Wednesday, December 23, 2009

favorites of the decade (with bonus song links to cyberspace!)

lindsay’s decade favorites (albums)


(no particular order except top 2/alphabetical order is easier than choosing)

arcade fire funeral 2004

beck guero 2005

girl talk feed the animals 2008

kanye west 808's and heartbreak 2008

lykke li youth novels 2007

mgmt oracular spectacular 2008

pete yorn music for the morning after 2001

phoenix wolfgang amadeus phoenix 2009

the postal service give up 2003

the shins chutes too narrow 2003

the strokes room on fire 2003

vampire weekend vampire weekend 2008

wilco yankee hotel foxtrot 2002

2. feist the reminder 2007

1. yeah yeah yeahs its blitz 2009


matthew’s decade favorites (albums)


honorable mentions: too many

30 feist the reminder 2007

29 jay-z the black album 2003

28 okkervil river blacksheep boy/appendix 2005

27 wilco a ghost is born 2004

26 deerhunter microcastle/weird era cont. 2008

25 spoon ga ga ga ga ga 2007

24 kanye west 808's and heartbreak 2008

23 the strokes room on fire 2003

22 lcd soundsystem sound of silver 2007

21 band of horses everything all the time 2006

20 radiohead kid a 2000

19 kanye west late registration 2005

18 modest mouse the moon and antarctica 2000

17 spoon kill the moonlight 2002

16 beck guero 2005

15 animal collective strawberry jam 2007

14 tv on the radio return to cookie mountain 2006

13 radiohead in rainbows 2007

12 jay-z the blueprint 2001

11 vampire weekend vampire weekend 2008

10 arcade fire neon bible 2007

9 the shins chutes too narrow 2003

8 animal collective merriweather post pavilion 2009

7 kanye west college dropout 2004

6 beck sea change 2002

5 wilco yankee hotel foxtrot 2002

4 wolf parade apologies to the queen mary 2005

3 arcade fire funeral 2004

2 panda bear person pitch 2007

1 the strokes is this it? 2001


**bonus**


matthew’s decade favorites (songs (w/ song links to cyberspace))

artist song album year

21 justin timberlake (feat. t.i. & timbaland) my love futuresex/lovesounds 2006

20 lil wayne upgrade u da drought 3 mixtape 2007

19 plants and animals a new kind of love parc avenue 2008

18 peter bjorn and john objects of my affection writers block 2006

17 outkast hey ya speakerboxxx/the love below 2003

16 spoon believing is art girls can tell 2001

15 mariah carey (feat. jay-z & young jeezy) shake it off (single) 2005

14 r. kelly the zoo double up 2007

13 muscles jerk guns babes lemonade 2007

12 man man van helsing boombox six demon bag 2006

11 the very best dinosaur on the ark esau mwamwaya and radioclit are the very best mixtape 2008

10 young jeezy (feat. jay-z) go crazy Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 2005

9 nelly airforce ones nellyville 2002

8 lcd soundsystem all my friends sound of silver 2007

7 t.i. whatever you like paper trail 2008

6 animal collective leaf house sung tongs 2004

5 t.i. what you know king 2006

4 menomena muscle'n flo friend and foe 2007

3 tv on the radio dreams desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes 2004

2 deerhunter never stops microcastle 2008

1 r. kelly ignition (remix) chocolate factory 2003