Top 100 Albums of the decade

Now that the decade is over (the 2000s, the noughties, whatever you want to call it) I bring you my top 100 albums of the decade.

Make no mistake, this was hell to compile. There are some great albums that missed but at the moment I think this is an accurate reflection of my 100 favourite albums of the last 10 years.

Here goes...

100. The National - Alligator

99. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows

98. The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

97. Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls

96. The New Pornographers - Challengers
95. Beck - Sea Change

94. Jeffrey Lewis - The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane

93. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope

92. The Bluetones - Science and Nature

91. The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away

90. The Maccabees - Colour It In

89. Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon

88. Cat Power - The Greatest

87. Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction

86. Tilly & The Wall - Wild Like Children
85. Kimya Dawson - Remember That I Love You
84. Matt & Kim - Matt & Kim

83. Murry the Hump - Songs of Ignorance

82. The Teenagers - Reality Check

81. Graham Coxon - The Kiss of Morning

80. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

79. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

78. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years

77. Jeffrey Lewis - It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through

76. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

75. Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly

74. Grandaddy - Sumday

73. Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself

72. Doves - The Last Broadcast

71. The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done

70. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise

69. Animal Collective - Feels

68. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

67. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

66. The Knife - Deep Cuts

65. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

64. The Shins - Oh Inverted World

63. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

62. Radiohead - In Rainbows

61. The Antlers - Hospice

60. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Etiquette

59. Stellastarr* - Harmonies For The Haunted

58. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

57. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

56. The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches

55. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

54. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder

53. Sigur Rós - Takk...

52. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

51. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

50. Muse - Origin of Symmetry

49. The Breeders - Title TK

48. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

47. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

46. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea

45. The Futureheads - The Futureheads

44. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

43. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
42. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

41. The Postal Service - Give Up

40. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

39. Architecture in Helsinki - Places Like This

38. Hope of the States - The Lost Riots

37. The Decemberists - Her Majesty...

36. Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines

35. Neon Neon - Stainless Style

34. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

33. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

32. The Strokes - Is This It

31. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

30. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World

29. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power

28. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country

27. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City

26. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

25. The Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder

24. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

23. Architecture in Helsinki - Fingers Crossed

22. Radiohead - Kid A

21. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

20. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

19. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun

18. Super Furry Animals - Mwng

17. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

16. The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird Bark

15. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Em Are I

14. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...

13. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene

12. Stellastarr* - Stellastarr*

11. Blur - Think Tank

10. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica

9. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

8. Pilotdrift - Iter Facere

7. The Knife - Silent Shout

6. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

5. Love is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night

4. Arcade Fire - Funeral

3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

2. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die

1. Love is All - Nine Times That Same Song

Chantal's Top Albums of 2009

My favourite albums of the year - correctly slightly from the ones I posted on MySpace and Facebook as I realised I'd managed to accidentally delete one of the albums when I was compiling the final list. Doh. So a special mention to Ben Kweller who sadly gets bumped down to 101st place.

100. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
99. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
98. Nouvelle Vague - 3
97. Sweet Baboo - Hello Wave
96. Hockey - Mind Chaos
95. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
94. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
93. Brett Anderson - Slow Attack
92. White Rabbits - It's Frightening
91. The Mummers - Tale To Tell

90. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
89. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
88. The Veils - Sun Gangs
87. Vienna Teng - Inland Territory
86. Mew - No More Stories...
85. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below
84. Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
83. Plushgun - Pins & Panzers
82. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
81. Alela Diane - To Be Still

80. Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter
79. The Leisure Society - The Sleeper
78. Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
77. An Horse - Rearrange Beds
76. Broken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part
75. Fiction Family - Fiction Family
74. Loney, Dear - Dear John
73. Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper
72. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My
71. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

70. Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There
69. M. Ward - Hold Time
68. The Mountain Goats - Life Of The World To Come
67. Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
66. Euros Childs - Son Of Euro Child
65. Alessi's Ark - Notes From The Treehouse
64. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
63. Passion Pit - Manners
62. Vetiver - Tight Knit
61. Handsome Furs - Face Control

60. Emmy The Great - First Love
59. Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light
58. Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
57. Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
56. The Antlers - Hospice
55. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
54. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
53. Florence And The Machine - Lungs
52. Matt & Kim - Grand
51. 1990s - Kicks

50. Eels - Hombre Lobo
49. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
48. Dusty Rhodes And The River Band - Palace And Stage
47. Leona Naess - Thirteens
46. Girls - Album
45. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
44. Karen O And The Kids - Where The Wild Things Are
43. Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty
42. Brakes - Touchdown
41. Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew

40. John Vanderslice - Romanian Names
39. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
38. Martin Carr - Ye Gods (And Little Fishes)
37. Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
36. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
35. St. Vincent - Actor
34. Metric - Fantasies
33. The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control
32. Theoretical Girl - Divided
31. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk

30. Shirley Lee - Shirley Lee
29. The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
28. Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild
27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
26. Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be
25. God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
24. Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern - Pram Town
23. The Broken Family Band - Please And Thank You
22. Piney Gir - The Yearling
21. Oh, Atoms - You Can't See The Stars From Here

20. Regina Spektor - Far
19. Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood
18. The Hidden Cameras - Origin:Orphan
17. A Camp - Colonia
16. The Bird And The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
15. Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion
14. Telley - Now I'm The Big Sister
13. The Boy Least Likely To - The Law Of The Playground
12. The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Duckworth Lewis Method
11. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days / Light Years

10. Golden Silvers - True Romance

9. Jill Sobule - California Years

8. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications

7. Slow Club - Yeah So

6. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - 'Em Are I

5. Little Birdy - Confetti

4. The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

3. Sibrydion - Campfire Classics

2. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea

1. Cerys Matthews - Don't Look Down / Paid Edrych I Lawr

Jamie's Top 100 albums of 2009

100. The Horrors - Primary Colours
99. Weezer - Raditude
98. Johnny Foreigner - Grace and the Bigger Picture
97. Euros Childs - Son of Euro Child
96. Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
95. Golden Silvers - True Romance
94. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
93. Volcano Choir - Unmap
92. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
91. Brakes - Touchdown
90. PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By
89. Telepathe - Dance Mother
88. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
87. Oh, Atoms - You Can't See the Stars From Here
86. The Mountain Goats - Life of the World to Come
85. Datarock - Red
84. JJ - JJ no2
83. Muse - The Resistance
82. Malajube - Labyrinthes
81. Jason Lytle - Yours Truely The Commuter
80. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
79. The Bird and The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
78. Woods - Songs of Shame
77. Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
76. Noah and the Whale - First Days of Spring
75. M. Ward - Hold Time
74. The Cribs - Ignore the Ignorant
73. Sweet Baboo - Hello Wave
72. Real Estate - Real Estate
71. An Horse - Rearrange Beds
70. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk
69. Karen O and the Kids - Where The Wild Things Are
68. Mew - No More Stories are Told Today...
67. The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
66. The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
65. Passion Pit - Manners
64. Bonnie ' Prince' Billy - Beware
63. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
62. Howling Bells - Radio Wars
61. The Dodos - Time to Die
60. Islands - Vapours
59. It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar
58. Cerys Matthews - Don't Look Down / Paid Edrych I Lawr
57. Japandroids - Post Nothing
56. Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
55. Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth
54. A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
53. Theoretical Girl - Divided
52. Florence & The Machine - Lungs
51. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

50. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
49. Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
48. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
47. Asobi Seksu - Hush
46. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
45. YACHT - See Mystery Lights
44. Why? - Eskimo Snow
43. The Raveonettes - In And Out of Control
42. Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another
41. Sibrydion - Campfire Classics
40. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
39. Built to Spill - There Is No Enemy
38. Múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
37. Matt & Kim - Grand
36. Atlas Sound - Logos
35. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My
34. Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
33. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
32. Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
31. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
30. Stellastarr* - Civilized
29. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
28. The xx - The xx
27. Girls - Album
26. Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
25. The Boy Least Likely To - The Law of the Playground
24. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
23. Emmy the Great - First Love
22. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
21. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

20. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
19. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
18. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
17. St. Vincent - Actor
16. Regina Spektor - Far
15. Slow Club - Yeah So
14. Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty
13. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
12. Metric - Fantasies
11. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

10. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

9. The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away

8. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years

7. The Antlers - Hospice

6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

5. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea

4. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

2. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

1. Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Em Are I