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Rock De Lux

End of year Lists

1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

 

Thanks to XAVIER for supplying these lists.

 

MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS 1999


1. TOM WAITS: Mule Variations
2. NINE INCH NAILS: The Fragile
3. BECK: Midnite Vultures
4. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: Californication
5. MOGWAI: Come On Die Young
6. BUILT TO SPILL: Keep It Like A Secret
7. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: Surrender
8. TERRANOVA: Close The Door
9. DEUS: The Ideal Crash
10. THE WALKABOUTS: Trail Of Stars
11. THE FLAMING LIPS: The Soft Bulletin
12. TRICKY: Juxtapose
13. HEFNER: The Fidelity Wars
14. LIMP BIZKIT: Significant Other
15. GOMEZ: Liquid Skin
16. ZEBDA: Essence Ordinaire
17. WILCO: Summerteeth
18. GIGOLO AUNTS: Minor Chords And Major Themes
19. MOS DEF: Black On Both Sides
20. LES RHYTHMES DIGITALES: Darkdance
21. CLUB 8: The Friend I Once Had
22. THE HELLACOPTERS: Grande Rock
23. UNDERWORLD: Beaucoup Fish
24. STEREOLAB: Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
25. LEFTFIELD: Rhythm And Stealrh
26. EPMD: Our Of Business
27. THE MAKE UP: Save Yourself
28. BETH ORTON: Central Reservation
29. TOM PETTY: Echo
30. THE PROMISE RING: Very Emergency!
31. FARMED NOT SO JOHN: Receiver
32. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?
33. ARAB STRAP: Elephant Shoe
34. MINISTRY: Dark Side Of The Spoon
35. KRUST: Coded Language
36. SARGENTO GARCIA: Un poquito quema'o
37. LUNA: The Days Of Our Nights
38. CHRIS CORNELL: Euphoria Morning
39. BUCKBERRY: Buckberry
40. FOO FIGHTERS: There Is Nothing Left To Lose
 


MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS 2000
 
 

AT THE DRIVE-IN: Relationship Of Command/SUNNY DAY REAL STATE: The Rising Tide
SIGUR ROS: Agaetis Byrjun
PRIMAL SCREAM: Exterminator
P J HARVEY: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
RADIOHEAD: Kid A
DEFTONES: The White Pony
JURASSIC 5: Quality Control
THE JAYHAWKS: Smile
LAMBCHOP: Nixon
YO LA TENGO: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
RONI SIZE / REPRAZENT: In The Mode
DAVID HOLMES: Bow Down To The Exit Sign
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: Rated R
THE CURE: Bloodflowers
BJÖRK: SelmaSongs
BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant
ST. GERMAIN: Tourist
CALEXICO: Hot Rail
COLDPLAY: Parachutes
PIANO MAGIC: Artists' Rifles
SNAPCASE: Designs For Automotion
LAST DAYS OF APRIL: Angel Youth
THE DELGADOS: The Great Eastern
MOJAVE 3: Excuses For Travellers
DILATED PEOPLES: The Platform
GOODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR!: Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!
EELS: Daisies Of The Galaxies
LEILA: Courtesy Of Choice
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBATEN: Silence Is Sexy
THE GET UP KIDS: Something To Write Home About
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS: 69 Love Songs
DAVID GRAY: White Ladders
GIANT SAND: Chore Of Enchantment
BROADCAST: The Noise Made By People
HEFNER: We Love The City
THE THIRD EYE FOUNDATION: Little Lost Soul
JULIETA VENEGAS: Buenivento
MARILYN MANSON: Holy Wood
BOSS HOG: Whiteout
RYAN ADAMS: Heartbreaker
 


MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS 2001


1. Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American
2. Mogwai: Rock Action
3. Radiohead: Amnesiac
4.  The Strokes: Is This It
5. System Of A Down: Toxicity
6. Björk: Vespertine
7. Weezer: The Green Album
8. Ryan Adams: Gold
9. Super Furry Animals: Rings Around The World
10. Neurosis: A Sun That Never Sets
11. B.R.M.C: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
12. Experience: Aujourd'hui, Maintenant
13. Kings Of Convenience: Quiet Is The New Loud
14. Jay-Z: The Blueprint
15. Built To Spill: Ancient Melodies Of The Future
16. Sparklehorse: It's A Wonderful Life
17. Dominique A: Auguri
18. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
19. 4 Hero: Creatting Patterns
20. Lali Puna: Scary World Theory
21. Zen Guerrilla: Shadows Of The Sun
22. Incubus: Morning View
23. Low: Things We Lost In The Fire
24. The Avalanches: Since I Left You
25. Clem Snide: The Ghost Of Fashion
26. Travis: The Invisible Band
27. Pulp: We Love Life
28. Yann Tiersen: L'Absente
29. Thalia Zedek: Been Here And Gone
30. The Black Crowes: Lions
31. Slipknot: Iowa
32. Thursday: Full Colapse
33. Isis: Celestial
34. Dimmu Borgir
35. Tool: Lateratus
36. Spiritualized: Let It Come Down
37. Mercury Rev: All Is Dream
38. Eels: Souljacker
39. Herber: Bodily Functions
40. Stereo MC's: Deep, Down & Dirty
 


MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS 2002


Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
múm: Finally We Are No One
Queens Of The Stone Age: Songs For The Deaf
Sigur Ros: ()
The Streets: Original Pirate Material
DJ Shadow: The Private Press
Liars: They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top
Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights
Doves: The Last Broadcast
The Mooney Suzuki: Electric Sweat
Programme: L’enfer tiède
Peter Gabriel: Up
El-P: Fantastic Damage
Radio 4: Gotham!
Tom Waits: Blood Money
Lambchop: Is A Woman
Nile: In Their Darkened Shrines
Foo Fighters: Ibe By One
Low: Trust
Primal Scream: Evil Heat
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Source Tags & Codes
The Monarchs: Make Yer Own Fun
Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around
The Notwist: Neon Golden
Death Cab For Cutie: The Photo Album
Sleater-Kinney: One Beat
Boards Of Canada: Geogaddi
Idlewild: Te Remote Part
The Delgados: Hate
Korn: Untouchables
The Hellacopters: By The Grace Of God
Last Days Of April: Ascend To The Stars
David Gray: A New Day At Midnight
Today Is The Day: Sadness Will Prevail
Goo Goo Dolls: Gutterflower
Underworld: A Hundred Days Off
Napalm Death: Order Of The Leech
The Vines: Highly Evolved


MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS 2003


1.. Death Cab For Cutie: Traanstlanticism
2.. The Mars Volta: De-Loused In The Comatorium
3.. The White Stripes: Elephant
4.. Hot Hot Heat: Make Up The Breakdown
5.. The Rapture: Echoes
6.. Calexico: Feast Of Wire
7.. A Perfect Circle: Thirteenth Step
8.. The Postal Service: Give Up
9.. The Strokes: Room On Fire
10.. The Blood Brothers: Burn, Piano Island, Burn
11.. Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power
12.. Ryan Adams: Rock N Roll
13.. Prefuse 73: One Word Extinguisher
14.. The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music
15.. Damien Rice: O
16.. Gang Starr: The Ownerz
17.. Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere
18.. The Fire Theft: The Fire Theft
19.. Josh Rouse: 1972
20.. Asian Dub Foundation: Enemy Of The Enemy
21.. The Robocop Kraus: Living With Other People
22.. Broadcast: Haha Sound
23.. Fountains Of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers
24.. Dayna Kurtz: Postcards From Heaven
25.. The Long Winters: When I Pretend To Fall
26.. Radiohead: Hail To The Thief
27.. Plastikman: Closer
28.. Belle And Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress
29.. Wire: Send
30.. Mojave 3: Spoon And Rafter
31.. Bejamin Biolay: Negatif
32.. Nick Cave: Nocturama
33.. Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner
34.. Camera Obscura: Underachievers Please Try Harder
35.. Adam Green: Friends Of Mine
36.. Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun
37.. Colder: Again
38.. Muse: Absolution
39.. Killing Joke: Killing Joke
40.. The Dandy Warhols: Welcome To The Monkey House
 


MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS 2004


 


 1. Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
 2. Wilco: A Ghost Is Born
 3. !!!: Louden Up Now
 4. Modest Mouse: Good News For People Who Love Bad News
 5. Julieta Venegas: Sí
 6. Nick Cave: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (2 Cds)
 7. The Faint: Wet From Birth
 8. Devendra Banhart: Rejoicing In The Hands
 9. Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters
 10. Tv On The Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
 11. Dogs Die In Hot Cars: Please Describe Yourself
 12. Le Tigre: This Island
 13. Fennesz: Venice
 14. Lambchop: Awcmon / Noyoucmon
 15. Kanye West: The College Dropout
 16. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
 17. Junior Boys: Last Exit
 18. Drive: By Truckers: The Dirty South
 19. Mastodon: Leviathan
 20. Pink Grease: This Is For Real
 21. Elliott Smith: From A Basement On The Hill
 22. Madvillain: Madvillainy
 23. The Hidden Cameras: Mississauga Goddam
 24. Tom Waits: Real Gone
 25. Isis: Panopticon
 26. The Hives: Tyrannosaurus Hives
 27. Q And Not U: Power
 28. Brian Wilson: Smile
 29. Experience: Hémisphère Gauche
 30. The Streets: A Grand Don't Come For Free
 31. P. J. Harvey: Uh Huh Her
 32. Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People
 33. The Libertines: The Libertines
 34. Lali Puna: Faking The Books
 35. Interpol: Antics
 36. Kings Of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
 37. Cocorosie: La Maison De Mon Rêve
 38. Mark Lanegan: Bubblegum
 39. Morrisey: Morrisey, You Are The Quarry
 40. The Blood Brothers: Crimes


MONDO SONORO BEST RECORDS of 2005
 


1.Arcade Fire: Funeral
2.Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better
3.LCD Soundsysyem: LCD Soundsysyem
4.Antony & The Johnsons: I Am A Bird Now
5.Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
6.Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger
7.System Of A Down: Mesmerize
8.My Morning Jacket: Z
9.Sigur Ros: Takk
10.MIA: Arular
11.The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
12.Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
13.The Mars Volta: Frances The Mute
14.Rufus Wainwright: Want Two
15.The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
16.Devandra Bandhart: Cripple Crow
17.Queens Of The Stone Age: Lullabies To Paralyze
18.Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene
19.Isolee: Wearemonster
20.Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
21.Kanye West: Late Registration
22.The Robocop Kraus: They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus
23.Animal Collective: Feels
24.Wolf Parade: Apologies To The Queen Mary
25.Clem Snide: End Of Love
26.Kaiser Chiefs: Employment
27.Josh Rouse: Nashville
28.The Decemberists: Picaresque
29.Echo & The Bunnymen: Siberia
30.Opeth: Ghost Reveries
31.Death Cub For Cutie: Plans
32.Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise
33.Weezer: Make Believe
34.Ryan Adams: Jacksonville City Nights
35.Laura Veirs: Year Of Meteors
36.The Raveonettes: Pretty in Black
37.Patrick Wolf: Wind In The Wires
38.Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
39.High On Fire: Blessed Black Wings
40.Alkaline Trio: Crimson


 
BEST ALBUMS MONDO SONORO 2006


1- TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain
2- M.Ward: Post-War
3- Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
4- Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That
5- Gnarls Barkley: St. Elsewhere
6- Bob Dylan: Modern Times
7- The Rapture: Pieces Of The People We Love
8- Herman Düne: Giant
9- Scott Walker: The Drift
10- Mastodon: Blood Mountain
11- Wolfmother: Wolfmother
12- The Sleepy Jackson: Personality (One Was A Spider One Was A Bird)
13- Belle And Sebastian: The Life Pursuit
14- The Flaming Lips: At War With The Mystics
15- Cansei De Ser Sexy: Cansei De Ser Sexy
16- The Mars Volta: Amputechture
17- Jarvis Cocker: Jarvis
18- Architecture In Helsinki: In Case W Die
19- Damien Rice: S
20- The Spinto Band: Nice And Nicely Done
21- Akron / Family: Meek Warrior
22- Subtle: For Hero For Fool
23- Joana Newson: Ya
24- J Dilla: The Shining
25- Cat Power: The Greatest
26- Liars: Drum's Not Dead
27- Lily Allen: Alright, Still...
28- Gossip: Standing On The Way Of Control
29- Mogwai: Mr. Beast
30- Julieta Venegas: Limón Y Sal
31- Centro-Matic: Fort Recovery
32- Fujiya & Miyagi: Transparent Things
33- Micah P.Hinson: And The Opera Ciruit
34- Beirut: Gulag Orkestar
35- Lo-Fi-Fnk: Boylife
36- Current 93: Black Ships Ate The Sky
37- Scissor Sisters: Ta-Dah
38- Woven Hand: Mosaic
39- Clark: Body Riddle
40- I'm From Barcelona: Last Me Introduce My Friends
 

MONDO SONORO BEST ALBUMS OF 2007

 


1. Arcade Fire – Neon bible
2. M.I.A. Kala
3. Klaxons – Myths of the near future
4. Lcd Soundsystem – Sound of silver
5. Justice – Cross
6. !!! – Myth takes
7. Akron/Family – Love is simply
8. The Shins – Wincing the night away
9. The Rumble Strips – Girls and strips
10. Modest Mouse – We were dead before the ship even sank
11. Jens Lekman – Night falls over kortedala
12. Vic Chesnutt – North star deserter
13. Digitalism – Idealism
14. The Go! Team – Proof of youth
15. Artic Monkeys – Favourite worst nightmare
16. Battles – Mirrored
17. Two Gallants – Two gallants
18. Richard Hawley – Lady`s bridge
19. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga
20. The New Pornographers – Challengers
21. PJ Harvey – White chalk
22. Wilco – Sky blue sky
23. The National – Boxer
24. Queens of the Stone Age – Era vulgaris
25. Amy Winehouse – Back to black
26. Okkervil River – The stage names
27. Devendra Banhart – Smokey rolls down thunder canyon
28. Rufus Wainwright – Release the stars
29. Bloc Party – A weekend in the city
30. Kanye West – Graduation
31. High on Fire – Death is this communion
32. Radiohead – In rainbows
33. 1990’s – Cookies
34. Against Me! – New wave
35. Beirut – The flying club cup
36. Burial – Untrue
37. Spoon – Ga ga ga ga ga
38. Band of Horses – Cease to begin
39. Panda Bear – Person pitch
40. The Mary Onettes – The mary onettes

 

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