Well, Ryan kind of stole my thunder on the top two. I didn't feel like doing any long write ups anyways.
2. Dear Science - TV On The Radio
1. Death Magnetic - Metallica
Top three were pretty close. Death Magnetic ended up winning because, unlike the others, all of it's songs will appear on the song list. Meanwhile TV On The Radio keeps evolving into some kind of musical deity. Both albums came out at around the same time in September. Well, they leaked then. Was Dear Science released in September? If so it was robbed on a Grammy nomination or five. Otherwise solid nominations.
Song list will start ... soon. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day.
Ok, the beginning of my annual song list. Been doing these for awhile now. My music taste has been all over the place in that time span, though most of my favorites have remained the same. Previous #1s include Dragonforce, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, Beastie Boys, and Linkin Park. This year? Who knows? I do. Just me.
110. If There's A Rocket Tie Me To it - Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suins
109. One More Drink - Ludacris Co-Starring T-Pain Theater Of The Mind
108. Universal Mind Control - Common Universal Mind Control
107. I'm Amazed - My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
106. I Can't Stay - The Killers Day & Age
105. Scare Easy - Mudcrutch Mudcrutch
104. Mr. Carter - Lil Wayne ft. Jay-Z Tha Carter 3
103. West Coast Smoker - Fall Out Boy Folie A Deux
102. Colt 40ty Fiva - Afroman Waiting To Inhale
101. Give The Drummer Sum - Black Milk Tronic
I heard a few of these for the first time within the last two days. May have been higher up if not for the fact. My Morning Jacket, The Killers, and Lil Wayne all have a lot of songs on this countdown, so get used to seeing them. I'll get to some more plentiful write ups later on. This is only the first ten. A good taste of whats to come though.
I think "I Can't Stay" could go down as a pretty underrated song, since a lot of Killers fans seem to dislike the song. On the other hand, "I'm Amazed" is not underrated, it's just plain great.
And, of course, the top three albums, three albums that are a whole bunch of awesome.