Copycat or not, might as well take my stab at the top albums of the decade. I figure the listeners like me (who don't buy into the lo-fi, rap, or psych electro music that Pitchfork tries to cram down our throat) need a voice. Here it is. Enjoy and feel free to leave comments or your top album list. I tried to limit the same artists to two albums.
60. The RAA - Hometowns
59. Dan Bern - Breathe
58. The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
57. Kings of Leon - Youth and Youth Manhood
56. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
55. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
54. Interpol - Antics
53. The Go Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
52. Cold War Kids - Robbers and Cowards
51. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
50. Dan Bern - New American Language
49. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
48. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
47. Trampled By Turtles - Trouble
46. The Strokes - Is This It?
45. Air - Talkie Walkie
44. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
43. Ryan Adams - Gold
42. Wilco - The Album
41. The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
40. Sigur Ros - ( )
39. Richard Buckner - The Hill
38. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
37. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
36. The Strokes - Room On Fire
35. Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
34. The Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
33. Conor Oberst - S/T
32. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
31. John Vanderslice - Cellar Door
30. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dark Place
29. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
28. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
27. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
26. Vampire Weekend - S/T
25. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
24. The Felice Brothers - Tonight at the Arizona
23. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
22. Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day
21. My Morning Jacket - Z
20. The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
19. Fleet Foxes - S/T
18. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
16. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
15. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
14. The National - Boxer
13. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
12. Drive By Truckers - Dirty South
11. The Postal Service - Give Up
10. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
8. Bright Eyes - Lifted...
7. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
6. Deer Tick - War Elephant
5. The Felice Brothers - Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol. 1
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Sigur Ros -- Agaetis Byrjun
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - S/T
1. The National - Alligator
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4 comments:
when trying to rank 60 albums over the past decade, you are obviously going to get a lot of different opinions. that's what makes it fun though. here are a couple of my thoughts.
- i personally would have put both bon iver and the decemberists a bit higher and lowered the felice bothers and deer tick. that's just me though.
- it was good to see richard buckner make the list...always one of my favorites.
- i am pretty surprised that okkervil river didn't make the cut. black sheep boy would have been somewhere around the middle of the pack for me, if not higher.
- did i overlook it or was there no radiohead listed? surely that was an accident, no?
- i think you nailed #1.
john
I agree with pretty much everything John said. Was surprised to see no Radiohead or Okkervil River.
I would have to put Yankee Hotel in top 3. CYHSY is a great album, but far too high for my tastes. Also, Moon and Antarctica would be in top ten.
No error on radiohead, I like them but they don't wet my whistle. I enjoy their albums but they don't stay in my ipod long.
Blind Pilot kills at least one of those Kings of Leon Albums. They should be on the LIST!!!!!
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