Okay so this was his idea.

Top Fifteen Albums of the Decade.

Originally it was supposed to be Top Ten but both of us struggled to get it down to this short. I've left out so so so many.

Anyway, down to business, counting down from Number 15...

Bitte Orca- Dirty Projectors

"Isn't life under the sun just a crazy dream?"

(June 2009)

Gulag Orkestar- Beirut

"I lie down like a tired dog licking his wounds in the shade"

(May 2006)

Elephant Eyelash- Why?

"I thought we'd keep our veins tangled like a pair of mic cables"

(September 2005)

Album- Girls

"and I don't wanna cry my whole life through, I want to do some laughing too"

(September 2009)

Veckatimest- Grizzly Bear

"make a decision with a kiss, maybe I have frostbite"

(May 2009)

Microcastle- Deerhunter

"focus on depth that was never there, eliminate what you can't repair"

(October 2008)

Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground- Bright Eyes

"like love's some kind of lottery where you scratch and see what's underneath, it's sorry, just one cherry"

(August 2002)

Mean Everything to Nothing- Manchester Orchestra

"I don't give a good shit if you're lonesome"

(April 2009)

XX- The XX

"heart skipped a beat and when I caught it you were out of reach"

(August 2009)

Antidotes- Foals

"oh these wasting games, racquets and gadgets"

(March 2008)

Demon Days- Gorillaz

"my dreams, they've got to kiss, 'cause I don't get no sleep, no"

(May 2005)

The Moon and Antarctica- Modest Mouse

"everything that keeps me together is falling apart, I've got this thing I consider my only art of fucking people over"

(June 2000)

Hospice- The Antlers

"when we get home we're bigger strangers than we've ever been before"

(March 2009)

Strawberry Jam- Animal Collective

"a baby on the bus smiled at me so easy"

(September 2007)

Romance Is Boring- Los Campesinos!

"they promised they'd be best of friends from now until forever, but both were far too needy not to fall for the other"

(January 2010)