Top 10 Albums of the Decade!

[Mr MidFi]

Unless you're a schoolish pedant with an overweening sense of numerical propriety, this decade will be drawing to a close in just a few short months. I, for one, can't believe it's gone this quickly. But now comes the time to put up or shut up... your Top 10 Discs for the Decade of the Aughts!

Now, if you're convinced that you need a few more months to absorb that new Circulatory System that dbi's been on about, or to give the upcoming Porky Twee 2-disc concept album a fair shake, or whatever... I understand. Leave a blank space open for now, if you must.

But it's time. Time to commit. It's not easy, so give it some serious thought.

I'll post mine a little later. Once I decide on a #1.

[frahengeo]

Unless you're a schoolish pedant with an overweening sense of numerical propriety, this decade will be drawing to a close in just a few short months. I, for one, can't believe it's gone this quickly. But now comes the time to put up or shut up... your Top 10 Discs for the Decade of the Aughts!

Now, if you're convinced that you need a few more months to absorb that new Circulatory System that dbi's been on about, or to give the upcoming Porky Twee 2-disc concept album a fair shake, or whatever... I understand. Leave a blank space open for now, if you must.

But it's time. Time to commit. It's not easy, so give it some serious thought.

I'll post mine a little later. Once I decide on a #1.

What, all genre combined??

[Mr MidFi]

Up to you, bro.

[Monkey Bones]

Wow, that would be really hard, especially early in the decade because there were so many good ones. But here's a lame-o first cut, one per artist, just the indie rock stuff, not really in any cogent order ...

The Notwist - Neon Golden
Califone - Roomsound
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Woven Hand - Blush Music
Solex - Low Kick and Hard Bop
Circulatory System - Signal Morning
Wheat - Hope and Adams
Shearwater - Rook
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Some favorite omissions ...

Nina Nastasia - Dogs
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Woven Hand - Mosaic
The National - Boxer
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
Sixteen Horsepower - Folklore
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Black Heart Procession - 3

Along with big label stuff like Wilco, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Augie March, Built To Spill, though one could easily argue that many of them are still indie rock artists, etc

[Michael Blackwood]

Top tens are in flux all the time so this is really not a task that can be completed....

[Mr MidFi]

Wow, that would be really hard, especially early in the decade because there were so many good ones. But here's a lame-o first cut, one per artist, just the indie rock stuff, not really in any cogent order ...

The Notwist - Neon Golden
Califone - Roomsound
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Woven Hand - Blush Music
Solex - Low Kick and Hard Bop
Circulatory System - Signal Morning
Wheat - Hope and Adams
Shearwater - Rook
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Some favorite omissions ...

Nina Nastasia - Dogs
Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Woven Hand - Mosaic
The National - Boxer
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
Sixteen Horsepower - Folklore
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Black Heart Procession - 3

Along with big label stuff like Wilco, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Augie March, Built To Spill, though one could easily argue that many of them are still indie rock artists, etc

Not bad, Mr. Bones. Not bad at all. And yeah, I'd have to say that the "big label" bands have to be included as well. I mean, who's to say that Andrew Bird is "indie" but BTS is somehow "mainstream"? Besides, I'm thinking my final list will include a disc that sold bazillions and won grammys (and, I'm guessing, so will FA's if she accepts this challenge).

That said, I think you've mentioned 6 or 7 titles that are currently under serious consideration for my own list.

[noddin0ff]

I wanted to propose an End of Decade compilation contest to run with the year end comps.

One or two songs per year, sequenced in chronological order. Any interest?

[Monkey Bones]

I mean, who's to say that Andrew Bird is "indie" but BTS is somehow "mainstream"? Besides, I'm thinking my final list will include a disc that sold bazillions and won grammys (and, I'm guessing, so will FA's if she accepts this challenge).

Well, it's not really a distinction between indie and mainstream referenced in my post, that one is much easier to draw, but more indie vs major label alternative, which can often be fuzzy at best these days. BTS is an indie rock band on a major label, no real argument there. I just chose to separate them so I could get in more picks :)

And yea, Green Day would probably anchor many lists. I'm not a big fan, but can still get it. Do you still go back to that one very often? I tend toward the ones that keep me interested many years down the avenue, but still something to be said for those that have you at hello, even though it may not last as long.

Stand by the Blush Music, spinning again now for the :nono: way too many times.

[Monkey Bones]

End of Decade compilation contest

Prize list?

Hehehe, I doubt you could get more than 3 or 4 comps these days. But they would probably be good ones!

[Mr MidFi]

Do you still go back to that one very often? I tend toward the ones that keep me interested many years down the avenue, but still something to be said for those that have you at hello, even though it may not last as long.

You know what? Oddly enough, I do keep going back to that one. The rest of their catalog, no, not so much. It's a flavor of gum that loses its bubbly goodness fast. But there's just something about that disc. Now, would I keep going back to it if I didn't have a teenager living under my roof? Hard to say. But she is keeping me young, no doubt about it. Case in point... she's hit upon the New Pornographers in a big way. So now I'm rediscovering their earlier stuff and liking it more than I did the first time around. Interesting.

I also have a lifelong fondness for the "growers" as well. But to make it onto a list this exclusive, I think it almost has to grab you AND grow on you. Like Usain Bolt...getting a fast start AND finishing strong!

[Mr MidFi]

I wanted to propose an End of Decade compilation contest to run with the year end comps.

One or two songs per year, sequenced in chronological order. Any interest?

Now THAT'S a tough challenge! Condense a decade to less than 80 minutes!

Maybe. Just... maybe.

[ForeverAutumn]

Oh, I accept the challenge. But it's gonna take some time to whittle it down to just 10. It's a pretty safe bet that Green Day and Mr. Bird's Eggs will take up two spots. So that leaves me with only eight. And off the top of my head, I'm thinking that Threshold's, Dead Reckoning is going to make the list too. So I'm down to seven.

This is gonna be tough.

[ForeverAutumn]

Top tens are in flux all the time so this is really not a task that can be completed....

For sure, personal lists change all the time depending on a lot of factors. No one's asking you to chisel it in stone or tattoo it on your forehead. Just have a little fun with it. :)

[Slosh]

I'm not even gonna try to put them in any order right now.

SFA - Rings Around The World
Wilco - (The Album) . . . yeah, seriously
Enon - High Society
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Richard Davies - Barbarians
Grandaddy - Sumday
Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins
Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
<s>Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life</s> Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers - The Lonesome Sea

Arrg!! Ten isn't nearly enough.

[Mr MidFi]

OK, I've dawdled long enough. It's time for me to put up or shut up. And yeah, I'll probably want to change this tomorrow... or even 5 minutes after I post. But it's the internet; nothing's etched in stone.

PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
I didn't even like this one much at first. But each one of these songs found their way under my skin, in time.

Radiohead – Kid A
The first time I heard this, it opened my ears up in a way I hadn't experienced since my misspent youth. Still does.

Built to Spill – You In Reverse
I could have put Ancient Melodies of the Future here. Maybe should have.

Spoon – Gimme Fiction
I could have put GaX5 here. Maybe should have.

Green Day – American Idiot
Nuff said already.

Porcupine Tree – Deadwing
I don't know why, but this remains my favorite from them. There are higher high points on In Absentia, perhaps... but this one works better as an album. For me.

Now It’s Overhead – Dark Light Daybreak
Say what? I dunno. I just really like hearing this one every time I put it on. Thanks again to Jim Clark for turning me on to it.

REM – Accelerate
I'm a big ol' fan from way back. So sue me.

The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
A great collection of songs from a really talented pop group. But... ask me again tomorrow, and this one might be the first one tossed overboard.

Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
I love these guys, I love this disc, and I wish Jay Bennett was still alive and making music.

And no, none of these are in any kind of order at all.

Now I'm wondering how I could have left off The Notwist. And Secret Machines. And Neko Case. And Andrew Bird. And on and on and on...

[Troy]

How about an even dozen in chronological order:

Umphrey's McGee- Mantis
Estradasphere- Palace of Mirrors
Porcupine Tree- Deadwing
The Van Allen Belt- Lactater Tots
Echolyn- The End is Beautiful
Secret Chiefs 3- Book of Horizons
Clouseax- Lagoon!
Ween- Quebec
Office of Strategic Intelligence
Mike Keneally- Dancing
Ben Folds- Rockin' the Suburbs
XTC- Wasp Star

[Mr MidFi]

I'm already regretting not including Funeral or Turn On the Bright Lights.

[ForeverAutumn]

In no particular order, at this precise moment in time...

Brian Vander Ark - S/T - I still have no idea who sent this to me. But after hearing this disk as a CD-R, I liked it so much that I purchased the real thing, plus all his other solo CDs.

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow - Another listen that started on a CD-R and let to the original purchase of this album and the whole back catalogue. Thanks to Swish for the introduction to this band.

Green Day - American Idiot - Nuff said.

Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs - God I love this album and never tire of it. One of my top concerts of the decade too, FWIW.

Threshold - Dead Reckoning - One of my top prog albums ever. The song Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams is just freakin' awesome!!!

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - I've been spinning this, at least, weekly since I picked this up earlier this year. Great disk!

Hem - Rabbit Songs - One of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard.

The Tea Party - Seven Circles - I miss this band! They broke up shortly after releasing this disk. It makes me sad that they ended on, what I think, is their best work.

Luke Doucet - Broken (And Other Rogue States) - A concept CD about getting over a break-up. A heartfelt tribute to moving on.

Ray LaMontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black - It was tough to choose between this and his first CD, Trouble, but after giving them both the song by song run-down, I decided that this one is marginally better, IMO.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

Here's a list....


Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
The Strokes - Is this It?
The Glands - self titled
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
The New Year - Newness Ends
Grandaddy - Sumday
Radiohead - Kid A
Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Wire - Read & Burn 1 & 2
The Wrens - Meadowlands
The Shins - Oh Inverted World
The Constantines - Shine a Light
The National Boxer
Low - Things we Lost in the Fire
Pinback - Summer in Abbadon
Built to Spill - You In Reverse
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Songs Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Mercury Rev - All is Dream
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
Interpol - Antics
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist (still early into this one - but it could make my final 10)

My top 10 will probably come from among the candidates above - I need more time.

[Mr MidFi]

Here's a list....


Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
The Strokes - Is this It?
The Glands - self titled
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
The New Year - Newness Ends
Grandaddy - Sumday
Radiohead - Kid A
Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Wire - Read & Burn 1 & 2
The Wrens - Meadowlands
The Shins - Oh Inverted World
The Constantines - Shine a Light
The National Boxer
Low - Things we Lost in the Fire
Pinback - Summer in Abbadon
Built to Spill - You In Reverse
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Songs Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Mercury Rev - All is Dream
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
Interpol - Antics
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist (still early into this one - but it could make my final 10)

My top 10 will probably come from among the candidates above - I need more time.

Good list, ELT. Interesting that you picked Antics instead of the first one. And I'm glad someone remembered British Sea Power.

And speaking of the Constantines... I didn't know much about them when I caught their set at Lollapalooza a couple weeks ago. It was drizzling a bit, but they rocked like they just didn't care. Good show.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

Good list, ELT. Interesting that you picked Antics instead of the first one. And I'm glad someone remembered British Sea Power.

And speaking of the Constantines... I didn't know much about them when I caught their set at Lollapalooza a couple weeks ago. It was drizzling a bit, but they rocked like they just didn't care. Good show.

I'm definitely in the minority in prefering Antics over TOTBL - hard to explain really, just do.

Still really like that BSP album, if there's a debut album that makes my list, it'll probably be that one.

... and I forgot to put Arcade Fire's Funeral and Lucinda WIlliams World Without Tears on my list above

Excellent thread, Mr. Fi.

[3LB]

My top 10 - with no qualifiers or explaination, and in no particular order

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Ritual - Hemulac Voluntary Band
Marillion - Marbles
Death Cab For Cuties - Plans
Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
Spoon - Gimme Friction
Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
Kings Of Leon - Only By Night
Wilco - (the album)

of course, this list is subject to change ;)

[3LB]

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - I've been spinning this, at least, weekly since I picked this up earlier this year. Great disk!


I agree, and I may even go back and add it to my list. It is a great album.

I'm really liking Andrew Bird's latest offering and struggle with not having it on a decade's list.

I woulda put Wilco's Sky Blue Sky on the list, except that they released a new one. I haven't taken it out of the car CD player.

[ForeverAutumn]

I agree, and I may even go back and add it to my list. It is a great album.

I'm really liking Andrew Bird's latest offering and struggle with not having it on a decade's list.

I woulda put Wilco's Sky Blue Sky on the list, except that they released a new one. I haven't taken it out of the car CD player.

Sky Blue Sky was on my long list, but didn't quite make the final cut. It was a close call but I just couldn't take one of the other disks off. Whose idea was only 10 disks anyway?!

Wincing the Night Away over Chutes Too Narrow, eh? Also a great album.

I knew that Ritual disk would be on your list. :)

[jonnyhambone]

Just a list...maybe get more verbose on it later and change it up but I'll start with the 'fer sures'...

Angels of Light - Sing Other People
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Magnolia Electric Co. - What Comes After the Blues (almost Songs:Ohia - Mag. Elec Co...)
Neko Case - Fox Confessor
Joanna Newsom - Ys.
Grizzly Bear - Veckatamist
Madvilliany
Antony & the Johnsons - Crying Light
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Ray LaMontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black
The National - Boxer
Shearwater - Rook
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Elbow - Seldom Scene Kid
Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
...sorta some obvious ones as I write them down but they're the new ones that I come back to with excitement.

[Mr MidFi]

Whose idea was only 10 disks anyway?!

Oh, hush. If I'd made it 20, that would have made it even harder. Seriously... if I'm down to picking no. 20 on a list and deciding between (say) Band of Horses or Rogue Wave, that's pretty much a coin flip at that point. Just sayin'...

[ForeverAutumn]

Oh, hush. If I'd made it 20, that would have made it even harder. Seriously... if I'm down to picking no. 20 on a list and deciding between (say) Band of Horses or Rogue Wave, that's pretty much a coin flip at that point. Just sayin'...

Yeah, well, judging by the responses, it's not like anyone around here can count anyhow. :wink5:

[Monkey Bones]

Here's a list....


Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
The Strokes - Is this It?
The Glands - self titled
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
British Sea Power - The Decline of...
The New Year - Newness Ends
Grandaddy - Sumday
Radiohead - Kid A
Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Wire - Read & Burn 1 & 2
The Wrens - Meadowlands
The Shins - Oh Inverted World
The Constantines - Shine a Light
The National Boxer
Low - Things we Lost in the Fire
Pinback - Summer in Abbadon
Built to Spill - You In Reverse
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Songs Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Mercury Rev - All is Dream
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
Interpol - Antics
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist (still early into this one - but it could make my final 10)

My top 10 will probably come from among the candidates above - I need more time.

Lazy cheat. Hey, I could easily pick a top ten that would make me happy from that list! Don't know White Lies or The Phantom Band, though. I wish Mercury Rev still had some of that magic, guess it just ran out after All Is Dream. Speaking of Pinback (yours) and Black Heart Procession (mine) I got to see the Three Mile Pilot show when they rolled through town last month. Blast. I might even pick Blue Screen Life above Abaddon these days, but 2 sides of the same. Good stuff. Should be somewhere on my list. And Low, great record, beautiful recording. That's one of the Albini records. Nice feel to that one, very subdued, yet the atmosphere almost sparkles. Trust is amazing too, though very different and missing the Albini touch, it's got some very good songs, and maybe Tchad Blake did help them shake it up a little? Regardless, I like them both a lot.

[Swish]

I'm not even gonna try to put them in any order right now.

SFA - Rings Around The World
Wilco - (The Album) . . . yeah, seriously
Enon - High Society
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Richard Davies - Barbarians
Grandaddy - Sumday
Calexico/Iron & Wine - In The Reins
Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
<s>Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life</s> Wayne Robbins & The Hellsayers - The Lonesome Sea

Arrg!! Ten isn't nearly enough.

Are you insane? Of course you are, but that still makes no sense to me. Zero point zero.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

Lazy cheat.
Hey, it's the steroid era...if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'

I do intend to choose 10 in another post later in the year, after all, I still haven't spent any quality time with that Circulatory System album you been going on about. White Lies is really cool in that 80s Brit-alternative way a la Bunnymen or more so; The Sound. I'm having a very tough time finding reference points for The Phantom Band; they're Scottish, they're indie but with hard rock elements. Here's a vid to whet your appetite a little;
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Crappy quality - but you'll get the idea.

[3LB]

I like The Phantom Band. That's a pretty good debut from them.

[newtrix1]

Hem - Rabbit Songs - One of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard.



Wow, nice pick.

[bobsticks]

The short list turned out not to be so short but it's easiest to live by the spirit of the theme by just going to the tops of the stacks. On this day at least the top ten would read somethin' like:

Paquito D'Rivera~Portraits of Cuba
Califone~Roots and Crowns
Ray LaMontagne~Trouble
HEM~Rabbit Songs
Michel Camilo~Triangulo
Calexico~Garden Ruin
Masaaki Suzuki & The Bach Collegium of Japan~28 Cantatas
Over The Rhine~Ohio
John Legend~Once Again

I'd hate to be accused of being a lazy cheater so i won't go that way with it...


...BUT if I were I'd have to add that Richard Hawley's Lady's Bridge, Norah Jones' Come Away With Me, Dr. John's Creole Moon, Calexico's Carried To Dust, Earl Klugh's Spice of Life, Beasties' To The Five Burroughs, Mark Knopfler's Ragpicker's Dream, Boston Baroque's Handel's Water Music, Willie Nile's Streets of New York, Yo Yo Ma's Obrigado Brazil, Justin Townes Earle's The Good Life, A. Bird's Eggs, Buddy Guy's Bring 'Em In, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Nocturama, half of Davey's omissions and all of Sloshy's list would make the just-missed-the-cut, top-of-the-pile list.

Pretty damn good decade I'd say...

[ForeverAutumn]

It's nice to see some great artists appearing on people lists but with different albums. Ray Lamonagne has had Trouble, Til the Sun Turns Black, and Gossip in the Grain mentioned. And Andrew Bird has had The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Armchair Apocrypha, and Noble Beast mentioned. Without going back and rereading everything, I think that Spoon also had a couple of different CDs mentioned.

To me, that shows the sign of a true talent with staying power.

[ForeverAutumn]

Hem - Rabbit Songs. Wow, nice pick.

Thanks. I've loved that album from the first time I heard it. It's definately on my desert island list.

[Swish]

I would prolly go with some of these, in no particular order, off the top:

Wilco - Y.F.H.
Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities (pure perfection and could be my top pick of the decade)
Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (I prefer A Series of Sneaks but it's from 1998)
Over the Rhine - Ohio
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
The National - Alligator (could have used Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers)

Yes, some repeats, but I prolly listened to these more than any others over the last 10 years. I may feel differently in a few months as the new Wilco and Circulatory System become more familiar, but I just can't justify them yet.

Swish - the debate is over

[Monkey Bones]

Swish - the debate is over

No argument from me, nice list.


I may feel differently in a few months as the new Wilco and Circulatory System become more familiar, but I just can't justify them yet.

Was just reading the NPR review of Signal Morning. Pretty nice words, and they have all the tracks up there for a listen too. "Obliterated guitars", love it :)

Opening para...

It took nearly eight years to make, but Circulatory System's breathtakingly inventive new album, Signal Morning, justifies the wait. The 17 new tracks, culled from hours of recorded material and meticulously pieced together in more than half a dozen different studios, are sonic wonders. Obliterated guitars rumble over strange, fluttering textures. Vintage synth lines and quirky found sounds tumble together amid psychedelic melodies and harmonies. It's a mysterious and mesmerizing world of orchestrated chaos that offers new discoveries with each listen.

[Swish]

No argument from me, nice list.

Oh, I thought it was bobsticks. Nevermind.

[bobsticks]

Oh, I thought it was bobsticks. Nevermind.

I was gonna make a comment about "geezer rock"...then i took a look at my own list and rethought the situation...

[Swish]

I was gonna make a comment about "geezer rock"...then i took a look at my own list and rethought the situation...

...listening to Paquito D'Rivera and Masaaki Suzuki & The Bach Collegium.

[bobsticks]

Lol, yeah, but the thread is about albums...I could put together a collection of Rap singles that would make you rip out yer own spleen...

[dean_martin]

This was a nice exercise that made me peruse my collection and realize just how spotty it is. It wasn't too long ago that I beefed up my 90s stuff to a respectable level. So here goes nothin':

Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
The Strokes - Is This It?
The National - Boxer
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
The Shins - Chutes too Narrow
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (double checked release date - 2000)
Wilco - YHFT
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Black Keys - Attack & Release (took me back to high school with its fresh take on southern rock)

Hon. Mentions - Death Cab for Cutie for Transatlanticism and Plans; Built to Spill for You in Reverse; Wilco for Sky Blue Sky.

I'll probably find something I missed over the holiday weekend, but these are the albums I remember listening to the most.

[noddin0ff]

I don't think I can do top 10 for the decade. But, I can do top per year for a decade with only a little waffling per year. I can never decide I like something until long after the fact. These are the albums that seem to be standing the test of time, not necessarily those I thought were most terrific at the time. Hope the dates are correct...

2000
(smog): Dongs of Sevotion

2001
Manu Chao: Proxima Estacion: Esperanza

2002
Beck: Sea Change

2003
Cat Power: You Are Free
The White Stripes: Elephant

2004
Robyn Hitchcock: Spooked

2005
Andrew Bird: Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

2006
Cat Power: The Greatest
Tom Waits: Orphans, Brawlers, & Bawlers

2007
Josh Ritter: The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
The National: Boxer

2008
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Sun Kil Moon: April

2009
Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3: Goodnight Oslo
The Cosmos: Jar of Jam Ton of Bricks
Heartless Bastards: The Mountain

[Stone]

2000
(smog): Dongs of Sevotion



How does this compare to A River Ain't Too Much To Love? I really like that album a lot.

[noddin0ff]

How does this compare to A River Ain't Too Much To Love? I really like that album a lot.

Well... I don't know. We'll have to compare notes. I don't have that one.

Most of the time I listen to Dongs, I listen to half the album. 4 of the first 5 tracks are excellent and I find myself going back to them over and over. The others I have a hard time even remembering. Actually, I take that back, the last track Permanent Smile is one I really like too. I have a play list in iTunes that takes half of Knock Knock and half of Dongs of Sevotion and that's what I listen to.

I think it's hard to top 3 of the Dongs songs, Dress Sexy at My Funeral, Strayed, and Easily Led. Those essentially make the whole album special.

If I did this right, you can click on the album art and see what you think.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BFR1JA5NL._SL500_AA240_.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=dd85338fe38850ebdee60331bd5ec051b581d2c3 581b655c)

[Stone]

Well... I don't know. We'll have to compare notes. I don't have that one.

Most of the time I listen to Dongs, I listen to half the album. 4 of the first 5 tracks are excellent and I find myself going back to them over and over. The others I have a hard time even remembering. Actually, I take that back, the last track Permanent Smile is one I really like too. I have a play list in iTunes that takes half of Knock Knock and half of Dongs of Sevotion and that's what I listen to.

I think it's hard to top 3 of the Dongs songs, Dress Sexy at My Funeral, Strayed, and Easily Led. Those essentially make the whole album special.

If I did this right, you can click on the album art and see what you think.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BFR1JA5NL._SL500_AA240_.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=dd85338fe38850ebdee60331bd5ec051b581d2c3 581b655c)


Thanks. Back atcha.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg700/g796/g79616cr6v8.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2c08a83cd01bbe5100d27174b47c66574514bd90 14824609c95965eaa7bc68bc)

[MindGoneHaywire]

Okay, let's see...

Green Day--American Idiot
Amy Winehouse--Back To Black
Rosalia Souza--Garota Moderna
White Stripes--Get Behind Me Satan
Bob Dylan--Love And Theft
New York Dolls--One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Bebel Gilberto--Tanto Tempo
Joe Strummer--Streetcore
Madeleine Peyroux--Careless Love
The Wondermints--Mind If We Make Love To You

R. Kelly--Trapped In The Closet (requires the video) deserves to be on the list, but doesn't make the cut since the music is so dependent on the visual.

Honorable mention to the Hives for Veni Vidi Vici & Black And White Album, the Libertines, the Ditty Bops, Beck for Guero & Sea Change, Nick Cave for his last 2, the Little Killers, the Raconteurs for Consolers, Nicole Atkins for Neptune City, Neil Young for -Greendale, Al Anderson (once of NRBQ) for After Hours, Nick Curran & the Nightlifes for Player!, Jet for Get Born, Ray LaMontagne for Trouble, Johnny Cash for American V, Nick Lowe for At My Age, Wilco for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Luka Bloom for Before Sleep Comes, Neil Diamond for 12 Songs, Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out.

Eminem for Curtain Call, though that gets an asterisk since it's the greatest hits.

Then there's stuff that was either recorded long ago or re-imagined, possibly with a release in a modified form. Like the soundtrack to flicks like The Aviator & Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woman On Top also, stuff like Tom Waits' Orphans, the Miles Davis Seven Steps box, Brian Wilson's Wondermint' version of SMiLE, the jump blues collection assembled by a fan in like Belgium (Dr. Boogie) from the collection of the guy from Canned Heat (Bob Hite?), the Beatles' Capitol Records albums versions--both boxes, the remasters of the Ramones & Replacements albums which sold jack sh*t, the recent Big Star box, and John Coltrane's recently discovered double live CD from late 1965, One Up One Down (much better than the solid but way-overly-hyped Thelonious Monk issue from Carnegie Hall in 1957, featuring Coltrane in between stints with Miles Davis), and...

Beatles remasters in a few days.

[Swish]

Okay, let's see...

Green Day--American Idiot
Amy Winehouse--Back To Black
Rosalia Souza--Garota Moderna
White Stripes--Get Behind Me Satan
Bob Dylan--Love And Theft
New York Dolls--One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Bebel Gilberto--Tanto Tempo
Joe Strummer--Streetcore
Madeleine Peyroux--Careless Love
The Wondermints--Mind If We Make Love To You

R. Kelly--Trapped In The Closet (requires the video) deserves to be on the list, but doesn't make the cut since the music is so dependent on the visual.

Honorable mention to the Hives for Veni Vidi Vici & Black And White Album, the Libertines, the Ditty Bops, Beck for Guero & Sea Change, Nick Cave for his last 2, the Little Killers, the Raconteurs for Consolers, Nicole Atkins for Neptune City, Neil Young for -Greendale, Al Anderson (once of NRBQ) for After Hours, Nick Curran & the Nightlifes for Player!, Jet for Get Born, Ray LaMontagne for Trouble, Johnny Cash for American V, Nick Lowe for At My Age, Wilco for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Luka Bloom for Before Sleep Comes, Neil Diamond for 12 Songs, Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out.

Eminem for Curtain Call, though that gets an asterisk since it's the greatest hits.

Then there's stuff that was either recorded long ago or re-imagined, possibly with a release in a modified form. Like the soundtrack to flicks like The Aviator & Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woman On Top also, stuff like Tom Waits' Orphans, the Miles Davis Seven Steps box, Brian Wilson's Wondermint' version of SMiLE, the jump blues collection assembled by a fan in like Belgium (Dr. Boogie) from the collection of the guy from Canned Heat (Bob Hite?), the Beatles' Capitol Records albums versions--both boxes, the remasters of the Ramones & Replacements albums which sold jack sh*t, the recent Big Star box, and John Coltrane's recently discovered double live CD from late 1965, One Up One Down (much better than the solid but way-overly-hyped Thelonious Monk issue from Carnegie Hall in 1957, featuring Coltrane in between stints with Miles Davis), and...

Beatles remasters in a few days.

I also failed to list The Thrills - So Much for the City, a cd that few on here, if any, ever mentioned, but I think they caught lightning in a bottle.

[Jim Clark]

l. The National - pick one, love them all
2. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
3. Iron&Wine/Calexico-In The Reins
4. Postal Service - Give Up
5. Moonbabies - June and Novas
6. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
7. The Legends - Up Against The Legends
8. Joe Strummer -Streetcore
9. Massive Attack - 100'th Window
10.Gary Numan - Pure

'course that leaves out electric President, Radio 4, Greenday, Arcade Fire, BSP, Shout Out Louds, Stars, Wheat, BSS, Doves, Shins, Notwist, The Stills, De/vision, Woven Hand, Lali Puna, and even The Dodos (you're right Davey - that's an awesome album), not to mention We Were Promised Jetpacks!

jc

[Monkey Bones]

I would prolly go with some of these, in no particular order, off the top:

Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities (pure perfection and could be my top pick of the decade)


Just got the new Richmond Fontaine, some pretty nice stuff, and as usual, gonna take a lot of time, but as usual, probably well worth it. Willy has something special in him that needs to get out.

http://killrockmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/richmond-fontaine-43.mp3

Also just pre-ordered the new Califone All My Friends Are Funeral Singers double vinyl and got the free download. Not sure if I should do it or not. Been loving the pseudo title track for awhile, but think I might wait on this one to get the full package. Not many artists that do that something special for me anymore, but these guys are one. Bound to be a favorite for a long time, and some very nice advance press hinting at that too. Cool cover to boot. Part of it just might be my new avatar.

http://www.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/mp3s/califone-funeral-singers.mp3

[MasterCylinder]

Unless you're a schoolish pedant with an overweening sense of numerical propriety, this decade will be drawing to a close in just a few short months. I, for one, can't believe it's gone this quickly. But now comes the time to put up or shut up... your Top 10 Discs for the Decade of the Aughts!





I can't do it.................................first, I've got to figure out if you are telling me the first decade was years 1 through 9.

[Mr MidFi]

I can't do it.................................first, I've got to figure out if you are telling me the first decade was years 1 through 9.

Jan. 1, 2000 thru Dec. 31, 2009.

I mentioned the schoolish pedantry thing because some folks don't consider it a proper start of the decade until Jan. 1, 2001.

But that's the sort of foolishness up with I shall not put.

[MasterCylinder]

But that's the sort of foolishness up with I shall not put.

Is that so ?.......................Your "join date" reflects that you have been putting up with foolishness since Jan., 2003.

[Mr MidFi]

I've always been puzzled by that "join date" in my profile. Because I know I've been here far longer than that.

I hung out for years on the General board before I started posting here. I remember I was a regular there when 9/11/01 went down, for example.

Anyway, I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. And I apologize to the ghost of Winston Churchill for stealing his "up with I shall not put" line.

[dean_martin]

I've always been puzzled by that "join date" in my profile. Because I know I've been here far longer than that.

I hung out for years on the General board before I started posting here. I remember I was a regular there when 9/11/01 went down, for example.

Anyway, I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. And I apologize to the ghost of Winston Churchill for stealing his "up with I shall not put" line.

The system changed a couple of times back then. For one of the major changes I think we had to re-register which gave many of us a new "join date".

[Troy]

Yeah, I've been here since 1849 . . .

[MasterCylinder]

The system changed a couple of times back then. For one of the major changes I think we had to re-register which gave many of us a new "join date".



That sounds correct.................I got here sometime in early 98.
I found the forum looking for reviews on gear.............and found it.

[Swish]

The system changed a couple of times back then. For one of the major changes I think we had to re-register which gave many of us a new "join date".

...and recall J's lengthy posts describing the scene in and around ground zero. As best I can recall, I was here several years prior to that. Perhaps 1998 or 1999. Too bad they couldn't preserve our original registration dates, just for the sake of knowing.

[dean_martin]

...and recall J's lengthy posts describing the scene in and around ground zero. As best I can recall, I was here several years prior to that. Perhaps 1998 or 1999. Too bad they couldn't preserve our original registration dates, just for the sake of knowing.

yeah, I remember those posts. I don't think they're even in the archive now. What a shame. Even though not audio related, they provided unique perspective on an historical event and were very much worth saving.

[bobsticks]

yeah, I remember those posts. I don't think they're even in the archive now. What a shame. Even though not audio related, they provided unique perspective on an historical event and were very much worth saving.

They might still be around. I think Dusty or Finche pulled 'em up a couple of years ago...I remember reading those threads and being a mess afterwards...it would be a shame if you were gone.

You're right Deano, I remember those as being some very poignant firsthand accounts.

[dean_martin]

They might still be around. I think Dusty or Finche pulled 'em up a couple of years ago...I remember reading those threads and being a mess afterwards...it would be a shame if you were gone.

You're right Deano, I remember those as being some very poignant firsthand accounts.

I ran a couple of searches (nothing too involved, mind you) using "world trade center" and "twin towers" as search terms which didn't return anything older than 2003.

Might have to pm a mod about accessing archived posts.

(p.s. sorry to all for going so far off topic)

[MindGoneHaywire]

Well, I wasn't exactly IN Ground Zero, but I did write up a couple of emails that I guess would be similar to what we now know as blog posts. I was only down here a couple of times in the weeks following 9/11, but obviously something like that makes a rather profound impression. No more or less so than the shock most felt, regardless of the distance, by what they saw on television, but heck, seeing it with one's own eyes while the fires were still burning...I still don't really have words.

Now that I live here, around the corner, let's just say the frustration is multiplied that not only can nothing be built, they still can't seem to take down the two buildings that were too contaminated to save. That there was a fire in the Deutsche Bank Building was an absolute disgrace; that two firefighters died because the hoses had been cut is enough to make one rather angry, let's just say.

I wrote a lot of things in emails following 9/11, to friends and family, all of it archived; I have not looked at most of it in a long time. The two pieces from when I came down here in the weeks following the attack are fairly easily accessible and I could share them upon request, if anyone wants to read that sort of thing. I also have a photo of 5 WTC when it was still standing,, but that's the only one, as I wasn't too into bringing the camera down with me from uptown, where I then lived--too ghoulish. Obviously this board, and this thread in particular, aren't the place for this sort of thing, but if you have interest in what I've got, send me a PM. My only request would be that you refrain from re-posting--I'm not particularly interested in seeing this stuff put up anywhere in particular. It just wasn't what I had in mind. But I'd be happy to share what I've got if anyone wants to see it.

The photos I have from recent years that I do actually enjoy sharing are of the annual "Tribute In Light," which is beamed from the top of the Battery Garage, across West St. from where I live. It's an impressive sight.

[ForeverAutumn]

I also failed to list The Thrills - So Much for the City, a cd that few on here, if any, ever mentioned, but I think they caught lightning in a bottle.

Interesting that you mention that. I tried to get a few people here interested in The Thrills when Let's Bottle Bohemia came out. I thought that it would be right up people's alley, but it just never seemed to garner much interest.

I haven't heard So Much for the City.

[Monkey Bones]

I ran a couple of searches (nothing too involved, mind you) using "world trade center" and "twin towers" as search terms which didn't return anything older than 2003.

Might have to pm a mod about accessing archived posts.

(p.s. sorry to all for going so far off topic)

If you google the following you can access the 9/11 threads from the old pre-vBulletin archive ...

wtc "sep 11, 2001" site:archive.audioreview.com

Or just click http://www.google.com/search?q=wtc+%22sep+11%2C+2001%22+site%3Aarchive.a udioreview.com

BTW, that new Richmond Fontaine "We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River" record I mentioned up above someplace has been snaking up towards best of the year for me. Excellent, probably my favorite from these guys yet. Good mix of their earlier and more raucous alt-country sound, with the more fleshed out lyrics and storytelling from their later ones. Some very cool musical touches too, as always with some of that mariachi flavor, maybe integrated even more in this one. Very cool, even some saw on a couple songs providing an eerie backdrop. Quality stuff from one of the best Americana bands around, and the music on this one just seems so well integrated with the words and vocals. Highly recommended if you like Wilco and Calexico and Lucinda Williams and all that load, and don't mind stories you know right away probably aren't gonna have anything like a happy ending.

[bobsticks]

Love the avi, Monkey-D...been enjoying the leaks released by the Sloshy one...gonna have to grab that one...

[3LB]

been enjoying the leaks released by the Sloshy one...

must be nice

:cryin:

[Monkey Bones]

Love the avi, Monkey-D...been enjoying the leaks released by the Sloshy one...gonna have to grab that one...

Yea, know what you mean. I'm a huge Califone and RRM fan, and I really do love it all, but this is one of their best yet, combining all the crazy weird-ass **** they do so well, with pocketfuls of cool laidback tunes. Choice.

[Monkey Bones]

No argument from me, nice list.



Was just reading the NPR review of Signal Morning. Pretty nice words, and they have all the tracks up there for a listen too. "Obliterated guitars", love it :)

Opening para...

It took nearly eight years to make, but Circulatory System's breathtakingly inventive new album, Signal Morning, justifies the wait. The 17 new tracks, culled from hours of recorded material and meticulously pieced together in more than half a dozen different studios, are sonic wonders. Obliterated guitars rumble over strange, fluttering textures. Vintage synth lines and quirky found sounds tumble together amid psychedelic melodies and harmonies. It's a mysterious and mesmerizing world of orchestrated chaos that offers new discoveries with each listen.


Nice new 9/10 review up at PopMatters, it does take awhile to get [mal]adjusted to a record like this. Cool to see it catching on with many. Gold will stay.

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/111320-circulatory-system-signal-morning/

[Slosh]

must be nice

:cryin:Didn't think you'd be interested . Got The Black Heart Procession leak too. I would say keep this quiet but who looks at this site anyway?

[bobsticks]

I wanted to propose an End of Decade compilation contest to run with the year end comps.

One or two songs per year, sequenced in chronological order. Any interest?

Over the course of the next couple days I'm gonna take a look at this. I'm thinkin' I can come with something off-the-beaten-path, even in this off-the-beaten-path group...

[bobsticks]

Okay...I've examined the archives...pretty sure I can do a two-disc set of the "Remnants on Y2k"...and I can do it without touching any of Davey, Slosh's, or Tamer's picks...

...that should leave plenty of room for one or two dedicated individuals to produce some magic...I think it'd be cool if several folks hopped on this...might jumpstart us at least in the direction of the glory days...

..in any case, I'll be organising it with a mind to send the product out early next week.

You want in? Holla if ya hear me....

[bobsticks]

Wow...overwhelming response...

[noddin0ff]

Wow...overwhelming response...

Ok, ok. Pitty click. I'm in.

Actually I'll be looking forward to it. Started mine already; it's dang hard to avoid previous comp picks though.

[bobsticks]

Lol...I can always count on Noddy for the pity-click...

Good to read that you're doin' yer own too...

[MindGoneHaywire]

I don't know how eager folks are to collaborate on comps with Moderators...

[bobsticks]

I don't know how eager folks are to collaborate on comps with Moderators...

Seriously?

I have a couple year history of sending out well thought out, artistic, flowing pieces that peeps generally hate. Knock me around but I ain't that lawdawg...

I'm just the guy that deletes SPAM...

[MindGoneHaywire]

Yeah, but you've got Steve Borden in yr avatar & Swish sez you're a weirdo.

Just sayin'...

[bobsticks]

Yeah, but you've got Steve Borden in yr avatar & Swish sez you're a weirdo.

Just sayin'...

LMAO!!...it's Brandon Lee, dammit...and Swish is a weirdo...lol, y'all do what ya want...there will be good music available...:biggrin5:

[Slosh]

I know I can knock out a bunch of these comps in no time flat. The problem is when you're talking about a best of decade mix then all the songs are well-known (at least by this group) and will generate zero interest.

A few days ago I had a little reunion with most of my college roommates and most of them were clueless per music released since we graduated so I filled up a CD-R with V0 mp3s yesterday in an attempt to bring them somewhat up to speed (97 songs).

I can't understand how anyone who likes music could not have heard of Spoon, Wilco, etc. especially when a few of them were in or had their own bands. :confused:

[bobsticks]

I know I can knock out a bunch of these comps in no time flat. The problem is when you're talking about a best of decade mix then all the songs are well-known (at least by this group) and will generate zero interest.
:

I don't know about zero interest. I recognize your point but at the same time would contend that a comp is a progression. Yes, I might already own a fair degree of the overall catelogue but take interest in the manner in which y'all mix it up.

I like to examine the choices and the flow of people's mixes. I prefer it when the selections are a bit out of the ordinary, complilations of songs that i might not necessarily put together myself. In any case, I choose to proceed....we gotta start somewhere...

[noddin0ff]

I know I can knock out a bunch of these comps in no time flat. The problem is when you're talking about a best of decade mix then all the songs are well-known (at least by this group) and will generate zero interest.

....

I can't understand how anyone who likes music could not have heard of Spoon, Wilco, etc. especially when a few of them were in or had their own bands. :confused:

So what I hear you saying is you're not up to the challenge?

Aside from that dig, I like music but still could not name a single Spoon song with confidence. Granted, I'm not quite the livin'-in-the-river-of-music type that many on this board are. I don't get out much I suppose. But, I do think you've got a point in that this board has a set of focused musical interests that dominate. It's hard to step too far out side of the currents here.

Well...it's not hard, steppin out just gets ignored. critical mass and all. Still, the rare choice selections I find here drive a fair amount of my music purchases and I'm always game for something new, either sound or perspective. Hit me with you best shot, worst is it could be ignored. Lord knows, I put a bunch of my comps in that category.

[Slosh]

So what I hear you saying is you're not up to the challenge?
All right, here's the deluxe 2-disc set.


http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq41/Slosh_album/2000-2009.jpg

Part 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y5umrtttjmb)

Part 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?otynntyzq5t)

Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yv2wjzzdd0d)

Part 4 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ttztz3mwxty)

Part 5 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjthnyfyxot)

Part 6 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kdyjzjny0kj)

Part 7 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uutezwtygeg)

Part 8 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bm04dnmqbyy)

Part 9 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ylzznjukmmy)

Part 10 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iymywk2i2ct)

Part 11 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ekncjtwlyni)

[noddin0ff]

...and Slosh throws down.

[bobsticks]

Yeah, Big Daddy...that's what I'm talkembout...'course I expect a hard copy...and I'll extend you and erebody else the same courtesy.... gonna be a good year....





All right, here's the deluxe 2-disc set.


http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq41/Slosh_album/2000-2009.jpg

Part 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y5umrtttjmb)

Part 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?otynntyzq5t)

Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yv2wjzzdd0d)

Part 4 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ttztz3mwxty)

Part 5 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjthnyfyxot)

Part 6 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kdyjzjny0kj)

Part 7 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uutezwtygeg)

Part 8 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bm04dnmqbyy)

Part 9 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ylzznjukmmy)

Part 10 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iymywk2i2ct)

Part 11 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ekncjtwlyni)

[bobsticks]

BTW...I can still make a two-disc compy, completely without any of your selections, tha at least one other person on the planet wil enjoy....mebbe even Swishy....

[noddin0ff]

I can make a 1 disk mini CD that will please me. But, I remain undeterred.

[Slosh]

Yeah, I'm stupid. Note to self: 2000 was the final year of the 20th century.

[02audionoob]

Yeah, I'm stupid. Note to self: 2000 was the final year of the 20th century.

If that's the case, we're a year early on this discussion.

[Slosh]

If that's the case, we're a year early on this discussion.Yes and no. This thread is really about the 00's thus 2000-2009 = ten years.

[02audionoob]

Yes and no. This thread is really about the 00's thus 2000-2009 = ten years.

But the subject line said "decade". If the century starts in 2001, then surely the decade starts in 2001.

[Mr MidFi]

But the subject line said "decade". If the century starts in 2001, then surely the decade starts in 2001.

And the very first sentence of the OP says:
"Unless you're a schoolish pedant with an overweening sense of numerical propriety, this decade will be drawing to a close in just a few short months."

I was really hoping to head off this sort of thing, because I had my fill of it 10 years ago. In common parlance, the "decade" is defined as those years within a century having the same digit in the second slot from the right. No one talks about 1980 as being part of "the 70s". Yes, I know the counter-arguments. And I'm still not interested, after all these years. :rolleyes5:

BTW... very nice looking set you got there, Sloshy. It includes several tracks that I would seriously consider for just such a comp. I'll get around to throwing one together someday, but not quite now. Too much going on.

Oh, and when I do, I'll be able to get it down to a single disc. Cuz dat's how I roll, man.

[Slosh]

I finally got around to burning these songs to CD-R yesterday. I had to alter the sequencing slightly to get everything on two discs. Disc 1 looks like this:
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq41/Slosh_album/Disc1.jpg
As you can see this will require a slight overburn (which Nero did without any fuss).

Disc 2 was a little easier:
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq41/Slosh_album/Disc2.jpg

Needless to say these must be burned gaplessly (which is how you should always burn anyway).

Am I pissing in the wind?

[02audionoob]

And the very first sentence of the OP says:
"Unless you're a schoolish pedant with an overweening sense of numerical propriety, this decade will be drawing to a close in just a few short months."

I was really hoping to head off this sort of thing, because I had my fill of it 10 years ago. In common parlance, the "decade" is defined as those years within a century having the same digit in the second slot from the right. No one talks about 1980 as being part of "the 70s". Yes, I know the counter-arguments. And I'm still not interested, after all these years.

Actually...I was only playing devil's advocate to Slosh's comment about the year 2000. This thread went off the tracks two pages ago. Can't see any need to single me out. :skep:

[Mr MidFi]

Actually...I was only playing devil's advocate to Slosh's comment about the year 2000. This thread went off the tracks two pages ago. Can't see any need to single me out. :skep:

Wasn't really serious, man. Sorry if I came off overly pissy!

I was going to jump on Slosh, but he's the sensitive type and I didn't want to upset his applecart. :p Besides, we're birthday buddies!

[bobsticks]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EX6JCURJ

Well, alrighty then....played around with that Megaupload thingy and here we have the "AR y2k+ DEC"...I started off with two lists of ten--the "main" one and remnants--but elected to merge the duo into one comprehensive package...

[bobsticks]

Just for the record, the playlist includes:

Loudon Wainwright ~ Prince Hal's Dirge
Pinback ~ X.I.Y.
Songs:Ohia ~ Blue Chicago Moon
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ~ Bring It On
The Pogues ~ Dirty Old Town
Andrew Bird ~ Fake Palindromes
Calexico ~ Nom de Plume
Silver Jews ~ Party Barge
Arctic Monkeys ~ Balaclava
Woven Hand ~ Quiet Night of Quiet Stars
Medeski, Martin & Wood ~ Partido Alto
Dr. John ~ Monkey and Baboon
Alison Krauss ~ Choctaw Hayride
Damian Marley ~ Pimpa's Paradise
Van Morrison ~ This Has Got To Stop
Sharon Jones & the Daptones ~ Let Them Knock
Eli "Paperboy" Reed ~ I'm Gonna Get You Back
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band ~ You're Cousin's on Cops

[Davey]

I wanna get some of that juice Monkey Bones has running in the veins. But in the meantime, the Ex Lion Tamer is of course totally and inconrtrovertibly correct in saying that the Wrens put out one of the absolutely ****ing greatest records of the decade. And if today is the playlist, Wrens are the player.

[Swish]

I wanna get some of that juice Monkey Bones has running in the veins. But in the meantime, the Ex Lion Tamer is of course totally and inconrtrovertibly correct in saying that the Wrens put out one of the absolutely ****ing greatest records of the decade. And if today is the playlist, Wrens are the player.

Hmmm. Well, I do like it, but not quite that much.

[Davey]

Hmmm. Well, I do like it, but not quite that much.

Well yea, that's what I thought too, and maybe it was just a good day all around, but sure sounded nice. The beauty of music, there's always a new way to hear it, and sometimes a new appreciation comes when everything is in the right place.

[Snowbunny]

Just realized this list was from the '00's.

Had my Ipod on shuffle while working in the yard today and a few songs rose to the surface and I gotta say they are as fresh as the day I unwrapped their shrink.

One was Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Radio Cure

Cheer up, honey, I hope you can
There is something wrong with me
My mind is filled with silvery stars
Honey, kisses, clouds of fog
Shoulders shrugging off

Tweedy's lyric are pure poetry.

And maybe someone can tell me which album included Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell's song, Ramblin' Man.

This song sounds timeless, much like songs by Nick Drake. But the only album in his discography that I slightly recognized was Field Songs from 2001. What is his best album?

Picking apples for kings and queens of things I have never seen
Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable.

Snowbuns

[Davey]

Picking apples for kings and queens of things I have never seen
Oh, distance has no way of making love understandable.

That's so last decade. So what was your favorite album of the 2000s? Lot's of good ones.

But Mark Lanegan has a bunch of very good albums, Whiskey for the Holy Ghost is the best, but that Bubblegum record with PJ Harvey was very good too. All those records with Isobell Campbell (after she left Belle & Sebastian) are good, but especially that first one with the Hank Williams song you mention. The others are less memorable. Great voice.

[Snowbunny]

Thanks! You never fail to deliver the goods, do you, Davey. :smilewinkgrin:

With all these vintage threads bubbling to the surface lately, I'm going to have to pay more attention.

And speaking of radios, you can say what you want about Bill Gates, but Marconi invented the one technology that is still as relevant in song lyrics today, as it was 100 years ago.

Future generations will never witness tangles of black plastic tape tossed out the windows of brightly coloured muscle cars by frustrated motorists with overheated dashboards. Toys in the Attic anyone?

Oh, the memories...

[Davey]

Thanks! You never fail to deliver the goods, do you, Davey. Oh, the memories...

Oh well, the memories are still good ... that '95 comp is gonna be a good one ... some vintage lines from Richard Buckner and Mark Linkous below ...

And christ, how this life
from mud to miracle
is just the prettiest little burden
...
Yes your hair
smelled like sunshine, today
gasoline horseys
will take us, away

[Snowbunny]

And christ, how this life
from mud to miracle
is just the prettiest little burden
...
Yes your hair
smelled like sunshine, today
gasoline horseys
will take us, away

So pretty.

I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land


How do you feel, how do you feel
I can't seem to breath with rusted metal heart
I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes

[Davey]

I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land


How do you feel, how do you feel
I can't seem to breath with rusted metal heart
I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes


That PJ Harvey and Mark Linkous collaboration really worked well, I think. There's an alternate version of Piano Fire on youtube, apparently it was the official video. Totally different mix and feel ...

Sparklehorse feat. PJ Harvey - Piano Fire (Official Video) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkpUTgNhJ58)

I'd love to see them get a contribution from her on the upcoming Last Box of Sparklers tribute, don't know if she was approached or not. I know that Mark Lanegan already recorded Spirit Ditch for it.

Box of Stars - Last Box of Sparklers, a tribute to Mark Linkous | Indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/box-of-stars-last-box-of-sparklers-a-tribute-to-mark-linkous)

[Swish]

Well yea, that's what I thought too, and maybe it was just a good day all around, but sure sounded nice. The beauty of music, there's always a new way to hear it, and sometimes a new appreciation comes when everything is in the right place.

I get that. In fact, I wasn't a big fan of 'It's a Wonderful Life' when I first played it, but it has a permanent place on my top 10 of all time.

[Traveller]

OK, here's a list that'll change in 10 minutes

Neko Case, Fox Confessor
Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Rodney Crowell, The Houston Kid
Spoon, Kill The Moonlight
White Stripes, Elephant
Flaming Lips, Yoshimi...
Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
Green Day, American Idiot
Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
Beck, Sea Change

Yea, there's more than ten but hey, that's the way I roll ;>

[Davey]

OK, here's a list that'll change in 10 minutes ...

OK, I'll bite, some good stuff there, but it's been a lot more than 10 minutes, so what does the list look like now? Just curious how much your favorites change day to day. Nothing wrong if they do, I've got favorites rotating in and out all the time, some never leave though.