[atlantaprog] Favorite Albums of the Year

I just posted a list of my favorite albums of the year on a discussion forum, and thought it might also make a good discussion starter here. A ton of good recordings this year. Here's what I came up with.

Favorite New Releases (top ten, alphabetical):

Blackfield, Blackfield.
CCBBB, Eyeball in the Sky
Dillinger Escape Plan, Miss Machine
Eno/Fripp, Equatorial Stars
Green Day, American Idiot
Mastodon, Leviathan
Meshuggah, I
Mission of Burma, ONoffON
ProjeKct 3, Live in Austin
TU, TU

Assorted Honorable Mentions:

A Perfect Circle, eMOTIVe
The Arcade Fire, Funeral
Battles, EP C
Bjork, Medulla
California Guitar Trio, Whitewater
Fantomas, Delirium Corda
Isis, Panopticon
Lamb of God, Ashes of the Wake
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, of Natural History
Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Sister Phantom Owl Fish
Tom Waits, Real Gone
Brian Wilson, SMiLE
Wolf Eyes, Burned Mind

Neither Elvis Costello release floated my boat enough to include it. Also disappointed with REM and Helmet. The Rush EP was fun but slight.

Best Remasters/Compilations/Reissues:

Can, Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi (slightly above the other two)
The Clash, London Calling
B'Eno, Ambients 1 (Airports) and 4 (Land) (again, slightly above the others)
Left of the Dial (80's Underground, from Rhino)
Michael Nyman, Decay Music
Porcupine Tree, On the Sunday of Life (Sky Moves is officially 2003)
Sigur Ros, Von
Talking Heads, Name of this Band

Record I haven't heard that might crack the top 10: new Magma!

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