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David Raposa's Chugchanga-L Poll 2000 Entry

Here's my Top 20 (give or take 5 or 10, & some impulsive choices)
(& various addendums, since there were plenty of things that I didn't actually
hear until after this list was done, and plenty of other things that I forgot)
(and, yes, I mixed in reissues, live stuff, and the actual LPs - I'm nothing if
not difficult):
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** 1. Ida, Will You Find Me (Tigerstyle)
** 2. The Places, The Autopilot Knows You Best (Absolutely Kosher)
** 3. Franklin Bruno, Kiss Without Make Up (Absolutely Kosher)
** 4. Tara Jane O'Neil, Peregrine (Quarterstick)
** 5. Bride of No-No, B.O.N.N. Appetit (Atavistic)
** 6. Outkast, Stankonia (LaFace / Arista)
** 7. Monks, Let's Start a Beat! - Live at Cavestomp 1999 (Cavestomp)
** 8. Yo La Tengo, And Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (Matador)
** 9. Aislers Set, The Last Match (Slumberland)
** 10. The Persons, The Lainmeyers are Persons (Blackbean & Placenta)
** 11. Pedro the Lion, Winners Never Quit (Jade Tree)
** 12. Mirah, You Think It's Like This... (K Records)
** 13. Clientele, Suburban Light (Pointy Records)
** 14. Radiohead, Kid A (Capitol)
** 15. The Cannanes & Steward, Communicating at an Unknown Rate (Yo-Yo)
** 16. Go-Betweens, The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset)
** 17. Loud Family, Attractive Nuisance (Alias Records)
** 18. Doves, Lost Souls (Astralwerks)
** 19. Ken Vandermark 5, Burn the Incline (Atavistic)
** 20. Ida, Live at Carnegie Hall: Insound Tour Support Series, Vol. 11 (Insound)
** 21. Aimee Mann, _Bachelor #2_ (Superego Records)
** 22. Sleater-Kinney, _All Hands On the Bad One_ (Kill Rock Stars)
** 23. Great Plains, _Length of Growth: 1981-1989_ (Old 3C)
** 24. Magazine, _Maybe It's Right to be Nervous_ (Virgin Records)
** 25. Shellac, _1000 Hurts_ (Touch & Go)
** 26. Eminem, _The Marshall Mathers LP_ (Interscope)
** 27. PJ Harvey, _Songs From the City..._ (Island)
** 28. Mountain Goats, _The Coroner's Gambit_ (Absolutely Kosher)
** 29. Silkworm, _Lifestyle_ (Touch & Go)
** 30. Elliott Smith, _Figure 8_ (Dreamworks)
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