Do the Aversion writers have better year-end lists than the pitchfork staff?

Jennifer Cooke
1. Drag It Up, Old 97's (New West)
2. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
3. Shake the Sheets, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (Lookout!)
4. Final Straw, Snow Patrol (Interscope)
5. Couture Couture Couture, Frausdots (Sub Pop)
6. From a Basement on the Hill, Elliott Smith (Anti-)
7. The Libertines, The Libertines (Rough Trade)
8. Hot Fuss, The Killers (Island)
9. Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn (Interscope)
10. The Graceful Ghost, Grey DeLisle (Sugar Hill)

Alex Frank
1. You Fail Me, Converge (Epitaph)
2. Our Endless Numbered Days, Iron and Wine (Sub Pop)
3. As the Roots Undo Circle Takes the Square (Robotic Empire)
4. I Do Perceive, Owen (Polyvinyl)
5. On Off On, Mission of Burma (Matador)
6. Futures, Jimmy Eat World (Interscope)
7. Everything is Alive, Everything is Breathing, Nothing is Dead, Nothing is Bleeding, The Chariot (Solid State)
8. Everywhere and Right Here, The Six Parts Seven (Suicide Squeeze)
9. They're Only Chasing Safety, Underoath (Solid State)
10. Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-sides, Saves the Day (Vagrant)

Michael LeRay
1. Make Believe, Make Believe (Flameshovel)
2. Power, Q and Not U (Dischord)
3. Funeral, Arcade Fire (Merge)
4. Almost Killed Me, The Hold Steady (Frenchkiss)
5. Antics, Interpol (Matador)
6. Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse (Epic)
7. Shake The Sheets Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (Lookout!)
8. Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain, Joan of Arc (Polyvinyl)
9. Achilles Heel, Pedro the Lion (Jade Tree)
10. Summer In Abbadon, Pinback (Touch and Go)

Casey Lombardo
1. Future Perfect, Autolux (DMZ/Red Ink)
2. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
3. Futureheads, Futureheads (679/Sire)
4. Talkie Walkie, Air (Astralwerks)
5. Good News for People Who Like Bad News, Modest Mouse (Epic)
6. You Are the Quarry, Morrissey (Attack/Sanctuary)
7. Team America: World Police Soundtrack, Various Artists (Atlantic)
8. Get Away From Me, Nelly McKay (Sony)
9. To the 5 Burroughs, Beastie Boys (Capitol)
10. Antics, Interpol (Matador)

Shae Orgolisio
1. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
2. Shake the Sheets, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (Lookout!)
3. Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse (Epic)
4. Hopes and Fearss, Keane (Interscope)
5. Final Straw, Snow Patrol (A&M)
6. Our Endless Numbered Days, Iron and Wine, (Sub Pop)
7. You Are the Quarry, Morrissey (Attack)
8. The Libertines, The Libertines (Rough Trade)
9. The Concretes, The Concretes (Rough Trade)
10. Funeral, Arcade Fire (Merge)

R. Paul Matthews
1. Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse (Epic)
2. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
3. Summer in Abbadon, Pinback (Touch and Go)
4. The Cure, The Cure (I Am/Geffen)
5. You Are the Quarry Morrissey (Attack/Sanctuary)
6. Achilles Heel, Pedro the Lion (Jade Tree)
7. From a Basement on the Hill, Elliott Smith (Anti-)
8. Our Endless Summer Days, Iron and Wine (Sub Pop)
9. Let’s Bottle Bohemia, The Thrills, (Virgin)
10. Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, TV on the Radio (Touch and Go)

Waleed Rashidi
1. Final Straw, Snow Patrol (Interscope)
2. Whatever Happened to PJ Soles?, Local H (Studio E)
3. Futures, Jimmy Eat World (Interscope)
4. I Am The Portuguese Blues, Starflyer 59 (Tooth & Nail)
5. Milk The Thrills, Frank Jordan (Devil In The Woods)
6. Mtn Cty Jnk, Drugmoney (Hybrid)
7. American Idiot, Green Day (Warner/Reprise)
8. Another Intervention, Down to Earth Approach (Vagrant)
9. Must Be Destroyed!, The Wildhearts (Sanctuary)
10. Fireworks on TV, Bill Janovitz And Crown Victoria (Q Division)

Matt Schild
1. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
2. The Libertines, The Libertines (Rough Trade)
3. Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse (Epic)
4. London Calling, Legacy Edition, The Clash (Epic)
5. The Cure, The Cure (I Am/Geffen)
6. You Are the Quarry, Morrissy (Attack/Sanctuary)
7. Final Straw, Snow Patrol (A&M)
8. The Difference Between Me and You is That I’m Not On Fire, McLusky (Too Pure)
9. The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home, These Arms Are Snakes (Jade Tree)
10. Futures, Jimmy Eat World (Interscope)

Will Stanford
1. The Libertines, The Libertines (Rough Trade)
2. American Idiot, Green Day (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
3. Medulla, Bjork (Atlantic)
4. Dear You (Expanded), Jawbreaker (Blackball)
5. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
6. Final Straw Snow Patrol (Interscope)
7. Antics, Interpol (Matador)
8. Shake the Sheets Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (Lookout!)
9. Futures, Jimmy Eat World (Interscope)
10. You Are the Quarry, Morrissey (Attack/Sanctuary)

John Wenzel
1. From a Basement on a Hill, Elliott Smith (Anti-)
2. Antics, Interpol (Matador)
3. Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse (Epic)
4. Funeral, The Arcade Fire (Merge)
5. William of Orange EP, The Caribbean (Home Tapes)
6. Cellar Door, John Vanderslice (Barsuk)
7. The West Is the Future, Kid Dakota (Chairkickers)
8. 5-Song Demo, The Heartless Bastards (self-released)
9. Our Endless Numbered Days, Iron and Wine (Sub Pop)
10. Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, TV on the Radio (Touch and Go)