Best Ever Albums

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

cartoken — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:20:06 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 11/16/2009 01:20

My list:

1 The Strokes Is This It
2 Coldplay A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
3 Coldplay PARACHUTE
4 Radiohead Amnesiac
5 TV on the Radio Dear Science
6 Bjork Vespertine
7 OUTKAST THE LOVE BELOW
8 Santogold Santogold
9 Muse The Resistance
10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell
11 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
12 M.I.A Kala
13 The Strokes Room on fire
14 Muse Origin of Symmetry
15 The Antlers Hospice
16 Sufjan Stevens Illinois
17 The Killers Hot Fuss
18 The Strokes First Impressions of Earth
19 Kanye West Late Registration
20 Radiohead Kid A

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

Alt-Rocker77 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:02:28 GMT

Author: Alt-Rocker77

Posted: 11/16/2009 01:02

I don't understand the hate for Late Registration, I think it's an excellent album. While Kanye might not have the insane flow or lyrical flow of Eminem, he shows off his mastery of pop and sampling. The album is consistent all the way through, has pitch perfect features (particularly the ones by Lupe Fiasco and The Game) Sure he may get a little vapid, but lets be honest, so does Morissey. I think it's one of the most satisfying albums of the decade.

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

teodor_matz — Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:01:16 GMT

Author: teodor_matz

Posted: 11/02/2009 00:01

My list:
1. OutKast - Stankonia
2. Kanye West - Late Registration
3. The Libertines - The Libertines
4. Santogold - Santogold
5. The xx - The xx
6. Fennesz - Endless Summer
7. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
8. Mohammed Ali - Processen
9. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
10. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
11. Kanye West - The College Dropout
12. Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle
13. Fattaru - Mina drömmars stad
14. The Strokes - Is This It
14. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
16. The White Stripes - Elephant
17. Metronomy - Night Out
18. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
19. Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
20. Stor - Nya skolans ledare

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

dp39 — Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:04:58 GMT

Author: dp39

Posted: 11/01/2009 19:04

Fleet Foxes outta be in the top 20. And some of the albums on the list are crap IMO. I'm not currently looking at the list but from what I remember there is a lot of popular junk on it. For Example, Late Registration by Kayne West? What a joke. Not that I have anything against him but if you're going to throw an album like his on it make it his better ones. And to me it seems like the only reason he is on that list is because people 'think' its good, which seems to be like most of the albums.

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

RFNAPLES — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:23:27 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/30/2009 23:23

Alpha Order:

Björk-Vespertine
Brian Wilson-Smile
Coldplay-A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay-Parachutes
Eminem-The Eminem Show
Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand
Jay-Z-The Blueprint
Kanye West-The College Dropout
LCD Soundsystem -Sound Of Silver
Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory
Outkast-Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Queens Of The Stone Age-Songs For The Deaf
Radiohead-Amnesiac
Radiohead-Hail To The Thief
Radiohead-Kid A
System Of A Down-Mezmerize
The Beatles-1
The Killers-Hot Fuss
The Strokes-Is This It
The White Stripes-Elephant
The White Stripes-White Blood Cells
TV On The Radio-Dear Science,
U2-How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Fever To Tell

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

videoheadcleaner — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:53:11 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 10/30/2009 13:53

I started a topic earlier about Favourite Albums Of The Decade. Missed on that and the list has changed since then.

20. The White Stripes - Elephant
19. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
18. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
17. Arcade Fire - Funeral
16. White Lies - To Lose My Life
15. Radiohead - In Rainbows
14. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
13. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
12. Kasabian - Kasabian
11. Birds Of Tokyo - Universes
10. Doves - Some Cities
9. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
8. The Cure - The Cure
7. Sarah Blasko - The Overture And The Underscore
6. Doves - Lost Souls
5. Something For Kate - Echolalia
4. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
3. Starsailor - Love Is Here
2. Elbow - Asleep In The Back
1. Muse - Absolution

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

Norman Bates — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:16:04 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 10/30/2009 00:16

1) Cat Power You are free (2003)
2) Leila Courtesy of choice (2000)
3) Nonstop Road movie en béquilles (2006)
4) Portishead Third (2008)
5) Antipop Consortium Tragic epilogue (2000)
6) Programme Bogue (2003)
7) Animal Collective Merriweather post pavilion (2009)
8_ Common Be (2005)
9) Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy The Letting go (2006)
10) The Streets Original pirate material (2002)
11) Daft Punk Discovery (2001)
12) M.I.A. Kala (2007)
13) J.Dilla a.k.a. Jay-Dee Donuts (2007)
14) Joanna Newsom Ys (2006)
15) Radiohead Kid A (2001)
16) Alain Bashung L’imprudence (2002)
17) cLOUDDEAD Ten (2003)
18_ Cannibal Ox The Cold vein (2001)
19) Richard Davis Details (2003)
20) Jose Gonzaléz In our nature (2006)

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

40footwolf — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:52:23 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 10/29/2009 23:52

I guess I'll make a list, too.

1. The Moon and Antarctica-Modest Mouse
2. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots-The Flaming Lips
3. Traced In Air-Cynic
4. Songs For The Deaf-Queens of the Stone Age
5. Renegades-Rage Against The Machine
6. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed-Los Campesinos!
7. Lateralus-Tool
8. Drunken Lullabies-Flogging Molly
9. Tallahassee-The Mountain Goats
10. Crack The Skye-Mastodon
11. Boxer-The National
12. Akuma No Uta-Boris
13. Oracular Spectacular-MGMT
14. Fort Nightly-White Rabbits
15. Mirrored-Battles
16. Superabundance-The Young Knives
17. Relationship Of Command-At The Drive-In
18. Apologies To The Queen Mary-Wolf Parade
19. Gods Of The Earth-The Sword
20. All We Could Do Was Sing-Port O'Brien

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

TheSarcasmDetector — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:25:30 GMT

Author: TheSarcasmDetector

Posted: 10/29/2009 22:25

Yeah, the Bon Iver album is great. Although it took me an absolute age to start really appreciating it, to me it is the definition of a grower...

My favourite 20 cobbled together in roughly 10 minutes:

1. The Wrens - The Meadowlands
2. Modest Mouse - Moon + Antarctica
3. Sigur Ros - Takk...
4. The National - Alligator
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. Nick Cave + the Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazurus, Dig!
7. TV on the Radio - Dear Science,
8. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
9. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists...
11. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas + Lost Ghosts
12. The Avalanches - Since I Left U
13. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
14. Elliott Smith - From a Basement On A Hill
15. Belle + Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
16. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cod, Dead Plaice
17. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
18. The National - Boxer
19. 65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time
20. Raekwon - Only Bult 4 Cuban Linx PT II

Yeah, so there it be. Kind of Pitchforky but that's ok.
Probably my favourite decade of music, but seeing as I've only really been a music fan this decade that is to be expected

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

joannajewsom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:44 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/29/2009 21:50

Sweet list, joyofdivision. I need to listen to the Bon Iver. I've have a few friends recommend, but I just haven't gotten around to it.

My top 10
1. Ys (2006)- Joanna Newsom
2. Live in Sevilla 2000 (2000)- Masada
3. The Woods (2005)- Sleater-Kinney
4. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)- Animal Collective
5. Third (2008)- Portishead
6. Vaudeville Villain (2003)- Viktor Vaughn
7. Amelie (2001)- Yann Tiersen
8. Extraordinary Machine (Unreleased) (2002-2003)- Fiona Apple
9. Let's Get Out of This Country (2006)- Camera Obscura
10. Illinoise (2005)- Sufjan Stevens

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

telefunker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:47:53 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 10/29/2009 21:47

in rainbows is easily one of the worst albums i have ever heard

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:23:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/29/2009 21:23

Back on topic, I think the best albums of the decade are 1. In Rainbows 2. For Emma, Forever Ago 3. Funeral 4. Kid A 5. Is This It 6. Boxer 7. Takk 8. Third 9. White Blood Cells 10. Merriweather Post Pavilion

What does everyone else think?

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

RFNAPLES — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:42:09 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/29/2009 19:42

🙄 😲

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

joannajewsom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:39:04 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/29/2009 17:39

brohio wrote:

Is it too late to get in on this?

yes; dr

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

brohio — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:33:51 GMT

Author: brohio

Posted: 10/29/2009 17:33

Is it too late to get in on this? I had no idea jj was such an asshole in so many forums! That's exciting to me. Who gives a turd about this more-than-likely bloated, lonely and uber-opinionated baloney muncher. Hip-hop, shmip-hop. She thinks she has an inside track on everything as far as I can see. While I'm no fan of Senor Nipples chart, he more than makes up for that with his calm and rational battle against the perennial elephant in the room known as jj. Since 6 she knows hip-hop. I'm sure us old-timers are really impressed. She discounts the 50 plus crowd as know-nothings while her tiny brain has been absorbing hip-hop from day-one and that's puts her in "the know." As we all grow older, we remember how we were at a younger age. How we, "knew it all". I knew it all. But now I know more. I have more life experiences. In some countries they revere their elders. JJ reveres reading her own bombast while chowing down on another tin of lard.
Oh to be young again and be able to actually think I knew it all when I knew much less. Passion has been replaced by reality. I miss the passion but I don't miss being as shallow as I was then. JJ will get it when she too passes a certain age. Until then, we can read from the collected musings of miss-know-it-all and harken back to better days when we too thought we knew it all. The defense rests.

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

RFNAPLES — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:53:20 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/10/2009 18:53

Sorry my pearls of wisdom baffle you. 😉

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

telefunker — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:44:26 GMT

Author: telefunker

Posted: 10/10/2009 18:44

love how this thread has developed.

i have to chip in and add that if a 6-year-old can't pick out the beat in a rap song, then that would indicate very little musical aptitude indeed.. and seeing as most people on this site have more than just a passing interest in music, i have a hard time believing any of those 6-year-olds frequent this forum.. unless merely to pose

and if you're not an expert in a genre of music after having listened to 500-odd albums over the course of 17 years, you're either brain damaged or just not paying attention.. so i think it would be safe to assume joanna is indeed an expert in hip hop

naples.. your chart, encyclopdic knowledge and age would suggest expertise in music generally.. although i have to say that even with your explanations, your self-denying selections and fence-sitting on a site designed to faciliate the projection of personal preferences still baffles me..

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

RFNAPLES — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:30:17 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/10/2009 18:30

OK JJ you win, isn't it time for your medicine?

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

Mr. Shankly — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:30:16 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 10/10/2009 18:30

joannajewsom wrote:

To be fair, I also need to figure out what it is about me that causes me to get pleasure from ridiculing people like this; and, despite taking an absurdist view on existence, why I have seemingly assigned myself the absolutely futile mission of ridding the world of all things irrational and illogical.

I recommend leaving the name-calling out though. Your debate/argument loses its efficacy once you start calling a person names and combining that with profanity as I believe you did in an earlier post.

Re: Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Decade

joannajewsom — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:21:27 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/10/2009 18:21

Nonsense analogy. At no point in existence does a human lack the capability or ability to reason, however you want to word it. All humans reason at every age. All humans have the capability to drive this metaphorical car of reason. The capability is innate. It's a property of the mind. A human lacking the capability to reason is undeniably lacking a brain, in the literal sense, not in the RFN...ah, I won't say it.

You are wrong, not because I am ominpotent, but because you literally understand nothing about the brain.