The Best Albums of the Decade (Readers' Picks)

I don't disagree with the entire list, just most of it. My top 10 are:
10. Shake The Sheets, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
9. Motherfuckers Be Trippin', The Supersuckers
8. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, Yo La Tengo
7. You Are the Quarry, Morrissey
6. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Flaming Lips
5. All Hands On the Bad One, Sleater-Kinney
4. Chutes Too Narrow, The Shins
3. Boxer, The National
2. Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, PJ Harvey
1. Boys and Girls In America, The Hold Steady

See my top 30 (and comments) here:
http://www.snobsmusic.net/2009/11/best-albums-of-decade-2000-2009.html

I can understand this entire list, but The Avett Brothers? Really? I have no idea how that made it to the top 10.

Every list like this has at least one or two songs/albums/bands that are recent and trendy. The Avett Brothers kick ass, don't get me wrong, they've just been hot since ACL. Readers choice polls aren't as interesting as something put together by an editor/writer... IMHO.

i can't think of 10 off the top of my head, but number one has to be Ode to Sunshine by Delta Spirit

I think the Paste readers would reach a state of Nirvana if Thom Yorke and Ben Gibbard did a project together (4 out of 10 albums between 'em!).

Such a soft, non-threatening list.

And yes, the Avett Brothers inclusion doesn't make any sense at all. Emotionalism was a richer, more well-rounded album and would be fine on this list.

Not in any real order but this would be my top ten from 2000-now

1. Ash - Free All Angels
2. Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head
3. Doves - The Last Broadcast
4. Idlewild - The Remote Part
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
6. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
7. The Postal Service - Give Up
8. Sigur Rós - ()
9. Rilo Kiley - The Good That Won't Come Out
10. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Stuff that almost made the cut:
65 Days of Static - The Fall of Math
Tilly and the Wall - Bottoms of Barrels
The Thermals - The Body The Blood The Machine

Seriously? Not one My Morning Jacket album?