it was compiled over the course of the last several months. i literally had a piece of paper i wrote the names on when they came to me. i came up with the order and wrote the descriptions last week. one of my reasons for doing this list now as opposed to years from now is that i wanted to reflect on a decade of music (doing this, i found it a little better than i thought it was) and put people onto any music they haven't heard or get them to revisit albums.