
Though, as far as swan songs go, you could do a lot worse than It's Not Me, It's You. Too bad she's reportedly giving up music.

She's endlessly complicated - celebrating her independence one moment ("Never Gonna Happen"), craving the support of a lover the next ("Chinese") - and delightfully odd (who else would assume God's favorite band is Creedence Clearwater Revival?), not to mention brave, wickedly funny and incredibly smart.

Songs like "The Fear," "Not Fair," "Back to the Start" and "Who'd Have Known" crackle with humor, biting social commentary and even outright sadness, and they showcase Allen's growing skill as a lyricist. Instead, it's a handcrafted, deeply personal thing, a complicated, sad, funny, sarcastic album that pulls no punches and spares no target, including Allen herself. isn't the end-product of the endless tinkerings of the pop elite, nor is it particularly pop in any of its sentiments.

Basically the polar opposite of every other pop album on this list, It's Not Me.
