Top 10 Albums of the 2000's thus far (1 Viewer)

[Peter Mazur]

I had to dig up this old thread because I realized I forgot to mention my favorite release from 2000, "Photograph Smile" by Julian Lennon. I don't know how I forgot to mention it the first time.

 

[Peter Mazur]

Oh crap! It was released in 1999. Oh well, it is still a great cd.

 

[Leif Wall]

Gorillaz, anybody?

 

[Dean DeMass]

In no specific order:

Lateralus - Tool

Mer de Noms - A Perfect Circle

Is This It - The Strokes

Morning View - Incubus

Shining Star - Jerry Garcia Band (great live JGB material)

Rockin' the Suburbs - Ben Folds

Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

Shangri-La Dee Da - Stone Temple Pilots

Dicks Picks 18 - The Grateful Dead (This is worth it just for Scarlet Begonias/Fire on the Mountain)

And All That Could of Been (2 disc Limited Edition) - Nine Inch Nails

-Dean-

NP: Erotica - Madonna

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Please add my votes for:
BECK - MIDNIGHT VULTURES
STEELY DAN - TWO AGAINST NATURE

Lee

 

[John Torrez]

Dido's "No Angel" was released in 1999.

 

[Luke_Khuc]

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There are no more Top 10 albums. Music is dead. Thank you for your time.
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Oh God...no offense, but I cannot STAND this kind of blanket statement. If you cannot find ANY great new music, you need to turn off the crappy radio and look a little harder. It's out there, just maybe not in the mainstream.
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hehe i agree w Jason. one other thing... if he believes music is dead.. why did he check out the music area no offense but i found it hilarous.

 

[Brian Lawrence]

I'm 1 shy of 10, but here's my list in alphabetical order.
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Madonna - Music
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Time*Sex*Love
Neil Young - Silver & Gold
No Doubt - Return of Saturn
Pearl Jam - Binaural
Pearl Jam - The 25 volume European Bootleg set
PJ Harvey - Stories From the City...
Sleater Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One

 

[John Thomas]

Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs stands out. I really haven't run across too many other albums as of late that have grabbed me like this one.

 

[Miles]

I don't have as much time to listen to music as I did in the 90s, and it's good because music is getting worse... As for the releases in the 2000s that I've loved:

1) Lateralus - Tool

2) Music @ Work - The Tragically Hip

3) Salival - Tool

Geez I can't think of any others...

Miles

 

[Kelley_B]

First off...I didn't realize that there were so many PJ Harvey fans out there, glad to see that I'm not the only one. Ok, now on to my list:

1) The Murder City Devils - Thelema

2) The Cure - Greatest Hits(I put this down for the two new songs on the end of the album as they are fabulous)

3) PJ Havery - Stories From the City Stories From the Sea

4) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

5) Covenant - United States of Mind

6) VNV Nation - Futureperfect

7) Tool - Lateralus

8) Ladytron - 604(glad to see someone else put this!)

9) The (Internation) Noise Conspiracy - First Conspiracy

10)The Hives - VVV

Honorable mention)Sparta - Austere

NP: The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Capitalism Stole My Virginity

 

[Zen Butler]

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

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I love this album, and the Hives rule, I love these guys sound

 

[Zen Butler]

Kelley_B and others who dug Ladytron, check out Takako Minekawa-Fun9, an album I didn't list because it was late 99. You can hear her also on the Emperor Norton site.
www.emperornorton.com

 

[Kelley_B]

if you like Ladytron I'd also recommend you check out No Comment, in particular their song "Little Boy" and the album that hold the track...great stuff. I believe the band No Comment is a side project to one of the guys from the great band Wolfsheim.

NP: Lush - Downer

 

[tommy_t]

What no Creed
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[Harold Leroy]

Looks like tool wins!! I haven't heard it yet, but with this many votes, I'm getting it tonight. One of my many birthday treats!!

 

[DonMac]

These are my favs from 2000 up to now:
Coldplay - "Parachutes"
The Strokes - "Is This It (U.K. import version)"
"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" original soundtrack

 

[DougB]

Dave Matthews Band - Everyday

Jay Z - The Bluepreint

Staind - Break the Cycle

Busta Rhymes - Genesis

Miss E Elliot - ...So Addictive

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

Outkast - Stankonia

Alicia Keys - Songs in A minor

Lifehouse - No Name Face

thers others just off the top of my head

 

[Seth Paxton]

Since I last posted I picked up the Linkin Park and Strokes albums. Both pretty solid, though maybe not top 10 for me.

Also, Gorillaz is great, just not in my top 10 is all.

NP - Daft Punk Discovery

 

[Mark Pfeiffer]

Just decided to pop my head in here. Tough to limit it to ten albums even from last year. Here are some I've been listening to a lot lately:
--The White Stipes White Blood Cells
Hadn't listened to this for awhile and can't stop spinning it tonight. Seth, you might want to check this one out.
--The Strokes Is This It?
Call it derivative but it's catchy as can be. I lucked out and found the original version (with "New York City Cops")at a Borders on the release date. The Strokes and The White Stripes were well deserving of the heat they generated at last year's SXSW.
--Jurassic 5 Quality Control
I don't listen to a lot of hip hop, but this one gets it done for me in a major way. Hooks and grooves all over the place, and to top it off, these guys are really funny AND smart.
--Spoon Girls Can Tell
Not quite sure how to describe it. Sort of moody/arty pop/rock.
--Lucinda Williams Essence
Gorgeous country/blues/rock songs shot through with pain and ecstasy. There's a good reason critics rave about her. Literate lyrics sung in something approximating a drunken southern slur. And it didn't take seven years for this album to come out.
--Beulah The Coast Is Never Clear
Great sing-a-long pop/rock. Sort of reminiscent of Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys.
--Alicia Keys Songs In A Minor
She has the talent, as is in evidence on this album. Hopefully all the accolades don't go to her head.
--Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)
If you have the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack, you need to get this. She was heavily involved with the soundtrack (and appears a couple times). This is more dour but still enjoyable listening.
--Guided By Voices Isolation Drills
Another great one from GBV. Keeping up with all of their releases is a fulltime job in and of itself, but you'd still do okay by getting this.
--Radiohead Kid A and Amnesiac
You either get it or you don't. Now if only that concert in D.C., for which I had tickets, hadn't been rained out.
--Sarah Harmer You Were Here
Pop singer/songwriter stuff that is well written and has its own charms. Might be of interest to those who like Sarah McLachlan, although it's not as "ethereal" (for lack of a better word) as her music.
--Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yeah, I'm a lucky SOB who had someone burn a copy for me. It amazes me that Reprise wanted to make this more accessible. It isn't 'N Sync slick, but this is going to be a smash with music buffs.
--Laura Cantrell Not the Tremblin' Kind
Real straightforward, old-timey country songs. Apparently she does a weekend radio show on a New York NPR station.
--Shelby Lynne I Am Shelby Lynne
A real corker. Reminiscent of Dusty Springfield. Soulful and heartbreaking. Not as slick as her latest Love, Shelby.
--Belle & Sebastian Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
Twee Smiths-like folk-pop. Maybe not their best album, but it has some excellent songs.
--Joe Henry Scar
The great unheard, unheralded album of last year. He goes even further into R&B territory here with terrific results.
I've probably alienated enough already. Here are some other titles:
The Apples in Stereo The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
Sam Phillips Fan Dance
P.J. Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind
Gorillaz Gorillaz
Ryan Adams Gold
Jay Farrar Sebastopol
Damon Bramblett Damon Bramblett
Bruce Robison Country Sunshine
Bjork Vespertine
Bob Dylan Love and Theft
And you can't do badly by the Amelie and Waking Life soundtracks.
Yeah, there's nothing good anymore...