Back when we displayed our discerning music tastes through our Myspace profile songs (and subsequently forced them upon others via autoplay), these were the albums and artists that ruled the charts and the critics' lists.
Kanye West - Late Registration
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Coldplay - X&Y
50 Cent - The Massacre
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts
The Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
The Game - The Documentary
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
M.I.A. - Arular
Toby Keith - Honkytonk University
Goldfrapp - Supernature
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
System of a Down - Mezmerize
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
My Morning Jacket - Z
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
