[nath]

Yeah, I could go on for 15 more and still have some really good albums I left off.

I need those UGK and Jay-Z albums. I haven't gotten much in the way of good rap this year. Kanye's was good, but not great- I put it at #25 or so. And I liked M.I.A.'S album but it didn't do enough for me compared to Arular to feel really strongly about it.

I feel like this year there were a ton of albums I "knew" were really good, but didn't compel me to listen to them. Caribou, Animal Collective, and Panda Bear (and even to a certain degree, Radiohead) were good examples (although to be fair, if I had a bunch of opiates around like I wish I did, I'd probably listen to Panda Bear all the time). The top six or seven on my list are the albums that, for at least some significant time this year, I could not put down.

Claunchy, if you liked After Dark, you should really check out the Glass Candy and Chromatics albums. In particular, Glass Candy's has been rocketing its way up my list.