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This should be one we can all play after a couple (or maybe more, I haven't been here!) of quite specific top 5s.

Easy for me, because at the end of 2009 I spent ages picking an albums of the decade list to run down on my radio show, so I've included my whole top 20 with a song from each, but feel free to keep it to the regular 5. I'm only posting 20 because I've got them here...


20) Hope Of The States – The Lost Riots (2004)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNc2XP5_Y8


19) The Delgados – The Great Eastern (2000)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9NqIOxh1pM


18) Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBAUqp6NKg


17) Stellastarr* - Stellastarr* (2003)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDdI3ch4slE


16) Spiritualized – Amazing Grace (2003)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCS__YZAaLw


15) Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World (2001)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2Kn-EXh_A


14) Doves – The Last Broadcast (2002)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTtbmwbrVc


13) The Raveonettes – Pretty In Black (2005)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbrfFHVY0JY


12) The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbrMAZbFpo


11) Camera Obscura – Let's Get Out Of This Country (2006)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N40pkMg7Z8k


10) The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters (2003)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVXEMyQnpA


9) The Strokes – Is This It? (2001)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaMjqWZ0Ug


8) Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvZ4N1RfS8


7) The Duke Spirit – Neptune (2008)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAW2-zqdnQg


6) It's Jo And Danny – Lank Haired Girl To Bearded Boy (2000)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzCzPyzKCY


5) The Libertines – Up The Bracket (2002)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u_g6zNuP_I


4) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (2009)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XCLWEEvoP4


3) Spiritualized – Let It Come Down (2001)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL6rwi_PpJQ


2) The Raveonettes – Chain Gang Of Love (2003)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x3ASiUtzjs


1) The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHVQA26g94

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Off the top of my head - in no order

The National - Alligator
The Decline of British Sea Power
McLusky - The Difference Between You and Me is That I'm not on Fire
James Yorkston - When the Haar Rolls in
Bonnie Prince Billy - Ease Down the Road

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I never got Alligator. I absolutely love Lit Up, Secret Meeting, and Mr November is good, but the rest of it I just couldn't get into at all.

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Good topic, 00s singles would be even more interesting.

My Top Ten, in no order...

M.I.A - Kala
Wavves - Wavvves
The Capricorns - In The Zone
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Peaches - Teaches Of Peaches
Klaxons - Myths of The Near Future
Box Elders - Alice & Friends
Eminem - Marshall Mathers L.P
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...

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Debuts by The Strokes, Libertines, Go Team plus Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Belle & Sebastian) and, if 2010 counts (Sambassadeur - European)

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Mod Supreme, Demon Headmaster

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BSP - Decline of British Sea Power
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
The National - Boxer
Augie March - Strange Bird

with the following demanding a recount:

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Clientele - Strange Geometry
Broken Family Band - Balls
Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Shins - Chutes too Narrow
Pete & The Pirates - Little Death
Love is All - Nine Times That Same Song
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Radiohead - In Rainbows

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This was a bit hard. No place for Arcade Fire, Broadcast, Bon Iver when he was good, The Clientele, Panda Bear... (and glad to see Jose giving a shout to the Box Elders):

The Tyde: Once
Herman Dune: Mas Cambios
Dirtbombs: Ultraglide In Black
The Shins: Oh Inverted World
Comet Gain: Realistes
Love Is All: Nine Times That Same Song
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
Mountain Goats: Tallahassee
White Stripes: White Blood Cells
Fiery Furnaces: Gallowsbird’s Bark

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"Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose"

I've tried but I keep remembering records. Impossible!

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Here are the contenders at least:

The Manhattan Love Suicides - The Manhattan Love Suicides
Standard Fare - The Noyelle Beat
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
Times New Viking - Dig Yourself
Sons & Daughters - The Repulsion Box
Cars Can Be Blue - All The Stuff We Do
The Shrugs - The Doggler Effect
The Ponys - Laced With Romance
The American Analog Set - Promise Of Love
Half Man Half Biscuit - Cammell Laird Social Club
Ryan Adams - Gold
Flying Saucer Attack - Mirror
Clinic - Internal Wrangler
The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Le Tigre - Feminist Sweepstakes
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - The Blue Trees
The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide In Black
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-out
Six By Seven - The Closer You Get
Shellac - 1000 Hurts
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby
Box Elders - Alice & Friends

Am sure I am missing a few from the latter half of the '00s, too.

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Gorky's stuff, PJ Harvey and that Clinic album were all contenders for mee too. In fact Distortions by Clinic is one of my favourite songs.

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Country Teasers ... Secret Weapon Revealed At Last (2003 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esh07dm64Bg

Coachwhips ... Peanut Butter & Jelly, Live at The Ginger Minge (2005)
http://thevictrolist.com/wordpress/wp-c ... A-Bomb.mp3

OCS ... OCS 3 Songs About Death & Dying (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfaHsRsvtIw

Box Elders ... Alice & Friends (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rffgl--5FyQ

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ... Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjiRYSM4wac

Wavves ... Wavvves (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HsxiTy7Ru0

Caesar Romero ... Matamoros (2000)
http://www.last.fm/music/caesar+romero/_/Bloody+Pearl

Tom Waits ... Blood Money (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDjEDmgytOA

The King Khan & BBQ Show ... The King Khan & BBQ Show(2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_dmI0lCKI

The Hospitals ... I've Visited The Island Of Jocks & Jazz (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_VfGiX0y8w

The Oh Sees ... Cool Death Of The Island Raiders (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaaO7dpzodM

Shannon & The Clams ... I Wanna Go Home (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ao0w2XO2Zw

Rock 'n' Roll Adventure Kids ... Live On Berzerkeley Radio (2003)
https://myspace.com/woohoo/music/song/g ... 8-82194412

Cobra Killer ... 76/77 (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Duoy494oOc

El-P ... Fantastic Damage (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffZTr4_cdIk

The Jewws ... L'Explosion Du Son De Maintenant (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK43Y3GLG3w

Mr Airplane Man ... Come On DJ (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ahDzlOhMY

Henry Flynt ... Back Porch Hillbilly Blues (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVRvVwCG5m8

The Nightingales ... Out Of True (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kI5xZu0Llg

King Khan & The Shrines ... Three Hairs & Your Mine (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC9DQ5a2A1k

Dial ... 168K (2007)
http://www.warpedrealitymagazine.com/Psychotrance.mp3

Nobunny ... Love Visions (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff4OSN6cX0w

The Knights Of The New Crusade ... My God Is Alive! Sorry About Yours! (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bwOs4O8Hog

The Fall ... The Real New LP From THe Fall (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxB5qRSq1I

Hunx & His Punx ... Gay Singles (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz1sQbAs4ww

BBQ ... Tie Your Noose (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHXJWYzgrkI

Dan Sartain ... Dan Sartain VS The Serpientes (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFiP78hx ... F6D5F2BD3C

The Dirtbombs ... Ultraglide In Black (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0tSiJet9TM

The A-LInes ... You Can Touch (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8OLMWuVA50

The Masonics ... The Masonic Machine Turns On You (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJgzR1DV1Q

The Rebel ... Northern Rocks Bear Weird Vegetable (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKf3guH6EoQ

Eat Skull ... Sick To Death (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2bEZxqoBbE

The White Stripes ... De Stjil (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npVqImkgV84

Trost ... Trust Me (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3z3jeD2rmw

Okmoniks ... Party Fever (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SItHZ7he5oU

Demon's Claws ... Satan's Little Pet Pig (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ehfhzmqhw

Fiery Furnaces ... Gallowbird's Bark (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdzCk0Z3u0

The Loves ... Technicolour (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uJBcUiWa1E

The Moldy Peaches ... The Moldy Peaches (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKr9m7-MyLE

Carbonas ... Carbonas (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGBOJzUHY18

Cobra Killer and Kapajkos (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQNSbeEiz94

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2nd verse same as the 1st...