Top 10 of the 2000s

Yeah, it's a bit early and opinions may change by December, but this is my current round up of the decade, largely on artistic merit, with the inevitable dollop of the personal:

Albums:
The Postal Service - Give Up
Feist - Let It Die
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Ryan Adams - Gold
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Outkast - Stankonia

Singles:
The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
Ryan Adams - "Answering Bell"
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Bang"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
Eminem - "Stan"
Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)"
Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day"
Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Follow You into the Dark"

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