NME Top 50 albums of the decade

[Guy Incognito]

i dont know some of them and i hate a lot of them, feel free to peruse and comment:

NME's top 50 albums of the decade


1. The Strokes - Is This It

2. The Libertines - Up the Bracket

3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr

4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell

6. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

7. Arcade Fire - Funeral

8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights

9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

10. Radiohead - In Rainbows

11. At The Drive In - Relationship of Command

12. LCD Soundsystem - The Sound of Silver

13. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

14. Radiohead - Kid A

15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

16. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free

17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise

18. The White Stripes - Elephant

19. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

20. Blur - Think Tank

21. The Coral - The Coral

22. Jay-Z - The Blueprint

23. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future

24. The Libertines - The Libertines

25. Rapture - Echoes

26. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

27. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

28. Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around

29. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World

30. Elbow - Asleep In the Back

31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

33. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

34. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

35. Babyshambles - Down in Albion

36. Spirtualized - Let It Come Down

37. The Knife - Silent Shout

38. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

39. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

40. Ryan Adams - Gold

41. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

42. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

43. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

44. Outkast - Loveboxxx/The Love Below

45. Avalanches - Since I Left You

46. Delgados - The Great Eastern

47. Brendan Benson - Lapalco

48. Walkmen - Bows and Arrows

49. Muse - Absolution

50. MIA - Arular

[TAL]

I don't have any of them (y)

[Guy Incognito]

I don't have any of them (y)

i didnt even check that first time - i have 8.

[RoryMC]

I have a lot of those albums and some are very good. It's not a definitive list and there are some notable exclusions.

Also, the Wild Beasts album has only been out a few months and does not deserve to be in a top 50 albums of the decade list, despite it being awesome and one of the best this year.

[RoryMC]

NME's top 50 albums of the decade


1. The Strokes - Is This It (8/10)

2. The Libertines - Up the Bracket (6/10)

3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr (4/10)

4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (8/10)

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell (6/10)

6. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (n/a)

7. Arcade Fire - Funeral (6/10)

8. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (10/10)

9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (9/10)

10. Radiohead - In Rainbows (8/10)

11. At The Drive In - Relationship of Command (9/10)

12. LCD Soundsystem - The Sound of Silver (8/10)

13. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (7/10)

14. Radiohead - Kid A (9/10)

15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (9/10)

16. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free (9/10)

17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (8/10)

18. The White Stripes - Elephant (8/10)

19. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (8/10)

20. Blur - Think Tank (9/10)

21. The Coral - The Coral (7/10)

22. Jay-Z - The Blueprint (8/10)

23. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future (6/10)

24. The Libertines - The Libertines (5/10)

25. Rapture - Echoes (9/10)

26. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner (9/10)

27. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (5/10)

28. Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around (n/a)

29. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (7/10)

30. Elbow - Asleep In the Back (6/10)

31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (7/10)

32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (n/a)

33. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (6/10)

34. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (8/10)

35. Babyshambles - Down in Albion (n/a)

36. Spirtualized - Let It Come Down (n/a)

37. The Knife - Silent Shout (5/10)

38. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (7/10)

39. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (n/a)

40. Ryan Adams - Gold (n/a)

41. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (9/10)

42. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (9/10)

43. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (10/10)

44. Outkast - Loveboxxx/The Love Below (8/10)

45. Avalanches - Since I Left You (9/10)

46. Delgados - The Great Eastern (n/a)

47. Brendan Benson - Lapalco (n/a)

48. Walkmen - Bows and Arrows (9/10)

49. Muse - Absolution (2/10)

50. MIA - Arular (5/10)

My ratings in brackets.

[saz]

I don't have any of them (y)

hahah yeah there were about three or four i liked. nme is shit, as are their lists.

[mickill]

I bought half of them, but only listen to half of what I did buy. Considering the source, the list could have been way worse.

But yeah, YHF and Songs For The Deaf should have been higher up, Rated R should have been included, The Libertines should have been off the list (#2???), Kid A is better than In Rainbows etc. I wouldn't know where to begin with fixing this.

[EN[i]GMA]

Wincing the Night Away as the best Shins album?

Gold as the best Ryan Adams record? Over Heartbreaker?

Right...

[Guy Incognito]

I bought half of them, but only listen to half of what I did buy. Considering the source, the list could have been way worse.

But yeah, YHF and Songs For The Deaf should have been higher up, Rated R should have been included, The Libertines should have been off the list (#2???), Kid A is better than In Rainbows etc. I wouldn't know where to begin with fixing this.

in this country, the music press treat the libertines as the stone roses of their generation really. i think they were ok but they are considered to have pioneered a sound that a lot of bands in the list, particularly the arctic monkeys, use. its why doherty is still popular despite the fact he's a smackhead loser

[cj hood]

I don't have any of them (y)

ditto

[Documad]

You shouldn't be proud of the fact that you don't own Kid A, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, White Blood Cells, etc. Jeez.

I own more than a dozen of those, but the rankings are completely fucked up.

[Guy Incognito]

I own more than a dozen of those, but the rankings are completely fucked up.

yeah, its like they made it up as they were going along, like they thought about original pirate material and still had it in their head 6 albums later and thought ooh shall we put the second, sub par piece of shit they made in at number 15?

oh and rory mc - primal scream four out of 10. (n)

[EN[i]GMA]

I like a Grand Don't Come For Free more than Original Pirate Material.

[jabumbo]

so do we have no real complaints about the strokes being placed on the top?



i admittedly haven't heard most of these albums as a whole, so i don't really know what to say other than my personal favorites are not on the list.

[Jiberish]

so do we have no real complaints about the strokes being placed on the top?

Yeah. I think that's bullshit. I bought that album when it came out and listened to it three times. It's not bad But it's def not the best of the decade.

Out of this list I'd put Relationship of Command & Kid A as the one-two punch. I'd move The Avalanches waaaaay the fuck up towards the top 10. But I don't know anymore than NME does, so I'll go fuck myself now.

[Guy Incognito]

GMA;1709892']I like a Grand Don't Come For Free more than Original Pirate Material.


OPM is a work of genius and nothing mike skinner did after came anywhere near it imo. it was the sound of lad taking a load influences and original ideas and its brilliant. A Grand.. is the sound of someone who had made it, believing their own hype and trying too hard, it was a nice idea for a concept but just thought it was lacking in tunes, but thats only my opinion. dry your eyes is awful.

check the one good one bad thread - i just put two streets songs on there


so do we have no real complaints about the strokes being placed on the top?



tbh, my mate told me about this list and asked me to guess the number one and i knew it would be the strokes, the nme holds them in very high regard, i dont agree but its stood test of time.

[Documad]

so do we have no real complaints about the strokes being placed on the top?

It's ridiculous, but all of the rankings are fucked up.

[Planetary]

a grand dont come for free is a great album

[Guy Incognito]

a grand dont come for free is a great album

obviously im an old fart who is in the minority and maybe its just that i think OPM is such a great album that everything else is done pales into insignificance in me eyes. never mind

[yeahwho]

This is a flawed list, I like the Strokes OK.... but that album "This is It" has a few highlights, but mainly it was a hit and miss record. Generally speaking it was boring. There are several albums not on this list I can think of off the top of my head that ace that Strokes album.

Weird list that reminds me why I never read NME.

[paul jones]

the NME knows fuck all about music(y)

[kaiser soze]

Compared to what is listed I'm surprised Beck and Bjorks subpar offerings (vespertine and Guero being notable the better releases) didn't make their way in.

other artists I am surprised not to see

Coldplay and U2 for obvious reasons
Andrew Bird
Portishead
Flaming Lips
MGMT
Tool
R.E.M.
Chili Peppers
Travis
David Byrne

just to name a few

[The Notorious LOL]

lol@Kid A at 14 and In Rainbows at 10. Have they actually listened to either album?

The only one in the top ten I would even place there is Fever to Tell.

[yeahwho]

The Libertines(#2) were cool on like the first few listens, then you realize that yeah "Hey I would like to actually listen to the real Clash" rather than a dime store attempt.

One of those easy to find CD's in the used music store racks. I never could quite understand all the adulation with that band.

[checkyourprez]

i have 12 of those. but that is a pretty shite list overall.

[Kid Presentable]

First Arctics belongs in a top 10. Not mine, but yeah great album.

[Lex Diamonds]

NME is a joke these days. I used to read my brother and sister's copies in the 90s and back then it was funny, cool and significant. Now it just seems like a confused advertisement for everything and anything.

And A Grand Don't Come For Free is definitely a better album than Original Pirate Material. Both 9/10s in my opinion.