How's The Pie Second Annual 'Top 50' List

Without further ado:


50. Invincible- ShapeShifters


49. The Fuck Buttons- Street Horrrsing


48. Surf City- Surf City EP


47. Titus Andronicus- The Airing of Grievances


46. Re-Up Gang- '08 Mixtape


45. Los Campesinos!- We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed


44. Neon Neon- Stainless Style


43. The Cool Kids- The Bake Sale


42. Erykah Badu- New Amerykah, Pt. 1 (Fourth World War) (Ed: Just a terrible title)


41. Beck- Modern Guilt


40. Crystal Stilts- Alight of Night


39. Animal Collective- Water Curses EP


38. Stephen Malkmus- Real Emotional Trash


37. Abe Vigoda- Skeleton


36. Flight of the Conchords- Flight of the Conchords


35. Lupe Fiasco- The Cool


34. Sigur Ros- Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust


33. Jean Grae- Jeanius


32. Los Campesinos!- Hold on Now, Youngster...


31. Santogold- Santogold


30. Marnie Stern- This Is It And I Am It Etc.


29. Girl Talk- Feed The Animals


28. T.I.- Paper Trail


27. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges


26. MGMT- Oracular Spectacular


25. Steinski- What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective


24. Death Cab For Cutie- Narrow Stairs


23. Jack's Mannequin- The Glass Passenger


22. Pavoorajuh- The Life and Times of Pavoorajuh


21. Ra Ra Riot- The Rhumb Line


20. Ponytail- Ice Cream Spiritual


19. No Age- Nouns


18. Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends


17. Gang Gang Dance- Saint Dymphana


16. Portishead- Third



15. Department of Eagles- In Ear Park
















14. Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer (Ed: 15 and 14 back to back is pretty funny)
















13. Beach House- Devotion

















12. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
















11. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
















10. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive

















9. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
















8. Lil' Wayne- Tha Carter III

















7. Deerhunter- Microcastle
















6. M83- Saturdays=Youth

















5. The Walkmen- You & Me



























4. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours























3. The Dodos- Visiter

























2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes


























1. TV On The Radio- Dear Science























So after hours of anticipation for Erik's list, we finally have a definite top 3. As it turns out, not many surprises in it- though TV On The Radio and The Walkmen were sharing a spot at #1 for a while, until Erik's list arrived and bumped Hamilton and company down to 5, while propelling TVOTR to a landslide victory. Expert analysis at the top of the hour but for now, here's the top 10 of everybody's individual lists.

Individual Top 10 Lists

Joe’s Top 10

1. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours
2. Lil’ Wayne- Tha Carter III
3. The Dodos- Visiter
4. TV On The Radio- Dear Science
5. Steinski- This Jazz Is Hot, Vol. 1
6. M83- Saturdays = Youth
7. Beach House- Devotion
8. T.I.- Paper Trail
9. Jean Grae- Jeanius
10. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

Andrew’s Top 10

1. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
2. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours
3. The Walkmen- You & Me
4. TV On The Radio- Dear Science
5. Lil’ Wayne- Tha Carter III
6. Deerhunter- Microcastle/ Weird Era Cont.
7. Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer
8. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges
9. Los Campesinos!- Hold on Now, Youngster…
10. M83- Saturdays = Youth

Matt’s Top 10

1. The Walkmen- You & Me
2. Deerhunter- Microcastle/ Weird Era Cont.
3. Pavoorajuh- Laulu Laakson Kukista
4. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
5. TV On The Radio- Dear Science
6. Portishead- Third
7. Gang Gang Dance- Saint Dymphana
8. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
9. Department of Eagles- In Ear Park
10. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago

Zack’s Top 10

1. Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
2. Ra Ra Riot- The Rhumb Line
3. Jack’s Mannequin- The Glass Passenger
4. Death Cab For Cutie- Narrow Stairs
5. The Walkmen- You & Me
6. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
7. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
8. Girl Talk- Feed The Animals
9. Lil’ Wayne- Tha Carter III
10. Flight of the Conchords- Flight of the Conchords

Ethan’s Top 10

1. Deerhunter- Microcastle/ Weird Era Cont.
2. Ponytail- Ice Cream Spiritual
3. The Dodos- Visiter
4. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
5. Department of Eagles- In Ear Park
6. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
7. Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer
8. Marnie Stern- This Is It and I Am It, Etc.
9. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
10. Portishead- Third

Erik’s Top 11

1. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours
2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
3. TV On The Radio- Dear Science
4. The Dodos- Visiter
5. MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
6. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
7. M83- Saturdays=Youth
8. Santogold- Santogold
9. Sigur Ros
10. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
11. Stephen Malkmus- Real Emotional Trash