Sunday, October 18, 2009

Top 60 Albums of the Decade

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

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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

David McPhail said...

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.

Clyde said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Blind Pilot kills at least one of those Kings of Leon Albums. They should be on the LIST!!!!!