Pajiba

Oh man, I hate to do this, but Amy Winehouse's album is "Back TO Black" not "Back IN Black"...unless she released an AC/DC tribute ablum that I wasn't aware of...which would actually be kind of awesome.

Re: The White Stripes. Nope. Can't do it. I've tried. I DL'd every album, and I just can't get into them. I could maybe make one good album out of all their songs.

Neon Bible kicks major ass, though. And Winehouse, despite being a despicable trainwreck of a human being, made a helluvan album.

Amy Winehouse?

Reeeeeeeaaaally?!?!?!

Ooh, thanks for the tip, Skittimus! Let Down is one of my favourites; I'm intrigued to hear it reggae-style.

For me, The Bends and Amnesiac are my favourite Radiohead albums, but there's not one I'd kick out of bed...

There's also a Reggae version of "Dark Side of the Moon", called "Dub Side of the Moon". Haven't brought myself to listen to it though... Pink Floyd makes my guts ache.

I'll fo'sho be picking up the Winehouse album though... Just wanted to hear a few more good things about it (thanks, Pajiba-Masses!). I gotta date with a junkie tonight!

You're all old farts.

John Digweed anyone?

Have to agree w/ the Feist album. Although I got sick of "1,2,3,4" because of that damn commercial, there were others on the album that blew my mind. Not as perfect as her first, but a great follow up.

Apparently BSlim & I are the only people in the world who hate Amy Winehouse. I'm more than OK with that. Slim?

Oh, you betcha Kolby, don't see what the big deal is. The skinny white-girl with the deep voice shtick has been done before. With more elegance and considerably less crazy.

huh, not bad.

i, for one, am on the love the album, hate the tramp side of the Winehouse issue. There's no bones about it; that shit is soulful.

TK, you're too hardcore punk to get into the Stripes. Damn pesky punk rockers. *shakes old man fist*

It's so nice to see love for Easy Star All stars! A friend told me about "Dub side of the Moon" and "Letdown" a couple years ago. I treat myself to a song every now and then when I'm tired of the same ole.

As for Amy Winehouse. I have been so conflicted in liking her for quite sometime. Back to Black(the song) is so haunting. and literally describes my situation of recent times. I feel so connected when I listen to her music. Then I watch her on the EMA's and have to shake my head in disbelief.

If anyone has yet to see it, go on youtube. I would post a link, but i'm at work and youtube is restricted on our server. Both her performance of Back to Black, and her acceptance of the Artists choice award were atrocious. We all know who was smokin' rock that night!

No Shins? For real? *tear* No one appreciates them like I do.

Can't stand Amy Winehouse and I was so disappointed with The Shins and the new Arcade Fire - I just couldn't get into it. Love any and all Radiohead, even though a lot of Kid A was an acquired taste.

For anyone who loves Pink Floyd, check out Blue Floyd. They do blues covers of Floyd songs. Amazing!!

Is that it, Boo? I've been wondering. I feared I wasn't "with it", or "hip" as the kids say these days.

The Shins keyboardist just got arrested for badly beating his girlfriend of 7 years.

There music might be good, but everytime I hear their name, I think about that now.

Keep them off any list.

The first time I saw Arcade Fire was their appearance on SNL, and I swear they looked like the therapeutic band from a mental health facility (or as Karl would say, "the nervous hospital"). But you know I kind of dig "Neon Bible". It's an acquired taste.

While I enjoy her music (less so her talent-squandering personal life), Amy Winehouse's album starts to sound like the same song over and over again.

So sad no one else here loves Mark Ronson or LCD Soundsystem as much as I do.

I'm sooo happy about Radiohead, I can't even say. Huge fan here.

Seany D I think you are my internet soulmate. Cheers!

People just can't be serious about The White Stripes. Ever heard of drumming? What about singing? God, how that crap even got a contract is beyond me.

I don't hate Amy Winehouse, but that album stroke me downright as über-modern production techniques trying to emulate really old blues joint stuff (Billie Holiday or Dionne Warwick), and sounding miserably fake at that. Not all bad, but fake to the point of being almost admittedly so -- I actually laughed at some parts.

I CLEARLY GAVE 5 VOTES TO SOULJA BOY!!! How could he lose to the likes of "Radiohead." The man is the Ray Charles of this generation. You should be fucking ashamed of yourselves.

you're welcome, from the peanut gallery

Ruiner by A Wilhelm Scream.

I'm proud to say that I own 4 out of those 5 albums. The only one I don't own is Amy Whitehouse. By the time she reached Australia she was so overexposed that I couldn't get beyond it.

Ruiner was '05, I think...A Wilhelm Scream put out Career Suicide this year, which was equally good. And congrats, Pajiba, on having the exact same top 5 as every other rag out there...please, please, please, stick to the movies...it's what you do best.

I think that's the reason I still have a special, hopped up on goofballs place in my heart for Amy. Frank was fantastic, and having heard it far sooner, it put Black into context stylistically.

Release the Stars by Rufus Wainwright is fantastic! Probably my favorite from this year. It's so beautifully and bombastic and deliciously campy that I just want to make love with Rufus over and over and over again. But then I remember that he's gay, and feel a little sad.

I really like PJ Harvey's White Chalk this year, too. Major departure from her previous work, and not my favorite of hers, but still awesome. It's like a sad ghost story that's pretty restrained until the last wailing note at the end of the album. Love.

I love Amy Winehouse, and, gargumma, I know what you mean (I feel that way about Alicia Keys, I can't listen to that shit to crap to save my life). But I just think Amy is so damn talented, both lyrically brilliant and vocally, that I find it excusable. And I really like how her voice and melody does sound like a throwback to old soul, but her lyrics are about over-drinking and slutting around. She's funny while heartbroken, soulful yet modern. Crazy yet talented. I hope she gets her act together. She's not supposed to overdose for another ten years or so. Why won't she follow the rules?

Love In Rainbows. I was just listening to it this morning. It's haunting and beautiful and although it's not my favorite of their albums, it's a welcome change because they sound like a band again. I was hoping they would stay away from the experimental electronica stuff and they did so yay!

I really like Feist's album this year, but it's not as good as Let it Die. All of the songs on it are good, but some strike me as pretty boring and even though I've had Let it Die for a couple years, it still hasn't gotten tired.

yeah, there's no excuse for LCD Soundsystem's "Sound of Silver" to not be on here. come on.