Today, ABCNews ran an article covering the top 50 albums of the year. Conveniently, I’ve sorted them into the following categories.
Artists I’ve never heard of:
1. PETER BJORN & JOHN — “Writer’s Block”
2. SPOON — “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”
4. M.I.A. — “Kala”
5. SHOUT OUT LOUDS — “Our Ill Wills”
6. THE GO! TEAM — “Proof of Youth”
7. LAURA VEIRS — “Saltbreakers”
9. ELENI MANDELL — “Miracle of Five”
10. YEAH YEAH YEAHS — “Is Is” (EP)
12. MARK RONSON — “Version”
14. COMMON — “Finding Forever”
15. K.T. TUNSTALL — “Drastic Fantastic”
16. MAXIMO PARK — “Our Earthly Pleasures”
17. RILO KILEY — “Under The Blacklight”
18. ALBERT HAMMOND JR. — “Yours to Keep”
20. A BAND OF BEES — “Octopus”
21. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE — “Traffic and Weather”
23. IDLEWILD — “Make Another World”
26. SLOAN — “Never Hear The End Of It”
27. THE PERISHERS — “Victorious”
28. FEIST — “The Reminder”
30. CARINA ROUND — “Slow Motion Addict”
31. UNDERWORLD — “Oblivion With Bells”
32. BLOC PARTY — “A Weekend in the City”
34. THE SHINS — “Wincing The Night Away”
35. TEGAN & SARA — “The Con”
36. KATE HAVNEVIK — “Melankton”
38. KEREN ANN — “Keren Ann”
39. NEW PORNOGRAPHERS — “Challengers”
43. AIR — “Pocket Symphony”
45. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB — “Baby 81”
46. KRISTIN HERSH — “Learn To Sing Like A Star”
47. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG — “5:55”
48. PREFUSE 73 — “Preparations”
Artists I’ve heard of, but never intentionally listened to:
3. RADIOHEAD — “In Rainbows”
8. LILY ALLEN ? “Alright Still”
11. P.J. HARVEY — “White Chalk”
19. AMY WINEHOUSE — “Back to Black”
22. ELLIOTT SMITH — “New Moon”
24. WILCO — “Sky Blue Sky”
25. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS — “The Else” / “Cast Your Pod to the Wind”
29. THE HIVES — “The Black & White Album”
33. ALICIA KEYS — “As I Am”
42. SUZANNE VEGA — “Beauty & Crime”
49. ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSS — “Raising Sand”
50. KANYE WEST — “Graduation”
Artists whom I could name at least one of their songs:
40. CROWDED HOUSE — “Time On Earth”
41. GORILLAZ — “D-Sides”
Albums on the list I’ve listened to at least once:
13. NINE INCH NAILS — “Year Zero”
37. BEASTIE BOYS — “The Mix Up”
44. THE WHITE STRIPES — “Icky Thump”
Gimmie an O. Gimmie an L. Gimmie a D. What’s that spell? Me.
aren’t we all
I was so proud of myself. I had heard of 6 of the artists! It’s been a good week. First the html problem, now the pop artists. I’m batting 1000!
Mom
There’s only one catagory as far as I can tell, and all 50 fit into it.