, Siren Songs Of The Counter Culture (Geffen)
  10. Jimmy Eat World, Futures (Interscope)

Tami Fertig's Top 10

  1. Magnetic Fields, i (Nonesuch)
  2. Camera Obscura, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (Merge)
  3. Camera Obscura, Underachievers Please Try Harder (Merge)
  4. Lambchop, Aw Cmon (Merge)
  5. Lambchop, No You Cmon (Merge)
  6. Trashcan Sinatras, Weightlifting (SpinART)
  7. Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill (Anti-)
  8. American Music Club, Love Songs For Patriots (Merge)

Mike Newall's Top 10

  1. Tom Waits, Real Gone (Anti-)
  2. Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
  3. Elliott Smith, From A Basement An The Hill (Anti-)
  4. Hank Williams, 20 Greatest Hits LP (Lost Highway)
  5. Badly Drawn Boy, One Plus One Is One (Astralwerks)
  6. Willie Nelson, Outlaws And Angels (Lost Highway)
  7. Elvis Costello, Delivery Man (Lost Highway)
  8. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  9. U2, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Interscope)
  10. V/A, Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues (Lost Highway)

Nick Sylvester's Top 10:

  1. Madvillain, Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
  2. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (Fat Cat)
  3. M.I.A./Diplo, Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1 (Hollertronix)
  4. Annie, Anniemal (679)
  5. V/A, DFA Compilation #2 (DFA)
  6. Shugo Tokumaru, Night Piece (Music Related)
  7. Erlend Øye, DJ Kicks (!K7)
  8. Dizzee Rascal, Showtime (XL)
  9. Death From Above 1979, You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (Vice)
  10. Wolf Eyes, Burned Mind (Sub Pop)

Juliet Fletcher's Top 10

  1. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  2. The Streets, A Grand Don't Come For Free (Vice / Atlantic)
  3. Matt Pond Pa, Emblems (Altitude)
  4. Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
  5. Kimya Dawson, Hidden Vagenda (K)
  6. Kanye West, College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
  7. Dizzee Rascal, Showtime (XL)
  8. The French Kicks, Trial Of The Century (Startime International)
  9. The Mountain Goats, We Shall All Be Healed (4AD)
  10. Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill (Anti-)

Brian Howard's Top 10

  1. Styrofoam, Nothing's Lost (Morr Music)
  2. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Sony)
  3. M83, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Mute)
  4. The Thermals, Fuckin A (Sub Pop)
  5. TV On The Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go)
  6. Kimya Dawson, Hidden Vagenda (K)
  7. hollAnd, I Steal And Do Drugs (Teenbeat/pulCec)
  8. Lali Puna, Faking The Books (Morr Music)
  9. The Arcade Fire, Funeral (Merge)
  10. Fan Modine, Homeland (Grimsey)

Elisa Ludwig's Top 10

  1. Madvillain, Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
  2. The Walkmen, Bows And Arrows (Record Collection)
  3. Arcade Fire, Funeral (Merge)
  4. Air, Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)
  5. Arthur Russell, The World Of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz)
  6. Foreign Exchange, Connected (BBE)
  7. De La Soul, The Grind Date (Sanctuary Union)
  8. Mylo, Destroy Rock & Roll (Breastfed)
  9. Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters (Universal)
  10. PJ Harvey, Uh Huh Her (Island)

Lori Hill's Top 10

  1. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  2. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Shake The Sheets (Lookout!)
  3. Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters (Universal)
  4. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Sony)
  5. Keane, Hopes And Fears (Interscope)
  6. Snow Patrol, Final Straw (Polydor)
  7. Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill (Anti-)
  8. The Arcade Fire, Funeral (Merge)
  9. Morrissey, You Are The Quarry (Attack)
  10. Gwen Stefani, Love Angel Music Baby (Interscope)

Deesha Dyers' Top 10

  1. Foreign Exchange, Connected (BBE)
  2. Jazzy Jeff, Hip Hop Forever Vol.2 (BBE)
  3. Maroon 5, 1.22.03 Acoustic (Octane)
  4. Fred Hammond, Somethinâ Bout Love (Verity)
  5. Masta Ace, Long Hot Summer (M3)
  6. Nas, Street Disciple (Columbia)
  7. Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company (Concord Jazz)
  8. De La Soul, The Grind Date (Sanctuary Urban)
  9. Jill Scott, Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol.2 (Hidden Beach)
  10. Joss Stone, Mind Body And Soul (S Curve)

Shaun Brady's Top 10

  1. Bjork, Medulla (Elektra)
  2. Matthew Ship, Harmony And Abyss (Thirsty Ear)
  3. Alice Coltrane, Translinear Light (Impulse!)
  4. Drive-By Truckers, The Dirty South (New West)
  5. Spring Heel Jack, Sweetness Of The Water (Thirsty Ear)
  6. Chris Speed's Yeah No, Swell Henry (Squealer)
  7. Flat Earth Society, Isms (Ipecac)
  8. Brian Wilson, Smile (Nonesuch)
  9. Dave Burrell Full Blown Trio, Expansion (High Two)
  10. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope)

Jesse Delaney's Top 10

  1. The Arcade Fire, Funeral (Merge)
  2. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  3. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
  4. Burning Brides, Leave No Ashes (V2)
  5. Interpol, Antics (Matador)
  6. This Radiant Boy, Shakedown At The Russian Disco (Spoiled Red Jeeps Music)
  7. One Ring Zero, As Smart As We Are (Soft Skull Press)
  8. PROBOT, Probot (Southern Lord)
  9. The Libertines, The Libertines (Rough Trade)
  10. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope)

James Saul's Top 10

  1. Interpol, Antics (Matador)
  2. The Streets, A Grand Don't Come For Free (Vice)
  3. The Arcade Fire, Funeral (Merge)
  4. Deerhoof, Milk Man (Kill Rock Stars)
  5. Wilco, A Ghost is Born (Nonesuch)
  6. Hayden, Elk Lake Serenade (Badman)
  7. The Walkmen, Bows And Arrows (Record Collection)
  8. Bjork, Medulla (Elektra)
  9. Of Montreal, Satanic Panic In The Attic (Polyvinyl)
  10. Ghostface, The Pretty Toney Album (Def Jam)

John Vettese's Top 10

  1. Múm, Summer Make Good (Fatcat)
  2. Girlyman, Remember Who I Am (Daemon)
  3. Iron + Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
  4. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
  5. Liars, They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (Mute)
  6. Interpol, Antics (Matador)
  7. The Twilight Singers, She Loves You (One Little Indian)
  8. Ollabelle, Ollabelle (Columbia)
  9. Tilly And The Wall, Wild Like Children (Team Love)
  10. Man Man, The Man In A Blue Turban With A Face (Ace Fu)

Michael T. Regan's Top 10

  1. Tom Waits, Real Gone (Anti-)
  2. Foreign Exchange, Connected (BBE)
  3. Iron + Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
  4. Okayplayer, True Notes Vol. 1 (Okayplayer/Decon)
  5. Bonnie Prince Billy, Greatest Palace Music (Drag City)
  6. Bitter, bitter weeks, Revenge (My Pal God)
  7. Prince, Musicology (Sony)
  8. The Roots, The Tipping Point (Geffen)
  9. Keane, Hopes and Fears (Island)
  10. Madvillain, Madvillainy (Stones Throw)

Duane Swierczynski's Top 10

  1. John Lennon, Acoustic (Capitol)
  2. Talking Heads, The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (Rhino Warner)
  3. The Prodigy, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (Maverick)
  4. The Clash, London Calling: Legacy Edition (Sony)
  5. Nirvana, With The Lights Out: Disc 3 (Geffen)
  6. John Lennon, Rock And Roll (Capitol)
  7. Julie Roberts, Break Down Here (Mercury Nashville)
  8. Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Please Describe Yourself (V2 Records)
  9. Blue States, The Soundings (Memphis Industries)
  10. Tom Russell, Indians Cowboys Dogs Horses (Hightone)

Mike Pelusi's Top 10

  1. Brian Wilson, Smile (Nonesuch)
  2. The Delgados, Universal Audio (Chemikal Underground)
  3. The Finn Brothers, Everyone Is Here (Nettwerk)
  4. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
  5. Sam Phillips, A Boot And A Shoe (Nonesuch)
  6. Curtis Eller's American Circus, Taking Up Serpents Again (Self-Released)
  7. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Shake the Sheets (Lookout!)
  8. Bitter, bitter weeks, Revenge (My Pal God)
  9. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (Mute/Anti)
  10. Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)

Nicole Pensiero's Top 10

  1. Los Lobos, The Ride (Hollywood)
  2. U2, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Interscope)
  3. Joseph Arthur, Our Shadows Will Remain (Vector)
  4. Ben Harper/Blind Boys of Alabama, There Will Be A Light (Virgin)
  5. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  6. Zero 7, When It Falls (Elektra)
  7. William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux, Got You On My Mind (Waking Up Music)
  8. Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat (Sanctuary)
  9. Los Lonely Boys, Los Lonely Boys (OR/Epic)
  10. Juana Molina, Tres Cosas (Domino)

A.D. Amorosi's Top 10

  1. Diplo, Florida (Big Dada)
  2. Tinariwen, Amassakoul (World Village)
  3. Notekillers, Notekillers (1977-1981) (Ecstatic Peace)
  4. Orchestra Del Sierto, Dos (Meteor City)
  5. DFA, DFA Compilation #2 (DFA)
  6. Nancy Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra (Attack/Sanctuary)
  7. Lady Saw, Striptease (VP)
  8. Snoop Dogg, R&G (Geffen)
  9. Man Man, The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face (Ace Fu)
  10. Raphael Saadiq, Raphael Saadiq as Ray Ray (Pookie Entertainment)

Patrick Rapa's Top 10

  1. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
  2. Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
  3. Kimya Dawson, Hidden Vagenda (K)
  4. The Mountain Goats We Shall All Be Healed (4AD)
  5. Bitter, Bitter Weeks, Revenge (My Pal God)
  6. Mascott, Dreamer's Book (Red Panda)
  7. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Shake The Sheets (Lookout!)
  8. Elliott Smith, From a Basement on the Hill (Anti-)
  9. Tilly and The Wall, Wild Like Children (Team Love)
  10. Denison Witmer, The River Bends (Tooth & Nail)

Sam Adams' Top 8

  1. Neko Case, The Tigers Have Spoken (Anti-)
  2. Komeda, KoKoMeMeDaDa (Minty Fresh)
  3. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
  4. Espers, Espers (Locust)
  5. Tom Waits, Real Gone (Anti-)
  6. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  7. Pinback, Summer In Abbadon (Touch & Go)
  8. Low, A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief (Chairkickers)

Andrew Parks' Top 10

  1. The Arcade Fire, Funeral (Merge)
  2. The Dears, No Cities Left (SpinArt)
  3. Patrick Wolf, Lyncanthropy (Tomlab)
  4. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (Fat Cat)
  5. The Cooper Temple Clause, Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose (RCA)
  6. TV On The Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go)
  7. Arthur Russell, The World Of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz)
  8. Interpol, Antics (Matador)
  9. Various Artists, DFA Compilation #2 (DFA)
  10. Various Artists, Kompakt 100 (Kompakt)

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