Best Ever Albums

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Hayden — Sat, 8 Oct 2011 22:22:36 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/09/2011 02:22

Best of the 21st century? 😉

My current top 10:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Strokes - Is This It
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. M.I.A. - Kala
5. Metric - Fantasies
6. White Stripes - Elephant
7. Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
8. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
9. Antlers - Hospice
10. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Mr. Shankly — Sat, 8 Oct 2011 22:10:46 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 10/09/2011 02:10

theharrisonfords wrote:

6. Jason Webley - He is an incredible folksey artist, have to check him out.

Wow! I just saw this. I don't know if you come on this anymore, Captain Solo/ Dr. Jones, but but how do you know who Jason Webley is? Where do you live? He's from Seattle and the first time I ever saw him, he was playing a free sort of busking performance in the UW quad. I think I skipped a class to see the rest of it. He always reminded me of Tom Waits, probably because he was playing an accordion and singing in a sort of warbling voice. Also, I interviewed him for the college newspaper. Here's a link to it:

http://dailyuw.com/news/1999/apr/21/busker-rhymes/

Small world!

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

nrs182 — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 23:32:21 GMT

Author: nrs182

Posted: 10/08/2011 03:32

Every Arcade Fire album. and.. (no orden in particular, first to come to my head)
Hidden- These New Puritans
Absolution-Muse
Plastic Beach-Gorillaz
Dead Man's Bones only album
In Rainbows
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
This is Happening - LCD
Give Up - Postal Service
Yoshimi
Vampire Weekend's two records.
Broken Bells Self Titled
The Black Parade-MCR
Hot Fuss-The Killers
Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy-Kanye
Hidden- These New Puritans
The xx record.
Them Crooked Vultures (still waiting for the next one)
Songs for the deaf - QOTSA
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart - Phoenix
And I think Parachutes is 21st century?

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Moonbeam — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:26:22 GMT

Author: Moonbeam

Posted: 10/08/2011 01:26

001 Björk - Vespertine (2001)
002 Annie - Anniemal (2004)
003 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (2007)
004 Kylie Minogue - Body Language (2003)
005 Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010)
006 Kylie Minogue - Fever (2001)
007 The Cure - BloodFlowers (2000)
008 Annie Lennox - Bare (2003)
009 Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (2010)
010 Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
011 Janet Jackson - All for You (2001)
012 The Strokes - Room on Fire (2003)
013 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)
014 Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (2007)
015 Annie - Don't Stop (2009)
016 Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (2009)
017 Missy Elliott - Miss E… So Addictive (2001)
018 Dannii Minogue - Neon Nights (2003)
019 Morrissey - You Are the Quarry (2004)
020 Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
021 The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
022 Blondie - The Curse of Blondie (2003)
023 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
024 N.E.R.D. - In Search Of… (2002)
025 LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010)
026 !!! - Myth Takes (2007)
027 Prince - 3121 (2006)
028 Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
029 Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000)
030 RES - How I Do (2001)
031 PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
032 David Bowie - Heathen (2002)
033 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
034 Sade - Lovers Rock (2000)
035 Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)
036 Chromeo - Business Casual (2010)
037 !!! - Louden Up Now (2004)
038 Madonna - American Life (2003)
039 Clor - Clor (2005)
040 Prince - One Nite Alone (2002)
041 Twin Shadow - Forget (2010)
042 Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
043 Grace Jones - Hurricane (2008)
044 The Cure - 4:13 Dream (2008)
045 Duffy - Rockferry (2008)
046 Vive la Fête - Nuit Blanche (2003)
047 St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
048 Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
049 Kylie Minogue - X (2007)
050 Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke (2008)
051 Prince - LotusFlow3r (2009)
052 Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite (2010)
053 Björk - Medulla (2004)
054 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz (2009)
055 Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
056 The Knife - Silent Shout (2006)
057 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell (2003)
058 Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold (2006)
059 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
060 Peaches - Fatherfucker (2003)
061 Death from Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (2004)
062 Missy Elliott - This Is Not a Test (2003)
063 Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O. (2006)
064 Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1 (2010)
065 Janet Jackson - Discipline (2008)
066 Busta Rhymes - Genesis (2001)
067 The xx - xx (2009)
068 Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
069 Björk - Volta (2007)
070 Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (2005)
071 Prince - Planet Earth (2007)
072 Sigur Rós - Takk (2005)
073 Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary (2005)
074 Interpol - Antics (2004)
075 Peaches - Impeach My Bush (2006)
076 The Strokes - Angles (2011)
077 No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
078 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
079 PJ Harvey - White Chalk (2007)
080 Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
081 Franz Ferdinand - Tonight (2009)
082 Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby (2004)
083 Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro (2008)
084 M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003)
085 Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006)
086 Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young (2009)
087 The Human League - Secrets (2001)
088 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
089 The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth (2006)
090 The Cure - The Cure (2004)
091 Peaches - I Feel Cream (2009)
092 Goldfrapp - Supernature (2005)
093 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
094 Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 (2006)
095 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
096 Björk - Selmasongs (2000)
097 Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles (2004)
098 Girls Aloud - Chemistry (2005)
099 New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005)
100 St. Vincent - Actor (2009)

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:58:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/07/2011 21:58

Well, here's a list of what I consider to be the best since 2000

1. Since I Left You The Avalanches
2. Discovery Daft Punk
3. Is This It The Strokes
4. Turn on the Bright Lights Interpol
5. Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem
6. The Blueprint Jay-Z
7. Original Pirate Material The Streets
8. Silent Shout The Knife
9. Plastic Beach Gorillaz
10.Up the Bracket The Libertines

For best bands/Artists, I would have to say Radiohead, Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, and Spoon.

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 14:21:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/07/2011 18:21

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising is one of the best by an artist who established themselves well before the 21st Century.

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Boogn1sh — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:50:09 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 10/07/2011 17:50

itsit wrote:

4: Angles - The Strokes
8: Is This It - The Strokes

Seriously?

I might have already posted on this thread, here' is what has stuck with me
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Madvillian - Madvillainy
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Scott Walker - The Drift
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
The Rapture - Echoes
Brian Wilson - Smile
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Outkast - Stankonia
The Strokes - Is This It
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Converge - Jane Doe
Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

alelsupreme — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:42:24 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 10/07/2011 16:42

1: Velociraptor - Kasabian
2: Funeral - Arcade Fire
3: Biophilla - Bjork
4: Angles - The Strokes
5: Lungs - Florence And The Machine
6: Fire - Electric Six
7: Congratulations - MGMT
8: Is This It - The Strokes
9: La Roux - La Roux
10: Twelve Stops & Home - The Feeling

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

GARY — Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:47:35 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 10/07/2011 13:47

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Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:44:25 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/22/2009 22:44

I've got everything up to Gimme Fiction, and those are my favorites as well. I really need to get a hold of Ga x5 because I've heard nothing but good things, and then I just read a good writeup of their upcoming album (transference?) in Texas Monthly.

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

The Gollux — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:29:24 GMT

Author: The Gollux

Posted: 12/22/2009 17:29

purple wrote:

Anyone have any love for Spoon?

love spoon!!! most of their albums are great. my favorites are "kill the moon light" and "a series of sneaks".

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:55:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/22/2009 16:55

Anyone have any love for Spoon?

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:26:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/21/2009 18:26

My favourites have been

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Radiohead - Kid A
The National - Boxer
Sigur Ros - Takk
The Strokes - Is This It
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Portishead - Third
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
DJ Shadow - The Private Press
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life
Mum - Finally We Are No One
Four Tet - Rounds
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:19:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/21/2009 17:19

[quote="Freddie55"]1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007) and Funeral (2004)[/quote]

I had forgotten these guys were Canadian; I don't remember who ran the list but it was a Canadian pbulication publishing "the best Canadian albums." I was happy to see these guys up there with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. I remember Harvest was #1.

Oh and a revised thing:
!. The Strokes- Is This It?
@. Radiohead- Kid A
#. Spoon- Kill the Moonlight
$. Modest Mouse- Moon and Antarctica
%. Arcade Fire- Funeral
honorable mentions in White Stripes' Elephant and I'm still listening through Animal Collective...

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

cartoken — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:35:49 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:35

My top 2000s albums

1- The Strokes, Is This It

2- TV on the Radio, Dear Science
3- Coldplay, A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
4- Coldplay, PARACHUTE
5- Radiohead, In Rainbows
6- The Strokes, Room on fire
7- Radiohead, Amnesiac
8- Radiohead,Kid A
9- Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever To Tell
10- Santogold, Santogold

and my best 2000s artists:

1- The Strokes
2- Radiohead
3- Coldplay

😎

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Freddie55 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:31:09 GMT

Author: Freddie55

Posted: 12/21/2009 08:31

A Whack of My Favourite 21st Century Albums by Canadian Artists:

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007) and Funeral (2004)
2. Sarah Slean - Orphan Music (2006)
3. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer (2009)
4. Matthew Good - Vancouver (2009), Hospital Music (2007) and Avalanche (2003)
5. Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (2008) and Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000)
7. The New Pornographers - Challengers (2007), Twin Cinema (2005), Electric Version (2003) and Mass Romantic (2000)
8. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams (2008) and Destroyer's Rubies (2006)
9. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007)
10. Leonard Cohen - Live in London (2009)
11. Islands - Return to the Sea (2006)
12. Metric - Fantasies (2009)
13. Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise (2006)
14. Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky (2007)
15. Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs (And Around in Your Heart and on Through Your Blood) (2008)
16. The Dears - Gang of Losers (2006) and No Cities Left (2003)
17. Forest City Lovers - Haunting Moon Sinking (2008)
18. The Sadies - New Seasons (2007)
19. The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour (2007) and Reconstruction Site (2003)
20. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels (2009)
21. Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (2006) and Has a Good Home (2005)
22. Black Mountain - In the Future (2008)
23. Constantines - Shine a Light (2003)
24. Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue (2008)
25. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

bdeem1991 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:15:11 GMT

Author: bdeem1991

Posted: 12/21/2009 07:15

Top ten albums of the decade (in my opinion):
1. Whatever People Say I Am That's What I Am Not- Arctic Monkeys
2. In Rainbows- Radiohead
3. Is This It- The Strokes
4. Hot Fuss- The Killers
5. Funeral- Arcade Fire
6. Aha Shake Heartbreak- Kings Of Leon
7. Dear Science- TV On The Radio
8. Kid A- Radiohead
9. The Moon & Antarctica- Modest Mouse
10. Boys & Girls In America- The Hold Steady

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

40footwolf — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:58:37 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 12/17/2009 04:58

40footwolf's Favorite Albums of the 21st Century: Expanded and Remastered

1. The Moon and Antarctica-Modest Mouse
2. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots-The Flaming Lips
3. Traced In Air-Cynic
4. Lateralus-Tool
5. Songs For The Deaf-Queens of the Stone Age
6. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed-Los Campesinos!
7. Drunken Lullabies-Flogging Molly
8. Tallahassee-The Mountain Goats
9. Boxer-The National
10. Akuma No Uta-Boris
11. Oracular Spectacular-MGMT
12. Relationship of Command-At The Drive-In
13. Mirrored-Battles
14. Crack The Skye-Mastodon
15. Renegades-Rage Against The Machine
16. Fort Nightly-White Rabbits
17. Stay Positive-The Hold Steady
18. Gimme Fiction-Spoon
19. Apologies To The Queen Mary-Wolf Parade
20. Superabundance-Young Knives
21. Hold Your Horse Is-Hella
22. Gods of the Earth-The Sword
23. Dopesmoker-Sleep
24. Cum Laude!-The Velvet Teen
25. Manners-Passion Pit

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:02:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/17/2009 01:02

Haven't heard as much from this decade as others, but here goes a top 5...

!. Strokes- Is This It?
@. Spoon- Kill the Moonlight
#. White Stripes- Elephant
$. Radiohead- Kid A
%. Arcade Fire- Funeral

Pretty generic, and I've only started listening to Merriweather Post Pavillion and Moon & Antarctica in the past couple days...

People have said there's nothing groundbreaking going on this decade, and though I haven't heard much from this decade, I think this is a decade of the tightest batch of albums of any other decade I've heard. Yes, it's not as creative as earlier decades, but very pleasing to listen to. It's funny because even though the 00s are a "song" culture I think earlier decades depended on basing a good album on three or four good songs (while one or two might even be skippable) and from what I've heard of this decade there are more cohesive albums, but without those songs of intense creativity.

Re: Best/your favourite 21st century albums

Freddie55 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:09:58 GMT

Author: Freddie55

Posted: 12/11/2009 19:09

My Top 20 of the 21st Century

Radiohead - Kid A
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Veils - Nux Vomica
My Morning Jacket - Z
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot