A really interesting read. Thanks for the time and effort in compiling the list. On 26/01/2008, Mike Bennett wrote: > > AUDITIES TOP 20 OF 2007 POLL RESULTS > > 97 votes this year and another unsurprising winner. Power pop royalty is crowned yet again. Thank you to everyone who voted. > > 1. Fountains Of Wayne -- Traffic And Weather (685 points) > 2. The Red Button -- She's About To Cross My Mind (501) > 3. The Nines -- Gran Jukle's Field (326) > 4. Future Clouds & Radar --Future Clouds & Radar (269) > 5. Paul McCartney -- Memory Almost Full (268) > 6. Bruce Springsteen -- Magic (241) > 7. Amy Winehouse -- Back To Black (231) > 8. John Hoskinson -- Pancho Fantastico (225) > 9. Wilco -- Sky Blue Sky (217) > 10. The Broken West -- I Can't Go On, I'll Go On (206) > 11. Nick Lowe -- At My Age (205) > Robert Plant and Allison Krauss -- Raising Sand (205) > 13. Crowded House -- Time On Earth (202) > 14. Spoon -- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (198) > 15. Rooney -- Calling The World (194) > 16. The New Pornographers -- Challengers (192) > 17. Maple Mars -- Beautiful Mess (171) > 18. Lewis Taylor -- The Lost Album (168) > 19. Farrah -- Cut Out And Keep (165) > 20. Ken Sharp -- Sonic Crayons (156) > > And the rest of the Top 50 > 21. The Shins -- 155 > 22. Frisbie -- 136 > 23. The Clientele -- 134 > 24. Jason Falkner -- 130 > 25. Ryan Adams -- 129 > Jackdaw 4 -- 129 > 27. Ian Hunter -- 126 > 28. Silverchair -- 123 > 29. Band Of Horses -- 105 > Jens Lekman -- 105 > 31. Myracle Brah -- 102 > Automat -- 102 > 33. Ice Cream Hands -- 100 > Kaiser Chiefs -- 100 > 35. Apples In Stereo -- 92 > 36. Lily Allen -- 90 > 37. P. Hux -- 88 > 38. LCD Soundsystem -- 86 > 39. Rilo Kiley -- 85 > Ted Leo and the Pharmacists -- 85 > 41. Travis -- 84 > Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings -- 84 > 43. Everybody Else -- 83 > 44. The Weakerthans - 82 > Relient K -- 82 > 46. Graham Parker -- 81 > 47. Nushu -- 78 > The Well Wishers -- 78 > 49. Mike Viola -- 76 > 50. Nicole Atkins -- 74 > Josh Rouse -- 74 > > With that, I'm retiring from the polling business. Good luck to whomever wants to keep this up. -- Mike Bennett > > Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama > Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com > Find out about Chicago shows: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/ > _________________________________________________________________ > Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan > -- ______________________________________________________ Great songs @ www.myspace.com/automatmusic www.last.fm/music/David+Doll www.daviddoll.com