I've finished my countdown of the Top 40 albums of the Decade 2001-2010. http://www.purepoppub.blogspot.com/ Here is the list (sans writeups): #40 Michael Carpenter - Rolling Ball (Not Lame Records, 2004) #39 The Holloways - So This Is Great Britain (TVT Records, 2007) #38 The Wellingtons - Heading North for the Winter (Lojinx, 2008) #37 Paul Collins - King of Power Pop (Alive Records, 2010) #36 Webb Wilder - About Time (Landslide, 2005) #35 Cotton Mather - The Big Picture (Rainbow Quartz, 2001) #34 Bowman - Living to Dream (Bill Bowman, 2004) #33 Psychodots - Terminal Blvd. (Baby Ranch, 2005) #32 Tim Finn - Feeding The Gods (Periscope, 2001) #31 Wisely - Parador (Not Lame Reords, 2006) #30 Jason Falkner - Necessity (spinART Records, 2001) #29 Frank Barajas - Better Times (Operation Big Beat, 2008) #28 Linus Of Hollywood - Let Yourself Be Happy (Franklin Castle, 2001) #27 Starbelly - Everyday And Then Some (Not Lame Records, 2002) #26 Matthew Sweet - Kimi Ga Suki (Superdeformed/RCAM, 2003) #25 John Wesley Harding - Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead (Popover, 2009) #24 Graham Parker - Songs Of No Consequence (Bloodshot Records, 2005) #23 The Well Wishers - Jigsaw Days (The Well Wishers, 2008) #22 Wild Bores - We Think Alike (Wild Bores, 2010) #21 The Spongetones - Too Clever By Half (Loaded Goat, 2008) #20 Cheap Trick - The Latest (Cheap Trick Unlimited, 2009) #19 Joey Sykes - Joey Sykes (Purple Virgo Records, 2010) #18 Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation in the Backyard (Capitol, 2005) #17 Cliff Hillis - Be Seeing You (Not Lame Records, 2001) #16 Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings - Full Tilt & Swing (Brewery Records, 2003) #15 The Everyday Things - Lighten Up, Francis (Not Lame Records, 2005) #14 Owsley - The Hard Way (Lakeview, 2004) #13 Wiretree - Luck (Cobaltworks, 2009) #12 Edmund's Crown - Regrets of a Company Man (Edmund's Crown, 2006) #11 The Humbugs - On The Up Side (Oddvious Records, 2009) #10 The New Fidelity - Tiny Slivers (The New Fidelity, 2007) #9 Myracle Brah - Can You Hear The Myracle Brah? (Rainbow Quartz, 2007) #8 Bill Lloyd - Back to Even (New Boss Sounds, 2004) #7 The Lackloves - The Beat and the Time (Rainbow Quartz, 2004) #6 Greg Pope - Popmonster (Octoberville Records, 2008) #5 Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve Records, 2003) #4 Splitsville - Incorporated (Houston Party, 2003) #3 Brendan Benson - Lapalco (Startime, 2002) #2 P. Hux - Kiss The Monster (Voiceprint Records, 2007) #1 Eugene Edwards - My Favorite Revolution (Tallboy Records, 2004) This weekend on the Pub radio station I'm playing nothing but tracks from these 40 albums, drop by for a listen! The show will start at 12:01AM (CST) - if you come by early the station may be down while I'm setting up the playlist. Should be fun. Rich