The end of the decade is nearly upon us which  inevitably means everyone is about to start rolling out their “best of” lists.  This proved to be a rather arduous task, but at the same time I had a lot of fun during the process as it forced me to go back and listen to a lot of albums that I hadn’t heard in quite some time.

It seems like we tend to get so caught up on trying to hear as much new music as possible that we forget to go back and appreciate many of the albums we loved in the past.  Hopefully you are making your own list have have an experience similar to mine. If not, I hope you stream some of the albums I’ve posted and remember how great they are.  Anyways, here we go.

Check out entries 80-66 after the jump…

80: Handsome Furs – Plague Park (2007)

79: Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)

MP3: Frightened Rabbit – “The Modern Leper”

78: The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)

MP3: The Postal Service – “Be Still My Heart”

77: Band of Horses – Everything All the Time (2006)

MP3: Band of Horses – “The Funeral”

76: LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem (2005)

75: The Microphones – It Was Hot We Stayed in the Water (2000)

74: Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous (2004)

73: David Vandervelde – The Moonstation House Band (2007)

72: TV on the Radio – Dear Science (2008)

71: The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)

MP3: The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”

70: Sigur Rós – ( ) (2002)

69: Battles – Mirrored (2007)

68: Wilco – A Ghost Is Born (2004)

MP3: Wilco – “Spiders (Kidsmoke)”

67: Phosphorescent – Pride (2007)

MP3: Phosphorescent – “A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise”

66: Sunset Rubdown – Dragon Slayer (2009)

MP3: Sunset Rubdown – “Idiot Heart”

SDM’s Favorite Albums of the Decade: 65-51

SDM’s Favorite Albums of the Decade: 50-41

SDM’s Favorite Albums of the Decade: 40-31