What's YOUR top 20 albums (or songs) of 2000's?

[jeff_leigh]

Yep, exactly - what's everyone's problem with that?

Nothin' wrong with that except you get loads of lists of stuff you may not like, there was a thread a while back where you named a couple of bands that you liked and other posters would recommend similar sort of bands, you may find that more suitable

 

[ericjarvis]

Nothin' wrong with that except you get loads of lists of stuff you may not like, there was a thread a while back where you named a couple of bands that you liked and other posters would recommend similar sort of bands, you may find that more suitable

I find it very interesting to see which bands get both praised and slated. Those tend to be the ones I like best. What doesn't interest me much is somebody trying to predict what I'll like by suggesting something similar. It won't help. My taste in music doesn't work that way. Style is completely irrelevant. Some music reaches me and some doesn't. Often I find it very difficult to work out why.

Different whatsits.

 

[ska invita]

Here's a few, off the top of my head:

!!! - Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story) 12"

The Juan Maclean - By The Time I Get To Venus 12"

Out Hud- Let Us Never Speak of it Again LP

Annie - The Greatest Hit 12"

Ladytron - Witching Hour LP

Soulwax - NY Excuse 12"

Whitey - Leave Them All Behind 12"

Miss Kittin & the Hacker - One LP

Sally Shaprio - I Know You're My Love (Juan Maclean remix) 12"

Lindstrom - I Feel Space 12"

Los Hermanos - On Another Level LP

The Plan - Plan B 12"
http://www.myspace.com/theplanrecordings

DJ Zinc - 138 Trek 12"

Sia - Little Man (Exemen works) 12"

Zed Bias - Neighbourhood 12"

Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock 12"

That's by no means a definitive list; I've limited it to one record per artist, tracks I could find links to and what I'm in the mood for tonight

listened through the lot - fun selection - wonderful good Had a strong What's YOUR top 20 albums (or songs) of 1980's feel

 

[ska invita]

Anymore for anymore?

 

[stupid dogbot]

Best album of this decade, for me:

Other worthies:

Also:

Athletic Mic League - Sweats and Kicks
Propagandhi - Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes
Giraffe Nuts - Eat Them
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

And a whole load more...

 

[ska invita]

Best album of this decade, for me:

Other worthies:

Also:

Athletic Mic League - Sweats and Kicks
Propagandhi - Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes
Giraffe Nuts - Eat Them
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste

And a whole load more...

Good list - havnt hear of any of them (apart from The bRonx)

 

[stupid dogbot]

Ta. Mostly hip hop and punk for me, tbh... Some more...

(3 Melancholy Gypsys - Grand Caravan to the Rim of the World)

(tonedeff - archetype)

(Cadence - Creative Commerce)

All cracking records.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Definitely Super Chron.

Also, Run Come Save Me (Dreamin Days is certainly my Song Of The Decade)
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights
Trail of Dead - Madonna
QOTSA - Rated R

 

[Voley]

My Top 5, probably.

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[ska invita]

Trail of Dead - Madonna

One thing about Madonna, she's always reinventing herself

 

[boing!]

Here's mine, in no particular order...

Burial – Untrue (2007).
Squarepusher – Go Plastic (2001)
Tom Waits – Orphans (2006)
Bonnie Prince Billy – The Letting Go (2006)
Bjork – Vespertine (2001)
Modest Mouse – Good News For People Who Like Bad News (2004)
Nina Nastasia – Dogs (2000)
Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator) (2001)
Vex’d – Degenerate (2005)
Efterklang – Tripper (2004)
Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett (2005)
The National – Boxer (2007)
V/A – Soul Gospel vol 1 (2005)
Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull (2008)
Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (2009)
Joanna Newsome – Ys (2006)
Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life (2001)
Chris Clark – Empty The Bones Of You (2003)
Why? – Alopecia (2008)
Modeselektor - Hello Mom! (2005)

 

[ska invita]

A request for anyone out there to fling together some of their favourite tracks of the decade into a mix for the radio - which if done in time would be played over December and January.

I like how in this thread people have their own personal takes on the music that passes us by, so please go for it! No right or wrong answers

If youve never done a mix before its dead easy - all you need is soem mp3s and follow instructions here:
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=283691

 

[ouchmonkey]

A request for anyone out there to fling together some of their favourite tracks of the decade into a mix for the radio - which if done in time would be played over December and January.

I like how in this thread people have their own personal takes on the music that passes us by, so please go for it! No right or wrong answers

If youve never done a mix before its dead easy - all you need is soem mp3s and follow instructions here:
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=283691

I'm finding this idea - choosing a bunch of tracks from the last 10 years very difficult though - there's too much stuff......


I will try tho' matey

 

[ska invita]

I'm finding this idea - choosing a bunch of tracks from the last 10 years very difficult though - there's too much stuff......


I will try tho' matey

would be great! I reckon just go with you gut

 

[ska invita]

NME have done their top 20 albums:

1. The Strokes - Is This It

2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket

3. Primal Scream - xtrmntr

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

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

6. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea

7. Arcade Fire - Funeral

8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

10. Radiohead - In Rainbows

11. At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command

12. LCD Soundsystem - The Sound Of Silver

13. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

14. Radiohead - Kid A

15. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

16. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free

17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise

18. The White Stripes - Elephant

19. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

20. Blur - Think Tank

21. The Coral - The Coral

22. Jay-Z - The Blueprint

23. Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future

24. The Libertines - The Libertines

25. Rapture - Echoes

26. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

27. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

28. Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around

29. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World

30. Elbow - Asleep In The Back

31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

33. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

34. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

35. Babyshambles - Down In Albion

36. Spirtualized - Let it Come Down

37. The Knife - Silent Shout

38. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

39. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

40. Ryan Adams - Gold

41. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

42. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

43. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

44. Outkast - Loveboxxx/The Love Below

45. Avalanches - Since I Left You

46. Delgados - The Great Eastern

47. Brendan Benson - Lapalco

48. Walkmen - Bows and Arrows

49. Muse - Absolution

50. MIA - Arular

pretty boring

 

[stupid dogbot]

Yeah, very.

But not surprising.

 

[el-ahrairah]

There;s some great records on that list, but of course it's only an "indie mainstream" list, so it's going to be predictable and miss out a lot.

 

[g force]

NME have done their top 20 albums:

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

6. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea

7. Arcade Fire - Funeral

8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

10. Radiohead - In Rainbows

22. Jay-Z - The Blueprint

26. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

27. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

28. Johnny Cash - Man Comes Around

31. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

34. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

43. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

48. Walkmen - Bows and Arrows

Only ones I like on that list...but they are quailty albums.

 

[Dr. Furface]

The main surprise about that list is that the MGMT album, which was NME's top last year, doesn't feature at all. I'm not saying it should, just surprised they've left it out. And only one album from this year? Are they kidding?

 

[ouchmonkey]

NME have done their top 20 albums:

21. The Coral - The Coral


pretty boring

about as dull as might've been expected - some good albums on there mind

but The Coral! - only 20 albums better than the bloody Coral in the last 10 years? feck arf!

 

[Silva]

I'm more surprised by the absence of Franz Ferdinand in their top. I mean, they are the biggest of all the UK post-Strokes indie explosion bands, had more than an handful of covers on the rag, and somehow they don't even have their first album on a top 50 list?

 

[twistedAM]

edited: bollocks...didn't notice someone had already printed NME's Average 50.

Pitchfork list still the best one I;ve seen from the mainstream

 

[belboid]

but The Coral! - only 20 albums better than the bloody Coral in the last 10 years? feck arf!

and non e of them are Pulp's We Love Life, which is fucking criminal. It doesn't even get in their top 100 (the bottom half of which is much more interesting than the top half)

 

[g force]

It's the NME...nothing surprise me

 

[skyscraper101]

Only ones I like are PJ Harvey, The Streets and Radiohead from that list.

There's probably a couple more in there that I havent listened to to get into enough. But on the whole its a pretty meh list.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

A true masterclass in sampling. A great great album. And it's fookin' Australian too

 

[ska invita]

The main surprise about that list is that the MGMT album, which was NME's top last year, doesn't feature at all.

That really cracks me up!

Who's MGMT?

 

[belboid]

The main surprise about that list is that the MGMT album, which was NME's top last year, doesn't feature at all. I'm not saying it should, just surprised they've left it out. And only one album from this year? Are they kidding?

it's number 100, there are several albums placed lower in '08 that are now higher (Glasvegas, Mogwai & Bon Iver for starters). Not that there's owt wrong with re-evaluating your opinion.

http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049

 

[HobgoblinMan]

At least NME didn't include any Oasis. That is a big shock coming from them.

 

[articul8]

Very indie schmindie. I would definitely have Cinematic Orchestra in there