our favorites of the 00′s

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Spending the younger days of my life in an incredibly small town, it’s a wonder that I could be exposed to even a tenth of the albums included on this list. Let’s just say that the music I listened to then… well, let’s just not say. It wasn’t until a year or two before I graduated high school in ‘01 that I began to familiarize myself with music outside of the radio world. Before I drag on and get entirely too nostalgic… it just seems fitting that our first list of an entire decade happens to be one where I started to explore music from it’s beginning.

The three of us (Nate, Jordan, and Ryan) joined forces, created our own lists, and then duked it out to whittle things down to fifty. Although this is the product of three individual’s distinct opinions, we were finally able to come to a general consensus. Fortunately, no one was hospitalized in the process. We felt that a decade was too long to have any less than fifty albums, but that any more than fifty would require too little thought. We also noticed how easy it is to spout off the number of artists that should be here, but how difficult it is to say why any of these artists shouldn’t. While some may think we (as well as other list-making bloggers) are doing this for ‘mad hits’/ ‘shitload of comments’, it’s hard to argue with how much fun it is to sit down with good friends and talk music. This blog may be too young for people to render our opinions “valid”, but in being young, this list can help to define us. So, take it for what you will, these are the albums that we have dug the shit out of in this ten year period.

50) Okkervil River//The Stage Names (2007) Okkervil River – Plus Ones

49) Les Savy Fav//Go Forth (2001)Les Savy Fav – Tragic Monsters

48) Fever Ray//Fever Ray (2009) Fever Ray – When I Grow Up

47theshins The Shins – New Slang

46) Jens Lekman//Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007) Jens Lekman – A Postcard to Nina

45) No Age//Nouns (2008) No Age – Eraser

44) Elliott Smith//Figure 8 (2000) Elliott Smith – Everything Reminds Me of Her

43) Cannibal Ox//The Cold Vein (2001) Cannibal Ox – The F-Word

42brokensocialscene Broken Social Scene – Stars & Sons

41) Liars//Liars (2007) Liars – Houseclouds

40) Sunset Rubdown//Shut Up I am Dreaming (2007) Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up I Am Dreaming

39) Clipse//Hell Hath No Fury (2007) Clipse – Keys Open Doors

38) The Books//The Lemon of Pink (2003) The Books – Take Time

37) Grizzly Bear//Veckatimest (2009) Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

36) Ryan Adams//Heartbreaker Ryan Adams – Oh My Sweet Carolina

35) Dizzee Rascal//Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal – Jus a Rascal

34) Wilco//Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco – Ashes of American Flags

33) M83//Saturdays=Youth (2008) M83 – Graveyard Girl

32) ...Trail of Dead//Source Tags & Codes (2002) …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Another Morning Stoner

31) Deerhoof//The Runners Four (2005) Deerhoof – Spirit Ditties of No Tone

30) The Strokes//Is This It The Strokes – Hard to Explain

29) McLusky//McLusky Do Dallas (2002) McLusky – To Hell With Good Intentions

28) Songs: Ohia//Magnolia Electric Co. (2003) Songs: Ohia – Farewell Transmission

27) The Hold Steady//Separation Sunday (2005) The Hold Steady – Your Little Hoodrat Friend

26) LCD Soundsystem//Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends

25) The Knife//Silent Shout (2006) The Knife – We Share Our Mothers Health

24) My Morning Jacket//It Still Moves (2003) My Morning Jacket – One Big Holiday

23) The Exploding Hearts//Guitar Romantic (2004) The Exploding Hearts – Jailbird

22) Panda Bear//Person Pitch (2007) Panda Bear – Comfy In Nautica

21) Radiohead//Amnesiac (2001) Radiohead – Pyramid Song

20) Madvillain//Madvillainy (2004) Madvillain – All Caps

19) Grizzly Bear//Yellow House (2006) Grizzly Bear – Knife

18) Deerhunter//Microcastle (2008) Deerhunter – Nothing Ever Happened To Me

17) Jay-Z//The Blueprint (2001) Jay Z – U Don’t Know

16) The Strokes//Room On Fire (2003) The Strokes – Automatic Stop

15) Avalanches//Since I Left You (2000) The Avalanches – Since I Left You

14) The Unicorns//Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone (2004) The Unicorns – Ghost Mountain

13) Modest Mouse//The Moon & Antarctica (2000) Modest Mouse – 3rd Planet

12) The White Stripes//White Blood Cells (2001) The White Stripes – Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground

11) Arcade Fire//Funeral Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

10) The Walkmen//Bows + Arrows (2004) The Walkmen – The Rat

9) Circulatory System//Circulatory System (2001) Circulatory System – The Lovely Universe

8) Spoon//Kill The Moonlight (2002) Spoon – Small Stakes

7) Animal Collective//Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009) Animal Collective – My Girls

6) Sonic Youth//Murray Street (2002) Sonic Youth – Empty Page

5) Interpol//Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) Interpol – PDA

4) Outkast//Stankonia (2000) Outkast – B.O.B.

3) Sigur Rós//Ágætis Byrjun (2000) Sigur Rós – Svefn-G-Englar

2) Sufjan Stevens//Illinois (2005) Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

1) Radiohead//Kid A (2000) Radiohead – How To Disappear Completely

This was written by nate, posted on September 4, 2009 at 8:16 am, filed under lists and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

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