[limpidglitch]

27pt
Tool - Lateralus


14pt
Radiohead - Kid A


11pt
Beck - Sea Change


10pt
Opeth - Blackwater Park


8pt
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia


6pt
Arcade Fire - Funeral


4pt
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
The National - Boxer


3pt
All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
ISIS - Panopticon
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance


2pt
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo
Autechre - Confield
Black Devil Disco Club - 28 After
Bob Dylan - Love & Theft
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Cave In - Jupiter
Chromeo - She's In Control
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Daft Punk - Discovery
David Gilmour - On An Island
Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Hayden - Skyscraper National Park
Katatonia - Night is the New Day
The Knife - Silent Shout
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
Mastodon - Leviathan
The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic—Today Is OK
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
Sparks - Lil Beethoven
Stars - Nightsongs
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
Thunderdome 2008
Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
Virgin Black - Elegant... and Dying
WHY? - Elephant Eyelash
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Woven Hand - Blush Music


1pt
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Agalloch - The Mantle
Anthony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Atreyu - The Curse
Audioslave - Audioslave
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Breaking Benjamin - Phobia
BT - This Binary Universe
Cage - Hell's Winter
Chris Cornell - Scream
Cynic - Traced in Air
Danielson Famile - Ships
Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Dead Cold Place
The Fire Theft - The Fire Theft
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Hardcore Til I Die, vol. 2
Immolation - Unholy Cult
James Brown - In The Jungle Groove (2003 Reissue)
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Kaki King - ...Until We Felt Red
Kamelot - The Black Halo
Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Meshuggah - obZen
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away
The Notwist - Neon Golden
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Sigur Ros - ()
Sigur Rós - Takk…
Subtle - For Hero: For Fool
Tool - 10,000 days
Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa
Virgin Black - Requiem – Mezzo Forte
The Walkmen - You & me
Yagya - Will I Dream During The Process?
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss

 

[limpidglitch]

06/01/10:

Quote:

Originally Posted by limpidglitch /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm giving this thread one last bump, now that the decade of 00 actually has ended. I know the title says 'best', and I somehow regret using it in this context. 'Favourite', as several posters have used, suits my original intention of this thread better; what are the most preferred albums of the 00's on Head-Fi? This I thought would produce an extensive list of truly magnificent contemporary music, a bucketfull of only the sweetest cherries of the crop, and in the same time showing off the rough demographics of musical preferences here in our community. And a success I believe it has been. So one last go at this, post your two favourite albums of the past decade, and have a go at some of the excellent suggestions already offered. Still only one admission per user, how ever, any roughly on-topic ponderings are naturally welcome whether you have done your submission or not.

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Original Post:

There's been a lot of negativity around concerning Pitchfork's latest decade list. They're narrow-minded, music-hating hipsters, some would say. So instead of going on complaining, why don't we make our own list?

A Head-Fi best-of-the-decade album list I hereby initiate.
The rules are simple. You may pick 2 albums, one winner and one runner-up.

Winner: 2pt
Runner-Up: 1pt

I'll keep a running list summing up the scores.

Each person may submit their choices only once, and may not edit what they already have submitted. Qualifications for albums are so: Must be first released somewhere between 1. Jan 00 and Now. Compilations, re-mixes and live-albums are all qualified. For re-mixes the mix must have been made between 1. Jan 00 and now, while original source material can be older.

Choosing your albums might be hard, I spent quite some time going back and forth on mine. What I did realise when thinking this over is that 10 years is a lot in music. There have quite simply been made tons of great, excellent and brilliant albums this decade, as any decade before it.

Now post your favourites here and don't be shy. There is no hipster pressure here, and nobody will accuse you for being a hipster. Right?

I'll start with my two:

Winner: Múm – Yesterday Was Dramatic—Today Is OK

Runner-Up: Anthony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now

 

[bjarnetv]

pretty difficult to choose, so i guess i'll just pick the albums i have listened to the most, and still love as much as did when i first bought them

Winner: black devil disco-28 after

runner up: the knife-silent shout

 

[moriez]

Like to participate. It wasnt that hard actually. Going over the albums once they immediately stood out and filled me with warmth

Winner: Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet [2002]

Runner-up: Yagya - Will I Dream During The Process? [2006]



Edit: I found out that my winner album is just a good album and nothing spectacular. The feeling of warmth doesnt equal a great album.

 

[bakercj93]

I really don't think I could pick a definitive top two, as there are several albums that I like just as much, but for the sake of the poll, I'll pick two that are fairly popular.

Winner: Tool - Lateralus [2001]
Runner-up: Opeth - Blackwater Park [2001]

I could just as easily substitute any of the following albums for those, though.
dredg - el cielo
Thrice - Vheissu
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
Burst - Lazarus Bird

 

[SoupRKnowva]

The winner is easy for me but the runner up will be tough

Winner: The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Runner Up: All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals

second runners up: Parkway Drive - Horizons, The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal, Brand New - Deja Entendu, Chevelle - Vena Sera, Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP, System of a Down - Tocixity, Avenged Sevenfold - Self Titled, Muse - Absolution.

 

[HipHopScribe]

Winner: The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
Runner-Up: Aesop Rock - Labor Days

 

[Johnstone]

Winner: Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Runner-Up: Asobi Seksu - Citrus

Others:
Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Knife - Silent Shout
Battles - Mirrored
LCD Soundsystem - s/t
The Field - From Here We Go to Sublime
McLusky - McLusky Do Dallas
Belle & Sebastien - Dear Catastrophe Waitress

 

[Dublo7]

oh wow, this is so difficult.

Hmmm...

Winner: Radiohead - Kid A
Runner-up: Radiohead - In Rainbows

Honourable mentions:
Opeth - Blackwater Park (Arguably the greatest metal album ever conceived)
Tool - Lateralus
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

 

[chud]

Shouldn't you be picking Diorama?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dublo7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif oh wow, this is so difficult. Hmmm... Winner: Radiohead - Kid A Runner-up: Radiohead - In Rainbows Honourable mentions: Opeth - Blackwater Park (Arguably the greatest metal album ever conceived) Tool - Lateralus The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

 

[roadtonowhere08]

Now we are talking!!! I have to admit, this was hard. I was staring at my collection for a long time.

Winner: Virgin Black - ... Elegant and Dying
Runner-Up: Virgin Black - Requiem: Mezzo Forte

Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Moonsorrow - Viides Luku - Hävitetty
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Callisto - Noir
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Riverside - Out of Myself
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Tool - Lateralus
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
Virgin Black - Requiem: Mezzo Fotissimo

 

[chud]

Winner Cave In - Jupiter
Runner Up The Fire Theft - Self Titled

 

[Sparky14]

Having just completed a full listen of my entire collection, only 2 2000-era albums made my best of list, with 3 more almost there...so this a pretty easy decision.

#1 - Aimee Mann's Bachelor No. 2
#2 - Chris Cornell's Scream

 

[Aslan123]

This is very difficult indeed...

Winner: Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights.

Runner Up: Arcade Fire - Funeral.

Honourable Mentions:

Sunset Rubdown: Shut Up I Am Dreaming, Random Spirit Lover, Dragonslayer
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary,
Camera Obscura: Let's Get Out of This Country, My Maudlin Career
Jens Lekman: Oh, You're So Silent Jens
Joanna Newsom, The Milk Eyed Mender. Y's

I'm sure I'm missing some as well.

 

[limpidglitch]

Oh my, this has turned out to be quite the candy store.

Thanks everyone for your submissions.