Lists of Bests: Pitchfork Media's "Iceland's 20 Best Albums" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/94 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: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:47:09 GMT en-us 0 50 20 0 0 Ágætis Byrjun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38071 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38071"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005IC2H.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sigur Rós</div> Debut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49552 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49552"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002HCO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Björk</div> A Bleikum Nattkjolum http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66685 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sumar a Syrlandi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66686 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuðmenn</div> Lifun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66687 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Trubrot</div> Isbjarnarblus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66688 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Geislavirkir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66689 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Utangarðsmenn</div> Med Allt a Hreinu http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66690 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Kona http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66691 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Life's Too Good http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62066 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62066"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005IRX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by The Sugarcubes</div> Sturla http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66692 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Hinn Islenski Thursaflokkur http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66693 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Gling-Gló http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66694 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66694"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000AYL44.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Björk</div> Lengi Lifi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66695 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by HAM</div> Homogenic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42416 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42416"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002HPV.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Björk</div> Hana Nu http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66696 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Megas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66697 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Rokk i Reykjavik http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66698 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Viltu Nammi Vaena http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66699 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Post http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49551 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49551"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002HH2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Björk</div>