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in chronological order:

 

Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of the Bewilderbeast

At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

My Morning Jacket - At Dawn

Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows

Fugazi - The Argument

American Analog Set - Know By Heart

Spoon - Girls Can Tell

The Frames - For The Birds

Whiskeytown - Pneumonia

Sonic Youth - Murray Street

Doves - The Last Broadcast

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Sigur Ros - ( )

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Neko Case - Blacklisted

Beck - Sea Change

Mclusky - Do Dallas

The Wrens - Meadowlands

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent

The Notwist - Neon Golden

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

Cat Power - You Are Free

Constantines - Shine A Light

The Postal Service - Give Up

Calexico - Feast of Wire

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Brian Wilson - SMiLE

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South

The National - Alligator

Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

M. Ward - Post-War

Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther

TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

The National - Boxer

LCD Soundsystem - The Sound of Silver

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Sun 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)

 

the Exploding Hearts?

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1 per artist:

 

01. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

02. Radiohead- Kid A

03. The Microphones- The Glow, Part 2

04. TV on the Radio- Dear Science

05. Bob Dylan- Modern Times

06. Joanna Newsom- Ys

07. Brian Wilson- SMiLE

08. Antony & The Johnsons- I Am a Bird Now

09. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus

10. Modest Mouse- The Moon & Antarctica

11. Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise

12. OutKast- Stankonia

13. The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow

14. Loretta Lynn- Van Lear Rose

15. The National- The Boxer

16. My Morning Jacket- Z

17. Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights

18. The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

19. The White Stripes- White Blood Cells

20. Animal Collective- Sung Tongs

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ryan adams - gold

paul westerberg - mono/stereo

wilco - yhf

ike reilly - anything by him

hold steady - boys & girls

joe strummer - mesalero (might be my fave in the last decade)

twilight singers - blackberry belle

m ward - transfiguration

 

all i can think of now.

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Dirty Projectors, The - Bitte Orca

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Liars - Drum's Not Dead

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder

Go! Team, The - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

M.I.A. - Kala

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

M.I.A. - Arular

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain

Portishead - Third

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver

Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Fiery Furnaces, The - Blueberry Boat

Radiohead - Kid A

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No Drive By Truckers? Southern Rock Opera? Decoration Day? Dirty South? Surely one of these fine albums should have made it to someone's list.

 

dammit. this is soooo hard.

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Bright Eyes "i'm wide awake" nice choice!

 

Band of Horses "Everything All The Time"

 

The Avett Brothers "Emotionalism" How'd I forget that one? my fav of 2007

 

Beck "Sea Change"?

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first 30 that came to my head in a somewhat chronological order:

 

Kid A - Radiohead

Mass Romantic - New Pornographers

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out - Yo La Tengo

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

Kill The Moonlight - Spoon

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Trouble - Ray Lamontagne

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Black Sheep Boy - Okkervil River

Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade

Alligator - The National

Silent Alarm - Bloc Party

Feels - Animal Collective

Everything All The Time - Band of Horses

Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady

Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon

Boxer - The National

Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird

Hissing Fauna... - Of Montreal

In Rainbows - Radiohead

The Reminder - Feist

For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver

You & Me - The Walkmen

Midnight Organ Fight - Frightened Rabbit

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

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it's been a great decade of music in my opinion, hard to narrow it down, some of my favorites...

 

my morning jacket - at dawn, it still moves, z

wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot, a ghost is born

neko case - furnace room lullaby, blacklisted, fox confessor brings the flood, middle cyclone

bright eyes - lifted or the story is the soil keep your ear to the ground, i'm wide awake it's morning

radiohead - hail to the thief, in rainbows

broken social scene - you forgot it in people, bss

pearl jam - riot act

bob dylan - love and theft, modern times

flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots

m. ward - transfiguration of vincent, post war

arcade fire - funeral, neon bible

queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf

the strokes - is this it

of montreal - satanic panic in the attic, hissing fauna are you the destroyer?

animal collective - merriweather post pavilion

sonic youth - murray street, sonic nurse, rather ripped

bon iver - for emma forever ago

new pornographers - twin cinema

white stripes - elephant

belle & sebastian - the life pursuit

grizzly bear - veckatimest

drive-by truckers - decoration day, the dirty south

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This is the perfect thread...

 

So much to agree with, some great reminders of albums sitting dormant on the shelf, and a bunch of stuff I need to discover!

 

Off the top of my head...additions / amendments sure to follow...

 

Laura Cantrell - Not The Tremblin' Kind

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

Wilco - YHF

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

The Felice Brothers - S/T

My Morning Jacket - Z

M Ward - Transfiguration Of Vincent

The National - Aligator

The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers

Badly Drawn Boy - Hour Of The Bewilderbeast

Elbow - Asleep In The Back

Doves - The Last Broadcast

I Am Kloot - I Am Kloot

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Tom Waits - Real Gone

TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes

Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time

Damien Rice - O

Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part

The Decemberists - Picaresque

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I'm trying to get a radio show for the Fall semester on the student radio where I have the DJ's on the station come in, play their favorite album of the decade front to back and then have a discussion about it. I think it'd be a really good show.

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Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco- A Ghost Is Born

Billy Bragg and Wilco- Mermaid Avenue Vol ll

Tom Waits - Real Gone

Tom Waits - Orphans

Tom Waits - Alice/ Blood Money

Bob Dylan- Love and Theft

Bob Dylan- Modern Times

Bob Dylan- Tell Tale Signs

Dr. Dog- Fate

Dr. Dog- Easy Beat

M. Ward- Post- War

M. Ward- Hold Time

Heartless Bastards- Stairs and Elevators

Elvis Costello- The Delivery Man

Loose Fur -Born Again in USA

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Streetcore

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Beck - Sea Change

Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Feist- The Reminder

Patti Smith- Trampin'

Eels- Blinking Lights And Other Revelations

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Arcade Fire - Funeral

Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

The National - Boxer

Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Sigur Ros - ()

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

Sonic Youth - Murray Street

The Strokes - Is This It

Tom Waits - Orphans

The White Stripes - Elephant

Wilco - YHF

Wrens - The Meadowlands

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell

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Matthew Good- Avalanche

Wilco- YHF

New Pornographers- Electric Version

Josh Ritter- Animal Years

Feist- The Reminder

Neko Case- Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Constantines- Shine a Light

Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Bedouin Soundclash- Sounding a Mosaic

Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Mates of State- Re-Arrange Us

MIA- Kala

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I listen to these quite a bit,

 

 

Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours To Keep

Ambulance LTD - Ambulance LTD

American Analog Set - Promise Of Love

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Band Of Horses - Everything All The Time

Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2

The Black Keys - Attack and Release

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

Built To Spill - You In Reverse

Calexico and Iron And Wine - In The Reins

Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album

Doug Martsch - Now You Know

Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy

The Flaming Lips - Youshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Granddaddy - The Sophtware Slump

Granddaddy - Sumday

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Jets To Brazil - Perfecting Lonliness

Kings Of Leon - Ahh Shake Heartbreak

Loose Fur - Born Again In The USA

Mercury Rev - All Is Dream

Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antartica

Modest Mouse - Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks

My Morning jacket - It Still Moves

My Morning Jacket - Z

Okkervil River - The Stand In's

Peter, Bjorn, and John - Writers Block

The Postal Service - Give Up

The Promise Ring - Wood/Water

Radiohead - Kid A

Radiohead - Amnesiac

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Secretary Bird - Secretary Bird

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

Sparklehorse - Its A Wonderful Life

Spiritualized - Songs In A and E

Spoon - Kill The Moonlight

The Strokes - is This It

Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary

Yo LA Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy

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