The 2000s are coming to an end, and I know many people here have found a lot of music to love! One of the things I love about this forum is how eclectic the tastes of the posters are- whatever is worth knowing out there, somebody here has the goods about it!

So, come one, come all and participate in a poll of your favorite albums and songs of the decade. Feel free to submit ranked lists of up to 200 songs and 200 albums, and I'll post the results after the deadline at midnight, January 1, 2010 org time! Please submit your lists to ian_renner[at]yahoo.com, replacing the [at] with the @ symbol (I don't want spam, yo). I've got a decent scoring system worked out for it, so send in your lists! Make sure you tell me what your Org username is. I'll reply to your message to let you know that I got your list. I'd prefer to receive lists made in Microsoft Excel with a .xls extension (none of that Excel 2007 tripe!) with separate columns for artist, album/song and year. I'd prefer the artists to be listed like "The Strokes" as opposed to "Strokes, The", but it's not a deal breaker.

One other thing- no compilations!

Feel free to use this thread for recommendations- I know there are still many albums and songs that I haven't heard that would have a chance to make my list.


[Edited 12/14/09 16:19pm]

Oops Moonbeam,

I also started a thread about this topic. Didnt see you created this one allready.

Anyway, here is my pick of albums:

1. Björk - Vespertine
2. Kate Rusby - 10
3. REM - Reveal
4. Caroline Herring - Lantana
5. The Endrick Brothers - Love vs Attraction
6. Teddy Thompson - Upfront and down low
7. Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlan
8. Tim Christensen - Honeyburst
9. Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7''s
10.World Party - Dumbing Up (UK version)

When it comes to songs: too many too pick from.. lol. Maybe some other time.

Riverpoet31 said:

Thanks for the list! I totally agree with your Number 1!

As for songs, you can submit a list of even 10, and you've got until January to submit, if you want! Based on your album list, I'd love to see a song list.

you'll be hearing from me.

unfortunately my list more than anything is a documentation of my disengagement from new music. at this point 64.4% of my list is made up of records from '00-'03.

damosuzuki said:

I was hoping I would get a list from you!

Your preference for music from the early part of the decade seems to be pretty commonplace, looking at most lists out there!

1 Radiohead
Kid A (2000)
2 Bob Dylan
Modern Times (2006)
3 Sigur Rós
( ) (2002)
4 Prince
The Rainbow Children (2001)
5 Goldfrapp
Felt Mountain (2000)
6 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois (2005)
7 The Flaming Lips
Embryonic (2009)
8 Thom Yorke
The Eraser (2006)
9 Spinvis
Dagen van gras, dagen van stro (2005)
10 TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
11 Antony and the Johnsons
The Crying Light (2009)
12 D'Angelo
Voodoo (2000)
13 Beck
Sea Change (2002)
14 Radiohead
Amnesiac (2001)
15 Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (2005)
16 Bob Dylan
"Love and Theft" (2001)
17 Vive la Fête
Nuit blanche (2003)
18 MGMT
Oracular Spectacular (2008)
19 Neil Young
Prairie Wind (2005)
20 TV on the Radio
Dear Science (2008)
21 Erykah Badu
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
22 Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
23 Spinvis
Spinvis (2002)
24 Michael Jackson
Invincible (2001)
25 Radiohead
In Rainbows (2007)

..do i have to submit this to your mail also? Great initiative!

BT11 said:

No, this is fine! Feel free to submit a song list, too!

3 lists in, and plenty more to go! Keep voting, peeps!

We've got 8 album lists and a song list now. Keep 'em coming!

This thread should be a sticky.

Prince - 3121 (2006)
Michael Jackson - Invincible (2001)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)

I think someone beat you to it. It's still very active over there: http://prince.org/msg/8/325536

ernestsewell said:

That's for 2009 albums only. And it doesn't include songs. And it's not a poll.

Moonbeam said:

Don't you get sassy with me!

ernestsewell said:

Only if you submit a list!

sextonseven said:

Seconded. If we can have a debarge sticky for 1/2 a year there's surely room for this thread too.

damosuzuki said:

9 album lists and 2 song lists now. I expect to get over 50!

People should post their lists here.

TRON said:

Starting with you!

Moonbeam said:

You know me, it'll take a bit.

be back later

In random order per year:

2009:

Lotusflow3r (Prince)
Working On A Dream (Bruce Springsteen)
Hombre Lobo (Eels)

2008:

Only By The Night (Kings of Leon)
Seeing Things (Jakob Dylan)
Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes)
Chinese Democracy (Guns 'n Roses)

2007:

Because Of The Times (Kings of Leon)
Graduation (Kanye West)
Into The Wild (Eddie Vedder)
Planet Earth (Prince)
Set Your Head On Fire (Black Box Revelation)

2006:

Futuresex/Lovesounds (Justin Timberlake)
Sam's Town (The Killers)
3121 (Prince)
Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Back To Black (Amy Winehouse)

2005:

Blinking Lights And Other Revelations (Eels)
Guero (Beck)

2004:

Musicology (Prince)
Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters)
Baptism (Lenny Kravitz)
A Grand Don't Come For Free (The Streets)
Contraband (Velvet Revolver)
Hot Fuss (The Killers)
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2)

2003:

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Outkast)

2002:

Sea Change (Beck)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
The Rising (Bruce Springsteen)
Songs For The Deaf (Queens Of The Stone Age)
American IV: The Man Comes Around (Johnny Cash)

2001:

The Rainbow Children (Prince)
Love And Theft (Bob Dylan)

2000:

Eat At Whitey's (Everlast)
Daisies Of The Galaxy (Eels)
The Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)
Novastar (Novastar)

december said:

I believe in order for your list to qualify, the albums have to be ranked in order of preference.

sextonseven said:

An order would be nice, but they don't have to be ranked. I can treat them all as one big, tied list, with each album getting the average points of the ranks.

Moonbeam said:

I'll give it a shot (but it changes all the time):

1. Sea Change
2. Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
3. The Rainbow Children
4. The Rising
5. Lotusflow3r
6. Only By The Night
7. Futuresex/Lovesounds
8. 3121
9. Musicology
10. Back To Black
11. Hombre Lobo
12. Sam's Town
13. Chinese Democracy
14. Because Of The Times
15. Planet Earth
16. Contraband
17. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
18. Fleet Foxes
19. Eat At Whitey's
20. Into The Wild
21. Set Your Head On Fire
22. Working On A Dream
23. Scissor Sisters
24. Baptism
25. Hot Fuss
26. Daisies Of The Galaxy
27. Love And Theft
28. Graduation
29. American IV: The Man Comes Around
30. Guero
31. The Marshall Mathers LP
32. Stadium Arcadium
33. Come Away With Me
34. Seeing Things
35. A Grand Don't Come For Free
36. Songs For The Deaf
37. Speakerboxx/The Love Below
38. Novastar

Hope this helps

december said:

Thanks!

11 albums lists and 3 songs lists. Keep it up, people!

i posted my list in the other thread, but since we're putting them all together here :



> > > 1. Kid A - Radiohead
> > > 2. The Back Room - Editors
> > > 3. Love & Theft - Bob Dylan
> > > 4. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
> > > 5. In Rainbows - Radiohead
> > > 6. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
> > > 7. Funeral - Arcade Fire
> > > 8. Heathen - David Bowie
> > > 9. Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos
> > > 10. Poses - Rufus Wainwright
> > > 11. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
> > > 12. Fantasies - Metric
> > > 13. Control - Pedro the Lion
> > > 14. Amnesiac - Radiohead
> > > 15. Aerial - Kate Bush
> > > 16. Missiles - The Dears
> > > 17. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
> > > 18. Songs of Mass Destruction - Annie Lennox
> > > 19. Silver & Gold - Neil Young
> > > 20. How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
> > > 21. Antics - Interpol
> > > 22. All is Dream - Mercury Rev
> > > 23. An End Has a Start - Editors
> > > 24. Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
> > > 25. Modern Times - Bob Dylan

Thanks for the sticky, mods!

Top 20 Albums

1. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Flaming Lips
2. Skeletal Lamping - Of Montreal
3. The Rainbow Children - Prince
4. Is This It? - The Strokes
5. Hercules & Love Affair - HALA
6. Funeral - Arcade Fire
7. The Love Below - Outkast
8. Glare - David McAlmont & Michael Nyman
9. Kid A - Radiohead
10. Harf/Heim - Sigur Ros
11. Hopes & Fears - Keane
12. American Idiot - Green Day
13. O - Damien Rice
14. Want One - Rufus Wainwright
15. Black Holes & Revelations - Muse
16. A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
17. American IV - Johnny Cash
18. Lotusflow3r - Prince
19. Sam's Town - The Killers
20. College Dropout - Kanye West
[Edited 12/9/09 6:28am]