1- Anathema - A Natural Disaster
2- Muse - Absolution
3- Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
4- Green Carnation - A Blessing in Disguise
5- The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir - "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites...
6- Maximilian Hecker - Rose
7- Opeth - Damnation
8- Syntax - Meccano Mind
9- Solar - Dark Places
10- The Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream

1. Anthony Hamilton - Comin' from Where I'm From
2. Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys
3. R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory
4. Frank McComb - The Truth
5. Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
6. Musiq Soulchild - Soulstar
7. Amy Winehouse - Frank
8. CYNE - Time Being
9. Madlib - Shades of Blue
10. Ellis Hooks - Up Your Mind

1. Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
2. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
3. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
4. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
5. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
6. The Decemberists - Her Majesty
7. The National - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
8. Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
9. José González - Veneer
10. The Thermals - More Parts Per Million

Top-vijfje

1. Shins - Chutes too narrow
2. Boris - Akuma no uta
3. Philip Glass - The hours
4. Necks - Drive-by
5. Sun Kil Moon - Ghost of the great highway

1. British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power
2. Freak Electrique - P.H.A.S.E.R.
3. Ellen Allien - Berlinette
4. Carl A. Finlow - Electrilogy +
5. Manual - Isares
6. Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
7. Erlend Øye - Unrest
8. Ms. John Soda - No P. Or D.
9. Yann Tiersen - Good Bye Lenin!
10. Plastikman - Closer

Update:

1. (-) Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa 4,5*
2. (3) Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
3. (-) Plastikman - Closer 4*
4. (1) Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
5. (2) Oceansize - Effloresce
6. (-) Koordinate of Wonders - EP
7. (-) King Crimson - The Power to Believe
8. (-) Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 2 3,5*
9. (-) No-Man - Together We're Stranger
10. (9) The White Stripes - Elephant

1. The White Stripes – Elephant
2. Placebo – Sleeping With Ghosts
3. The Bronx – The Bronx
4. Pink – Try This
5. Evanescence - Fallen

Heb ook maar even een lijstje gemaakt:

1. Boris - Akuma No Uta
2. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops II
3. Fennesz - Live In Japan
4. John Fahey - Red Cross
5. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Master And Everyone
6. Basil Kirchen - Quantum
7. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
8. Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Park
9. The Books - The Lemon Of Pink
10. Outkast - Speakerboxx / The Love Below

11. Nurse With Wound - Salt Marie Celeste
12. Kraftwerk - Tour The France Soundtracks
13. Boris - Boris at Last / Feedbacker
14. The Decemberists - Castaways And Cutouts
15. The Wrens - The Meadowlands
16. Sunn 0))) - White 1
17. The White Stripes - Elephant
18. Animal Collective - Here Comes The Indian
19. Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
20. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves

01. (02) The Shins - Chutes too Narrow
02. (01) Muse - Absolution
03. (04) Gridlock - Formless
04. (***) Great Lake Swimmers - Great Lake Swimmers
05. (03) Rachel's - Systems/Layers
06. (05) Oceansize - Effloresce
07. (***) Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
08. (***) Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
09. (10) My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
10. (***) Solbakken - Klonapet

1. The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
2. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
3. Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
4. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
5. Muse - Absolution
6. Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
7. The White Stripes - Elephant
8. Explosions in the Sky - Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
9. Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
10. Tom McRae - Just Like Blood

01. Gridlock - Formless
02. Yasume - Where We're from the Birds Sing a Pretty Song
03. CYNE - Time Being
04. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
05. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - "This is Our Punk-Rock"...
06. Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
07. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
08. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
09. Sparks - Lil' Beethoven
10. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

1. Kathleen Edwards,"Failer"
2. Sufjan Stevens,"Michigan"
3. The Shins,"Chutes Too Narrow"
4. Death Cab for Cutie,"Transatlanticism"
5. The Jayhawks,"Rainy Day Music"
6. Belle & Sebastian,"Dear Catastrophe Waitress"
7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy,"Master and Everyone"
8. Emmylou Harris,"Stumble into Grace"
9. The Go-Betweens,"Bright Yellow Bright Orange"
10. Lucinda Williams,"World Without Tears"

Update:

01. Nujabes - Metaphorical Music 4,5*
02. Anthony Hamilton - Comin' from Where I'm From
03. Jaylib - Champion Sound
04. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain 4*
05. The Detroit Experiment - The Detroit Experiment
06. CYNE - Time Being
07. Non-Prophets - Hope
08. Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
09. Wildchild - Secondary Protocol
10. Vakill - The Darkest Cloud 3,5*

Update:

1. Hoods – Pray for Death
2. Godsmack – Faceless
3. Surge of Fury – It’s Gonna Be…
4. Throwdown – Haymaker
5. Sworn Enemy – As Real As It Gets
6. Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Altered States of America
7. Linkin Park – Live in Texas
8. Terror – Lowest of the Low
9. Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll
10. Bleeding Through – This is Love, This is Murderous

01 The Gathering - Souvenirs
02 The Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream
03 Arena - Contagion
04 Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
05 Anekdoten - Gravity
06 Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset
07 Alamaailman Vasarat - Käärmelautakunta
08 Dream Theater - Train of Thought
09 Muse - Absolution
10 Spock's Beard - Feel Euphoria

Ook deze top 10 wilde ik na een laatste bericht in 2005 (ik word oud!) weer eens opfrissen.

1. (--) Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
2. (--) Alamaailman Vasarat - Käärmelautakunta
3. (9) Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
4. (--) Hala Strana - Fielding
5. (--) Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
6. (--) The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
7. (5) Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
8. (--) Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian
9. (--) Rachel's - Systems / Layers
10. (--) Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

Na ruim drie jaar nog eens een update:

1. (4). NOFX - War on Errorism
2. (2). Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
3. (1). The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
4. (--). Deftones - Deftones
5. (--). A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
6. (--). Sons and Daughters - Love the Cup
7. (3). The Strokes - Room on Fire
8. (--). Bonobo - Dial 'M' for Monkey
9. (--). Killing Joke - Killing Joke
10. (--). Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

1. Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse
2. Anthrax - We've Come for You All
3. Golden Earring - Millbrook U.S.A.
4. Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
5. Kaz Lux - Dismantled Swan Songs
6. André Hazes - Live in de Amsterdam Arena
7. Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
8. Deep Purple - Bananas
9. Frans Bauer - 'N Ons Geluk
10. Metallica - St. Anger

1.Oceansize - Effloresce
2.My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
3.Radiohead- Hail To The Thief
4.Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
5.Strapping Young Lad - SYL
6.Mew - Frengers
7.Aphex Twin -26 Mixes For Cash
8.Blur - Think Thank
9.Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa
10.Jaylib - Champion Sound

01. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
02. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
03. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
04. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
05. Muse - Absolution
06. Blur - Think Tank
07. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
08. Rufus Wainwright - Want, One
09. The Postal Service - Give Up
10. Emmylou Harris - Stumble into Grace

01. Xanopticon - Liminal Space
02. Fennesz - Live in Japan
03. Boris - Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
04. Mihai Edrisch - L'un Sans L'autre
05. Jakob - Cale:Drew
06. Tim Hecker - Radio Amor
07. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
08. Autechre - Draft 7.30
09. Four Tet - Rounds
10. Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co

Mooi jaar, zou ook een behoorlijk sterke top-50 kunnen maken.

1. Jay-Z - The Black Album
2. CYNE - Time Being
3. OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
4. Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
5. Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
6. The Cinematic Orchestra - Man with a Movie Camera
7. Jaylib - Champion Sound
8. Non-Prophets - Hope
9. The Detroit Experiment - The Detroit Experiment
10. Anthony Hamilton - Comin' from Where I'm From

1. Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys
2. Nelly Furtado - Folklore
3. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
4. Evanescence - Fallen
5. Malia - Yellow Daffodils
6. Kylie Minogue - Body Language
7. Ashanti - Chapter II
8. Muse - Absolution
9. Da Brat - Limelite
10. Dido - Life for Rent

1. Opeth - Damnation
2. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
3. Textures - Polars
4. Sleep - Dopesmoker
5. Mihai Edrisch - L' un Sans L' Autre
6. Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
7. Chimaira - The Impossibility of Reason
8. Baroness - First
9. Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
10. The Locust - Plague Soundscapes

1. Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys
2. Nelly Furtado - Folklore
3. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
4. Evanescence - Fallen
5. Malia - Yellow Daffodils
6. Kylie Minogue - Body Language
7. Ashanti - Chapter II
8. Muse - Absolution
9. Da Brat - Limelite
10. Dido - Life for Rent

Top-20 van 2003 (69 reguliere albums waarvan 30 met tenminste 4*):

1. The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music 5*
2. Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts 4,5*
3. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
4. Daniel Lanois - Shine
5. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
6. David Bowie - Reality
7. Admiral Freebee - Admiral Freebee
8. Paul McCartney - Back in the World
9. Muse - Absolution 4*
10. The White Stripes - Elephant

11. An Pierlé - Helium Sunset
12. Nelly Furtado - Folklore
13. Grandaddy - Sumday
14. Cat Power - You Are Free
15. The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love
16. Massive Attack - 100th Window
17. Tindersticks - Waiting for the Moon
18. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
19. Elbow - Cast of Thousands
20. Urban Trad - Kerua

Geen sterk jaar, de beginjaren '00 scoren overigens het minst bij mij.

97 albums bestemd waarvan 30 met 4* of meer.

1. Nigel Kennedy and the Kroke Band - East Meets East (5*)
2. Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy (4,5*)
3. Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa
4. The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
5. FPU - Traxxdata
6. Plastikman - Closer
7. Ellen Allien - Berlinette
8. The Rapture - Echoes
9. Yasume - Where We're from the Birds Sing a Pretty Song
10. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

11. Polmo Polpo - Like Hearts Swelling
12. The Knife - Deep Cuts
13. Yann Tiersen - Good Bye Lenin!
14. Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
15. Luomo - The Present Lover (4*)
16. Four Tet - Rounds
17. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir - "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing
18. Christ. - Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle
19. Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks
20. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

Vrij zwak jaar maar toch met enkele toppers.

1. Xanopticon - Liminal Space
2. Max Richter - Memoryhouse
3. CYNE - Time Being
4. Mihai Edrisch - L'un Sans L'autre
5. The Fall of Troy - The Fall of Troy
6. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
7. Yasume - Where We're from the Birds Sing a Pretty Song
8. The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
9. CunninLynguists - Southernunderground
10. Terror - Lowest of the Low

Zwak jaar in het 00's decennium. Wel een paar goede verzamelaars maar deze staan uiteraard niet in mijn lijstje.

1 The White Stripes - Elephant
2 Elbow - Cast of Thousands
3 Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4 The Strokes - Room on Fire
5 Muse - Absolution
6 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
7 Amy Winehouse - Frank
8 The Dandy Warhols - Welcome to the Monkey House
9 Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
10 blink-182 - blink-182

1. Tom McRae - Just like blood
2. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
3. Hidden cameras - The smell of our own
4. Kashmir - Zitilites
5. Rufus Wainwright - Want, One
6. Starsailor - Silence is easy
7. Richard Hawley - Lowedges
8. Tim Christensen - Honeyburst
9. Ed Harcourt - From Every Sphere
10. The Thrills - So Much For The City