41-50

 

50. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands

 

49. The Strokes - Is This It
Hardly the band of the noughties the British press made them out to be, but still good fun.

 

48. Ladytron - Velocifero
It's not their fault they never quite lived up to how one critic described them: "a teasing glimpse of how Britney Spears might have sounded, had she been born in the GDR and a heroin addict."

 

47. DJ Shadow - The Private Press

 

46. No Age - Weirdo Rippers

 

45. Neil Michael Hagerty - Neil Michael Hagerty

 

44. Françoiz Breut - Vingt á Trente Mille Jours
My favorite of the new wave of French chanson; smoky, mysterious, irresistable.

 

43. original music soundtrack - Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is... Awesome!

Sadly, my 4-year-old daughter claims to have aged out of this show now. Good thing I had another kid this year.

 

42. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

 

41. The White Stripes - Elephant
I'll tell you the truth: I haven't listened to a White Stripes album the whole way through in years. No matter, this album yielded one of the essential singles of the 00s.

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