47. Brand New: 'The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me' (2006) - Very few bands challenge themselves and improve year on year like Brand New. Having emerged in the early part of the decade this five piece from New York have gone from pop-punk also rans to one of the most vital punk bands in the world. The strength and power of Brand New is summed up no better than on their 2006 opus 'The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me', a sprawling and passionate piece of work that documents the romantic trials of lead singer Jesse Lacey with a dark brooding intensity. Associations with widely derided genre's like emo are a million miles short as anyone who knows will tell you, Brand New are one of the bands of the decade.
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- Absolutely love this list! Although, where are Kaiser Chiefs?
- not good enough really
Kaiser Chiefs are on our worst albums of the decade countdown 
- not enough dance
I was just thinking about this the other day. Can't argue with most of these although I am missing Beck's Sea Change, Bon Iver and CSS.
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