Top Albums of the Naughtiest Decade

[Saracene]

In no particular order:

1. Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
2. Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
3. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
4. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
5. Sleater-Kinney – One Beat
6. Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
7. Kate Bush - Aerial
8. Bjork – Vespertine
9. PJ Harvey & John Parish – A Woman A Man Walked By
10. Cat Power – You Are Free
11. Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza
12. Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy – Immortal Memory
13. M.I.A. - Kala
14. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
15. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
16. The White Stripes – Icky Thump
17. Muse – The Resistance
18. Beck – Guero
19. The Drones – Gala Mill
20. Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life
21. David Gilmour – On an Island
22. The Knife – Silent Shout
23. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
24. Martha Wainwright – Martha Wainwright
25. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season
26. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
27. Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
28. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Sea
29. Doves – Lost Souls
30. Sevara Nazarkhan – Yol Bolsin
31. Portishead – Third
32. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
33. Tinariwen – Amassakoul
34. Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
35. Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Woman
36. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
37. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
38. Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia…
39. Marianne Faithful – Before the Poison
40. The Kills – Midnight Boom
41. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
42. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
43. Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
44. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
45. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
46. Jolie Holland - Escondida
47. Goldfrapp - Supernature
48. Florence + the Machine - Lungs
49. Jenny Lewis – Rabbit Fur Coat
50. Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor

 

[Dalton]

A list of the top albums of the decade that doesn't include Radiohead is about as relevant as Dick Cheney inventing a new dance move.

 

[Saracene]

Radiohead would have made my list if they had a singer whose vocals I enjoyed. Kid A is a great album but it's a frustrating listen because my appreciation for the music always struggles with my dislike of Thom Yorke's singing, and quite often loses.

 

[lazarus]

Clearly you recognize the irony of complaining about Yorke's vocals when you have Joanna Newsom, Marianne Faithfull etc. on the list.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I'm pleased to see Futuresexxx/Lovesounds on your list, Laz.

 

[Saracene]

Clearly you recognize the irony of complaining about Yorke's vocals when you have Joanna Newsom, Marianne Faithfull etc. on the list.

It would be ironic if their voices irritated me as well, but they don't, though I'm aware that they may not be other people's cup of tea. It's not like there's any consistency or logic involved in which voices annoy me and which don't

 

[Saracene]

Songs, in no particular order:

Tori Amos - I Can’t See New York
Arcade Fire - Intervention
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Sugababes - Freak Like Me
Augie March - One Crowded Hour
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
U2 - Beautiful Day
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
PJ Harvey - Black Hearted Love
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
Aaliyah - Try Again
System of a Down - Chop Suey!
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Coldplay - Clocks
Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
Damien Rice - Blower’s Daughter
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
Kanye West - Gold Digger
Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon
Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Alicia Keys - Fallin
The White Stripes - You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
Ash Grunwald - Breakout
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Sparklehorse - Eyepennies
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realise??
Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Doves - Satellites
Regina Spektor - Après Moi
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
The Drones - Sixteen Straws

 

[monkeyskin]

Cori's top 25 Big Dumb Pop Songs of the decade (yes, they need their own list):


Josie and the Pussycats (soundtrack) - 3 Small Words

FTMFW.

And just because I rarely have an excuse to post this:

YouTube - Dujour Back Door Lover

 

[corianderstem]

YES!! I was hoping someone would recognize the song and not just go wtf! Ha.

Saracene, great songs on your list. Song For Mutya, The Blower's Daughter, The Pipettes (I wish I'd liked the rest of their album as much as that one song).

 

[U2isthebest]

I attempted to put a ranked list in order, but it didn't work out so well. So, I'm just going to go by artist/bands and then list favorite albums/songs. I don't have my list put together yet, but I get to go to work for the next 8.5 hours, so I'll keep it in mind and post it later tonight. I've really enjoyed everyone else's lists so far!

 

[toscano]

I'm too lazy to come up with a list, but this FTW

 

[onebloodonelife]

My list ended up at 70 albums, I think. Ranking the top 25 went alright, then after that, I gave up, so here goes:

1. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
3. Okkervil River - Down the River of Golden Dreams
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
5. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
6. The National - Alligator
7. Madvillain - Madvillainy
8. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
9. Radiohead - Kid A
10. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
11. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
12. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
13. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
14. Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
15. The National - Boxer
16. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
17. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
18. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
19. Radiohead - In Rainbows
20. D'Angelo - Voodoo
21. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
22. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (the Definitive Edition, specifically)
23. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
24. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
25. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs

And the rest, in alphabetical order, according to artist:

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (yes, that's right...I have a huge soft spot for this album)
Amos Lee - Supply and Demand
Animal Collective - Feels
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Antlers - Hospice
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Beck - Sea Change
Ben Harper - Both Sides of the Gun
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
Caspian - You are the Conductor (EP)
Cee-lo - Cee-lo Green...is the Soul Machine
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
dead prez - Let's Get Free
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
The Dodos - Visiter
EF - Give Me Beauty...Or Give Me Death
Eluvium - Copia
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
God is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Hot Chip - The Warning
J Dilla - The Shining
K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Kanye West - The College Dropout
M.I.A. - Kala
Madlib - Shades of Blue
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Murs & Slug - Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci
N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...
The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
Outkast - Stankonia
Raine Maida - The Hunters Lullaby
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Shearwater - Rook
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Why? - Alopecia
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
The xx - xx

 

[Imperor]

Good stuff, Cass. A whole lot of picks which coincide with my still-in-progress top 100.

 

[onebloodonelife]

Awesome, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing your blowout of a list. I feel slightly silly for having three Okkervil River albums in my top 25, the most of any artist, but whatever, pretty sure everybody knows the ridiculous level of fan I am of that band already anyway.

 

[Imperor]

Every single one of their albums (even The Stand-Ins) is definitely in my top 100, so I'm right there with you.

 

[Imperor]

Okay, I'm finally reasonably satisfied:

100. José González - Veneer
99. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
98. Coldplay - Parachutes
97. Ray LaMontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black
96. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
95. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
94. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
93. Björk - Vespertine
92. Whiskeytown - Pneumonia
91. Ryan Adams - Gold
90. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
89. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
88. Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
87. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
86. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
85. Damien Rice - O
84. Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
83. Kanye West - The College Dropout
82. The Decemberists - Her Majesty
81. Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
80. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
79. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
78. Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
77. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
76. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
75. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
74. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
73. Feist - Let it Die
72. Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
71. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
70. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
69. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
68. Gorillaz - Demon Days
67. Girls - Album
66. Kanye West - Late Registration
65. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
64. The xx - xx
63. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
62. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
61. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
60. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
59. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
58. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
57. Okkervil River - Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See
56. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
55. St. Vincent - Marry Me
54. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
53. My Morning Jacket - Z
52. Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
51. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
50. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
49. The White Stripes - Elephant
48. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
47. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
46. Cat Power - The Greatest
45. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
44. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
43. MIA - Kala
42. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
41. Feist - The Reminder
40. Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster
39. Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
38. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
37. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
36. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
35. Kanye West - Graduation
34. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
33. St. Vincent - Actor
32. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
31. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
30. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
29. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
28. The National - Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
27. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
26. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
25. Okkervil River - The Stage Names
24. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
23. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
22. Sigur Rós - ( )
21. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
20. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
19. Radiohead - In Rainbows
18. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses
17. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
16. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
15. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
14. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
13. Okkervil River - Down the River of Golden Dreams
12. Animal Collective - Feels
11. Radiohead - Amnesiac
10. The National - Alligator
9. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
8. Beck - Sea Change
7. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
5. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Radiohead - Kid A
1. The National - Boxer


Whew.

 

[lazarus]

2 Cockplay + 0 Shuttlecock = FAIL.

Nice to see a lot of THE OKK!, though.

 

[AtomicBono]

Top 25:
1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger
3. Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
4. U2 - No Line on the Horizon
5. As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest
6. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
7. This Town Needs Guns - Animals
8. Tool - Lateralus
9. Norma Jean - Redeemer
10. The Fall of Troy - Phantom on the Horizon
11. Oh, Sleeper - When I Am God
12. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
13. Radiohead - In Rainbows
14. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
15. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
16. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
17. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
18. Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
19. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
20. We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
21. Radiohead - Kid A
22. Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation
23. Editors - The Back Room
24. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
25. Arcade Fire - Funeral

total working list:
…and you will know us by the trail of dead - source tags & codes
arcade fire - funeral
as cities burn - son, i loved you at your darkest
bloc party - silent alarm
bloc party - a weekend in the city
bright eyes - lifted or the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground
coldplay - a rush of blood to the head
death cab for cutie - plans
dredg - catch without arms
dredg - el cielo
eaststrikewest - w o l v v e s
editors - the back room
emery - in shallow seas we sail
the fall of troy - the fall of troy
the fall of troy - doppelganger
the fall of troy - phantom on the horizon
fear before the march of flames - the always open mouth
foals - antidotes
interpol - turn on the bright lights
joy wants eternity - you who pretend to sleep
katatonia - the great cold distance
the killers - hot fuss
linkin park - hybrid theory
minus the bear - highly refined pirates
minus the bear - planet of ice
misuse - misuse
mogwai - rock action
muse - absolution
norma jean - redeemer
oh, sleeper - when i am god
porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet
porcupine tree - the incident
radiohead - kid a
radiohead - in rainbows
sigur ros - takk…
the stills - logic will break your heart
this town needs guns - animals
tool - lateralus
u2 - all that you can't leave behind
u2 - how to dismantle an atomic bomb
u2 - no line on the horizon
underoath - lost in the sound of separation
we vs. death - we too are concerned/we are too concerned
we were promised jetpacks - these four walls
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

 

[onebloodonelife]

Whew.

Extremely solid list there, Impy. Also, I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only (potentially) insane one to put Bitte Orca in the top 10.

 

[Imperor]

2 Cockplay + 0 Shuttlecock = FAIL.

Take off the goggles, o mustachioed one.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm shocked that Meadowland by The Wrens has only been listed once (thank you, 1bloodz). Regardless, good listz by everyone. I find it's easy to over-include recent-years albums on lists like these, as they're on your mind. I'm trying to avoid that.

 

[onebloodonelife]

I'm shocked that Meadowland by The Wrens has only been listed once (thank you, 1bloodz). Regardless, good listz by everyone. I find it's easy to over-include recent-years albums on lists like these, as they're on your mind. I'm trying to avoid that.

I was pretty surprised by that too, although I expect to see it on yours and Shouter's lists yet. Completely agreed on the over-including recent albums, and it was something I was consciously trying to avoid as well, while still being true to my overall tastes throughout the decade. Because I'm a complete nerd, my spreadsheet has the year of release for each album listed next to it, and after breaking it down, I had a 60/40 split, favoring albums from 2005-2009.

And, where is your list anyway, Scumbo?

 

[phillyfan26]

I'm beginning work on my list today. A bad hangover prevented work on it yesterday.

 

[RaceAgainstTime]

Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Muse-Origin of Symmetry
Arcade Fire-Funeral
U2-No Line On The Horizon
The New Pornographers-Twin Cinema
Porcupine Tree-In Absentia
Muse-Black Holes and Revelations
Wilco-The Album
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros-Up From Below
Q-Tip- The Renaissance
U2-All That You Can't Leae Behind
Muse-The Resistance
Bloc Party-Silent Alarm

That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure more will come to me later

 

[mikal]

^^^^^

Good call on Twin Cinema. i forgot to include that on my make-shift list.

 

[u2popmofo]

And, where is your list anyway, Scumbo?

The Wrens - ‘Meadowlands’
Okkervil River - 'Black Sheep Boy'
Okkervil River - 'The Stage Names'
Interpol - ‘Turn on the Bright Lights’
Interpol - ‘Antics’
Radiohead - ‘Kid A’
Radiohead - ‘In Rainbows’
Sigur Ros - ‘Takk...’
Sigur Ros - ‘()’
Bloc Party - ‘Silent Alarm’
Postal Service - ‘Give Up’
The Shins - ‘Chutes Too Narrow’
The Shins - ‘Oh, Inverted World!’
Royksopp - ‘Melody A.M.’
Rogue Wave - ‘Out of The Shadow’
Broken Social Scene - ‘You Forgot It In People’
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - ‘BRMC’
Bouncing Souls - ‘Anchors Aweigh’
Cursive - ‘The Ugly Organ’
Why? - ‘Alopecia’
Wolf Parade - ‘Apologies to the Queen Mary’
Wilderness - self-titled
The White Stripes - ‘White Blood Cells’
Sufjan Stevens - ‘Come On Feel the Illinoise’
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - ‘The Tyranny of Distance’
TV on the Radio - ‘Return to Cookie Mountain’
U2 - ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’
Ulrich Schnauss - ‘A Strangely Isolated Place’
Vampire Weekend - self-titled
VNV Nation - ‘Empires’
Weezer - ‘Green’
Midlake - ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’
Muscles - ‘Guns Babes Lemonade’
Doves - ‘Lost Souls’
Elbow - ‘Leaders of the Free World’
Explosions in the Sky - ‘The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place’
The Dismemberment Plan - ‘Change’
Franz Ferdinand - self-titled
The Flaming Lips - ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’
Fleet Foxes - self-titled
The Fiery Furnaces - ‘Blueberry Boat’
Death Cab For Cutie - ‘Transatlanticism’
Grandaddy - ‘The Sophtware Slump’
Grizzly Bear - ‘Yellow House’
The Hold Stead - ‘Boys and Girls In America’
Hot Hot Heat - ‘Make Up The Breakdown’
Idlewild - ‘100 Broken Windows’
Idlewild - ‘In Remote Part’
Jimmy Eat World - ‘Bleed American’
Joanna Newsom - ‘Ys’
Arcade Fire - ‘Funeral’
Jurassic 5 - ‘Quality Control’
MIA - Kala and/or Arular
M83 - ‘Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts’
M83 - ‘Saturdays=Youth’
Low - ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’
Low - ‘The Great Destroyer’
Modest Mouse - ‘The Moon and Antarctica’
Modest Mouse - ‘Good News For People Who Love Bad News’
Mogwai - ‘Mr. Beast’
Morrissey - ‘You Are The Quarry’
The Knife - ‘Silent Shout’
Outkast - ‘Stankonia’
Peter Bjorn and John - ‘Writer’s Block’
Pinback - ‘Summer In Abbadon’
Coldplay - ‘A Rush of Blood To The Head’
The Beta Band - ‘Heroes’
At The Drive-In - ‘Relationship of Command’
Architecture In Helsinki - ‘In Case We Die’
Andrew Bird - ‘The Mysterious Production of Eggs’
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - ‘Source Tags & Codes’
Alkaline Trio - ‘Good Mourning’
The Album Leaf - ‘In A Safe Place’
AFI - 'The Art of Drowning'
AFI - ‘Sing the Sorrow’
Cake - ‘Comfort Eagle’
Battles - ‘Mirrored’
Bright Eyes - ‘Lifted’
The Clientele - ‘God Save The Clientele’
Clinic - ‘Internal Wrangler’
The Decemberists - ‘Castaways And Cutouts’
The Decemberists - ‘Picaresque’
Dropkick Murphys - ‘Blackout’
Ladytron - ‘Witching Hour’
LCD Soundsystem - ‘Sound of Silver’
Liars - ‘Drum’s Not Dead’
Muse - ‘Absolution’
The National - ‘Alligator’
The New Pornographers - ‘Mass Romantic’
The Notwist - ‘Neon Golden’
Of Montreal - ‘Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?’
Placebo - ‘Sleeping With Ghosts’
Roddy Woomble - ‘My Secret Is My Silence’
Sparta - ‘Porcelain’
Spoon - ‘Gimme Fiction’
Spoon - ‘Kill The Moonlight’
The Strokes - ‘Is This It?’
Opeth - ‘Blackwater Park’
Mastodon - ‘Leviathan’
Death Cab For Cutie - 'The Photo Album'


I was not ready for Scott Walker last decade.

 

[If you shout...]

The Fiery Furnaces - ‘Blueberry Boat’
The Clientele - ‘God Save The Clientele’

Score.

 

[Imperor]

I still need to hop into that Blueberry Boat, so to speak. It's been on the back burner for way too long now.

 

[onebloodonelife]

I was not ready for Scott Walker last decade.

Good stuff, there's plenty on there I'll have to check out now (including, like Impy, Blueberry Boat, since it's been on my radar for awhile now). I sense a large Okkervil River-shaped gap in there though.

 

[u2popmofo]

I sense a large Okkervil River-shaped gap in there though.

Holy crap, I swear I had BSB and Stage Names in there right up top! Must have accidentally deleted. They're there now.