Sunday, December 13, 2009

Best of the Decade - Albums

Coming up with favorite albums of the decade turned out to be far easier than songs. Choosing between one song and another often seemed arbitrary, but albums aren't as fleeting, and the following all left quite an impression on me. I was going to go with 25, but apparently I can only upload 20 pictures per post, so 20 entries it will be.

Without further ado, my 20 favorite albums of the last ten years.

20. Saturdays = Youth
M83













19. Santogold
Santogold












18. Electric Version
The New Pornographers













17. The Fame Monster
Lady Gaga











16. Ágaetis Byrjun
Sigor Rós













15. The Execution of All Things
Rilo Kiley












14. Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Outkast













13. Let's Get Out of This Country
Camera Obscura












12. Beirut
The Flying Club Cup













11. Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend












10. Home
Dixie Chicks













9. The Reminder
Feist












8. Kala
M.I.A.













7. Oracular Spectacular
MGMT












6. Extraordinary Machine
Fiona Apple













5. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Neko Case












4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips













3. Challengers
The New Pornographers












2. Funeral
Arcade Fire












1. Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
PJ Harvey
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6 comments:

  1. TristanDecember 13, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Bah, I don't know how I feel about staggering those pictures, but I am being far too lazy right now to make it look better.

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  2. Dear FilmmakerDecember 14, 2009 at 12:22 AM

    What's funny is I'm working on my Top 50 films right now and realizing that I'm far more qualified to do a Top 50 Albums of the Decade as I could probably easily make a Top 20 of 2009.

    I haven't worked on it, but off the top of my head for this decade...

    1. Control by Pedro the Lion
    2. Blackout by The Good Life
    3. Suicide Medicine by Rocky Votolato
    4. The Ugly Organ by Cursive
    5. Funeral by The Arcade Fire
    6. Wild Like Children by Tilly and the Wall
    7. Half the World is Watching Me by Mew
    8. Lifted by Bright Eyes
    9. Brother, Sister by MeWithoutYou
    10.Glistening Pleasure by Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

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  3. TristanDecember 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    We have one in common! I suppose though that just about everyone has that one in common.

    Your list may inspire a lot of listening in my near future. I'm no where near as well versed in music as in movies.

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  4. Dear FilmmakerDecember 15, 2009 at 12:53 AM

    Well, I drive around in a car all day. Therefore, I listen to at least 4 albums a day.

    I've been listening to that Rilo Kiley album and the New Pornographers album (Electric Version) for so long that they don't even seem recent to me. I'm rediscovering Beirut but I still don't know which album is which. Flaming Lips, Feist, and Vampire Weekend I like, but not as much as other stuff. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head is basically a silly MGMT.

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  5. Rahul RagunathanDecember 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    Spearkerboxx/The Love Below over Stankonia?? Blasphemy :-)

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  6. TristanDecember 16, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    I can live with blasphemy

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