Writers at The Onion’s A.V. Club compile their lists of top 10 albums.

Best phrase goes to Noel Murray:

“whiny songs about uncommunicative ex-girlfriends”

So does best sentence:

“As for emo, the genre still has a core audience of college-bound high-schoolers, but in an election year, with the nation at war, whiny songs about uncommunicative ex-girlfriends had a harder time breaking through.”

What the hell … so does best paragraph:

“Two years ago, neo-garage and emo looked unstoppable, but recent albums by The Hives and The Get Up Kids (among others) failed to make a commercial impact. The White Stripes aside, neo-garage may end up being a one-hit-wonder kind of genre: Once pop fans get their one hit, they’re ready to move on to the next cheap thrill, which in 2004 came from the more danceable and glitzy likes of Franz Ferdinand and The Killers. As for emo, the genre still has a core audience of college-bound high-schoolers, but in an election year, with the nation at war, whiny songs about uncommunicative ex-girlfriends had a harder time breaking through.”