tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84666420514514402532012-01-24T20:27:49.348-08:00menoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-80935718351838993892009-12-14T18:57:00.000-08:002009-12-14T18:58:24.138-08:00http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6922991.ece<br /><br />Another slightly Brit-centric list:<br /><br />1. Kid A - Radiohead<br />2. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse<br />3. In Rainbows - Radiohead<br />4. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast<br />5. Blackout - Britney Spears<br />6. Is This It - The Strokes<br />7. Coles Corner - Richard Hawley<br />8. Elephant - The White Stripes<br />9. Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss<br />10. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow<br />11. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys<br />12. Original Pirate Material - The Streets<br />13. The College Dropout - Kanye West<br />14. Made in the Dark - Hot Chip<br />15. The Letting Go - Bonnie Prince Billy<br />16. Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp<br />17. Viva la Vida or Death & All His Friends - Coldplay<br />18. Kala - M.I.A<br />19. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes<br />20. The Good the Bad & the Queen - The Good the Bad & the Queen<br />21. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem<br />22. Magic - Bruce Springsteen<br />23. Alright, Still - Lily Allen<br />24. Untrue - Burial<br />25. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<br />26. Ys - Joanna Newsom<br />27. Maths + English - Dizzee Rascal<br />28. The Greatest - Cat Power<br />29. Confessions on a Dancefloor - Madonna<br />30 The Ecstatic - Mos Def<br />31. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes<br />32. Justified - Justin Timberlake<br />33. Nixon - Lambchop<br />34. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - P. J. Harvey<br />35. Funeral - Arcade Fire<br />36. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips<br />37. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys<br />38. Love and Theft - Bob Dylan<br />39. Field Music - Field Music<br />40. Run Come Save Me - Roots Manuva<br />41. Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team<br />42. Smile - Brian Wilson<br />43. Tender Buttons - Broadcast<br />44. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem<br />45. Panic Prevention - Jamie T<br />46. Reality - David Bowie<br />47. Demon Days - Gorillaz<br />48. The Information - Beck<br />49. Up the Bracket - The Libertines<br />50. Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man<br />51. Dimanche à Bamako - Amadou & Mariam<br />52. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen<br />53. Elegia - Paolo Conte<br />54. 29 - Ryan Adams<br />55. The Futureheads - The Futureheads<br />56. Employment - Kaiser Chiefs<br />57. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds<br />58. Miss E ... So Addictive - Missy Elliott<br />59. Beautiful World - Take That<br />60. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand<br />61. Who is Jill Scott? - Jill Scott<br />62. Tangle Up - Girls Aloud<br />63. 10,000Hz - Legend Air<br />64. Black Holes & Revelations - Muse<br />65. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters<br />66. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver<br />67. The Blueprint - Jay-Z<br />68. Vespertine - Björk<br />69. Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy<br />70. Looking for a Day in the Night - The Lilac Time<br />71. Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay<br />72. Fever Ray - Fever Ray<br />73. A Lick on the Tip of an Envelope yet to be Sent - Circulus<br />74. Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs<br />75. Lay it Down - Al Green<br />76. Speech Therapy - Speech Debelle<br />77. The XX - The XX<br />78. Chaos & Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney<br />79. The Radio Tisdas Sessions - Tinariwen<br />80. Cross - Justice<br />81. Primary Colours - The Horrors<br />82. Holy F*** - Holy F***<br />83. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires<br />84. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords<br />85. Just Beyond the River - James Yorkston & the Athletes<br />86. Geogaddi - Boards of Canada<br />87. Candylion - Gruff Rhys<br />88. Finisterre - Saint Etienne<br />89. 22 Dreams - Paul Weller<br />90. Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun<br />91. Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs<br />92. Youth and Young Manhood - Kings of Leon<br />93. React or Die - Butcher Boy<br />94. Tarot Sport - F*** Buttons<br />95. American III: Solitary Man - Johnny Cash<br />96. The Transfiguration of Vincent - M. Ward<br />97. Youth Novels - Lykke Li<br />98. By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers<br />99. Surprise - Paul Simon<br />100. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-8093571835183899389?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-85751521632597741682009-12-07T07:37:00.000-08:002009-12-07T07:38:04.621-08:00This is the UK's answer to a Pitchfork list, it would seem.<br /><br />50 DANGER MOUSE The Grey Album<br />49 DESTINY'S CHILD Survivor<br />48 RACHEL UNTHANK AND THE WINTERSET The Bairns<br />47 THE WHITE STRIPES White Blood Cells<br />46 THE LIBERTINES Up the Bracket<br />45 OUTKAST Stankonia<br />44 ANDY PALACIO & THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE Wátina<br />43 THE STREETS A Grand Don't Come for Free<br />42 BADLY DRAWN BOY The Hour of Bewilderbeast<br />41 SIGUR ROS ( )<br />40 PJ HARVEY Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea<br />39 AMADOU AND MARIAM Dimanche à Bamako<br />38 KONONO NO 1 Congotronics<br />37 BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago<br />36 JAY-Z The Blueprint<br />35 ELBOW The Seldom Seen Kid<br />34 SYSTEM OF A DOWN Toxicity<br />33 FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand<br />32 EST Seven Days of Falling<br />31 MIA Kala<br />30 THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN The Good, the Bad & the Queen<br />29 EMINEM The Marshall Mathers LP<br />28 SUFJAN STEVENS Come on Feel the Illinoise<br />27 GOTAN PROJECTLa Revancha del Tango<br />26 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS I Am a Bird Now<br />25 TOM WAITS Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards<br />24 TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science<br />23 BOB DYLAN Love and Theft<br />22 RADIOHEAD In Rainbows<br />21 KINGS OF LEON Aha Shake Heartbreak<br />20 LILY ALLEN Alright, Still<br />19 KANYE WEST Late Registration<br />18 ALI FARKA TOURE Savane<br />17 PRIMAL SCREAM Xtrmntr<br />16 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Songs for the Deaf<br />15 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver<br />14 DIZZEE RASCAL Boy in Da Corner<br />13 JAMIE T Panic Prevention<br />12 JOHNNY CASH American III: Solitary Man<br />11 GORILLAZ Demon Days<br />10 BURIAL Untrue<br />09 SALIF KEITA Moffou<br />08 JAY-Z The Black Album<br />07 THE WHITE STRIPES Elephant<br />06 AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black<br />05 ARCADE FIRE Funeral<br />04 THE STROKES Is This It<br />03 ARCTIC MONKEYS Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not<br />02 RADIOHEAD Kid A<br />01 THE STREETS Original Pirate Material<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-8575152163259774168?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-62761032550301869682009-12-07T07:22:00.000-08:002009-12-22T17:45:32.185-08:00In alphabetical order - so you can't just skip ahead to see the Top 10! Looks like they did consider a lot of genres.<br /><br />01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls <br />02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion <br />03. The Arcade Fire: Funeral <br />04. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas <br />05. Beyonce: Dangerously In Love <br />06. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago <br />07. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning <br />08. Burial: Untrue <br />09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: S/T <br />10. Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway <br />11. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head <br />12. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album <br />13. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism <br />14. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife <br />15. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP <br />16. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots <br />17. Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión Segun San Marcos (Saint Mark's Passion) <br />18. Green Day: American Idiot <br />19. Iron And Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days <br />20. Jay-Z: The Blueprint <br />21. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me <br />22. Juanes: Fijate Bien <br />23. LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver <br />24. Lil’ Wayne: Tha Carter III <br />25. Little Brother: The Listening <br />26. M.I.A.: Kala <br />27. Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet <br />28. Mastodon: Leviathan <br />29. Jason Moran: Black Stars <br />30. OutKast: Stankonia <br />31. Brad Paisley: 5th Gear <br />32. Panda Bear: Person Pitch <br />33. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand <br />34. The Postal Service: Give Up <br />35. Radiohead: In Rainbows <br />36. Radiohead: Kid A <br />37. Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 <br />38. Sigur Ros: ( ) <br />39. Britney Spears: In The Zone <br />40. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois <br />41. The Strokes: Is This It <br />42. The Swell Season: Once Soundtrack <br />43. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart Of The Moon <br />44. TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain <br />45. Various: Garden State Soundtrack <br />46. Various: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack <br />47. Kanye West: The College Dropout <br />48. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells <br />49. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot <br />50. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-6276103255030186968?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-54829018078518322652009-12-07T07:17:00.000-08:002009-12-07T07:18:39.477-08:00This London music mag tends to focus on more classic rock artists than others, but still makes a good list.<br /><br />150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time<br />149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble<br />148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand<br />147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain<br />146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues<br />145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days<br />144 - Robert Wyatt Comicopera<br />143 - Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs<br />142 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell<br />141 - Rahel Unthank and the Winterset The Bairns<br />140 - Espers Espers II<br />139 - Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below<br />138 - Wilco Sky Blue Sky<br />137 - Elliott Smith From a Basement on a Hill<br />136 - The Strokes Room on Fire<br />135 - Willard Grant Conspiracy Regard the End<br />134 - Radiohead Hail to the Thief<br />133 - Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions<br />132 - Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark<br />131 - Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head<br />130 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!<br />129 - Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out<br />128 - Antony and the Johnsons I Am A Bird Now<br />127 - The Handsome Family In the Air<br />126 - Neil Young Prairie Wind<br />125 - The Hold Steady Stay Positive<br />124 - Brightback Morning Light Brightback Morning Light<br />123 - Doves The Last Broadcast<br />122 - Donald Fagen Morph the Cat<br />121 - Hot Chip The Warning<br />120 - MGMT Oracular Spectacular<br />119 - Scritti Politti White Bread, Black Beer<br />118 - Super Furry Animals Love Kraft<br />117 - At the Drive-In Relationship of Command<br />116 - Sufjan Stevens - Michigan<br />115 - Steven Malkmus & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash<br />114 - The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely<br />113 - The Shins Chutes Too Narrow<br />112 - Beirut The Flying Club Cup<br />111 - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins Rabbit Furcoat<br />110 - Steely Dan Everything Must Go<br />109 - The White Stripes Icky Thump<br />108 - Comets on Fire Avatar<br />107 - Paul Westerberg Come Feel Me Tremble<br />106 - The Go-Betweens The Friends of Rachel Worth<br />105 - Steely Dan Two Against Nature<br />104 - Grizzly Bear Veckatimest<br />103 - Missy Elliott Miss E...So Addictive<br />102 - The Felice Brothers The Felice Brothers<br />101 - Neko Case Blacklisted<br />100 - Jim O'Rourke Insignificance<br />99 - Babyshambles Down in Albion<br />98 - The Avalanches Since I Left You<br />97 - Paul Weller 22 Dreams<br />96 - Rufus Wainwright Want One<br />95 - Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump<br />94 - Devendra Banhart Oh Me Oh My...<br />93 - The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free<br />92 - Tom Waits Real Gone<br />91 - John Cale HoboSapiens<br />90 - Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning<br />89 - Neil Young Living With War<br />88 - The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan<br />87 - Queens of the Stone Age Rated R<br />86 - PJ Harvey White Chalk<br />85 - MIA Arular<br />84 - David Bowie Heathen<br />83 - Outkast Stankonia<br />82 - Drive-By Truckers The Dirty South<br />81 - Okkervil River The Stage Names<br />80 - Levon Helm Electric Dirt<br />79 - Kings of Leon Only By the Night<br />78 - Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man<br />77 - Kanye West The College Dropout<br />76 - Beck Seachange<br />75 - Gorillaz Demon Days<br />74 - Elbow Asleep in the Black<br />73 - Elliott Smith Figure 8<br />72 - Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl<br />71 - TV on the Radio Dear Science<br />70 - The Good, The Bad & The Queen The Good, The Bad & The Queen<br />69 - Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare<br />68 - D'Angelo Voodoo<br />67 - Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther<br />66 - Jay-Z The Blueprint<br />65 - Rufus Wainwright Poses<br />64 - Lift to Experience The Texas-Jerasulem Crossroads<br />63 - The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang<br />62 - Ghostface Killah Fishscale<br />61 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Lyre of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues<br />60 - Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose<br />59 - The White Stripes De Stijl<br />58 - Bob Dylan - Together Through Life<br />57 - Robert Wyatt Cukooland<br />56 - Sonic Youth Murray Street<br />55 - Bjork Vespertine<br />54 - Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs<br />53 - Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights<br />52 - Dizzee Rascal Boy in Da Corner<br />51 - Warren Zevon The Wind<br />50 - Cat Power The Greatest<br />49 - PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea<br />48 - Ry Cooder Chavez Ravine<br />47 - The National Alligator<br />46 - Drive-By Truckers Souther Rock Opera<br />45 - Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me<br />44 - The Libertines Up the Bracket<br />43 - The Streets Original Pirate Material<br />42 - Richmond Fontaine Post to Wire<br />41 - Bruce Springsteen Magic<br />40 - Boards of Canada Geogaddi<br />39 - Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend<br />38 - Ryan Adams Gold<br />37 - The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers<br />36 - Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around<br />35 - Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot<br />34 - Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago<br />33 - Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion<br />32 - Calexico Feast of Wire<br />31 - My Morning Jacket It Still Moves<br />30 - Sufjan Stevens Illinois<br />29 - Neil Young Chrome Dreams II<br />28 - Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf<br />27 - The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America<br />26 - Lambchop Nixonland<br />25 - Radiohead Kid A<br />24 - Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not<br />23 - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man Out of Season<br />22 - Blur Think Thank<br />21 - Joanna Newsom Ys<br />20 - Amy Winehouse Back to Black<br />19 - Bruce Springsteen The Rising<br />18 - Kate Bush Aerial<br />17 - The White Stripes - Elephant<br />16 - LCD Soundsytem Sound of Silver<br />15 - Radiohead In Rainbows<br />14 - Primal Scream XTRMNTR<br />13 - Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)<br />12 - Portishead Third<br />11 - The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots<br />10 - Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes<br />9 - Ryan Adams Heartbreaker<br />8 - Bob Dylan Modern Times<br />7 - The Arcade Fire Funeral<br />6 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand<br />5 - The Strokes Is This It<br />4 - Brian Wilson Smile<br />3 - Wilco A Ghost is Born<br />2 - Bob Dylan Love and Theft<br />1 - The White Stripes White Blood Cells<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-5482901807851832265?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-49457819747415359122009-12-07T07:05:00.000-08:002009-12-07T07:07:01.608-08:00Showing just half the list here, but you get a pretty good idea of their staff's tastes.<br /><br /> 1. Radiohead, Kid A<br /> 2. Jay-Z, The Blueprint<br /> 3. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights<br /> 4. Outkast, Stankonia<br /> 5. The Avalanches, Since I Left You<br /> 6. Sigur Ros, Ágætis Byrjun<br /> 7. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antarctica<br /> 8. The White Stripes,White Blood Cells<br /> 9. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs<br /> 10. The Streets, Original Pirate Material<br /> 11. Wilco, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel<br /> 12. Daft Punk, Discovery<br /> 13. Madvillain, Madvillainy<br /> 14. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight<br /> 15. Dizzee Rascal, Boy in the Corner<br /> 16. The Strokes, Is This It<br /> 17. Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun<br /> 18. Devendra BanhartRejoicing in the Hands<br /> 19. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele<br /> 20. The Books, The Lemon of Pink<br /> 21. Radiohead, Amnesiac<br /> 22. The Microphones, The Glow, Pt. 2<br /> 23. The Notwist, Neon Golden<br /> 24. Boards of Canada, Geogaddi<br /> 25. Brian Wilson, SMiLE<br /> 26. Fennesz, Endless Summer<br /> 27. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot it In People<br /> 28. Liars, They Threw Us All In a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top<br /> 29. Fugazi, The Argument<br /> 30. Clinic, Internal Wrangler<br /> 31. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The Tyranny of Distance<br /> 32. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots<br /> 33. Missy Elliot, Under Construction<br /> 34. Sufjan Stevens, Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State<br /> 35. Jay-Z, The Black Album<br /> 36. The Streets, A Grand Don't Come for Free<br /> 37. Ghostface, The Pretty Toney Album<br /> 38. The Rapture, Echoes<br /> 39. Radiohead, Hail to the Thief<br /> 40. The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat<br /> 41. Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven<br /> 42. Manitoba, Up In Flames<br /> 43. Mclusky, Do Dallas<br /> 44. Deerhoof, Apple O'<br /> 45. The Arcade Fire, Funeral<br /> 46. TV on the Radio, Young Liars e.p.<br /> 47. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow<br /> 48. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Source Tags and Codes<br /> 49. Lightning Bolt, Wonderful Rainbow<br /> 50. Kanye West, The College Dropout<br /> 51. Prefuse 75, One Word Extinguisher/Extinguished<br /> 52. Max Tundra, Mastered by Guy at the Exchange<br /> 53. The Dismemberment Plan, Change<br /> 54. Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender<br /> 55. Cannibal Ox, The Cold Vein<br /> 56. The Postal Service, Give Up<br /> 57. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak<br /> 58. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell<br /> 59. M.I.A./Diplo, Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1<br /> 60. Spoon, Girls Can Tell<br /> 61. The Books, Thought for Food<br /> 62. Iron & Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle<br /> 63. Cat Power, You Are Free<br /> 64. Animal Collective, Here Come the Indians<br /> 65. Basement Jaxx, Rooty<br /> 66. Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash<br /> 67. Herbert, Bodily Functions<br /> 68. 2 Many DJs, As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Vol. 2<br /> 69. Erlend Øye, DJ-Kicks<br /> 70. Sonic Youth, Murray Street<br /> 71. The Shins, Oh, Inverted World<br /> 72. Sleater-Kinney, One Beat<br /> 73. Deerhoof, Reveille<br /> 74. Aesop Rock, Labor Days<br /> 75. M83, Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts<br /> 76. Missy Elliot, Miss E...So Addictive<br /> 77. The Wrens, The Meadowlands<br /> 78. The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic<br /> 79. The Go! Team, Thunder Lightning Strike<br /> 80. Annie, Anniemal<br /> 81. Les Savy Fav, Rome (Written Upside Down)<br /> 82. King Geedorah, Take Me to Your Leader<br /> 83. Prefuse 75, Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives<br /> 84. Mu, Afro Finger and Gel<br /> 85. Keith Fullerton Whitman, Playthroughs<br /> 86. Björk, Medulla<br /> 87. Ekkehard Ehlers, Plays<br /> 88. Viktor Vaughn, Vaudeville Villain<br /> 89. Franz Ferdinand, s/t<br /> 90. DJ/Rupture, Minesweeper Suite<br /> 91. Yo La Tengo, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out<br /> 92. The Clientele, Suburban Light<br /> 93. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP<br /> 94. The Strokes, Room on Fire<br /> 95. Unwound, Leaves Turn Inside You<br /> 96. The Decemberists, Castaways & Cutouts<br /> 97. Black Dice, Beaches and Canyons<br /> 98. Clipse, Lord Willin'<br /> 99. The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone<br /> 100. Various Artists, DFA Compilation #2<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-4945781974741535912?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-26128036160452994882009-12-07T07:02:00.001-08:002009-12-07T07:03:31.730-08:00A somewhat predictable list considering it's from a Chicago music magazine. A ton of typical alternative/indie albums in this list. Published November 2, 2009.<br /><br />http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/the-best-albums-of-the-decade.html<br /><br />50. Björk: Vespertine [Elektra] 2001<br />49. Libertines: Up The Bracket [Rough Trade] (2002)<br />48. Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose [Interscope] (2004)<br />47. Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not [Domino] (2006)<br />46. Once: Music From The Motion Picture [Columbia] (2007)<br />45. Radiohead: In Rainbows [Self-released] (2007)<br />44. The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music [Lost Highway] (2003)<br />43. Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian] (2007)<br />42. Jay-Z: The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella] (2001)<br />41. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver [Capitol] (2007)<br />40. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain [Interscope] (2006)<br />39. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible [Merge] (2007)<br />38. Gentleman Jesse: Introducing Gentleman Jesse [Douchemaster] (2008)<br />37. Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)<br />36. Pedro The Lion: Control [Jade Tree] (2002)<br />35. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] (2009)<br />34. Various artists: O Brother Where Art Thou? [Mercury] (2001)<br />33. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head [Capitol] (2002)<br />32. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots [Warner Bros.] (2002)<br />31. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism [Barsuk] (2003)<br />30. Damien Rice: O [Vector] (2003)<br />29. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago [Jagjaguwar] (2008)<br />28. Paul Westerberg: Folker [Vagrant] (2004)<br />27. Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day [New West] (2003)<br />26. Over the Rhine: Ohio (2004)<br />25. Sigur Rós: Med ud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust [XL] (2008)<br />24. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow [Sub Pop] (2003)<br />23. Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker [Bloodshot] (2000)<br />22. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife [Capitol] (2006)<br />21. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend [XL] (2008)<br />20. The National: Boxer [Beggars Banquet] (2007)<br />19. Beck: Sea Change [Interscope] (2002)<br />18. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black [Universal Republic] (2007)<br />17. Kanye West: The College Dropout [Roc-A-Fella] (2004)<br />16. Rufus Wainwright: Want One [Dreamworks] (2003) <br />15. Patty Griffin: 1000 Kisses [ATO] (2002)<br />14. The Strokes: Is This It [RCA] (2001)<br />13. Josh Ritter: The Animal Years [V2] (2006)<br />12. Spoon: Kill the Moonlight [Merge] (2002)<br />11. The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America [Vagrant] (2006)<br />10. M.I.A.: Arular [Interscope] (2005)<br />9. The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You [Columbia/American] (2009)<br />8. OutKast: Stankonia [Arista/LaFace] (2000)<br />7. Gillian Welch: Time (the Revelator) [Acony] (2001)<br />6. The White Stripes: Elephant [V2] (2003)<br />5. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning [Saddle Creek] (2005)<br />4. Radiohead: Kid A [Capitol] (2000)<br />3. Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge] (2004)<br />2. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch] (2002)<br />1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty] (2005)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-2612803616045299488?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-57486268680702115542009-11-20T19:45:00.000-08:002009-11-20T19:58:43.333-08:00A <a href="http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049">very Brit/Euro-centric list</a> also featuring more uptempo garagey/post-punk/new-wave influenced bands than most (but that's not a bad thing!)<br /><br />1. The Strokes – 'Is This It'<br />2. The Libertines – 'Up The Bracket'<br />3. Primal Scream – 'XTRMNTR'<br />4. Arctic Monkeys – 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'<br />5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Fever To Tell'<br />6. PJ Harvey – 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea'<br />7. Arcade Fire – 'Funeral'<br />8. Interpol – 'Turn On The Bright Lights'<br />9. The Streets – 'Original Pirate Material'<br />10. Radiohead – 'In Rainbows'<br />11. At The Drive In – 'Relationship Of Command'<br />12. LCD Soundsystem – 'Sound Of Silver'<br />13. The Shins – 'Wincing The Night Away'<br />14. Radiohead – 'Kid A'<br />15. Queens Of The Stone Age – 'Songs For The Deaf'<br />16. The Streets – 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'<br />17. Sufjan Stevens – 'Illinois'<br />18. The White Stripes – 'Elephant'<br />19. The White Stripes – 'White Blood Cells'<br />20. Blur – 'Think Tank'<br />21. The Coral – 'The Coral'<br />22. Jay-Z – 'The Blueprint'<br />23. Klaxons – 'Myths Of The Near Future'<br />24. The Libertines – 'The Libertines'<br />25. The Rapture – 'Echoes'<br />26. Dizzee Rascal – 'Boy in Da Corner'<br />27. Amy Winehouse – 'Back To Black'<br />28. Johnny Cash – 'The Man Comes Around'<br />29. Super Furry Animals – 'Rings Around The World'<br />30. Elbow – 'Asleep In The Back'<br />31. Bright Eyes – 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'<br />32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Show Your Bones'<br />33. Arcade Fire – 'Neon Bible'<br />34. Grandaddy – 'The Sophtware Slump'<br />35. Babyshambles – 'Down In Albion'<br />36. Spirtualized – 'Let it Come Down'<br />37. The Knife – 'Silent Shout'<br />38. Bloc Party – 'Silent Alarm'<br />39. Crystal Castles – 'Crystal Castles'<br />40. Ryan Adams – 'Gold'<br />41. Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'<br />42. Vampire Weekend – 'Vampire Weekend'<br />43. Wilco – 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'<br />44. Outkast – 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'<br />45. Avalanches – 'Since I Left You'<br />46. The Delgados – 'The Great Eastern'<br />47. Brendan Benson – 'Lapalco'<br />48. The Walkmen – 'Bows and Arrows'<br />49. Muse – 'Absolution'<br />50. MIA – 'Arular'<br />51. The Good, The Bad And The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen<br />52. Rufus Wainwright - Poses<br />53. Jamie T - Panic Prevention<br />54. The Golden Virgins - Songs Of Praise<br />55. Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV<br />56. My Morning Jacket - Z<br />57. Outkast - Stankonia<br />58. Liars - Drum's Not Dead<br />59. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America<br />60. Green Day - American Idiot<br />61. The National - Alligator<br />62. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R<br />63. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven<br />64. The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters<br />65. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations<br />66. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling<br />67. Botch - We Are The Romans<br />68. The Horrors - Primary Colours<br />69. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle<br />70. Glasvegas - Glasvegas<br />71. Brian Wilson - Smile<br />72. MIA - Kala<br />73. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People<br />74. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me<br />75. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow<br />76. Capdown - Civil Disobedients<br />77. Isobel Campbell - Ballad Of The Broken Seas<br />78. Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant<br />79. Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood<br />80. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album<br />81. Field Music - Field Music<br />82. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas<br />83. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim<br />84. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch<br />85. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me<br />86. The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead<br />87. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago<br />88. Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go<br />89. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight<br />90. Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves<br />91. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends<br />92. The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers<br />93. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah<br />94. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog<br />95. Bjork - Vespertine<br />96. Shellac - Excellent<br />97. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun<br />98. Gorillaz - Demon Days<br />99. The Maccabees - Colour It In<br />100. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-5748626868070211554?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466642051451440253.post-1738499554863465892009-11-20T17:50:00.001-08:002009-11-20T17:57:38.144-08:00This is probably my favourite "decade" list that's been posted so far.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-the-decade,35540">http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-music-of-the-decade,35540<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Quick list</span><br /><br />50. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It In People (2002)<br />49. Drive-By Truckers, The Dirty South (2004)<br />48. Mclusky, Do Dallas (2002)<br />47. Girl Talk, Night Ripper (2006)<br />46. Midlake, The Trials Of Van Occupanther (2006)<br />45. The Thermals, The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)<br />44. Devin The Dude, Waitin’ To Inhale (2007)<br />43. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca (2009)<br />42. The Coup, Party Music (2001)<br />41. The Killers, Hot Fuss (2004)<br />40. Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006)<br />39. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (2009)<br />38. TV On The Radio, Return To Cookie Mountain (2006)<br />37. Justin Timberlake, Justified (2002)<br />36. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)<br />35. Clinic, Internal Wrangler (2000)<br />34. Clipse, Lord Willin’ (2002)<br />33. Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism (2003)<br />32. Fugazi, The Argument (2001)<br />31. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (2002)<br />30. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois (2005)<br />29. Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash (2003)<br />28. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele (2000)<br />27. Björk, Vespertine (2001)<br />26. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (2006)<br />25. Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004)<br />24. Beck, Sea Change (2002)<br />23. Missy Elliott, Miss E… So Addictive (2001)<br />22. Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)<br />21. New Pornographers, Mass Romantic (2000)<br />20. Daft Punk, Discovery (2001)<br />19. The Strokes, Is This It (2001)<br />18. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)<br />17. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)<br />16. Interpol, Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)<br />15. Spoon, Kill The Moonlight (2002)<br />14. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver (2007)<br />13. Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun (1999)<br />12. M.I.A., Kala (2007)<br />11. The Walkmen, Bows + Arrows (2004)<br />10. The National, Alligator (2005)<br />9. Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)<br />8. Arcade Fire, Funeral (2004)<br />7. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antarctica (2000)<br />6. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday (2005)<br />5. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)<br />4. OutKast, Stankonia (2000)<br />3. Radiohead, Kid A (2000)<br />2. Kanye West, The College Dropout (2004)<br />1. The White Stripes, White Blood Cells (2001)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8466642051451440253-173849955486346589?l=homescone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>menoreply@blogger.com0