1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (with the usual proviso that it was originally issued last year) 2. Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep 3. LCD Sounds System - s/t 4. Ladytron - Witching Hour 5. Animal Collective - Feels 6. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show 7. Malcolm Middleton - Into the Woods 8. The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart 9. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary 10. The Wedding Present - and best re-issues/compilation/re-mix: 1. Dylan - No Direction Home 2. The Fall - Peel Sessions 3. Orange Juice - Glasgow School 4. Robert Wyatt & Pink Floyd - For A Friend 5. The Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen 6. Gary Higgins - Red Hash 7. Bill Fay - s/t 8. Scritti Politti - Early Best single - Amerie - One Thing - by about a gazillion miles. Its been another superb years for albums though, banging this list together makes me realise how many other superb offerings I've missed off, King Creosote, Postal Service, the Wu-Tang Independent thingie, Antony & The Johnsons, Clap Your Hands....., Broken Social Scene, The Fall, Architecture In Helsinki, Nada Surf, Diana Cluck, Big Business, Konono No.1, Espers the list goes on.....