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mine are...

1.The Rising-Bruce Springsteen

brilliant songwriting, great e-street revival

2.Love and Theft-Bob Dylan

Great followup to time out of mind, dylans loosest recordings since possibly basement tapes

3.American Idiot-Green Day

Green Days strongest album in every way
 
I'm Ready said:

3.American Idiot-Green Day

Green Days strongest album in every way

:up: Absolutely!!!

I would say...

1. American Idiot - Green Day... of course.
2. HTDAAB - U2
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
 
Other than my obvious choices I really like:

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -- Wilco
A Ghost Is Born -- Wilco
Wires -- Art Of Fighting
Second Storey -- Art Of Fighting
Storms Dressed As Stars -- Gersey
Save The Ones You Love -- Halogen
Stars At Noon -- Sea Ray

There are more but I don't feel like thinking too hard tonight....
 
I did a list posted in my Journal

oh, what the hell, here's:

Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Pain – Nothing Remains The Same (2002)
The Microphones – The Glow, Pt. 2 (2001)
The Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (2000)
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance (2001)
Sufjan Stevens – Michigan (2003)
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People (2003)
The Shins – Oh! Inverted World (2001)
New Pornographers – Mass Romantic (2000)
Modest Mouse – Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004)
Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World (2001)
Cursive – Domestica (2000)
Xiu Xiu – Fabulous Muscles (2004)
Spoon – Girls Can Tell (2001)
The Decemberists – Picaresque (2005)
Stars – Heart (2003)
Metric – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Fever To Tell (2003)
The Album Leaf – One Day I’ll Be On Time (2001)
The Strokes – This Is It? (2001)
Sigur Ros – ( ) (2002)
Royksopp – Melody A. M. (2001)
Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (2001)
Iron & Wine – The Creek Drank The Cradle (2001)
Elliott Smith – From A Basement On The Hill (2004)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Take Them On, On Your Own (2003)
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
Mirah – C’mon Miracle (2004)
Kings Of Convenience – Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Björk – Vespertine (2001)
Moby – Play (2000)
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)
Pelican – The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (2005)
Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (2004)
The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine (2004)
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)
Elbow – Asleep In The Back (2001)
Doves – The Last Broadcast (2002)
The Radio Dept. – Lesser Matters (2003)
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse (2004)
M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003)
Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing In The Hands / Niño Rojo (2004)
Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell 1 / 2 (2003)
Hot Hot Heat – Make Up The Breakdown (2002)
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (2004)
Kashmir – Zitilites (2003)
Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
Sleater-Kinney – The Woods (2005)
Calexico – Feast Of Wire (2003)

instant classics
Morrisey – You’re The Quarry (2004)
Brian Wilson – Smile (2004)

I'm forgetting too many, I know :(
 
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
The White Stripes - Elephant
Franz Ferdinand - s/t
Elvis Costello - The Delivery Man
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
Warren Zevon - The Wind
 
Two of my absolute favourites haven't been mentioned yet: Porcupine Tree's In Absentia and the follow-up Deadwing. Both absolutely amazing. I didn't think Porcupine Tree were going to top In Absentia but I feel Deadwing does it.
 
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Beck - Sea Change
David Bowie - Heathen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
The Cure - Bloodflowers
Neil Finn - One All
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
U2 - How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
 
Hail to the Theif-Radiohead
The Killers-Hot Fuss
Modest Mouse-Good news for people who love bad news.
U2-Bomb
Green Day American Idiot
The Strokes-Is this it?
RHCP-By The Way.
Coldplay X and Y
 
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Interpol - Antics
Radiohead - HTTT
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Gordon Downie - Coke Machine Glow
U2 - HTDAAB
Franz Ferdinand
U2 - ATYCLB
Zwan
White Stripes Elephant
 
In no order:

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Interpol - Antics
Muse - Absolution
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
 
GibsonGirl said:
In no order:

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Interpol - Antics
Muse - Absolution
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Geeez! That sounds much like mine.. (too bad I forgot Muse and Bloc party in my list!)
 
In no particular order:

DBTT: Oasis
Hot Fuss: The Killers
Just Like Blood: Tom McCrae
White Ladder: David Gray
U2: HTDAAB

Wow, I should be including more albums on this list but my mind has genuinely gone blank.
 
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Polysics - NEU
Daft Punk - Discovery
U2 - ATYCLB
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Rareware - Perfect Dark Soundtrack
Nintendo - Smash Bros. Meleé Soundtrack
 
U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
Green Day - American Idiot
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Coldplay - Parachutes(criminally underrated in the shadow of ROBTTH and the overrated X&Y)
Coldplay - Rush Of Blood To The Head
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Jane's Addiction - Strays
Matchbox 20 - Mad Season
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Muse - Absolution
Sting - Sacred Love
Sigur Ros - ()
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Audioslave - Audioslave
 
For me:

Jet - Get Born
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Coldplay - AROBTTH
Embrace - Out of Nothing
Franz Ferdinand - s/t
Kasabian - s/t
Scissor Sisters - s/t
The Zutons - Who Killed... the Zutons?


More recent albums that I know will be "classics" on my list:

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
The Bravery - s/t
Razorlight - Up All Night
Coldplay - X&Y


I'm sure I'm missing something...

(edit: of course I missed U2... but that's almost a given, right?)
 
radiohead kid a
radiohead amnesiac
radiohead hail to the thief

wilco a ghost is born
wilco yankee hotel foxtrot

beck - sea change
beck - guero

broken social scene - surfer nation :sexywink:
broken social scene - you forgot it in people
broken social scene - beehives

stars - heart
stars - set yourself on fire

arcade fire - funeral

the walkmen - bows and arrows

manitoba - up in flames :drool:

caribou - the milk of human kindness

and finally

SATURDAY MORNING EMPIRES

a collection of canadian electronica/idm/shoegazer shit that kicks hardcore ass. unreal how good it is.
 
Sigur Ros - ( )
Barenaked Ladies - Everything For Everyone (great pop)
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (my guilty pleasure!!)
REM - Around The Sun
Robbie Williams - Escapology ('Hot Fudge' :drool: )
U2 - How To Dismantle...
Backstreet Boys - Never Gone
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
Dave Matthews - Some Devil
Bjork - Medulla
Janet Jackson - Damita Jo

god my taste sucks.
 
Man, this is tougher than I thought...

PJ Harvey--Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Radiohead--Amnesiac & HTTT
Sleater-Kinney--The Woods & One Beat
OutKast--Stankonia & Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
The Dismemberment Plan--Change
Spoon--Girls Can Tell & Gimme Fiction
Stephen Malkmus--All three albums
New Order--Get Ready & Waiting For The Sirens' Call
Madonna--Music
Twilight Singers--Blackberry Belle
Super Furry Animals--Rings Around the World & Phantom Power
Phoenix--S/T & Alphabetical
Bettie Serveert--Log 22
Guided By Voices--Universal Truths and Cycles & Half Smiles of the Decomposed
Bob Dylan--Love and Theft
Bruce Springsteen--The Rising
White Stripes--Elephant
Van Morrison--Down the Road
Blur--Think Tank
Prince--The Rainbow Children & Musicology
Steely Dan--Everything Must Go
David Bowie--Heathen & Earthling
Thievery Corporation--The Mirror Conspiracy
Arcade Fire--Funeral

...and of course The Bomb.
 
Jack In The Box said:
I did a list posted in my Journal

oh, what the hell, here's:

Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
Pain – Nothing Remains The Same (2002)
The Microphones – The Glow, Pt. 2 (2001)
The Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (2000)
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance (2001)
Sufjan Stevens – Michigan (2003)
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People (2003)
The Shins – Oh! Inverted World (2001)
New Pornographers – Mass Romantic (2000)
Modest Mouse – Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004)
Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World (2001)
Cursive – Domestica (2000)
Xiu Xiu – Fabulous Muscles (2004)
Spoon – Girls Can Tell (2001)
The Decemberists – Picaresque (2005)
Stars – Heart (2003)
Metric – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Fever To Tell (2003)
The Album Leaf – One Day I’ll Be On Time (2001)
The Strokes – This Is It? (2001)
Sigur Ros – ( ) (2002)
Royksopp – Melody A. M. (2001)
Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (2001)
Iron & Wine – The Creek Drank The Cradle (2001)
Elliott Smith – From A Basement On The Hill (2004)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Take Them On, On Your Own (2003)
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)
Mirah – C’mon Miracle (2004)
Kings Of Convenience – Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Björk – Vespertine (2001)
Moby – Play (2000)
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)
Pelican – The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (2005)
Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (2004)
The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine (2004)
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)
Elbow – Asleep In The Back (2001)
Doves – The Last Broadcast (2002)
The Radio Dept. – Lesser Matters (2003)
Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse (2004)
M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003)
Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing In The Hands / Niño Rojo (2004)
Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell 1 / 2 (2003)
Hot Hot Heat – Make Up The Breakdown (2002)
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (2004)
Kashmir – Zitilites (2003)
Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
Sleater-Kinney – The Woods (2005)
Calexico – Feast Of Wire (2003)

instant classics
Morrisey – You’re The Quarry (2004)
Brian Wilson – Smile (2004)

I'm forgetting too many, I know :(


No Fair! Jack just posted EVERY album released since 2000.

What a dick :wink:
 
U2- hut dab
Coldplay - AROBTTH
Coldplay- X&Y
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Kasabian - s/t
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Bravery - s/t
The Killers - HOT Fuss
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlatacism
Feeder - Pushing the Senses
John Mayer - Heavier Things
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Muse - Absolution
Ryan Adams- Love is Hell
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
 
U2 - How to....
Kings of Leon - Youth and young manhood
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Doves - The last broadcast
Strokes - is this it
 
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