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Title: Albums of the Decade?
Post by: Sage 703 on January 30, 2007, 03:32:00 pm
In listening to the new Arcade Fire record (which I think is absolutely phenomenal), I started thinking - how does this compare to the other records I've really fallen in love with?
 
 So I've been trying to compile a list of my favorite albums of the decade - records that I feel stand out in my memory as the truly remarkable albums thus far in the 00s.
 
 I'm curious as to what people would include.  So - what are your top five records of the decade thus far?
 
 My list thus far, in no order:
 
 Radiohead - Kid A
 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
 Sigur Ros - ()
 The Arcade Fire - Funeral
 
 and frankly, the new Arcade Fire might eventually be included as well...because I like it as much or more than Funeral at this point.
 
 Thoughts?
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Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 30, 2007, 03:50:00 pm
I have a running list of my top 100 albums of the decade, which I will share at the end of 2009. None of those you list are in my current top 5, though one of them is in my top 100. I can't even think of what the top five on my list are, off the top of my head.
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Post by: bearman🐻 on January 30, 2007, 03:53:00 pm
5) The Shins -- Chutes Too Narrow
 4) Air -- Talkie Walkie
 3) PJ Harvey -- Stories from the City, Stories From the Sea
 2) Queens of the Stone Age -- Songs for the Deaf
 
 and hands down, no contest:
 
 1) Elliott Smith -- Figure 8
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Post by: Sage 703 on January 30, 2007, 04:02:00 pm
Nice on the Elliott Smith.  I forgot that qualified.
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Post by: bellenseb on January 30, 2007, 04:02:00 pm
I'd have to really think about that, but off the top of my head, ones that would probably be in the top 10:
 
 Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
 Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
 Don Lennon - Routine
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Post by: palahniukkubrick on January 30, 2007, 04:39:00 pm
I'd add Steve Earle's Transcendental Blues, Outkast's Stankonia, Dylan's Love and Theft, The Grey Album, and Beck's Sea Change to those already mentioned.
 
 By the way, Here is X-gau (http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/index.php)'s site if you need help remembering what has come out since 2000.
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Post by: allmy$to930 on January 30, 2007, 05:07:00 pm
I don't have my mp3 player in front of me.  However, this is what comes to mind (in no particular order)
 
 Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
 Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights
 Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
 Postal Service: Give Up
 Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica
 Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
 Sun Kill Moon: Ghosts of the Great Highway
 Arcade Fire: Funeral
 Sufjan Stevens: Greetings from Michigan
 The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
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Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on January 30, 2007, 05:09:00 pm
Don't you guys listen to anything other than indie rock?
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Post by: godsshoeshine on January 30, 2007, 05:26:00 pm
moon & antarctica (epic records)
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Post by: attache on January 30, 2007, 05:37:00 pm
I'd add:
 Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
 Amadou and Miriam - Dimanche a Bamako
 Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de I'Indpendance
 Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate - In the Heart of the Moon
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Post by: lily1 on January 30, 2007, 05:48:00 pm
u2-atyclb
 prayer boat-polichinelle
 interpol-turn on the bright lights
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Post by: Vas Deferens on January 30, 2007, 05:59:00 pm
Isn't it too early for this? You mean the best albums of the past 6 years?  :)
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Post by: Sage 703 on January 30, 2007, 05:59:00 pm
i forgot that Heartbreaker is this decade.  That definitely makes my list.
 
 and I don't know that its too early.  We're over halfway through.  Albums of the Decade....so far.
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Post by: smakawhat on January 30, 2007, 06:17:00 pm
"Don't you guys listen to anything other than indie rock? "
 
 no that would be too much of a stretch, and besides it allows us to keep our elitist no sell out tendencies.
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Post by: Sage 703 on January 30, 2007, 06:59:00 pm
why can't we quote things on this board anymore?
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Post by: vansmack on January 30, 2007, 07:02:00 pm
The feature is broken at the moment and may or may not be fixed the next time the system needs a reboot.
 
 In the meantime....
 
 
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Post by: you be betty on January 30, 2007, 07:03:00 pm
I tried choosing just five, and it didn't work that well.  But I think most of mine have been mentioned...Elliott Smith...Radiohead...Ryan Adams...Postal Service...Air...
 
 I'd add DCFC's Photo Album
 The Guest by Phantom Planet
 The Coast Is Never Clear by Beulah
 She Sha by Ben Kweller
 One Beat by Sleater Kinney
 Youth and Young Manhood by Kings of Leon
 Origin of Symmetry by Muse
 Want One and Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
 Girls Can Tell by Spoon
 
 
 ...and what about the Srokes?
 
 Those have all stood the test of "time"
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Post by: eltee on January 30, 2007, 07:11:00 pm
Gimme some Death Cab.
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Post by: bearman🐻 on January 30, 2007, 11:51:00 pm
Indie is the new grunge.
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Post by: beetsnotbeats on January 30, 2007, 11:58:00 pm
A buncha discs, some in boxes, none in order:
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Post by: ggw on January 31, 2007, 12:33:00 am
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on January 31, 2007, 01:01:00 am
this is a mix-DVD that i made for family/friends (replete with pithy descriptions) ... this list would be better titled "Best Accessible-Yet-Slightly-Edgy Pop/Rock Albums of the Century"
 
 
 2000
 
 The Apples in Stereo ?? ??The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone? (fractured 60s psych-pop)
 
 Modest Mouse ?? ??The Moon & Antarctica? (edgy heart-on-sleeve indie rock)
 
 The New Pornographers ?? ??Mass Romantic? (sticky-sweet power pop)
 
 Radiohead ?? ??Kid A? (genre-busting electronic pop)
 
 Ryan Adams ?? ??Heartbreaker? (70s throw-back singer/songwriter)
 
 The Strokes ?? ??Is This It?? (dirty, ironic NYC rock)
 
 Yo La Tengo ?? ??And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out? (culturally-literate gauzy dream-pop)
 
 2001
 
 Belle & Sebastian ?? ??I??m Waking Up to Us? / ??Jonathan David? (scottish twee pop)
 
 Beulah ?? ??The Coast Is Never Clear? (sunny california power pop)
 
 Bob Dylan ?? ??Love & Theft? (bob dylan)
 
 The Dismemberment Plan ?? ??Change? (splintered DC indie rock)
 
 Drive-By Truckers ?? ??Southern Rock Opera? (ironic Skynyrd wannabes write New South manifesto)
 
 Explosions in the Sky ?? ??Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever? (anthemic post-rock soundtrack)
 
 Röyksopp ?? ??Melody A.M.? (late-night chilled electronica)
 
 Ryan Adams ?? ??Gold? (alt-country singer/songwriter goes pop)
 
 The Shins ?? ??Oh, Inverted World!? (beautiful northwest folk-pop)
 
 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists ?? ??The Tyranny of Distance? (better than elvis costello)
 
 2002
 
 Against Me! ?? ??Reinventing Axl Rose? (anarchist floridian folk-punk)
 
 Beck ?? ??Sea Change? (haunting soul-baring folk masterpiece)
 
 Broken Social Scene ?? ??You Forgot it in People? (artsy canadian indie rock)
 
 The Decemberists ?? ??Castaways and Cutouts? (hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
 
 The Flaming Lips ?? ??Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots? (futuristic psych-pop)
 
 Interpol ?? ??Turn on the Bright Lights? (brooding NYC post-punk)
 
 Iron & Wine ?? ??The Creek Drank the Cradle? (spare acoustic folk)
 
 Johnny Cash ?? ??American IV? (covers from the man in black)
 
 Wilco ?? ??Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? (alt-country stalwarts get ambitious)
 
 2003
 
 Death Cab for Cutie ?? ??Transatlantacism? (earnest indie pop)
 
 The Decemberists ?? ??Her Majesty? (more hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
 
 Explosions in the Sky ?? ??The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place? (hypnotic sprawling post-rock anthems)
 
 Fountains of Wayne ?? ??Welcome Interstate Managers? (quirky cubicle -pop)
 
 Josh Rouse ?? ??1972? (rootsy 70s singer/songwriter fare)
 
 Lucero ?? ??That Much Further West? (everyman country-rock)
 
 M83 ?? ??Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts? (hyper-driven ambient synth pop)
 
 The New Pornographers ?? ??Electric Version? (exuberant supergroup power-pop)
 
 The Postal Service ?? ??Give Up? (plaintive electronic synth pop)
 
 The Shins ?? ??Chutes Too Narrow? (lush timeless folk-pop)
 
 Sufjan Stevens ?? ??Greetings From Michigan ?? The Great Lakes State? (chamber-pop postcard homage)
 
 The White Stripes ?? ??Elephant? (dirty riff-heavy blues-rock)
 
 2004
 
 A.C. Newman ?? ??The Slow Wonder? (freewheeling hooky summer-pop)
 
 Annie ?? ??Anniemal? (scandanavian bubble-gum pop)
 
 Arcade Fire ?? ??Funeral? (passionate post-apocalyptic talking heads followers)
 
 Brian Wilson ?? ??SMiLE? (the lost beach boys masterpiece)
 
 DeVotchKa ?? ??How It Ends? (haunting eastern-european gypsy folk)
 
 Drive-By Truckers ?? ??The Dirty South? (more post-skynyrd ironic dixie rock)
 
 Franz Ferdinand ?? ??Franz Ferdinand? (brash post-punk-revivalist britpop)
 
 The Futureheads ?? ??The Futureheads? (playful new wave guitar-pop)
 
 The Go! Team ?? ??Thunder, Lightning, Strike? (rambunctious day-glo cheerleader pop)
 
 Green Day ?? ??American Idiot? (punk-pop stoner underachievers get political)
 
 Modest Mouse ?? ??Good News for People Who Love Bad News? (major-label sheen on fractured indie rock)
 
 Rilo Kiley ?? ??More Adventurous? (hooky and sardonic girl-rock)
 
 Stars ?? ??Set Yourself On Fire? (charismatic canadian chamber-pop)
 
 2005
 
 Bloc Party ?? ??Silent Alarm? (viscerally volatile art-punk)
 
 Brendan Benson ?? ??The Alternative to Love? (classic power-pop gem)
 
 Death Cab for Cutie ?? ??Plans? (cleaned-up heart-on-sleeve alt-pop)
 
 The Hold Steady ?? ??Separation Sunday? (lapsed-Catholic pub rock)
 
 Jens Lekman ?? ??Oh You??re So Silent Jens? (terribly witty swedish singer/songwriter)
 
 Josh Rouse ?? ??Nashville? (intelligent mellowed-out adult-pop)
 
 My Morning Jacket ?? ??Z? (reverb-drenched alt-country)
 
 The New Pornographers ?? ??Twin Cinema? (canadian power-pop supergroup hit apex)
 
 Sigur Rós ?? ??Takk? (ethereal icelandic space-rock)
 
 Sufjan Stevens ?? ??Illinoise? (chamber-pop ode to the land of lincoln)
 
 2006
 
 Camera Obscura ?? ??Let??s Get Out of This Country? (broken-hearted scottish girl-pop)
 
 The Decemberists ?? ??The Crane Wife? (yet more hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
 
 Destroyer ?? ??Destroyer??s Rubies? (ambitious poetic art -pop)
 
 The Essex Green ?? ??Cannibal Sea? (cheerful psych-pop throwbacks)
 
 Girl Talk ?? ??Night Ripper? (giddy ritalin-laced mash-up mix)
 
 The Hold Steady ?? ??Boys and Girls in America? (rowdy freewheeling springsteen lovers)
 
 Islands ?? ??Return to the Sea? (whimsical psychedelic indie pop)
 
 Neko Case ?? ??Fox Confessor Brings the Flood? (evocative alt-country torch singer)
 
 Phoenix ?? ??It??s Never Been Like That? (dancy french guitar-pop)
 
 Silversun Pickups ?? ??Carnavas? (gauzy alt-rock smashing pumpkins throwbacks)
 
 TV on the Radio ?? ??Return to Cookie Mountain? (ambitious genre-busting brooklyn art-rock)
 
 Voxtrot ?? ??Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives? (small slice of pop perfection)
Title: Re: Albums of the Decade?
Post by: I Dare on January 31, 2007, 01:22:00 am
shat - cuntree.
 atdi - relationship
 bss - you forgot it
 bvs - terrorhawk
 gj - worship & tribute
 against me - reinventing
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Post by: andyrichter on January 31, 2007, 02:52:00 am
fugazi-the argument
 sleater-kinney-the woods
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Post by: thingsfallapart on January 31, 2007, 11:13:00 pm
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Jay-z-the-blueprint.jpg/200px-Jay-z-the-blueprint.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 Come on now people
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Post by: Jaguar on January 31, 2007, 11:57:00 pm
There are way too many really good ones for me to try to remember and sort through now but a couple that I know I'd include are:
 
 Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker
 Elbow - Asleep In The Back
 Trespassers William - Different Stars
 Air Formation - 57 Octaves (even though it's an EP)
 Lupine Howl - The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of...
 I Am Kloot - Natural History
 Hammock - Kenotic
 Fleeting Joys - Despondent Transponder
 DestroyAllDreamers - (Some French name I need to look up)
 Windermere - The World Is Here
 SIANspheric - Somnium
 Readymade - On Point And Red
 January - Motion Sickness
 Raymond Scott Woolson - Accidental Grace Notes
 God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
 Kent - Du & Jag Döden
 Malory - Not Here, Not Now
 Hypatia Lake - ...And We Shall Call Him Joseph
 Flavor Crystals - On Plastic
 The Wrens - The Meadowlands
 Unisex - Stratosfear
 Sigur Rós - ( )
 
 The Daysleepers - (Soon to be released in 2007)
 (I've heard a lot of this already and know it's up there.)
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Post by: TheDirector217 on February 01, 2007, 01:44:00 pm
Somebody named The Blueprint.  THANK YOU!!!
 
 ^^^^^Above^^^^^^
 
 The White Stripes - Elephant
 Clipse - Lord Willin'
 Kanye West - College Dropout
 Common - Be
 Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
 Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott?: Words & Sounds, Volume 1
 T.I. - Trap Muzik
 Sade - Lover's Rock
 Scarface - Tha Fix
 Tool - Lateralus
 Nikka Costa - Everybody Got Their Something
 Jay-Z - The Black Album
 Chili Peppers - By The Way
 
 That's all I can think of for now . . .
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Post by: Mobius on February 01, 2007, 11:57:00 pm
A lot of repeats, but these stood out for me this century::
 
 Radiohead   Kid A
 The Strokes   Modern Age EP
 White Stripes   Peel Sessions
 Steve Earle   Transcendental Blues
 The Libertines   Up the Bracket
 Bloc Party   Silent Alarm
 Arcade Fire   Funeral
 M.I.A.   Arular
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Post by: Barcelona on February 02, 2007, 12:09:00 am
Arcade Fire - Funeral
 The Essex Green - The Long Goodbye
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Post by: TheDirector217 on February 02, 2007, 01:37:00 am
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Did some homework, found out that this album dropped in 2000, not '99:
 
 U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind
 
 By the way, I love "Wake Up."  That's a hot ass song & what not . . . but is Arcade Fire's album (Funeral) really THAT great????  Lemme know what I'm missing out on.  Do I need to download this, or run to the nearest record store and cop tomorrow???  I need something new to discover, cause new music's not impressing me right now.  At all.
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Post by: Sage 703 on February 02, 2007, 07:14:00 pm
Yes.  "Funeral" is that great.
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Post by: chokeychicken on February 02, 2007, 07:16:00 pm
jimmy eat world - clarity.
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Post by: myuman on February 03, 2007, 12:22:00 am
I second the "funeral" assessment.  Some songs hit you as instant classics on the first listen... the rest will eventually.  I don't think it will fill wembley anytime soon, but that is probably best.