Best Pop albums of the new Millenium

And, yes, this means I'm one of those people who think the millenium began on Jan. 1st, 2001.  ;-)

Over at the blog for my radio station I've been counting down the Top 40 albums (IMO of course) since 2001.  I've counted down to #6 so far.  Here is the list (without the write ups):

#40 Michael Carpenter - Rolling Ball (Not Lame Records, 2004)

#39 The Holloways - So This Is Great Britain (TVT Records, 2007)

#38 The Wellingtons - Heading North for the Winter (Lojinx, 2008)

#37 Paul Collins - King of Power Pop (Alive Records, 2010)

#36 Webb Wilder - About Time (Landslide, 2005)

#35 Cotton Mather - The Big Picture (Rainbow Quartz, 2001)

#34 Bowman - Living to Dream (Bill Bowman, 2004)

#33 Psychodots - Terminal Blvd. (Baby Ranch, 2005)

#32 Tim Finn - Feeding The Gods (Periscope, 2001)

#31 Wisely - Parador (Not Lame Reords, 2006)

#30 Jason Falkner - Necessity (spinART Records, 2001)

#29 Frank Barajas - Better Times (Operation Big Beat, 2008)

#28 Linus Of Hollywood - Let Yourself Be Happy (Franklin Castle, 2001)

#27 Starbelly - Everyday And Then Some (Not Lame Records, 2002)

#26 Matthew Sweet - Kimi Ga Suki (Superdeformed/RCAM, 2003)

#25 John Wesley Harding - Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead (Popover, 2009)

#24 Graham Parker - Songs Of No Consequence (Bloodshot Records, 2005)

#23 The Well Wishers - Jigsaw Days (The Well Wishers, 2008)

#22 Wild Bores - We Think Alike (Wild Bores, 2010)

#21 The Spongetones - Too Clever By Half (Loaded Goat, 2008)

#20 Cheap Trick - The Latest (Cheap Trick Unlimited, 2009)

#19 Joey Sykes - Joey Sykes (Purple Virgo Records, 2010)

#18 Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation in the Backyard (Capitol, 2005)

#17 Cliff Hillis - Be Seeing You (Not Lame Records, 2001)

#16 Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings - Full Tilt & Swing (Brewery Records, 2003)

#15 The Everyday Things - Lighten Up, Francis (Not Lame Records, 2005)

#14 Owsley - The Hard Way (Lakeview, 2004)

#13 Wiretree - Luck (Cobaltworks, 2009)

#12 Edmund's Crown - Regrets of a Company Man (Edmund's Crown, 2006)

#11 The Humbugs - On The Up Side (Oddvious Records, 2009)

#10 The New Fidelity - Tiny Slivers (The New Fidelity, 2007)

#9 Myracle Brah - Can You Hear The Myracle Brah? (Rainbow Quartz, 2007)

#8 Bill Lloyd - Back to Even (New Boss Sounds, 2004)

#7 The Lackloves - The Beat and the Time (Rainbow Quartz, 2004)

#6 Greg Pope - Popmonster (Octoberville Records, 2008)

I'll post my numbers five through one later in the week.

So, what makes your list of the Top albums of the last decade?  And do you have any predictions for what might show up in the five remaining slots I have?