I don't make year end lists, but I've decided to go back over the last five years, and pick my top five favourite records for each year (as I thought at the time!)

2005

1= Arcade Fire - Funeral
1= Robyn - Robyn
3 Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
4 Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
5 Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It

2004

1 Annie - Anniemal
2 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
3 Razorlight - Up All Night
4 The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
5 !!! - Louden Up Now

2003

1 The Rapture - Echoes
2 The Notwist - Neon Golden
3 Lomax - A Symbol of Modern Living
4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
5 Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress

2002

1 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
2 Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
3 The Libertines - Up The Bracket
4 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
5 Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

2001

1 The Strokes - Is This It?
2 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
3 Jay Z - The Blueprint
4 N*E*R*D - In Search Of...
5 Bjork - Vespertine