What modern albums will be considered classics in the future?

Saw this thread on twitter and thought it was interesting. I'm talking about albums released in the last 10, 20 years.

To Pimp A Butterfly is probably a safe bet.

bennyineire

Tame Impala - Currents

ngunners

From the last 20 years:

The Strokes - Is this It?
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The National - Boxer
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights

Even making this list, it’s clear to me that with the distance of time it gets easier to tell which albums are going to stay with you.

Rothko

bennyineire wrote: »

Tame Impala - Currents

I'd pick Lonerism over that.

Titanic Rising - Weyes Blood
Norman F*cking Rockwell - Lana Del Rey

The Golden Miller

Nothing comes to mind. Infact Id struggle to name even one guitar based band who's made it since 2010, went properly mainstream for a sustained period.

I'd argue the last Irish band to make it abroad was the Thrills, I'd rate the Script as a glorified boy band. Few others have popped up but wouldn't say they made it.

So from an Irish point of view the Thrills album "So Much for the City". Songs still get regular airplay, and they captured a moment in Ireland and the UK, was the sound of a summer.

But is that even modern anymore?

ngunners

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Nothing comes to mind. Infact Id struggle to name even one guitar based band who's made it since 2010, went properly mainstream for a sustained period.

I'd argue the last Irish band to make it abroad was the Thrills, I'd rate the Script as a glorified boy band. Few others have popped up but wouldn't say they made it.

So from an Irish point of view the Thrills album "So Much for the City". Songs still get regular airplay, and they captured a moment in Ireland and the UK, was the sound of a summer.

But is that even modern anymore?

If you’re talking Irish albums, there’s much better released over the last 20 years than anything by The Thrills. The likes of The Murder Capital, Fontaines DC, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, Cathy Davey etc. have all put out better albums than the one you mentioned.

The Golden Miller

ngunners wrote: »

If you’re talking Irish albums, there’s much better released over the last 20 years than anything by The Thrills. The likes of The Murder Capital, Fontaines DC, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, Cathy Davey etc. have all put out better albums than the one you mentioned.

There might be better albums, but would many of the ones you mentioned be remembered as well or captured a moment in time, the way the Thrills album did for many in Ireland and the UK? I wouldn't of thought so. I think how an album is ingrained in popular culture is a factor in determining if it's a classic album or not, not just how good it is.

Most of the ones you mentioned don't have this. That Thrills album was the soundtrack of a summer for many