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Albums of the Decade?

callat703
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Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 07:32 PM UTC #
In listening to the new Arcade Fire record (which I think is absolutely phenomenal), I started thinking - how does this compare to the other records I've really fallen in love with?

So I've been trying to compile a list of my favorite albums of the decade - records that I feel stand out in my memory as the truly remarkable albums thus far in the 00s.

I'm curious as to what people would include. So - what are your top five records of the decade thus far?

My list thus far, in no order:

Radiohead - Kid A
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Sigur Ros - ()
The Arcade Fire - Funeral

and frankly, the new Arcade Fire might eventually be included as well…because I like it as much or more than Funeral at this point.

Thoughts?
Rhett Miller
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 07:50 PM UTC #
I have a running list of my top 100 albums of the decade, which I will share at the end of 2009. None of those you list are in my current top 5, though one of them is in my top 100. I can't even think of what the top five on my list are, off the top of my head.
bunnyman
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 07:53 PM UTC #
5) The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
4) Air – Talkie Walkie
3) PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories From the Sea
2) Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf

and hands down, no contest:

1) Elliott Smith – Figure 8
callat703
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 08:02 PM UTC #
Nice on the Elliott Smith. I forgot that qualified.
bellenseb
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 08:02 PM UTC #
I'd have to really think about that, but off the top of my head, ones that would probably be in the top 10:

Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Don Lennon - Routine
palahniukkubrick
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 08:39 PM UTC #
I'd add Steve Earle's Transcendental Blues, Outkast's Stankonia, Dylan's Love and Theft, The Grey Album, and Beck's Sea Change to those already mentioned.

By the way, Here is X-gau's site if you need help remembering what has come out since 2000.
allmy$to930
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:07 PM UTC #
I don't have my mp3 player in front of me. However, this is what comes to mind (in no particular order)

Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights
Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Postal Service: Give Up
Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Sun Kill Moon: Ghosts of the Great Highway
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Sufjan Stevens: Greetings from Michigan
The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
Rhett Miller
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:09 PM UTC #
Don't you guys listen to anything other than indie rock?
godsshoeshine
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:26 PM UTC #
moon & antarctica (epic records)
attache
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:37 PM UTC #
I'd add:
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
Amadou and Miriam - Dimanche a Bamako
Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de I'Indpendance
Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate - In the Heart of the Moon
lily1
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:48 PM UTC #
u2-atyclb
prayer boat-polichinelle
interpol-turn on the bright lights
brokensocscene
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:59 PM UTC #
Isn't it too early for this? You mean the best albums of the past 6 years? :)
callat703
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 09:59 PM UTC #
i forgot that Heartbreaker is this decade. That definitely makes my list.

and I don't know that its too early. We're over halfway through. Albums of the Decade….so far.
smakawhat
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 10:17 PM UTC #
"Don't you guys listen to anything other than indie rock? "

no that would be too much of a stretch, and besides it allows us to keep our elitist no sell out tendencies.
callat703
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 10:59 PM UTC #
why can't we quote things on this board anymore?
vansmack
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 11:02 PM UTC #
The feature is broken at the moment and may or may not be fixed the next time the system needs a reboot.

In the meantime….

[qb]= quoted by/bold
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you be betty
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 11:03 PM UTC #
I tried choosing just five, and it didn't work that well. But I think most of mine have been mentioned…Elliott Smith…Radiohead…Ryan Adams…Postal Service…Air…

I'd add DCFC's Photo Album
The Guest by Phantom Planet
The Coast Is Never Clear by Beulah
She Sha by Ben Kweller
One Beat by Sleater Kinney
Youth and Young Manhood by Kings of Leon
Origin of Symmetry by Muse
Want One and Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Girls Can Tell by Spoon


…and what about the Srokes?

Those have all stood the test of "time"
El Tee
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 30, 2007 at 11:11 PM UTC #
Gimme some Death Cab.
bunnyman
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 31, 2007 at 03:51 AM UTC #
Indie is the new grunge.
beetsnotbeats
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Re: Albums of the Decade? January 31, 2007 at 03:58 AM UTC #
A buncha discs, some in boxes, none in order:
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