SDM’s Top Albums of the Decade: Overview
Here is an overview of our 80 favorite albums of the aughts. This way you can talk shit about our picks without having to click a bunch of different links. We like to make things super easy for all of you guys because we care. Anyways, I’m glad this is over, and look for our favorite albums of the year soon.
View all 80 selections 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”
65: Spoon – Gimme Fiction (2005)
MP3: Spoon – “I Turn My Camera On”
64: Beach House – Beach House (2006)
MP3: Beach House – “Master of None”
63: The New Pornographers - Electric Version (2003)
MP3: The New Pornographers – “The Laws Have Changed”
62: Burial – Untrue (2007)
MP3: Burial – “Archangel”
61: MGMT – Oracular Spectacular (2008)
60: Yeasayer – All Hour Cymbals (2007)
MP3: Yeasayer – “2080″
59: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008)
MP3: Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
58: Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (2008)
MP3: Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
57: Elliott Smith – From A Basement on the Hill (2004)
MP3: Elliott Smith – “Kings Crossing”
56: Iron and Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
MP3: Iron and Wine – “Cinder and Smoke”
55: The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday (2005)
54: The Shins – Oh, Inverted World (2001)
53: Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (2005)
52: Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)
MP3: Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks”
51: Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin (2006)
MP3: Lindsey Buckingham – “Under the Skin”
50: Kings of Convenience – Riot on an Empty Street (2004)
MP3: Kings of Convenience – “Homesick”
49: TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
MP3: TV on the Radio – “Wolf Like Me”
48: Blitzen Trapper – Furr (2008)
47: Kings of Leon – Youth and Young Manhood (2003)
MP3: Kings of Leon – “California Waiting”
46: Portishead – Third (2008)
MP3: Portishead – “Machine Gun”
45: Tom Waits – Real Gone (2004)
MP3: Tom Waits – “Hoist That Rag”
44: Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)
MP3: Interpol – “NYC”
43: Spoon – Kill the Moonlight (2002)
42: Animal Collective – Feels (2005)
MP3: Animal Collective – “Grass”
41: The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
MP3: The White Stripes – “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”
40: Liars – Drum’s Not Dead (2006)
MP3: Liars – “The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack”
39: Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Continued (2008)
MP3: Deerhunter – “Never Stops”
38: Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
37: Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
MP3: Jens Lekman – “A Postcard To Nina”
36: of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
MP3: Of Montreal – “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse”
35: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
MP3: Animal Collective – “Summertime Clothes”
34: Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (2009)
MP3: Dirty Projectors – “Two Doves”
33: Okkervil River – The Stage Names (2007)
MP3: Okkervil River – “Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe”
32: The Walkmen – Bows + Arrows (2004)
31: Grizzly Bear – Yellow House (2006)
MP3: Grizzly Bear – “Colorado”
30: Songs: Ohia – Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
MP3: Songs: Ohia – “Farewell Transmission”
29: LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (2007)
MP3: LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends”
28: Why? Alopecia (2008)
MP3: Why? – “Simeon’s Dilemma”
27: The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (2009)
MP3: The Flaming Lips -”Convinced of the Hex”
26: The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas (2002)
MP3: The Mountain Goats – “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton”
25: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
MP3: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “The Skin of Yellow Country Teeth”
24: The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound (2008)
MP3: The Gaslight Anthem – “Great Expectations”
23: Panda Bear – Person Pitch (2007)
MP3: Panda Bear – “Bros”
22: Ryan Adams and The Cardinals – Cold Roses (2005)
MP3: Ryan Adams and The Cardinals – “Magnolia Mountain”
21: Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)
MP3: Bright Eyes – “First Day Of My Life”
20: Band of Horses – Cease to Begin (2007)
MP3: Band of Horses – “Is There A Ghost”
19: Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
MP3: Wolf Parade – “Shine A Light”
18: Beck – Sea Change (2002)
MP3: Beck – “Guess I’m Doing Fine”
17: Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
MP3: Radiohead – “House of Cards”
16: Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
MP3: Modest Mouse – “3rd Planet”
15: The Microphones – The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)
MP3: The Microphones – “The Glow Pt. 2″
14: The National – Boxer (2007)
MP3: The National – “Racing Like A Pro”
13: Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
12: The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
MP3: The Flaming Lips – “Fight Test”
11: My Morning Jacket - At Dawn (2001)
MP3: My Morning Jacket – “Bermuda Highway”
10: Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
09: Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It in People (2002)
MP3: Broken Social Scene – “Lover’s Spit”
08: The Walkmen – You and Me (2008)
07: The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America (2006)
MP3: The Hold Steady – “Massive Nights”
06: Sufjan Stevens – Come on Feel the Illinoise (2005)
MP3: Sufjan Stevens – “Chicago”
05: Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000)
MP3: Ryan Adams – “Come Pick Me Up”
04: The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
03: The National – Alligator (2005)
MP3: The National – “All the Wine”
02: Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
MP3: Wilco – “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”
01: Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
MP3: Radiohead – The National Anthem”
Dec 2, 2009 at 9:39 pm
okctopdx says,
Thanks for putting together such a great list now we now what to look for at the library. Seriously the Beaverton library has a rocking audio section, which is good since we moved away from “Jake’s audio library”.
Dec 17, 2009 at 7:41 am
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Mar 29, 2010 at 11:10 am
Alex says,
Very Nice. I completely agree with KidA… not from any objective place but personally it has been top of my list often in recent past. Keep up the good work.