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YAYAYAY FOB MADE IT ONTO THE TOP TEN ALBUMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

FALL OUT BOY!! :'D i'm so proud! :D

absolutely on folie a deux. overproduced at parts but for the most part perfect. lyrically way over the heads of most other artists out there, great builds and huge hooks and anthemic choruses, and patrick has insane range on vocals. good choice.

glad to see fall out boy on there. i'm so sick of seeing them get torn apart by critics. they definitely don't get enough credit. one of the more genuine bands out there.

this is a terrible list. complete nonsense. not well thought out and not well considered. maybe it's biased? I don't know where the writer's allegiances stand but I would not put a single on of those albums on any list. what a fool

Wow, I realized I had posted on the wrong heading and it tore at the soul of me all afternoon not to be able to say how much I DESPISE Paper Planes in the correct comment area! I even listened to the show again to make sure I was not dreaming that this foul excuse for a song was not discarded into embarrassing oblivion but in fact EXALTED... I ...really... dislike it. Not that you should too Maura, but damn it is a dirgy piece of poorly performed cr*p to like. I do usually try to say nothing when it's not my cup of tea and not to be uncivil but blecch MIA (that which I have encountered so far) is chalk-scrapingly milk-curdlingly rank; about 2 semi-tones off of any note. Try spoken word poetry! It's ok! I realize now that no one need sing any more, this grating type of audio performance is passable for not only "professional" release, but even contained in the Top Of The Pops!??? What I now realize from further review of the POP listings here is that I missed the memo when the letters POP became interchangeable with BAD in the years since Pop began to slip rapidly from Really Good and so many of us abandoned it, but truly I would rather listen to the racy new Susan Boyle release than most of these, and I assure you I WOULD NOT ENJOY TO LISTEN TO THAT! Ha ha I feel better now.

To say this was the worst decade ever for music is a stretch, perhaps if you look for music on the popular culture scene it certainly was a bad year or decade but, Joan as Police Woman, Shearwater, Califone, Iron and Wine, Johnny Flynn, there are so many good albums. I found interest in this show even if I am not so much into popular music but there are other really great ways to hear about new and up and coming music that it takes just a little bit of leg work.

Maura's just being difficult.

I know all critics' lists are inherently flawed, but this is a joke. If this is the true top ten in pop for decade, what a horrible decade. Thankfully, it is not.

Kudos to Kai for the Beck respect. Definitely a huge oversight.

I gotta agree with Rolling Stone magazine that "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley is the best pop song of the decade! Danger Mouse's sampling genius plus Cee-Lo's soulful vocals = perfection.

"Paper Planes" is probably my second.

It's sad that this list focuses on pop music. There is so much innovation and forward thinking in music that is hardly talked about but because they are not usually major label artists they get looked over by the media. Can we agree to have more intelligent discussions on music that is pushing the envelope in the next decade?

Beck has to be considered one of the best, all-encompassing, and emblematic of all postmodern musicians. Think that in this past decade, Beck released Sea Change, Guero, The Information and Modern Guilt. Considering his range and diversity of sound, he is THE mash-up king. (but maybe he isn't pop.)

Also, gotta give it to Justin Timberlake for being one the smartest and forward thinking musicians/entertainers around, given his decent but limited musicality.

I wish someone had mentioned the virtual & viral marketing that Trent Rezor used in promoting "Year Zero" because (a) it would have been IMPOSSIBLE to market albums that way pre-2000, and (b) everyone's been trying to emulate that formula ever since.

I find myself out of the popular music loop, and I blame public radio! About 15 years ago, I started listening to Morning Edition and All Things Considered during drive time, and I've been hooked ever since. In the list of top 10 singles, I only recognized the name of one (Kylie), although I am sure I've heard some of the songs in the background of my life without ever realizing what they were or who sang them.

This was the worst decade ever, it makes the 80's look real good.

I'm curious where the term "mash-up" came from? (John even just said "mash-uppie" ha ha!) My father is a hobby musician and one of our favorite things as kids was for him to create medleys for us to sing which sometimes sound like the "mash-ups" I hear today.

Is mash-up a lay term for medley or are they two different things?

by the way: I first heard this term on the Fox show Glee--they've done some pretty campy, (but fun) mash-ups.