2010 has come, and so we are blasted with tons of best of year / best of decade lists… albums, songs (paste actually has created enough lists to make you want to vomit a little), etc. Frankly, I haven’t seen one list I can wholly identify with yet, so here’s the official Snowdenology best albums of the decade list for you. This is the result of almost two months of intermittent work, and most recently – hours upon hours of banging head into desk, blurry vision, laughing, crying, and listening to albums over and over going a bit mad to be quite honest. Hope you enjoy!
Notes:
I set forth a few rules for doing this you might want to know. If not, feel free to skip this boring stuff and get to the goodness below. Otherwise, please read rules below.
- No compilations.
- No covers records.
- No EPs.
- Instrumental and electronic (primarily) records will have their own list (coming soon).
- Order will never be perfect, just try to get it as close as possible.
The Top 50 Albums of 2000~2009
50) Björk – Vespertine
49) M.I.A. – Kala
48) Beck – The Information
47) Cotton Jones – Paranoid Cocoon
46) Circulatory System – Signal Morning
45) Bright Eyes – Fevers and Mirrors
44) Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Furcoat
43) Laura Marling – Alas, I Cannot Swim
42) The Knife – Deep Cuts
41) Rasputina – Oh Perilous World
40) Joanna Newsom – Milk Eyed Mender
39) Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts Of The Great Highway
38) Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
37) Postal Service – Give Up
36) Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
35) IAMX – The Alternative
34) Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
33) Mew – No more stories Are told today I’m sorry They washed away No more stories The world is grey I’m tired Let’s wash away
32) Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
31) Asobi Seksu – Citrus
30) Radiohead – In Rainbows
29) Rasputina – Frustration Plantation
28) Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
27) Get Well Soon – Rest Now, Weary Head! You Will Get Well Soon
26) Of Montreal – Sunlandic Twins
25) Of Montreal – Satanic Panic In The Attic
24) The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
23) Doug Martsch – Now You Know
22) LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
21) Iron & Wine – The Shepard’s Dog
20) Mew – And The Glass Handed Kites
19) Dresden Dolls – Dresden Dolls
18) Broadcast- Haha Sound
17) Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
16) Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer
15) School Of Seven Bells – Alpinisms
14) Circulatory System – Circulatory System
13) The Clientele – Strange Geometry
12) Beck – Sea Change
11) Le Tigre – Feminist Sweepstakes
The Top 10
10) Rasputina – Cabin Fever!
09) The Knife – Silent Shout
08) Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
07) Fever Ray – Fever Ray
06) Beck – Guero
05) Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
04) Devendra Banhart- Cripple Crow
03) Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
02) Snowden – Anti-Anti
01) Elliott Smith – Figure 8
Honorable Mentions (No Particular Order):
- Future Bible Heroes – Eternal Youth
- Air – Talkie Walkie
- Bat For Lashes – Fur And Gold
- The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
- Marbles – Expo
- Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
- Magnetic Fields – I
- Au Revoir Simone – The Bird Of Music
- Radical Face – Ghost
- Radiohead – Kid A / Amsnesiac
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Broom
- Feist – The Reminder
- The Sunshine Fix – Age of the Sun
- !!! – Myth Takes
- Le Tigre – Le Tigre
- Great Lake Swimmers – Bodies and Minds
- A Perfect Little Angel – Florida
- Beck – Modern Guilt
- David Byrne – Grown Backwards
- The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed
- Lovage – Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By
- Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
- My Robot Friend- Hot Action Electro-Trash
- The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
- Gabby Lala – Be Careful What You Wish For
- Tender Forever – The Soft And The Hardcore
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
many many more I won’t try to list.
BUSTED!!
You are tragically missing The Wrens’ “Meadowlands.”
Hmm, haven’t heard that one! Will make sure to check it out… Thanks.