Post your Album Top 50s for 2000-2009 here...

[Bengt77]

50 / The Twilight Singers / Twilight / 2000
49 / Johnny Cash / American IV: The Man Comes Around / 2002
48 / Camera Obscura / Let's Get Out Of This Country / 2006
47 / Spinvis / Spinvis / 2002
46 / Laurent Garnier / Unreasonable Behaviour / 2000
45 / Band Of Horses / Everything All The Time / 2006
44 / Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot / 2002
43 / The Heliocentrics & Mulatu Astatke / Inspiration Information / 2009
42 / Esbjörn Svensson Trio / Strange Place For Snow / 2002
41 / Depeche Mode / Playing The Angel / 2005
40 / Björk / Vespertine / 2001
39 / TV On The Radio / Dear Science / 2008
38 / The Flaming Lips / Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots / 2002
37 / The Veils / The Runaway Found / 2004
36 / The Field / From Here We Go Sublime / 2007
35 / Burial / Untrue / 2007
34 / Shpongle / Tales Of The Inexpressible / 2001
33 / Sigur Rós / Ágætis Byrjun / 2000
32 / Arab Strap / The Last Romance / 2005
31 / Róisín Murphy / Overpowered / 2007
30 / Lhasa / The Living Road / 2003
29 / Joan As Police Woman / Real Life / 2006
28 / LCD Soundsystem / Sound Of Silver / 2007
27 / Moloko / Statues / 2002
26 / Fink / Distance And Time / 2007
25 / Mansun / Little Kix / 2000
24 / Justin Timberlake / FutureSex/LoveSounds / 2006
23 / Röyksopp / The Understanding / 2005
22 / Eddie Vedder / Into The Wild / 2007
21 / Ozark Henry / Birthmarks / 2001
20 / Booka Shade / Movements / 2006
19 / Sufjan Stevens / Illinois / 2005
18 / Junior Boys / So This Is Goodbye / 2006
17 / Four Tet / Rounds / 2003
16 / Radiohead / Amnesiac / 2001
15 / Sigur Rós / Takk... / 2005
14 / Pulp / We Love life / 2001
13 / Primal Scream / Exterminator / 2000
12 / The Knife / Silent Shout / 2006
11 / Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds / No More Shall We Part / 2001
10 / The Shins / Chutes Too Narrow / 2003
09 / Radiohead / In Rainbows / 2007
08 / Lindstrøm / Where You Go I Go Too / 2008
07 / Animal Collective / Merriweather Post Pavillion / 2009
06 / M83 / Before The Dawn Heals Us / 2005
05 / Interpol / Turn On The Bright Lights / 2002
04 / Junior Boys / Last Exit / 2004
03 / Boards Of Canada / Geogaddi / 2002
02 / Madrugada / The Nightly Disease / 2001
01 / Radiohead / Kid A / 2000

[bartelby]

WOW! That's far too much like hard work!

[Bengt77]

Yes, it's hard work indeed. But I'm supposed to be seriously studying right now, and you probably know what happens then. You go and find stuff to do that has nothing to do with studying. Plus, a couple of friends and I had decided to make lists like this anyways, so it was little effort to post mine here. And I really am interested in what others consider to be the best albums of this decade.

[Hellhammer]

WOW! That's far too much like hard work!

I agree! 10 would be a lot better so here's my tenner (all are not from this decade):

1. Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
2. Nile- Those Whom the Gods Detest
3. Nile - Ithyphallic
4. Misery Index - Discordia
5. Immortal - Damned In Black
6. Immortal - All Shall Fall
7. Rotten Sound - Exit
8. Misery Index - Traitors
9. Ensiferum - From Afar
10. Vital Remains - Dechristianize

[Bengt77]

(all are not from this decade)
Aw, that's a shame! Maybe you could edit your list so that there are only albums on it that are from these last ten years? I'll go and check out Immortal. Never heard of the band, but if you hold them in such high regard, the music should be good. Thanks for posting!

[Yojiirill]

Well, I made a list of my top 30 albums ever, and here were the ones from the 2000's:
1. Vanessa Carlton-Be Not Nobody
2. Evanescence-Fallen
3. Avril Lavigne-Let Go
4. Nine Inch Nails-Year Zero
5. The Black Mages-The Black Mages
6. POD-Satellite
7. Weird Al-Poodle Hat
8. Kelly Clarkson-Breakaway
9. Machinae Supremacy-Dues Ex Machinae
10.Sepiamusic-Prototype
11.Soulja Boy-Souljaboytellem.com
12. N Sync-Celebrity
13.Nine Inch Nails-Ghosts I-IV
14.Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion

And no, I'm not a "victim to the music industry". I listen to lots of "real" music, but most of that is from other decades.

[Hellhammer]

Aw, that's a shame! Maybe you could edit your list so that there are only albums on it that are from these last ten years? I'll go and check out Immortal. Never heard of the band, but if you hold them in such high regard, the music should be good. Thanks for posting!

Sure I can edit it so it's from this decade :cool:

Edited it

[Bengt77]

Edited it
Thanks.

I'm listening to Immortal now. Black Metal is not really my thing, but I'm impressed by the percussion. Is that all done by the drummer himself, or does he use a drum computer? If it's him alone, he's one hell of a musician. And he must have two huge forearms.

[thegoldenmackid]

37 / The Veils / The Runaway Found / 2004

Glad to see someone else has some love for a great band.

[Bengt77]

Glad to see someone else has some love for a great band.
Yeah, they really are great, aren't they? And they should indeed be way more popular than they are.

[ash0man]

Fifty is indeed too much like work, but I'll compromise with ten.

These are liable to change - it's really just what I'm loving at the moment.

1: The Fall of Math - 65daysofstatic.
2: Hymn to the Immortal Wind - Mono.
3: The Blackening - Machine Head.
4: Origin of Symmetry - Muse.
5: And the Glass Handed Kites - Mew.
6: Kid A - Radiohead.
7: Maybeshewill - Not For Want of Trying.
8. And So I Watch You From Afar - And So I Watch You From Afar.
9. Drukqs - Aphex Twin.
10. The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw.

And an honourary mention to In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel, which would be at no.1 if it was released this decade.

That was a lot harder to make than I thought it would be. I thought I was up to date with music. :/

[techfreak85]

top 50?? :eek:
How bout top 5?

[Bengt77]

top 50?? :eek:
How bout top 5?
Sure! Let's see it already!

[yetanotherdave]

This thread is invalid without mention of Muse, the Resistance.

[ash0man]

I'll mention The Resistance.

It's terrible.

[Yojiirill]

You know, you guys are being pretty lazy.

It didn't take me more than an hour to make my top 30 list, and this is much easier, since it is only from this decade.

[ash0man]

You're right. Using up an hour and a half of my life to make a pointless list that'll probably change within a week anyway, to show people who I've never, nor am likely to meet is totally worth it.

[Bengt77]

I'll mention The Resistance.

It's terrible.
You're right. Using up an hour and a half of my life to make a pointless list that'll probably change within a week anyway, to show people who I've never, nor am likely to meet is totally worth it.
You're quite the positive type, aren't you? :p

[yetanotherdave]

I'll mention The Resistance.

It's terrible.

Lies! :eek:

Top few albums from this decade in no particular order, to be honest, I've been mostly listening to singles not albums, but there have been a few core bands that have put out awesome albums. The bold are the top 5

The union underground - ...an education in rebellion
Disturbed - indestructible
Disturbed Ten thousand Fists
Disturbed - The sickness
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Lostprophets - start something
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails - Year zero
A Perfect Circle - mer de noms
Rammstein - Mutter
Godhead - 2000 years of human error
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Muse - The Resistance
Muse - Black holes and revelations
Muse - Absolution
Muse - origin of symmetry
Muse - Showbiz

I listen to other stuff too! my top bands of the decade would be a lot more diverse :rolleyes:

[Bengt77]

A Perfect Circle - mer de noms
Rammstein - Mutter
I seriously doubted whether these two albums should be in my list, but ultimately decided against it. Indeed very good music, though!

[Hellhammer]

Thanks.

I'm listening to Immortal now. Black Metal is not really my thing, but I'm impressed by the percussion. Is that all done by the drummer himself, or does he use a drum computer? If it's him alone, he's one hell of a musician. And he must have two huge forearms.

It's just the drummer, Horgh. He is a great drummer, just saw Immortal back in June and I have to say, they are amazing at live.

If you want to hear even more insane drumming, check out Nile! Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QG3IhJFTOk) is good song from them (listen to the drum fill in the beginning, it's inhumanly insane!)

[fireshot91]

1) Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
2) Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
3) T.I's Paper Trail
4) All-American Reject's Move Along
5) Kanye West's Graduation
6) Kanye West's Late Registration
7) Backstreet Boy's Millennium
8) Avril Lavigne's Let Go
9) Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
10) Coldplay's X&Y


In no order, except the first two are the best. I'm not doing 40 more..

[Topher15]

Some albums I like from this decade, in alphabetical order (I just scrolled through my iTunes library):

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
The Beatles - 1 (Released in 2000 so it counts!)
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
Coldplay - Parachutes
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood To The Head
Coldplay - X&Y
The Coral - Magic and Medicine
The Coral - The Invisible Invasion
The Coral - Roots & Echoes
David Bowie - Best of Bowie (2002)
Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
Kasabian - Kasabian
Kasabian - Empire
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
The Libertines - The Libertines
Lost In Translation OST
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform
The Strokes - This Is It
The Strokes - Room On Fire
Supergrass - Life on Other Planets
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
The White Stripes - Elephant

[Capt Underpants]

Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
Ghost - Radical Face
I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child - Manchester Orchestra
Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State - Sufjan Stevens
Deja Entendu - Brand New
Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird
Electric President (s/t) - Electric President
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
On & On - Jack Johnson
In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson
Give Up - The Postal Service
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Floating World - Anathallo
Morning Sun - Balance Problems
Everything All the Time - Band of Horses
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
Hymns for a Dark Horse - Bowerbirds
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
O - Damien Rice
Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
From a Basement on a Hill - Elliott Smith
Earth is Not a Dead Cold Place - Explosions in the Sky
Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
Everything in Transit - Jack's Mannequin
North - Something Corporate
Futures - Jimmy Eat World
The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom
Try! - John Mayer Trio
Veneer - Jose Gonzalez
Commit this to Memory - Motion City Soundtrack
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At The Disco
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
Duper Sessions - Sondre Lerche
Straylight Run - Straylight Run
Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
Where You Want to Be - Taking Back Sunday
How the Lonely Keep - Terminal
Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds

[Bengt77]

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
Kasabian - Kasabian
Lost In Translation OST
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
The White Stripes - Elephant
Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Everything All the Time - Band of Horses
O - Damien Rice
Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
Nice ones!

[redgaz26]

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Coldplay - parachutes.
Coldplay - viva
snow patrol - eyes open
oasis - stop the clocks
the stones roses - the stone roses 20th anniversary edition.
Muse - absolution.

[Blue Velvet]

A list for your perusal:

Geogaddi — Boards of Canada
The Last Broadcast — Doves
Rounds — Four Tet
Lost Horizons — Lemon Jelly
Original Pirate Material — The Streets
It's All Around You — Tortoise
Far Away Trains Passing By — Ulrich Schnauss
Elephant — White Stripes
Simple Things — Zero 7
Creating Patterns — 4Hero
Neon Bible — The Arcade Fire
Out From Out Where — Amon Tobin
Vespertine — Bjork
Every Day — Cinematic Orchestra
These Were The Earlies — The Earlies
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots — The Flaming Lips
Gorillaz — Gorillaz
The Blueprint — Jay-Z
Aerial — Kate Bush
What Sound — Lamb
Nouvelle Vague — Nouvelle Vague
Human — Nitin Sawheny
In Rainbows — Radiohead
Raising Sand — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Melody A.M. — Royksopp
() — Sigur Ros
The Richest Man In Babylon — Thievery Corporation
Dear Science — TV On The Radio
Let It Come Down — Spiritualized
I Am A Bird Now — Antony & The Johnsons

Oh, and: Hot Shots II — The Beta Band

[okrelayer]

I will post my list sometime in the next little while. I will also have to go through my favorite's of this year to. Original poster, the Wilco record came out in 2002, not 2007. But i enjoy most of the lists on here.

Though i enjoy a quite a bit of black metal (bathory,wolves in the throne room, weakling, deathspell omega, enslaved) I cannot stand immortal. Fun band, with funny pictures, but not musically that interesting. Their best record if i had to pick one is At The Heart of Winter.

[Bengt77]

Geogaddi — Boards of Canada
Rounds — Four Tet
It's All Around You — Tortoise
Elephant — White Stripes
Simple Things — Zero 7
Creating Patterns — 4Hero
Neon Bible — The Arcade Fire
Out From Out Where — Amon Tobin
Vespertine — Bjork
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots — The Flaming Lips
Gorillaz — Gorillaz
What Sound — Lamb
Human — Nitin Sawheny
In Rainbows — Radiohead
Melody A.M. — Royksopp
() — Sigur Ros
The Richest Man In Babylon — Thievery Corporation
Dear Science — TV On The Radio
Let It Come Down — Spiritualized
I Am A Bird Now — Antony & The Johnsons
Man, there's a lot to like on your list. Very nice!

Original poster, the Wilco record came out in 2002, not 2007.
Thanks! I edited my post.

EDIT: I only saw your post right after my previous post was published, or else I would have combined my two replies. Frustrating!

[Watabou]

I'll mention The Resistance.

It's terrible.

Agreed. I love Muse but Resistance is by far their worst album.

Anyways, here is my top 10:

1. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
5. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
6. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
7. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
9. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

[BoyBach]

In no particular order...

Kid A - Radiohead
Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
Silent Shout - The Knife
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Kala - MIA
Is This It - The Strokes
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - P. J. Harvey
The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Flaming Lips
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
Sound Of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
Ys - Joanna Newsom
Original Pirate Material - The Streets
Up The Bracket - The Libertines
Dear Science - TV On The Radio
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

[Bengt77]

Very nice list!

[Krafty]

Here's my list, no particular order:

Koda Kumi - Kingdom, Trick, Feel My Mind, Grow Into One, Black Cherry
Ami Suzuki - Supreme Show, DOLCE, AROUND THE WORLD
BoA Kwon - BEST&USA, My Name, Valenti, OUTGROW,
Hikaru Utada - DEEP RIVER, Distance, Ultra Blue, HEART STATION
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety, Define The Great Line, Lost In The Sound Of Separation
Lamb Of God - Sacrament, Wrath, Ashes Of The Wake, As The Palaces Burn
Slipknot - IOWA, Slipknot, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Texas Pandaa - One Gleam Before The Shadow, DAYS
Luminous Orange - Drop You Vivid Colors
Kanon Wakeshima - Shinshoku Dolce
Helios - Eingya
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music, Impression, Modal Soul Classics, Hydeout Productions 2nd Collection, Departure
Paramore - The B Sides, All We Know Is Falling
Metric - Grow Up And Blow Away
Flyleaf - Flyleaf LP, Much Like Falling EP


Just a few.

[tkermit]

very loosely ordered - I've grayed out the ones that have already been posted:

(2000) Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
(2001) Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
(2003) Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle and Sebastian
(2004) Funeral - Arcade Fire
(2002) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
(2004) A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
(2008) In Ear Park - Department of Eagles
(2006) Modern Times - Bob Dylan
(2008) The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
(2002) Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
(2009) Hombre Lobo - Eels
(2007) Ash Wednesday - Elvis Perkins
(2003) Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
(2007) In Rainbows - Radiohead
(2002) Let Go - Nada Surf
(2005) I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash in a Digital Urn - Bright Eyes
(2008) For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
(2006) So Much More - Brett Dennen
(2007) Everyone's In Everyone - Patrick Park
(2007) The Stage Names - Okkervil River
(2005) The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird
(2005) Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
(2003) Give Up - Postal Service
(2003) Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills
(2005) Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - Eels
(2000) Parachutes - Coldplay
(2006) Both Sides of the Gun - Ben Harper
(2001) Rockin' The Suburbs - Ben Folds
(2001) Brushfire Fairytales - Jack Johnson
(2005) In The Reins - Iron and Wine & Calexico
(2006) Young Mountain - This Will Destroy You
(2001)* The Lillywhite Sessions - Dave Matthews Band
(2004)* The Grey Album - Danger Mouse
(2002) Original Pirate Material - The Streets
(2004) To The 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys
(2005) Late Registration - Kanye West
(2004) Die Reklamation - Wir Sind Helden
(2005) To Die Alone - Moneybrother
(2003) Bring 'Em In - Mando Diao
(2005) Céu - Céu
(2001) Is This It - The Strokes
(2005) Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
(2002) Un Día Normal - Juanes
(2004) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
(2006) Melankton - Kate Havnevik
(2000) Love In the Time of Science - Emiliana Torrini

* not officially released

[c-Row]

Picking five albums per year is easier, so... these are either the best albums in my opinion, or they influenced me in a certain way. Some of them are foreign editions or special reissues, so I am referring to the date of their respective release, not the original album.

2000
mdfmk - mdfmk
LTJ Bukem - Journey Inwards
Underworld - Everything, Everything
Delerium - Karma
... ok, 2000 was a weak year

2001
Rob Dougan - Furious Angels
Kosheen - Resist
Sunscreem - Ten Mile Bank
New Order - Get Ready
Zero 7 - Simple Things

2002
Conjure One - Conjure One
The Crystal Method - Tweekend (forget about "Vegas", this album is the bomb!)
Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas
Digitonal - 23ThingsFallApart
Wauvenfold - 3fold

2003
Planet Funk - Non Zero Sumness
Freeland - Now & Them
Fluke - Puppy
Junkie XL - Radio JXL (A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin)
Hybrid - Morning SciFi

2004
The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives
Duran Duran - Astronaut
Dan F - Multistory
Evil Nine - You Can Be Special, Too
Syntax - Meccano Mind

2005 (damn it, too many good albums)
Deep Dish - George Is On
The Rogue Element - Rogue Rock
Infusion - Six Feet Above Yesterday
Pole Folder - Zero Gold
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

2006
Cicada - Cicada
Elite Force - Modern Primitive
Hyper - We Control
Hybrid - I Choose Noise
IAMX - The Alternative

2007 (not that many good albums)
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Jared Emerson-Johnson - Sam & Max Season One
UNKLE - War Stories
Long Range - Madness And Me
The Crystal Method - Drive (the unmixed album, yeah!)

2008
Pendulum - In Silico
KiloWatts & Vanek - Focus And Flow (OH YEAH)
Hybrid - Soundsystem .01
Mesmer - Furious Fish
Dan F - Rendition

2009
Future Funk Squad - Disorders Of Skill
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
The Qemists - Join The Q
Rinocerose - Futurino
Joker's Daughter - The Last Laugh


2009 has been a great year so far. :) Please note that this list might change every second. :D

[Jpoon]

In no particular order:

Wolfmother - Self titled album
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
New Order - Get Ready
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium / Californication
Radio Head - Like all of it after 2k
Pendulum - In Silico
The Postal Service - Give Up
Muse - Black Holes and Revelation, The Resistance
Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything
Lady Gaga - The Fame (I'm really sorry about this one. But it just has so many catchy songs. But truly I'm ashamed)
Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
InterPol - Our Love To Admire
Gorillaz - Demon Dayz
Gnarls Barkley - ST. ELSEWHERE
Freezepop - Fancy Ultra Fresh
Florence + The Machine - Lungs
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Fair To Midland - Fables From a Mayfly
Devotchka - How It Ends
Battles - Mirrored
Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
System of A Down - Hypnotize, Mezmerize

[thegoldenmackid]

Ben Folds getting the love...

[Bengt77]

Lady Gaga - The Fame (I'm really sorry about this one. But it just has so many catchy songs. But truly I'm ashamed)
Hey, I put Justin Timberlake in my list. Some catchy pop albums are just too good to ignore. No need to be ashamed at all. Otherwise, you have a very nice list!

[c-Row]

Hey, I put Justin Timberlake in my list. Some catchy pop albums are just too good to ignore. No need to be ashamed at all. Otherwise, you have a very nice list!

Every year, there is at least one guilty pleasure song on my playlist. ;)

[tkermit]

Lady Gaga - The Fame (I'm really sorry about this one. But it just has so many catchy songs. But truly I'm ashamed)

Don't worry. It seems to be en vogue these days to admit to listening to Lady Gaga (http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-ive-been-listening-to.html).

[Mattlike]

10. Interpol - Antics
9. Year Zero - NIN
8. Black Holes & Revelations - Muse
7. The Greater Wrong of The Right - Skinny Puppy
6. Hau Ruck - KMFDM
5. Civilization - Front Line Assembly
4. Everyone Hates You - CombiChrist
3. Lateralus - Tool
2. Matter + Form - VNV Nation
1. WWIII - KMFDM

I can only do 10. :D

[thegoldenmackid]

Here's my Top 24 of 2009 and some random stats about them.

The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z (Roc Nation, Atlantic; September 8th)
No Line On The Horizon - U2 (Interscope, March 3)
Sun Gangs - The Veils (Rough Trade, April 6th)
Let It Beat - Shwayze (Suretone Geffen, November 3)
The Fray - The Fray (Epic, July 28)
Straight No Chaser - Mr Hudson (GOOD Music, October 19)
Man on the Moon: The End of Day - KiD CuDi(Dream On, GOOD Music, Universal Motown; September 15)
So Far Gone (Mixtape) - Drake (October's Very Own, Young Money Entertainment; February 13)
Relapse - Eminem (Shady, Aftermath, Interscope; May 19)
Waking Up - OneRepublic (Interscope, November 17)
No Ceilings (Mixtape) - Lil Wayne (Cash Money Records, Young Money Entertainment; October 31)
City of Black & White - Mat Kearney (Sony, May 19)
Back & Forth - Pete Yorn (Sony, June 23)
The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope, June 9)
Stems And Seeds - Ben Folds (Sony, February 10)
Towards The Sun EP - Alexi Murdoch (Indie, November)
A Matter of Time (Mixtape) - Mike Posner & The Brain Trust (J Records, February 28)
Union - The Boxer Rebellion (Unsigned, January 11)
When The Devil's Loose - A.A. Bondy (Fat Possum, September 1)
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (E1 Music; August 11th)
One Love - David Guetta (Astralwerks, August 25)
Asleep In The Bread Aisle – Asher Roth (SRC, Universal Motown; April 21)
En Concert - Jack Johnson (Brushfire, Universal; October 27)
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (Shangri-La Music, Rough Trade; September 22)


The Interesting stats game. Interscope Records has the most albums on the list (four) and Rough Trade, a label you likely haven't heard of, features two albums. There were four albums from the month of September and two albums came out on the same day, May 19th. French DJ, David Guetta and his album "One Love", in Special Edition form has the most songs, thirty-one in total. Alexi Murdoch's limited edition EP, Towards the Sun EP, features only seven. In total there are 370 songs... or so I think? Lil Wayne's voice can be heard on four different albums and The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" can be found on three separate albums. Eminem's "Paul (Skit)" was the shortest tract at nineteen seconds (Eminem actually had three skits that were the shortest amongst all tracks) and Alexi Murdoch's "Crinan Wood" is the longest track at eight minutes and forty-three seconds.

Edit, Some More Info: There are two "indie" artist on the lists (Union & Alexi Murdoch). I would imagine that when everything is worked out number one or two will likely sell the most copies on the list, number nine and fourteen might also have something to say about it as well, but we shall see. Alexi Murdoch will get the low by default as his EP is hand-numbered and limited to 5,000 copies. There are two mixtapes on the list and one live album. Four albums feature mostly remixes. The Fray, Let It Beat, Straight No Chaser, City of Black & White, Back & Forth, Stems and Seeds and Asleep In The Bread Aisle previously had not mentioned in the random facts game and Alexi Murdoch's Towards The Sun EP, the album you are least likely to own by default, is tied for being discussed the most with Eminem's Relapse, both were mentioned four times prior to this last sentence.

[Capt Underpants]

Here's my Top 24 of 2009 and some random stats about them.

The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z (Roc Nation, Atlantic; September 8th)
No Line On The Horizon - U2 (Interscope, March 3)
Sun Gangs - The Veils (Rough Trade, April 6th)
Let It Beat - Shwayze (Suretone Geffen, November 3)
The Fray - The Fray (Epic, July 28)
Straight No Chaser - Mr Hudson (GOOD Music, October 19)
Man on the Moon: The End of Day - KiD CuDi(Dream On, GOOD Music, Universal Motown; September 15)
So Far Gone (Mixtape) - Drake (October's Very Own, Young Money Entertainment; February 13)
Relapse - Eminem (Shady, Aftermath, Interscope; May 19)
Waking Up - OneRepublic (Interscope, November 17)
No Ceilings (Mixtape) - Lil Wayne (Cash Money Records, Young Money Entertainment; October 31)
City of Black & White - Mat Kearney (Sony, May 19)
Back & Forth - Pete Yorn (Sony, June 23)
The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas (Interscope, June 9)
Stems And Seeds - Ben Folds (Sony, February 10)
Towards The Sun EP - Alexi Murdoch (Indie, November)
A Matter of Time (Mixtape) - Mike Posner & The Brain Trust (J Records, February 28)
Union - The Boxer Rebellion (Unsigned, January 11)
When The Devil's Loose - A.A. Bondy (Fat Possum, September 1)
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (E1 Music; August 11th)
One Love - David Guetta (Astralwerks, August 25)
Asleep In The Bread Aisle – Asher Roth (SRC, Universal Motown; April 21)
En Concert - Jack Johnson (Brushfire, Universal; October 27)
Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (Shangri-La Music, Rough Trade; September 22)


The Interesting stats game. Interscope Records has the most albums on the list (four) and Rough Trade, a label you likely haven't heard of, features two albums. There were four albums from the month of September and two albums came out on the same day, May 19th. French DJ, David Guetta and his album "One Love", in Special Edition form has the most songs, thirty-one in total. Alexi Murdoch's limited edition EP, Towards the Sun EP, features only seven. In total there are 370 songs... or so I think? Lil Wayne's voice can be heard on four different albums and The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" can be found on three separate albums. Eminem's "Paul (Skit)" was the shortest tract at nineteen seconds (Eminem actually had three skits that were the shortest amongst all tracks) and Alexi Murdoch's "Crinan Wood" is the longest track at eight minutes and forty-three seconds.

Interesting mix of music, there. I see you have KRK monitors. Do you record music?

[thegoldenmackid]

Interesting mix of music, there. I see you have KRK monitors. Do you record music?

No recording, just a crazy addiction.

[Bengt77]

No recording, just a crazy addiction.
How very recognizable... http://www.head-fi.org/forums/images/smilies/atsmile.gif

[Jaffa Cake]

Here's my top 32. Because 32's a nice round number, like.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys
Vehicles And Animals Athlete
Kish Kash Basement Jaxx
The Beatific Visions Brakes
Touchdown Brakes
The Life Pursuit Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress Belle & Sebastian
The Decline Of British Sea Power British Sea Power
Open Season British Sea Power
Do You Like Rock Music British Sea Power
The Coral The Coral
We'll Live And Die In These Towns The Enemy
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Truly She Is None Other Holly Golightly
Gorillaz Gorillaz
Here Be Monsters Ed Harcourt
The Warning Hot Chip
Employment Kaiser Chiefs
Kasabian Kasabian
Empire Kasabian
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Kasabian
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets
Illinois Sufjan Stevens
As Is Now Paul Weller
Days Of Speed Paul Weller
22 Dreams Paul Weller
Elephant White Stripes
Live At Massey Hall 1971 Neil Young
Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House 1968 Neil Young
Who Killed The Zutons The Zutons

Rough Trade, a label you likely haven't heard of, features two albums.As it happens, I've got at least seven on my list. ;)

[astroot]

Throughout the decade, my favs are (in alphabetical order):
nine inch nails - The Slip
nine inch nails - Year Zero
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (best album of 09 by far)
The Killers - Day & Age
The Postal Service - Give Up
The Used - self-titled debut
Thursday - Full Collapse
Tool - Lateralus

Can't really think of any others at the moment.

[Bengt77]

Here's my top 32. Because 32's a nice round number, like.
But not as round as, say, 33. Which also happens to be a most splendid song (Thirty-Three) from 1996, by some obscure, small indie band called Thrashing Lumpkins, or something like that.

In all seriousness, though, that's a fine list you've got there! Even though it's quite clear you're being a bit chauvinistic, though. All albums by non-British bands/artists in your list can be counted on one hand. :p

[thegoldenmackid]

I will do 51 of the 2000s, the list will come sometime soon, still sorting out my thoughts. The variety show shall continue to the fullest extent.

[CarlisleUnited]

Probably missed a few and they are not in perfect order a top 50 it is nonetheless.

1. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
2. The White Stripes - Elephant
3. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
4. The Kills - No Wow
5. The Killers - Hot Fuss
6. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
7. Arcade Fire - Funeral
8. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
9. Bloodhound Gang - Hefty Fine
10. Gem - Tell Me What's New
11. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
12. Kasabian - Kasabian
13. José González - Veneer
14. Staind - Break the Cycle
14. Tiesto - Elements Of Life
15. Muse - Absolution
16. Linkin Park - Meteora
17. Eminem - The Eminem Show
18. Linkin Park - Reanimation
19. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
20. The Killers - Sams Town
21. The Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter
22. Staind - The Illusion Of Progress
23. Daft Punk - Discovery
24. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
25. The Prodigy - Invader's Must Die
26. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
27. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
28. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
29. Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
30. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
31. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
32. Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
33. Muse - The Showbizz
34. Pakito - Video
35. Stereophonics - You Gotta Go The To Come Back
36. System Of A Down - Toxicity
37. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
38. The Strokes - Room On Fire
39. The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
40. We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor
41. Rammstein - Mutter
42. Paul Van Dyk - Cream: Ibiza
43. Editors - The Back Room
44. Eminem - 8 Mile
45. Babyshambles - Down In Albion
46. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
47. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
48. The Zutons - Tired Of Hanging Around
49. Lostprophets - Start Something
50. Papa Roach - Infest

[Jaffa Cake]

All albums by non-British bands/artists in your list can be counted on one hand. :pHeh... I hadn't paid any attention to that at all, to be honest. Clearly, we rock over here – literally and metaphorically. :cool:

[Topher15]

Here's my top 32. Because 32's a nice round number, like.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys
Vehicles And Animals Athlete
Kish Kash Basement Jaxx
The Beatific Visions Brakes
Touchdown Brakes
The Life Pursuit Belle & Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress Belle & Sebastian
The Decline Of British Sea Power British Sea Power
Open Season British Sea Power
Do You Like Rock Music British Sea Power
The Coral The Coral
We'll Live And Die In These Towns The Enemy
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
Truly She Is None Other Holly Golightly
Gorillaz Gorillaz
Here Be Monsters Ed Harcourt
The Warning Hot Chip
Employment Kaiser Chiefs
Kasabian Kasabian
Empire Kasabian
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Kasabian
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets
Illinois Sufjan Stevens
As Is Now Paul Weller
Days Of Speed Paul Weller
22 Dreams Paul Weller
Elephant White Stripes
Live At Massey Hall 1971 Neil Young
Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House 1968 Neil Young
Who Killed The Zutons The Zutons

Top list.

[StellarSoul]

1) The Avalanches - Since I Left You (November 27, 2000)

I consider this to be the best album ever made. Hip hop concept album extravaganza. Made entirely from samples, 3500 samples to be exact. This is exactly what albums SHOULD be. A vehicle to tell some kind of story, taking the listeners on a journey. Get a drink, have a good time now, welcome to paradise.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/Since_i_left_you.jpg/200px-Since_i_left_you.jpg

2) J Dilla - Donuts (February 7, 2006)

The magnum opus of the worlds greatest hip hop producer. J-Dilla. This is really the culmination of all he'd been working towards in his short, but mighty career. Hip hop beats, soul samples, a window into the mind of a genius. This is the final album he released before he died of Lupus related conditions. R.I.P.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Dilladonutscover.jpg/200px-Dilladonutscover.jpg

3) Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (June 10, 2008)

Another Hip hop concept album. This time by producer Flying Lotus. Instead of samples, FlyLo utilises space age beats and record static to create an exhilarating journey into the future of hip hop.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Flylo_la.jpg/200px-Flylo_la.jpg

4) Common - Like Water For Chocolate (March 28, 2000)

Wow. Just wow. For me this is the peak of The Soulquarian's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulquarians) work. Though many others may argue D'Angelo holds that crown with 'Voodoo'. If you only ever listen to one hip hop album in your entire life. Check this out. Funky organic beats, socially conscious lyrics. Common, you the man.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/LikeWaterforChocolate.jpg/200px-LikeWaterforChocolate.jpg

5) Radiohead - In Rainbows (October 10, 2007)

Moving away from hip hop now, it's hard to think of another band/artist apart from Radiohead who consistently release albums of this calibre. The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To The Thief and now In Rainbows. Where will it end for these guys? It's great to hear them blending their alt rock aesthetic with hip hop, electronica and a more subtle delivery this time. Truly ground breaking stuff. Props to Radiohead for using this album to offer a new model to the world of how music can be consumed outside of record labels.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/In_Rainbows_Official_Cover.jpg/200px-In_Rainbows_Official_Cover.jpg

6) Björk - Vespertine (August 27, 2001)

Love her or hate her, the lady knows how to create beautiful, expressive art. This album is just so immersive, continuity of instrumentation and mood ties these songs together to create an album that explores the most intimate themes imaginable. Subtle electronic beats and soft melodies inevitably draw you in.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/BjorkVespertine.jpeg/200px-BjorkVespertine.jpeg

7) M.I.A. - Kala (August 8, 2007)

Sri Lankan. Socially conscious. Gorgeous. Future of Hip Hop. All hail the future of hip hop M.I.A. and her stunning second album Kala. This lady has a knack for getting the best out of her producers and packaging all her songs in epic albums which prove to be not only funky and danceable but also great commentaries for the real problems in our world.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Mia-kala.jpg/200px-Mia-kala.jpg

8) D'Angelo - Voodoo (January 25, 2000)
The natural evolution of what Prince laid the groundwork for in the 80's. Gorgeous neo-soul music laden with funky hip hop beats. Like J Dilla and Common, D'Angelo is another product of the immensely talented Soulquarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulquarians) collective.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Voodoo_UK.jpg/200px-Voodoo_UK.jpg

9) Portishead - Third (April 28, 2008)

Really interesting music. This long awaited third album by UK trip hop band Portishead sees the band move in a more organic direction. Vocals by Beth Gibbons are still as haunting as ever. Stunning.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/08/Portishead-third.jpg/200px-Portishead-third.jpg

10) Beck - Sea Change (September 24, 2002)

Beck stunned the music world when he toned down his alt rock and hip hop blending craziness and released this subtle introspective acoustic album. Written and recorded entirely after a rough break up, this album is an insight into the bittersweet recovery process from a long relationship. This album is produced by Radiohead's long time producer Nigel Godrich. Definitely Frank Sinatra's 'In The Wee Small Hours' of the 00's.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Beckseachange.jpg/200px-Beckseachange.jpg

[iGav]

50... :eek: Have 5... err 6 ;)

David Donohoe - Moonless And Crowblack
Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality
Björk - Medúlla
Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace
Underworld - Oblivion With Bells
Cliff Martinez - Solaris

Probably in that order.

[Bengt77]

Probably in that order.
Ascending or descending? ;)

[iGav]

Ascending or descending? ;)

Good point... but I'd have thought it would've been obvious. ;)

[thegoldenmackid]

Here it is, 51 and a bonus. I look over the list and say that it could easily change at any time, but this is it for now. It's my favorites, in some sense of an order:


Encore – Eminem
The Rising – Bruce Springsteen & The East Street Band
All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2
The Preacher's Son – Wyclef Jean
The Eminem Show – Eminem
Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant – Wyclef Jean
Paper Trail – T.I.
D12 World – D12
A Tale of Two Cities – Mr Hudson & The Library
The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
The Black Album – Jay-Z
No Line on the Horizon – U2
Stillmatic – Nas
The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
Under the Radar: The Patchwork CD – Dispatch
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay
The ****** Tape – Nas & DJ Green Lantern
808s & Mixtapes – Novel
Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP – Ben Folds
Graduation – Kanye West
Bullet – Mat Kearney
Late Registration – Kanye West
U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
Michael Penn – Mr Hollywood Jr
T.I. – King
X&Y – Coldplay
Jay-Z – The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse
Ludacris – Relapse Therapy
Stereophonics – You Gotta Go there To come Back
Dispatch – Gut the Van
Five For Fighting – America Town
Amos Lee – Amos Lee
Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
Bruce Springsteen – Devils & Dust
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter
DJ Danger Mouse – The Grey Album
The Fray – How to Save a Life
Joe Purdy – Julie Blue
Joshua Radin – We Were Here
Smash Mouth – Smash Mouth
Groove Armada – Lovebox
Pete Yorn – musicforthemorningafter
Flipsyde – We the People
Syntax – Meccano Mind
The Zutons – Tired of Hangin' Around
Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama – Let There Be Light
Guster – Ganging Up On the Sun
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Lyfe Jennings – Lyfe 268-192

No stats this time...

The Remember The Titans Soundtrack finds its way somewhere on the list. An absolutely stunning assortment of songs.