http://www.listsofbests.com/list/34531 Note: There were about forty really good albums I heard this year, but a virtual dearth of current/future masterworks and total failures. Therefore, there are probably no immediate classics in the bunch (though the top 3 or 4 could eventually make that claim with the passage of time), but there were a lot I had to leave off to coincide with the "25 theme" I've stuck with. Some of the closest misses include: Gorillaz - "Demon Days" Akron/Family - s/t LCD Soundsystem - s/t Kaiser Chiefs - "Employment" Bruce Springsteen - "Devils & Dust" The Mountain Goats - "The Sunset Tree" Death Cab For Cutie - "Plans" Hard-Fi - "Stars of CCTV" Kasabian - s/t Also, I lump both Bright Eyes albums together to count as one (the better of the two, "I'm Wide Awake...," gets credited) the same as I would for GNR's "Use Your Illusion" albums and the pair of intertwined System of a Down records (which also just barely missed the cut this year). 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