Larry

Music
Film
Culture
Arts
Lists

About the site

E-mail me

Back to main


Top 100 Albums Top 100 Singles Hall of Fame
Hobby Box Year-End Lists Music Links
Music

2006: Albums of the Year
  1. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
  2. Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
  3. Destroyer - Destoyer's Rubies
  4. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
  5. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
  6. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
  7. Aloha - Some Echoes
  8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
  9. M. Ward - Post-War
  10. Espers - II
  11. Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar
  12. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
  13. Snowden - Anti-Anti
  14. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
  15. Califone - Roots & Crowns
  16. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
  17. The Liars - Drum's Not Dead
  18. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
  19. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
  20. The Blow - Paper Television
  21. Beach House - Beach House
  22. The Knife - Silent Shout
  23. Juana Molina - Son
  24. Danielson - Ships
  25. Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang
2006: Singles of the Year
  1. "Special" - Mew
  2. "Roscoe" - Midlake
  3. "Young Folks" - Peter Bjorn and John
  4. "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
  5. "The Funeral" - Band of Horses
  6. "Sexyback" - Justin Timberlake
  7. "Fake Tales of San Francisco" - Arctic Monkeys
  8. "Painter by Numbers" - The Sounds
  9. "Hold on, Hold on" - Neko Case
  10. "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt"- We Are Scientists

2005: Albums of the Year
  1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
  2. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
  3. M.I.A. - Arular
  4. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
  5. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
  6. Castanets - First Light's Freeze
  7. My Morning Jacket - Z
  8. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
  9. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
  10. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
  11. Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins
  12. Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
  13. Animal Collective - Feels
  14. The Clientele - Strange Geometry
  15. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  16. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
  17. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
  18. Common - Be
  19. Go Team! - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
  20. Kanye West - Late Registration
  21. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
  22. Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
  23. Amadou and Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako
  24. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
  25. Beck - Guero
2005: Singles of the Year
  1. "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
  2. "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson
  3. "Hey Now Now" - Cloud Room
  4. "Born Into the World" - Supersystem
  5. "1 Thing" - Amerie
  6. "I Predict a Riot" - Kaiser Chiefs
  7. "Gold Digger" - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
  8. "Heartbeat" - Annie
  9. "Do The Whirlwind"- Architecture in Helsinki
  10. "Kissing Families" - Silversun Pickups

2004: Albums of the Year
  1. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
  2. Junior Boys - Last Exit
  3. Kanye West - College Dropout
  4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
  5. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
  6. Brian Wilson - Smile
  7. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Days are Numbered
  8. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
  9. A.C. Newman - Slow Wonder
  10. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
  11. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
  12. Black Keys - Rubber Factory
  13. Magnetic Fields - I
  14. Tom Waits - Real Gone
  15. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
  16. Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow
  17. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  18. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
  19. Bjork - Medulla
  20. Castanets - Cathedral
  21. Elliott Smith - from a basement on the hill
  22. Air - Talkie Walkie
  23. Drive-by Truckers - The Dirty South
  24. Madvillain - Madvillainy
  25. Animal Collective - Tung Songs
2004: Singles of the Year
  1. "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
  2. "This Love" - Maroon 5
  3. "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West
  4. "I Thought You Were My Boyfriend" - Magnetic Fields
  5. "Toxic" - Britney Spears
  6. "Everything is Everything" - Phoenix
  7. "Decent Days and Nights" - The Futureheads
  8. "Yeah" - Usher
  9. "What You Waiting For" - Gwen Stefani
  10. "Move Ya Body"- Nina Sky featuring Jabba

2003: Albums of the Year | Complete 2003 Year in Review
  1. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
  2. The Notwist - Neon Golden
  3. The Decemberists - Her Majesty, The Decemberists
  4. The White Stripes - Elephant
  5. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
  6. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  7. The Hidden Cameras - The Smell of Our Own
  8. Fruit Bats - Mouthfuls
  9. The New Pornographers - Electric Version
  10. Broadcast - Haha Sound
  11. Out Hud - Street Dad
  12. Manitoba - Up in Flames
  13. Emmylou Harris - Stumble into Grace
  14. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
  15. Calexico - Feast of Wire
  16. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
  17. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
  18. Four Tet - Rounds
  19. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
  20. Beulah - Yoko
  21. The Postal Service - Give Up
  22. Jay-Z - The Black Album
  23. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
  24. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Pig Lib
  25. Starlight Mints - Built on Squares
2003: Singles of the Year | Complete 2003 Year in Review
  1. "Get Busy" - Sean Paul
  2. "Milkshake" - Kelis
  3. "Move Your Feet" - Junior Senior
  4. "Crazy in Love" - Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
  5. "Hey Ya" - Outkast
  6. "Me and Guiliani Down by the Schoolyard" - !!!
  7. "Rock Your Body" - Justin Timberlake
  8. "House of Jealous Lovers" - The Rapture
  9. "Beautiful" - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
  10. "Seven Nation Army"- The White Stripes

2002: Albums of the Year | Complete 2002 Year in Review
  1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  2. RJD2 - Deadringer
  3. Bright Eyes - Lifted
  4. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
  5. N.E.R.D. - In Search of...
  6. Beck - Sea Change
  7. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
  8. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
  9. Sahara Hotnights - Jennie Bomb
  10. The Mooney Suzuki - Electric Sweat
  11. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
  12. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
  13. DJ Shadow - Private Press
  14. Ed Harcourt - Here Be Monsters
  15. Solomon Burke - Don't Give up on Me
  16. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  17. Steve Earle - Jerusalem
  18. The Roots - Phrenology
  19. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
  20. Brendan Benson - Lapalco
  21. Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish?
  22. French Kicks - One Time Bells
  23. Elvis Costello - When I was Cruel
  24. John Forte - I, John
  25. Sigur Ros - ( )
2002: Singles of the Year | Complete 2002 Year in Review
  1. "Work It" - Missy Elliott
  2. "Get Free" - The Vines
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" - Daniel Bedingfield
  4. "Oops (Oh my)" - Tweet
  5. "Bang" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  6. "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
  7. "Hella Good" - No Doubt
  8. "At Your Funeral" - Saves the Day
  9. "Hot in Herre" - Nelly
  10. "Walking with Thee"- Clinic

2001: Albums of the Year
  1. White Stripes - White Blood Cells
  2. Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
  3. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Bryjun
  4. Le Tigre - Feminist Sweepstakes
  5. Jay Farrar - Sebastapol
  6. The Coup - Party Music
  7. Tortoise - Standards
  8. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
  9. Mogwai - Rock Action
  10. Maxwell - Now
  11. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
  12. Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
  13. The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches
  14. Fugazi - The Argument
  15. Macy Gray - The Id
  16. Travis - The Invisible Band
  17. Radiohead - Amnesiac
  18. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
  19. Basement Jaxx - Rooty
  20. Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under the Influence
  21. Ryan Adams - Gold
  22. The Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
  23. The Fantomas - Director's Cut
  24. Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
  25. Eliza Carthy - Angels and Cigarettes
2001: Singles of the Year
  1. "Fill Me In" - Craig David
  2. "Invalid Litter Dept." - At the Drive-In
  3. "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
  4. "A Long Walk" - Jill Scott
  5. "Side" - Travis
  6. "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
  7. "Hotel Yorba" - White Stripes
  8. "Family Affair" - Mary J. Blige
  9. "Pyramid Song" - Radiohead
  10. "Let Me Blow Yer Mind"- Eve featuring Gwen Stefani

2000: Albums of the Year
  1. Outkast - Stankonia
  2. Modest Mouse - Moon Over Antarctica
  3. Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of Bewilderbeast
  4. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
  5. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
  6. Mouse on Mars - nuin niggung
  7. Shelby Lynne - I am Shelby Lynne
  8. Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
  9. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
  10. David Holmes - Bow Down to the Exit Sign
  11. Coldplay - Parachutes
  12. The Sea and Cake - Oui
  13. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
  14. Anti-Pop Consortium - Tragic Epilogue
  15. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
  16. Supergrass - Supergrass
  17. Radiohead - Kid A
  18. The Eels - Daisies of the Galaxie
  19. D'Angelo - Voodoo Lounge
  20. The 6ths - Hyacinths and Thistles
  21. Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
  22. Belle and Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
  23. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
  24. Robbie Williams - Singing When You're Winning
  25. Joseph Arthur - Come to Where I'm From
2000: Singles of the Year
  1. "Stan" - Eminem
  2. "B.O.B." - Outkast
  3. "Sour Girl" - Stone Temple Pilots
  4. "The Light" - Common
  5. "Yellow" - Coldplay
  6. "South Side" - Moby
  7. "Forgot About Dre" - Dr. Dre featuring Eminem
  8. "Music" - Madonna
  9. "Never Gonna Come Back Down" - BT
  10. "Bathwater" - No Doubt

1999: Albums of the Year
  1. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
  2. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
  3. Blur - 13
  4. Moby - Play
  5. Beck - Midnite Vultures
  6. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
  7. Cibo Matto - Stereotype A
  8. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
  9. Trans Am - Futureworld
  10. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
  11. Beth Orton - Central Reservation
  12. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
  13. Macy Gray - On How Life Is
  14. Matthew Sweet - In Reverse
  15. Mary J. Blige - Mary
  16. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
  17. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
  18. Mogwai - Come on Die Young
  19. Prince Paul - Presents Prince Among Thieves
  20. Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway
  21. MeShell Ndegeocello - Bitter
  22. Gomez - Liquid Skin
  23. Chemical Brothers - Surrender
  24. Add N to X - Avant Hard
  25. Wilco - Summerteeth
1999: Singles of the Year
  1. "Tender" - Blur
  2. "Steal My Sunshine" - Len
  3. "No Scrubs" - TLC
  4. "Everything is Everything" - Lauryn Hill
  5. "Honey" - Moby
  6. "Let Forever Be" - Chemical Brothers
  7. "I Try" - Macy Gray
  8. "Millenium" - Robbie Williams
  9. "Sexx Laws" - Beck
  10. "What You Want" - Ruff Ryders featuring Eve and Nokio

1998: Albums of the Year
  1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
  2. Air - Moon Safari
  3. Pulp - This is Hardcore
  4. Hole - Celebrity Skin
  5. Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
  6. Elliott Smith - XO
  7. Tortoise - TNT
  8. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
  9. Tricky - Angels with Dirty Faces
  10. Gomez - Bring It On
  11. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
  12. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
  13. Buffalo Daughter - New Rock
  14. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
  15. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
  16. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
  17. Morcheeba - Big Calm
  18. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright
  19. Beck - Mutations
  20. Outkast - Aquemini
  21. Quasi - Featuring "Birds"
  22. Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg
  23. UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
  24. Madonna - Ray of Light
  25. Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
1998: Singles of the Year
  1. "Sexy Boy" - Air
  2. "Are You That Somebody" - Aaliyah
  3. "Intergalactic" - Beastie Boys
  4. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
  5. "Ghetto Superstar" - Pras featuring Old Dirty Bastard and introducing Mya
  6. "Like a Friend" - Pulp
  7. "Rosa Parks" - Outkast
  8. "Can I Get a..." - Jay-Z featuring Ja Rule and Amil
  9. "The Dope Show" - Marilyn Manson
  10. "Still Not a Player" - Big Punisher featuring Joe

1997: Albums of the Year
  1. Bjork - Homogenic
  2. Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars - The Carnival
  3. Radiohead - OK Computer
  4. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
  5. Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
  6. Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley Rhythm Ace
  7. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
  8. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
  9. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
  10. Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
  11. Portishead - Portishead
  12. The Verve - Urban Hymns
  13. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
  14. Fatboy Slim - Better Working Through Chemistry
  15. Ween - The Mollusk
  16. Howie B. - Turn the Dark Off
  17. (mu)-ziq - Lunatic Harness
  18. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
  19. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
  20. David Bowie - Earthling
1997: Singles of the Year
  1. "Karma Police" - Radiohead
  2. "Around the World" - Daft Punk
  3. "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
  4. "Mo Money Mo Problems" - Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy and Mase
  5. "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
  6. "Deadweight" - Beck
  7. "Got 'Til It's Gone" - Janet Jackson
  8. "Cold Rock a Party (Bad Boy Remix)" - MC Lyte
  9. "Sleep to Dream" - Fiona Apple
  10. "Your Woman" - White Town

1996: Albums of the Year
  1. Beck - Odelay
  2. Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
  3. Fugees - The Score
  4. Tricky - Pre-Millenium Tension
  5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
  6. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
  7. Underworld - Second Toughest of the Infants
  8. Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
  9. Soul Coughing - Irresistable Bliss
  10. Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich
1996: Singles of the Year
  1. "Where the Wild Roses Grow" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  2. "Where It's At" - Beck
  3. "Wrong" - Everything But the Girl
  4. "Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson
  5. "Ready or Not" - The Fugees
  6. "Undeground" - Ben Folds Five
  7. "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" - Maxwell
  8. "Setting Sun" - Chemical Brothers
  9. "A Common Disaster" - Cowboy Junkies
  10. "Tiny Meat" - Ruby

1995: Albums of the Year
  1. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
  2. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
  3. Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
  4. Bjork - Post
  5. Tricky - Maxinquaye
  6. Radiohead - The Bends
  7. Blur - The Great Escape
  8. TLC - CrazySexyCool
  9. Elastica - Elastica
  10. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
1995: Singles of the Year
  1. "Bad Reputation" - Freedy Johnston
  2. "Waterfalls" - TLC
  3. "Human Nature" - Madonna
  4. "I Know" - Dionne Farris
  5. "Wonderful" - Adam Ant
  6. "Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio
  7. "A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins
  8. "Live Forever" - Oasis
  9. "Universal Heart-Beat" - Juliana Hatfield
  10. "Sick of Myself" - Matthew Sweet