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#1 2009-08-28 07:34:30
- josh
- Ha! Ha!
So Its the End of the Decade...
Every so often that realization pops in my head and I start going through my favorite albums. A decade is a long time and you really have to reach back a bit. Its impossible not to overlook a few. Remember when Discovery first came out. Kid A? I have a couple albums I know would go on my list, and I'll throw those down now, but there's plenty more thinking to be done. Hopefully we can rediscover some of the hallmarks of the decade.
In no particular order (though I may try to order them later).
Daft Punk - Discovery
Radiohead - Kid A
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Brian Wilson - Smile
The While Stripes - White Blood Cells
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem / Sound of Silver
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
There are a lot more in my head, but i'll be plopping em' down as I convince myself they belong on the list.
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#2 2009-08-28 13:20:08
- weatherfish
- picasso stole
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
Every time I realize we're about to leave the 2000's it BLOWZ MY MIND. What do we call this decade when we talk about it in retrospect? The oh's? The two-thousands? The oughts?
I'll get my list put together tonight
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#3 2009-08-29 15:17:29
#4 2009-09-02 09:57:53
- Damzk
- Admin
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
My Top 5
1 Black Dice - Broken Ear Record
2 Double Leopards - Halve Maen
3 Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
4 Venetian Snares - Songs About My Cats
5 M.I.A. - Kala
Sonic Youth is my all time favorite band, so everything they release goes to a list of favorites even though they're not groundbreaking, for the future of music anyway, for about 15 years.
Kid A is superb. Because Radiohead was already huge before releasing it I'm not putting at the Top 5. I know it doesn't make much sense, more like an iconoclastic kind of thing. But it's one of my all time favorite albums.
Some brilliant stuff in no order
Charalambides - Joy Shapes
Ladytron - 604
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Boris - Pink
Xiu Xiu - A Promise
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Magnetic Drugs
Chicks on Speed - Will Save Us All!
Vibracathedral Orchestra - Dabbling With Gravity and Who You Are
Magik Markers - I Trust My Guitar, ETC
There are more, that's for sure.
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#5 2009-09-02 13:19:39
- nitzua
- connoisseur of grass
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
Damzk wrote:
Sonic Youth is my all time favorite band, so everything they release goes to a list of favorites even though they're not groundbreaking, for the future of music anyway, for about 15 years.
That idea is pretty much what comprised my whole list. I think I'll go back and edit it.
In the spirit of stuff that was truly groundbreaking and belongs on a list of such records from the 00's, I can only select a few from my list:
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
I really think these two bands did a ton for bringing skillful blues guitar work back to it's rightful place in music. Simple, quick riffs aren't always bad, but were definitely over-saturating the market. The fact that both bands have only two members also says a lot, considering the amount of good noise they can make.
Lil' Wayne - The Carter 2
Lil' Wayne - Dedication 2
The Carter 2 was Wayne just starting to kick into his prime. You really can almost hear it clicking in during the album. The next Carter would go on to be the biggest album of 2008.
Wayne really made the hip-hop mixtape amazingly huge and set the bar very high with Dedication 2. Great stuff, cover to cover, and it really wasn't sold in stores at all. It kinda made all other rappers go 'if he's making stuff this good when he isn't even working on a full-blown album, what's his album gonna be like?'. I love the intimidation by sheer quality factor of it.
/ηitzua™
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#6 2009-12-28 15:04:08
- josh
- Ha! Ha!
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
In the tradition of High Fidelity, I'll go with my top five mostly because its so damn hard and probably unfair to rank one's expressions.
5. Strokes - This is it
4. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. Radiohead - Kid A
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Honorable mentions:
Kanye West - College Dropout
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
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#7 2009-12-29 20:21:00
- Greg
- Space Sex
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
If 2001 was the new millennium, then isn't 2011 the new decade?
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#8 2009-12-30 07:54:47
#9 2009-12-30 22:58:55
- biftek.
- Mr. Fox
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
Chromeo - She's in Control
Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (in addition to songs about my cats)
Death From Above 1979 - Heads Up
Converge - Jane Doe
Circle Takes the Square - As The Roots Undo
Botch - We Are The Romans
some of my favorites
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#10 2009-12-31 09:07:59
- nitzua
- connoisseur of grass
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
The White Stripes - De Stijl
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Dead Prez - RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta
The Dead Weather - Horehound
The Cool Kids - Bake Sale
One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion
Brimstone Howl - Guts of Steel
Demon's Claws - Satan's Little Pet Pig
Black Diamond Heavies - Every Damn Time
Lil' Wayne - Dedication 2
Lil' Wayne - The Carter 2
The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Project Pat - Layin' Da Smack Down
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades
Clint Mansell & The Kronos Quartet - Requiem For A Dream Soundtrack
King Khan & The Shrines - The Supreme Genius Of
Black Lips - Good, Bad, Not Evil
Ratatat - Ratatat
there's my revised list.
truth be told, i'd probably add other albums from most of these artists, but these are my absolute favorites.
/ηitzua™
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#11 2009-12-31 09:37:04
- licorice allsorts
- flip my switch pls
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
The Creek Drank the Cradle
Iron & Wine
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Oh, Inverted World
The Shins
Discovery
Daft Punk
Give Up
The Postal Service
Geogaddi
Boards of Canada
These Promises Are Being Videotaped
El Ten Eleven
Microcastle
Deerhunter
Rings Around the World
SFA
Ratatat
Ratatat
Lot of great stuff this past ten years.
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#12 2010-01-06 02:10:15
- Damzk
- Admin
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
I'd like to add to my mentions
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
something from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio and Khanate
The first CSS album is pure joy & fun
Also, I really like some of the choices you all made.
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#13 2010-01-11 23:20:43
- Greg
- Space Sex
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
josh wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade
tomorrow is the end of the ten years before it.
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#14 2010-01-20 09:09:19
- senex
- dinkin' flicka
Re: So Its the End of the Decade...
Explosions in the Sky - Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Pedro the Lion - Control
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
To name a few from the early part of the decade that have continued to be played without tiring.
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