You love music lists. Let's discuss the best and worst rock albums thus far.
According to me , music is one of the most powerful passions in the world. I always make the lists to their passion degrees. Ouch! you confused, aren't you! But if a record can't make molecular changings on me, the record won't exist in my list.

1. The National - Boxer

2. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
You're right! This record beats any record below, because of its original instrumental streaming. Speacially ( I've obsessions) Lionel Richie cut end of "A Paw In My Face" is just amazing. Every minor detail of the record deserves admiration.
mp3: Field - A Paw In My Face

3. Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart
Excellent! And also perfect combination of new Bill Callahan (a.k.a (Smog)) features acustics, country, plentiful songwriting !

4. Low - Drums And Guns
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Menomena - Friend And Foe
7. Patrick Wolf - Magic Position
8. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
9. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Personally i like "Oh! The Grandeur" more than this, however Andrew Bird is good all the way.
10. The Papercuts - Can't Go Back

Thus far, Worst records on first quarter of the year goes to:
1. The Stooges - Weirdness
Self Parody!
2. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
The Worst cover, the worst single... How the guys say only 'Ruby ruby ruby ruby!'.
3. Fountains Of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
Oh we belong together, like traffic and weather, like traffic and weather...!
4. Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
A brief from The guardian "A fourth album of stunning fatuousness."
5. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
6. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
mp3: Golden Skans
7. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
For being arty, i never call a shit as masterpiece. Here is only good song
in Sound of Silver.
mp3: Get Innocuous
8. The Good, The Bad & The Queen
mp3: Kingdom of Doom
9. Jennifer Lopez - Como Ama Una Mujer
How did J.Lo make this list?
10. Rakes - Ten New Messages

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