Added to this I’d say a massive element of ‘I prefer their early work’ is at play. If you look at the list the Guardian article references apparently Kanye West realeased nothing but classics right the way through the decade and yet I’d say that he probably didn’t come to the fore of public opinion until certainly the late half of the decade.

Charlie’s in the wire, Charlie’s in the wire! Drop all remaining ordnance on my location. And may God have mercy on our souls!

It’s Game Over man! Game Over!

it grew harder and harder for people to reach consensus about which groups mattered, what records were important… It resonates with how the decade actually felt: diasporic, scenes splintering into sub-scenes, taste bunkers forming, the question “Have you heard X?” increasingly likely to meet a shake of the head or a look of incomprehension.

I’d have to say that I think this just means that your top 10 if influenced by a time when you had more time to spend listening to music and when you would mix with people who have a range of tastes.

Or to put it another way we did bugger all at uni other than sit around, drink, listen to music and try to convince our friends that the music we listened to was really good.

Disappointed that you missed off Will Young, Subo and Fiddy Cent though!