10 best albums of new millenium

Molecules · 10-11-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Which ones have you not heard?

Ryan Adams (used to have Gold on CD and lost track after the 'rock n roll' album, it had a really good Jeff Buckley-like single though)
And My Morning Jacket, never got round to them.
I only borrowed the Knife album but it was sweet as.
ALSO i'd probably go with the first TV On the Radio album instead. Each album of theirs after that you are told is a 'grower' and the second album hadnt even finished growing when their newer one came out. It's all so confusing

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Ehhhh.

6. Reveal - R.E.M.
5. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

interesting, i always thought Reveal was underrated as an REM album... MM LP is a straight up classic.

Rickenbacker · 10-11-2009, 06:39 PM

Reveal is actually totally underrated. Imitation of Life might be the best song of the decade, not even exaggerating. Critics cast the record off as a U2-like attempt at commercialism, and then bash it further for failing at finding that commercial sound, noting all the little bells, whistles, blips and dings that beautifully adorn the album (see I've Been High) as dated and irrelevant. I disagree with this. Rather than trying to conform, I think R.E.M. was taking the retro sound of Up one step further; upping the electronic beats and adding more and more synths until it became sort of however close R.E.M. could get to a Kid A like album (I've Been High would fit right at home on the latter if Thom sang it). A noble failure at changing the popular sound, as opposed to a noble failure at conforming to a pre-established popular sound is what Reveal is, in essence. But still, viewed out of that context it's a beautifully lively album that deserves much more respect than it has been given.

loveissucide · 10-11-2009, 06:42 PM

1.Alligator-The National
2.Stankonia-OutKast
3.Dear Science-TV On The Radio
4.Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-Wilco
5.Boy In Da Corner-Dizzee Rascal
6.Let's Get Out Of This Country-Camera Obscura
7.Veckamiest-Grizzly Bear
8.Actor-St Vincent
9.Two Dancers-Wild Beasts
10.It's Blitz!-Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Huge gaps in my listening though.

Molecules · 10-11-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Reveal is actually totally underrated. Imitation of Life might be the best song of the decade, not even exaggerating. Critics cast the record off as a U2-like attempt at commercialism, and then bash it further for failing at finding that commercial sound, noting all the little bells, whistles, blips and dings that beautifully adorn the album (see I've Been High) as dated and irrelevant. I disagree with this. Rather than trying to conform, I think R.E.M. was taking the retro sound of Up one step further; upping the electronic beats and adding more and more synths until it became sort of however close R.E.M. could get to a Kid A like album (I've Been High would fit right at home on the latter if Thom sang it). A noble failure at changing the popular sound, as opposed to a noble failure at conforming to a pre-established popular sound is what Reveal is, in essence. But still, viewed out of that context it's a beautifully lively album that deserves much more respect than it has been given.

very good improptu review, will have to dig out the CD tomorrow because it was a big hit round these parts when it came out, great summer album with a cosy sense of nostalgia to it

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Originally Posted by loveissucide

5.Boy In Da Corner-Dizzee Rascal

good call on raskit, best british album forever and the most experimental UK 'urban' record, this will be in my top 3 if i put together a list. He is dead to me after this album

Rickenbacker · 10-11-2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

very good improptu review, will have to dig out the CD tomorrow because it was a big hit round these parts when it came out, great summer album with a cosy sense of nostalgia to it

Thanks Molecules! Shame it didn't even make commercial impact over here.

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Originally Posted by Molecules

good call on raskit, best british album forever and the most experimental UK 'urban' record, this will be in my top 3 if i put together a list. He is dead to me after this album

Word.

Except:

His verse on this Fatboy Slim track with David Byrne is absolutely ill.

fleet fox · 10-12-2009, 02:36 PM

1. Outkast- Stankonia
2.TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. Radiohead - Kid A
4. Gorrilaz
5. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
6. Sigur Rox - () (chosen for its impact and depth, Takk is mostly superior)
7. Kanye West - Graduation (massive impact, Grammy winning album, cut and paste style puts it over Late Registration soul heavy themes).
8. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
9. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
10. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica

dac · 10-12-2009, 06:52 PM

In no order, because I'm lazy:

Radiohead - Kid A
Sigur Ros - ()
Archive - Controlling Crowds
GY!BE - Skinny Fists
Portishead - Third
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Valley of the Giants - S/T
Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
Circulatory System - S/T
Alias - The Other Side of the Looking Glass (I forget who it was on here that got me on this album, but once again, thank you)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-12-2009, 06:59 PM

Pssst..

Psyence Fiction came out in 98

dac · 10-12-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Pssst..

Psyence Fiction came out in 98

My iTunes has lied to me!

Fix coming shortly

music_phantom13 · 10-13-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dac

Alias - The Other Side of the Looking Glass (I forget who it was on here that got me on this album, but once again, thank you)

I'm pretty sure it was me during the time you were getting me into post rock stuff.

As for my list, in no order whatsoever:

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Dinosaur Jr - Farm (even though it's new, I think I have to put it on here)
Mice Parade - Obrigado Saudade
Dirty Elegance - Finding Beauty in the Wretched
Mt. Eerie - Wind's Poem
Xploding Plastix - Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
TV on the Radio - Desparate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms

After those, it's a tie between a lot of stuff: Through the Looking Glass by Alias, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Operation Doomsday, Mm..Food, Deltron 3030, Beautiful Freak by the Eels, The Great Depression by Defiance, Ohio; and Everything Ecstatic are some of the things that jump to mind.

10-11-2009, 06:39 PM	#32 (permalink)
Rickenbacker / Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Conn Posts: 1,338	Reveal is actually totally underrated. Imitation of Life might be the best song of the decade, not even exaggerating. Critics cast the record off as a U2-like attempt at commercialism, and then bash it further for failing at finding that commercial sound, noting all the little bells, whistles, blips and dings that beautifully adorn the album (see I've Been High) as dated and irrelevant. I disagree with this. Rather than trying to conform, I think R.E.M. was taking the retro sound of Up one step further; upping the electronic beats and adding more and more synths until it became sort of however close R.E.M. could get to a Kid A like album (I've Been High would fit right at home on the latter if Thom sang it). A noble failure at changing the popular sound, as opposed to a noble failure at conforming to a pre-established popular sound is what Reveal is, in essence. But still, viewed out of that context it's a beautifully lively album that deserves much more respect than it has been given. __________________ last.fm rym Talk About the Passion - R.E.M.'s Discography Reviewed

10-12-2009, 06:52 PM	#37 (permalink)
dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	In no order, because I'm lazy: Radiohead - Kid A Sigur Ros - () Archive - Controlling Crowds GY!BE - Skinny Fists Portishead - Third Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss Valley of the Giants - S/T Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes Circulatory System - S/T Alias - The Other Side of the Looking Glass (I forget who it was on here that got me on this album, but once again, thank you) __________________ Last edited by dac; 10-12-2009 at 07:10 PM.

10-12-2009, 06:59 PM	#38 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Pssst.. Psyence Fiction came out in 98 __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

10-11-2009, 06:42 PM	#33 (permalink)
loveissucide Himself Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leuven ,Belgium, via Ireland Posts: 1,325	1.Alligator-The National 2.Stankonia-OutKast 3.Dear Science-TV On The Radio 4.Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-Wilco 5.Boy In Da Corner-Dizzee Rascal 6.Let's Get Out Of This Country-Camera Obscura 7.Veckamiest-Grizzly Bear 8.Actor-St Vincent 9.Two Dancers-Wild Beasts 10.It's Blitz!-Yeah Yeah Yeahs Huge gaps in my listening though.

10-12-2009, 02:36 PM	#36 (permalink)
fleet fox Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	1. Outkast- Stankonia 2.TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain 3. Radiohead - Kid A 4. Gorrilaz 5. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant 6. Sigur Rox - () (chosen for its impact and depth, Takk is mostly superior) 7. Kanye West - Graduation (massive impact, Grammy winning album, cut and paste style puts it over Late Registration soul heavy themes). 8. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP 9. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights 10. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica