Paste's pasty top 50 created a commotion and folks got bent out of shape over Blender's 33 (a Jesus homage?), but for my devalued American buck, nothing's as strange as what you'll find topping Q's end-of-the-year list. Which is why they get the "Shit List" designation. (That's not the only reason.) Actually, they forgot to list album #45: Maybe once we discover what that is, everything else will make sense.
(UPDATE: We're told #45 is Jack Johnson...)
50 Dido - Safe Trip Home
49 Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be
48 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
47 Randy Newman - Harps And Angels
46 The Verve - Forth
45 Jack Johnson Sleep Through Static
44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic
43 Joan As Police Woman - To Survive
42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift Of Screws
40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
39 Santogold - Santogold
38 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom
37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels
36 R.E.M. - Accelerate
35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
33 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair
32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
31 Black Mountain - In The Future
30 Portishead - Third
29 AC/DC - Black Ice
28 Paul Weller - Dreams
27 Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
26 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
25 Metallica - Death Magnetic
24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
23 Beck - Modern Guilt
22 The Killers - Day & Age
21 Razorlight - Slipway Fires
20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
18 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
17 Adele - 19
16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
13 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry
11 Sigur Rós - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
10 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
09 The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
08 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
07 TV On The Radio - Dear Science
06 Duffy - Rockferry
05 Glasvegas - Glasvegas
04 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
03 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
02 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
01 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
This is why KoL won. When you read it, remember it's opposite day:
Like others before them - R.E.M. and Radiohead in recent years - Kings Of Leon are making big rock music to fill big spaces, without resorting to hot air or empty posturing.
You can read the rest of the blurbs at Q.
