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#10

I bet Mojo print one in their March edition and I'll have to readjust the whole thing again.

1. The Strokes - Is This It http://nfrankdaniels.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/strokes-is-this-it.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 5 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 1 Word Albums of the Decade - top 10 Q Albums of the Century - 2 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 2 Metacritic.com score - 90

And the all-but-undisputed number one most critically lauded album of the last ten years is...

2. Radiohead - Kid A http://motherjones.com/files/legacy/riff_blog/mojo-cover-radioheadkida.JPG Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 25 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 14 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 9 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 1 Metacritic.com score - 80

3. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells http://persimusic.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/the_white_stripes_-_white_blood_cells2.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 1 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 18/19 Word Albums of the Decade - top 10 Q Albums of the Century - N/A Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 19 Metacritic.com score - 86

4. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ORdsfqfmZ_g/St5It_pLb5I/AAAAAAAAAIY/7w5ESJ8L2e0/s320/amy+winehouse+back+to+black_855_18056972_0_0_12512_300.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 20 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 27 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 1 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 20 Metacritic.com score - 81

5. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not http://smokeradio.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/arctic_monkeys-whatever_people_say_i_am_thats_what_im_not1.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 24 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 4 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 3 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 41 Metacritic.com score - 82

6. Arcade Fire - The Funeral http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CteW-WA8zvs/SvtFEJEnWnI/AAAAAAAABX0/J6gOK4fT1sk/s400/funeral.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 7 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 7 Word Albums of the Decade - top 10 Q Albums of the Century - 6 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 6 Metacritic.com score - 90 And.... AARGH Rabbit you're exactly right. I'll amend those and then double check the top 5 before posting. Edit: fixed, thank you, sorry. On to the top 5 which is all about peaks...

7. The White Stripes - Elephant http://thesteinbergprinciple.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/the_white_stripes_-_elephant1.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 17 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 18/19 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 4 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 5 Metacritic.com score - 92

Ooh I have just caught a significant error with the positioning of the next two.... *makes hasty adjustments*...

8. Jay-Z - The Blueprint http://selftitledeponymous.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/jay-z-the-blueprint.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 66 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 22 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 8 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 4 Metacritic.com score - 88

9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell http://img.noiset.com/images/album/yeah-yeah-yeahs-fever-to-tell-cd-6868.jpeg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 142 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 5 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 27 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 28 Metacritic.com score - 85

10. Radiohead - In Rainbows http://beingz.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/radiohead_podcast.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 15 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 10 Word Albums of the Decade - top 10 Q Albums of the Century - 30 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 30 Metacritic.com score - 88

11. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver http://cunm.net/mp3locker/LCDSoundsystemSoundofSilver_1F3/LCD_Soundsystem__Sound_of_Silver.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 16 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 11 Word Albums of the Decade - top 10 Q Albums of the Century - N/A Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 12 Metacritic.com score - 86 Top 10 coming up...!

Only 4 of their top 10 in the combined top 10 --- others are in the big list in the first post, there were a couple that *only* The Word listed. The only publication with fewer of their own top 10 in the combined list's top 10 is Uncut (with 3), so I don't think The Word's choices are unduly favoured by any means. It also makes a difference that they didn't order them at all, so I counted each of those as if it was an equal 10th place.

12. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below http://www.thefunkstore.com/CurrentCDs/StartUp/OutkastLoveSpeakerCD.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 139 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 44 Word Albums of the Decade - top 10 Q Albums of the Century - N/A Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 34 Metacritic.com score - 91

13. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/wilco_yankee_hotel_foxtrot.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 35 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 43 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - N/A Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 3 Metacritic.com score - 87

Something is amiss. Edit: should be Not Fair at #12 is all! :)

14. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea http://bigpondmusic.com/images/AlbumCoverArt/433/XXL/Stories-From-The-City-Stories-From-The-Sea.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 49 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 6 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - N/A Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 35 Metacritic.com score - 88

15. Green Day - American Idiot http://www.989.fm/thedrive/wp-content/americanidiot1.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - N/A NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 60 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 7 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 22 Metacritic.com score - 79

16. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around http://jandemessemaeker.net/music/albumcovers/thumbnails/tn_Johnny%20Cash-American%20IV:%20The%20Man%20Comes%20Around.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 36 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 28 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 10 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - N/A Metacritic.com score - 70

17. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vh9dzRU1ep0/SduESO4yclI/AAAAAAAAEFI/voU4hH649kY/s400/The_flaming_lips_Yoshimi_battles_the_pink_robots-2002.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 11 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - N/A Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 18 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 27 Metacritic.com score - 84

Good point. Edit: Wait! Wot no Beyonce? :o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV4_5RKduFU

18. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular http://2blogornot2blog.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/oracular-spectacular.jpg Uncut's 150 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far - 120 NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade - 100 Word Albums of the Decade - N/A Q Albums of the Century - 24 Rolling Stone Albums of the Decade - 18 Metacritic.com score - 76