10) Doves - Kingdom of Rust
fave track - Kingdom of Rust
9) Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
fave track - Faith/Void
8) Fanfarlo - Reservoir
fave track - The Walls are Coming Down
7) Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo
fave track - Up To Our Nex
6) Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate
fave track - NW5
5) Wilco - Wilco (the album)
fave track - Bull Black Nova
4) Monsters of Folk
fave track - Whole Lotta Losin
3) Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
fave track - Helium Hearts
2) The Duckworth Lewis Method
fave track - Gentlemen and Players
1) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
fave track - 1901
Artwork of the Year: Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
Runner Up: Wilco (the album)
Gig of the Year: blur @ Hyde Park
Runner Up: Monsters of Folk (Troxy, London) , Wilco (2 nights @ Vicar Street)
Surprises of the Year:
Madness making their best album in their thirtieth year.
Really enjoying an Arctic Monkey's album.
Purchasing a Paolo Nutini Album.
Still not having listened to new Flaming Lips album.
REM Live at the Olympia making me emotional .
David Kitt joining Tindersticks.
Old stuff I got into in a big way:
France Gall
Ernie Graham
Kevin Ayers
Lesley Gore's "Maybe I Know"
Happy New Year!