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Here's my obligatory best of the decade list.

I refrained from double entries. presumably the mountains goats, arcade fire, Andrew Bird and Animal collective all would have earned a second position. And maybe add okkervil river and the shins to that list too.

1: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
2: The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (2005)
3: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
4: Animal Collective - Feels (2005)
5: Sigur Rós - Takk... (2005)
6: Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
7: Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (2006)
8: The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)
9: Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (2005)
10: Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitch (2004)

Damn, 2005 was a great year in music!


Honorary mentions go to:

Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy (2000)
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000)
DeVotchKa - How It Ends (2004)
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who like Bad News (2005)
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002)
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness (2005)
Yann Tiersen - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

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Best songs of above albums (incl. youtube vids):

Arcade Fire - Intervention



The Mountain Goats - Dance Music



Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth



Animal Collective - Banshee Beat



Sigur Rós -Milano



Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left



Beirut - Postcards From Italy



The Shins - New Slang



Okkervil River - Black



Regina Spektor - Poor Little Rich Boy




Honorary Mentions:

Eels -Mr. E's Beautiful Blues



The Dandy Warhols - Sleep



DeVotchKa - How It Ends



Modest Mouse - The Good Times Are Killing Me



Iron & Wine - Lion's Mane



The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together



The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes



Caribou - Yeti



Yann Tiersen - Les Jours Tristes