First, I’d like to thank everyone who voted. Next, I’d like to point out that our second ranking was really the “other” or “fill in your own band here” choice. This included bands like The Go, The Shins, Fountains of Wayne, and Ed James. Doing some looking through the year, I missed an awful lot of great bands that are on other top ten lists and I apologize for that. Because the genre “power pop” is so malleable, it could mean “The Shins” brand of alt-pop or “Smith & Hayes” brand of Beatlesque pop. This is by no means a definitive list. But it is a guide to the top ten albums powerpopaholic readers enjoyed this year.
Jackdaw 4
“Bipolar Diversions”
The Red Button
“She’s About to Cross My Mind”
The Nines
“Gran Jukles Field”
Future Clouds and Radar
“s/t”
The Pearlfishers
“Up With The Larks”
Rooney
“Calling The World”
Farrah
“Cut out and Keep”
Ice Cream Hands
“The Good China”
The Pillbugs
“Monclovia”
Bryan Scary
“The Shedding Tears”
wow… this is a really great list… I wish I had more time to devote to following music!