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Albums of the Decade?
this is a mix-DVD that i made for family/friends (replete with pithy descriptions) … this list would be better titled "Best Accessible-Yet-Slightly-Edgy Pop/Rock Albums of the Century"
2000
The Apples in Stereo â?? â??The Discovery of a World Inside the Mooneâ? (fractured 60s psych-pop)
Modest Mouse â?? â??The Moon & Antarcticaâ? (edgy heart-on-sleeve indie rock)
The New Pornographers â?? â??Mass Romanticâ? (sticky-sweet power pop)
Radiohead â?? â??Kid Aâ? (genre-busting electronic pop)
Ryan Adams â?? â??Heartbreakerâ? (70s throw-back singer/songwriter)
The Strokes â?? â??Is This It?â? (dirty, ironic NYC rock)
Yo La Tengo â?? â??And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Outâ? (culturally-literate gauzy dream-pop)
2001
Belle & Sebastian â?? â??Iâ??m Waking Up to Usâ? / â??Jonathan Davidâ? (scottish twee pop)
Beulah â?? â??The Coast Is Never Clearâ? (sunny california power pop)
Bob Dylan â?? â??Love & Theftâ? (bob dylan)
The Dismemberment Plan â?? â??Changeâ? (splintered DC indie rock)
Drive-By Truckers â?? â??Southern Rock Operaâ? (ironic Skynyrd wannabes write New South manifesto)
Explosions in the Sky â?? â??Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Foreverâ? (anthemic post-rock soundtrack)
Röyksopp â?? â??Melody A.M.â? (late-night chilled electronica)
Ryan Adams â?? â??Goldâ? (alt-country singer/songwriter goes pop)
The Shins â?? â??Oh, Inverted World!â? (beautiful northwest folk-pop)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists â?? â??The Tyranny of Distanceâ? (better than elvis costello)
2002
Against Me! â?? â??Reinventing Axl Roseâ? (anarchist floridian folk-punk)
Beck â?? â??Sea Changeâ? (haunting soul-baring folk masterpiece)
Broken Social Scene â?? â??You Forgot it in Peopleâ? (artsy canadian indie rock)
The Decemberists â?? â??Castaways and Cutoutsâ? (hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
The Flaming Lips â?? â??Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robotsâ? (futuristic psych-pop)
Interpol â?? â??Turn on the Bright Lightsâ? (brooding NYC post-punk)
Iron & Wine â?? â??The Creek Drank the Cradleâ? (spare acoustic folk)
Johnny Cash â?? â??American IVâ? (covers from the man in black)
Wilco â?? â??Yankee Hotel Foxtrotâ? (alt-country stalwarts get ambitious)
2003
Death Cab for Cutie â?? â??Transatlantacismâ? (earnest indie pop)
The Decemberists â?? â??Her Majestyâ? (more hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
Explosions in the Sky â?? â??The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Placeâ? (hypnotic sprawling post-rock anthems)
Fountains of Wayne â?? â??Welcome Interstate Managersâ? (quirky cubicle -pop)
Josh Rouse â?? â??1972â? (rootsy 70s singer/songwriter fare)
Lucero â?? â??That Much Further Westâ? (everyman country-rock)
M83 â?? â??Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghostsâ? (hyper-driven ambient synth pop)
The New Pornographers â?? â??Electric Versionâ? (exuberant supergroup power-pop)
The Postal Service â?? â??Give Upâ? (plaintive electronic synth pop)
The Shins â?? â??Chutes Too Narrowâ? (lush timeless folk-pop)
Sufjan Stevens â?? â??Greetings From Michigan â?? The Great Lakes Stateâ? (chamber-pop postcard homage)
The White Stripes â?? â??Elephantâ? (dirty riff-heavy blues-rock)
2004
A.C. Newman â?? â??The Slow Wonderâ? (freewheeling hooky summer-pop)
Annie â?? â??Anniemalâ? (scandanavian bubble-gum pop)
Arcade Fire â?? â??Funeralâ? (passionate post-apocalyptic talking heads followers)
Brian Wilson â?? â??SMiLEâ? (the lost beach boys masterpiece)
DeVotchKa â?? â??How It Endsâ? (haunting eastern-european gypsy folk)
Drive-By Truckers â?? â??The Dirty Southâ? (more post-skynyrd ironic dixie rock)
Franz Ferdinand â?? â??Franz Ferdinandâ? (brash post-punk-revivalist britpop)
The Futureheads â?? â??The Futureheadsâ? (playful new wave guitar-pop)
The Go! Team â?? â??Thunder, Lightning, Strikeâ? (rambunctious day-glo cheerleader pop)
Green Day â?? â??American Idiotâ? (punk-pop stoner underachievers get political)
Modest Mouse â?? â??Good News for People Who Love Bad Newsâ? (major-label sheen on fractured indie rock)
Rilo Kiley â?? â??More Adventurousâ? (hooky and sardonic girl-rock)
Stars â?? â??Set Yourself On Fireâ? (charismatic canadian chamber-pop)
2005
Bloc Party â?? â??Silent Alarmâ? (viscerally volatile art-punk)
Brendan Benson â?? â??The Alternative to Loveâ? (classic power-pop gem)
Death Cab for Cutie â?? â??Plansâ? (cleaned-up heart-on-sleeve alt-pop)
The Hold Steady â?? â??Separation Sundayâ? (lapsed-Catholic pub rock)
Jens Lekman â?? â??Oh Youâ??re So Silent Jensâ? (terribly witty swedish singer/songwriter)
Josh Rouse â?? â??Nashvilleâ? (intelligent mellowed-out adult-pop)
My Morning Jacket â?? â??Zâ? (reverb-drenched alt-country)
The New Pornographers â?? â??Twin Cinemaâ? (canadian power-pop supergroup hit apex)
Sigur Rós â?? â??Takkâ? (ethereal icelandic space-rock)
Sufjan Stevens â?? â??Illinoiseâ? (chamber-pop ode to the land of lincoln)
2006
Camera Obscura â?? â??Letâ??s Get Out of This Countryâ? (broken-hearted scottish girl-pop)
The Decemberists â?? â??The Crane Wifeâ? (yet more hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
Destroyer â?? â??Destroyerâ??s Rubiesâ? (ambitious poetic art -pop)
The Essex Green â?? â??Cannibal Seaâ? (cheerful psych-pop throwbacks)
Girl Talk â?? â??Night Ripperâ? (giddy ritalin-laced mash-up mix)
The Hold Steady â?? â??Boys and Girls in Americaâ? (rowdy freewheeling springsteen lovers)
Islands â?? â??Return to the Seaâ? (whimsical psychedelic indie pop)
Neko Case â?? â??Fox Confessor Brings the Floodâ? (evocative alt-country torch singer)
Phoenix â?? â??Itâ??s Never Been Like Thatâ? (dancy french guitar-pop)
Silversun Pickups â?? â??Carnavasâ? (gauzy alt-rock smashing pumpkins throwbacks)
TV on the Radio â?? â??Return to Cookie Mountainâ? (ambitious genre-busting brooklyn art-rock)
Voxtrot â?? â??Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wivesâ? (small slice of pop perfection)
2000
The Apples in Stereo â?? â??The Discovery of a World Inside the Mooneâ? (fractured 60s psych-pop)
Modest Mouse â?? â??The Moon & Antarcticaâ? (edgy heart-on-sleeve indie rock)
The New Pornographers â?? â??Mass Romanticâ? (sticky-sweet power pop)
Radiohead â?? â??Kid Aâ? (genre-busting electronic pop)
Ryan Adams â?? â??Heartbreakerâ? (70s throw-back singer/songwriter)
The Strokes â?? â??Is This It?â? (dirty, ironic NYC rock)
Yo La Tengo â?? â??And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Outâ? (culturally-literate gauzy dream-pop)
2001
Belle & Sebastian â?? â??Iâ??m Waking Up to Usâ? / â??Jonathan Davidâ? (scottish twee pop)
Beulah â?? â??The Coast Is Never Clearâ? (sunny california power pop)
Bob Dylan â?? â??Love & Theftâ? (bob dylan)
The Dismemberment Plan â?? â??Changeâ? (splintered DC indie rock)
Drive-By Truckers â?? â??Southern Rock Operaâ? (ironic Skynyrd wannabes write New South manifesto)
Explosions in the Sky â?? â??Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Foreverâ? (anthemic post-rock soundtrack)
Röyksopp â?? â??Melody A.M.â? (late-night chilled electronica)
Ryan Adams â?? â??Goldâ? (alt-country singer/songwriter goes pop)
The Shins â?? â??Oh, Inverted World!â? (beautiful northwest folk-pop)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists â?? â??The Tyranny of Distanceâ? (better than elvis costello)
2002
Against Me! â?? â??Reinventing Axl Roseâ? (anarchist floridian folk-punk)
Beck â?? â??Sea Changeâ? (haunting soul-baring folk masterpiece)
Broken Social Scene â?? â??You Forgot it in Peopleâ? (artsy canadian indie rock)
The Decemberists â?? â??Castaways and Cutoutsâ? (hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
The Flaming Lips â?? â??Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robotsâ? (futuristic psych-pop)
Interpol â?? â??Turn on the Bright Lightsâ? (brooding NYC post-punk)
Iron & Wine â?? â??The Creek Drank the Cradleâ? (spare acoustic folk)
Johnny Cash â?? â??American IVâ? (covers from the man in black)
Wilco â?? â??Yankee Hotel Foxtrotâ? (alt-country stalwarts get ambitious)
2003
Death Cab for Cutie â?? â??Transatlantacismâ? (earnest indie pop)
The Decemberists â?? â??Her Majestyâ? (more hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
Explosions in the Sky â?? â??The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Placeâ? (hypnotic sprawling post-rock anthems)
Fountains of Wayne â?? â??Welcome Interstate Managersâ? (quirky cubicle -pop)
Josh Rouse â?? â??1972â? (rootsy 70s singer/songwriter fare)
Lucero â?? â??That Much Further Westâ? (everyman country-rock)
M83 â?? â??Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghostsâ? (hyper-driven ambient synth pop)
The New Pornographers â?? â??Electric Versionâ? (exuberant supergroup power-pop)
The Postal Service â?? â??Give Upâ? (plaintive electronic synth pop)
The Shins â?? â??Chutes Too Narrowâ? (lush timeless folk-pop)
Sufjan Stevens â?? â??Greetings From Michigan â?? The Great Lakes Stateâ? (chamber-pop postcard homage)
The White Stripes â?? â??Elephantâ? (dirty riff-heavy blues-rock)
2004
A.C. Newman â?? â??The Slow Wonderâ? (freewheeling hooky summer-pop)
Annie â?? â??Anniemalâ? (scandanavian bubble-gum pop)
Arcade Fire â?? â??Funeralâ? (passionate post-apocalyptic talking heads followers)
Brian Wilson â?? â??SMiLEâ? (the lost beach boys masterpiece)
DeVotchKa â?? â??How It Endsâ? (haunting eastern-european gypsy folk)
Drive-By Truckers â?? â??The Dirty Southâ? (more post-skynyrd ironic dixie rock)
Franz Ferdinand â?? â??Franz Ferdinandâ? (brash post-punk-revivalist britpop)
The Futureheads â?? â??The Futureheadsâ? (playful new wave guitar-pop)
The Go! Team â?? â??Thunder, Lightning, Strikeâ? (rambunctious day-glo cheerleader pop)
Green Day â?? â??American Idiotâ? (punk-pop stoner underachievers get political)
Modest Mouse â?? â??Good News for People Who Love Bad Newsâ? (major-label sheen on fractured indie rock)
Rilo Kiley â?? â??More Adventurousâ? (hooky and sardonic girl-rock)
Stars â?? â??Set Yourself On Fireâ? (charismatic canadian chamber-pop)
2005
Bloc Party â?? â??Silent Alarmâ? (viscerally volatile art-punk)
Brendan Benson â?? â??The Alternative to Loveâ? (classic power-pop gem)
Death Cab for Cutie â?? â??Plansâ? (cleaned-up heart-on-sleeve alt-pop)
The Hold Steady â?? â??Separation Sundayâ? (lapsed-Catholic pub rock)
Jens Lekman â?? â??Oh Youâ??re So Silent Jensâ? (terribly witty swedish singer/songwriter)
Josh Rouse â?? â??Nashvilleâ? (intelligent mellowed-out adult-pop)
My Morning Jacket â?? â??Zâ? (reverb-drenched alt-country)
The New Pornographers â?? â??Twin Cinemaâ? (canadian power-pop supergroup hit apex)
Sigur Rós â?? â??Takkâ? (ethereal icelandic space-rock)
Sufjan Stevens â?? â??Illinoiseâ? (chamber-pop ode to the land of lincoln)
2006
Camera Obscura â?? â??Letâ??s Get Out of This Countryâ? (broken-hearted scottish girl-pop)
The Decemberists â?? â??The Crane Wifeâ? (yet more hyper-literate victorian sea shanties)
Destroyer â?? â??Destroyerâ??s Rubiesâ? (ambitious poetic art -pop)
The Essex Green â?? â??Cannibal Seaâ? (cheerful psych-pop throwbacks)
Girl Talk â?? â??Night Ripperâ? (giddy ritalin-laced mash-up mix)
The Hold Steady â?? â??Boys and Girls in Americaâ? (rowdy freewheeling springsteen lovers)
Islands â?? â??Return to the Seaâ? (whimsical psychedelic indie pop)
Neko Case â?? â??Fox Confessor Brings the Floodâ? (evocative alt-country torch singer)
Phoenix â?? â??Itâ??s Never Been Like Thatâ? (dancy french guitar-pop)
Silversun Pickups â?? â??Carnavasâ? (gauzy alt-rock smashing pumpkins throwbacks)
TV on the Radio â?? â??Return to Cookie Mountainâ? (ambitious genre-busting brooklyn art-rock)
Voxtrot â?? â??Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wivesâ? (small slice of pop perfection)
shat - cuntree.
atdi - relationship
bss - you forgot it
bvs - terrorhawk
gj - worship & tribute
against me - reinventing
atdi - relationship
bss - you forgot it
bvs - terrorhawk
gj - worship & tribute
against me - reinventing
fugazi-the argument
sleater-kinney-the woods
sleater-kinney-the woods
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Come on now people
Come on now people
There are way too many really good ones for me to try to remember and sort through now but a couple that I know I'd include are:
Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker
Elbow - Asleep In The Back
Trespassers William - Different Stars
Air Formation - 57 Octaves (even though it's an EP)
Lupine Howl - The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of…
I Am Kloot - Natural History
Hammock - Kenotic
Fleeting Joys - Despondent Transponder
DestroyAllDreamers - (Some French name I need to look up)
Windermere - The World Is Here
SIANspheric - Somnium
Readymade - On Point And Red
January - Motion Sickness
Raymond Scott Woolson - Accidental Grace Notes
God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
Kent - Du & Jag Döden
Malory - Not Here, Not Now
Hypatia Lake - …And We Shall Call Him Joseph
Flavor Crystals - On Plastic
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
Unisex - Stratosfear
Sigur Rós - ( )
The Daysleepers - (Soon to be released in 2007)
(I've heard a lot of this already and know it's up there.)
Bark Psychosis - Codename: Dustsucker
Elbow - Asleep In The Back
Trespassers William - Different Stars
Air Formation - 57 Octaves (even though it's an EP)
Lupine Howl - The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of…
I Am Kloot - Natural History
Hammock - Kenotic
Fleeting Joys - Despondent Transponder
DestroyAllDreamers - (Some French name I need to look up)
Windermere - The World Is Here
SIANspheric - Somnium
Readymade - On Point And Red
January - Motion Sickness
Raymond Scott Woolson - Accidental Grace Notes
God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
Kent - Du & Jag Döden
Malory - Not Here, Not Now
Hypatia Lake - …And We Shall Call Him Joseph
Flavor Crystals - On Plastic
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
Unisex - Stratosfear
Sigur Rós - ( )
The Daysleepers - (Soon to be released in 2007)
(I've heard a lot of this already and know it's up there.)
Somebody named The Blueprint. THANK YOU!!!
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The White Stripes - Elephant
Clipse - Lord Willin'
Kanye West - College Dropout
Common - Be
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott?: Words & Sounds, Volume 1
T.I. - Trap Muzik
Sade - Lover's Rock
Scarface - Tha Fix
Tool - Lateralus
Nikka Costa - Everybody Got Their Something
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Chili Peppers - By The Way
That's all I can think of for now . . .
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The White Stripes - Elephant
Clipse - Lord Willin'
Kanye West - College Dropout
Common - Be
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott?: Words & Sounds, Volume 1
T.I. - Trap Muzik
Sade - Lover's Rock
Scarface - Tha Fix
Tool - Lateralus
Nikka Costa - Everybody Got Their Something
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Chili Peppers - By The Way
That's all I can think of for now . . .
A lot of repeats, but these stood out for me this century::
Radiohead Kid A
The Strokes Modern Age EP
White Stripes Peel Sessions
Steve Earle Transcendental Blues
The Libertines Up the Bracket
Bloc Party Silent Alarm
Arcade Fire Funeral
M.I.A. Arular
Radiohead Kid A
The Strokes Modern Age EP
White Stripes Peel Sessions
Steve Earle Transcendental Blues
The Libertines Up the Bracket
Bloc Party Silent Alarm
Arcade Fire Funeral
M.I.A. Arular
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Essex Green - The Long Goodbye
The Essex Green - The Long Goodbye
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Did some homework, found out that this album dropped in 2000, not '99:
U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind
By the way, I love "Wake Up." That's a hot ass song & what not . . . but is Arcade Fire's album (Funeral) really THAT great???? Lemme know what I'm missing out on. Do I need to download this, or run to the nearest record store and cop tomorrow??? I need something new to discover, cause new music's not impressing me right now. At all.
U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind
By the way, I love "Wake Up." That's a hot ass song & what not . . . but is Arcade Fire's album (Funeral) really THAT great???? Lemme know what I'm missing out on. Do I need to download this, or run to the nearest record store and cop tomorrow??? I need something new to discover, cause new music's not impressing me right now. At all.
Yes. "Funeral" is that great.
jimmy eat world - clarity.
I second the "funeral" assessment. Some songs hit you as instant classics on the first listen… the rest will eventually. I don't think it will fill wembley anytime soon, but that is probably best.