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