in your opinion, whats the best album of the last ten years

massive dance 2002

wilderness is paradise now by morning runner

vol 1 or 2 canary?

radiohead's kid a for me btw.

Hooverphonic - President of the LSD Gold Club

Sawdust-The Killers, mainly B sides and a fantastic version of Mr Brightside is on there

yeah have that buzzer, really liked the single they did with lou reed, and the cover of ruby was great too
i really should of had hot fuss on that list too

if this forum had a vomiting smiley, id be posting it right now! brandon flowers was bearable at one point, but he is now completely handicapped by the large**on his head

only remember the 1 easter

Well Well Well - Milburn

Agree re Killers - Hot Fuss was very good, Sams Town was vastly inferior but had it's moments but since then they have just vanished up their own arses and produced utter shoite, shame.

even the one about aliens? pathetic band, take the supposed 'charasmatic' singer away and they are playing below East Of Java in Chadwell Heath on Ssaturday

22 dreams by paul weller

Of course music is all about personal taste, but I've more respect for someone who admits to listening to stuff not deemed 'cool' because that just happens to float their boat. So few 'mainstream' acts get mentioned on these threads it is laughable. They can't all be mature students and virgins who embrace all the crap spouted in the NME.

say what ya like about the killers, but hot fuss was a great album, i do agree their albums have declined in quality, like so many bands i guess.

1. Sparklehorse - vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot. 2. Bill Callahan - sometimes i wish we were an eagle. 3. Midlake - the trials of van occupanther.

HRH - Its far more 'fun' to listen to stuff late at night (as I used to sans wifey and kid) and 'discover it'. Not anyones fault it becomes more well-known. In the last three years I have only gone balistic about two songs, 'What you could have won' by MIlburn, and Commercial Breakdown by Sunshine Underground. They ae really the only two bands that have excited me throughout that period and continue to do so with any back-catalogue and future projects (such as Backhanded Compliments or The Book Club). I cannot help that

Give Blood - the Brakes

Something Ilk - Cathy Davey

Hot Fuss - Killers
Elephant, White Blood Cells - White Stripes
Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
39 Minutes of Bliss - Caesars
Whatever People Say I Am... - Arctics
Big Beautiful Sky - Venus Hum
Attention - GusGus
You Are The Quarry - Morrissey

all immediately spring to mind

CUPRA - wasn't having a pop at you, apologies if it came across that way! Just a general observation of this forum and beyond that a lot of bandwagons seem to get jumped on to the extent of being unbelievably oversubscribed.

The first Editors & the two Interpol albums were good too, despite them being unashamed Joy Division copyists. The same applies, to a lesser degree, to The White Lies album. The first Franz Ferdinand album was excellent - and the last Blur one (Think Tank).

libertines up the bracket
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alex, i thought the editors second album was their best, love their first album too,

Now Whats They Call Music 66

Through The Windowpane - Guillemots

The Fall - The Real New Fall LP.
Came back from years of disaster, over 40's alkie junkie wreck embarrasses a decade of indie kid wanabees.

Melt Banana - Cell-Scape.
Incredible noise, turn it up and glory in it. 'Lost parts stinging me so cold', desert island discs tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5M5EJbGMfg

shame about ray; thought Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain was best by Sparkelhorse.

For me Illinois by Sufjan Stevens was the best album of the last ten years.

Catford - 2 great choices, Vivadixie... every track on the album, to me, are class. Considering its their debut as well. Only The Stone Roses have done a better debut (best album ever)

The Enemy - We'll live and die in these towns.

'One' by The Beatles

Songs for the Deaf by QOTSA for me.

Well enjoy being cynical whilst you can because without major rebranding and investment greyhound racing won't be around much longer.

between, for me........

Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
Midlake-The Trials of Van Occupanther
The Felice Brothers-The Felice Brothers
Iron and Wine-And the Creek Drank the Cradle
The Decemberists-The Hazards of Love

wrong thread ffs muppet!

:D beer time!

12 Songs by Neil Diamond

go back 30 years plus
relayer.....YES
triolgy.....ELP

Catford Toteboard 08 Jan 15:42
shame about ray; thought Dreamt for Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain was best by Sparkelhorse.

For me Illinois by Sufjan Stevens was the best album of the last ten years.

Agreed - Illinois is a complete one-off, unlike anything I had heard before. The first time I listened to it all the way through left me gobsmacked

Just thinking the same thing, your highness. I cannot decide though whether to go to the pub and risk life and limb, pavements like skating rinks, or stay in and drink.

Take off your pants and jacket

This thread just reminds me what a poor decade its been for music. Much like the 90s when the charts were full of 'Dance' music, the Spice Girls and novelty records, the noughties charts have been dominated by Simon Cowell products and American teen tripe.

I know if you delve deeper theres plenty of good stuff being produced, i just long for the times when the good artists got heard, became popular, and made the charts.

Arctic Monkeys (Whatever people say i am)
Arctic monkeys (favourite worst nightmare)
T.I vs T.I.P
Jay Z (American Gangsta)

Cant think of any more

Sh!t how did i miss the libertines and the enemy off

The killers-sams town

birdieforthewin 08 Jan 16:56


The killers-sams town

If that is the best album of the last 10 years thank fook my era was the late 80s early 90s.

No chance, not having that w@nk album

fairweather 08 Jan 16:43
This thread just reminds me what a poor decade its been for music. Much like the 90s when the charts were full of 'Dance' music, the Spice Girls and novelty records, the noughties charts have been dominated by Simon Cowell products and American teen tripe.

I know if you delve deeper theres plenty of good stuff being produced, i just long for the times when the good artists got heard, became popular, and made the charts.

I'm not sure that those days ever happened - loads of great bands from 80's and 90's and 00's never made it big, mainly because the record companies pumped all their advertising and marketing into mega money making acts like Michael Jackson, Elton John, Maria Carey etc rather than supporting and developing talented musicians/groups over a longer period of time. Thats why a fair number of the bands on this list are not household names - these bands succeeded in getting their music heard despite the music business, not because of it. Thank fk for the internet, myspace, online radio and live gigs. - the record labels no longer have any power as there is no money to be made in selling CD's. Giving away you music for free ( Radiohead, Prince etc) is the proof of that and is the way forward.

Pendulums for me. Absolutely superb.

and the King would have been 75 today turning in his grave at that decade.

My era was the late eighties,great music that will be here for ever,not the crap they churn out today...aint bought a album in over 6 years..that tells you a lot..and that was "cream classics",as i used to got there..so i can tap my foot to the beat in my old peoples retirement home whilst wearing rose tinted spectacles

late 80s The Roses / Mondays / Cure / The Smiths what an era.

And still none of them as good as Oasis :D

Got into the smiths in 95 when i was 20..excellant tunes put a album on in the car when the mrs p!sses me off..great to see her seeth with rage as i bellow out"hang the dj". :)

u want some 08 Jan 17:11


And still none of them as good as Oasis

hope this is a joke. Beatles tribute band and not a good one at that.

Scott Walker - The Drift.

Oasis..you are having a laugh

my brother sais "whats the story morning glory" was the best album he had,i snapped the cd,there racket had pickled his brain..complete fckin dross

u want some 08 Jan 17:11
And still none of them as good as Oasis :D

:^0 x 1000000

Oasis - biggest pub band in the world. Responsible for Kasabian.

OASIS - BEST BAND EVER READ IT AND WEEP FAT BOYS

BigH - i totally agree with your sentiments on how music is going, maybe in 5 years no-one will buy recorded music, and that'll be a good thing imo.

But what i said certainly happened in the 60s and 70s, great acts like Roxy Music, Bowie, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, even Elton John, all came from nothing, got themselves heard, some word of mouth, some ballsy Radio DJs, and their brilliant music dominated the album and singles charts.

fairweather - I agree with your list of those that made it (all in the list are exceptionally talented) but there are still loads that potentially could have been just as good that didn't make it.