Best of? Surely thou jest

The subject of today's lecture is Drew's picks for Best Albums Of The Decade. I was going write a long, archly witty breakdown of his list, one entry at a time, but then I took one glance at it and knew that Drew was tripping. It was safe and appealing to everyone of course, as I predicted. But never did I expect to see Radiohead and Aphex Twin showing up three times EACH. Or has been Q-Tip delivering 'The Renaissance', or fucking CLUTCH showing up within 1,000 miles of a best-of anything. What's more, I thought "boy this list is really reminiscent of the kind a certain shitty magazine would make". The kind whose music editors voted 'Toxic', 'American Idiot', and 'Get Your Freak On' as the three best songs of this decade. FUCK THAT! Next!

Rolling Stone's Best of Decade	Drew's List
	50. Queen's of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf/Rated R
	49. Auburn Lull - Alone I Admire*/Cast from the Platform
	48. Clutch - Blast Tyrant/Robot Hive Exodus
	47. Q-Tip - The Renaissance
	46. Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Love Sounds
	45. Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
	44. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones**
	43. Modest Mouse - Good news for people who love bad news/The Moon and Antarctica
	42. Peter Bjorn and John - Writers Block
	41. Boards of Canada - Geogadi/The Campfire Headphase
	40. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
	39. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
	38. The Strokes - Is This It?/Room on Fire
	37. Sufjan Stevens -Illinois
	36. Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
	35. Bad Plus - These are the Vistas
	34. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses**
	33. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
	32. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
	31. Wilco -Yankee Hotel Foxtrott
	30. Spiritualized - Let it come on Down
	29. Gillian Welch - Time the Revalator
	28. Daft Punk - Discovery
	27. David Byrne and Brian Eno -Home
	26. Joanna Newsome - The Milkeyed Mender
	25. Four Tet - Rounds
	24. Radiohead - In Rainbows
	23. Tool - Lateralus
	22. RJD2 - Deadringer
	21. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls of America**
	20. King Khan and the Shrines - What Is!
	19. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights**
	18. Bonobo - Days to Come
	17. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
	16. Deftones - White Pony
	15. Chihei Hatakeyama - Mini Moriala
	14. Low Motion Disco - Keep it Slow
	13. Air France - No Way Down
	12. Fujiya and Miyagi - Transparent Things
	11. Tom Waits - Alice
	10. Tom Waits - Blood Money
	09. Radiohead - Amnesiac
	08. Aphex Twin - Hangable Auto Bulb
	07. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
	06. Radiohead - Kid A
	05. Peter Gabriel - Up
	04. Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes for cash
	03. Yo La Tengo - And Nothing Turned Itself Inside out
	02. Aphex Twin - Druqks
	01. Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth

**Same band, different album
* Not released during this decade