PopTodd Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Yeah, I know that there's still almost half of '09 left, but it is just about time for the "Best of the Decade" lists.What are some of your (early) contenders?Some of my contenders: Joe Pisapia - Daydreams Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus Webb Brothers - Maroon Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It Tom Zé - Estuando o Pagode The Format - Dog Problems Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nodep5 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 you managed to list all albums I've never heard. Off the top of my head, Ryan Adams "Heartbreaker" / "Love is Hell" Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" Josh Ritter "Animal Years" M. Ward "Transistor Radio" Iron & Wine "Our Endless Numbered Days" Dolorean "You Can't Win" Beachwood Sparks "Once We Were Trees" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 you managed to list all albums I've never heard. Well then, that needs to change, doesn't it?Check out Joe Pisapia's MySpace page for streaming samples of his music. I'm pretty sure that you'll love it, judging by your picks. He is a part-time member of Guster, but Daydreams is more Nick Drake/Elliott Smith than power pop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Grandaddy - The Soptware Slump (2000)Lambchop - Nixon (2000)Sparklehorse - Its A Wonderful Life (2001)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (2001)Bjork - Vespertine (2001)Wilco - YHF(2002)Wilco - A Ghost Is Born (2004)M. Ward - Transistor Radio (2005)My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)Micah P. Hinson - And The opera Circuit (2006)Lambchop - Damaged (2006)Tom Waits - Orphans (2007) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Francis X. Hummel Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Wilco - YHF is the best of the decade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Wilco - YHF is the best of the decade I fully expect it to come out on top.And while I do also love the album, there is a certain burnout factor that has eliminated it from contention for me, atleaa least for a top-10 spot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 The Glands (self titled) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nodep5 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Gillian Welch "Soul Journey" Pedro The Lion "Achilles Heal" Sun Kil Moon "Ghosts of The Great Highway" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 What first comes to mind... Wilco: Yankee Hotel FoxtrotEels: Blinking Lights and Other RevelationsJens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent JensThe National: BoxerCalifone: Quicksand/CradlesnakesSparklehorse: It's A Wonderful LifeRadiohead: Kid AJoanna Newsom: YsElliott Smith: From A Basement on The HillYo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside OutArcade Fire: FuneralBrian Wilson: SmileLoose Fur: Loose FurJim O'Rourke: InsignificanceChamber Strings: Month of SundaysBroken Social Scene: You Forgot it In PeopleSmog: SupperEdith Frost: Wonder WonderGrizzly Bear: Yellow HouseGrandaddy: Software SlumpBeck: Sea Change --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 And their follow-up: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 in chronological order: Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of the BewilderbeastAt The Drive-In - Relationship of CommandRyan Adams - HeartbreakerMy Morning Jacket - At DawnIdlewild - 100 Broken WindowsFugazi - The ArgumentAmerican Analog Set - Know By HeartSpoon - Girls Can TellThe Frames - For The BirdsWhiskeytown - PneumoniaSonic Youth - Murray StreetDoves - The Last BroadcastWilco - Yankee Hotel FoxtrotSigur Ros - ( )The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink RobotsNeko Case - BlacklistedBeck - Sea ChangeMclusky - Do DallasThe Wrens - MeadowlandsSun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great HighwayBroken Social Scene - You Forgot It In PeopleExplosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead PlaceM. Ward - Transfiguration of VincentThe Notwist - Neon GoldenDeath Cab For Cutie - TransatlanticismCat Power - You Are FreeConstantines - Shine A LightThe Postal Service - Give UpCalexico - Feast of WireJoe Strummer & The Mescaleros - StreetcoreArcade Fire - FuneralBrian Wilson - SMiLEDrive-By Truckers - The Dirty SouthThe National - AlligatorAndrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of EggsSufjan Stevens - IllinoisBright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's MorningM. Ward - Post-WarMidlake - The Trials of Van OccupantherTV On The Radio - Return To Cookie MountainBon Iver - For Emma, Forever AgoThe National - BoxerLCD Soundsystem - The Sound of SilverRadiohead - In RainbowsFleet Foxes - Fleet FoxesSun Kil Moon - April amusing to me that as the decade grows to a close, the less # of albums i've included from each year it seems (maybe time will tell on a few others from the last 3-4 years i guess) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 That was way too may posts until the Wrens were mentioned! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Radiohead - Kid AWilco - Yankee Hotel FoxtrotArcade Fire - FuneralBon Iver - For Emma, Forever AgoBrian Wilson - SMiLESufjan Stevens - IllinoisJoanna Newsom - YsFleet Foxes - Fleet FoxesAnimal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionDirty Projectors - Bitte Orca Call it early to put some of those on the top-10 for the decade, but they come really close. No real order to the list, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) randomly trying to think of stuff Wrens - Meadowlands Wilco + Billy Bragg - MA IIDirtbombs - Ultraglide in BlackRichard Buckner - The Hill Calexico - Feast of WireDeadly Snakes - PorcellaReigning Sound - Time Bomb HighschoolOne Hundred Dollars - Forest of TearsJosh Ritter - Golden AgeBSS - You forgot it in People AYWKUBTTOD - Source Codes and TagsDamien Jurado - I Break Chairs Sun Kil Moon - GhostsSadies - Live in Concert Vol 1New Pornos - Mass RomanticWaxwings - Low to the Ground additions (for my own benefit) Songs: Ohia - Mi Sei Apparso Come Un FantasmaMendoza Line - Lost in RevelryAndre Ethier - on Blue FogRock Plaza Central - Are we not horses?Detroit Cobras - Life Love and LeavingConstantines - Shine a LightWeakerthans - Left and LeavingBroken Family band - Welcome Home LoserElliott BROOD - Mountain MeadowsM Ward - Transfiguartion of VincentElliott Smith - Figure 8National - AlligatorHold Steady - Separation SundayCentro-Matic - Love You Just The SameTom Waits - Orphans Hank Williams - The Unreleased RecordingsRoyal City - Alone at the Microphone Edited June 23, 2009 by lizish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 My personal favorites (no real order): Paul Westerberg - Stereo/MonoRobert Pollard - From a Compound EyeRyan Adams - Heartbreaker, Cold RosesThe Shins - Oh Inverted WorldSongs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.Sonic Youth - Murray StreetSpoon - Kill the MoonlightStephen Malkmus - S/TThe Strokes - Is this itWhiskeytown - PneumoniaThe White Stripes - De Stijl, White Blood Cells, ElephantWilco - YHFWolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen MaryThe Wrens - MeadowlandsYeah Yeah Yeahs - S/T epArcade Fire - FuneralBand of Horses - Everything all the TimeBeirut - Gulag OrkestarBen Kweller - Sha Sha Beulah - YokoBon Iver - For Emma...Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake...Broken Social Scene - You Forget it in PeopleDeath Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Deerhunter - MicrocastleDecemberists - Her MajestyDesparacedos - Read Music/Speak SpanishDrive-By Truckers - Dirty SouthElliott Smith - From a Basement...Flaming Lips - Yoshimi...Hold Steady - Separation SundayInterpol - Turn on the Bright LightsIron & Wine - The Creek...Lou Barlow - EmohModest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica MMJ - At DawnNew Pornographers - Electric VersionOf Montreal - Hissing Fauna....Postal Service - Give in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intodeep Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 12. Radiohead- Kid A11. White Stripes- Elephant10. Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf 9. Ryan Adams- Cold Roses 8. Mastodon- Blood Mountain 7. Sleater Kinney- The Woods 6. Modest Mouse- Moon & Antartica 5. The National- Boxer 4. At the Drive In- Relationship of command 3. Trail of the Dead- Source Tags & Codes 2. Arcade Fire- Funeral 1. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 The Shins - Oh Inverted World I was just about to ask who would be the first to have the guts to mention the Shins. It's like they've become the band who shall not be named. I'd put the first two Shins albums in my best of the decade list. Maybe not top ten, but definitely top 50. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrNo Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Hopefully I'll get these narrowed down by the end of the year. Sure I'm forgetting a few, too. Songs:Ohia The Magnolia Electric Co.The Mendoza Line Lost in RevelryConstantines Shine A LightWilco Yankee Hotel FoxtrotThe Shins Oh, Inverted WorldPleasant Grove Auscultation of the HeartReigning Sound Time Bomb High SchoolPhosphorescent Aw Come Aw Wry, Pride, To WillieArcade Fire Neon BibleAndrew Bird Mysterious Production of EggsBaptist Generals No Silver/No GoldBeachwood Sparks Once We Were TreesBand of Horses Band of HorsesCalexico Feast of WireCalifone Roots & CrownsCentro-matic All the Falsest Hearts Can TryDamien Jurado Where Shall You Take Me?Dinosaur Jr. BeyondElliott Smith From a Basement on the HillFleet Foxes Fleet FoxesMy Morning Jacket At Dawn, ZThe Gourds Cow Fish Fowl or PigIron & Wine Woman KingJoanna Newsom YsJohnny Cash American III: Solitary ManLoretta Lynn Van Lear RoseOkkervil River Down the River of Golden Dreams, Don't Fall in love With Everyone You See, Black Sheep BoyPernice Brothers Yours, Mine and OursBeulah The Coast Is Never Clear or YokoWolf Parade Apologies to the Queen MaryBright Eyes Lifted...Sun kil Moon Ghosts of the Great HighwayLadyhawk LadyhawkAndre Ethier SecondanthallamM. Ward Post-WarNeko Case Furnace Room LullabyNew Pornographers Mass RomanticRyan Adams HeartbreakerTallest Man on Earth Shallow GraveShearwater RookSteve Earle Transcendental Blues or The Revolution Starts NowOakley Hall Second GuessingThe White Stripes De Stijl or ElephantBon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 good list. Keep forgetting about Pernice and Mendoza Line and MEC and Ladyhawk and ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrNo Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looking over your lists, I realize I forgot Spoon's Kill the Moonlight, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I decided to pick only one album per band, or there would have been some repeats, but... 1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco2. Kid A – Radiohead3. Turn on the Bright Lights – Interpol4. Boxer – The National5. Z – My Morning Jacket6. For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver7. Oh, Inverted World – The Shins8. () – Sigur Ros9. Mass Romantic – The New Pornographers10. Quicksand Cradlesnakes – Califone11. The Mysterious Production of Eggs – Andrew Bird12. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips13. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes14. Funeral – The Arcade Fire 15. The Life Pursuit – Belle and Sebastian16. Give Up – The Postal Service17. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend18. Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords19. A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay20. Talkie Walkie – Air Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 My personal favorites (no real order): Paul Westerberg - Stereo/Mono fuck. how could i forget this? i think it was my #2 or 3 of 2002 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dunnright00 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I agree with a lot posted here so I'll just add ones that I don't think have been listed yet Fate - Dr. DogThe Coast is Never Clear - BeulahReal Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus & the JicksSong for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 these are mine, more or less... White LadderHeartbreaker, Easy TigerIn RainbowsIcky ThumpAt Dawn, OkonokosYHF, KTBAITUSAAnother Fine DayEssence, World Without TearsGreetings From MichiganModern Times 10 New Songs The Delivery ManSurprise Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAngerer09 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Greetings From Michigani've been listening to that album a lot lately. I think it's his best work by far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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