Monday, August 31, 2009

My Top 50 Albums of the 2000s

Yes - This took me a long time.
Yes - I went a bit over the top with 50.
Yes - That album is shit.
Yes - That album is better than that one.
Yes - My favourite 70s wanky prog band.

50. !!! - Myth Takes


49. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

48. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

47. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

46. The Darkness - Permission To Land

45. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

44. M.I.A. - Arular

43. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

42. Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves

41. Radiohead - In Rainbows

40. Doves - The Last Broadcast


39. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

38. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

37. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

36. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia

35. The Roots - Phrenology

34. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

33. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

32. Common - Like Water For Chocolate

31. Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera

30. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief


29. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow

28 The Drones - Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By

27. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers

26. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

25. Battles - Mirrored

24. Liars - Drums Not Dead

23. Ryan Adams - Gold

22. The Beta Band - Heroes To Zeroes

21. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl

20. The Panda Band - This Vital Chapter (We're Almost Not Even Here)


19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

18. The Thrills - So Much For The City

17. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Continued

16. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin

15. Snowman - The Horse, The Rat and The Swan

14. The Bees - Free The Bees

13. The Vines - Highly Evolved

12. Justice -

11. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus


9. Gorillaz - Demon Days


8. The Avalanches - Since I Left You


7. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots


6. Elliott Smith - Figure 8


5. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam


4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot


3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!


2. Arcade Fire - Funeral


1. Radiohead - Kid A


Predictable ending? STFU!

5 comments:

  1. Debut was originally there, but it got !!!'D. Zing to Julian, that sexy, sexy man

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  2. Yeah.
    Totally disagree with that move.

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  3. Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!

    Definitely agree on this one, classic.

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  4. Wow, the decade is almost gone!
    I'd do my own top 50 but I know that my taste isn't as sufficiently broad as yours is.
    Top job on this post, Con.

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