Monday, February 09, 2009

Picking out the best albums of the decade

2009 marks the end of the Twenty Ohs and with that, the absolutely necessary look back at my favorite rock albums of the decade. Last night's boring Grammy's telecast (with some exceptions!) seemed like a fitting time to begin that list. I'll try and rank them by the end of the year with the expectation that we get some good music this year. I know I must be missing some releases but at first glance, it appears there was a peak in 2005. This is what I came up with:

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
Beck - Sea Change (2002)
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory (2004)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
Broken Social Scene - Your Forgot It in People (2003)
Caribou - Andorra (2007)
Cat Power - You Are Free (2003)
Cloud Cult - Advice for the Happy Hippopotamus (2005)
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
Constantines - Shine a Light (2003)
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Dismemberment Plan - Change (2001)
Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (2006)
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
Muse - Absolution (2004)
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves (2003)
The National - Alligator (2005)
The National - Boxer (2007)
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)
Queens for the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (2002)
Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Sparta - Wiretrap Scars (2002)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
The Strokes - Is This It? (2001)
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)
TOOL - Lateralus (2001)
TV On The Radio - Dear Science, (2008)
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
The Wrens - Meadowlands (2003)

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