ARCHIVED FAVES
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
- 2007
- Apostle of Hustle, The National Anthem of Nowhere
- The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
- Björk, Volta
- Blonde Redhead, 23
- Celebration, The Modern Tribe
- Crowded House, Time on Earth
- Feist, The Reminder
- Grinderman, Grinderman
- PJ Harvey, White Chalk
- Joe Henry, Civilians
- His Name Is Alive, Xmmer
- Hanne Hukkelberg, Rykestrasse 68
- Low, Drums and Guns
- Nick Lowe, At My Age
- Menomena, Friend and Foe
- Múm, Go, Go Spread the Poison Ivy
- David Murray/Black Saint Quartet, Sacred Ground
- Me'shell Ndegéocello, The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams
- New Buffalo, Somewhere, Anywhere
- Panda Bear, Person Pitch
- Piano Magic, Part Monster
- Radiohead, In Rainbows
- Fionn Regan, The End of HIstory
- St. Vincent, Marry Me
- A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Scribble Mural Comic Journal
- Suzanne Vega, Beauty and Crime
- Rufus Wainwright, Release the Stars
- Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
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- 2006
- Asobi Seksu, Citrus
- Jessica Bailiff, Feels like Home
- Patricia Barber, Mythologies
- Richard Buckner, Meadow
- Califone, Roots and Crowns
- Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
- Cat Power, The Greatest
- Lloyd Cole, Antidepressant
- Ornette Coleman, Sound Grammar
- Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra, Boulevard de l’Independance
- Donald Fagen, Morph the Cat
- Kenny Garrett, Beyond the Wall
- Lisa Germano, In the Maybe World
- Miho Hatori, Ecdysis
- Van Hunt, On the Jungle Floor
- Junior Boys, So This Is Goodbye
- Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Rabbit Fur Coat
- Mahogany, Connectivity!
- Eric Matthews, Foundation Sounds
- Rose Melberg, Cast Away the Clouds
- Juana Molina, Son
- My Brightest Diamond, Bring Me the Workhorse
- Sol Seppy, The Bells of 1 2
- Sparklehorse, Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
- Tom Waits, Orphans
- Cassandra Wilson, Thunderbird
- Thom Yorke, The Eraser
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- 2005
- Akron/Family, Akron/Family
- Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
- Broadcast, Tender Buttons
- Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene
- Kate Bush, Aerial
- Freakwater, Thinking of You…
- Edith Frost, It’s a Game
- Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd, Mysterious Skin—Music from the Film
- Hanne Hukkelberg, Little Things
- Eric Matthews, Six Kinds of Passion Looking for an Exit
- Mercury Rev, The Secret Migration
- Murcof, Remembranza
- My Morning Jacket, Z
- Nine Horses, Snow Borne Sorrow
- Pajo, Pajo
- Piano Magic, Disaffected
- Ron Sexsmith and Don Kerr, Destination Unknown
- Sigur Rós, Takk…
- Spoon, Gimme Fiction
- Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
- Erwin Thomas, Songs from My Apartment
- Chad VanGaalen, Infiniheart
- M. Ward, Transistor Radio
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- 2004
- Air, Talkie Walkie
- The Album Leaf, In a Safe Place
- Arcade Fire, Funeral
- Devendra Banhart, Rejoicing in the Hands
- Björk, Medúlla
- Califone, Heron King Blues
- Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
- Van Hunt, Van Hunt
- Interpol, Antics
- Lamb, Between Darkness and Wonder
- George Michael, Patience
- Múm, Summer Make Good
- Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender
- Sam Phillips, A Boot and a Shoe
- Prince, Musicology
- Ron Sexsmith, Retriever
- Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
- TV on the Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
- Vetiver, Vetiver
- Rufus Wainwright, Want Two
- Jim White, Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See
- Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
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- 2003
- Blur, Think Tank
- Cristina Branco, Sensus
- Cat Power, You Are Free
- Grandaddy, Sumday
- Joe Henry, Tiny Voices
- Massive Attack, 100th Window
- My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves
- Mya, Moodring
- Radiohead, Hail to the Thief
- Damien Rice, O
- Seal, Seal IV
- Sun Kil Moon, Ghosts of the Great Highway
- Waterboys, Universal Hall
- Gillian Welch, Soul Journey
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- 2002
- Badly Drawn Boy, About a Boy (Soundtrack)
- Beck, Sea Change
- Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
- Common, Electric Circus
- Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
- Tanya Donelly, Beautysleep
- Mark Eitzel, Songs for Courage & Confidence
- The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- Gomez, In Our Gun
- Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
- Los Lobos, Good Morning Aztlán
- Beth Orton, Daybreaker
- Ron Sexsmith, Cobblestone Runway
- Starsailor, Love Is Here
- Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
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- 2001
- Björk, Vespertine
- Cowboy Junkies, Open
- De La Soul, Bionix
- Neil Finn, One Nil
- Joe Henry, Scar
- Herbert, Bodily Functions
- Lonnie Plaxico, Mélange
- Radiohead, Amnesiac
- Red House Painters, Old Ramon
- Sparklehorse, It’s a Wonderful Life
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- 2000
- Susana Baca, Eco de Sombras
- Johnny Cash, American III: Solitary Man
- Coldplay, Parachutes
- D’Angelo, Voodoo
- PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
- Radiohead, Kid A
- Sade, Lovers Rock
- David Sanchez, Melaza
- The Sea and Cake, Oui
- U2, All That You Can’t Leave Behind
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- 1999
- Fiona Apple, When the Pawn…
- Joe Chambers, Mirrors
- Gus Gus, This Is Normal
- Donald Harrison, Free to Be
- Joe Henry, Fuse
- Beth Orton, Central Reservation
- Prince, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
- The Roots, Things Fall Apart
- Ron Sexsmith, Whereabouts
- Cassandra Wilson, Traveling Miles