Haven't really given this that much thought, but here we go anyway:
Albums
Pole - SteingartenAZ - AziaticFever Ray - s/tCee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect ImperfectionsMeshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me the Man of My DreamsS.I.Futures - The Mission StatementM.O.P - Warriorz310 - After AllCannibal Ox - The Cold VeinSussan Deyhim - Madman of God
Singles
Gnarls Barkley - CrazyAll Saints - Chick Fit (Kissy Sell Out's Excellent Adventure Remix)Nas - One MicLuomo - TessioBeyoncé - Crazy in LoveWu-Tang Clan - I Can't Go to SleepGrace Jones - Williams' BloodJürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie (original version)Eve - Who's That Girl?Pole - Raum 1 (Burnt Friedman Remix)
― Tuomas, Monday, 25 May 2009 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
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. :)
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
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 - PromiscuousBritney Spears - ToxicGirls Aloud - BiologySally Shapiro - He Keeps Me AliveGoldfrapp - UtopiaKelis - MilkshakeThe Go! Team - LadyflashThe Pipettes - Pull ShapesRachel Stevens - Negotiate With LoveRihanna - Umbrella
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
03 T.I.”What You Want”
I mean "What You Know" ..
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
02 The White Stripes “Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground”
I mean "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" ..
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
albums:
Fugazi - The ArgumentDaft Punk - DiscoveryKelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging GardensScott Walker - The DriftAnimal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionA Mountain of One - Collected WorksCut Copy - Bright Like Neon LoveHot Snakes - Suicide InvoiceBang on a Can - Renegade HeavenKatamari Fortissimo Damacy
― abanana, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 04:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I read that too quickly as Snakes on a Can.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
'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.
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice to see Fever Ray on someone's list already, despite being so new. It'll def be on mine.
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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 - Madvillainy02. Radiohead - Kid A03. The Notwist - Neon Golden04. Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange05. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought06. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion07. Edan - Beauty and the Beat08. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun09. Brand New - Deja Entendu10. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
― DustyLoops, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
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 - britneynever leave you (uh ooh) - lumideebaby boy - beyoncedigital love - daft punkmusic - madonnaget ur freak on - missy elliottthe streets - original pirate materialdrop it like it's hot - snoop doggme & u - cassie wait (the whisper song) - yin yang twins
top 10 albums:
snoop dogg - r&gjay z - black albumdr. dre - chronic 2001voodoo - d'angelosambass 1&2 (brazilian drum and bass comp) <--- counts as one cause i bought them at the same timeludacris - word of moufpostal service - give upkanye west - college dropoutkanye west - graduationkanye 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.
― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 07:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ALBUMS1. Triple R, Friends 2. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga3. Lifter Puller, Fiestas + Fiascos4. The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart5. Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman6. Luomo, Vocalcity 7. The Avalanches, Since I Left You8. M.I.A., Kala9. The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree10. Basement Jaxx, Rooty
SINGLES1. 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"
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
special bonus round
ARTISTS1. Kanye West2. Craig Finn3. Madlib4. Missy Elliott5. Michael Mayer
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Moony, really Matos?
― Tim F, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Nas, "Made You Look"
def
― some people wait a lifetime for a momus like this (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep--I love it.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
This is a great thread. It's gotten me into some awesome music I've never heard before.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
The short radio edit to be specific.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I like DustyLoops' list--very congruent group of records.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Albums, not in order
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga GaRadiohead - Kid AN*E*R*D - In Search OfQueens of the Stone Age - Songs For The DeafLCD Soundsystem - Sound Of SilverRufus Wainwright - Want OneThe Knife - Silent ShoutSystem of a Down - ToxicityThe White Stripes - White Blood CellsArcade Fire - Funeral
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago) link
special bonus roundARTISTS1. Kanye West2. Craig Finn3. Madlib4. Missy Elliott5. Michael Mayer― Matos W.K., Tuesday, May 26, 2009
― 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?
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:04 (fifteen years ago) link
(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.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:19 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:00 (fifteen years ago) link
"Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice"
Yes
― van smack, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Albums:
1. Scott Walker - The Drift2. Panda Bear - Person Pitch3. Pinback - Summer In Abaddon4. Bjork - Medulla5. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele6. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun7. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance8. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema9. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 210. Kanye West - The College Dropout
Singles:
1. Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle2. Cassie - Me&U3. Phoenix - Too Young4. Amerie - Why Don't We Fall In Love?5. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)6. Ludacris - Southern Hospitality7. Kanye West - Flashing Lights8. Feist - One Evening9. Cat Power - He War10. The Bug ft. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart
― Gavin in Leeds, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:24 (fifteen years ago) link
For some reason I've always thought Supreme Clientele is a 1999 album, but Wikipedia says it's from 2000. It came out in January though, maybe that explains it.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sure I'll be obsessively revising these lists for the next few months, but for now this is what I'll go with:
ALBUMSTed Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of DistanceJay-Z - The BlueprintSpymob - Sitting Around Keeping ScoreSay Anything - ...Is A Real BoySonic Youth - Murray StreetApollo Sunshine - Apollo SunshineT.I. - Trap MuzikEnon - Believo!Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One: 4th World WarLil Wayne - Tha Carter II
SINGLESKelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"R. Kelly - “Step In The Name of Love” (Step remix)Ludacris - "What's Your Fantasy?"Jay-Z f/ Pharrell - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"Three 6 Mafia f/ Young Buck and 8Ball & MJG - "Stay Fly"Amerie - "1 Thing"Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - “Slow Jamz”Chop Suey! - System of a DownMya - "Case of the Ex"Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg - "The Next Episode"
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
4. Amerie - Why Don't We Fall In Love?
^^^man i loved this but it seems sooooooooo long ago. this decade seems incredibly confusing.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i dunno...i think decades are always kind of vast and hugely varied when you look at them through the lens of something that moves as quickly as pop music.
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah but it's the first one I've really lived through and paid intense attention to for the whole time.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
hmm, nobody's mentioned dylan yet. modern times would probably make mine. love and theft in contention too.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
― DustyLoops, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:19 AM (7 hours ago)
shit, seeing brand new on this list puts me on this crazy trip; i'm very familiar with the record, being a 15 years old when that came out. for a lot of reasons, i can't really deal with emo at all anymore, but i feel like that was one of the records that at least did it right.
― i am rubber, t u.r.koglu (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Reflection Eternal would be probably in my top 20
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
argh ten is SO HARD for albums. It was tough getting down from 25.
Charalambides - LikenessNurse With Wound - Huffin' Rag BluesFiery Furnaces - Blueberry BoatKate Bush - AerialThinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Bob DinnersCoil - Ape Of NaplesSun City Girls - Hi Asia/lo PacificBiota - Half A True DayOOIOO - Gold & GreenPanda Bear - Person Pitch
kills me to leave out great albums by Eyvind Kang, Es, Mum, Volcano The Bear, etc.
top five singles maybe are
A-Frames - Neutron BombLCD Soundsystem - Losing My EdgeMissy Elliot - Work ItJohnny Boy - You Are The Generation...Pixeltan - Get Up/Say What
― sleeve, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
ship good lookin out on tha carter II
― some people wait a lifetime for a momus like this (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
What's are the big canon mixtapes of the decade? Da Drought III, 50 Cent Is The Future and We Got It For Cheap 2? Anything else?
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
and what are the big canon mixes of the decade? i'm totally out of my depth there, but michael mayer's fabric mix is one of my favorite things.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm not totally sure about C2 in top 10, most likely to be bumped down the list later on.
only mixtapes i would think about maybe putting in the list over their companion albums are one of Kanye's pre-College Dropout tapes and Jadakiss's Kiss My Ass. but then i'm kind of virulantly anti-mixtapes-equal-albums stuff.xpost
― pimp ship flying high (some dude), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link
albums
daft punk - discoveryradiohead - kid athe studio - west sidelambchop - ohiosonic youth - murray stdizzee rascal - boy in da cornerthe go betweens - oceans apartjunior boys - last exitthe clientele - suburban light (most listened to album this year, didnt check it out when it 1st came out)fever ray - s\t
singles
daft punk - digital lovedizzee rascal - i luv uwayne wonder - no letting gomissy elliot - get your freak oneminem - stanthe rapture - house of jealous loversjay-z - 99 problemsthe strokes - hard to explainlcd soundsystem - losing my edgethe streets - weak become heroes
― Michael B, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
wayne wonder - no letting go
man i love this song
― some people wait a lifetime for a momus like this (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
album runner ups:
half man half biscuit - 'cammell laird social club'pulp - 'we love life'
song runner ups:
audion - mouth to mouthradiohead - house of cards
― Michael B, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe we should count this thread as nominations for 00s poll
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Mixtapes, DJ mixes, the like VERY much count.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
of course they do, i wasn't saying they shouldn't. just that for me personally i tend not to count them.
― pimp ship flying high (some dude), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
omg yeah, madvillainy!
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
1. joanna newsom, ys2. life without buildings, any other city3. mountain goats, sunset tree4. daft punk, discovery5. erykah badu, new amerykah pt 16. marit larsen, under the surface7. robyn, s/t8. the-dream, love vs. money9. new pornographers, twin cinema10. fannypack, see you next tuesday
1. r kelly, step in the name of love remix2. robyn/kleerup, with every heartbeat3. daft punk, digital love4. annie, heartbeat5. amerie, 1 thing6. new pornographers, letter from an occupant7. t.i., what you know8. aaliyah, we need a resolution9. gwen stefani, early winter10. pantha du prince, saturn strobe
― Ari (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
blueski otm
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
2000-2008 albums, chronologically
Paradox - The Musician As OutsiderDaft Punk - DiscoveryWilliam Basinski - The Disintegration LoopsMichael Mayer - ImmerBroken Social Scene - You Forgot It In PeopleArcade Fire - FuneralMy Morning Jacket - ZThe Knife - Silent ShoutStudio - Yearbook 1Move D and Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive
― The Macallan 18 Year, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link