What were your favorite albums of the decade?
|What were your favorite albums of the decade? There were many memorable releases…here are a few that stood out for me: Radiohead: In Rainbows or Kid A, Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, The White Stripes: Elephant, LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver, Sonic Youth: Murry Street, Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day, Bob Dylan: Love and Theft and Yo La Tengo: I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass. We would like to hear from you! Feel free to comment on this post with your choices.
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Off the top of my head
All four of Yo La Tengo’s full length releases
Jon Hassell –Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street
Robert Wyatt — Comicopera
Radiohead — Kid A & Amnesiac
All of Bill Nelson’s instrumental albums (far too many to list)
Eric Johnson — Bloom
Tim Berne — The Sublime And [Live]
Nicholas Peyton — Sonic Trance
Mew — And the Glass Handed Kites
Doug Martsch — Now You Know
A quick list of some of my favorites on vinyl from the 2000’s:
Yo La Tengo – And The Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
The National – Boxer
The Sea and Cake – Everybody
Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind
Radiohead – In Rainbows, Kid A, Amnesiac
Holly Golightly – You Can’t Buy A Gun When You’re Crying
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
I’m Not There – Soundtrack album
Pole – Steingarten
a few gems more I’d be remiss not to mention:
The Pernice Brothers — The World Won’t End & Yours, Mine and Ours
The Sunshine Fix — Age of the Sun & Green Imagination
Ghost — Hypnotic Underworld (but only the first half of the album)
Okay, I’ll play:
The Sea and Cake – One Bedroom
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts – Let’s Just Be
Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock
Califone – Roots & Crowns
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Letting Go
Calexico – Carried to Dust
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Doves – Lost Souls