What's your top 10 albums of this decade?

[Kid Presentable]

Hard for me to choose, but I'll try:

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000) - the soundtrack to good times, and the best Wu disc since, like, Forever dude. Just scrapes into the decade.

Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000) - like finding out a friend has died while peaking on E. Genius, the best Australian album ever.

Jay Z - Blueprint (2001) - on this album, he backed all the talk up.

The Strokes - This is it (2001) for kicking off the whole post-modern 'the' garage band craze in the mainstream, and I still enjoy the album lots. A better choice may be Youth and Young Manhood but I haven't owned that since 04.

QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf (2002) best lineup, not necessarily all the best tunes (I don't like Hanging Tree and Sky is Fallin is missing a verse I reckon), but definitely the best playing. For that alone, it's a fucking treat.

Clipse - Lord Willin (2002) at work I sit at a desk and listen to this and imagine a life where I am Mal or Pusha. And it gets me through the days.

White Stripes - Elephant (2003) - like it better than White Blood Cells, I would sex In the Cold Cold Night right in its breakfast.

Common - Be (2005) if there has to be a Kanye work, then it's this one for me. I see they were trying to be a 'What's Going On' for their time. Meh to that claim, but a classic album for me regardless.

Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006) - I still listen to both all the time, this one is fucking wigged out. Really the best way to highlight the Neptunes contribution to the decade without citing Justin Timberlake's 'Rock your Body'. But still, an incredible step on from Lord Willin.

J Dilla - Donuts (2006) - don't ask me to explain, Mcduff and Micodin didn't get it, but I fucking love it, start to finish every time I put it on. It's bugged out, purists have better tastes and so on blah blah blah. But I think up crazy shit when I put it on.

I know, predictable and shit. But it's been a long decade. I wanted to put some later stuff on there, and whenever I tried for something sort of obscure I just went the big ones instead. I'm really interested to see what other people's selections are, and maybe I'll get put onto something I might not have considered.

Fuck I've checked the fuckin thing like 5 times to make sure I put 10 albums up.

[Micodin]

From the top of my head and in no particular order...

Justice - ✝ (2007)

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

The Falcon - Unicornography (2006)

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008)

Ratatat - Classics (2006)

The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)

Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (2001)

Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi (2007)

M.I.A. - Kala (2007)

Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)

*Honerable Mentions*

Benga - Diary Of An Afro Warrior (2008)

Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)

Danger Doom - Mouse & The Mask (2004)

[Lex Diamonds]

I can't be arsed to write a list right now so am gonna pick holes in yours; Blueprint is basically a Kanye album, and far superior to Be. What would you replace it with?

[mickill]

Blueprint IS NOT a Kanye album. Just Blaze and Bink! contributed just as many tracks, anyway. The Trackmasters and Timbaland contributed garbage, though.

The Kid picked a lot of my favorites too. But he knows my steez. You see what I mean? You should be studyin your odds, instead of studyin me! That's how you lost your first job punk!

But yeah, I'd go with the obvious solid choices over the fairweather shit I eventually grow tired of, as well. Admittedly, I did really get tired of the White Stripes. Can't even listen to any of their albums, just the odd De Stijl, WBC or Elephant song, but not a whole album. I agree that Elephant was their best, though.

The Black Album - Jiggaman-yaheard
Lord Willin' - Clipse
Supreme Clientele - Ghostface
2001 - Dr Dre
R - QOTSA
Songs For The Deaf - QOTSA
College Dropout - Kanye
Funeral - Arcade Fire
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

I like The Black Album a little better than Blueprint. Blueprint is more consistent, but doesn't have as many high points. It's really a tossup between R and SFTD, but it's usually R. I used to hate Kanye, but in hindsight, College Dropout is pretty much solid from front to back, minus the New Workout Plan joint. Dre, Em, Clipse and Ghost seem like trite choices, but they had a huge impact on me. B.R.M.C. is basically in there because I was listening to it recently and had forgotten how good it was. The Funeral deserves to be there for sure, though.

In response to the original post, I can't understand the appeal of Since I Left You. I just never cared for it. And I think Kanye's first 3 albums are all way better than Be. But Donuts and Is This It are solid.

[Lex Diamonds]

funeral is poo lol

[mickill]

Yeah, well, you also thought Kanye produced the whole Blueprint album.

[Micodin]

Yeah, well, you also thought Kanye produced the whole Blueprint album.

Zing!

[Guy Incognito]

1 - alive 2007 - daft punk , already mentioned but its possibly one of the great live albums
2 - solarized - ian brown - best thing he's done by a country mile
3 - feed the animals - girl talk
4 - push the button - chemical brothers - had its detractors but i like it a lot
5 - whatever people say.. - arctic monkeys
6 - audio bullys - ego war - took ages for me to get into it but its a fucking classic now
7 - simple things - zero 7 - the chillest
8 - kasabian - kasabian
9 - machines say yes - fc kahuna - all kinds of electronica
10 - the altogether - orbital - their last decent album

[mate_spawn_die]

from what i've had a chance to hear so far... (in no paticular order besides year)

2000
"Kid A" - Radiohead
"Since I Left You" - The Avalanches
"The Virgin Suicides" - Air
"How Strange, Innocence" - Explosions in the Sky
"Relationship Of Command" - At The Drive-In
"Constance" - Southpacific
"Stankonia" - Outkast

2001
"Discovery" - Daft Punk
"Simply Mortified" - BS2000
"Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever" - Explosions in the Sky
"10, 000 Hz Legend" - Air
"Amnesiac" - Radiohead
"604" - Ladytron
"L'incroyable Vérité" - Sebastien Tellier
"Is This It" - The Strokes
"Fever" - Kylie Minogue
"Zoom" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Mediocre Generica" - Leftöver Crack

2002
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" - The Flaming Lips
"Yanqui U.X.O." - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

2003
"Room on Fire" - The Strokes
"De-Loused in the Comatorium" - The Mars Volta
"Hail to the Thief" - Radiohead
"Black Cherry" - Goldfrapp

2004
"The Advantage" - The Advantage
"The Doldrums" - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
"Hot Fuss" - The Killers
"Talkie Walkie" - Air
"It's All Around You" - Tortoise
"From a Basement on the Hill" - Elliot Smith

2005
"Frances the Mute" - The Mars Volta
"The Sunlandic Twins" - of Montreal
"Demon Days" - Gorillaz
"Confessions on a Dance Floor" - Madonna

2006
"Elf-Titled" - The Advantage
"Amputechture" - The Mars Volta
"First Impressions of Earth" - The Strokes
"Mr Beast" - Mogwai
"At War with the Mystics" - The Flaming Lips
"The Eraser" - Thom Yorke
"St. Elsewhere" - Gnarls Barkley
"Black Holes and Revelations" - Muse
"Impeach My Bush" - Peaches

2007
"Loveless" - Japancakes
"All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" - Explosions in the Sky
"Businessmen & Ghosts" - Working For A Nuclear Free City
"Night Drive" - Chromatics
"In Rainbows" - Radiohead
"The Mix-Up" - Beastie Boys
"Fancy Footwork" - Chromeo
"B/E/A/T/B/O/X" - Glass Candy

2008
"Sexuality" - Sebastien Tellier

2009
"Hymn to the Immortal Wind" - Mono

[mickill]

^Um, I think a lot of that could have been filtered out, no? Especially since some of those are just not very good albums, let alone one of the ten best of the decade.

That being said, I'd like to replace BRMC with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco. To, you know, keep it to top 10.

[TurdBerglar]

1999 - 2009

crack the skye - mastodon

because of the times - kings of leon

era vulgaris - qotsa

lateralus - tool

songs for the deaf - qotsa

magic potion - the black keys

the battle of los angeles - ratm

R - qotsa(i've noticed a trend here...)

out of exile - audioslave

the fragile - NIN

[mickill]

Out of curiousity, do you think that Magic Potion is better than Rubber Factory?

[TurdBerglar]

i had to throw in a black keys album in there. i was very divided on those two and i narrowed it down to which one i listened to more.

[Lex Diamonds]

Yeah, well, you also thought Kanye produced the whole Blueprint album.
No but I would class it as a Kanye album. As far as I'm aware he produced more tracks on it than anyone else, and I'm pretty sure he played an executive role as well.

Anyway, Funeral is rubbish. It's not even Arcade Fire's best album.

[Freebasser]

Primal Scream - Xtrmntr (2000)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. (2001)
Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
Feeder - Comfort In Sound (2002)
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (2002)
The Rain Band - The Rain Band (2003)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own (2003)
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)
Lemon Jelly - '64-'95 (2005)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl (2005)

Couldn't quite narrow it down to 10, and yes I have three B.R.M.C. albums in there, and no, I don't care :cool:

[mickill]

i had to throw in a black keys album in there. i was very divided on those two and i narrowed it down to which one i listened to more.

Just wondering. I kinda prefer Rubber Factory, myself.

No but I would class it as a Kanye album. As far as I'm aware he produced more tracks on it than anyone else, and I'm pretty sure he played an executive role as well.

Anyway, Funeral is rubbish. It's not even Arcade Fire's best album.
No, kinda but not really, and no.

No and maybe.

[Gareth]

dr dre 2001 was from 1999 wasnt it?
pretty sure i was listening to it in 2000 at least.

[camo]

Reuben: Racecar is racecar backwards
Gallows: Orchestra of Wolves
The Ghost of a Thousand: This is where the fight begins
Fear Factory: Archetype
Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
BeastieBoys: To The 5 Boroughs
Billy Talent: II
Finch: Say hello to sunshine
Reuben: Very Fast Very Dangerous
Devil Sold His Soul: A Fragile Hope

[Kid Presentable]

Fuck I had to mention Relationship of Command and Santogold. I keep think Relationship came out in 99 for some reason. I guess I mean the decade as far as 2000 - 2010 goes. Relationship of Command is fucking mint, to whoever posted that. And Crack the Skye = yusss

[Kid Presentable]

BeastieBoys: To The 5 Boroughs

One of the most significant moments of the decade.

[Videodrome]

dr dre 2001 was from 1999 wasnt it?
pretty sure i was listening to it in 2000 at least.

yes. it was originally going to be called the chronic 2000 but suge knight's compilation took the album title first. it dropped in november of 1999.

[DipDipDive]

Radiohead - Can't choose between Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, and In Rainbows. Don't make me do it! :(
YYY - Fever to Tell
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Roots - Phrenology
DTA 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday
Dilla - Donuts
Bjork - Vespertine
J - The Blueprint

Honorable mentions:
Black Keys - Rubber Factory
NIN - With Teeth
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Feist - The Reminder
Beck - Sea Change
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Girl Talk - Night Ripper (I can't believe you assholes are choosing Feed the Animals over this!)

[DipDipDive]

Veckatimest should be on my honorable mentions list. It could be on my top 10 but I probably won't know for another 5 years if this is the case. The album is too new to determine its timelessness.

[The Notorious LOL]

Doomsday and The Fragile were 1999, suckas.

[DipDipDive]

Well fuck.

[cosmo105]

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
YYY - Fever to Tell
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Wilco - YHF
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Gossip - Movement/Standing in the Way of Control (can't choose :o)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns (pretty new, but my god, the album is close to perfect. check 'em out.)
DFA 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (damn you lara)


runners-up:
Koufax - It Had To Do With Love
Daft Punk - Discovery
Ladytron - Light & Magic
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs (REALLY hard to leave this one out)
Ratatat - Classics
Mirah - You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This
The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site

[TurdBerglar]

Doomsday and The Fragile were 1999, suckas.

a decade is ten years

[mickill]

As honorable mentions I'd like to add:

Girls Can Tell - Spoon (2001)
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy (2000)

And if we're playing by turd's rules, which I was:

The Man Who - Travis (1999)

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Great thread...it requires some serious thought. Here goes...

(in no particular order)

Beck - Sea Change
Weezer - The Green Album
Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs
Outkast - Stankonia
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades
De La Soul - The Grind Date
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood


I really couldn't think of a 10th.

[mate_spawn_die]

^Um, I think a lot of that could have been filtered out, no? Especially since some of those are just not very good albums, let alone one of the ten best of the decade.[/I]

i was too lazy to filter it (it was a list i've been working on for a while) and i believe most of those are great albums...

besides i think it helps others with their list. reminding them of stuff they forgot (like kid p with relationship of command)

[mickill]

I feel like the actual challenge is in trying to pick just 10 albums. But yes, I see what you're saying.

[Drederick Tatum]

Wilco - YHF
QOTSA - Rated R
DFA 1979 - You're a Woman...
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Sebastian Tellier - Sexuality
The Strokes - Is This It
Daft Punk - Discovery
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Hot Chip - The Warning

[Kid Presentable]

I totally just realised what mickills italicised 'is this' it was all about. It's a dyslexic tic I have with that album. I shit that do every time.

DDD you put Phrenology up there. I know you're a bigger Roots fan than most; I was tempted to put it on there just because I love them so much. Although if I did that I'd have to put TT5B on there. I really like Sea Change, too. Not a popular album, and Golden Age is pretty much just 'Every Rose Has its Thorn' but yeah great, great album. Pretty bold for him.

I think Micodin mentioned 'Alive' (Daft Punk) and that was a nice call; I put that on today at work and doofed and went bleeeaaaarrrrooooooo around the office.

I should have a back-up list because Relationship of Command is one of my favourites ever and I just plain forgot about it. I always thought it and R came out in 99, because my memory of those years isn't so flash. Those two and Santogold get an honourable mention but my list stands because it is my take on the decade, I spose..

I wanted to mention Shadow's 'Private Press' somewhere, because I think it's actually his best album. Endtroducing is huuuuuge but I'm fucking bored to tears by it. New Order's 'Get Ready' is another one I love. And the Deftones self-titled is a personal favourite that I wouldn't be able to convince anybody about.

Madvillainy is one I gave some consideration. Demon Days too, since I saw Albarn and his mates do the whole thing loive on a DVD, and I became convinced.

[roosta]

I have a hangover, so I can't properly do this list, but I thought i'd give some love to:

DJ Shadow - The Private Press
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Edan - Primitive Plus
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Kanye West - College Dropout

This is all off the top of my head of albums i have listened to loads that came out this past decade, which is my best way of judging an album I guess...

[rirv]

These are all albums I've listened to obsessively at one (often more) point and still get a regular spin now. Most are quite emotionally loaded with memories of growing up, school etc.

Outkast - Stankonia
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Deltron 3030
The Coral
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Gorillaz - Demon Days
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Queen's of the Stone Age - Song's for the Deaf
DJ Shadow - The Private Press
The Strokes - Is This It?

Can I squeeze The Beatles - 1 in here? Does that count? That would make thirteen.

[The Notorious LOL]

too lazy to come up with a full list, but I would definetly include:

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Radiohead - Kid-A
and either The Slip or With Teeth but I cant decide which one k bye love you

[sab0tage]

I have a hangover, so I can't properly do this list, but I thought i'd give some love to:

DJ Shadow - The Private Press
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Edan - Primitive Plus
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Kanye West - College Dropout

This is all off the top of my head of albums i have listened to loads that came out this past decade, which is my best way of judging an album I guess...

Good call with the Edan albums. I haven't come up with my top 10 yet but Primitive Plus is def in there. Off the top of my head also considering:

Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team
RHCP - Californication (working on this decade being the last 10 years)
Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote (as above)
Skinnyman - Council Estate of Mind

[roosta]

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele


oh yea, these as well.

And El-P - Fantastic Damage
and Battle of LA

[DipDipDive]

DDD you put Phrenology up there. I know you're a bigger Roots fan than most; I was tempted to put it on there just because I love them so much. Although if I did that I'd have to put TT5B on there.


So you would've put it on your list out of obligation because you're a fan, or you were considering adding it because you actually think it's a great album? The latter is true for me...

[mickill]

I think Things Fall Apart was better, since 1999 counts.

[Laserface]

El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (should've been mentioned more)
Primal Scream - XTRMR
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
Sonic Youth - The Eternal (also honorable mention to Rather Ripped)
NIN - With Teeth
Ghostface - Supreme Clientele
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass


also i think my favorite Black Key's album is The Big Come Up.

edit: oh and i gotta mention Fever to Tell. just replace, um, With Teeth for that one.

[camo]

One of the most significant moments of the decade.

Sarcasm?

You're right though, whilst it might not be my favorite Beasties album it still holds it's own as a solid release.

Besides, I didn't spend all my time on the internet for a solid month waiting to see/find anything I could about anything else in my top 10 or for that matter anyone elses.

[Micodin]

I think Things Fall Apart was better, since 1999 counts.

I concur.

[Guy Incognito]

Skinnyman - Council Estate of Mind

good shout(y)

also , a few people have mentioned Priaml Scream's XTRMNTR and i have to say i love the Scream but that album is all about Kill All Hippies and the rest of it pales into insignificance imo

[Laserface]

also , a few people have mentioned Priaml Scream's XTRMNTR and i have to say i love the Scream but that album is all about Kill All Hippies and the rest of it pales into insignificance imo

disagreed. Exterminator is my favorite track, and Accelerator and Blood Money are the shit. both better than Kill the Hippies, I think.

Anyway, great album.

[Guy Incognito]

disagreed. Exterminator is my favorite track, and Accelerator and Blood Money are the shit. both better than Kill the Hippies, I think.

Anyway, great album.

i'm not saying its a bad album i just think that song stands out and it kinda defines the album. i havent listened to it for about 4 years so maybe its time to give it a spin again

[Kid Presentable]

So you would've put it on your list out of obligation because you're a fan, or you were considering adding it because you actually think it's a great album? The latter is true for me...

I like it, but I dunno.

Camo, no sarcasm.

[Tzar]

^
mastodon - crack the skye/blood mountain
jigga - blueprint
tzu - computer love/smiling at strangers
machine head - the blackening
kanye - college dropout
hilltop hoods - the calling
clipse - hell hath/lord willing
daft punk - alive

i could list more but most of y'all have beat me to it.

[Knuckles]

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns (pretty new, but my god, the album is close to perfect. check 'em out.)


I did and I like. (y)

gracias

[Documad]

1999 shouldn't count, unless you cut off 2009. 2000-2009 is a decade (10 years). 1999-2009 is 11 years. :rolleyes:

I don't care what's noteworthy or important (I'd probably pick Marshall Mathers if that was the criteria). I'll just list the ones that I played a lot. In no particular order:

- Radiohead - Kid A
- Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (some weeks I'd pick All Hands on the Bad One)
- Massive Attack - Mezzanine (good to study/work to-- the runner up in that category is Boards of Canada Campfire Headphase)
- Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjin
- Sigur Ros - ( )
- Sigur Ros - Takk
- Supergrass - Life on Other Planets
- Air - Talkie Walkie
- David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything that Happens (perhaps just for emotional reasons)
- I sort of want to pick Wilco - YHF but the truth is that I don't really love that album. It's more that I love seeing the band live. I don't love any of their albums really. I also love seeing people like Rufus Wainwright live but I don't really like his albums. I played one of the Secret Machines CDs to death but I can't remember the name.

I can't pick a NIN album because they're inconsistent, but Right Where It Belongs would be in my top songs of the decade.

If 1999 counted:

- Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin or
- Tom Waits - Mule Variations

[DipDipDive]

I've always enjoyed Discovery but have written it off as being far inferior to Homework. This thread inspired me to give it a listen from start to finish, which I haven't done in years. It's good shit. (y) I wouldn't place it with the elite for the decade, but I can see why others would.

I considered listing YHF, too, but it took a reeeeaaaaally long time for that album to grow on me. Years, actually. I didn't start enjoying it entirely until about 2 years ago, but now I love it.

[DipDipDive]

Oh, also, I would like to append Music by Cavelight by Blockhead and Ruby Blue by Roisin Murphy to my honorable mentions.

[Kid Presentable]

This thread inspired me to give it a listen from start to finish, which I haven't done in years. It's good shit. (y)

Exactly what happened with me and Phrenology. Cheers. (y)

[saz]

david gilmour - on an island & live at gdansk
pink floyd - echoes
neil young - live at massey hall 1971
outrageous cherry - the book of spectral projections
brian jonestown massacre - we are the radio & my bloody underground
cloudland canyon - lie in light
brightblack morning light - s/t
primal scream - xtrmntr

plus:

bad company/eib – digital nation
bardo pond – ticket crystals
black mountain – in the future

[camo]

I must say that we are a diverse lot. I like it. High five people :cool:

[The Notorious LOL]

Donuts by Dilla.

nevermind that was on the first page lol

[BangBangBunny]

Green Day - American Idiot (album of the decade)

(the rest in no order)
hed PE - Blackout
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
Eyedea & Abilities - E&A
Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
Jay Z - Blueprint
Metallica - Death Magnetic (cracker in the desert syndrome?)
Eminem - Marshall Mathers
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (you may never need to listen to it again cause it's so overplayed, but there's some quality songcrafting on that one that you are going to hear for the rest of your lives in various supermarkets, restaurants, etc.)
OutKast - Stankonia

Peace,
BBB

[Kid Presentable]

I've never listened to Death from Above 1979, did I lose? Will I like it?

That beautiful CSS girl made them sound alright.

[Knuckles]

I've never listened to Death from Above 1979, did I lose? Will I like it?



I'm pretty sure you'd like it.

[Kid Presentable]

Cool man. I'm going for it *dives*

[mickill]

I've never listened to Death from Above 1979, did I lose? Will I like it?

You'll probably like it at first, then realize that it has very little replay value.

[paul jones]

Die Golden Zitronen " Shafott Zum Fahrstuhl"

Scout Niblett " This Fool Can Die Now "

Broadcast " The Noise Made By People "

Smog " Rain On Lens "

Guided By Voices " Universal Truths And Cycles "

Ween " Quebec "

Super Furry Animals " Phantom Power "

The Fall " The Unutterable "

Grandaddy " The Sophtware Slump "

Adam Green " Friends Of Mine "

Built To Spill " You In Reverse "

Erase Errata " Nightlife "

Mum " Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy "

Super Furry Animals " Rings Around The World "

Sigur Ros " Agaetis Byrjin"



there's more than 10 here by now I think

[cubsfirstplace]

my 10 favorite in no order. except marshall mathers lp is my favorite.

eminem - marshall mathers lp
ghofstace killah - fishscale
jay-z - blueprint
nas - hip hop is dead
clipse - hell hath no furry
jay-z - american gangster
kanye west - college dropout
outkast - stankonia
nas - god's son
the roots - phrenology

[mate_spawn_die]

alright. i decided to chop it down to 11. my personal favorites of the decade in no particular order.

"Kid A" - Radiohead
"Since I Left You" - The Avalanches
"Discovery" - Daft Punk
"Simply Mortified" - BS2000
"Yanqui U.X.O." - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"Room on Fire" - The Strokes
"De-Loused in the Comatorium" - The Mars Volta
"Elf-Titled" - The Advantage
"Loveless" - Japancakes
"All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" - Explosions in the Sky
"Sexuality" - Sebastien Tellier

[RobMoney$]

Here's some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet.

Wolfmother
U2 - All that you can't leave behind
The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
The Black Crowes - Lions
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 days, 100 nights
One Day as a Lion
Dangerdoom - The Mouse & The Mask
Gn'R - Chinese Democracy
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway
The Bravery - The Sun & The Moon

[Gareth]

in addition to some of the stuff already mentioned (jay-z - blueprint; outkast - stankonia; cannibal ox - cold vein; daft punk - discovery; mia - kala), i'd also add erykah badu - mama's gun, cut copy - in ghost colours, m83 - before the dawn heals us and d'angelo - voodoo and maybe even justin timberlake - futuresex/lovesounds

[The Notorious LOL]

Cannibal Ox is #1 on my list after careful consideration.

[Gareth]

would be right up there for me

[RoryMC]

B.R.M.C. is basically in there because I was listening to it recently and had forgotten how good it was.

Me too! How bizarre. I was even going to make the thread "top five albums from bands who are now a bit rubbish" with BRMC at number one. Won't bother now.

[RoryMC]

I, like rirv, have picked albums that I have rinsed in the past nine years:

(In no order)

Interpol -- Turn on the Bright Lights
Mclusky -- Do Dallas
Spoon -- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Millionaire -- Outside the Simian Flock
British Sea Power -- The Decline of...
Clinic -- Internal Wrangler
At the Drive-in -- Relationship of Command
The Rapture -- Echoes
QOTSA -- Songs for the Deaf
The Walkmen -- Bows and Arrows

I haven't really put much thought into that.

[Freebasser]

Been listening to some The Cooper Temple Clause today and forgotten how good 'See This Through And Leave" was. Another contender (y)

[DipDipDive]

"Simply Mortified" - BS2000

Really? I mean...Really?

You'll probably like it at first, then realize that it has very little replay value.

You're wrong. Like, super wrong.

P.S.
I love Scout Niblett hi5 PJ

[DipDipDive]

Also...

cut copy - in ghost colours...and maybe even justin timberlake - futuresex/lovesounds

Yes and yes. These would both definitely be in my top 20. (y)

[Gareth]

Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway

maybe not top 10 but def a good album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcH_ikhc0U&feature=related
i might also add stories from the city stories from the sea

[Mr Films]

The Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops

- These guys nailed it as far as the kind of music I wanted at the time (2004) and then expanded on that sound in just the right way for the follow up.

Incubus- Morning View

- too bad this had to follow up their rap-rock crap cuz it's a pretty beautiful album in places.

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

- the first and last time their throwback style worked.

Jay-Z - The Black Album

- I was on board about 13 seconds into "99 Problems"

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

- In Rainbows, though great, played it safe in a lot of ways. This was Radiohead unleashed and I like that.

Kanye West - The College Dropout

- The only cohesive and focused Kanye LP there is (well, mostly).

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

- no justification, I just love it.

TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain

- the perfect balance of all the things these guys do best.

Mute Math - Mute Math

- so many bands wish they could nail the style and sound that this band makes look effortless. And they're a beast live.

[Gareth]

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

- the first and last time their throwback style worked.


this is the first and last time it worked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_5_EP
and coz i am indecisive, the first NERD album is good too (the first version)
back when the neptunes were killing everything

[Mr Films]

this is the first and last time it worked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_5_EP

meh. I like the LP better. the EP bores me.

[mickill]

You're wrong. Like, super wrong.

Why don't we let him come to that conclusion on his own then. Because I'm sure he won't.



Jay-Z - The Black Album

- I was on board about 13 seconds into "99 Problems"

Finally. Somebody agrees. Thank you.

[Documad]

The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops

This was nearly on my list. I listened to it over and over and over at work.

[EN[i]GMA]

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
The Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
mclusky - McLusky Do Dallas
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Radiohead - Kid A
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You

If 1999 Counts:

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Honorable Mention:

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
The Strokes - Is This It
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

[EN[i]GMA]

You'll probably like it at first, then realize that it has very little replay value.

This.

[Laserface]

kudos for mentioning Philadelphia Freeway, Stories From the City Stories From the Sea, and NERD's In Search of.

you guys really should have mentioned El-P's I'll Sleep When You're Dead, though. amazing fucking album. i sometimes wonder whether it's better than the Cannibal Ox album.

[Kid Presentable]

I like I'll Sleep when you're dead better, but I haven't listened to the Cold Vein since it came out.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, but Cuban Linx II is shaping up to be a contender. Based on what I've heard, anyway.

[DipDipDive]

Kid, have you listened to Death From Above yet? Don't make Mike and me fistfight...

[Kid Presentable]

Nah but I've been thinking about it heaps.

[The Notorious LOL]

DFAs album is pretty good but its not best album of the decade good.

[Kid Presentable]

I youtubed some shit from some Heads Up EP and recognized the Elephant noses. It was ok, I listened for about a minute. A minute and a half. That's not my attempt at listening to them, though. I've probably heard it and not realised I'm so out of touch with the planet.

[mickill]

DFAs album is pretty good but its not best album of the decade good.

(y)

If you can't get all the way through a couple of youtube videos, Kid, I doubt you're going to listen to the album all the way through. And even if you do, I doubt you'd be all like, "oh shit, that has some serious replay value" afterwards.

[dave790]

5 Boroughs is definitely in. Which leaves...

Ash - Meltdown
Idlewild - The Remote Part
The Strokes - Is This It
The Living End - Roll On
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
Queens of the Stoneage - Songs For the Deaf
Muse- Origin of Symmetry

[mate_spawn_die]

"A" and "Dropping the Writ" by Cass McCombs are worth mentioning

[hpdrifter]

Deftones self-titled is a personal favourite that I wouldn't be able to convince anybody about.


This I know about.

For a top 10 of the decade? Definitely not. But as a strong deftones record? Agreed on about 2/3 of it.

[camo]

Big Deftones fan here. I was debating putting White Pony in there but It was an easy decision to not add the self titled album. I just couldn't get into it. It's like they dropped chorus's and melodies out of most of the tracks. I have since gotten to like it but I was really disappointed at the time :(

[rirv]

I'm gonna throw in another to the mix: The Good, The Bad And The Queen...

Don't know if anyone else knows it, came out in 2007: Damon Albarn, Paul Simonen, some Afrobeat dude on drums and Danger Mouse producing. Super eerie portraits of Britain.

Every now and then I put it on heavy rotation, and this is one of those times.

[checkyourprez]

I'm gonna throw in another to the mix: The Good, The Bad And The Queen...

Don't know if anyone else knows it, came out in 2007: Damon Albarn, Paul Simonen, some Afrobeat dude on drums and Danger Mouse producing. Super eerie portraits of Britain.

Every now and then I put it on heavy rotation, and this is one of those times.


not only can you fuck a mans ass superbly, you can also recommend some great music. thanks rirv!!

[RobMoney$]

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

[hpdrifter]

Big Deftones fan here. I was debating putting White Pony in there but It was an easy decision to not add the self titled album. I just couldn't get into it. It's like they dropped chorus's and melodies out of most of the tracks. I have since gotten to like it but I was really disappointed at the time :(

Around the Fur is definitely one of my desert islands followed super close by White Pony.

Agreed on s/t. I was super disappointed when I first got it but have grown to love some of the moodier atmospheric shit (Moana I think, Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event, etc).

What the crap are they doing now? Saturday Night Wrist was... I can't even find it anymore.

[Caribou]

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Elbow - Cast Of Thousands
Gomez - In Our Gun
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Kaizers Orchestra - Ompa Til du Dør
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic In The Attic
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
QOTSA - Songs For The Deaf
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Rufus Wainwright - Want One