So I have to be honest: assembling our Best of the Decade list was incredibly intimidating.
Best of each year? No problem. The scope is smaller, we all have a fair idea of which records should be included, and the squabbles about placement are more fun, more relaxed.
But Best of the Decade? Man oh man. [...]

For perhaps the first time in a long time, I didn’t really obsess over compiling my year-end Top 20 this year. There are a number of reasons for this — I felt like most of my choices were pretty well-represented by the eMusic list, and I felt like every other year-end albums poll was declining [...]

I know that everyone understandably wants to talk about the technology improvements to eMusic today, but there’s another cool new feature I wanted to mention: our list of the best albums of the year so far. You can read it here.
Hopefully you aren’t too list-weary after last week’s big best albums ever brouhaha, but we’re [...]

The list is complete. We have four different number ones. Four very different top tens. And a whole bunch of amazing records that I hope will clog your save for later list for months to come. So, what are your thoughts? Anything underrated or overrated? Album you are surprised to see made the list or [...]

Another day, another batch of your votes. In the US, today’s list is particularly great, especially the Darker Than Blue compilation — long a favorite of mine — shockingly coming in so high. I had no clue that so many people love that record, but I’m ecstatic that they do! Cannibal Ox’s The Cold Vein [...]

Time to check in again on our best albums ever list: numbers 80 through 61 are now up for viewing here. This section is a bit more canonical (though I must admit that I was hoping #78 would place a bit higher than it did) than the last, but trust me: our list is plenty [...]