Pitchfork Media's "Iceland's 20 Best Albums"

Recently, I wrote a book called <i>Eru Ekki Allir I Studi</i>?, about Icelandic rock music and culture in the 20th century. The idea was that it would include a list of the best Icelandic albums as well, but obviously, it’s tricky to create a truly authoritative list with no outside input. So I asked 200 (semi)-professional Icelanders to make top 10 lists. When I had the results, I put the top 100 albums in alphabetical order on the web, and allowed the public to pick their ten favorites. Nearly 4,000 people did and when I combined their lists, I got these scientific results:

(found at: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/watw/02-04/iceland20.shtml)

Send to Printer Pitchfork Media's "Iceland's 20 Best Albums" Recently, I wrote a book called <i>Eru Ekki Allir I Studi</i>?, about Icelandic rock music and culture in the 20th century. The idea was that it would include a list of the best Icelandic albums as well, but obviously, it’s tricky to create a truly authoritative list with no outside input. So I asked 200 (semi)-professional Icelanders to make top 10 lists. When I had the results, I put the top 100 albums in alphabetical order on the web, and allowed the public to pick their ten favorites. Nearly 4,000 people did and when I combined their lists, I got these scientific results: (found at: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/watw/02-04/iceland20.shtml)
	1.		Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
	2.		Debut by Björk
	3.	?	A Bleikum Nattkjolum
	4.	?	Sumar a Syrlandi by Stuðmenn
	5.	?	Lifun by Trubrot
	6.	?	Isbjarnarblus
	7.	?	Geislavirkir by Utangarðsmenn
	8.	?	Med Allt a Hreinu
	9.	?	Kona
	10.		Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes
	11.	?	Sturla
	12.	?	Hinn Islenski Thursaflokkur
	13.		Gling-Gló by Björk
	14.	?	Lengi Lifi by HAM
	15.		Homogenic by Björk
	16.	?	Hana Nu
	17.	?	Megas
	18.	?	Rokk i Reykjavik
	19.	?	Viltu Nammi Vaena
	20.		Post by Björk
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