re: Happy New Years Music Board Challenge: The Strokes vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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It's Blitz! was ranked as the third best album of the year 2009 by NME and second best by Spin.[29][30] Both magazines also listed the song "Zero" as the best of the year

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Fever to Tell was nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album and was certified Gold in the UK. The video for "Maps" was nominated at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and the MTV2 Award. The New York Times chose Fever To Tell as the best album of the year.[11] In June 2005, the album was ranked number 89 on Spin magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005.[12] It is also featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2009, the album was named by Rolling Stone,[13] Pitchfork Media,[14] and NME,[15] the 28th, 24th, and 5th best album of the decade, respectively.

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Show Your Bones was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Alternative Music Album".[1] In December 2006, the album was named the second best album of the year by NME magazine, as well as "Cheated Hearts" being voted the 10th best song. Rolling Stone magazine named it the 44th best album of 2006, while Spin magazine ranked it number 31 on their 40 best albums of 2006. In 2009, Rhapsody ranked it #10 on the "Alt/Indie's Best Albums of the Decade" list.[15] NME ranked it #32 on their Top 100 Albums of the Decade list.

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