Alright, so here's the first go-round. I've been racking my brain for 5 months, and this is the best list I can come up with, although I'm sure I'll be obsessing over additions and corrections for most of the NEXT decade. Here's the "contenders" list for the "Best Albums Of The Decade". The list is made up of albums that were important to ME in some way, or reflected a particular aspect of the times to me in a specific way, or whatever. Not the "best collections of notes" or "most relevant to the most people", but all personal, and somewhere in between. If I do it right, what it SHOULD do is give a pretty clear idea of what new music I've been listening to over the past 10 years. However, it might be prudent to note the fact that my favorite musics include styles that peaked years ago, so this doesn't reflect the heavy listening to classic punk or garage rock or shoegazer or dub or any of those other styles that nobody is really making anymore.
The plan? To take this randomized list and divide it into two parts - the semifinals, baby. One side of the line will get a rose and move on, the others are going to have to go home, maybe a checkup at the free clinic, and then their own lists, VH1-style. Just kidding, I think. Although we'll see. Once we've whittled it in half, we're hoping to have a conference with Mister Brent over at Dogdoguwar, where we discuss the merits of our respective choices, now that all the turn-of-the-decade hullaballoo has died down, we can do it right. Without further ado... your contestants!
The Raveonettes -
Chain Gang Of LoveThe Strokes -
Is This It?The Big Pink -
A Brief History Of LoveDinosaur Jr -
BeyondA Place To Bury Strangers - s/t
Spiritualized -
Songs In A&EJoe Strummer -
Global A Go-GoBasement Jaxx -
RootyDaft Punk -
DiscoveryM.I.A. -
KalaMalory -
Not Here, Not NowLuna -
RomanticaThe Postal Service -
Give UpGnarls Barkley -
St. ElsewhereJohnny Cash -
American IVGuided By Voices -
Isolation DrillsFountains Of Wayne -
Welcome Interstate ManagersPrimal Scream -
XTRMNTRThe Flaming Lips -
Yoshimi Battles The Pink RobotsAsobi Seksu -
CitrusMadlib -
Shades Of BlueDanger Mouse -
The Grey AlbumGorillaz -
Demon DaysQueens Of The Stone Age -
Songs For The DeafThe Dirtbombs -
Dangerous Magical NoiseThe White Stripes -
White Blood CellsModest Mouse -
The Moon And Antarctica
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