Alright, so call me biased. Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of U2 but that doesn't change the fact that All That You Can't Leave Behind is one of the strongest releases of the year. While most bands have strived to try something new (i.e. Radiohead), U2 opts to go back to the organic sound that made them a household name. Although not a complete return to their roots, this new album brims with simplicity and includes Walk On and When I Look at the World, two of the best songs I feel the band has ever written. Only on the heavyhanded "Peace on Earth" and the less than steller closer "Grace" does the album slightly falter, and not nearly enough to take away from the genius that is All That You Can't Leave Behind. Although not quite within the classic realm of Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, and Achtung Baby, it comes awfully close. Those of you that were disappointed with the vastly underrated Pop (an album I really enjoyed), you will, no doubt, be very impressed with this

1. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
2. Travis - The Man Who
3. PJ Harvey - Stories . . .
4. Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody
5. Sunny Day Real Estate - Rising Tide
6. Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales
7. Madonna - Music
8. Oasis - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
9. Supergrass - Supergrass
10. Joseph Arthur - Come To Where I'm From
11. Coldplay - Parachutes
12. Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning
13. Aimee Mann - Bachelor # 2
14. Radiohead - Kid A
15. Bjork - Selmasongs
16. Morcheeba - Fragments Of Freedom
17. Catherine Wheel - Wishville
19. Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy
20. Poe - Haunted
21. Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
22. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers
23. Outkast - Stankonia
24. Joan Osbourne - Righteous love
25. Johnny Cash - Solitary Man