I'm not sure that I could really rank anything at this point but my  favorite 
CD's of the year thus far include:
 
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit 
The Elected - Sun, Sun, Sun
The Feeling - Twelve Stops and Home
The Kooks - Inside In Inside Out
The Envelopes - Demon
The Hazey Janes - Hotel Radio
The Power Cords - Modern Day Noise
Josh Rouse - Subtitulo
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Solid State Warrior
 
Discs I've barely listened to yet:
 
Flaming Lips (even though I see them in concert this month)
Peeping Tom (ditto)
Sonic Youth
Jenny Lewis
Over The Hedge soundtrack w/ Ben Folds tracks
 
And finally, a couple of older releases that I've gotten into this  year:
 
The Clientele
The Boy Least Likely To
Anything older by Belle & Sebastian (my girlfriend gave me all their  stuff)
 
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