Boardsies Top 20 Albums of the Decade

ElaElaElano

We've had lists from NME, The Times and a few others but I'd like to see your personal picks. There have been hundreds of good records released in this decade so it's not easy to narrow it down- but try!

Mine-

1. Cursive- Domestica (2000)
2. Biffy Clyro- The Vertigo of Bliss (2002)
3. Arcade Fire- Funeral (2005)
4. At the Drive-in- Relationship of Command (2000)
5. Minus the Bear- Menos el Oso (2005)
6. Cursive- The Ugly Organ (2003)
7. Modest Mouse- Good news for people who love bad news (2004)
8. The Appleseed Cast- Two Conversations (2003)
9. Circle Takes the Square- As the Roots Undo (2004)
10. Death Cab for Cutie- We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)
11. Elliott Smith- Figure 8 (2000)
12. This Town Needs Guns- Animals (2008)
13. Hot Chip- The Warning (2006)
14. Life at These Speeds- S/T (2006)
15. The XX- The XX (2009)
16. We Were Promised Jetpacks- These Four Walls (2009)
17. The Mars Volta- Deloused in the Comatorium (2003)
18. The Rapture- Echoes (2003)
19. Royksopp- Melody AM (2001)
20. The Manchester Orchestra- Like a Virgin Losing a Child (2006)

So many that missed out but at a push, that's my top 20.

RichTea

In no particular order:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
3. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
4. Jay-Z - The Black Album
5. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Bloc Party - Weekend in the City
8. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
9. Outkast - Stankonia
10. Muse - Absolution
11. Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
12. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
13. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
14. Alicia Keys - Songs in a Mirror
15. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
16. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
17. Kanye West - Late Registration
18. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
19. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
20. The Strokes - Is This It

cashback

In no order...

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Doves - Lost Souls
My Morning Jacket - Z
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Interpol -Antics
The National -Boxer
Doves -The Last Broadcast
Sigur Ros -Takk
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
Arcade Fire -Funeral
Elliott Smith -Figure 8
Gorillaz -Demon Days
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Fever To Tell
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium
Editors -The Back Room

Xavi6

This will be tricky.

1. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
2. King Adora - Vibrate You
3. Muse - Origin of Symmetry
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
5. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
6. Idlewild - In Remote Part
7. Doves - The Last Broadcast
8. The Killers - Hot Fuss
9. Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky
10. Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
11. JJ72 - JJ72
12. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
13. A.F.I. - Sing The Sorrow
14. Turn - Forward
15. Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary
16. The National - Boxer
17. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
18. The Postal Service - Get Up
19. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
20. Bright Eyes - Fevers & Mirrors

All personal preferences of course.

EDIT: Completely forgot about the Arctic Monkeys debut so that has to go in instead of Lifehouse. The Decemberists, Cold War Kids, Brand New, Delays, Feeder, Okkervil River, The Music, Seafood and Athlete can count themselves unlucky as well on further reflection.

whatawaster

off the top of my head

1. The Strokes - Is this it
2. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
3. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
5. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
6. Spiritualized - Let it Come Down
7. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People say i am
8. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
9. Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake, it's morning
10. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
11. The Horrors - Primary Colours
12. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the deaf
13. Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
14. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
15. The Strokes - Room on Fire
16. Modest Mouse - Good news . . .
17. Fever to tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
18. The Libertines - The Libertines
19. The Coral - The Coral
20. The Shins - The Shins

Gillington

1.Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2.Interpol - Antics
3.Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
4.Editors - The Back Room
5.Editors - An End has a start
6.Bon Iver - For Emma,Forever Ago
7.LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
8.Damien Rice - O
9.Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
10.Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
11.Arcade Fire - Funeral
12.Islands - Return to the Sea
13.Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
14.Justice - Cross
15.TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
16.Bright Eyes - Im Wide Awake its Morning
17.Interpol - Our Love to Admire
18.Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
19.The Strokes - Is This It
20.System of a Down - Toxicity

Hard to pick any number,cos there will always be one you think of after that maybe might sneak in there! Maybe if this gets a good few more responses we could total them up? Heck,I might even do it.

lordgoat

Elliott Smith - Fig 8
Wilco - Ghost
Wilco - Yankee
Bon Iver - Emma
Libs - Up the bracket
Jo Newsome - Milk Eyed Mender
Sigur Ros - Takk

there are more especially if i went outside 'alt/indie'

The Pontiac

In no particular order..

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Cat Power - The Greatest
The Strokes - Is This It
Tom Waits - Real Gone
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Portishead - Third
Calexico - Feast of Wire
Grandaddy - The Software Slump
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Ry Cooder - Chávez Ravine
My Morning Jacket - Z
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Placid_Casual

In alphabetical order...

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Guillemots - Through The Window Pane
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
R.E.M. - Reveal
Radiohead - Kid A
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
The Strokes - Is This It
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
The White Stripes - De Stijl

NapoleonInRags

1. Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. Radiohead – In Rainbows
3. The Strokes - Is This It?
4. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
5. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
6. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
7. Iron & Wine – The Creek Drank the Cradle
8. Sigur Ros - Takk
9. The National – Alligator
10. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
11. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
12. Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther
13. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
14. Yo La Tengo - …And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
15. Royksopp – Melody AM
16. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
17. The National – Boxer
18. Postal Service – Give up
19. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
20. Elbow- Cast of Thousands

X-Calibre

In no order:

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
Battles - Mirrored
Bon Iver - Forever Emma Go
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
The National - Boxer
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Four Tet - Rounds
Foals - Antidotes
The Books - Thought For Food
Hot Chip - The Warning
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Lights
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
Explosions in The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Caribou - Up In Flames
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music

A lot harder than I expected to narrow it down..

ChuckProphet

there's only one truly great that will stand the test of time - arcade fire funeral....crap decade really

Basq

Xavi6's list could have read as mine too..

Hmm.. Too tough... but in no particular order (and odds are I will regret some of these choices):

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Arcadre Fire - Neon Bible
Postal Service - Give Up
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (I'm amazed Xavi6 left this out! :eek:)
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Damien Rice - O
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
Coldplay - Parachutes
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
The Strokes - Is This It
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Idlewild - In Remote Part
The Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
OK Go - OK Go
OK Go - Oh No
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
The Killers - Hot Fuss

Aridstarling

OK, lets see what happens. Off the top of my head.

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake Its Morning
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital World
Radiohead - Kid A
Modest Mouse - Good News...
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - And No More Shall We Part
At the Drive in - Relationship of Command
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
The National - Boxer
The National - Alligator
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever ago
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Sigur Ros - ()
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House

Loads more obviously, but that will do.

nyarlothothep

1. Frances the Mute (2005) TMV
2. Kid A (2000) Radiohead
3. Permission to Land, (2003) The Darkness
4. Deloused in the Comatorium- (2003) TMV
5. Relationships of Command (2000) ATDI
6. The Deep Blue (2007) Charlotte Hatherley
7. Parachutes (2000) Coldplay
8. Black Cherry (2003) Goldfrapp
9. Ghost Reveries (2005) Opeth
10. Hail to the Thief (2003) Radiohead
11. Animals as Leaders (2009) Animals as Leaders
12. Felt Mountain (2000) Goldfrapp
13. Deliverance/Blackwater Park (2000)- Opeth
14. In Rainbows (2007) Radiohead
15. Hour of the Bewilderbeast (2000) Badly Drawn Boy
16. Grey will Fade (2004) Charlotte Hatherley
17. We Love Life (2001) Pulp
18. With Teeth (2005) Nine Inch Nails
19. Show Your Bones (2006) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
20. Turn on the Bright Lights (2002) Interpol

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lordgoat

Scien wrote: »

1999.

Only released in Iceland in 99 as far as i know... UK and Rest of World in 2000...

nlgbbbblth

in order of preference.

01 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (2008)
02 Burial - Untrue (2007)
03 Belbury Poly - The Owl's Map (2006)
04 Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
05 LCD Soundsystem - The Sound Of Silver (2007)
06 Skream - Skream (2006)
07 The Fall - The Real New Fall LP (2003)
08 The Jimmy Cake - Dublin Gone, Everybody Dead (2001)
09 Portishead - Third (2008)
10 Half Man Half Biscuit - Achtung Bono (2005)
11 Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
12 Broadcast - The Noise Made By People (2000)
13 Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (2000)
14 Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue (2003)
15 Comets On Fire - Avatar (2006)
16 Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye (2006)
17 The Fall - Fall Heads Roll (2005)
18 Rollers / Sparkers - Second Level Crossing (2004)
19 Autechre - Untilted (2007)
20 Burial - Burial (2006)

BickNarry

Fugazi- The Argument

Chumbawamba- The Boy Bands Have Won

The Frank and Walters- A Renewed Interest in Happyness

Immortal Technique- Revolutionary 1 & 2, The Third World

I really dont think theres anything else good..... (Indie; Independent Artist)

*giggles*

I was so glad to hear that Sigur Rós featured in the top 20:D

Not a bad decade, eh?

fikay

I don't really buy into this whole "uh the noughties were a crap time for music, like look the '60's (mmh), the 70's (fuf), the 80's (stop that, silly people) were like so much better."
It was more difficult for me to pick what to leave out and as you'll be able to see from my list I've hardly got 'underground' sensabilities.
Sure there was utter ****e on the radio and on the telly and in the newspapers but who cares? The thing is that in truth you don't have to look to far to find interesting tuneage.

nyways, after all that huffing and puffing:

Kevin drew- Spirit If…
Elliott Brood- Ambassador
Radiohead- In Rainbows
Explosions in the Sky- The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Minus The Bear- Planet of Ice
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
The National- Boxer
Mogwai- Mr. Beast
Unkle- War Stories
Queens of the Stone Age- Rated R
PJ Harvey- White Chalk
Mars Volta - De-loused in the Commatarioum
Hot Chip- The Warning
Les Savy Fav- Let’s Stay Friends
The xx- The xx
Porpicehead- Third
Sigur Ros- ( )
At the Drive-In- Relationship of Command
Nick Cave…- Dig Lazarus Dig

Kid V

So so much good music

1: Radiohead - Kid A
2: Portishead - Third
3: Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
4: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever
5: Radiohead - In Rainbows
6: Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
7: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8: Arcade Fire - Funeral
9: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
10: LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
11: Sigur Rós - Takk
12: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
13: The Knife - Silent Shout
14: Beck - Sea Change
15: PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
16: The Avalanches - Since I Left You
17: The National - Boxer
18: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
19: Liars - Liars
20: Cat Power - You Are Free

Gonzovision

figure 8 - elliot smith
relationship of command- At the drive in
The Creek drank the cradle- iron and wine
funeral- arcade fire
illonoise- sufjan stevens
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost..- M83
Takk- sigur ros
Melody A.M- Royksopp
Love - the beatles
For Emma- bon iver
fleet foxes- fleet foxes
all hour cymbals- yeasayer
dear science- tv on the radio
Merriweather Post Pavilion- Animal Collective
Hospice- The Antlers
The Private Press- Dj Shadow
Never never land- Unkle
Raising Sand- Robert PLant and Allison Kraus
Black Holes...- Muse
Kid A- Radiohead

magma69

Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam
Arcade Fire-Funeral
Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
The Libertines-Up The Bracket
Devendra Banhart-Rejoicing In The Hands
Danger Doom-The Mouse And The Mask
RJD2-Deadringer
Zero 7-When It Falls
Radiohead-Kid A
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Mum-Yesterday Was Dramatic
The Cinematic Orchestra-Man With A Movie Camera
The Avalanches-Since I Left You
Battles-Mirrored
Laurent Garnier-Unreasonable Behaviour
The Chemical Brothers-Come With Us
Sigur Ros-Agaetis Bryjun
Elliot Smith-Figure 8
Prefuse 73- One Word Extinguisher
Lemon Jelly-KY
Tunng-Comments Of The Inner Chorus

sink

In no particular order

Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake it's morning
My Morning Jacket - Z
The Strokes - Is This It?
Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Radiohead - KidA
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off The Lavender Tree
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Modest Mouse - Good New For People Who Like Bad News
Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
James Blunt - Back To Bedlam

lordgoat

Kid V wrote: »

So so much good music

1: Radiohead - Kid A
2: Portishead - Third
3: Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
4: Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever
5: Radiohead - In Rainbows
6: Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
7: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8: Arcade Fire - Funeral
9: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
10: LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
11: Sigur Rós - Takk
12: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
13: The Knife - Silent Shout
14: Beck - Sea Change
15: PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
16: The Avalanches - Since I Left You
17: The National - Boxer
18: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
19: Liars - Liars
20: Cat Power - You Are Free

Super list barring Bloc party - a truly abysmal band in my opinion by the other 19 are all albums i enjoy a lot. Would have You are free as Cat's best album too...

patchmck

You indie-kids make me sick with your arcade fire, I haven't heard their music nor their name spoken since their gig in 2007. Test of time my arse.

No one mentioned the girl talk album! I would have thought that and the fleet foxes album would be topping most lists...

DOC09UNAM

I recommend you all try

the fratellis - costello music.

mumford and sons - Sigh, no more.

Two fantastic albums, but otherwise, i'd agree with most selections.

Could have done with some Tenacious D (first album was amazing), or Eagles of death metal (good listening stuff).

Not to mention the two new supergroups, chicken foot and them crooked vultures.

Chicken foots (Chad smith, joe satriani, sammy hagar, michael Anthony) album was pretty top notch, and from what I've heard of The crooked vultures album, sounds pretty tight.

And considering we may have EM's new album by the end of the year, too early to judge for me!!

lordgoat

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

I recommend you all try

the fratellis - costello music.

mumford and sons - Sigh, no more.

Two fantastic albums, but otherwise, i'd agree with most selections.

Could have done with some Tenacious D (first album was amazing), or Eagles of death metal (good listening stuff).

Not to mention the two new supergroups, chicken foot and them crooked vultures.

Chicken foots (Chad smith, joe satriani, sammy hagar, michael Anthony) album was pretty top notch, and from what I've heard of The crooked vultures album, sounds pretty tight.

And considering we may have EM's new album by the end of the year, too early to judge for me!!

It is of no surprise to me that none of the albums you've mentioned here are on any lists. Unless a what not to listen to. Sorry i feel compelled to reply and i know it's my opinion but the fratellis? Garbage of the highest order.

Ten - D was a gimick album albeit funny, definitely not a top album of any decade.

And the two albums from those supergroups are terribly. TCV sound like any other crappy nme band out there at the moment. No diversity and no imigination. Boring boring boring...

Kid V

lordgoat wrote: »

Super list barring Bloc party - a truly abysmal band in my opinion by the other 19 are all albums i enjoy a lot. Would have You are free as Cat's best album too...

Silent Alarm is a fantastic album and its by far their best. It may not be as good as the other albums on the list but I associate it with a certain time in my life. Nostalgia boosts it up to no 7!
As for Cat Power I just enjoy listening to You Are Free more than The Greatest, Jukebox etc. Its the album that got me into her so i have a certain fondness for it. She can do no wrong:D

Kid V

patchmck wrote: »

You indie-kids make me sick with your arcade fire, I haven't heard their music nor their name spoken since their gig in 2007. Test of time my arse.

No one mentioned the girl talk album! I would have thought that and the fleet foxes album would be topping most lists...

To speak ill of Arcade Fire here is blasphemy:eek:

I think they have stood the test of time. They have a certain universality that it is very uncommon in indie/alternative music. If music was judged on passion alone they'd be the biggest act on the planet imo.

Fleet Foxes and Girl Talk are deadly but i wouldnt put them in a top 20 of the decade list. Def would in a top 20 of 2008 though.