The decade is almost over! List some of your favorite albums from the past 10 years. Top 20 20). Radiohead (Kid A), 2000 19). The White Stripes (White Blood Cells), 2001 18). The New Pornographers (Mass Romantic), 2000 17). The Arcade Fire (Neon Bible), 2007 16). At The Drive-In (Relationship of Command), 2000 15). Interpol (Turn On The Bright Lights), 2002 14). Animal Collective (Merriweather Post Pavilion), 2009 13). Franz Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand), 2004 12). Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Fever To Tell), 2003 11). The Arcade Fire (Funeral), 2004 10). Outkast (Stankonia), 2000 9). Sigur Ros (Agaetis Byrjun), 2000 8). LCD Soundsystem (Sound Of Silver), 2007 7). ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (Source Tags & Codes), 2002 6). Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot), 2002 5). TV On The Radio (Dear Science), 2008 4). The Strokes (Is This It?), 2001 3). TV On The Radio (Return to Cookie Mountain), 2006 2). Primal Scream (Xtrmntr), 2000 1). Beck (Sea Change), 2002 100-21 Spoiler 100). The New Pornographers (Twin Cinema), 2005 99). Cat Power (The Greatest), 2006 98). Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix), 2009 97). Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (Hearts Of Oak), 2003 96). Jurassic 5 (Quality Control), 2000 95). Andrew W.K. (The Wolf), 2003 94). U2 (All That You Can't Leave Behind), 2000 93). TV On The Radio (Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes), 2004 92). Death Cab For Cutie (Transatlanticism), 2003 91). Animal Collective (Strawberry Jam), 2007 90). Interpol (Antics), 2004 89). Rufus Wainwright (Want One), 2003 88). Ghostface Killah (Fishscale), 2006 87). Modest Mouse (Good News For People Who Love Bad News), 2004 86). Spoon (Girls Can Tell), 2000 85). The Antlers (Hospice), 2009 84). Queens Of The Stone Age (R), 2000 83). Broadcast (The Noise Made by People), 2000 82). The Streets (A Grand Don't Come For Free), 2004 81). Spoon (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga), 2007 80). Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters), 2004 79). Doves (The Last Broadcast), 2002 78). Fugazi (The Argument), 2001 77). Deltron (Deltron 3030), 2001 76). The White Stripes (Get behind me satan), 2005 75). Jay-Z (Blueprint), 2001 74). **** Buttons (Tarot Sport), 2009 73). Hot Chip (Made In The Dark), 2008 72). The Hold Steady (Separation Sunday), 2005 71). Wolf Parade (Apologies To The Queen Mary), 2005 70). Drive-By Truckers (Brighter Than Creation's Dark), 2008 69). Belle & Sebastian (The Life Pursuit), 2006 68). The Libertines (Up The Bracket), 2002 67). Weezer (Weezer (Green Album)), 2001 66). Aimee Mann (Bachelor No. 2), 2000 65). The Streets (Original Pirate Material), 2002 64). Ghostface Killah (Supreme Clientele), 2000 63). Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP), 2000 62). Sigur Ros (( )), 2002 61). Grizzly Bear (Veckatimest), 2009 60). The White Stripes (Elephant), 2003 59). Brian Wilson (Smile), 2004 58). Cannibal Ox (Cold Vein), 2001 57). Bob Dylan (Modern Times), 2006 56). The Raveonettes (Chain Gang Of Love), 2003 55). The Flaming Lips (Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots), 2002 54). Sufjan Stevens (Come On Feel The Illinoise!), 2005 53). The Notwist (Neon Golden), 2002 52). Deerhunter (Microcastle), 2008 51). Idlewild (100 Broken Windows), 2000 50). My Morning Jacket (Z), 2005 49). Broken Social Scene (You Forgot It In People), 2002 48). Radiohead (In Rainbows), 2007 47). Sleater-Kinney (The Woods), 2005 46). The Fiery Furnaces (Blueberry Boat), 2004 45). Girls (Album), 2009 44). The New Pornographers (Electric Version), 2003 43). Drive-By Truckers (Southern Rock Opera), 2001 42). Sigur Ros (Me Su Eyrum Vi Spilum Endalaust), 2008 41). Kanye West (Graduation), 2007 40). The Strokes (Room On Fire), 2003 39). The Walkmen (Bows + Arrows), 2004 38). Modest Mouse (The Moon And Antarctica), 2000 37). Fountains Of Wayne (Welcome Interstate Managers), 2003 36). M.I.A. (Arular), 2005 35). The Knife (Silent Shout), 2006 34). The Shins (Chutes Too Narrow), 2003 33). Of Montreal (Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?), 2007 32). Drive-By Truckers (Decoration Day), 2003 31). Grandaddy (The Sophtware Slump), 2000 30). Sigur Ros (Takk...), 2005 29). Loretta Lynn (Van Lear Rose), 2004 28). Queens Of The Stone Age (Songs For The Deaf), 2002 27). El-P (Fantastic Damage), 2002 26). Bloc Party (Silent Alarm), 2005 25). Cut Copy (In Ghost Colours), 2008 24). The National (Boxer), 2007 23). Portishead (Third), 2008 22). Kanye West (The College Dropout), 2004 21). Mercury Rev (All Is Dream), 2001
damn, you have a top 100! i commend you sir! nme recently listed that primal scream album as like #2 or #3 too - went back and listened - i forgot how awesome that record is (kevin shields probably didnt hurt). spiritualized - let it come down oneida - the wedding sun kil moon - ghosts of the great highway juana molina - son sufjan stevens - come on feel the illinoise dirty projectors - bitte orca the shins - chutes too narrow vieux farka toure - fondo café tacuba - cuatro caminos bobby conn - the homeland stereolab - sound dust giant drag - hearts and unicorns nellie mckay - get away from me rufus wainwright - want one orchestra baobab - specialist in all styles radiohead - hail to the thief oneida - happy new year r. kelly - chocolate factory white stripes - get behind me satan dirty projectors - the getty address gnarls barkley - st. elsewhere tv on the radio - dear science dan deacon - spiderman of the rings
radiohead...kid a...amnesiac and you will know us by the trail of dead...worlds apart...source tags and codes mew...and the glass handed kites interpol...turn on the bright lights nas...god's son...stillmatic blur...think tank circa survive...juntura clinic...internal wrangler outkast...aquemini...stankonia margot and the nuclear so and so's...dust of retreat...animal the warlocks...heavy deavy skull lover the national...boxer muse...origin of symmetry the shins...chutes too narrow so many more im forgetting...oh well
jay reatard - blood visions thomas function - celebration (UNDERRATED) ryan adams - heartbreaker/cold roses/jacksoville city nights/gold drive by truckers - southern rock opera/dirty south white stripes - white blood cells and a ton more
Whats up with Animal Collective? I heard the hype, like that kind of music, threw up looking at the album cover, and gave it a listen. But it just never hit me. Am I missing something? Am I the only one?
yeah, and now we don't have to walk five miles to school in the snow old man, there are these things called combustible engines
just off the top of my head...definitely not in order: morning view - incubus nothing left to lose - foo fighters (yes, i'm counting it since it was released in Nov. 1999) busted stuff - DMB give yourself away - robbie seay band rush of blood to the head - coldplay
That's one hipster list. 10 off the top of my head: Chris Thile - Not All Who Wander Are Lost Orso - My Dreams are Back and They Are Better Than Ever Edan - Beauty and the Beat Antibalas - Security Juana Molina - Un Dia The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt Savina Yannatou - Mediterranea Tenhi - Maaaet 5'nizza - Unplugged
In no particular order: Les Savy Fav - Inches Les Savy Fav - Go Forth Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends MGMT - Oracular Specacular James Figurine - Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake The Flaming Lips - Embryonic Fugazi - The Argument Madvillain - Madvillainy Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights Black Mountain - In the Future Broadcast - Tender Buttons Vitalic - OK Cowboy LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Hot Chip - The Warning Man Man - Six Demon Bag King Kahn and the Shrines - What is?! Various Artists - After Dark Battles - Mirrored David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today F**k Buttons - Street Horrrsing F***ed Up - The Chemistry of Common Life I'm sure I'll think of more. Honestly, when I started compiling the list, I thought I would have a difficult time coming up with ten entries. I'm pretty shocked...considering I'm an old, jaded music snob.
One album that didn't get any run in the USA that I absolutely loved was Life on Other Planets by Supergrass.
Actually I was at lunch with my family and just got back, you bozos. I'm not as big on music of recent times as I am on getting old artists and their back catalogs (like I have been doing with Captain Beefheart, Public Image Limited, Sun Ra, etc.) Let me just list my top 5 for now - I may list a top 20 later today if I have more time to think about this. 1 - Kid A by Radiohead 2 - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco 3 - Silent Alarm by Bloc Party 4 - Turn on the Bright Lights by Interpol 5 - Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Oh and DC, I am absolutely DISMAYED that you don't have "Dead Cities" by M83 ANYWHERE on your list. I know you have a lot of good stuff on your list, but you can't seriously tell me that "Dead Cities" isn't one of the best 100 albums of the '00s??!! I would love to see what Brightside's list looks like.
Yeah, I though would spare you 200-101. Guilty as charged. I'm just glad my hipster-dom is pretty much confined to my taste in music. You tell me. I've been avoiding looking at other lists to eliminate any outside influences as I try to compile my own (although I think I accidentally saw that NME picked the Strokes and Pitchfork picked Kid A as their album of the decade). But yeah, I typically like indie music which is what Pitchfork predominantly covers, so I'd be surprised if there wasn't a lot of overlap.
