No #1 yet, but I did wanna do the video game list I promised earlier. I love my PS3, it's been very good to me this year.
10. Bioshock 2
Playing through this now, so I couldn't rank it any higher.
9. Pokemon - Soul Silver
Same ole thing from Pokemon, but hey I'm a sucker.
8. Fruit Ninja
I'm not 100% sure if this is a 2010 release, but I love playing this on the ipod touch. You just slice fruit. Then you slice more fruit. Then .. more fruit.
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops
Loved the story mode and the zombies. Not a huge fan of CoD online.
6. Scott Pilgrim VS The World
The #1 movie and #1 comic and #9 artist ranks #6 on the video game list. If you add those numbers up, you pretty much it's domestic gross.
5. NBA 2K11
Took a huge step forward, and the Jordan mode is very fun.
4. God of War III
In what other game could I kill Poseidon on a Titan that is scaling Mount Olympus?
3. Fallout: New Vegas
The shooter rpg might be my favorite genre of video game.
2. Red Dead Redemption
May have been #1 if I'd been able to kill that A-Hole De Santa right away.
1. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
I guessed right.
Oh, what the hell, you guys earned it.
#1 - LCD Soundsystem
Pretty obvious when you think about it. After listening to it the first time I immediately declared
This Is Happening to be a better album than
Sound Of Silver. I've since changed my mind about that. So if I could re-do the 2007 album and songs list would I have LCD at #1? Yes, yes I would. I don't even remember what I ranked as the #1 album that year. I'm hurting my brain trying to but I just can't do it. Checking my thread I discover this is because I DIDN'T DO AN ALBUM LIST IN 2007. So I am hereby awarding LCD Soundsystem's
Sound Of Silver the #1 album of 2007 award three years late.
/applause
Back to This Is Happening. "Dance Yourself Clean" completely blew me away on first listen. It's the #1 song of the year and possibly ever. Rank it Bart. Katy Perry can be #2. "Drunk Girls" is good, but feels really out of place on this album. The one "weak" spot on an otherwise stainless piece of china. "One Touch" really is never enough. At first you think that just applies to sex, but think about how any our stupid habits start. "All I Want" and "I Can Change" let James open up, and it's a little uncomfortable just how vulnerable he becomes at this point in the album. "You Wanted A Hit" gives LCD their swagger back. He then goes way back to before Daft Punk was playing at his house with "Pow Pow". I'm not gonna do the last two songs just because I like to be unexpected. And this choice was about as expected as you could get. Gotta get a win somewhere.
Thanks for coming along again everyone. See ya next year.