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The Word: End Of Year Album Lists 2004
1. kanYe West - College Dropout
2. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
3. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
4. kd lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel
5. Finn Brothers - Everyone Is Here
6. Killers - Hot Fuss
7. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
8. Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
9. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
The Word: End Of Year Album Lists 2005
1. Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
3. Sylvie Lewis – Tangos & Tantrums
4. Gorillaz – Demon Days
5. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
6. Goldfrapp – Supernature
7. Martha Wainwright – Martha Wainwright
8. Eels – Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
9. Magic Numbers – Magic Numbers
10. Hard-Fi – Stars of CCTV
The Word: End Of Year Album Lists 2007

o Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
o Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
o Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance
o Epic45 - May Your Heart Be the Map
o Richard Hawley - Lady’s Bridge
o Nick Lowe - At My Age
o Maps - We Can Create
o Radiohead - In Rainbows
o Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water is Life
o Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers
Word Readers "Festive Fifty" For 2008
1. Elbow – One Day Like This
2. MGMT – Time To Pretend
3. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
4. Goldfrapp – A&E
5. Elbow – Ground For Divorce
6. Fleet Foxes – He Doesn't Know
7. Girls Aloud – The Promise
8. Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
9. Sigur Ros – Ara Batur
10. British Sea Power – Waving Flags
11. Bon Iver – Flume
12. Portishead – Machine Gun
13. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – We Call Upon The Author
14. Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
15. Portishead – The Rip
16. Elbow – The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver
17. Little Jackie – The Whole World Should Revolve Around Me
18. Half Man Half Biscuit – National Shite Day
19. Elbow – Starlings
20. British Sea Power – Starlings
21. Randy Newman – A Few Words In Defence Of Our Country
22. Ting Tings – That's Not My Name
23. Elbow – The Fix
24. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!
25. The Hold Steady – Sequestered In Memphis
26. Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
27. Half Man Half Biscuit – Blue Badge Abuser
28. Glasvegas – Geraldine
29. Elbow – Mirrorball
30. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Come On Over
31. The Hold Steady – Lord, I'm Discouraged
32. Paul Weller – Have You Made Up Your Mind?
33. Mia – Paper Planes
34. Black Kids – I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
35. Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
36. Goldfrapp – Clowns
37. Estelle – American Boy
38. Bon Iver – Skinny Love
39. Jenny Lewis & Elvis Costello – Carpetbaggers
40. Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
41. James Yourston – Tortoise Regrets Here
42. Radiohead – Reckoner
43. Go Home Productions – Finally Did You No Wrong
44. Billy Bragg – I Keep Faith
45. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – More News From Nowhere
46. The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were Made For You
47. The Felice Brothers – Frankie's Gun
48. Chris Difford – Battersea Boys
49. Ladyhawk – Paris Is Burning
50. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Strange Overtones
The Word Writers Albums Of 2008
o Martha Wainwright – I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too
o British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
o Punch Brothers – Punch
o Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
o MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
o Roots Manuva – Slime & Reason
o Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
o The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement
o The Stills – Oceans Will Rise
o David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
The Word - Best Of The Decade 2000 - 2009

• Arcade Fire – Funeral – 2005
• The Strokes – Is This It – 2001
• Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – 2003
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
• Radiohead – In Rainbows – 2007
• Lucinda Williams – World Without Tears – 2003
• Tom Waits – Real Gone – 2004
• Lcd Soundsystem – Sounds Of Silver – 2007
• Daft Punk – Discovery – 2001
• The White Stripes – White Blood Cells - 2001
The Word Readers’ “Festive Fifty” For 2009
1. The Decemberists – The Rake’s Song
2. The Duckworth Lewis Method – Jiggery Pokery
3. Animal Collective – My Girls
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
5. The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Age Of Revolution
6. The Decemberists – The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
7. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
8. Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
9. Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
10. Richard Hawley – For Your Lover Give Some Time
11. Lily Allen – The Fear
12. Lady Gagagagagag – Poker Face
13. The Horrors – Sea Within A Sea
14. Mumford And Sons – Little Lion Man
15. Camera Obscura – French Navy
16. The Phantom Band – Throwing Bones
17. Florence And The Machine – Rabbit Heart
18. Wilco – Wilco (The Song)
19. Dizzeee Rascal – Bonkers
20. Bat For Lashed – Daniel
21. La Roux – Bulletproof
22. The Phantom Band – Folk Song Oblivion
23. The Unthanks – Here’s The Tender Coming
24. Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone
25. The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)
26. Lady Gagagagaga – Paparazzzzzi
27. Doves – Winter Hill
28. Flaming Lips – Silver Trembling Heads
29. Fever Ray – When I Grow Up
30. La Roux – In For The Kill
31. PJ Harvey And John Parish – Black Hearted Love
32. The Duke And The King – If You Ever Get Famous
33. Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others
34. The Duckworth Lewis Method – Meeting Mr Miandad
35. The Unthanks – The Testamentary Of Patience Kershaw
36. The Decemberists – Won’t Wait For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
37. Pet Shop Boys – Love Etc.
38. The Phantom Band – The Howling
39. Lily Allen – Not Fair
40. Wild Beasts – All The King’s Men
41. Little Boots – Remedy
42. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
43. Big Pink – Dominoes
44. Kasabian – Fire
45. Shakira – She Wolf
46. The XX – Islands
47. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
48. Phoenix – Listomania
49. Richard Hawley – Open Up Your Door
50. Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition