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DecadeFavs

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.

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50) Okkervil River//The Stage Names (2007)
Okkervil River – Unless It’s Kicks
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 – Dirty Money
38) The Books//The Lemon of Pink (2003)
The Books – Take Time
37) Grizzly Bear//Veckatimest (2009)
Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
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 – Bros
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 – 12:51
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 – Jellybones
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 ewas 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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