[crazyjeeper]

1st: Tool - Lateralus
2nd: Opeth - Blackwater Park

I could listen to those two on a constant loop forever and be happy.

 

[festivus528]

1st: mewithoutYou - "Brother, Sister"
2nd: ISIS - "Panopticon"

Honorable Mentions:
Amplifier - Self-Titled
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Dredg - El Cielo
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
mewithoutYou - Catch For Us the Foxes
Oceansize - Effloresce, Everyone into Position
Opeth - Damnation
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Radiohead - In Rainbows, Kid A
Russian Circles - Enter
Thrice - Vheissu
Tool - Lateralus

Those were some hard choices to make, and I'm sure this will be different tomorrow.

 

[MoreCowbell]

My winner: The National - Boxer
Runner Up: Kamelot - The Black Halo

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

Winner - Opeth - Blackwater Park
Runner up - Tool - Lateralus

 

[paaj]

1st: Tool - Lateralus
2nd: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

and a lot of others, first that come to mind are:
Tool - 10.000 days
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Radiohead - In Rainbows
David Gilmour - On An Island
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
DJ Shadow - In Tune and On Time
Coparck - 3rd Album
Johan - THX
Ghinzu - Blow

most of the music I listen to turns out to be pre-2000.

 

[Braver]

The pick for best is easy: Radiohead - Kid A

Runner up though... There are so many I loved this past decade...
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Evagelista - Hello Voyager
Portishead - Third
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

But the most amazing show was Kaki King this year, blew me away. So her most interesting album, Until We Felt Red is my runner up.

 

[EmptyTalk]

1st = Panopticon by Isis
2nd = Lateralus by Tool

 

[Stanislaus]

At this current time. Always subject to change.

1st: WHY? - Elephant Eyelash
2nd: Subtle - For Hero: For Fool

 

[arnoldsoccer4]

Winner- Tool- Lateralus
Runner Up- Cage- Hell's Winter

 

[mistyfud]

Winner: Lateralus by Tool
Runner Up: Deadwing by Porcupine Tree

These two just stand out so much, they really are much better than anything else released in this decade.

Others I found very good:
The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
Octavarium by Dream Theater
Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay

 

[Oteil]

Winner:Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
Runner Up - Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun

Others...
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Opeth -Damnation
M83 -Saturdays= Youth
Clint Mansell - The Fountain
BT - This Binary Universe
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed

 

[wiisus]

Winner: Lataralus -Tool
Runner Up: Strawberry Jam -Animal Collective

 

[Matro5]

Winner - Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica. The album that got me off the radio and into music.

Runner-up - Sigur Ros - Takk. Perhaps the most beautiful album I've ever heard.

 

[limpidglitch]

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Originally Posted by Oteil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Winner:Umphrey's McGee - Mantis Runner Up - Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun Others... Zero 7 - Simple Things Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Opeth -Damnation M83 -Saturdays= Youth Clint Mansell - The Fountain BT - This Binary Universe A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed

A bit too old I'm afraid. ('99)

 

[Davey]

Hard to rate for me, I mean, so many records from the last decade are like part of my life now, each with its own story, its own time, its own place. Who can say which is best? Th new Black Heart Procession is sounding amazing right now, and so is the latest from Califone, and Circulatory System. But what fun is that?!

I'll go with ...

Winner: Wheat - Hope and Adams
Runner Up: The Notwist - Neon Golden
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Some of the rest:
Califone - Roomsound
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Circulatory System - Signal Morning
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
The Black Heart Procession - 3
Sixteen Horsepower - Folklore
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Woven Hand - Blush Music
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End
Shearwater - Rook
Radar Brothers - And The Surrounding Mountains
Nina Nastasia - Dogs
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The National - Boxer
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People