Here's my top 10 albums and singles - I consider them all equally weighted, so the chronological placement means nothing. For me, they were all number one at some point during the year.  Lola

Albums

1) Arco – Restraint 
2) Franz Ferdinand – s/t 
3) Louis Eliot – The Long Way Round 
4) The Bigger Lovers – This Affair Never Happened…
5) Copenhagen – Sweet Dreams 
6) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus 
7) Green Day – American Idiot 
8) The Silent League - The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused  
9) The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends 
10)Scissor Sisters – s/t  


Singles (or focus tracks)

1)Lost in the Plot – The Dears 
2)Saturday Night – Ozomatli
3)Bridging the Gap – Nas featuring Olu Dara 
4) Summertime Cowboy – Husky Rescue 
5) Formed a Band – Art Brut 
6) Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand 
7) Marjorie Fair – Waves  
8) Secret Machines – Nowhere Again 
9) Pressure Point – The Zutons 
10) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – There She Goes My Beautiful World