![Hey Everybody, It's Time To Argue Over Pitchfork's Best Albums List [Year-end Analysis]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1416760_lg.jpg)
This is what you've all been waiting for, right? THE GOOD: Nos. 50-41 would have made an awesome alternate-universe top 10, what with Marnie Stern, Ponytail, High Places, and Beach House all being within. Alas. THE BAD: I will not quibble with the No. 1 choice and the reasons for its placement being wholly attributed to its comforting throwback nature ("The threads of Brian Wilson's intricate coastal pop, Appalachian folk, modern indie rock, Grateful Dead jams, and other influences are masterfully synthesized in the band's harmonies and simply orchestrated but constantly [...]