Top 20 favorite Albums of the decade

Gambit_X · 01-05-2010, 12:58 PM

I'm sure these "top #" threads will get old soon, but I feel the need to recognize my favorite albums that were put out from 2000-2009, and I'd love to know what you were digging too. So let's hear it!

Brand New - "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me" 2006
Death Cab For Cutie - "Plans" (2005) or "We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes" (2005)... it's a tie :P
Annuals - "Be He Me" (2006)
The Dear Hunter - "Act III: Life and Death"(2009)
Nine Days - "The Madding Crowd"(2000)
Lovedrug - "Pretend You're Alive" (2004)
Blink 182 - "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket" (2001)
Matchbook Romance - "Voices" (2006)
Manchester Orchestra - "Mean Everything to Nothing" (2009)
Lit - "Atomic" (2001)
Matchbox Twenty - "More than You Think You Are" (2002)
The Matches - "Decomposer" (2006)
Of Montreal - "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" (2007)
People in Planes - "Beyond the Horizon" (2008)
The Postal Service - "Give Up" (2003)
Say Anything - "...Is a Real Boy" (2004)
Sherwood - "Sing, but Keep Going" (2005)
Starting Line - "Based on a True Story" (2005)
Thrice - "Vheissu" (2005)
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2002)

Teuthida · 01-05-2010, 01:48 PM

Damn this is tough. I listen to a new album almost every single day. I know these got a lot of play:

2000 - Enya - A Day Without Rain
2002 - Tsunami Bomb - The Ultimate Escape
2003 - Louis XIV - Louis XIV
2003 - Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2003 - The Postal Service - Give Up
2003 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
2004 - Horrorpops - Hell Yeah!
2004 - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
2004 - mc chris - Eating's Not Cheating
2004 - Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
2005 - Polysics - Now is the Time
2005 - Blackalicious - The Craft
2005 - DJ Format - If You Can't Join 'Em Beat 'Em
2005 - Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles
2005 - System Of A Down - Mezmerize
2005 - Why? - Elephant Eyelash
2006 - Doping Panda - Dandyism
2007 - Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
2008 - Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
2008 - Man Man - Rabbit Habits

Not too many recent ones. Feels like I'd be putting them on just because fresher in head. And rather than have half of them be Polysics, restricted list to one album per band.

Bube · 01-05-2010, 02:24 PM

These lists are too hard

But I'd definitely put 1-2 Porcupine Tree albums and the Radiohead album In Rainbows on the list

The Germanator · 01-05-2010, 03:27 PM

Lists are tough, but I'll try to get down 20 I really liked.

Why? - Alopecia
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Ghostface killah - Fishscale
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Half-Handed Cloud - We Haven't Just Been Told, We Have Been Loved
Rilo Kiley - Execution of All Things
cLOUDEAD - Ten
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
The Teeth - You're My Lover Now + Carry the Wood EP
Asleep in the Sea - First EP + LP
Jenny Toomey - Tempting
And the Moneynotes - New Cornucopia

Gambit_X · 01-06-2010, 11:32 AM

I'm starting to be ashamed for missing out on some of these albums. I never even got around to listening to Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga all the way through.

Typhoid · 01-06-2010, 05:31 PM

(In no order at all)

1. Manchester Orchestra - Like A Virgin Losing A Child
2. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
3. Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
4. Islands - Arm's Way
5. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
6. Bishop Allen - The Broken String
7. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
8. Beck - The Information (Honorable Mention to Modern Guilt.)
9. Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
10. Matthew Good - Avalanche
11. Matthew Good - White Light Rock & Roll Review
12. Matthew Good - Hospital Music
13. Matthew Good - Vancouver
14. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
15. City And Colour - Bring Me Your Love
16. The Parlor Mob - And You Were A Crow
17. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
18. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
19. Wintersleep - Welcome To The Night Sky
20. The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path

KillerGremlin · 02-05-2010, 02:44 PM

Holy shit, the decade? I may have to get back with you....I think narrowing it down to 2009 would have been easier.

On that note....

The Young Republic – Balletesque is just a fucking amazing album. It's nothing mind blowing or overly original, but it is mature and composed.

http://www.myspace.com/theyoungrepublic

I've also been listening to one of Kid Koala's projects.....The Slew - 100%. Really really really good stuff; just make sure you crank the bass when you listen to it.

http://www.myspace.com/theslew

Dylflon · 02-09-2010, 10:37 PM

2000:
Elliott Smith - Figure 8

2003:
The Dandy Warhols - Welcome to the Monkey House
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

2005:
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

2006:
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea
The National - Alligator

2007:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

2008:
Mother Mother - O My Heart
The Raconteurs - Consoler of the Lonely
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Tegan and Sara - The Con

2009:
K'Naan - Troubadour
Metric - Fantasies
Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom