2007
1. Klaxons
Myths of The Near Future
Myths of The Near Future
2. Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Favourite Worst Nightmare
3. Radiohead
In Rainbows
In Rainbows
4. Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
Neon Bible
5. Les Savy Fav
Let's Stay Friends
Let's Stay Friends
6. Kings of Leon
Because Of The Times
Because Of The Times
7. MIA
Kala
Kala
8. Biffy Clyro
Puzzle
Puzzle
9. The Cribs
Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
10. Battles
Mirrored
Mirrored
2006
1. Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Show Your Bones
Show Your Bones
3. Muse
Black Holes and Revelations
Black Holes and Revelations
4. Hot Chip
The Warning
The Warning
5. CSS
Cansei De Ser Sexi
Cansei De Ser Sexi
6. Gnarls Barkley
St Elsewhere
St Elsewhere
7. Long Blondes
Someone To Drive You Home
Someone To Drive You Home
8. The Strokes
First Impressions Of Earth
First Impressions Of Earth
9. Kasabian
Empire
Empire
2005
2. Arcade Fire – Funeral
3. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
4. Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
5. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
6. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
7. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
8. Kanye West – Late Registration
9. Babyshambles – Down In Albion
10. Gorillaz – Demon Days
11. The Cribs – The New Fellas
12. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
13. The Rakes – Capture/Release
14. Dungen – Ta Det Lugnt
15. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger
16. British Sea Power – Open Season
17. The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
18. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
19. Coldplay – X&Y
20. Editors – The Back Room
21. LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
22. The Raveonettes – Pretty In Black
23. Hard-Fi – Stars Of CCTV
24. Oasis – Don’t Believe The Truth
25. MIA – MIA
26. Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
27. Kate Bush – Aerial
28. Absentee – Donkey Stock
29. Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor
30. Doves – Some Cities
31. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
32. Queens Of The Stone Age – Lullabies To Paralyze
33. We Are Scientists – With Love And Squalor
34. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
35. Elbow – Leaders Of The Free World
36. The Bravery – The Bravery
37. Circulus – The Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent
38. Autolux – Future Perfect
39. Vitalic – OK Cowboy
40. Brakes – Give Blood
41. Nine Black Alps – Everything Is
42. Sigur Rós – Takk…
43. Engineers – Engineers
44. Field Music – Field Music
45. Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaf
46. The Duke Sprit – Cuts Across The Lad
47. Sleater-Kinney – The Wood48. Ladytron – Witching Hou
49. Dead Meadow – Feathers
50. Test Icicles – For Screening Purposes Only
2004
1. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand2. The Libertines – The Libertines
3. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For A Free
4. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
5. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
6. Danger Mouse – The Greay Album
7. Kanye West – The College Dropout
8. Razorlight – Razorlight
9. The Radio Dept – Lesser Matters
10. The Dears – No Cities Left
11. Interpol – Antics
12. Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
13. The Killers – Hot Fuss
14. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
15. Dizzie Rascal – Showtime
16. Beastie Boys – To Thr 5 Boroughs
17. TV On The Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babies
18. U2 – Ho To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
19. The Concretes – The Concretes
20. Kasabian – Kasabian
21. Keane – Hope And Fears
22. Gwen Stefani – Love Angel Music Baby
23. Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell (Pt 1 & 2)
24. Elliott Smith – From A Basement On The Hill
25. Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
26. Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
27. Mylo – Destroy Rock ‘N’ Roll
28. The Ordinary Boys – Over The Counter Culture
29. Hope Of The States – The Lost Riots
30. Dios – Dios
31. Devendra Banheart – Rejoicing In The Hands
32. Kelis – Tasty
33. Brian Wilson – Smile
34. Amplifier – Amplifier
35. Graham Coxon – Happiness In Magazines
36. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightening, Strike
37. The Zutons – Who Killed The Zutons
38. Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Greatest Hits
39. Eminem – Encore
40. The Bees – Free The Bees
41. Mos Def – The New Danger
42. Regina Spektor – Soviet Kitsch
43. The Music – Welcome To The North
44. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
45. Green Day – American Idiot
46. Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
47. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
48. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
49. Selfish Cunt – No Wicked Heart Shall Prosper
50. 22-20’s – 22-20’s
2003
1. The White Stripes – Elephant2. The Rapture – Echoes
3. The Strokes – Room On Fire
4. Elbow – Cast Of Thousands
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
6. Rufus Wainwright – Want One
7. Kings Of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
8. OutKast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
9. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
10. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
11. Evan Dando – Baby I’m Bored
12. The Coral – Magic And Medicine
13. Spritualized – Amazing Grace
14. The Distillers – Coral Fang
15. Hot Hot Heat – Make Up The Breakdown
16. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
17. Funeral For A Friend – Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation
18. The Sleepy Jackson – Lovers
19. Muse – Absolution
20. Jet – Get Born
21. Blur – Think Tank
22. The Hidden Cameras – The Smell Of Our Own
23. The Cooper Temple Clause – Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose
24. Four Tet – Rounds
25. The Darkness – Permission To Land
26. The Kills – Keep On Your Mean Side
27. Super Furry Animals – Phantom Power28. The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium
29. Peaches – Fatherfucker
30. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Take Them On, On Your Own
31. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin’
32. The Thrills – So Much For The City
33. Mogwai – Happy Songs For Happy People
34. Jay-Z – The Black Album
35. Nick Cave – Nocturama
36. British Sea Power – The Decline Of British Sea Power
37. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Master And Everyone
38. 22-20s – 05/03
39. Patrick Wolf – Lycanthropy
40. Devendra Banhart – Oh Me Oh My…The Way The Day Goes By The Sun Is Setting…
41. Soledad Brothers – Voice Of Treason
42. Stellastarr - Stellastarr
43. Ten Grand – This Is The Way To Rule
44. Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash
45. Cat Power – You Are Free
46. The Raveonettes – Chain Gang Of Love
47. Canyon – Empty Rooms
48. Jane’s Addiction – Strays
49. The Duke Sprit – Roll, Spirit, Roll
50. Starsailor – Silence Is Easy
2002
1 Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2 The Vines – Highly Evolved
3 The Streets – Original Pirate Material
4 The Coral – The Coral
5 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – BRMC
6 Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
7 Doves – The Last Broadcast
8 Eminem – The Eminem Show
9 The Datsuns – The Datsuns
10 Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
11 The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
12 The Libertines – Up The Bracket
13 The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages…
14 NERD – In Search Of…
15 The Music – The Music
16 Beck – Sea Change
17 Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
18 The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Behind The Music
19 The Hives – Your New Favourite Band
20 Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
21 Foo Fighters – One By One
22 Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
23 Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2
24 The Von Bondies – Lack Of Communication
25 Missy Elliott – Under Construction
26 Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
27 Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station
28 Idlewild – The Remote Part
29 Ryan Adams – Demolition
30 Primal Scream – Evil Heat
31 The Cooper Temple Cause – See This Through And Leave
32 Radio 4 – Gotham!
33 Low – Trust
34 Death In Vegas – Scorpio Rising
35 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
36 Brendan Benson – Lapalco
37 Badly Drawn Boy – About A Boy OST
38 Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance
39 The Breeders – Title TK
40 Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways – Steady The Buffs
41 Ladytron – Light And Magic
42 Nada Surf – Let Go
43 Cornershop – Handcream For A Generation
44 Ikara Colt – Chat And Business
45 Gonzales – Presidential Suite
46 Bright Eyes – Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
47 The Sights – Got What We Want
48 The Electric Soft Parade – Holes In The Wall
49 Raging Speedhorn – We Will Be Dead Tomorrow
50 Liars – They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top
2001
1 The Strokes 'Is This It'2 Spiritualized 'Let It Come Down'
3 The White Stripes 'White Blood Cells'
4 Jay-Z 'The Blueprint'
5 Starsailor 'Love Is Here'
6 Slipknot 'Iowa'
7 Mercury Rev 'All Is Dream'
8 Rufus Wainwright 'Poses'
9 Andrew WK 'I Get Wet'
10 Aphex Twin 'Drukqs'
11 Super Furry Animals 'Rings Around The World'
12 Elbow 'Asleep In The Back'
13 Basement Jaxx 'Rooty'
14 Air '10,000 Hz Legend'
15 Destiny's Child 'Survivor'
16 Daft Punk 'Discovery'
17 Pulp 'We Love Life'
18 Roots Manuva 'Run Come Save Me'
19 Fugazi 'The Argument'
20 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 'No More Shall We Part'
21 Stephen Malkmus 'Stephen Malkmus'
22 Sparklehorse 'It's A Wonderful Life'
23 Travis 'The Invisible Band'
24 Low 'Things We Lost In The Fire'
25 Radiohead 'Amnesiac'
26 Missy Elliott 'Miss E …So Addictive'
27 Mark Lanegan 'Field Songs'
28 Mogwai 'Rock Action'
29 Clearlake 'Lido'
30 The Charlatans 'Wonderland'
31 New Order 'Get Ready'
32 Björk 'Vespertine'
33 Kings Of Convenience 'Quiet Is The New Loud'
34 REM 'Reveal'
35 Boredoms 'Visioncreationnewsun'
36 Beanie Sigel 'The Reason'
37 Turin Brakes 'The Optimist LP'
38 Four Tet 'Pause'
39 Aaliyah 'Aaliyah'
40 N*E*R*D 'In Search Of…'
41 Oxide & Neutrino 'Execute'
42 Kurupt 'Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey'
43 The Beta Band 'Hot Shots II'
44 The Tyde 'Once'
45 Future Pilot AKA 'Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea'
46 Cannibal Ox 'The Cold Vein'
47 Sizzla 'Rastafari Teach I Everything'
48 Gorillaz 'Gorillaz'
49 Zoot Woman 'Living In A Magazine'
50 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci 'How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart
2000
1 Queens Of The Stone Age – Rated R
2 Primal Scream – Exterminator
3 PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
4 Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
5 At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command
6 Coldplay – Parachutes
7 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
8 Doves – Lost Souls
9 Super Furry Animals – Mwng
10 Kelis – Kaleidoscope
11 Radiohead – Kid A
12 Granddaddy – The Sophtware Slump
13 Lambchop – Nixon
14 Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
15 Teenage Fanclub – Howdy!
16 Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To Heaven
17 Elliott Smith – Figure 8
18 The For Carnation – The For Carnation
19 The Go-Betweens – The Friends Of Rachel Worth
20 Richard Ashcroft – Alone With Everybody
21 Wu-Tang Clan – The W
22 Delta – Slippin’ Out
23 Broadcast – The Noise Made By People
24 Six By Seven – The Closer You Get
25 Jeff Buckley – Mystery White Boy
26 Belle And Sebastian – Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
27 Smog – Dongs Of Sevotion
28 The Delgados – The Great Eastern
29 The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
30 The Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx
31 Two Lone Swordsman – Tiny Reminders
32 Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
33 Shellac – 1000 Hurts
34 Marilyn Manson – Holy Wood (In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death)
35 Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
36 Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
37 Paul Weller – Heliocentric
38 Leila – Courtesy Of Choice
39 Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music
40 Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
41 David Holmes – Bow Down To The Exit Sign
42 OutKast – Stankonia
43 Clinic – Internal Wrangler
44 Amen – We Have Come For Your Parents
45 Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
46 The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
47 Madonna – Music
48 Q-Tip – Amplified
49 Grand Drive – True Love And High Adventure
50 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – The Blue Trees
1999
1 The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin2 Shack – HMS Fable
3 Super Furry Animals – Guerrilla
4 Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions
5 Beck – Midnite Vultures
6 Campag Velocet – Bon Chic Bon Genre
7 Pavement – Terror Twilight
8 Mogwai – Come On Die Young9 The Folk Implosion – One Part Lullaby
10 Smog – Knock Knock11 Basement Jaxx – Remedy
12 Underworld – Beaucoup Fish
13 Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
14 Make-Up – Save Yourself
15 Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
16 Jim O’rourke – Eureka
17 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – N***A Please
18 Bonnie Prince Billy – I See A Darkness
19 Blur – 13
20 The Charlatans – Us And Us Only
21 Tindersticks – Simple Pleasure
22 Low – Secret Name
23 Add N To X – Avant Hard
24 Leftfield – Rhythm And Stealth
25 TLC – Fanmail
26 Low – Christmas27 Royal Trux – Veterans Of Disorder
28 Love As Laughter – Distination 2000
29 The All Seeing I – Pickled Eggs & Sherbet
30 Ian Brown – Golden Greats
31 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe
32 Sizzla – Royal Son Of Ethiopia
33 Mouse On Mars – Niun Niggung
34 The Chemical Bruthers – Surrender
35 Pole – Pole 2
36 The Beta Band – The Beta Band37 Roots Manuva – Brand New Second Hand
38 Mu-Ziq – Royal Astronomy39 Kevin Rowland – My Beauty
40 Travis – The Man Who
41 Future Pilot AKA – Future Pilot AKA VS. A Galaxy Of Sounds
42 Stereolab – Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
43 Sebadoh – The Sebadoh
44 …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead – Madonna
45 The Auteurs – How I Learned To Love The Bootboys
46 Damien Jurado – Rehearsals For The Departure
47 Rage Against The Machine – The Battle Of Los Angeles
48 Clinton – Disco And The Halfway To Discontent
49 Papa M – Live From A Shark Cage
50 Missy Elliott – Da Real World
1998
2 Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
3 Beck – Mutations
4 Air – Moon Safari
5 Massive Attack – Mezzanine
6 Elliott Smith – Either/Or
7 Pulp – This Is Hardcore
8 Royal Trux – Accelerator
9 Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
10 Leila – Like Weather
11 Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider
12 Embrace – The Good Will Out
13 Six By Seven – The Things We Make
14 Babybird – There’s Something Going On
15 Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
16 Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
17 Arab Strap – Philophobia
18 Quasi – Featuring Birds
19 The Afghan Whigs – 1965
20 Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
21 Lo-Fidelity Allstars – How To Operate With A Blown Mind
22 Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
23 Idlewild – Hope Is Important
24 Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
25 Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing
26 R.E.M. – Up
27 Madonna – Ray Of Light
28 Spiritualized - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
29 Bob Dylan – Live 1966:The Royal Albert Hall Concert
30 Catatonia – International Velvet
31 Black Box Recorder – England Made Me
32 Elliott Smith – X.O
33 Quickspace – Precious Falling
34 Jeff Buckley – Sketches (For My Sweetheart The Drunk)
35 Hole – Celebrity Skin
36 Kid Loco – A Grand Love Story
37 The Third Eye Foundation – You Guys Kill Me
38 UNKLE – Psyence Fiction
39 The Boo Radleys – Kingsize
40 Sonic Youth – A Thousand Leaves
41 Tarwater – Silur
42 Ash – Nu-Clear Sounds
43 MKD – Open Transport
44 Godspeed You! Black Emperor – F#A#00
45 Garbage – Version 2.0
46 Fugazi – End Hits
47 Hefner – Breaking God’s Heart
48 Gomez – Bring It On
49 Mansun – Six
50 Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You
1997
1 Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space2 Radiohead – OK Computer
3 The Verve – Urban Hymns
4 Primal Scream – Vanishing Point
5 Super Furry Animals – Radiator
6 Cornershop – When I Was Born For The Seventh Time
7 Mogwai – Mogwai Young Team
8 Teenage Fanclub – Songs From Northern Britain
9 Bentley Rhythm Ace – Bentley Rhythm Ace
10 Supergrass – In It For The Money
11 Daft Punk – Homework
12 The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
13 Blur – Blur
14 The Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
15 Bjork – Homogenic
16 Death In Vegas – Dead Elvis
17 Prodigy – The Fat Of The Land
18 Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Forever
19 Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
20 Gravediggaz – The Pick, The Sickle And The Shovel
21 Black Grape – Stupid Stupid Stupid
22 The Divine Comedy – A Short Album About Love
23 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
24 Pavement – Brighten The Corners
25 Oasis – Be Here Now
26 Stereolab – Dots And Loops
27 Grandaddy – Under The Western Freeway
28 Roni Size & Reprazent – New Forms
29 Travis – Good Feeling
30 Mick Head Introducing The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands
31 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Barafundle
32 Portishead – Portishead
33 Eels – Beautiful Freak
34 Squarepusher – Hard Normal Daddy
35 Jonathan Fire* Eater – Tremble Under Boom Lights
36 Prolapse – The Italian Flag
37 Wilco – Being There38 Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliot – Supa Dupa Fly
39 Photek – Modus Operandi
40 David Holmes – Lets Get Killed
41 Echo And The Bunnymen – Evergreen
42 Finley Quaye – Maverick A Strike
43 Tindersticks – Curtains
44 Mansun – Attack Of The Grey Lantern
45 Scarfo – Luxury Plane Crash
46 Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape
47 Howie B – Turn The Dark Off
48 Robert Wyatt – Shleep
49 Silver Sun – Silver Sun
50 The Wannadies – Bagsy Me
1996
1. Beck - Odelay
2. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
3. Orbital - In Sides
4. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
5. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
6. Screaming Trees - Dust
7. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads8. Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
9. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
10. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
11. The Bluetones - Expecting To Fly
12. Suede - Coming Up
13. Placebo - Placebo
14. Kula Shaker - K15. The Boo Radleys - C'mon Kids
16. REM - New Adventures In Hi Fi
17. Babybird - Ugly/Beautiful
18. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
19. The Divine Comedy - Casanova
20. Aphex Twin - Richard D James
21. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself
22. Fugees - The Score
23. The Lemonheads - Car, Button, Cloth
24. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
25. Ash - 1977
26. New Kingdom - Paradise Don't Come Cheap
27. Nicolette - Let No One Live Rent Free In Your Hea
28. Alex Reece - So Far
29. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
30. Gallon Drunk - In The Long Still Night
31. The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
32. Tiger - We Are Puppets
33. Plug - Drum 'N' Bass For Papa
34. Baby Fox - A Normal Family
35. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
36. The Black Crows - Three Snakes And One Charm
37. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
38. Sebadoh - Harmacy
39. Animals That Swim - I Was The King, I Relay Was The King
40. Lilys - Better Can't Make Your Life Better
41. Nas - It Was Written
42. The Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle
43. The Cardigans - The First Band On The Moon
44. John Parish/Polly Harvey - Dance Hall At Louse House
45. Red Snapper - Prince Blimey
46. Radar Brothers - Radar Brothers
47. The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities
48. Dodgy - Free Peace Swee49. Urusei Yatsura - We Are Urusei Yatsura
50. Spice Girls - Spice
