Your Top Ten Fave Singles/Albums of This Decade

I think it's understood that these are supposed to be the favorites SO FAR.. they're going to change over time anyway.

er, people saying this are missing the point. obviously it is 'so far', what else could it be? i mean just why not wait another 6 months at least.

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single of the decade

Beyoncé ft. Jay Z - Crazy in Love

"Tim F, surprised to see The Knife missing from your top ten albums."

It's in the top 20 definitely. Basically anything in my top 20 could be top 10.

I cant scroll any further down, this is so frustrating :p

just kidding

holy shit, i forgot "umbrella"!

1. Playing The Angel - Depeche Mode
2. The Invisible Band - Travis
3. Life On Earth - Crowded House
4. X&Y - Coldplay
5. Sounds Of The Universe - Depeche Mode
6. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
7. sMiLe - Brian Wilson
8. Phantom Power - Super Furry Animals
9. Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - Paul McCartney
10.Sea Change - Beck

(Have to think of singles somewhat more, but one very strong contender would be Electric Soft Parade's "Silent To The Dark")

wow, this is very loose and in no order, but the list would definitely feature some of the following. i haven't thought about putting a list like this together previously.

alain bashung - l'imprudence
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
sun kil moon - ghosts of the great highway
radiohead - kid a
daft punk - discovery
mclusky - mcklusky do dallas
shiina ringo - karuki zamen kuri no hana
converge - jane doe
cursive - the ugly organ
the blood brothers - ...burn, piano island, burn

1. Shameless samples
2. Several songs in one
4. Shtick
5. Novelty
6. House music that sounds like Shakedown: "At Night"
7. Irritating repetitions

Girl Talk.

Yeah, Girl Talk's Night Ripper will probably end up on a lot of lists. It sounds so contemporary, winking ironically but lovingly back toward the past.

(and maybe not so ironically)

um... here's a try (off top of head):

Albums:
Brandy Full Moon
Broadcast Tender Buttons
Britney Blackout
Mary J. Blige The Breakthrough
Erykah Badu New Amerykah Pt. One
Bjork Vespertine
Mariah The Emancipation of Mimi
The-Dream Love Me All Summer...
R. Kelly Chocolate Factory
Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine (Leak)

Singles:
Ciara "Promise"
Roisin Murphy "Let Me Know"
Britney "I'm A Slave 4 U"
Aaliyah "Rock The Boat"
Kelis & Andre 3000 "Millionaire"
Omarion "Icebox"
Alicia Keys "You Don't Know My Name"
Amerie "1 Thing"
Jazmine Sullivan "In Love With Another Man"
Lady GaGa "Just Dance"

>_<

The-Dream Love Me All Summer...

^^^what's this?

also, good call on vespertine.

That Broadcast album is very good. I also forgot Destroyer's Rubies, the best David Bowie-homage, and among the best shambolic 70s-sounding rock albums, of the decade.

Love/Hate's full title is Love Me All Summer Hate Me All Winter

never knew that :)

thread's interesting just to sort of be reminded of what's been out. not sure about a solid 10 on either, but things likely to place for me:

m.i.a. kala (or possibly piracy funds terrorism)
t.i. king
marnie stern -- one or the other, i go back and forth. probably the second one
outkast stankonia
lumo vocalcity
first DFA comp

things that could possibly, i don't know: sean paul, amadou and mariam, konono no. 1, keren ann, times new viking, jay-z black album, lots i'm sure i'm not thinking of.

singles would be even harder, but some things i'd hate to leave off:

"gasolina" daddy yankee
"oye mi canto" n.o.r.e./nina sky/etc (i prefer the mix with tego to the one with daddy yankee)
"pull shapes" pipettes
"oh" ciara
"umbrella" rihanna
beyonce track to be named later (seriously, how do you choose?)

oh, and

(Have to think of singles somewhat more, but one very strong contender would be Electric Soft Parade's "Silent To The Dark")

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 25 May 2009 10:20 (8 hours ago) Bookmark

sometimes i fucking love geir

"gasolina" daddy yankee
"oye mi canto" n.o.r.e./nina sky/etc (i prefer the mix with tego to the one with daddy yankee)

OMG YES to both!!! and lumidee, nina sky 'move ya body' etc

Love/Hate's full title is Love Me All Summer Hate Me All Winter

!!!

Haven't really given this that much thought, but here we go anyway:

Albums

Pole - Steingarten
AZ - Aziatic
Fever Ray - s/t
Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams
S.I.Futures - The Mission Statement
M.O.P - Warriorz
310 - After All
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Sussan Deyhim - Madman of God

Singles

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
All Saints - Chick Fit (Kissy Sell Out's Excellent Adventure Remix)
Nas - One Mic
Luomo - Tessio
Beyoncé - Crazy in Love
Wu-Tang Clan - I Can't Go to Sleep
Grace Jones - Williams' Blood
Jürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie (original version)
Eve - Who's That Girl?
Pole - Raum 1 (Burnt Friedman Remix)

KJB,

So when we're gonna this for real, can we start a new thread?

Yes but ONLY if YOU tell us your top tens SO FAR here. :)

I don't care for much for albums and I haven't even listened to many this decade, so I guess I shouldn't even bother. Fav singles then (in no particular order)...

Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
Britney Spears - Toxic
Girls Aloud - Biology
Sally Shapiro - He Keeps Me Alive
Goldfrapp - Utopia
Kelis - Milkshake
The Go! Team - Ladyflash
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
Rachel Stevens - Negotiate With Love
Rihanna - Umbrella

03 T.I.”What You Want”

I mean "What You Know" ..

02 The White Stripes “Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground”

I mean "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" ..

albums:

Fugazi - The Argument
Daft Punk - Discovery
Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
Scott Walker - The Drift
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
A Mountain of One - Collected Works
Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice
Bang on a Can - Renegade Heaven
Katamari Fortissimo Damacy

I read that too quickly as Snakes on a Can.

'the argument' might crack my top 10 if i thought long and hard about it actually. black dice - 'beaches and canyons' is also up there somewhere. add those two to the records i listed previously.

Nice to see Fever Ray on someone's list already, despite being so new. It'll def be on mine.

This is a preliminary off the dome rough draft of sorts, albums only, can't remember all the singles becuase i'm too stoned...

01. Madvillain - Madvillainy
02. Radiohead - Kid A
03. The Notwist - Neon Golden
04. Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
05. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
06. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
07. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
08. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
09. Brand New - Deja Entendu
10. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone

clicking through all the "best of 200*" lists online to help jog my memory made me realize how mainstream my tastes were this decade. but with the naughty's rap renaissance being so great i'm not sure i care.

top 10 singles:

slave 4 u - britney
never leave you (uh ooh) - lumidee
baby boy - beyonce
digital love - daft punk
music - madonna
get ur freak on - missy elliott
the streets - original pirate material
drop it like it's hot - snoop dogg
me & u - cassie
wait (the whisper song) - yin yang twins

top 10 albums:

snoop dogg - r&g
jay z - black album
dr. dre - chronic 2001
voodoo - d'angelo
sambass 1&2 (brazilian drum and bass comp) <--- counts as one cause i bought them at the same time
ludacris - word of mouf
postal service - give up
kanye west - college dropout
kanye west - graduation
kanye west - 808s and heatbreaks

fwiw these charts would be more reflective of my tastes if i we were allowed to put essential mixes recorded off the radio in the album section.

ALBUMS
1. Triple R, Friends
2. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Lifter Puller, Fiestas + Fiascos
4. The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
5. Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman
6. Luomo, Vocalcity
7. The Avalanches, Since I Left You
8. M.I.A., Kala
9. The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree
10. Basement Jaxx, Rooty

SINGLES
1. Moony, "Dove (I'll Be Loving You)"
2. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On"
3. R. Kelly, "Ignition Remix"
4. Nas, "Made You Look"
5. Ada, "Maps (Michael Mayer/Tobias Thomas Remix)"
6. Dubtribe Sound System, "Do It Now"
7. Daft Punk, "Digital Love"
8. Dntel ft. Ben Gibbard, "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt Remix)"
9. Beyonce, "Irreplaceable"
10. Three 6 Mafia, "Stay Fly"

special bonus round

ARTISTS
1. Kanye West
2. Craig Finn
3. Madlib
4. Missy Elliott
5. Michael Mayer

Moony, really Matos?

Nas, "Made You Look"

def

Yep--I love it.

This is a great thread. It's gotten me into some awesome music I've never heard before.

The short radio edit to be specific.

Oh fuck, cut the above No. 10 single and put Brandy ft. Kanye West, "Talk About Our Love" in at 8th. I knew I forgot something.

I like DustyLoops' list--very congruent group of records.

Albums, not in order

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Radiohead - Kid A
N*E*R*D - In Search Of
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
Rufus Wainwright - Want One
The Knife - Silent Shout
System of a Down - Toxicity
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Arcade Fire - Funeral

special bonus round

ARTISTS
1. Kanye West
2. Craig Finn
3. Madlib
4. Missy Elliott
5. Michael Mayer

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Artists of the decade is also an interesting thread topic. Kanye and Craig Finn! Good Nos. 1 -- 2. No GhostFace?

(I remember Alfred saying GhostFace is the best album artist of the decade. I think he may be right).

My favourite album artist of the decade would probably be Meshell Ndegeocello: she's released three r'n'b/soul albums and one jazz album during this decade, all of them good or great, and all of them also different from each other.

It's been a long decade that seems to have gone by very quickly, if that makes sense. It's quite freaky to think that Nixon by Lambchop is from the same decade as Merriweather Post Pavilion, but it also doesn't seem like five minutes since I bought XTRMNTR.

"Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice"

Yes

Albums:

1. Scott Walker - The Drift
2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
3. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
4. Bjork - Medulla
5. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
6. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
7. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
8. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
9. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
10. Kanye West - The College Dropout

Singles:

1. Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle
2. Cassie - Me&U
3. Phoenix - Too Young
4. Amerie - Why Don't We Fall In Love?
5. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
6. Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
7. Kanye West - Flashing Lights
8. Feist - One Evening
9. Cat Power - He War
10. The Bug ft. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart