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Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2012: 5-1

In Depth by Sean Adams

...and after a week of counting down from 100... Drowned in Sound's album of the year is...? Revealed... in...side...this...link...all you have to do is click it to find out.... »

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The DiS Community's... 101 Favourite Albums

News by Sean Adams

Ever wondered what music the people who post on the DiS boards are into? Us too. We've always thought about doing some sort of poll-of-polls, and then - as is often the way with DiS - a member of the community took it upon themselves to start one. The results of which were revealed on the boards too but right here, right now, we can reveal far more than the top 20.»

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Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year: 5-1

In Depth by Sean Adams

The countdown of DiS' albums of the year reaches a climax but before reveal our five favourite albums of the year, here are some words from the site's founder and current editor..»

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Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2010: 10-1

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS' records of the year twenty ten. After a week of teasing, confusing and enraging some of you, our countdown of the albums we have loved the most in 2010 concludes with this top 10.»

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Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2009 - 50-1

In Depth by Sean Adams

So, that was 2009? Was it a great year for music? A high watermark? Only time will tell but there have been some triumphant, innovative and bold records released and cherished in 2009 and we hope our list of the top 50 of the year reflects this.»

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Drowned in Sound's 50 albums of 2008

In Depth by Sean Adams

We decree that 2008 belonged to the lone, computer-toting musician and a few good (guitar-wielding) people. Herein lie the records which we, the writers and regular readers, have spent the past twelve months lost in. These are the albums we found ourselves coming back to again and again... These are Drowned in Sound's 50 albums of 2008.»

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DiS's albums of 2007: 5-1 (and full top 50)

In Depth by Mike Diver

It’s been a slog – we’ve been arguing over this list for what feels like forever – but we’re here. The summit. The zenith. Et cetera. The best five albums of 2007 in detail and our full 50 in order, as ranked by the DiS editorial team from contributor nominations»

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DiS's top ten albums of 2006, as voted for by YOU

News by Mike Diver

The results are in, and all arguments in the DiS office have died down – we can’t alter our final top ten albums of 2006, anyway, as they were very kindly voted for by you lot. Reckon you can guess the winner? Is that photograph a clue...»

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Drowned in Sound's Top 46 Albums of 2005

In Depth by Tom Edwards

Drowned in Sound asks you to hold our hand and peruse politely through our top 46 albums of 2005.»

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DiS Staff Top 75 Albums of 2003

In Depth by Sean Adams

Who won? Who lost? What were the best records of the year? Our staff votes have been counted and the top 75 albums of 2003 are...»

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The ‘Official’ Drowned in Sound.com Top 41 Albums of 2002

In Depth by Raziq Rauf

Yeah, so you got the tentative version of a Top 20 at the arse end of 2002 but a couple more votes came in which helped The Streets to win by a virtual mile. Eventually a nice round 50 votes were cast and this allowed Biffy Clyro to sneak in at the expense of Doves. Cheeky. A massive total of 130 different albums we»

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DiS Album of the year? you must be joking! - The Best of 2001

In Depth by Ollie Appleby

After a full month's worth of voting, here is the final, formal, and 100% accurate list, as compiled by a genuine Politics BSc (dropout). The rundown of the best albums of 2001 is ready. We could have rushed it out before Christmas like so many other, lesser, lists, but no, we respect»