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Top 100 Albums 2000-2009: 61-70

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Just found my first “mistake”. Definitely should have put Metric’s Fantasies ahead of It’s Blitz by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but when I’ve listened to somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000 albums in the past 10 years – the difference between a couple of spots is minor.

61. Back to Black (2007) – Amy Winehouse
62. New Magnetic Wonder (2007) – The Apples in Stereo
63. Golden Hum (2001) – Remy Zero
64. Loyalty to Loyalty (2008) – Cold War Kids
65. The Seldom Seen Kid (2008) – Elbow
66. How to Walk Away (2008) – Juliana Hatfield
67. The Stage Names (2007) – Okkervile River
68. Achilles’ Heel (2004) – Pedro The Lion
69. St. Elsewhere (2006) – Gnarlz Barkley
70. It’s Blitz! (2009) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The running list can be found here: Top 100 Albums: 2000-2009

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comments: I wouldn’t be surprised to see Okkervile River’s The Stage Names in the top 10s of national publications. It  may end up being a classic in the same way Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea has become over the years. I think Elbow may be the best UK band out there. Yeah, better than them. Cold War Kids could become one of my top bands with their current trajectory. And there is something about Juliana Hatfield – she’s still as hot as I remember, but that’s not why she’s on this list – twice.

Top 100 Albums 2000-2009: 71-80

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Now we’re deep into it.

71. Fantasies (2009) – Metric
72. Vampire Weekend (2008) – Vampire Weekend
73. The Boy With No Name (2007) – Travis
74. The Ecstatic (2009) – Mos Def
75. Show Your Bones (2006) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
76. Come to Where I’m From (2000) – Joseph Arthur
77. Accelerate (2008) – R.E.M.
78. 19 (2008) – Adele
79. Writer’s Block (2007) – Peter Bjorn and John
80. Learn to Sing Like a Star (2007) – Kristin Hersh

Best-2000-71-80comments: The first two of any 2009 albums appear here. It’s hard to judge whether or not Fantasies or The Estatic have staying power, but I can’t stop playing either and both will be at the top of my year end list. Accelerate was a return to form for R.E.M. And 19 was worthy of Adele’s Grammy

Top 100 albums 2000-2009: 100-91

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Over then next two weeks I’m going to be posting my favorite albums of the past 10 years, 2000-2009. Note I say my favorites – I know that there are albums that I might have missed or should have been higher, but these are the ones I think rank.

I won’t talk about all of the albums. Only comments where necessary. Would love to hear your comments.

91. Kill the Moonlight (2002) – Spoon
92. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah (2005) – Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah
93. You & Me (2008) – The Walkmen
94. Born Again in the USA (2006) – Loose Fur
95.  musicforthemorningafter (2001) – Pete Yorn
96. You Were Here (2000) – Sarah Harmer
97. Alligator (2005) – The National
98. Sunset Studies (2000) – Augie March
99. These Four Walls (2006) – Shawn Colvin
100. The Weight is a Gift (2005) – Nada Surf

comments: Loose Fur is a side protect of Jeff Tweedy and Born Again in the USA was an album I liked more than most Wilco albums of the decade. musicforthemorningafter by Pete Yorn has some great. Spoon had a great decade and became one of my favorite bands. Kill the Moonlight has some great songs and a lot of songs you’ve heard in movies and television.

Best music of the decade – coming next week

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First off – yes the current decade ends on December 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM. No the decade does not end on that same date in 2010. It’s funny how much confusion there is about this. I believe people are remembering that the last millennium ended January 1, 2001, but millenniums and decades are two different things – hence the two different names. Plus…

I don’t care. I will be posting a list of the top 100 albums (my favorites) of the past 10 years (2000-2009) – if you count, you’ll see there’s 10 years there.

It’s been difficult to make sure I don’t miss anything. Also difficult is ranking albums that are very recent or that I haven’t heard in awhile. Getting to 100 was a chore, but they’re all good quality albums and a good snapshot of the decade.

Tune in Monday for albums 100-91.

8-bit Weezer El Scorcho plus an iPhone ringtone

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Heard this a few days ago and thought it was brilliant. It’s El Scorcho redone as 8-bit Nintendo styled music. There’s an entire album as done by the Pterodactyl Squad netlable. I’ve provided a link below where you can download the entire album of 8-bit remakes including songs like “Hash Pipe” and “Buddy Holly”.

I to turn El Scorcho into an iPhone ringtone – which if you’re interested, it can be downloaded below.

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Pterodactyl Squad – Weezer the 8-bit album
El Scorcho iPhone Ringtone (right click and download as – add it to your iTunes library and sync your iPhone)

The end of a decade

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I had my “holy shit” moment a few days ago when I realized that this is the end of the decade we’re coming up on. Where have the last 10 years gone? It seems like yesterday we were celebrating a millennium. I started compiling a list of the best albums of the decade – really Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief is six years old? It’s scary when time flies in six year chunks.

Share your favorite albums of the past decade in the comment section. I’ll be publishing a list soon.