I always thought I consumed a lot of music, but this was the year I started writing for Pitchfork and having access to promos. It was a good year for music in a lot of ways – the last Karate record, the first really good of Montreal record, the last really good Ted Leo record, and the crowning glory of the Arcade Fire’s Funeral.
- The Arcade Fire – Funeral
- Still the undisputed #1 for this year and several surrounding it.
- The Secret Machines – Now Here is Nowhere
- Franz Ferdinand – s/t
- Karate – Pockets
- This was probably even stupid at the time – this record is much better than the two above it.
- of Montreal – Satanic Panic in the Attic
- Same thing – should probably be #3. I still love and listen to this album all the time.
- Ted Leo – Shake the Sheets
- The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed
- Should be #4.
- Now It’s Overhead – Fall Back Open
- Wilco – A Ghost is Born
- Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
Honorable mentions (from lower in my rankings that belonged much higher:
Luna – Rendezvous (at #12 – but better than Now It’s Overhead at least)
French Kicks – Trial of the Century (at #16 – now would be my #5)
