Best of the 00's... so far

[Fuzznuts]

Since I'm feeling supremely lazy today, here's what I came up with for the "Album of the Century" board over on Influential Music this past Spring:

1. Ted Leo + Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
2. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
3. Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus
4. Neko Case- Blacklisted
5. Bob Dylan - Love & Theft
6. The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
7. Magnetic Fields - i
8. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
9. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
10. My Morning Jacket - Z
11. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
12. Ted Leo + Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
13. Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera
14. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
15. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

I don't think anything I've bought since then could reshuffle tis list, except maybe The Obliterati moving into the 11-spot.

[Dr. Drum]

Current top 15 (I guess - these things are always changing) with a few audio samples:

1. Stars – Set Yourself On Fire
2. Low – Things We Lost in the Fire
3. The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site (The Reasons)
4. Final Fantasy – Has a Good Home (Furniture)
5. Emm Gryner – Girl Versions (Crazy Train)
6. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People
7. Neko Case – Blacklisted
8. The Finn Bros. – Everyone is Here
9. Black Box Recorder – The Facts of Life
10. John Cale – HoboSapiens
11. Martin Tielli – Operation Infinite Joy
12. Tori Amos – Scarlet’s Walk
13. Arcade Fire – Funeral
14. Primal Scream – XTRMNTR
15. The Coral Sea – Volcano and Heart

[Ryosuke]

Wait, isn' this top 20 instead of 15?

[Adam]

I've added 5 titles to my list and shuffled up things a bit but here's my top 20 at the moment.

1. Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
2. Blackwater Park - Opeth
3. Kid A - Radiohead
4. Lateralus - Tool
5. SMiLE - Brian Wilson
6. (self-titled) - Tenacious D
7. Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
8. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
9. (tie) Mesmerize/Hypnotize, System of a Down
10. Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, PJ Harvey
11. Probot
12. Nothing - Meshuggah
13. Unearthed - Johnny Cash
14. Game Theory - The Roots
15. Vespertine - Bjork
16. All That You Leave Behind - U2
17. Dark Ages - Soulfly
18. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
19. Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You Black Emperor!
20. Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Dr. Drum]

Oops. Thanks, Ryo. OK, four more entries from earlier this decade and a 2006 entry. Going with current favourites in these things is always a bit iffy but I'm pretty confident this one can only increase in estimation.

16. Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
17. Bruce Cockburn – You’ve Never Seen Everything
18. The Decemberists – Picaresque
19. Muse – Absolution
20. Junior Boys – So This Is Goodbye

[skvorisdeadsorta]

I have to admit that while they are not best of the 00s material, I really really like the new Killers record. I think they are quite fun and I hear the Flood/Mouldar production all over teh album which I think is cool. Gives me nostalgia for when both of those guys ruled the 90s with some stellar production.

[Thorngrub]

ryosuke said:

This decade began in 2001, right? Not 2000?

What makes this decade any different from the 20th century decades, Ryo?

i.e,

By your standard there . . . the 80s would not have begun in 1980, the 90s would not have begun in 1990, etc.

Hence: You should not deprive yourself of the excellent albums that were released in 2000 (the start of the 00s).

[Galactus]

Yeah, we're talking 2000 - 2006 ('07 if you got 'em already....)

[Thorngrub]

oh, and Ryo - some of us are putting up "partial" lists (10 or 15, for now) cuz they're still workin' on em.

I could still edit mine .. . and very well might. You & I just happened to come up w/20 each, cuz, we're good like that

[kmc]

I disavow my top ten. Take 2:

1) Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (I like this more than You Forgot It In People)
2) Radiohead - Kid A
3) Daft Punk - Discovery
4) The Roots - Game Theory
5) Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
6) Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid of You and I'll Beat Your Ass
7) The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
8) My Morning Jacket - Z
9) Interpol - Antics
10) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
11) Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
12) Annie - Anniemal
13) Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
14) TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
15) LCD Soundsytem - LCD Soundsystem
16) Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica
17) Jay-Z - The Blueprint
18) Beck - Sea Change
19) Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
20) Boris - Pink

I know I'm forgetting something.

[Thorngrub]

I know how you feel, kenny. It's impossible to squeeze all the best into a Top 20, but what are we gunna do ? *sigh*

[Thorngrub]

I am definitely going to have to re-think mine (and fine tune it to perfection).

I'm not all that happy w/it as it stands, now

[luke]

Still rough.

20. Distorted Lullabies- Ours
19. Pretty Together- Sloan
18. Funeral- Arcade Fire
17. Turn on the Bright Lights- Interpol
16. Lateralus- Tool
15. Silent Alarm- Bloc Party
14. Room on Fire- The Strokes
13. XTRMNTR- Primal Scream
12. Hind Hind Legs- The Lovely Feathers
11. Origins of Symmetry- Muse
10. Mass Romantic- The New Pornographers
09. Face the Truth- Stephen Malkmus
08. Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia- Dandy Warhols
07. Here Comes the Zoo- Local H
06. Set Yourself on Fire- Stars
05. Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives- Novillero
04. Is This It?- The Strokes
03. You Forgot it in People- Broken Social Scene
02. Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
01. The Moon and Antarctica- Modest Mouse

[luke]

So that makes three of us here who appreciate the s/t more than YFIIP. Solid.

[kmc]

I think the BSS s/t is strong throughout. Even the slow numbers. I just don't think there's a weak track on the s/t.