Favorite Albums of the decade?

[Vic_Sage]

Seeing how this decade is coming to a close I wonder, what albums would you all say have been your favorites? For me it's these in no particular order

The Roots *Game Theory*
Gnarls Barkley *St.Elsewhere*
Mos Def *New Danger*
Ghostface Killah *Supreme Clientile*
Kanye West *808 & Heartbrea*
Kanye West *Late Registration*
N*E*R*D *Seeing Sounds*
Gorrillaz *Demon Days*
Sage Francis *Personal Journals*
Atmosphere *When Life Gives You Lemons...*

This was a pretty good year for Rap and R&B. Honorable Mention goes out to Mastodon *Crack the Skye*, Lupe Fiasco *The Cool*, Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek *Reflection Eternal*, Jay-Z *The Blue Print*, and J Dilla *Donuts* (RIP).

[TSGames]

Gnarls Barkley *St.Elsewhere*

I bought this because Adult Swim bumped it about 5 or 6 years back. I have never bought anything bumped by Adult Swim since.

My nominations for best album would have to include:
Metallica *Death Magnetic*
The Offspring *Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace*
CAKE *Comfort Eagle*

Other than that... The album "Sci-fi Crimes" by Chevelle was decent.

Not too much good music this decade, but the new stuff gives me hope for the next one.

[Vic_Sage]

I bought this because Adult Swim bumped it about 5 or 6 years back. I have never bought anything bumped by Adult Swim since.
[AS] usually represents some damn good Hip-Hop. Wish J Dilla had been around longer to work with them more.

[zeratul]

In no particular order

A Night at the Opera ~ Blind Guardian
Hate Crew Deathroll~ Children of Bodom
Captain Morgans revenge ~ Alestorm
Black Sails at Midnight ~ Alestorm
Ragnarok ~ Tyr
The Varangian Way ~ Turisas
Are you dead yet? ~ Children of Bodom
Victory Songs ~ Ensiferum
Midian ~ Cradle of Filth
The Funeral Album ~ Sentenced

[RS14]

A Night at the Opera ~ Blind Guardian

I got this purely by accident. I ordered something else, and got this, and the vendor never responded to my emails. I got my money back, but they've still not asked for it back. Odd.

But yes, it is quite good.

Picaresque, by the Decemberists was quite good as well.

[Sneak]

Kind of alphabetical order. Maybe.

I know I'm missing a bunch, but here:

Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird
Noble Beast - Andrew Bird
People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World - Andrew Jackson Jihad
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
Her Majesty The Decemberists - The Decemberists
The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Super Taranta! - Gogol Bordello
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
Separation Sunday - The Hold Steady
Holopaw - Holopaw
The Creek Drank the Cradle - Iron & Wine
Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
The Shepherd's Dog - Iron & Wine
The Sunset Tree - The Mountain Goats
We Shall All Be Healed - The Mountain Goats
Challengers - The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
Oh No - OK Go
Person Pitch - Panda Bear
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
Broom - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass - Yo La Tengo
Since I Left You - The Avalanches

[RobertoBlasini]

Sidenote, Sneak, I love your choice of music.

I'm going to have to say:
Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace - Foo Fighters
Far - Regina Spektor
The Ugly Organ - Cursive

These are just some fantastic albums I've heard. They are compiled beautifully.

[Jinura]

Mothership - Led Zeppelin ( If we count greatest hits albums )
Best of Bowie - David Bowie
...

I don't really listen to much music from this decade, the mainstream is filled with to much Rap.

[Decoy Lockbox]

I don't really listen to much music from this decade, the mainstream is filled with to much Rap.

Well, you could always just listen to modern music that isn't rap :smallbiggrin:

This past decade produced some very good music though. Sigh -- "Imaginary Sonicscape" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4bVbmR2O1Y) is in my top 5 for this decade, though I haven't decided on the others yet.

[ghost_warlock]

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories (2001)
Tool - Lateralus (2001)
Lacuna Coil - Comalies (2002)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
A Perfect Circle - Emotive (2004)
Universal Hall Pass - Mercury (2004)
10 Years - The Autumn Effect (2005)
Universal Hall Pass - Subtle Things (2006)
Vayden - Children of Our Mistakes (2006)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Emerson Hart - Cigarettes and Gasoline (2007)
10 Years - Division (2008)

Been kind of a dry spell for me recently; hard to find modern music I actually like. Of course, I hate rap and can't stand modern pop/R&B...which has all basically become annoyingly repeatative club music designed to worm its way into your brain and repeat ad nauseum anyway. :smallannoyed: If I hear one more whiny chick singing 80% of her song in falsetto...or in a robotic voice. :smallfurious:

I've been trying to branch out, but most bands/tracks sound identical to me these days. A couple bands/albums I'm planning on checking out and feel hopeful about: 32 Leaves (Welcome to the Fall) and Hurt (Vol. I & II).

[Sneak]

I just got TV On the Radio's Dear Science.

It definitely qualifies.

[skywalker]

Seeing how this decade is coming to a close I wonder, what albums would you all say have been your favorites? For me it's these in no particular order

The Roots *Game Theory*
Gnarls Barkley *St.Elsewhere*
Mos Def *New Danger*
Ghostface Killah *Supreme Clientile*
Kanye West *808 & Heartbrea*
Kanye West *Late Registration*
N*E*R*D *Seeing Sounds*
Gorrillaz *Demon Days*
Sage Francis *Personal Journals*
Atmosphere *When Life Gives You Lemons...*

This was a pretty good year for Rap and R&B. Honorable Mention goes out to Mastodon *Crack the Skye*, Lupe Fiasco *The Cool*, Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek *Reflection Eternal*, Jay-Z *The Blue Print*, and J Dilla *Donuts* (RIP).

There are a couple clunkers on "The Blueprint" but a lot of people will call it the best album of the decade. If it had been half as long, it could've been the greatest rap album *of all time.*

Anyway, most albums these days aren't listenable all the way through... I'm not sure I could pick any albums out over the rest.

This got me thinking tho.

[The Extinguisher]

I'm finding it so hard to make a top list of the decade. Should I do what I like to listen to the most? What I think is the most influential? Has the most talent and is a "better" album? It's pretty difficult.

So I have no real list. All I know is that "The Destruction of Small Ideas" by 65daysofstatic is going to be on there.

[Klose_the_Sith]

Seriously?

No Opeth?

Am I the only person who still likes Opeth?

Opeth ~ Blackwater Park
Opeth ~ Watershed

There's the best two albums of the decade, right there in your face beating you with a hammer.

Other good ones include

Mastodon ~ Leviathan
Mastodon ~ Crack the Skye
Bolt Thrower ~ Those Once Loyal
Lamb of God ~ As The Palaces Burn
Warbringer ~ War Without End
Megadeth ~ Endgame
Alestorm ~ Captain Morgan's Revenge
Black Majesty ~ Tomorrowland
Krallice ~ Krallice
Nile ~ Annihilation of the Wicked
Nile ~ Ithyphallic
Bal Sagoth ~ Atlantis Ascendant
Bal Sagoth ~ The Cthonic Chronicles
Mayhem ~ Ordo Ad Chao
Iron Maiden ~ Dance of Death
Obscura ~ Cosmogenesis
Cannibal Corpse ~ Kill
Cannibal Corpse ~ Evisceration Plague
Cannibal Corpse ~ The Wretched Spawn
Wintersun ~ Wintersun

You know, if I keep this up then I won't stop. There's no point in me continually spouting albums, just accept that I brought the Opeth here :smallcool:

[Jinura]

Well, you could always just listen to modern music that isn't rap :smallbiggrin:


Yeah well forgot about that :smallbiggrin: Well some other great albums:

U2: No line on the Horizon
Red Hot Chilli Peppers Stadium Arcadium.
Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell III

[Blas_de_Lezo]

Joe Bonamassa - Live From Nowhere in Particular.

[Lifeson]

From Dream Theater, I liked "Octavarium", "Black Clouds and Silver Linings", and their "Score" live album.

From Nightwish, "Century Child", "Once", and "Dark Passion Play"

Between the Buried and Me's album "Colors".

Lacuna Coil's "Unleashed Memories", "Comalies", and "Karmacode". Not so much "Shallow Life", but it has its moments.

Hardline's "Leaving the End Open" is a wonderful release from this year, a much better album then their last one.

Journey's "Revelation". Two disc, three discs if you got the special edition DVD, new singer who easily rivals Steve Perry, and all your Journey favourites plus a whole bunch of new songs? Best Melodic Rock release this year, hands down. :smallbiggrin:

I suppose I have to include Jonathon Coulton's "Best. Concert. Ever." album. It really is his best concert ever.

I suppose I can include the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog soundtrack. :smallcool:

Rush's "Snakes and Arrows" album is the return album Vapor Trails should have been.

Those are my favorite albums of this decade.

[valadil]

Hrm. First 4 bands are off the top of my head. The rest were in my last.fm most played list.

Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera, A Twist in the Myth, and Live.
Rush - Snakes and Arrows
Great Big Sea - Fortune's Favor
Jonathan Coulton - Smoking Monkey, Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 2k3, Light + Shade
Blackmore's Night - Ghost of a Rose, Village Lanterne, Secret Voyage
VNV Nation - Futureperfect
Tuatha de Danann - Tingaralatingadun, The Delirium has Just Began
Muse - Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations

[TheBST]

AC Newman: The Slow Wonder
At The Drive-In: Relationship of Command
Johnny Cash: America IV- The Man Comes Around
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Daft Punk: Discovery
Bob Dylan: Love and Theft
Eels: Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
Fugazi: The Argument
Half Man Half Biscuit: Achtung Bono
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
mclusky: Do Dallas
Shellac: 1000 Hurts
Tom Waits: Orphans

[Munsi]

conveniently i'm reviewing my top 25 on a different board right now, so i had this list kicking around anyway....

Viva la Vida - Coldplay - 2008
Libertine - Gene - 2002
Southeast Side Story - Chris Difford - 2006
the Last Broadcast - Doves - 2002
Futuresex/Lovesound - Justin Timberlake - 2006
Summer Sun - Yo La Tengo - 2003
the Blueprint - Jay Z - 2001
Twin Cinema - New Pornographers - 2005
Streetcore - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - 2003
Futureheads - The Futureheads - 2004
Alive 2007 - Daft Punk - 2007
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - 2004
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire - 2007
Rockin’ the Suburbs - Ben Folds - 2001
The Dresden Dolls - Dresden Dolls - 2004#10 Is this it? - Strokes - 2001
All that you can’t leave Behind - U2 - 2000
America IV: the man come around - Johnny Cash - 2002
Playing the Angel - Depeche Mode - 2005
Everyone is Here - The Finn Brothers - 2004
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Flaming Lips - 2002
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay - 2002
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco - 2002
In Rainbows - Radiohead - 2007
Super Taranta! - Gogol Bordello - 2007

[pita]

I don't generally listen to new music, and I get most of my music off of YouTube, but on the rare occasion that I bought a disc, there have been 2 amazing ones:
Watchmen soundtrack
Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[zvbxrpl]

Lessee, here. I don't have my cd's here, they're in a locked dorm room in ohio, so I don't exactly know what's from when.

Merriweather Post Pavillion--Animal Collective
Neon Bible--The Arcade Fire
Bang Bang Rock & Roll--Art Brut
Red Album--Baroness
The Life Pursuit--Belle and Sebastian
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today--David Byrne and Brian Eno
The Decline Of British Sea Power--British Sea Power
Transatlanticism--Death Cab For Cutie
Picaresque--The Decemberists
The Hazards Of Love--The Decemberists
Farm--Dinosaur Jr.
She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke--The Dutchess And The Duke
Sunset/Sunrise--The Dutchess And The Duke
When I Was Cruel--Elvis Costello
Fleet Foxes--Fleet Foxes
Fight With Tools--Flobots
Streetcore--Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
We The Vehicles--Maritime
Middle Cyclone--Neko Case
No More Shall We Part--Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!--Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Stand Ins--Okkervil River
The Stage Names--Okkervil River
Accelerate--R.E.M.
Kid A--Radiohead
Hail To The Thief--Radiohead
Chutes Too Narrow--The Shins
Old Friends: Live on Stage--Simon and Garfunkel
Real Emotional Trash--Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Michigan--Sufjan Stevens
Illinois--Sufjan Stevens
Living With The Living--Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
The Else--TMBG
Alice--Tom Waits
Blood Money--Tom Waits
Left And Leaving--The Weakerthans
Fever To Tell--Yeah Yeah Yeahs

[Linkavitch]

Skillet: Comatose (2006)
Thousand Foot Krutch: The Flame in All of Us (2007)
Family Force 5: Business Up Front/Party in the Back (Diamond Edition) (2007)
Relient K: MMHMM (2004)
RED: End of Silence
Anberlin: Cities (2007)

Just my personal faves.