I decided to join the list of many trying to define the best music of the last 10 years aka the last decade.
So, without any future ado:
Best CD for Air travel: Sigur Ros – Anything after () 
Best song that brings me instantly back to Tanzania: Gaudi – Bethe Bethe Kese Kese
Best song that asked me a question that I wanted answered: Daniel Lanois – Where Will I Be
Best CD that I avoided for to long: Radiohead – In Rainbows
Best CD that I wish I wrote: Brian Eno – Another Day on Earth
Best CD with the craziest vocal manifestations: Zawose – Assembly
Best time machine back to old europe: Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
Best frat boy sound: Vampire Weekend
Best aleatoric music: The Books – Lost and Safe
Best song most likely written about my good days: Colin Hay – Beautiful World
Best song most likely written about my bad days: Chris Letcher – Harmonium
Most anticipated let down: Robert Fripp – Exposure (reissue)
Best historic rumor to come true: Brian Wilson – SMiLE
Best singer song writer that used Condoleezza in a song: Robyn Hitchcock – Spooked
Best mass media music if someone knew who he was: Magnet – On Your Side
Best hidden anger management I just got divorced & we just went to war: Nine Horses – Snow Borne Sorrow
Best Resurgence of the 80’s sound of pop: The Postal Service – Give Up
Most impact on opening the musical sound of Africa to popular culture: Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche a Bamako
Master class: David Sylvian – Dead Bees On A Cake
The Brian Eno atmospheric music award: Fennesz – Venice
Most missed guitarist under 100lb (RIP Chris): Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang – Dislocation Blues
Most missed guitarist over 100lb (RIP Joe): Joe Strummer – Global A Go-Go
Best CD of the Decade: The Arcade Fire – Funeral