Your 10 Favorite Albums from the last 7 years...

[Carl]

Oh boy! Another list!

I know i know, lists get tedious, but since 7 years is about to pass why the fuck not.

My only requirement, lets keep an honest to god top to bottom list?

1. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers

2. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

3. Pernice Brothers - World Wont End

4. Neko Case - Furnace Room Lulaby

5. The Constantines - Shine A Light

6. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire

7. New Pornographers - Mass Romantic

8. Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus

9. Modest Mouse - Moon & Antarctica

10. Smog - Supper

Ugh, that might have been too easy. I can imagine my top 10 list of the 90s through '97 would be far more dificult.

[likewtfyo]

The Killers- Hot Fuss

Modest Mouse- Good news for people who love bad news

Longcut- A call and a response

Peter Bjorn and John- Writer's block

You say party! We say die!- Hit the floor!

Death cab for cutie- Transatlanticism

Pulp- This is hardcore

The Sunshine Underground- Raise the alarm

The 88- Over and over

Finally,

EVERYTHING FROM THE CLASH!!!!

[thekennyyu]

Catpower - Moon Pix

Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings

Daft Punk - Discovery

Feist - Let it Die

The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike

Ladytron - Light & Magic

M.I.A. + Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism

Mac Dre - Thizzelle Washington

Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves

Pet Shop Boys - Pop Art

+ many many others

[Aeros]

In no particular order:

Radiohead - Kid A

Kanye West - The College Dropout

Kanye West - Late Registration

The Decemberists - Her Majesty, The Decemberists

Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album

The Streets - Original Pirate Material

Coldplay - Parachutes

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

Morrissey - You Are the Quarry

The Postal Service - Give Up

The Libertines - Up The Bracket

and many many many more....

[Double D]

Off the top of my head:

Faultline - Closer Colder

Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine

My Vitriol - Finelines

Martin Grech - Unholy

Glassjaw - Everything you ever wanted to know about silence

Darkest Hour - Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation

The Red Chord - Clients

Sikth - The Trees Are Dead And Dying, Wait For Something Wild

Converge - Jane Doe

Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist

#11 wildcard: Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child

[notesee]

Cormega - The True Meaning (2002)

Ghostface - Supreme Clientele (2000)

Children of Bodom - Hatecrew Deathroll (2003)

Cormega - The Realness (2001)

Deadboy & the Elephantmen - We Are Night Sky (2006)

Cage - Movies for the Blind (2002)

Head Automatica - Decadence (2004)

Sentenced - The Funeral Album (2005)

Morrissey - You Are the Quarry (2004)

Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)

[adlh]

the strokes - is this it?

the blood brothers - burn piano island, burn

the mountain goats - the sunset tree

the mars volta - frances the mute

peter bjorn & john - writer's block

jens lekman - when i said i wanted to be your dog

boards of canada - geogaddi

godspeed you black emperor - lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven

radiohead - kid a

ryan adams - heartbreaker

[cultpop 0217]

wow. seven years? impossible to list just ten but some notable ones they stayed in my player for months on end....

death from above 1979 "youre a women im a machine"

unicorns "who will cut our hair..."

lightning bolt "wonderful rainbow"

liars "they were wrong so we drowned"

interpol "bright lights"

libertines "up the bracket"

johnny cash "american 3-5"

radiohead "amnesiac"

the go! team "thunder lightning strike"

the (international) noise conspiracy "a new morning, changing weather"

yeah yeah yeahs "fever to tell"

the strokes "modern age ep"

the hives "veni vedi vicious"

the briefs "sex objects"

franz ferdinand "s/t"

white stripes "de stijl"

the shins "oh, inverted world"

[startmeup]

1.the strokes- is this it

2.the strokes- room on fire

3.the strokes- first impressions of earth

4.interpol-antics

5.broken social scene-broken social scene

6.the strokes- modern age ep

7.lightning bolt-hypermagic mountain

8.dfa 1979-youre a woman im a machine

9.dfa 1979-romance bloody romance (youre a woman im a machine remixes)

10.rolling stones- a bigger bang (yeah most of it was awful but the tour was great)

edit: i didnt see the thing about top to bottom

[Work the raw]

approximately:

lightning bolt 'wonderful rainbow'

sonic youth 'rather ripped'

clipse 'we got it 4 cheap vol. 2'

dizzee rascal 'boy in da corner'

arcade fire 'funeral'

m.i.a. 'arular'

ghostface 'supreme clientele'

blink 182 'take off your pants and jacket'

missy elliott 'under construction'

franz ferdinand 'franz ferdinand'

[Tob]

hehe

some people with good taste

my personal fav that is not yet mentioned:

blonde redhead - misery is butterfly

heh, i now realise that i listen mostly to older music

[RobbertJan]

1The Libertines '' Up the Bracket''

2The Libertines '' Libertines''

3The Strokes '' Is This It?''

4The Strokes '' Room On Fire''

5Babyshambles '' Down in Albion''

6The Rakes '' Capture/Release''

7Arctic Monkeys '' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not''

8Coldplay '' A Rush of Blood To The Head''

9Razorlight '' Up All Night''

10 Yeah Yeah Yeah's '' Show Your Bones''

11 Dirty Pretty Things '' Waterloo To Anywhere'' (srry had to include this one to:P)

tooo hard man a top 10, so many great albums...!

[ahk1979]

acid house kings- sing along with the acid house kings

the legends- up against the legends

stars- set yourself on fire

shins- oh inverted world

camera obscura- underachievers please try harder

the legends- public radio

club 8- the friend i once had

spoon- kill the moonlight

junior boys- so this is goodbye

radio dept.- pet grief

no order and (although the first two are my top two) off the top of my head. i'm sure it would be different if i thought about it.

[mixedup]

acid house kings- sing along with the acid house kings

the legends- up against the legends

stars- set yourself on fire

shins- oh inverted world

camera obscura- underachievers please try harder

the legends- public radio

club 8- the friend i once had

spoon- kill the moonlight

junior boys- so this is goodbye

radio dept.- pet grief

no order and (although the first two are my top two) off the top of my head. i'm sure it would be different if i thought about it.

i wouldn't necessarily say these are the best albums from the last 7 years, but definitely a nice list. someone's got some taste that goes beyond the strokes.

btw...if i think i'd pick "lesser matters" over pet grief (though pet grief is fantastic).

[ready2uff]

T-Pain-Epiphany

T-Pain-Rappa Ternt Sanga

The Hold Steady-Boys and Girls in America

[Head Ninja In Charge]

1. The Blueprint - Jay-Z

2. Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Neko Case

3. The Documentary - The Game

4. De-loused - Mars Volta

5. Raised By Wolves - Voxtrot

[lithiumsys]

I'm surprised there are so many Lightning Bolt fans here.

In no order:

Converge - You Fail Me

Meshuggah - Nothing

Lightning Bolt - Ride the Skies

Thrice - Vheissu

The Fall of Troy - The Fall of Troy

Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo

Deftones - White Pony

David Cross - It's Not Funny

Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence

Mastodon - Leviathan

[keagan]

Shakira- Oral Fixation Vol 2

!!!- Louden Up Now

Mobilee 010

M83- Before the Dawn Heals us

Etta Jones- Something Nice

Sally Shapiro - Disco Romance

koop - waltz for koop

the dt's- Filthy Habits

John Zorn - Six Litanies For Heliogabalus

Throbbing Gristle- PT two

Nelly Furtado- Loose

Tsunami Bomb- The Definitive Act

Sarge- The Glass Intact

Taking Back Sunday- Tell all your friends

JPLS- Twilight

Amnesty- Free Your Mind

KM Comp # 4

[the_state]

NO ORDER

wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

strokes - is this it

libertines - up the bracket

interpol - bright lights

liars - they threw us in a trench

madvillain - madvilliany

arcade fire - funeral

devendra banhart - rejoicing in the hands

lcd soundsystem - sound of silver

arctic monkeys - whatever they say

[keagan]

I forgot an essential; Roboti- Robotmetrobot (2003)

[snickersnicker]

No order...

Please Inform the Captain This is a Hijack - Defeat or Humiliate the United States of America LP (or the self-titled LP, as both are amazing)

The One AM Radio - The Hum of the Electric Air! LP

Sinaloa - Fathers and Sons LP

The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving LP

Wilco - A Ghost is Born 2xLP

The Gibbons - Hope, Inc LP

Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction LP

The Pine - Lead Blocks for Feet LP

Drudkh - Krov u Nashykh Krynystyakh (Blood in Our Wells) LP

The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward 2x10"

[10(50)]

1 madvillian - madvilliany

2 outkast - stankonia

3 cannibal ox - the cold vein

4 dizzee rascal - boy in da corner

5 ghostface - supreme clientele

6/7 clipse - hell hath no fury, we got it for cheap vol. 2

1 radiohead - kid a

2 tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain

3 interpol - turn on the bright lights

4 broken social scene - you forgot it in people

5 radiohead - amnesiac

6 liars - drums not dead

[brightbill]

Top rap:

Madvilainy

Hell Hath No Fury

The Lost Tapes (Nas)

The Documentary

Stillmatic

Hip Hop Is Dead

Be

The Grind Date

College Dropout

Late Registration

Everything else:

The Moldy Peaches

ABCDEFGHIJKickball

Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi

Sung Tongs

Is This It

White Blood Cells

[soma]

no order:

deftones-s/t

why?-elephant eyelash

isis-panopticon

neurosis-the sun that never sets

red sparowes-at the soundless dawn

radiohead-kid a

at the drive-in-relationship of command

the get up kids-something to write home about

poison the well-you come before you

engine down-s/t

cursive-the ugly organ

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edit: and my avatar!