My Favorite Records Of The Year (National):

John Prine, "Fair & Square"
Stars, "Set Yourself On Fire"
Eels, "Blinking Lights"
Sinead O'Connor, "Throw Down Your Arms"
Maria Taylor, "11:11"
Spoon, "Gimme Fiction"
Eliza Gilkyson, "Paradise Hotel"
White Stripes, "Get Behind Me Satan"
Oasis, "Don't Believe The Truth"
Missy Elliot, "The Cookbook"
The Heartless Bastards, "Stairs and Elevators"
The Ike Reilly Assassination, "Junkie Faithful"
Mountain Goats, "The Sunset Tree"
Madonna, "Confessions On A Dance Floor"
The Hold Steady, "Separation Sunday"
Ben Lee, "Awake Is The New Asleep"
Sigur Rus, "Takk"
The Rocket Summer, "Hello, Good Friend"
Sufjan Stevens, "Illinoise"
The New Pornographers, "Twin Cinema"
Neil Young, "Prairie Wind"