ILM TOP ALBUMS OF 2004

Please.

#2.

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The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free

My teens happened in the '70s, so I developed a big resistance to concept albums - they were usually really horrible, back then. Maybe it's because hip hop (go with me, I know this doesn't really qualify) is a storytelling form so much of the time, it seems to make more sense here. And of course this isn't some fantasy tosh or Henry VIII's SixWives On Ice or some such drivel, this is a day in the ordinary life, full of beautifully captured detail that anyone can connect with. What makes it my favourite record of the year is that honesty, that accuracy and incision, but it's the way he tells 'em too. Obviously I'm not going to go claiming that he has great flow, but he does deliver the lines well in his own fresh way, with feeling and truth, all underplayed, which is necessary for the low-key small-time story. I've always felt that hip hop (yes, yes) was more interesting musically than vocally most of the time, and I think this is where his great talent lies, even if some of the music is merely a frame for what he is saying - it's a beautifully made frame, music that is affecting in its own right, and magnificently matched to the song. -Martin Skidmore

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Kanye West - College Dropout

I feel a little corny putting this at the top of my list, because it's kind of become this year's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, the "laudibly gangsta free" token hip hop album that people who aren't really up on it can rally around, while a lot of people whose opinions I respect have hated on it, or have chosen to damn it with faint praise, slipping it in the lower half of their lists or not at all. But you know what? Fuck it, I'll still rep for the dude. In 2003 Kanye went from being one of my favorite producers to becoming one of my favorite MCs too. I collected every single mixtape he dropped, every track that leaked, following every release date delay, knowing that with Roc-A-Fella's release schedule it would probably be in limbo alongside M.O.P. and Rell for years. I figured that if it ever did drop, it would get some nice reviews and sell modestly, like all super producer pet projects. As much faith as I had in Kanye, I didn't expect multi-platinum sales and hit after hit single and Grammy nods in the double digits. It's not a perfect album (I tend to find reasons to leave the room during the block of three (three!) skits surrounding "School Spirit"), but there's far more good than bad or played out. Maybe a few years down the road we'll look at Kanye the way we look at Wyclef now, but you can't say this wasn't his year. -HotelOpera

Rest of the votes to come in another hour and a half.

Great work Dr. Bill!! Thanks!

i don't mind Kanye winning really - it seems a good list and again better than any magazine list i've seen

Crack'ead.

Re: no.15. Phew.

Nice blurb Al.

Two and a half mil, at least. The search function wasn't working at the moment, though, and I had to leave (and leaving with the top two still to go crosses the line from suspense into cruelty)

492 Wylde Bunch Wylde Times at Washington High 1 1
491 The Wowz Long Grain Rights 1 1
490 The Prefects Amateur Wankers 1 1
489 The Orb Bicycles and Tricycles 1 1
488 Rachel Goswell Waves are Universal 1 1
487 Q-Unique Vengeance is Mine 1 1
486 Pantha du Prince Diamond Daze 1 1
485 Mos Def The New Danger 1 1
484 Lydia Lunch Smoke in the Shadows 1 1
483 Les Savy Fav Inches 1 1
482 Language of Flowers Songs About You 1 1
481 Icarus I Tweet the Bird Electric 1 1
480 Hot Chip Coming on Strong 1 1
479 Fabienne Delsol No Time for Sorrows 1 1
478 Dogs Die in Hot Cars Please Describe Yourself 1 1
477 DJ Green Lantern New York State of Mind 1 1
476 Dawn Upshaw Voices of Light 1 1
475 Yoshida/Fugii Erans 2 1
474 Xzibit Weapons of Mass Destruction 2 1
473 TV on the Radio Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes 2 1
472 Tony Touch The Peacemaker II 2 1
471 The Paybacks Harder and Harder 2 1
470 The Knife The Knife 2 1
469 The Earlies Those Were the Earlies 2 1
468 Sunn0))) White2 2 1
467 Snow Patrol Final Straw 2 1
466 Samara Lubelski In the Valley 2 1
465 Remote Viewer You're Gonna Love Our Defeatist Attitude 2 1
464 Philip Jeck 7 2 1
463 Jamelia Thank You 2 1
462 Estelle The 18th Day 2 1
461 Doctor Mix and the Remix Wall of Noise 2 1
460 Diplomats Diplomatic Immunity 2 2 1
459 Deerhoof Milk Man 2 1
458 Decibully City of Festivals 2 1
457 Chromeo She's in Control 2 1
456 Chris Liebing Stigmata Vol. 1 2 1
455 Call and Response Winds Take No Shape 2 1
454 Blonde Redhead Misery is a Butterfly 2 1
453 Urlich Schnauss A Strangely Isolated Place 3 1
452 Revolutionary Ensemble And Now… 3 1
451 Prince Musicology 3 1
450 Memphis I Dreamed We Fell Apart 3 1
449 Mekons Punk Rock 3 1
448 Matthew Shipp The Trio Plays Ware 3 1
447 Massive Attack Danny the Dog OST 3 1
446 Malmo FF Galerie Ganz Oben 3 1
445 Joy Zipper American Whip 3 1
444 JC Chasez Schizophrenia 3 1
443 Francis Albert Machine Re-Unmelt My Heart 3 1
442 Felix Kubin Matki Wandalki 3 1
441 Diplo Favela on Blast 3 1
440 Daby Toure Diam 3 1
439 Carolyn Mark and the New Best Friends The Pros and Cons of Collaboration 3 1
438 Various Artists Mad Guitar [Greensleves Rhythm Album #86] 4 1
437 Trashcan Sinatras Weightlifting 4 1
436 Total Science Audioworks 4 1
435 The Drive-By Truckers The Dirty South 4 1
434 Slum Village Detroit Deli 4 1
433 Shystie Diamond in the Dirt 4 1
432 Rapoon / Birds of Tin Monomyth par Avion 4 1
431 Manual and Syntaks The Golden Sun 4 1
430 Liars They Were Wrong, So We Drowned 4 1
429 KD Lang Hymns of the 49th Parallel 4 1
428 Jans Friebe Vorher Nachler Bilder 4 1
427 Elf Power Walking with the Beggar Boys 4 1
426 DILL WYHIWYG 4 1
425 Ddamage Radio Ape 4 1
424 Various Artists Parkspliced 5 1
423 Two Lone Sowrdsmen The Double Gone Chapel 5 1
422 The Thermals Fuckin' A 5 1
421 The Legends Up Against the Legends 5 1
420 Ratatat Ratatat 5 1
419 R. Stevie Moore Conscientious Objector 5 1
418 Omara Portuondo Flor de Amor 5 1
417 Necks Drive By 5 1
416 Michell McAdorey and Eric Chenaux Love Don’t Change 5 1
415 Mastodon Leviathan 5 1
414 Little Tempo Fire Blender 5 1
413 Hiromi Brain 5 1
413 Jack Rose Raag Manifestos 5 1
411 Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers 5 1
410 Gabriel Anada Tai Nasha No Karosha 5 1
409 Freeform Five Strangest Thigns 5 2
408 Eagles of Death Metal Peace Love Death Metal 5 1
407 DJ Dangermouse The Grey Album 5 1
406 David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters Gwotet 5 1
405 Cooper-Moore 5x7 Box 5 1
404 Blockhead Music by Cavelight 5 1
403 Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Who is This America? 5 1
402 Van Hunt Van Hunt 6 1
401 Trembling Blue Stars The Seven Autumn Flowers 6 1
400 Tower Recordings The Galaxies' Incredible Sexual Transmission Field Of… 6 1
399 The Cure The Cure 6 1
398 The Boredoms Seadrum / House of Sun 6 2
397 The Black Keys Rubber Factory 6 1
396 Slum Dunk Presents Funk Carioca 6 1
395 Skygreen Leopards One Thousand Bird Ceremony 6 1
394 Radio Dept. Pulling Our Weight 6 1
393 Northern State All City 6 1
392 Les Georges Leningrad Sur Les Traces de Black Eskimo 6 1
391 Greensleeves Riddim Album Red Alert 6 1
390 Eminem Eminem is Back 6 1
389 Death From Above 1979 You're a Woman and I'm a Machine 6 1
388 Cowboy Junkies One Soul Now 6 1
387 Avril Lavigne Under My Skin 6 1
386 Ash Meltdown 6 1
385 Arthur Russell World of Echo 6 1
384 Various Artists Life Styles: Compiled By Coldcut 7 1
383 Up-Tight Five Psychedelic Pieces 7 1
382 Theodore Unit 718 7 1
381 The Good Life Album of the Year 7 1
380 The Eightes Matchbox B-Line Disaster The Royal Society 7 1
379 Teddybears Sthlm Fresh! 7 1
378 Oxia 24 Heures 7 1
377 Mei Lwun Presents Uno Records 7 1
376 Keren Ann Not Going Anywhere 7 1
375 Incredible String Band Nebulous Nearnesses 7 1
374 Fonda 500 The Spectrumatronicalogical Sound of… 7 1
373 Fancey Fancey 7 1
372 Elliot Smith From a Basement on the Hill 7 2
371 Charlie Robinson Good Times 7 1
370 Bertine Zetlitz Rollerskating 7 1
369 Various Artists Channel 3: A Collection of Output Recordings 8 1
368 The Emperor Machine Aimee Tallulah is Hypnotized 8 1
367 Sahara Hotnights Kiss and Tell 8 1
366 Owsley The Hard Way 8 1
365 Matthew Dear Backstroke 8 1
364 Le Futur Pompiste Your Stories and Your Thoughts 8 1
363 Lal Warm Belly High Power 8 1
362 Hank & the Hank Collective How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years 8 1
361 Dominik Eulberg Flora and Fauna 8 1
360 Cobra Killer 76/77 8 1
359 Bumblebeez 81 Printz 8 1
358 Arovane Lillies 8 1
357 Antena Camino del Sol 8 1
356 Aluminum Group MoreHappyness 8 1
355 Vector Lovers Vector Lovers 9 1
354 The Roots The Tipping Point 9 1
353 The Hacker Reves Mecaniques 9 1
352 The Eternals Rawr Machine 9 1
351 The Earlies Here Come the Earlies 9 1
350 Taylor Deupree January 9 1
349 Stahls Bla Schlactplatte 9 1
348 Saturday Looks Good to Me Every Night 9 1
347 Ryan Adams Love is Hell 9 1
346 Petey Pablo Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry 9 1
345 Ivan Smagghe Suck My Deck 9 1
344 Diplo Florida 9 1
343 Craig Taborn Junk Magic 9 1
342 Closer Musik After Love 9 1
341 Cesaria Evora Voz d'Amour 9 1
340 Candi Staton Candi Staton 9 1
339 Brandy Afrodisiac 9 2
338 Blomefontain The Longer Now 9 1
337 Arve Henriksen Chiaroscuro 9 1
336 Various Artists Ragga! Ragga! Ragga! 2004 10 1
335 Various Artists For Jumpers Only 10 1
334 U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 10 1
333 Tussle King Klang 10 1
332 The Soft Pink Truth Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? 10 1
331 The Revolutionary Ensemble And Now… 10 1
330 The Beautiful South Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Singers 10 1
329 Sons and Daughters Love the Cup 10 1
328 Sixtoo Chewing on Glass & Other Miracle Cures 10 2
327 Ratatat Remixes Mixtape Vol. 1 10 1
326 Mission of Burma OnOffOn 10 1
325 Linkin Park vs. Jay-Z Collision Course 10 1
324 Lambchop Aw C'mon / No You C'mon 10 1
323 Korekyojinn Arabesque 10 1
322 Klee Jelängerjelieber 10 1
321 July Skies The English Cold 10 1
320 Gypsy Kings Roots 10 1
319 Ely Guerra Hot & Sour, Sweet y Spicy 10 1
318 Dom & Roland Chronology 10 1
317 DJ Clever Troubled Waters 10 1
316 Badly Drawn Boy One Plus One is One 10 1
315 Azita Life on the Fly 10 1
314 Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori Phantom Orchard 11 1
313 Various Artists Modern Wild Dub 11 1
312 Triola Im Funftonarum 11 1
311 Thomas Fehlmann Lowflow 11 1
310 The Ike Reilley Assassination Sparkle in the Finish 11 1
309 The Bees Free The Bees 11 2
308 Tatsuya Nakatani Green Report 12 11 1
307 Royce da 5'9" Death is Certain 11 1
306 Raphael Saadiq As Ray Ray 11 1
305 Radio Dept. Lesser Matters 11 1
304 Popium Camp 11 1
303 Organum Vacant Lights / Rara Avis 11 1
302 Nels Cline Singers The Giant Pin 11 1
301 Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sinatra 11 2
300 Lucien-n-Luciano Blind Behaviour 11 2
299 Le Dust Sucker Le Dust Sucker 11 1
298 Juliana Hatfield In Exile Deo 11 1
297 Drive-By Truckers Dirty South 11 1
296 Cristina Doll in the Box 11 1
295 Corduroy Utd Our Eira 11 1
294 Califone Heroin King Blues 11 1
293 Wadada Leo Smith Kabell Years 1971-1979 12 1
292 Various Artists Run the Road 12 1
291 Tinariwen Amassakoul 12 1
290 Sagan Unseen Fortune 12 1
289 Razorlight Up All Night 12 1
288 Noxagt The Iron Point 12 1
287 Non-Phixion The Green CD 12 1
286 Miss Kittin I Com 12 2
285 Marillion Marbles 12 1
284 Kylie Minogue Body Language 12 1
283 John Vanderslice Cellar Door 12 1
282 Der Zyklus Biometry 12 1
281 Dave Godin Deep Soul Treasures, Vol. 4 12 1
280 Auburn Lull Cast from the Fountain 12 1
279 Atreyu The Curse 12 1
278 Aroah The Last Laugh 12 1
277 50 Foot Wave 50 Foot Wave 12 1
276 Wasteland October 13 1
275 Usher Confessions 13 1
274 The Libertines The Libertines 13 1
273 The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls 13 1
272 The Boats Songs By the Sea 13 1
271 Stern Leaving the Frantic 13 2
270 Sightings Arrived in Gold 13 1
269 R. Kelly Happy People 13 1
268 Magma K.A. 13 1
267 M83 Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts 13 1
266 Les Mouches You're Worth More to Me than 1000 Christians 13 1
265 Jake Fairley Touch Not the Cat 13 1
264 Islaja Meritie 13 1
263 Get Physical Second Anniversary Edition 13 1
262 Dead Texan Dead Texan 13 1
261 Chungking The Hungry Years 13 1
260 Christina Milian It's About Time 13 2
259 Alter Ego Transphormer 13 1
258 Various Artists Kistune Midnight 14 1
257 Toby Goodshank Safe Harbor 14 1
256 To Rocco Rot Hotel Morgen 14 1
255 The Organ Grab That Gun 14 1
254 The Intelligence Boredom and Terror 14 1
253 Plus/Minus You are Here 14 1
252 Mitch Akiyama If Night is a Weed and Day Grows Less 14 1
251 Matt Valentine + Erika Elder Ragas and Blues 14 1
250 LSD-March Kanashimino Bishouen 14 1
249 Kleptones A Night at the Hip-Hopera 14 1
248 Janet Jackson Damita Jo 14 1
247 Harper Lee All Things Can Be Mended 14 1
246 Giant Sand Is All Over the Map 14 1
245 DJ / Rupture vs. Mutamassik Shotgun Sessions 14 1
244 Broken Social Scene Beehives 14 2
243 Brainpool Junk - A Rock Opera 14 1
242 Beauty Pill The Unsustainable Lifestyle 14 1
241 Beastie Boys To the 5 Burroughs 14 1
240 Various Artists Italo Disco - A Secret History 15 1
239 Trembling Blue Stars Southern Skies Appear Brighter 15 1
238 Travis Morrison Travistan 15 1
237 Susie Ibarra Strange Liberaiton 15 1
236 Richard Bartz Midnight Man 15 2
235 Pan Sonic Kesto 15 2
234 Oneida Nice: Splitting Peaches 15 1
233 My Chemical Romance Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 15 1
232 Misc Crunch Time 15 1
231 Luomo The Present Lover 15 1
230 Klashenkoff The Sagas Of… 15 1
229 King Cobb Steelie Destroy All Codes 15 1
228 Kevin Drumm Impish Tyrant 15 1
227 Jan-Mark Kaiser Bis Neunzhen 15 1
226 James Yorkston Just Beyond the River 15 1
225 Greg Davis Curling Pond Woods 15 1
224 Graham Coxon Happiness in Magazines 15 1
223 Death in Vegas Satan's Circus 15 1
222 Daniela Mercury Carnaval Electronico 15 1
221 Comets on Fire Blue Cathedral 15 2
220 Clouddead Ten 15 1
219 Camera Obscura Underachievers Please Try Harder 15 2
218 Weird War If You Can't Beat 'em, Bite 'em 16 1
217 Tilly and the Wall Wild Like Children 16 2
216 The Troggs 20th Century Masters 16 1
215 The Electric Tomato The Electric Tomato 16 1
214 The Decemberists The Tain 16 1
213 Spektrum Enter the Spektrum 16 1
212 R.E.M. Around the Sun 16 2
211 N.E.R.D. Fly or Die 16 2
210 Midwest Product World Series of Love 16 1
209 Kerrier District Kerrier District 16 1
208 Keane Hopes and Fears 16 1
207 Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days 16 1
206 Gift of Gab Fourth Dimensional Rocket Ships Going Up 16 1
205 George Michael Patience 16 1
204 DJ / Rupture Special Gunpowder 16 1
203 Devandra Banhart Nino Rojo 16 1
202 Dead Prez RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta 16 1
201 Chingo Bling The Tamale Kingpin 16 1
200 Bonnie Prince Billy Pebbles and Ripples Tour EP 16 1
199 Bettye Swan Bettye Swan 16 1
198 Alicia Keys Diary of Alicia Keys 16 1
197 Albert Ayler Holy Ghost 16 1
196 Youssou n'Dor Egypt 17 1
195 Various Artists Dreamweaver 17 1
194 The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy 17 2
193 The Faint Wet from Birth 17 1
192 Steve Earle The Revolution Starts Now 17 1
191 Sondre Lerche Two-Way Monologue 17 1
190 Paulina Rubio Pau-latina 17 2
189 Mum Summer Make Good 17 1
188 Mephista Entomological Reflections 17 1
187 Mates of State All Day 17 1
186 Maria Schnieder Orchestra Concert in the Garden 17 1
185 Jon Brion I Heart Huckabees OST 17 1
184 DPM Presents Street Grime Vocal Mix 17 1
183 Beef Terminal The Isolationist 17 1
182 Arthur Russell The World of Arthur Russell 17 1
181 Apostle of Hustle Folkloric Feel 17 1
180 Allison Moorer The Duel 17 1
179 Tortoise It's All Around You 18 1
178 The Alchemist 1st Infantry 18 1
177 Talking Heads The Name of the Band is Talking Heads 18 1
176 T.I. Urban Legend 18 2
175 Sebastian Teller Politics 18 1
174 Scorn List of Takers 18 1
173 Matt Pond PA Emblems 18 1
172 LMP Century of Song 18 1
171 Jens Lenkman When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog 18 1
170 Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake Back Together Again 18 1
169 Finn Brothers Everyone is Here 18 1
168 Cristina Sleep it Off 18 1
167 The Divine Comedy Absent Friends 19 3
166 RJD2 Since We Last Spoke 19 3
165 Ricardo Villalobos The Au Harem d'Archimede 19 2
164 Interpol Antics 19 4
163 Yolanda Perez Aqua Me Tienes 20 1
162 Whitey The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train 20 1
161 TTC Batards Sensibles 20 1
160 Tiger Baby Lost in You 20 1
159 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow 20 1
158 The Projects Let's Get Static 20 1
157 Spymob Sitting Around Keeping Score 20 1
156 Lloyd Banks The Hunger for More 20 1
155 Laura Veirs Carbon Glacier 20 2
154 Julian Bezten Waffy Town 20 1
153 Holly Golightly Slowly But Surely 20 1
152 Gravenhurst Flashlight Seasons 20 1
151 Feist Let it Die 20 2
150 Excepter KA 20 2
149 Eminem Encore 20 2
148 Destroyer Your Blues 20 2
147 Bonnie Prince Billy Greatest Palace Music 20 1
146 Black Heart Procession and Solbakken In the Fishtank 20 1
145 All I See is Red Terrorists Have Cut the Power 20 1
144 Alice Coltrane Translinear Light 20 1
143 Trillville & Lil' Scrappy Kings of Crunk 21 2
142 The Hives Tyrannosaurus Hives 21 2
141 The Concretes The Concretes 21 2
140 John Langford All the Fame of Lofty Deeds 21 2
139 Infinite Lives Bush Meat 21 2
138 Hot Snakes Audit in Progress 21 2
137 Dani Siciliano Likes 21 2
136 Charalambides Joy Shapes 21 2
135 Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boys Crunk Juice 22 3
134 Jim Guthrie Now More Than Ever 22 2
133 Yellow Swans Bring the Neon War Home 23 2
132 Various Artists Kompakt 100 23 4
131 Tanya Stephens Gangsta Blues 23 2
130 Utada Exodus 24 2
129 The Walkmen Bows and Arrows 24 3
128 The Secret Machines Now Here is Nowhere 24 2
127 Surferrosa Shanghai My Heart 24 2
126 Richard X Back to Mine 24 2
125 Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken 24 2
124 Todd Edwards New Trend Sounds 2004 25 1 1
123 The Brunettes Mars Loves Venus 25 1 1
122 The Beta Band Heroes to Zeroes 25 1 1
121 Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans 25 3
120 Shannon Wright Over the Sun 25 1 1
119 Raiders of the Lost Arp 4 25 1 1
118 Pinback Summer in Abandon 25 2
117 Patrick Wolf Lycanthropy 25 1 1
116 Oneida Secret Wars 25 1 1
115 Luna Rendezvous 25 1 1
114 Leak Bros Waterworld 25 1 1
113 High Contrast High Society 25 2
112 Graham Smith Final Battle 25 1 1
111 Explosions in the Sky The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place 25 1 1
110 Cam'Ron Purple Haze 25 3
109 Blood Brothers Crimes 25 1 1
108 Birchville Cat Motel Beautiful Spark Triumph 25 1 1
107 Bill Frisell Unspeakable 25 1 1
106 Bersuit Vergabarat La Argentinidad al Palo 25 1 1
105 Tiefeschwartz Misch Masch 26 2
104 Saint Etienne Presents Mario's Café 26 2
103 Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose 26 2
102 Ghost Hypnotic Underworld 26 2
101 CocoRosie La Maison de Mon Reve 26 2
100 Akufen Fabric 17 26 2
99 William Shatner Has Been 27 1 1
98 PJ Harvey Uh Huh Her 27 4
97 Optimo How to Kill the DJ Pt. 2 27 3
96 Devandra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands 27 3
95 Rilo Kiley More Adventurous 28 2
94 Max Richter The Blue Notebook 28 3
93 Orbital The Blue Album 29 4
92 New Buffalo The Last Beautiful Day 29 2
91 The Blood Brothers Crimes 30 2
90 Various Artists Volga Select Presents - So Young But So Cold: Underground French Music 1977-1983 31 3
89 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus 31 4
88 Mouse on Mars Radical Connector 31 2
87 American Music Club Love Songs for Patriots 31 2
86 Masta Ace A Long Hot Summer 32 2
85 Lali Puna Faking the Books 32 2
84 Ciara Goodies 32 2
83 RTX Transmaniacon 33 3
82 Dungen Ta Det Lungt 33 3
81 David Caretta Kill Your Radio 33 2
80 Superpitcher Here Comes Love 34 3
79 Marz Wir Sind Hier 38 3
79 Scarlet's Well Dream Spider of the Laughing Horse 34 2
78 Oren Ambarchi Grapes from the Estates 34 4
77 !!! Louden Up Now 34 3
76 Various Artists Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats 36 4
75 Adem Homesongs 36 2 1
74 Hidden Cameras Mississauga Goddam 37 3 1
73 Green Day American Idiot 37 2 1
72 Electrelane The Power Out 37 3
71 A Girl Called Eddy A Girl Called Eddy 37 2 1
69 Saint Etienne The Trip 40 3
68 De La Soul The Grind Date 41 3
67 Tim Hecker Mirage 42 3
66 Espers Espers 42 3
65 Cee-Lo Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine 42 2 1
64 A.C. Newman The Slow Wonder 42 3
63 Wilco A Ghost is Born 43 5
62 Panda Bear Yong Prayer 45 3
61 Arthur Russell Calling Out of Context 45 3 1
60 Emma Bunton Free Me 46 4
59 Courtney Love America's Sweetheart 47 4
58 The Knife Deep Cuts 48 5
57 Michael Mayer Touch 49 5
56 Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender 51 4
55 Gwen Stefani Love, Angel, Music, Baby 51 5
54 Of Montreal Satanic Panic in the Attic 52 3
53 The Magnetic Fields "I" 53 5
52 Stina Nordenstorm The World is Saved 56 4
51 Morgan Geist Unclassics 56 4
50 Nas Street's Disciple 56 5
49 Bjork Medulla 59 5
48 Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News 60 5
47 Tom Waits Real Gone 60 4
46 Mountain Goats We Shall All Be Healed 61 7
45 Wolf Eyes Burned Mind 63 5
44 The Killers Hot Fuss 65 6
43 The Futureheads The Futureheads 66 6
42 Trick Daddy Thug Matrimony 66 4 1
41 United State of Electronica United State of Electronica 68 6 1
40 Stereolab Margarine Eclipse 69 6 1
39 Teedra Moses Complex Simplicity 69 7
38 Nellie McKay Get Away from Me 70 6
37 Ada Blondie 71 6
36 Stars Set Yourself on Fire 71 4 2
35 Morrissey You Are the Quarry 73 7
34 The Delgadoes Universal Audio 74 5 1
33 Bark Psychosis Codename: Dustsucker 78 6
32 The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me 79 5 1
31 Mylo Destroy Rock n' Roll 81 7
30 Wiley Treading on Thin Ice 81 7 1
29 Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse 83 7
28 Gretchen Wilson Here for the Party 88 6
27 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 95 10
26 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Shake the Sheets 96 7
25 Big & Rich Horse of a Different Color 97 7
24 Devin the Dude To tha X-Treme 98 7
23 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 99 12
22 Fennesz Venice 106 8 1
21 Xiu Xiu Fabulous Muscles 111 8 1
20 Felix da Housecat Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever 114 10
19 Animal Collective Sung Tongs 116 10
18 Fiery Furnaces Blueberry Boat 118 9 2
17 Erlend Oye DJ Kicks 121 8
16 The Go! Team Thunder Lightning Strike 122 10
15 Girls Aloud What Will the Neighbours Say? 132 8 2
14 Cut Copy Bright Like Neon Love 136 10 3
13 Air Talkie Walkie 138 13 1
12 Phoenix Alphabetical 141 12
11 Madvillain Madvillainy 145 11
10 The Arcade Fire Funeral 146 13 1
9 Various Artists DFA Compilation #2 162 15
8 M.I.A. vs. Diplo Piracy Funds Terrorism 182 16
7 Ghostface Killah The Pretty Toney Album 188 15 1
6 Dizzee Rascal Showtime 230 18 1
5 Brian Wilson SMiLE 251 17 5
4 Junior Boys Last Exit 301 23 4
3 Annie Anniemal 312 21 2
2 The Streets A Grand Don't Come for Free 321 22 3
1 Kanye West College Dropout 342 23 5

At least a hundred more people should have voted in this poll than actually did.

I cast the only vote for about seven or eight albums (including the Cure, WTF???).

Nowhere: Squarepusher
Nowhere: Isis
473 TV on the Radio
415 Mastodon
344 Diplo - Florida
122 Beta Band
82 Dungen
52 Stina Nordenstam

The other poll I ran (on the Sound Opinions board) only has a fraction of the regular posters that this board has, but it had something like 25 more lists submitted than here.

How many people did vote, anyway?

Sure, give me a second.