PREDICT: ILM's TOP 20 ALBUMS of the half decade...

20. Fennesz - Endless summer
19. NERD - In search of
18. Interpol - turn on the bright lights
17. Radiohead - Kid A
16. Richard X - X factor volume 1
15. Boards of Canada - Geoggaddi
14. White Stripes - Elephant
13. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
12. PJ Harvey - Stories from the city
11. Radiohead - Amnesiac
10. Kanye West - College dropout
9. Wilco - YHF
8. Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird bark
7. Missy Elliot - Miss E...
6. Daft Punk - Discovery
5. Jay Z - The Blueprint
4. Streets- OPM
3. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe waitress
2. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
1. Streets - A grand don't come for free

If I were to change one I'd swap Interpol for the Boredoms. Primal Scream in the top 20, too much hate for them round here I'd say Dr Bill.

I thought XTRMNTR's reputation was really coming around, but that might not hold true for the ILM crowd. I'm still a rookie here so I could very well be wrong about that.

B&S have the fanboy factor on their side, though I think top five like Billy predicted is definitely a bit high.

Take that, Sigur Ros.

Sigur Ros and and Primal Scream polarize opinions around here, so I'd be surprised if either were in the top 20. I'd lump Wilco and Interpol in with them too.

Light Dustin

*runs*

Very much so. I don't even like Kish Kash much, but I voted for Rooty pretty high.

And there's little to no doubt in my mind that all three DP's placed top 40.

WTF is baffling about awesome robots making killer beats and people perceiving such as kickass? Kids these days.

ilx is his domain, in a way.

Steve was it you who voted against this album and if so why. And why are you mocking here what you don't understand. And where is the love.

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/

The following is a list of all albums in Metacritic's database. Note that an album must have a minimum of 7 reviews to qualify for this list.

Metacritic's database currently includes 350-400 albums a year beginning in 2000, with a small number of albums from before that time.

what percentage of ILM top 100 will match Metacritic top 100?

1 How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin 2003 97
2 Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn 2004 95
3 Stankonia by OutKast 2000 95
4 Love And Theft by Bob Dylan 2001 92
5 Madvillainy by Madvillain 2004 91
6 HoboSapiens by John Cale 2003 90
7 World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams 2003 90
8 Elephant by White Stripes 2003 89
9 Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age 2002 89
10 Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal 2004 89
11 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast 2003 89
12 The Meadowlands by The Wrens 2003 89
13 Is This It? by The Strokes 2001 89
14 Alice by Tom Waits 2002 89
15 Canto by Los Super Seven 2001 89
16 A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets 2004 88
17 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream 2000 88
18 Original Pirate Material by The Streets 2002 88
19 Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott 2001 88
20 Rounds by Four Tet 2003 88
21 Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann 2000 88
22 Since I Left You by The Avalanches 2001 88
23 Where Shall You Take Me by Damien Jurado 2003 88
24 Neon Golden by The Notwist 2003 88
25 Yours, Mine & Ours by Pernice Brothers 2003 87
26 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields 1999 87
27 I Am The Fun Blame Monster by Menomena 2003 87
28 Last Exit by Junior Boys 2004 87
29 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey 2000 87
30 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco 2002 87
31 Kill The Moonlight by Spoon 2002 87
32 Wicked Grin by John Hammond 2001 87
33 Vespertine by Bjork 2001 86
34 White Blood Cells by White Stripes 2001 86
35 Up In Flames by Manitoba 2003 86
36 Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins 2003 86
37 Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound 2001 86
38 The Creek Drank The Cradle by Iron & Wine 2002 86
39 Remedy by Basement Jaxx 1999 86
40 The Argument by Fugazi 2001 86
41 College Dropout by Kanye West 2004 86
42 Things We Lost In The Fire by Low 2001 85
43 Decoration Day by Drive-By Truckers 2003 85
44 Cold House by Hood 2001 85
45 Phrenology by The Roots 2002 85
46 You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene 2003 85
47 Hearts Of Oak by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists 2003 85
48 Phantom Power by Super Furry Animals 2003 85
49 One Word Extinguisher by Prefuse 73 2003 85
50 Blues Dream by Bill Frisell 2001 85
51 Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart 2004 85
52 The Blueprint by Jay-Z 2001 85
53 Fixed::Context [EP] by Labradford 2001 85
54 Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch 2001 85
55 Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals 2002 85
56 Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens 2004 84
57 Quicksand / Cradlesnakes by Califone 2003 84
58 Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand 2004 84
59 Don't Give Up On Me by Solomon Burke 2002 84
60 Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains Of Wayne 2003 84
61 Stumble Into Grace by Emmylou Harris 2003 84
62 Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle 2000 84
63 The Lemon Of Pink by The Books 2003 84
64 All Hands On The Bad One by Sleater-Kinney 2000 84
65 The Wind by Warren Zevon 2003 84
66 Feast of Wire by Calexico 2003 84
67 The Intercontinentals by Bill Frisell 2003 84
68 The Convincer by Nick Lowe 2001 84
69 Little Sparrow by Dolly Parton 2001 84
70 Ocean's Eleven [Soundtrack] by David Holmes 2001 84
71 OST by 24 Hour Party People 2002 84
72 Streetcore by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros 2003 84
73 The Decline Of British Sea Power by British Sea Power 2003 84
74 Her Majesty The Decemberists by The Decemberists 2003 84
75 Holopaw by Holopaw 2003 83
76 Didn't It Rain by Songs: Ohia 2002 83
77 Pause by Four Tet 2001 83
78 Happy Songs For Happy People by Mogwai 2003 83
79 Hail To The Thief by Radiohead 2003 83
80 Source Tags & Codes by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 2002 83
81 Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia 2003 83
82 Greatest Hits: The Evidence by Ice-T 2000 83
83 Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós 2001 83
84 Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie 2003 83
85 Run To Ruin by Nina Nastasia 2003 83
86 Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine by Cee-Lo 2004 83
87 The Futureheads by The Futureheads 2004 83
88 Dongs of Sevotion by Smog 2000 83
89 Mass Romantic by The New Pornographers 2000 83
90 Supermodified by Amon Tobin 2000 83
91 Singing Bones by The Handsome Family 2003 83
92 Mwng by Super Furry Animals 2000 83
93 Kish Kash by Basement Jaxx 2003 83
94 One Beat by Sleater-Kinney 2002 83
95 Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2003 83
96 The Last Broadcast by Doves 2002 83
97 The Ugly Organ by Cursive 2003 83
98 Play by Moby 1999 83
99 Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition by Murs 2004 83
100 Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada 2002 83

Kid A, OPM, Discovery, Hail To The Thief, Kish Kash, YHF, Vision Creation Newsun, Miss E...So Addictive, Geogaddi, Stories From The City...

Alright, make that top 30...

-- Alba (albab...), August 24th, 2004.

err. no shit? in that case...

5. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
4. Kanye West - College Dropout
3. Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
2. Basement Jaxx - Rooty
1. Missy Elliot - Miss E...

Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City Stories From The Sea
The Rapture - Echoes
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Kanye West - College Dropout
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Missy Elliott - Miss E…So Addictive
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
Basement Jaxx - Rooty
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Radiohead - Kid A
Daft Punk - Discovery

On your list, I'm not sure about SFA, PJ or The Rapture (though I can't picture The Rapture not making it at all).

Mountain Goats won't make it; I think people in general like the Mountain Goats, but with so many albums, I don't think anyone would single out All Hail Wext Texas as one of the best albums of the decade.

I'm skeptical of SFA, too: but I'll have to check to see what else was nominated that could make it instead.

And it's one of her worst albums, no less.

I'm now kind of regretting that I voted for Geogaddi.

Avalanches, Since I Left You
Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash
Daft Punk, Discovery
Dizzee Rascal, Boy in Da Corner
Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
Jay-Z, The Blueprint
Radiohead, Kid A
The Streets, A Grand Don't Come for Free
The Streets, Original Pirate Material

What am I missing??

Shows you how much I care about that band, huh?

franz ferdinand r0x.

avalanches since i left you r0x.

interpol turn on the bright lights r0x.

mount sims - vitual sex r0x.