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Best Albums of the Decade
Just what will we call this soon to be passing decade? The "Os"? Like O-9? That's what I usually call it- "back in O-6...."
So with the decade closing out I wanted to send out a request for Best Albums of the Decade. I realize just trying to think of that might give you a headache, but just start by listing any that come to mind, it doesn't have to be a top ten list or anything like that. Here's some of mine and I will add some later.
as you may note, this list is decidedly "Indie" rock.
TV On The Radio- "Return To Cookie Mountain"and "Dear Science"- a fascinating band that is really pushing boundaries without forgetting to rock, an American Radiohead if you will.
The National "Boxer"- an album with surprising depth despite sounding very one dimensional at first. They were channeling something with this one.
Deerhunter- "Microcastle"- what pop music should be in the "Os" if the radio stations played anything worth listening to. This band was my favorite discovery of the past 2 years. Check out the sister band Atlas Sound as well.
The Shins- "Wincing The Night Away"- this album didn't get as much love as "Chutes Too Narrow" but in my book it has much more depth and finds it way to my turntable twice as often.
Yo La Tengo- "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out"- this album just barely made the decade but it deserves to be on this list. It took me a while to get into it but I now see it as the band's high water mark and probably the best album made by a married couple around the theme of their relationship.
Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"- a classic despite the hype
Dirty Projectors- "Bitte Orca"- I usually don't go for "weird" stuff like this but this is such a great record I really had to add it to the list.
Spoon- "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"- really changed how I think about recording
Sufjan Stevens- "Illinois"- a masterpiece all around
Bright Eyes- "I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning"- emo grows up and writes great songs.
Radiohead- "Hail To The Thief" and "In Rainbows"- they were really the band of the decade in my eyes
Fleet Foxes- "Fleet Foxes"- I think this album will endure and grow in respect over time, timeless stuff.
The Strokes- "Is This It"- an undeniable classic, every song should have been a hit.
Of Montreal- "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?" - This is probably my favorite record from the decade at this point.
So with the decade closing out I wanted to send out a request for Best Albums of the Decade. I realize just trying to think of that might give you a headache, but just start by listing any that come to mind, it doesn't have to be a top ten list or anything like that. Here's some of mine and I will add some later.
as you may note, this list is decidedly "Indie" rock.
TV On The Radio- "Return To Cookie Mountain"and "Dear Science"- a fascinating band that is really pushing boundaries without forgetting to rock, an American Radiohead if you will.
The National "Boxer"- an album with surprising depth despite sounding very one dimensional at first. They were channeling something with this one.
Deerhunter- "Microcastle"- what pop music should be in the "Os" if the radio stations played anything worth listening to. This band was my favorite discovery of the past 2 years. Check out the sister band Atlas Sound as well.
The Shins- "Wincing The Night Away"- this album didn't get as much love as "Chutes Too Narrow" but in my book it has much more depth and finds it way to my turntable twice as often.
Yo La Tengo- "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out"- this album just barely made the decade but it deserves to be on this list. It took me a while to get into it but I now see it as the band's high water mark and probably the best album made by a married couple around the theme of their relationship.
Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"- a classic despite the hype
Dirty Projectors- "Bitte Orca"- I usually don't go for "weird" stuff like this but this is such a great record I really had to add it to the list.
Spoon- "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"- really changed how I think about recording
Sufjan Stevens- "Illinois"- a masterpiece all around
Bright Eyes- "I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning"- emo grows up and writes great songs.
Radiohead- "Hail To The Thief" and "In Rainbows"- they were really the band of the decade in my eyes
Fleet Foxes- "Fleet Foxes"- I think this album will endure and grow in respect over time, timeless stuff.
The Strokes- "Is This It"- an undeniable classic, every song should have been a hit.
Of Montreal- "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?" - This is probably my favorite record from the decade at this point.
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Comment by Michael Eugene Henry on December 14, 2009 at 9:07pm -
Hey,
I took it as good natured and always enjoy passionate debate. (sometimes too much) I was sincere about the new thread.
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Comment by Liza on December 14, 2009 at 8:35pm - Hmm. Michael, most people just wrote lists, but you went the extra mile and invited us to disagree with you. Having reread the comment I left, I wouldn't describe it as my having "stomped" on anything nor do I believe it was a personal attack that would require its own thread. I assure you, if anything, my comment was intended as a good-natured ribbing from one MFTer to another.
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Comment by Liza on December 14, 2009 at 6:05pm
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You folks can disagree with me til I drop dead but I can't stand The Strokes, The Shins or any of that other crap the twenty somethings have been listening to."
There are people in their 20s on this site? Who knew? I thought the bulk of us are pushing 40 and beyond. And, yeah, if we only listened to "original" rock n roll, how far back in time would we have to go?
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Comment by Kurt/Yukki on December 14, 2009 at 1:34pm -
"It's not original and doesn't grab me. "
To each his/ her own as far as these lists go, but this statement always sticks in my craw (whatever my craw is....)
What does "originality" have to do with Rock & Roll?
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Comment by Jerry Hellmann on December 13, 2009 at 5:53pm - Gotta throw Amadou & Mariam "Dimanche a Bamako" on here....and Marmoset "Record in Red"
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Comment by Amber Uhlürt on December 12, 2009 at 6:07am -
The Fall - "The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)"
Scott Walker - "The Drift"
Lau Nau - "Nukkuu"
JG Thirlwell - "The Venture Brothers: The Music of JG Thirlwell"
Ghost Bees - "Tasseomancy"
Neko Case - "Live From Austin Texas"
The Kills - "Keep on Your Mean Side"
Those Darlins
Fiona Apple - "Extraordinary Machine"
The Residents - "Demons Dance Alone"
Wire - "Send"
Mission of Burma - "The Obliterati"
Grinderman
Katjonband
Emmy The Great - "First Love"
King Khan & The Shrines - "What Is?!"
The Knitters - "The Modern Sounds of..."
Matmos - "The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth of The Beast"
Mick Harvey - "Two of Diamonds"
Cat Power - "The Greatest"
Lisa Germano - "In The Maybe World"
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Comment by John P. Strohm on December 11, 2009 at 3:03pm -
Ah, hell. Here are ten I listened to a bunch.
Wilco - YHF
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Arcade Fire - Funeral
My Morning Jacket - Z
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Beck - Sea Change
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Radiohead - Kid A OR In Rainbows (liked 'em both for different reasons)
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Probably a bunch I forgot.
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Comment by FinnSwingley on December 10, 2009 at 1:09am -
good list Jeb. I've gotten out of the habit of making lists but here's a few to add
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - "Rabbit Fur Coat"
Peter Bjorn & John - "Writer's Block"
Animal Collective - "Feels" (my favorite of theirs, MPP bla bla bla)
East River Pipe - "What Are You On?"
Luna - "Romantica"
more to come...
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Comment by Jeff Chandler on December 9, 2009 at 10:22pm -
I keep track of what I listen to, so honestly most of what I give a play is more older music, but these are the ones from the last decade that I listened to the most.
Godspeed You Black Emperor!- Lift Your Arms Like Antennae to Heaven
Boards of Canada- Geogaddi
Isis- Panopticon or Oceanic (pretty much the same thing)
Porcupine Tree- In Absentia or Deadwing (listened to both bunches)
LCD Soundsystem- s/t
Black Keys- Thickfreakness & Rubber Factory
Tortoise -Standards
Neurosis-A Sun that Never Sets
The Melvins- Hostile Ambient Takeover
Fugazi- The Argument
Shellac- 1000 Hurts
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Comment by Liza on December 9, 2009 at 4:18pm
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Arular - MIA
Alright, Still - Lily Allen
Parallel Play - Sloan
Cold & Kind - The 1900s
The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists
Robyn - Robyn
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - Of Montreal
Tallahassee - The Mountain Goats
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Silence is Wild - Frida Hyvonen
The Con - Tegan and Sara
Isolation Drills - Guided by Voices
Alopecia - Why?
Or Give Me Death - Aqueduct
Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
Funeral - Arcade Fire
The Blueprint - Jay-Z
Is a Woman - Lambchop
Yellow House - Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
More Adventurous - Rilo Kiley
Gulag Orkestar - Beirut
Night Falls over Kortedala - Jens Lekman
Mass Romantic - New Pornographers
Shake the Sheets - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
A Grand Don't Come for Free - The Streets
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Third - Portishead
You are the Quarry - Morrissey
Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
The Treatment - Early Day Miners
The Teaches of Peaches - Peaches
Standing in the Way of Control - Gossip
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