The year before my music consumption really jumped to a new level, this list has at least five albums I still listen to quite often.
- Ted Leo and the Phamacists – Hearts of Oak
- Explosions in the Sky – The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
- My #1, in retrospect
- The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
- The clear #2 and their best record by a long shot
- Arab Strap – Monday at the Hug and Pint
- Mogwai – Happy Songs for Happy People
- Cursive – The Ugly Organ
- Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
- The most underrated Radiohead record and quite a few spots too far down on this list
- The New Pornographers – Electric Version
- Should be #3
- The Decemberists – Her Majesty the Decemberists
- The Twilight Singers – Blackberry Belle
- Should be #4
- South San Gabriel – Welcome, Convalescence
- Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it in People
