25 tops, unnumbered cause I'm lame and without comments cause it's been busy as hell and I wanted to get these in on time.  They are, however, listed in an order that probably indicates their presence in my mind as well as the frequency with which I played them.
   
  I thought it was a GREAT year musically; I listened to something like 600 new albums at least once this year, and a shocking number of those demanded repeated attention.  You could pick any of a wide range of subgeneres - let's say "Edgy BritPopsters who listened to lots of the Buzzcocks and Gang of Four - and find at least five terrific albums that are keepers - let's say The Arctic Monkeys, 1990s, The Maccabees, The Cribs, The Enemy - point being, there are a lot of records missing that I anticipate being staples in my collection for a long time to come; still not sure how Sharon Jones, Graham Parker, Mitch Easter, Bettye Lavette or Robert Wyatt aren't on here, just to name a few, but I guess it's just too much of a good thing.  :-)
   
  POP
Jens Lenkman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
The Broken West - I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
  BC Camplight - Blink of a Nihilist
Georgie James - Places
  The Red Button - She's About to Cross My Mind
Ken Sharp - Sonic Crayons
  Trolleyvox - Your Secret Safe/Luzerne
The Foreign Films - S/T
The Ruby Suns - S/T
Wiretree - Bouldin
Future Clouds and Radar - S/T
P. Hux - Kiss the Monster
   
  NOT QUITE POP
  Ian Hunter- Shrunken Heads
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of
Joe Henry - Civilians
Winterpills - The Light Divides
MIA - Kala
Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
The Octopus Project - Hello Avalance
Patty Griffin - Children Running Through
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
The Twilight Sad -  Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Summers
Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance
  Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water
Tinariwen - Aman Iman Water Is Life

       
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