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Les Inrockuptibles is a French publication since 1986. It comes out weekly since 1995. It's about "Musique, Cinema, Livres, etc..."

Thanks to Jean Alain Autret and Christophe Gourraud of The Pixies Home Page for compililing these lists for me .

Best 100 Albums From The Last Decade (1986 - 1996)
Critics lists from 1992, Critic and Readers lists from 1994 :

1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

| 2000 | 2001 | 2002| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

Many Thanks to Stéphane Baccetti of Asnières, France for supplying the '03 & '04 Lists.

1992 Les Inrocks Albums (alphabetical order )

• Arrested Development : 3 years, 5 months, 2 days in the life of...
• Peter Astor : Paradise
• Boo Radleys : Everything's alright forever
• John Cale : Fragments of a rainy season
• Nick Cave : Henry's Dream
• The Chills : Soft bomb
• Leonard Cohen : The Future
• John Cunningham : Shankly gates
• DC Basehead : Play with toys
• The Frank & Walters : Trains, boats and planes
• P.J. Harvey : Dry
• Brenda Kahn : Epiphany in Brooklyn
• Moose : ...XYZ
• The Nits : Ting
• Pavement : Slanted & enchanted
• REM : Automatic for the people
• Ride : Going blank again
• Sonic Youth : Dirty
• Television : Television
• Suzanne Vega : 99.9 f
• Neil Young : Harvest moon

The Reserve...

• Brian : Understand
• Cerebral Corps : Attributed to...
• Denim : Back in Denim
• Dominique A : La Fossette
• Bob Dylan : Good as I been to you
• Epic Soundtracks : Rise Above
• Fabulous trobadors : Era pas de faire
• The House of love : Babe rainbow
• David Kilgour : Here come the cars
• Me Phi me : One
• Pale Saints : In Ribbons
• Pulp : Separations
• Red House Painters : Down colourful hill
• St Christopher : Man I could scream
• Bettie Serveert : Palomine
• Sugar : Copper blue
• Tom Verlaine : Warm & cool
• Vulgar Boatmen : Please panic
• XTC : Nonsuch
• Yo La Tengo : May I sing with me

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1993 Les Inrocks Albums

1. Divine Comedy : Liberation
2. Palace Brothers : There's no one that will take care of you
3. Trash Can Sinatras : I've seen everything
4. Mazzy Star : So tonight that I might see
5. Ashtray boy : the honeymoon suite
6. The Goats : Tricks of the shade
7. Dominique A : Si je connais Harry
8. Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
9. Pascal Comelade : Traffic d'abstraction
10. Moose : Honey bee
11. Murat : Venus
12. Al Green : Don't look back
13. Bjork : Debut
14. Sugar : Beaster
15. Red House Painters : Red hose painters - 1
16. Paul Quinn : The phantoms of the archetypes
17. The Auteurs : New wave
18. Silvain Vanot : Sylvain Vanot
19. The Apartments : Drift
20. liz Phair : Exile in Guyville
21. Tindersticks : Tindersticks
22. American Music Club : Mercury
23. East River Pipe : Goodbye California
24. Geoffrey Oryema : beat the border
25. Nirvana : In Utero
26. Cypress Hill : Black sunday
27. The Lemonheads : Come on feel
28. James : Laid
29. De La Soul : Bulhoone mind state
30. Yo La Tengo : Painful
31. US 3 : Hand on the torch
32. Grant Mc Lennan : Fireboy
33. Jean Francois Coen : Jean francois Coen
34. Blur : Modern life is rubbish
35. Pooka : Pooka
36. Frank Black : Frank Black
37. Stuart Moxham : random rules
38. The Walkabouts : Satisfied mind
39. A Tribe Call Quest : Midnight marauders

1993 Les Inrocks Readers Albums

1. Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
2. The Auteurs : New Wave
3. Divine Comedy : Liberation
4. Tindersticks : Tindersticks
5. The Breeders : Last plash
6. James : Laid
7. The Apartments : Drift
8. Bjork : Debut
9. Suede : Suede
10. New Order : Republic
11. Moose : Honey bee
12. Sugar : Beaster
13. Frank Black : Frank Black
14. Belly : Star
15. Dominique A : Si je connais Harry
16. Sylvain Vanot : Sylvain Vanot
17. The Posies : Frosting on the beater
18. Trash Can Sinatras : I've seen everything
19. Dead Can Dance : Into the labyrinth
20. The Lemonheads : Come on feel

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1994 Les Inrocks Albums

1. Beck : Mellow Gold
2. Ben Harper : Welcome to the cruel World
3. Jean Bart : Il le faut
4. Warren G : Regulate... G funk era
5. Daniel Johnston : Fun
6. Beck : One foot in the grave
7. Neil Young : Sleeps with angels
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds : Let love in
9. Morrissey : Vauxhall & I
10. Swell : 41
11. Beastie Boys : III communication
12. Snoop Doggy Dog : Doggystyle
13. Liz Phair : Whip smart
14. Jeff Buckley : Grace
15. The Divine Comedy : Promenade
16. Urban Species : listen
17. Johnny Cash : American recordings
18. Pavement : Crooked rain
19. Grant Lee Buffalo : Mighty Joe Moon
20. Portishead : Dummy
21. Vic Chesnutt : Drunk
22. Sonic Youth : Experimental jet set, trash & no star
23. Nirvana : Unplugged in New York
24. Palace Brothers : Palace brothers
25. Lambchop : Jack's Tulips

1994 Les Inrocks Singles

1. Beck : Loser
2. Oasis : Supersonic
3. Neil Young : Philadelphia
4. Morrissey & Siouxsie : Interlude
5. Lambchop : Soaky in the pooper
6. Mazzy Star : fade into you
7. The Beastie Boys : Sabotage
8. Blur : Girls & boys
9. Stone Roses : love spreads
10. Catchers : Shifting ep
11. Oasis : whatever I
12. Pavement : Cut your hair
13. Portishead : Numb
14. Public Enemy : Give it up
15. The Sandals : Nothing
16. Compulsion : Mall monarchy
17. Beck : It's all in your mind
18. Deus : Sods & sodas
19. Elastica : Connection
20. Gene : For the dead
21. Kristin Hersh : Your ghost
22. Sebadoh : Careful
23. Plush : Found a little baby
24. Shed Seven : Mark
25. Veruca Salt : Seether
26. Ash : Petrol
27. Weezer : Undone the sweeter song
28. Palace Brothers : An arrow through the bitch
29. Pulp : Do you remember the first time

1994 Les Inrocks Readers Albums

1. Jeff Buckley : Grace
2. Morrissey : Vauxhall and I
3. Portishead : Dummy
4. Frank Black : Teenage of the year
5. Oasis : Definitely maybe
6. Sonic Youth : Experimental jet set ...
7. Pulp : His'n'hers
8. Divine Comedy : Promenade
9. Suede : Dog man star
10. Swell : 41
11. Blur : Parklife
12. Catchers : Mute
13. Nirvana : Unplugged in New York
14. Shed Seven : Change giver
15. Neil Young : Sleeps with angels
16. Hole : Live through this
17. Sebadoh : Bakesale
18. Pavement : Crooked rain
19. Ride : Carnival of light
20. Bashung : Chatterton

1994 Les Inrocks Readers Singles

1. Beck : Loser
2. Oasis : Supersonic
3. Elastica : Connection
4. Blur : Girls & boys
5. Shed Seven : Mark
6. Morrissey & Siouxsie : Interlude
7. Tindersticks : Kathleen
8. Morrissey : The more you ignore me, the closer I get
9. Oasis : Live forever
10. Veruca Salt : Seether

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1995 Les Inrocks Albums (alphabetical order )

The necessary 25 albums

• Akhenaton : Metheque et mat
• Baby Bird : I was born a man, Bad shave & Fatherhood
• Bjork : Post
• Blur : The great escape
• Boo Radleys : Wake up
• Cardinal : Cardinal
• Vic Chesnutt : Is the actor happy ?
• Lloyd Cole : Love story
• Cypress Hill : III temple of boom
• Dominique A : La memoire neuve
• Earthling : Radar
• Gene : Olympian
• PJ Harvey : To bring you my love
• Miossec : Boire
• Money Mark : Mark's Keyboard repair
• Oasis : ( What's the story morning glory )
• Ol' Dirty Bastard : Return to the 36 chambers
• Palace Music : Viva last blues
• Pulp : Different class
• Radiohead : The bends
• Ron Sexmith : Ron Sexmith
• Spain : The blue moods of spain
• Supergrass : I should coco
• Tarnation : Gentle creatures
• Tricky : Maxinquaye

The Reserve...

• Air Miami : Me, me, me
• The Apartments : A life full of farewells
• Ballistics Brothers : London hooligan soul
• Jean Bart : Fin et suite
• David Bowie : Outside
• Chemical Brothers : Exit planet dust
• Julian Cope : 20 mothers
• Delicatessen : Skin touching water
• Elastica : Elastica
• Flaming Lips : Clouds taste metallic
• Garbage : Garbage
• Gorky's Zigotic Mynci : Bwyd time
• Ben Lee : Grandpaw would
• Letfield : Leftism
• Eric Matthews : It's heavy in here
• Moose : Live a little, love a lot
• Passengers : Original soundtracks vol. 1
• Red House Painters : Ocean beach
• Smog : Wild love
• Sparklehorse : Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
• Bruce Springsteen : The gost of Tom Joad
• Teenage Fanclub : Grand Prix
• Tindersticks : The second tindersticks album
• Scott Walker : Tilt

1995 Les Inrocks Singles

1. Ruby : Paraffin
2. Clubbed to Death : Compact disc experience
3. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue : Where the wild roses grow
4. Garbage : Vow
5. Goldie : Inner city life
6. Fila Brazillia : A zed & two I's
7. Foo Fighters : This is a call
8. Sloy : Pop
9. Weezer : Buddy Holly
10. High Llamas : Checking in checking out
11. The President of the USA : Lump
12. Stephen Duffy : London Girls
13. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Experimental remixes
14. The Apartments : The things you'll keep
15. Eva Luna : Ghost of you
16. Ecstatic Orange : World keep spinning
17. Cast : Fine time
18. Elastica : Waking up
19. Morrissey : Boxers
20. Mc Almont & Butler : Yes
21. Delicatessen : CF Kane
22. Salad : Drink the elixir
23. Cardigans : Carnival
24. Tindersticks : No more affairs
25. Menswear : I'll manage somehow

1995 Les Inrocks Readers Albums

1. P.J. Harvey : To bring you my love
2. Miossec : Boire
3. Tindersticks : The second album
4. Dominique A : La mmoire neuve
5. Bjork : Post
6. Supergrass : I should coco
7. Tricky : Maxinquaye
8. Palace : Viva last blues
9. Oasis : (What's the story) morning glory ?
10. Spain : The blue moods of Spain
11. The Apartments : A life full of farewell
12. Pulp : Different class
13. Blur : The great escape
14. Echobelly : On
15. Ben Harper : Fight for your mind
16. Boo Radleys : Wake up
17. Cast : All change
18. Earthling : Radar
19. Natacha Atlas : Diaspora
20. David Bowie : Outside
21. Garbage : Garbage
22. Radiohead : The bends
23. Ron Sexmith : Ron Sexmith
24. The Smashing Pumpkins : Mellon collie and...
25. Vic Chesnutt : Is the actor happy ?

1995 Les Inrocks Readers Singles

1. Pulp : Common people
2. Oasis : Wonderwall
3. Garbage : Vow
4. Supergrass : Allright
5. Dominique A : 22 bar
6. Tricky : Black steel
7. PJ Harvey : Down by the water
8. Bjork : Army of me
9. Presidents of the USA : Lump
10. Morrissey : Boxers
11. Blur : County house
12. Bjork : Isobel
13. Bjork : It's oh so quiet
14. Tindersticks : No more affairs
15. Supergrass : Mansize rooster
16. Supergrass : Caught by fuzz
17. N Cave & the Bad Seeds : Where the wild roses grow
18. Ruby : Paraffin
19. Boo Radleys : Wake up !

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1996 Les Inrocks Albums (alphabetical order )

The necessary 10 albums

• Beck : Odelay
• Deus : In a bar, under the sea
• Diabologum : 3
• The Divine Comedy : Casanova
• DJ Shadow : Endtroducing...
• Eels : Beautiful freak
• Papas Fritas : Papas Fritas
• Placebo : Placebo
• Morcheeba : who can you trust?
• Tricky : Pre-millenium tension

The reserve...

• Aphex Twins : Richard D. James lp
• Fiona Apple : Tidal
• Joseph Arthur : Big city secrets
• Baby Bird : Ugly beautiful
• Ben Folds Five : Ben Folds Five
• Billy Bragg : William Bloke
• Cat Power : What would the community think
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds : Murder ballads
• Richard Davies : There's never been a crowd like this
• Donovan : Sutras
• Dr Octagon : The ecologyst
• Mark Eitzel : 60 watt silver lining
• Everything but the girl : Walking wounded
• Fun Lovin Criminals : Come find yourself
• Lisa Germano : Exepts from a love circus
• Grant Lee Buffalo : Copperopolis
• Jeru the Damaja : Wrath of the math
• Katerine : Mes mauvaises frequentations
• Labradford : Labradford
• The Lemonheads : Car button cloth
• Luscious Jackson : Fever in fever out
• Maria Mc Kee : Life is sweet
• The Married Monk : The Jim side
• Mazzy Star : Among my swan
• Murat : Dolores
• Nearly God : Nearly God
• Peter Perrett : Woke up sticky
• Jonny Polonsky : Hi my name is Jonny
• The Olivia Tremor Control : Dusk at cubist castle
• Beth Orthon : Trailer park
• Out of my hair : Drop the roof
• Radar Bros : Radar bros
• The Rentals : Return of the Rentals
• Scud Mountain Boys : Massachussetts
• Silver Jews : The natural bridge
• Patti Smith : Gone again
• Sparkehorse : Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
• Suede : Coming up
• Underworld : Second toughest of the infants
• Suzanne Vega : Nine objects of desire

1996 Les Inrocks Singles (alphabetical order )

• Aphex Twin : Girl/Boy
• Archive : So few words
• Baby Bird : You're gorgeous
• Beck : Devil's Haircut
• Mathieu Boogaerts : Ondule
• Busta Rhymes : Woo hah
• Butthole surfers : Pepper
• Cat Power : Nude as the news
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds : Henry Lee
• The Chemical Brothers : Setting sun
• Cibo Matto : Know your children
• Daft Punk : Da funk
• Diabologum : A decouvrir absolument
• Dr Octagon : Blue flowers
• Elysian Fields : Star
• Everything but the Girl : Wrong
• The Folk Implosion : Natural one
• Fun Lovin' Criminals : Scooby snacks
• Garageland : Fingerpops
• Gorky's Zigotic Mincy : Lucy's hamper
• Guided by voices : the official ironmen rallysong
• Manic Street Preachers : A design for life
• Mazzy Star : Flowers of december
• Monk & Canatella : I can water my plants
• Movietone : Useless landscape
• Nada Surf : Popular
• Noir Desir : Un jour en France
• Number One Cup : Dive bomb
• Orbital : The box
• The Pharcyde : Runnin'
• Photek : The hidden camera
• Placebo : Teenage angst
• Primitive Radio Gods : Standing outside a broken telephone
• Prodigy : Firestarter
• Rogey Quigley : A kind of loving
• The Rentals : Friends of P
• The Saturnines : Caves
• 16 Horsepower : Haw
• Smashing Pumpkins : 1979
• Smog : Kicking a couple around
• Space : Female of the species
• Spice Girls : Wannabe
• Suede : Trash
• Underworld : Born slippy
• Weezer : El scorcho

1996 Les Inrocks Readers Albums

1. Eels : Beautifuls freaks
2. Beck : Odelay
3. Placebo : Placebo
4. The Divine Comedy : Casanova
5. Suede : Coming up
6. Cat Power : What would the community think
7. Noir Desir : 666.667 Club
8. Diabologum : 3
9. Deus : In a bar, under the sea
10. Jean Louis Murat : Dolores
11. Tricky : Pre-millenium tension
12. Mazzy star : Among my swan
13. Nick Cave ansd the bad seeds : Murder ballads
14. Guideg by voices : Under the bushes, under the stars
15. Manic Street Preachers : Everything must go
16. Trash Can Sinatras : A happy pocket
17. Baby Bird : Ugly beautiful
18. Boo Radleys : C'mon kids
19. Morcheeba : Who can you trust ?
20. Bim Sherman : Miracle

1996 Les Inrocks Readers Singles

1. Nada Surf : Popular
2. Eels : Novocaine for your soul
3. Fun Lovin' Criminals : Scooby snacks
4. Suede : Trash
5. Placebo : 36 degrees
6. Cat Power : Nude as the news
7. Beck : Devil's haircut
8. Smashing Pumpkins : 1979
9. Divine Comedy : Something for the weekend
10. Underworld : Born slippy

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1997 Critics albums (alphabetical order )

The 10 best albums :

• Alpha : Come from heaven
• Björk : Homogenic
• Belle & Sebastian : If you're feeling sinister
• Craig Armstrong : The space between us
• Jay-Jay Johanson : Whiskey
• Portishead : Portishead

• Radiohead : OK Computer
• Swell : Too many days without thinking
• Tranquility Bass : Let the freak flag fly
• The Verve : Urban hymns

The others :

• The Apartments : Apart
  Archive : Londinium
  Bentley Rhythm Ace : BRA
  Françoiz Breut : Françoiz Breut
  David Byrne : Feelings
  Nick Cave : the Boatman's call
  The Chemical Brothers : Dig your own hole
  Cornershop : when I was born for the 7th time
  Death in Vegas : Dead Elvis
  Echo & the Bunnymen : Evergreen
  Forest for the Trees : Forest for the Trees
  Grandaddy : The western freeway
  Gus Gus : Polydistorsion
  Michael Head : The magical world of the strands
  Lauren Hoffman : Meggiddo
  IAM : L'école du micro d'argent
  Jonathan Fire Eater : Wolf songs for lambs
  Kid Loco : A grand love story
  Labradford : Mi media naranja
  Miossec : Baiser
  Mogwai : Young team
  Monk & Canatella : Care in the community
  Mouse on Mars : Autoditacker
  OP8 : Slush
  Pavement : Brighten the corners
  Photek : Modus operandi
  Primal Scream : Vanishing point
  Prodigy : The fat of the land
  Rakim : the 18th letter
  RoniSize/Reprazent : New forms
  Elliot Smith : either/or
  Smog : Red apple falls
  Spiritualized : Ladies & gentlemen, we are floating in space
  Thievery Corporation : Sounds from the thievery hi-fi
  Tindersticks : Curtains
  Ulan Bator : Végétale
  Silvain Vanot : Egérie
  Jim White : Wrong-eyed Jesus!
  Wu-Tang Clan : Wu-Tang forever
  Robert Wyatt : Shleep
  

1997 Critics singles (alphabetical order )

• Air : Le soleil est près de toi
• All Saints : Never ever
• Alpha : Sometime later
• Aphex Twin : Come to daddy
• Julien Baer : le monde s'écroule
• Beck : Devil's haircut
• Belle & Sebastian : Dog on wheels/3.6.9 seconds of light
• Ben Folds Five : The battle of who could care less
• Cornershop : Good shit
• Cake : Frank Sinatra
• Catch : Bingo
• Cuba : Havana
• Daft Punk : Around the world
• Depeche Mode : Home
• DJ Shadow : High noon
• Dumb Angel : Make a sound
• Eels : Rags to rags
• Embrace : All you good good people
• Fatboy Slim : Everybody needs a 303
• Folk Implosion : Pole position
• Fountains of Wayne : Sink to the bottom
• Fugu : F24
• Invisible Pair of Hands : La balançoire
• Janet Jackson : Got'til it's gone
• Leila : Don't fall asleep
• Lo-Fidelity All Stars : Disco machine gun
• Luscious Jackson : Naked eyed
• Massive Attack : Risingson
• Mono : Life in Mono
• Plaid : Undoneson
• Plush : No education
• Pressure Drop : My friend
• Prodigy : Smack my bitch up EP
• Propellerheads : Take California
• Finley Quaye : Even after all
• Radar Bros : Stay
• Radiohead : Paranoid android
• Rialto : Untouchable
• Scott 4 : Scott 4
• Squarebusher : 30 big loada
• Symposium : The answer to why I hate you
• Jimi Tenor : Can't stay with you baby
• Transparent Things : Car
• Tricky : Makes me wanna die
• U2 : Staring at the sun
• Velocette : Get yourself together
• Velvia : Genial
• The Verve : Bitter sweet symphony
• The Verve : The drugs don't work
• Wannadies : Hit
• Wiseguys : Casino

1997 reader's albums

• Radiohead : OK Computer
• Portishead : Portishead
• Björk : Homogenic
• Belle and Sebastian : If you're feeling sinister
• Jay-Jay Johanson : Whiskey
• Miossec : Baiser
• Swell : Too many days without thinking
• The Verve : Urban hymns
• IAM : L'école du micro d'argent
• Ben Harper : The will to live

1997 readers singles

• The Verve : Bitter sweet symphony
• Radiohead : Paranoid Android
• The Verve : The drugs don't work
• Björk : Joga
• Radiohead : Karma police
• Finley Quaye : Sunday shining
• Monaco : What do you want from me ?
• Cake : I will survive
• Miossec : La fidélité
• Prodigy : Breathe

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Les Inrockuptibles Critics Albums & Singles of 1998.

Mercury Rev : Deserter's song
Rufus Wainwright : Rufus Wainwright
Beck : Mutations
Massive Attack : Mezzanine
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Acme
Leila : Like weather
R.E.M. : Up
Manu Chao : Clandestino
Elliot Smith : XO
Placebo : Without you I'm nothing
Mark Hollis : Mark Hollis
The Third Eye Foundation : You guys kill me
Portishead : Live Roseland NYC
Black Box Recorder : England made me
Jurassic 5 : J5
Tue-Loup : La bancale
Roudoudou : Tout l'univers ( listerner's digest )

Cornelius : Fantasma
Alain Bashung : Fantaisie Militaire
P.J. Harvey : Is this desire ?
Stephen Duffy : I love my friends
Morcheeba : Big calm
Sparklehorse : Good morning spider
Sunhouse : Crazy on the week end
Kruder & Dorfmeister : The K & D sessions
Garbage : Version 2.0
Bran Van 3000 : Glee
The Smashing Pumpkins : Adore
Air : Moon safari
Boo Radleys : Kingsize
Cat Power : Moon pix
Perry blake : Perry Blake
Tarwater : Silur
Freestylers : We rock hard
Lo-Fidelity Allstars : How to operate with a blown mind
Pulp : This is hardcore
Tortoise : TNT
Calexico : The black light
Jeff Buckley : Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk
The Beta Band : 3 ep's
The Dandy Wharhols : Come down
Drugstore : White magic for lovers
Miossec : A prendre
Beastie Boys : Hello nasty
Johnny Dowd : West of Memphis
U.N.K.L.E : Psyence fiction
Talvin Singh : OK
Rae & Christian : Northers sulphuric soul
The Little Rabbits : Yeah !
Cosmo Vitelli : Vidéo

50 singles of 1998

Fatboy Slim : Rockafeller skank
Bran Van 3000 : Drinking in L.A.
Stardust : Music sounds better with you
Cornershop : Brimful of Asha ( Norman Cook remix )
Jurassic 5 : Concrete schoolyards
Beastie Boys : Intergalactic
Little Rabbits : La Piscine
Wagon Christ : Rendleshack
Cosmo Vitelli : We don't need no smurf here
Air : Kelly watch the star
Czerkinsky : Natacha
Drugstore : El President
Pulp : This is hardcore
Lionrock : Rude boy rock
Freestylers : Ruffneck
Tarwater : The watersample
A.D.O.R. : Let it all hang out
Madonna : Frozen
Fun Lovin' Criminals : Love unlimited
Money Mark : Hand in your head
Terry Callier : Love the from Spartacus
Tricky & P.J. Harvey : Broken homes
Belle & Sebastian : This is just a modern rock song
Beta Band : The Patty Patty sound
Black Star : Definition
Lauryn Hill : Doo Wap ( That Thing )
Rinocerose : Le Mobilier
Roudoudou : Peace & tranquility to earth
Mellow : Mellow
Deejay Punk-Roc : Dead husband
The Divine Comedy : generation sex
Hole : Malibu
Kreidler : Au pair
Bjork : Hunter
Sofa Surfers : The Plan
Morcheeba : Let me see
Seafood : Porchlight
Les Rythmes Digitales : Music makes you lost control
Sebadoh : Flame
Wiseguys : Ooh la la
Skinny : Failure
Badly Drawn Boy : I need a sign
Regular Fries : Dust it, don't bust it
Lo-Fidelity Allstars : Vision incision
Baby bird : Bad old man
Volume All* Star : Alpo boy
Six by Seven : 88-92-96
Bedlam Ago Go : Season No 5
Red Snapper : The sleepless
Velocette : Spoiled children

 

Readers Selections :

Rock album

Massive Attack : Mezzanine
Elliot Smith : XO
Mercury Rev : Deserter's songs
REM : Up
PJ Harvey : Is this desire ?
Belle & Sebastian : The boy with the arab strap
Alain Bashung : fantaisie militaire
Yann Tiersen : Le phare
Pulp : This is hardcore
Manu Chao : Clandestino

Single

Pulp : This is hardcore
Placebo : Pure morning
Fatboy Slim : The rockafeller skank
The Devine Comedy : generation sex
Drugstore : El president
Stardust : Music sounds better with you
The Little rabbits : La piscine
Mercury Rev : Goddess on a highway
Czerkinsky : Natacha
The Smashing Pumpkins : Ava adore

World Album

Manu Chao : Clandestino
Rachid taha : Diwan
Amadou & Mariam : Sou ni tilé
Lhasa : La llorona
Caetano Veloso : Livro

French album

Alain Bashung : Fantaisie militaire
Miossec : A prendre
Gérard Manset : Jadis & naguére
Brel : Aux suivants
Tetes Raides : Chamboultou

Jazz Album

Brad Mehldau : songs
John Lurie : Queen of all ears
John Coltrane : The classic quartet
Thelonious Monk : Monk alone
Lisa Ekdhal : Back to earth

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1999 Albums (Critics)

 

1. Beck : Midnight vultures
2. Moby : Play
3. Death in Vegas : The continos sessions
4. Jean Louis Murat : Mustango
5. The Folk Implosion : One part lullaby
6. Jude : No one is really beautiful
7. Mos Def : Black on both sides
8. Hansome Boy Modeling School : So ... how's your girl
9. Katerine : Les creatures & L'homme à trois mains
10. Smog : Knock knock
11. Quannum : Spectrum
12. The Flaming Lips : The soft bulletin
13. Brendan Perry : Eye of the hunter
14. Pavement : Terror twilight
15. Bosco : Paramour
16. Basement Jaxx : Remedy
17. Beth Orton : Central reservation
18. Archive : Take my head
19. Merz : Merz
20. Alex Gopher : You my baby and I
21. Saian Supa Crew : KLR
22. The Roots : Things fall apart
23. 1000 Clowns : Freelance bubblehead
24. Mr Oizo : Analog worms attack
25. Faultline : Closer colder
26. Dominique A : Remué
27. Fiona Apple : When the pawn...
28. Deus : The ideal crash
29. The Chemical Brothers : Surrender
30. Muse : Showbiz
31. "Rinoçérose" : Installation sonore
32. Stina Nordenstam : People are strange
33. Gomez : Liquid skin
34. Chocolate Genius : Black music
35. Les Negresses Vertes : Trabendo
36. Les Rhytmes Digitales : Darkdancer
37. Ben Christophers : My beautiful demon
38. Eminem : The Slim shady LP
39. Bob Marley : Chant down babylon
40. Ron Sexmith : Whereabouts
41. Kevin Rowland : My beauty
42. Baby Namboos : Ancoats 2 Zambia
43. Plaid : Rest proof clockwork
44. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Acme +
45. Super Collider : Head on
46. Jim O' Rourke : Eureka
47. Travis : The man who
48. Bryan Ferry : As time goes by
49. Built to Spill : Keep it like a secret
50. Supergrass : Supergrass

Singles

1. Mr Oizo : Flat beat
2. Archive : Take my head & You make me feel
3. Madonna : Beautiful stranger
4. New Radicals : You get what you give
5. Eminem : My name is ...
6. Day One : Waiting for a break
7. Me:One : Frenemy
8. 1000 Clowns : Not the gratest rapper
9. Patrice : Lions
10. Katerine : Je vous emmerde
11. Deus : Instant street
12. The Chemical Brothers : Out of control
13. Alex Gopher : The child
14. REM : At my most beautiful
15. Aphex Twin : Windowlicker
16. Basement Jazz : Rendez-vu
17. Micronauts : The Jag
18. Fatboy Slim : Right here, right now
19. Mr Scruff : Get a move on
20. Scott Grooves : Mothership reconnection
21. Tim Hutton : Been a fool
22. Leila : Soda stream
23. Ben Diamond : Joyride
24. Everlast : Ends
25. King Biscuit Time : Me & the pharaons
26. Console : 14 zero zero
27. Rob Swift : Dope on plastic
28. TLC : No scrubs
29. Jackson : Gourmet
30. Julien Jabre : Time
31. Muse : Muscle Museum
32. Grand Popo Football Club : Each finger has an attitude
33. Back Star : Respiration
34. Quannum : The extravaganza
35. Morgan : Miss Parker
36. Badly Drown Boy : It came from the ground
37. Ooberman : Shorlay wall
38. Pascale Comelade : Love too soon
39. Arsonists : Pyromaniax
40. Pépé Bradock : Burning
41. Beber : Juvenile delinquent
42. Brothers in Sound : Barelyafterwake
43. Phoenix : Heatwave
44. Moby : Honey
45. Ben's Symphonyc Orchestra : Ben's Symphonyc Orchestra

1999 Albums Readers Choice

1. Jean Louis Murat : Mustango
2. Deus : The ideal crash
3. Beck : Midnite vultures
4. The Flaming Lips : The soft bulletin
5. Archive : Take my head
6. Tidersticks : Simple pleasures
7. Moby : Play
8. Everything but the Girl : Temperamental
9. Dionysos : Haiku
10. Jude : No one is really beautiful
11. The Chemical Brothers : Surrender
12. Smog : Knock knock
13. Pavement : Terror twilight
14. Brendan Perry : Eye of the hunter
15. Underworld : Beaucoup fish

1999 Singles Readers Choice

1. Katerine : Je vous emmerde
2. Deus : Instant street
3. The Chemical Brothers : Hey boy hey girl
4. Alex Gopher : The child
5. Placebo : Without you I'm nothing
6. Muse : Muscle museum
7. Gus Gus : Ladyshave
8. Aphex Twin : Windowlicker
9. The Chemical Brothers : Out of control
10. Mr Oizo : Flat beat

Albums Pop/rock/electro/rap : 2000

1. Wu-Tang Clang : The W
2. Badly Drawn Boy : The hour of bewilderbeast
3. Goldfrapp : Felt mountain
4. P.J. Harvey : Stories from the city, stories from the sea
5. Sigur Ros : Agaetis byrjun
6. Radiohead : Kid A
7. Lampchop : Nixon
8. Elliot Smith : Figure 8
9. Bent : Programmed to love
10. Godspeed you black emperor ! : Levez vos skinny fists comme antennas to
11. heaven
12. Grandaddy : The sophtware slump
13. Bjork : Selmasongs
14. At the drive-in : Relation ship of command
15. Lemon Jelly : Lemon Jelly
16. Gonzales : The entertainist
17. Leila : Courtesy of choice
18. Deltron 3030 : Deltron 3030
19. Eminem : The Marshall Mathers LP
20. Programme : Mon cerveau dans ma bouche
21. Day One : Ordinary man
22. Common : Like water for chocolate
23. Me:One : As far as I'm concerned
24. Outkast : Stankonia
25. Ramsay Midwood : Shoot out at the OK chinese restaurant
26. Placebo : Black market music
27. Etienne Daho : Corps et armes
28. D'angelo : Voodoo
29. Moodymann : Forevernevermore
30. RL Burnside : Wish I was in heaven sitting down
31. Talib Kweli & D.J. Hi-Tek : Reflection eternal
32. Daniel Johnston : Rejected unknown
33. Doctor Rockit : Indoor fireworks
34. Bertrand Burgalat : The sssound of mmmusic
35. Anti-Pop Consortium : The tragic epilogue
36. Etienne de Crecy : Tempovision
37. Shivaree : I oughta give you a shot in the head for making me live in this
38. slump
39. De La Soul : Art official intelligence
40. Michel Houellebecq : Présence humaine
41. Papas Fritas : Buildings and grounds
42. Kelis : Kaleidoscope
43. Albums Music/Jazz/World :
44. Susana Baca : Eco de sombras
45. Cheikha Rimitti : Nouar
46. Roswell Rudd : Broad strokes
47. Henri Salvador : Chambre avec vue
48. Annette Peacock : An acrobat's heart
49. Benoit Delbecq : Pursuit
50. Bebel Gilberto : Tanto tempo
51. Carlos Maza : Tierra fertil
52. Keren Ann : La biographie de Luka Philipsen
53. Rokia Traore : Wanita
54. John Cage : The seasons
55. Bill Frisell : Ghost town
56. Anouar Brahem : Astrakan Café
57. Denis Colin : Etudes du terrain
58. John Zorn : The big gundown
59. Howard Shore : BOF Esther Kahn
60. Bonga : Mulemba xangola
61. Gesualdo : O dolorosa gioia
62. Omara Portuondo : Omara Portuondo
63. Michael Galasso : BOF in the mood for love

Singles

1. Kelis : Caught out there
2. Sugababes : Overload
3. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke : Running
4. Markus Nikolai : Bushes
5. Akhenaton/Bouga : Belsunce breakdown
6. All Saints : Pure shores
7. Pharoahe Monch : Simon says
8. Destiny's Child : Jumpin' jumpin'
9. St Germain : Rose Rouge
10. Aaliyah :Try again
11. Wu-Tan Clan : Gravel pit
12. Life without Buildings : The leanover
13. Spiller : Groovejet
14. JJ72 : Oxygen
15. Madonna : Music
16. Peaches : Lovertits
17. Phoenix : Too young
18. Add N to (X) : Plug me in
19. Isolée : Beau mot plage
20. Eminem : The real slim shady
21. Zero 7 : Ep1
22. Superfunk : Lucky star
23. Shawn Lee : Happiness
24. Autour de Lucie : Je reviens
25. Lake Soul : Autour de toi
26. Etienne de Crécy : Am I wrong
27. Goldfrapp : Lovely head
28. J- Walk : Soul vibration
29. Romanthony : Bring U up
30. Tom McRae : Cut your hair
31. Laurent Garnier : Sound of the big Baboo
32. The Dandy Wharhols : Godless
33. Coldplay : Yellow
34. Lucy Pearl : Dance tonight
35. Micronauts : Bleep to bleep
36. Doctor Rockit : Café de Flore
37. Turin Brakes : The boss
38. Death in Vegas : Aisha
39. Deltron 3030 : Virus
40. Simians : Drop & roll
41. Eliott Smith : Hapiness
42. Saint Etienne : How we used to live
43. Fatboy Slim : Sunset
44. Modjo : Lady
45. Roni Size / Reprazent : Who told you
46. Bosco : Quid
47. Daft Punk : One more time
48. Kings of convenience : Toxic girl
49. Tommy Hools : Maire de Venise
50. Wheatus : Teenage dirtbag

2000 rock/electro/rap reader's albums

1. Radiohead : Kid A
2. P.J. Harvey : Stories from the city, stories from the sea
3. Placebo : Black market music
4. Madonna : Music
5. Grandaddy : The sophtware slump
6. Goldfrapp : Felt mountain
7. Coldplay : Parachute
8. Wu-Tang Clang : The W
9. Ramsay Midwood : Shoot out at the OK chinese restaurant
10. Sigur Ros : Agaetis byrjun

2000 readers singles

1. St Germain : Rose rouge
2. Madonna : Music
3. P.J. Harvey : Good fortune
4. Coldplay : Trouble
5. Coldplay : Yellow

2000 Readers world music album

1. Bebel Gilberto : Tanto tempo
2. Rachid Taha : Made in Medina
3. Henri Salvador : Chambre avec vue
4. Compay Segundo : Lo mejor de la vida
5. Miles Davis : Kind of blue
6. Youssou N'Dour : Joko
7. Ruben Gonzales : Chanchullo
8. Eric Mingus : Um...Er...Uh
9. Laurent Garnier : Unreasonable behaviour
10. Billie Holiday : Lady in satin

Les inrockuptibles 2001  

2001 Critics Albums 

1. Royksöpp Melody AM

2. A Silver Mt Zion Born into trouble as the sparks fly upward

3. Sparklehorse It's A Wonderful Life

4. Avalanches Since I Left you

5. Björk Vespertine

6. White Stripes White blood cells

7. Missy Elliott So Addictive

8. The Strokes Is this it ?

9. New Order Get Ready

10. Roots Manuva Run come save me

11. Cannibal Ox The Cold Vein

12. Radiohead Amnesiac

13. Matmos A chance to cut is a chance to cure

14. Air 10000 Hh Legend

15. Gillian Welch Time The Revelator

16. Kings of Convenience Quiet Is The New Loud

17. Spiritualized Let It Come Down

18. Simian Chemistry is what we are

19. Sébastien Tellier L'Incroyable Vérité

20. Stina Nordenstam This Is

21. Mercury Rev All Is Dream

22. Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs

23. NERD In search of.

24. Autechre Confield

25. Gorillaz Gorillaz

26. Pinback Blue screen life

27. Joe Henry Scar

28. Tricky Blow back

29. Lift To Experience The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads

30. Macy Gray The Id

31. Playgroup Playgroup

32. Vincent Gallo When

33. Daft Punk Discovery

34. Aphex Twin Drukqs

35. Rufus Wainwright Poses

36. Ed Harcourt Here Be Monsters

37. Super Furry Animals Rings around the world

38. Sporto Kantes Act 1

39. Brigitte Fontaine Kekeland

40. Fridge Happiness

41. Bosco Action

42. Noir Désir Des Visages, des figures

43. Miossec Brûle

44. Dominique A Auguri

45. Basement Jaxx Rooty

46. Dan The Automator Lovage - How to make love to your old lady by

47. Nitin Sahwney Prophecy

48. Kelis Wanderland

49. Kid Loco Kill Your Darlings

50. A Camp A Camp

2001 Music Albums Critics choise ( world -jazz - classic ) 

1. Susheela Raman Salt rain

2. Bill Frisell Blues dream

3. Moreno Veloso Music Typewriter

4. Christophe Comm' si la terre penchait

5. Baaba Maal Missing you. My Yeewnii

6. Dave Douglas Witness

7. Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez Cachaito

8. Brad Meldhau Progression - Art of trio vol.5

9. D. Gary Akata meso

10. Supersilent "5"

11. Sylvain Chauveau Nocturne impalpable

12. Djelimady Tounkara Sigui

13. Susan Abbuehl April

14. Kip Hanrahan Drawn from memory

15. Wagner Pa Brazuca matraca

16. Hermann Nitsch Harmoniumwerk

17. Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli Electro Bamako

18. Robert Ashley Dust

19. Les Enfants des autres Graines et bulbes

20. Jackie O-Motherfucker Liberation & The Magick fire music

2001 Singles Critics choise 

1. Missy Elliot : Get ur freak on

2. The Avalanches : Since I left you

3. The Strokes : The modern age

4. Gorillaz : Clint Eastwood

5. Outkast : Ms Jackson

6. Noir Désir : Le vent nous portera

7. Basement Jaxx : Where's your head at ?

8. Squarepusher : Red hot car

9. Aaliyah : We need a resolution

10. Bjork : Hidden place

11. Detroit Grand Pubahs : Sandwiches

12. Royksopp : Poor leno

13. The Coral : Shadowfall

14. Afroman : Because I got high

15. The Supermen lovers : Starlight

16. Mary J Bridge : Family Affair

17. So Solid Crew : 21 Second to go

18. New Order : Crystal

19. Britney Spears : I'm a slave 4 U

20. Depeche Mode : Freelove

21. Oxyde & Neutrino : No good 4 me

22. John Mathias : All the time in the world

23. Ludacris : Roll out (my business)

24. Destiny's Child : Bootylicious

25. Dilated People : Worst come to worst

26. Ana Rago : Sex

27. Air : Radio number one

28. The streets : has it come to this ?

29. Modjo : Chillin'

30. Turin Brakes : Underdog ( Save me)

31. The Electric Soft Parade : Silent to dark

32. Slipknot : Left behind

33. Metro Area : Metro Area 4

34. Baxter Dury : Oscar Brown

35. Playgroup : Make it happen

36. The Music : Take the long road & walk it

37. Black Rebel Motorcycle club : Whatever happened to my rock'n'roll

38. Travis : Sing

39. Etienne de Crécy : Scratched

40. Zoot Woman : Living in a magazine

 2001 Albums Readers 

1. Radiohead : Amnesia

2. Björk : Vespertine

3. Aphex Twins : Drukqs

4. Noir Désir : Des visages des figures

5. New Order : Get ready

6. Air : 10 000 Hz legend

7. The Divine Comedy : Regeneration

8. Daft Punk : Discovery

9. Tricky : Blow back

10. Gorillaz : Gorillaz

 2001 Singles Readers choise 

1. Noir désir : Le vent nous portera

2. Gorillaz : Clint Eastwood

3. The Avalanches : Since I left you

4. Radiohead : Pyramid Song

5. New Order : Crystal

 2001 Music Album Readers choise 

Jazz : 

1. Brad Mehldau : Progression

2. Erik Truffaz : Mantiz

3. Diana Krall : The look of love

 Song : 

1. Brigitte Fontaine : Kékéland

2. Christophe : Comme si la terre penchait

3. Hupert-Murat : Madame Deshoulières

 World : 

1. Susheela Raman : Salt rain

2. Manu Chao : Esperanza

3. Wagner Pà : Brazuca Matraca

2002 Pop/rock albums

1.  The Streets : Original Pirate Material
2.  Godspeed you black emperor : Yanqui U.X.O.
3.  2 Many DJ's : As heard on radio soulwax Pt 2
4.  Liars : They threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top
5.  Missy Elliot : Under construction
6.  The Libertines : Up the bracket
7.  Ms Dynamite : A little deeper
8.  Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man : Out of season
9.  Queens of the stone age : Songs for the deaf
10.  Alain Bashung : L'imprudence
11.  Carla Bruni : Quelqu'un m'a dit
12.  The Flaming Lips : Yoshimi Battles the pink Robots
13.  NERD : In search of (band version 2002)
14.  Radio 4 : Gotham !
15.  Metro Area : Metro area
16.  RJD2 : Deadringer
17.  Sigur Ros : ()
18.  La Rumeur : l'ombre sur la mesure
19.  DJ Shadow : The private press
20.  Blackalicious : Blazing arrow
21.  The Bellrays : Mett the bellrays
22.  TTC : Ceci n'est pas un disque
23.  Boards of Canada : Geogaddi
24.  Beck : Sea change
25.  Lambchop : Is a woman
26.  Dionysos : Western sous la neige
27. . And you will know us by the trail of dead : Source Tags & codes
28.  Mùm : Finally we are no one
29.  Johnny Cash : The man comes around
30.  The Delgados : Hate
31.  Derrick L. Carter : Squaredancing in a roundhouse
32.  The Notwist : Neon golden
33.  Programme : L'enfer tiède
34.  Jackie-O Motherfucker : Change
35.  Shivaree : Rough dreams
36.  Eminem : The Eminem show
37.  The Coral : The coral
38.  Death in Vegas : Scorpio rising
39.  Mathieu Boogaerts : 2000
40.  DJ Mehdi : (The story of ) espion
41.  J-Live : All of the above
42.  Coldplay : A rush of blood to the head
43.  Tom Waits : Alice
44.  Interpol : Turn on the bright lights
45.  Avril : That horse must be starving
46.  Red Hot Chili Peppers : By the way
47.  Faultline : Your love means everything
48.  The Chemical Brothers : Come with us
49.  The Vines : Highly evolved
50.  Moby : 18

2002 Singles

1.  LCD Soundsystem : Losing my edge
2.  Eminem : without me
3.  The Rapture : House of Jealous lovers
4.  Missy Elliott : Work it
5.  Together : So much love to give
6.  The Libertines : what a waster
7.  Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Bang
8.  Dizzy Rascal : I love you
9.  The Vines : Highly evolved
10.  Tim Deluxe : It just won't do
11.  Stupeflip : J'fume plus d'shit
12.  TTC : (Je n'arrive pas à) danser
13.  The Eightie's Matchbox B-Line Disaster : Celebrate your mother
14.  Clipse : Grindin'
15.  Ms Dynamite : Dy-na-me-tee
16.  Alan Braxe & Fred Falke : Palladium
17.  Primal Scream : Autobahn 66
18.  DJ Shadow : Six days
19.  The Bellrays: Fire on the moon
20.  Paul Oakenfold : Starry eyed surprise
21.  Radio 4 : Dance to the underground
22.  Simple Kid : I'm rock
23.  Busta Rhymes : Pass the Courvoisier
24.  Cosmo Vitelli : Party day
25.  Soft Pink Truth : Soft pink truth
26.  FC Kahuna : Glitter ball
27.  Sugababes : Round round
28.  Doves : There goes the fear
29.  Jay-Jay Johanson : On the radio
30.  Justin Timberlake : Like I love you
31.  The Music : The people
32.  Marianne Faithfull : Sex with strangers
33.  The Coral : Dreaming of you
34.  White Stripes : Fell in love with a girl
35.  Red Hot Chili Peppers : Zephyr song
36.  The Kills : Black rooster
37.  Badly Drown Boy : Silent sigh
38.  The Datsuns : In love
39.  Richard Ashcroft : Check the meaning
40.  Craig Armstrong/Evan Dando : Wake up in New York

2002 world -jazz - classical albums

1.  Tom Ze Jogos de amar
2.  Orchestra Baobab : Specialist in all styles
3.  Solomon Burke : Don't give up on me
4.  Pierre-Yves Macé : Faux Jumeaux
5.  Salif Keita : Moffou
6.  Brad Mehldau : Largo
7.  Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn & Friends : Mali Music
8.  Mal Waldron : One more Time
9.  Junke Miyake : Innocent Bossa in the mirror
10.  Precious Bryant : Fool me good
11.  Vinicius Cantuaria : Vinicius
12.  Andy Bey : Tuesdays in Chinatown
13.  David S. Ware : Freedom Suite
14.  Man : Main Gauche
15.  Norah Jones : Come away with me
16.  Marcio Faraco : Interior
17.  Yvinek : Recycling the Future
18.  Toma Sidibé : Mali Mélo
19.  Arto Lindsay : Invoke
20.  Misha Alperin : Night

2003

Many Thanks to Stéphane Baccetti of Asnières, France for supplying the '03 & '04 Lists.

2003 best LP’s

1. The White Stripes : Elephant
2. Blur : Think Tank
3. OutKast : Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
4. The Rapture : Echoes
5. The Kills : Keep on Your Mean Side
6. Cat Power : You Are Free
7. Missy Elliott : This Is Not a Test!
8. Buck 65 : Talkin’ Honky Blues
9. Radiohead : Hail to the Thief
10. Hot Hot Heat : Make Up the Breakdown
11. The BellRays : The Red, White & Black
12. Molasses : A Slow Messe
13. LFO : Sheath
14. The Coral : Magic and Medicine
15. Me’shell NdegéOcello : Comfort Woman
16. Stupeflip : Stupeflip
17. Kings Of Leon : Youth & Young Manhood
18. Cody ChesnuTT : The Headphone Masterpiece
19. Ellen Allien : Berlinette
20. The Distillers : Coral Fang
21. Parsley Sound : Parsley Sounds
22. Matmos : The Civil War
23. Cali : L’amour Parfait
24. Robert Wyatt : Cuckooland
25. Jean-Louis Murat : Lilith
26. Colder : Again
27. Diam’s : Brut de femme
28. A Silver Mt. Zion : This Is Our Punk-Rock
29. Plaid : Spokes
30. Four Tet : Rounds
31. Grandaddy : Sumday
32. Common : Electric Circus
33. The Warlocks : Phoenix album
34. I Monster : Neveroddoreven
35. Adam Green : Friends of Mine
36. Mojave 3 : Spoon and Rafter
37. The Strokes Room on Fire
38. Terry Hall & Mushtaq : The Hour of Two Lights
39. Syd Matters : A Whisper and a Sigh
40. The Black Keys : Thickfreakness
41. Ricardo Villalobos : Alcachofa
42. Audio Bullys : Ego War
43. Massive Attack : 100th Window
44. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros : Streetcore
45. Josh Rouse : 1972
46. (Smog) : Supper
47. Dizzee Rascal : Boy in da Corner
48. Placebo : Sleeping With Ghosts
49. M83 : Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
50. Muggs : Dust


2003 best singles

1. Beyoncé : Crazy in Love
2. The White Stripes : Seven Nation Army
3. Scissor Sisters : Comfortably Numb
4. Blur : Out of Time
5. L’Atelier : Le Hip-hop, c’est mon pote
6. OutKast : Ghetto Musick
7. Audio Bullys : We Don’t Care
8. Dizzee Rascal : I Luv U
9. Eminem : Lose Yourself (BO 8 Mile)
10. Justin Timberlake : Cry Me a River
11. Electric 6 : Danger! High Voltage
12. The Darkness : Growing on Me
13. Stupeflip : L.E.C.R.O.U.
14. 50 Cent : In Da Club
15. MC Jean Bab’1 : J’t’emmerde
16. Missy Elliott : Pass That Dutch
17. Junior Senior : Don’t Don’t Stop the Beat
18. Panjabi MC : Mundian to Bach Ke
19. The Coral : Don’t Think You’re the First
20. The Sun : Back in the Summer of’72


2003 best reissues

1. Gene Clark : No Other
2. Television : Marquee Moon
3. Pavement : Slanted and Enchanted
4. Led Zeppelin : How the West Was Won
5. Nirvana : The Story of Simon Simopath
6. Sonic Youth : Dirty (Deluxe)
7. Various Artists : Mutant Disco
8. Pearls Before Swine : Jewels Were the Stars
9. The Who : Who’s Next
10. De La Soul : 3 Feet High and Rising
11. Barry Dransfield : Barry Dransfield
12. Neil Young : On the Beach
13. Kim Fowley : Living in the Streets
14. Bob Dylan : Blonde on Blonde
15. Felt : Stains on a Decade
16. Fairport Convention : What We Did on Our Holidays
17. Colin Blunstone : One Year
18. Kevin Ayers : Joy of a Toy
19. The Aerovons : Resurrection
20. Tim Hardin : Bird on a Wire


2003 best DVD’s

1. Led Zeppelin : Led Zeppelin
2. Michel Gondry : The Work of Director
3. Can : Can
4. Radiohead : 7 Television Commercials
5. Dyonisos : Whatever the Weather
6. Depeche Mode : 101
7. Belle And Sebastian : Fans Only
8. The Beach Boys : Pet Sounds
9. Coldplay : Live 2003
10. Daft Punk : Interstella 5555
11. Sub pop : Video Network Program 1
12. The Chemical Brothers : Singles 93-03
13. Johnny Cash : At Town Hall Party 1958
14. Pink Floyd : Live at Pompeii, The Director’s Cut
15. Al Green : Gospel According to Al Green
16. Farmer’s Manual : RLA
17. Various Artists : The Old Frey Whistle Test 2
18. The Rutles : All You Need Is Cash
19. Captain Beefheart : Some Yoyo Stuff
20. Mush : Tour Spring 2002 Live


 

2004
 

2004 best LP’s

1. Franz Ferdinand : Franz Ferdinand
2. The Streets : A Grand Don’t Come for Free
3. Devandra Banhart : Rejoicing in the Hands
4. TV on the Radio : Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
5. Daniel Darc : Crève coeur
6. The Libertines : The Libertines
7. Mylo : Destroy Rock & Roll
8. TTC : Bâtards sensibles
9. CocoRosie : La maison de mon rêve
10. Björk : Medulla
11. Joanna Newsom : The Milk-Eyed Mender
12. Automato : Automato
13. Mos Def : The New Danger
14. Florent Marchet : Gargilesse
15. !!! : Louden Up Now
16. Brian Wilson : Smile
17. N*E*R*D : Fly or Die
18. cLOUDDEAD : Ten
19. Dizzee Rascal : Showtime
20. Superpitcher : Here Comes Love
21. Tow Waits : Real Gone
22. The Roots : The Tipping Point
23. Gravenhurst : Flashlight Seasons
24. Wilco : A Ghost Is Born
25. Animal Collective : Sung Tongs
26. Morrissey : You Are the Quarry
27. Fesit : Let It Die
28. Electrelane : The Power out
29. Dogs Die In Hot Cars : Please Describe Yourself
30. Flotation Toy Warning : Bluffer’s Guide to the Flight Deck
31. JP Nataf : Plus de sucre
32. Lucien-N-Luciano : Blind Behaviour
33. Two Lone Swordsmen : From the Double Gone Chapel
34. Amadou & Mariam : Dimanche à Bamako
35. Circlesquare : Pre-Earthquake Anthem
36. Piers Faccini : Leave No Trace
37. Sufjan Stevens : Greetings From Michigan, the Great Lake State
38. Miossec : 1964
39. Kings Of Leon : Aha Shake Heartbreak
40. Eminem : Encore
41. Interpol: Antics
42. Ron Sexsmith : Retriever
43. Scissor Sisters : Scissors Sisters
44. Arcade Fire : Funeral
45. Micah P. Hinson And The Gospel Of Progress : Micah P. Hinson And The Gospel Of Progress
46. Blanche : If We Can’t Trust the Doctors
47. Air : Talkie Walkie
48. Jill Scott : Beautifully Human – Words and Sounds vol.2
49. Jolie Holland : Escondida
50. Vincent Delerm : Kensigton Square


2004 best reissues (in alphabetical order)

Jeff Buckley : Grace – Legacy Edition
Can : Monster Movie, Soundtracks, Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi
Johnny Cash : Unearthed
The Clash : London Calling – The 25th Anniversary Edition
Nick Drake : Made to Love Magic
Brian Eno : Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Another Green World, Before and After Science
The Kinks : Are the Village Green Preservation Society – Deluxe Edition
Nirvana : With the Lights out
Linda Perhacs : Parallelograms
Bergen White : For Women Only

And also : A Certain Ratio : Sextet / Blondie : Singles Box / DNA : DNA on DNA / The Gun Club : Fire of Love & Miami / David Hemmings : Happens / Al Kooper : New York City (You’re a Woman) / The Modern Lovers : The Modern Lovers / Arthur Russel : The World of Arthur Russel / The Saints : All Times Through Paradise / Spirit : Spirit of 76


2004 best singles

1. OutKast : Hey Ya!
2. Franz Ferdinand : Take Me Out
3. Kelis : Milkshake
4. Bloc Party : Banquet
5. Alter Ego : Rocker
6. Alan Braxe and Fred Falke : Rubicon
7. Kylie Minogue (The Chemical Brothers Remix) : Slow
8. Atmosphere : Trying to Find
9. N*E*R*D : She Wants to Move
10. TTC : Dans le club
11. Scissor Sisters : Laura
12. The Libertines : Can’t Stand Me Now
13. LCD Soundsystem : Yeah
14. Babyshambles : Killamangiro
15. Soulwax : NY Excuse
16. Jay-Z : Change Clothes
17. The Von Bondies : C’mon C’mon
18. Kanye West : Through the Wire
19. Eminem : Mosh
20. Adem : These Are Your Friends
21. Black Strobe : Chemical Sweet Girl EP
22. The Rapture : Sister Saviour
23. Phoenix : Everything Is Everything
24. Jentina : Bad Ass Strippa
25. The Walkmen : The Rat
26. Beastie Boys : Check It Out
27. Hot Chip : Playboy
28. Gisli : How About That?
29. Kasabian : Club Foot
30. Sex In Dallas : Everybody Deserves to Be Fucked
31. Jane Birkin & Mickey 3D : Je m’appelle
32. Wolfman : For Lovers
33. The Go! Team : Ladyflash
34. The Zutons : Pressure Point
35. The Dears : Lost in the Plot
36. Spektrum : Kinda New (Tiefschwarz Remix)
37. Selfish Cunt : Britain Is Shit
38. Miss Kittin : Requiem for a Hit
39. Superpitcher : Happinnes (Michael Meyer remix)
40. The Infadels : Can’t Get Enough
41. The Film : Can You Trust Me?
42. Superdiscount 2 : Fast Track
43. !!! : Is This Thing On?
44. Razorlight : Golden Touch
45. The Bravery : Unconditional Touchup
46. Maximo Park : The Coast Is Always Changing
47. The Strokes : The End Has No End
48. Ordinary Boys : Week In, Week Out
49. The Rakes : 22 Grand Job
50. The Departure : All Mapped Out


2004 best DVD’s

1. The Work of Director : Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham
2. The White Stripes : Under Blackpool Lights
3. Jean-Louis Murat : Parfum d’acacia au jardin
4. Dominique A : En solo aux Bouffes du Nord
5. The Stone Roses : The Stone Roses
6. DJ Shadow : In Tune and on Time
7. R.E.M. : Perfect Square
8. Cali : Plein de vie
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
10. Placebo : Soulmates Never Die – Live in Paris 2003
11. The Undertones : Teenage Kicks
12. Various : Later… With Jools Holland
13. Goldfrapp : Wonderful Electric
14. Barbara : Une Longue Dame Brune
15. Ramones : Raw
16. Bashung : La Tournée des grands espaces
17. The Rapture : The Rapture Is Live and Well in New York City
18. Vicent Delerm : Les Pelouses de Kensigton
19. Various : Warp Visions : The Videos 1989-2004
20. Wu-Tang Clan : Disciples of the 36 chambers Chapter 2
21. Wilco : I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
22. Wire : On the Box 1979
23. Various : Zen TV DVD – A Retrospective of Ninja Tunes Videos
24. Scissor Sisters : We Are Scissor Sisters and So Are You
25. Pavement : Slow Century
26. Henri Salvador : Bonsoir amis
27. Sonic Youth : Corporate Ghost
28. Diam’s : Ma vie, mon Live
29. Thomas Fersen : La Cigale des grands jours
30. Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B

 

Les Inrockuptibles - Albums of 2005

01 The Arcade Fire - Funeral
02 Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel the Illinoise
03 Gorillaz - Demon Days
04 Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
05 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
06 Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
07 Antony And The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
08 Camille - Le Fil
09 Kanye West - Late Registration
10 Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
11 M.I.A. - Arular
12 Vitalic - OK Cowboy
13 Gravenhurst - Fires in Distant Buildings
14 The Rakes - Capture/Release
15 Animal Collectivbe - Feels
16 Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
17 CocoRosie - Noah's Ark
18 Katerine - Robots Après Tout
19 Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering
20 The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
21 Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
22 The Game - The Documentary
23 Wolf Parade - Apologize to the Queen Mary
24 Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
25 The Organ - Grab That Gun
26 Richard Davis - Details
27 Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
28 Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
29 Hot Chip - Coming on Strong
30 Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
31 The Coral - The Invisible Invasion
32 Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
33 Adam Green - Gemstones
34 Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
35 Daft Punk - Human After All
36 Brisa Roché - The Chase
37 Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
38 The Kills - No Wow
39 Broadcast - Tender Buttons
40 Baxter Dury - Floor Show
41 The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
42 Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
43 Sébastien Schuller - Happiness
44 Electrelane - Axes
45 Troy Von Balthazar - Troy Von Balthazar
46 Syd Matters - Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles
47 Dangerdoom - The Mouse & the Mask
48 Dionysos - Monsters in Love
49 The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s
50 The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers


Les Inrockuptibles - Top singles 2005

01 Snoop Dogg feat. Pharell - Drop it like it's Hot
02 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
03 Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
04 Clap You Hands Say Yeah - Is This Love ?
05 Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
06 Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle
07 Pharrell Williams feat. Gwen Stefani - Can I Have it Like That
08 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
09 Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
10 The Rakes - Retreat
11 Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less & Less
12 Ying Yang Twins - Wait
13 Wolf Parade - Wolf Parade EP
14 Bloc Party - Two More Years
15 The Coral - In The Morning
16 Baby Shambles - Fuck Forever
17 Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister
18 The Game - Have it or Love it
19 The Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
20 Justice - One Minute to Midnight
21 50 Cent - Just a Little Bit
22 The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
23 Modeselektor - Turn Deaf!
24 Hard-Fi - Cash Machine
25 Digitalism - Zdarlight
26 The Long Blondes - Appropriation (By Any Other Name)
27 The Kills - The Good Ones
28 Katerine - 100% VIP
29 M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun
30 Vitalic - My Friend Dario
31 Futureheads - Hounds of Love
32 The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
33 Isolée - Schrapnell
34 Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
35 Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
36 Nathan Fake - Dinamo
37 Tiga - You Gonna Want Me
38 The Dead 60s - Riot on the Radio
39 The Blood Arm - Do I Have your Attention ?
40 Test-Icicles - Circle. Square. Triangle
41 Hot Hot Heat - Goodbye Goodbye
42 We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
43 Komakino - Say Something
44 Why? - Sanddollars EP
45 The Littl'Ans feat. Pete Doherty - Their Way
46 White Rose Movement - Love is a Number
47 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
48 Shout Out Loud - Very Loud
49 Editors - Munich
50 Willy Mason - Oxygen

 

Les Inrockuptibles – Best of 2006 lists

Best LP’s
1. Arctic Monkeys : Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
2. TV on the Radio : Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy : The Letting Go
4. CSS : Cansei de ser sexy
5. Keny Arkana : Entre ciment et belle étoile
6. Midlake : The Trials of Van Occupanther
7. Grizzly Bear : Yellow House
8. Sibylle Baier : Colour Green
9. Nathan Fake : Drowning in a Sea of Love
10. Miossec : L’Etreinte
11. Spank Rock : Yoyoyoyoyo
12. Peter von Poehl : Going to Where the Tea Trees Are
13. JoeyStarr : Gare au Jaguar
14. The Long Blondes : Someone to Drive You Home
15. Lily Allen : Allright, Still
16. Pharrell Williams : In My Mind
17. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah : Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
18. Beirut : Gulag Orkestar
19. The Streets : The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
20. The Strokes : First Impressions of Earth
21. The Spinto Band : Nice and Nicely Done
22. Yo La Tengo : I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
23. M. Ward : Post-War
24. Pajo : 1968
25. Joanna Newson : Ys
26. Ramona Cordova : The Boy Who Floated Freely
27. Pierre Lapointe : La Forêt des mal-aimés
28. Jim Noir : Tower of Love
29. Charlotte Gainsbourg : 5:55
30. The Kooks : Inside in/Inside out
31. Herman Düne : Giant
32. Love Is All : Nine Times That Same Song
33. Ray LaMontagne : Till the Sun Turns Black
34. Scott Walker : The Drift
35. Cat Power : The Greatest
36. Luke Temple : Hold a Match for a Gasoline World
37. ESG : Keep On Moving
38. Dominique A : L’Horizon
39. Sonic Youth : Rather Ripped
40. Espers : Espers II
41. Mogwai : Mr. Beast
42. I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness : Fear Is on Our Side
43. Jarvis Cocker : Jarvis Cocker
44. Hot Chip : The Warning
45. Piers Faccini : Tearing Sky
46. Thom Yorke : The Eraser
47. Gnarls Barkley : St. Elsewhere
48. Abd Al Malik : Gibraltar
49. Beck : The Information
50. Agoria : The Green Armachair


Best DVD’s
1. Jean-Luc Godard : One + One
2. Nirvana : Live! Tonight! Sold Out!
3. Gorillaz : Demon Days Live
4. The Velvet Underground : Under Review
5. Gonzales : From Major to Minor
6. Greg Whiteley : New York Doll
7. Don Letts : Punk: Attitude
8. Dexys Midnight Runners : The Bridge
9. Arctic Monkeys : Scummy Man
10. The Go-Betweens : That Striped Sunlight Sound
11. Beastie Boys : Awesome: I Fuckin’ Shot That!
12. Eels : With Strings (Live at Town Hall)
13. Nico : All Tomorrow’s Parties
14. Gram Parsons : Fallen Angel
15. Brian Eno : 14 Video Paintings
16. Pixies : loudQUIETloud
17. Captain Beefheart : Under Review – An Independent Critical Analysis
18. The Monochrome Set : Destiny Always Calls Twice
19. Lucinda Williams : Live from Austin TX
20. The Rolling Stones : The Stones in the Park

Best Reissues & Compilations
1. The Byrds : There Is a Season
2. Talking Heads : 8 LP’s reissues
3. John Cale : Paris 1919
4. Brian Eno + David Byrne : My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
5. Various : Forever Changing – The Golden Age of Elektra 1963-1973
6. Lou Reed : Coney Island Baby 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
7. The Clash : The Singles
8. R.E.M. : And I Feel Fine…The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-87
9. The Walker Brothers : Everything Under the Sun
10. Gram Parsons : The Complete Reprise Sessions
11. Nick Garrie : The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas
12. The Cure : 3 albums Deluxe Editions
13. Sebadoh : Sebadoh III
14. Etienne Daho : Pop Satori Deluxe
15. Josef K : Entomology

Best Singles
1. Gnarls Barkley : Crazy
2. Klaxons : Atlantis to Interzone
3. D4L : Laffy Taffy
4. Snoop Dogg : Vato
5. Cold War Kids : We Used to Vacation
6. Justice : Waters of Nazareth
7. Peter Bjorn and John : Young Folks
8. Chamillionaire : Ridin’
9. CSS : Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above
10. The Raconteurs : Steady, as She Goes