20 Best Albums of the Past Ten Years

[ggw]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  speaking of which, anyone notice dean wareham on law and order this week?

Was he the serial killer?

[ggw]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  The Ned's atomic Dustbin comment was a joke.
 
 You guys don't seriously like them do you? They rank right there With EMF and Jesus Jones in the garbage bin of 90's bad music...
 
 Just because something is "alternative" doesn't make it good!

I think God Fodder is a great album.
 
 Top 20 of the 90s?  Maybe not.  Top 100, definitely.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Was he the serial killer?

nah, he was a bartender. . .had like 4 lines though.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

not what your bible says...
 
 Say it with me: "Kill! Your! Television!" Jesus Jones, what a joke. I don't know how anyone took these twats seriously, but it really happened. With their cherubic, retarded lead singer flopping around like a muppet on fire, Ned Atomic Dustbin's shook their long-on-top dos to the prevailing beat-- namely shoegaze. A pinch of Swervedriver, a touch of Ride, the cheesy Peavey distortion of a thousand bad L.A. bands and some timely looks? International superstardom was a lock. If only John Penney were as dead sexy as Jesus Jones' Mike Edwards, Ned's might have had a shot.
 
 Actually, they just needed a follow-up single, because although "Grey Cell Green" is crack to every college freshman that hears it at some party or on some friend's mixtape, it's hardly enough to secure this album a place in the permanent collection when the beer money grim reaper comes calling a year later. There's actually a band named Grebo now, after the embarrassingly short-lived, overeager "genre" the Brit press coined to discuss Ned's, Carter USM, EMF, The KLF and Pop Will Eat Itself. This year Ned's sank to their inevitable low, releasing the awfully titled Terminally Groovy greatest hits disc. There are plenty of reasons to be nostalgic for the early 90s; these guys aren't one of them.
 
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  The Ned's atomic Dustbin comment was a joke.
 
 You guys don't seriously like them do you? They rank right there With EMF and Jesus Jones in the garbage bin of 90's bad music...
 
 Just because something is "alternative" doesn't make it good!

I think God Fodder is a great album.
 
 Top 20 of the 90s?  Maybe not.  Top 100, definitely. [/b]

[ggw]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  not what your bible says...
 

OH NO!!!!
 
 Pitchfork -- why hast thou forsaken me ??

bilge

[bearman🐻]

WOW...Carter USM!! I am SO glad that other folks here remember them.  I stayed at Fruitbat's house when I went to London in 1999...he's one of the nicest folks ever.  It was kind of funny to see his gold records for "30 Something" and "1992: the Love Album" in his bathroom.  They really did make some great records. Their last one "I Blame the Government" was pretty depressing, but I did enjoy "Worry Bomb" a lot.  He and Jim Bob wrote some great tunes.

[Relaxer]

Should be considered:
 Massive Attack 'Mezzanine'
 Beck 'Odelay' (or Mutations)
 Outkast 'Stankonia'
 Spiritualized 'Pure Phase'
 Luna 'Penthouse'
 Palace Brothers 'Viva Lost Blues'
 Sparklehorse 'It's a Wonderful Life'
 The Verve 'Northern Soul' -- instead of Urban Hymns
 Blur 'Parklife'
 Clinic 'Internal Wrangler'
 Radiohead 'The Bends'

[markie]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
    I stayed at Fruitbat's house when I went to London in 1999...he's one of the nicest folks ever.  

How come? I never got to see them live and I was always disappointed by that.
 
 I like all the grebo bands, even jesus jones. Their first album, liquidizer, is well worth a dollar for info freako.

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized would be number 1 on my list.
 
 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream
 The Hour of Bewilderbeast by BDB
 The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas
 K&D Sessions by Kruder and Dorfmeister

[walkman]

Originally posted by SPIN:
  agreed.
 
 but Tortiose shouldnt be on ANYONES list. They are horrible.
    and Nirvana i think won a spot on every list ever made...for some reason.

Millions Now Living... is brilliant.  Would be top 20 on my list, for sure.
 
 But Crooked Rain is my numero uno.  I'd also have to stick Morphine â?? Cure for Pain, Tom Waits â?? Bone Machine and Bee Thousand in there.  And where the hell is Soft Bulletin?  Could arguably be #1...

[jsnow2]

1. The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Commatorium
 2. Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice
 3. At The Drive-In - Vaya
 4. Fugazi - Repeater
 5. Hot Water Music - Fuel for the Hate Game
 6. Liars - They Threw Us in a Trench & Stuck Monument on Top
 7. Rocket From The Crypt - Live From Camp X Ray
 8. Burning Brides - Fall of the Plastic Empire
 9. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
 10. The Catheters - Static Delusions & Stone-Still Days

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

This list is ridiculous. Not a single Americana/alt-country album (Summerteeth hardly qualifies)? Give me a break.

[markie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  This list is ridiculous. Not a single Americana/alt-country album (Summerteeth hardly qualifies)? Give me a break.

the original list?
 
 If so, what is Calexico then?

[ggw]

Here's the full list of 60.
 
 60. Shins, Oh, Inverted World
 59. Grifters, Crappin' You Negative
 58. Shellac, At Action Park
 57. New Pornographers, Eletric Version
 56. JSBX, Orange
 55. Pernice Bros., Overcome by Happiness
 54. Whiskeytown, Strangers Almanac
 53. Wrens, The Meadowlands
 52. Helium, Magic City
 51. Pulp, Different Class
 50. GvsB, Venus Luxure No.1 Baby
 49. Jawbox, For Your Own Special Sweetheart
 48. Stereolab, Mars Audiac Quintent
 47. Urge Overkill, Saturation
 46. Idlewild, 100 Broken Windows
 45. Afghan Whigs, Gentlemen
 44. Air, Virgin Suicides
 43. PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love
 42. Unwound, Repetition
 41. Bright Eyes, Letting off the Happiness
 40. Dandy Warhols, Urban Bohemia
 39. Polvo, Exploded Drawing
 38. GSYBE!, f#a#8 <-- inifinity, you know the stupid cd
 37. Sugar, File Under: Easy Listening
 36. Beta Band, The Three eps
 35. Fugazi, In On the Killtaker
 34. Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
 33. Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream
 32. Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary
 31. Built to Spill, Perfect from Now On
 30. QOSTA, QOSTA
 29. Spoon, A Series of Sneaks
 28. Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues
 27. Beck, Mutations
 26. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Dirt Road
 25. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing. . .
 24. White Stripes, White Blood Cells
 23. Flaming Lips, Soft Bulletin
 22. Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
 21. Moby, Play
 20. R.E.M., Adventures In Hi-Fi
 19. The Strokes, Is This It
 18. Dirty Three, Horse Stories
 17. Weezer, Pinkerton
 16. Mercury Rev, Deserterâ??s Songs
 15. Ween, White Pepper
 14. Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump
 13. Calexico, The Black Light
 12. Elliott Smith, XO
 11. Wilco, Summerteeth
 10. Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die
 09. Pavement, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
 08. The Verve, Urban Hymns
 07. Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
 06. The Breeders, Last Splash
 05. Belle and Sebastian, If Youâ??re Feeling Sinister
 04. Radiohead, OK Computer
 03. Guided By Voices, Alien Lanes
 02. Nirvana, In Utero
 01. Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea