I am by no means an expert on music, and I barely scratched the surface of all the albums released over the last decade. But here are 30 albums from the last decade that I believe warrant recognition...
1. Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004)
2. The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse (2000)
3. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002)
4. Madvillainy - Madvillain (2004)
5. In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007)
6. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You Black Emperor! (2000)
7. Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
8. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005)
9. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear (2009)
10. Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age (2000)
11. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol (2002)
12. Since I Left You - The Avalanches (2000)
13. Stankonia - Outkast (2000)
14. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins (2003)
15. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)
16. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective (2009)
17. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
18. Lateralus - Tool (2001)
19. Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros (2000)
20. Neon Bible - The Arcade Fire (2007)
21. Dear Science - TV on the Radio (2008)
22. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008)
23. The Argument - Fugazi (2001)
24. Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (2004)
25. Pockets - Karate (2004)
26. Antics - Interpol (2004)
27. Amnesiac - Radiohead (2001)
28. Is this It? - The Strokes (2001)
29. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay (2002)
30. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie (2003)
Others: Make me Love You - Pivot (2005), Absolution - Muse (2003), You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene (2002), Oh Inverted World - The Shins (2001), Murray Street - Sonic Youth (2002), Toxicity - System of a Down (2001), Hail to the Thief - Radiohead (2003)
decent list, but I would have some different albums.
ReplyDeleteOpeth - Blackwater Park
Deftones - White Pony
Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites
Isis - Panopticon
etc. etc. =)
Great post, we have a very similar taste in music, so every album in your list that I haven't heard yet I'm planning to listen to in the near future.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I think (as a big Radiohead fan that I am) that Hail To The Thief should have been much higher in the list :)
Thnx!
Thanks Natalie. This is quite an old post, and I think i'll have to make a few changes, but the top 10 will remain the same. I actually prefer Hail to the Thief over Amnesiac now haha. Thanks for stopping by and leaving the comment.
ReplyDeleteHope to hear from you again :-)
Nice list Andy. But what do you think about The Resistance by Muse. I think it deserves a spot on your list.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard The Resistance actually. Is that their newest album? From their albums I have heard, Absolution is my favourite. Thanks for reading Henry!
ReplyDeleteExcellent list (w/ the exception of Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand. The latter of which got overplayed for me to death).
ReplyDeleteFor me, my top 5 albums of the 2000s are...
1. Radiohead-"Kid A"
2. Wilco-"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
3. The White Stripes-"Elephant"
4. Nine Inch Nails-"Year Zero"
5. Radiohead-"In Rainbows".