The best artists/albums of the 00s so far

i like indie (not arcade fire) (interpol yeah) just saying all the other lists are like rote indie albums that aren't really that good or like house albums i've never heard of

6335's list is interesting as far as just listing albums goes is all

xp to walter

yeah sure. But 6335's list is fairly rote indie i think.

"all the other lists are like rote indie albums that aren't really that good or like house albums i've never heard of"

um, mine isn't like that at all.

and where's the pop? i've got friggin' t.a.t.u. and the friggin' bring it on soundtrack on my list. both of which still rule.

yeah you're right and i just realized i was railing against the one sockpuppet list in this thread

Unwound, Leaves Turn Inside You

My own favorites--

Alan Jackson- Like Red on a Rose
Big & Rich- Horse of a Different Color
Brother Ali- Shadows on the Sun
Camron- Purple Haze
Carrie Underwood- Some Hearts
Hawksley Workman- Last Night We Were the Delicious Wolves
Masta Ace- Disposable Arts
Tim McGraw- Live Like You Were Dying
El-P- Fantastic Damage
Non-Phixion- The Future is Now
Gary Allan- Tough All Over, See If I Care
Keith Urban- Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Lee Ann Womack- There's More Where That Came From
Miranda Lambert- Kerosene
Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
Pat Green- Cannonball
Prefuse 73- One Word Extinguisher
Ghostface- The Pretty Toney Album
Rodney Atkins- If You're Going Through Hell
Sugarland- Twice the Speed of Life
Toby Keith- White Trash With Money, Honkeytonk U
Todd Snider- The Devil You Know
UGK- Underground Kingz
Willie Nile- The Streets of New York
Avril Lavigne- The Best Damn Thing

"all the other lists are like rote indie albums that aren't really that good or like house albums i've never heard of"

Yes, especially mine.

Jordan S, I think you owe xhuxk and scott an apology now.

i mean i thought it went without saying that they were excluded from that

bring it on soundtrack

I didn't notice this! Yeah, probably easily in my top 50 of the decade. Maybe even 40. Or 30. Or....?

T.A.T.U. have two really good '00s albums, too.

Daphne and Celeste have one great one! Then they fell off the face of the earth.

I think Damone's Out Here All Night might be my favorite album of the decade, weirdly enough. At least, that's the one that comes to mind instantly.

ftr since i've been talking a lot of shit in this thread my favorite album of the decade is tha carter II with is this it? coming up 2nd and after that i don't even really know

Both M2M albums are this decade too, right? (And M and M each has a good solo album, so either of them could fit the three-good-albums requirement too.)

Flogging Molly had four good albums this decade!

Metacritic top 50:

1 | SMiLE by Brian Wilson | | 2004 | 97
2 | Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn | 2004 | 97
3 | How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin | 2003 | 97
4 | Stankonia by OutKast | 2000 | 95
5 | Savane by Ali Farka Toure | 2006 | 94
6 | Madvillainy by Madvillain | 2004 | 93
7 | The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version] by Talking Heads | 2004 | 93
8 | Love And Theft by Bob Dylan | 2001 | 93
9 | Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits | 2006 | 92
10 | Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal | 2004 | 92
11 | Elephant by The White Stripes | 2003 | 92
12 | A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets | 2004 | 91
13 | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast | 2003 | 91
14 | Canto by Los Super Seven | 2001 | 91
15 | Untrue by Burial | 2007 | 91
16 | From Here We Go Sublime by The Field | 2007 | 90
17 | Illinois by Sufjan Stevens | 2005 | 90
18 | Original Pirate Material by The Streets | 2002 | 90
19 | Alice by Tom Waits | 2002 | 90
20 | Is This It? by The Strokes | 2001 | 90
21 | Funeral by The Arcade Fire | 2004 | 90
22 | XTRMNTR by Primal Scream | 2000 | 90
23 | Z by My Morning Jacket | 2005 | 90
24 | Since I Left You by The Avalanches | 2001 | 89
25 | Neon Golden by The Notwist | 2003 | 89
26 | Rounds by Four Tet | 2003 | 89
27 | Modern Times by Bob Dylan | 2006 | 89
28 | Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott | 2001 | 89
29 | HoboSapiens by John Cale | 2004 | 89
30 | Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann | 2000 | 89
31 | Last Exit by Junior Boys | 2004 | 89
32 | Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age | 2002 | 89
33 | Wearemonster by Isolée | 2005 | 89
34 | Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse | 2006 | 89
35 | Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins | 2003 | 88
36 | Yours, Mine & Ours by Pernice Brothers | 2003 | 88
37 | Hypermagic Mountain by Lightning Bolt | 2005 | 88
38 | 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields | 1999 | 88
39 | Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen | 2004 | 88
40 | Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio | 2006 | 88
41 | Wicked Grin by John Hammond | 2001 | 88
42 | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey | 2000 | 88
43 | Up In Flames by Manitoba | 2003 | 88
44 | College Dropout by Kanye West | 2004 | 88
45 | Where Shall You Take Me by Damien Jurado | 2003 | 88
46 | Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart | 2004 | 88
47 | Vespertine by Bjork | 2001 | 88
48 | From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith | 2004 | 88
49 | The Blueprint by Jay-Z | 2001 | 88
50 | In Rainbows by Radiohead | 2007 | 88

Mastodon and High on Fire also had three good records. And Arch Enemy. Machine Head had two.

Not in my house they don't!

Actually, though, Dropkick Murphys have a bunch, come to think of it. They may be in my top ten. Unless they're not.

Your house doesn't sound very fun, then.

Truer words were probably never spoken.

25 | Neon Golden by The Notwist | 2003 | 89

i really did like this album. see, my wanky indie side comes out in my love for stuff like this and the Doves. my euro-wank side.

28 | Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott | 2001 | 89

loved this too. but why was it so of its time? why would i never play it in a million years. played out i guess. though it's not like i played it a million times. just hit the spot when the spot needed hitting. like sean paul!

If Mastodon and High On Fire wanted to "fun" they'd sound more like the Korpiklaani, Alestorm, Finntroll, Skyclad, and Sturmgeist albums in my house. (I.e. -- they'd drink more beer and dance more jigs.) As is, they're about as fun as my vacuum cleaner (which is really not that great a vacuum cleaner. Though it's competent, I guess. And loud.)

The Notwist might be one of my favorite bands of the late '90s, too, for whatever it's worth. (But they were more metal then.)

this being alright with modern country music is just not alright with me. what crappy music. no wonder some of you can come up with hundreds of albums, the quality level is not very high.

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wait did we stablish whether or not it had to be a new artist? like originating in the 00's? that would be ridiculous right?

40 | Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio | 2006 | 88

i don't know if it's my fave so far , but from the metacritic list, it is

rateyourmusic top 50:

1 Radiohead
Kid A (2000)
2 Opeth
Blackwater Park (2001)
3 Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
4 Converge
Jane Doe (2001)
5 Maudlin of the Well
Leaving Your Body Map (2001)
6 Tool
Lateralus (2001)
7 Arcade Fire
Funeral (2004)
8 Lenny Valentino
Uwaga! Jedzie Tramwaj (2001)
9 Agalloch
The Mantle (2002)
10 Mitch Hedberg
Mitch All Together (2003)
11 Ulver
Perdition City (2000)
12 Pearl Jam
North America 2003 (2003)
13 Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
14 Tom Waits
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (2006)
15 Disillusion
Back to Times of Splendor (2004)
16 Kayo Dot
Choirs of the Eye (2003)
17 Pain of Salvation
The Perfect Element I (2000)
18 Maudlin of the Well
Bath (2001)
19 Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
20 Porcupine Tree
In Absentia (2002)
21 Pain of Salvation
Remedy Lane (2002)
22 Devin Townsend
Terria (2001)
23 Yann Tiersen
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) (2001)
24 Orphaned Land
Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven (2004)
25 Arcturus
The Sham Mirrors (2002)
26 Clint Mansell
The Fountain (2006)
27 Neurosis
A Sun That Never Sets (2001)
28 Drudkh
Autumn Aurora (2004)
29 Wilco
Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (2005)
30 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois (2005)
31 Moonsorrow
Verisäkeet (2005)
32 Electric Masada
At the Mountains of Madness (2005)
33 Circle Takes the Square
As the Roots Undo (2004)
34 Electric Wizard
Dopethrone (2000)
35 Lykathea Aflame
Elvenefris (2000)
36 Nine Inch Nails
Still (2002)
37 Interpol
Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
38 Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
39 Masada
Live in Sevilla 2000 (2000)
40 Bohren & der Club of Gore
Black Earth (2002)
41 Paysage d'Hiver
Paysage d'Hiver (2000)
42 Dredg
El Cielo (2002)
43 Gov't Mule
The Deepest End: Live in Concert (2003)
44 Isis
Panopticon (2004)
45 Coil
The Ape of Naples (2005)
46 Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
47 Nevermore
Dead Heart in a Dead World (2000)
48 Various Artists - Tribute Albums - George Harrison
Concert for George (2003)
49 Madvillain
Madvillainy (2004)
50 The Microphones
The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)

Playing catchup: Neon Golden retroactively added to my list. Plus Real New Fall LP. Plus Oh Sees Sucks Blood and Baroness EPs. Plus probly other stuff later on.

neon golden was quite good huh

I would think artists originating in the 00's would be ideal candidates.

for me, pretty stereotypical: Banhart, Animal Collective, Fiery Furnaces, Mum, Sleep, Fannypack, Nicole Mitchell, lots of others.

as far as artists who were active previously and continue to make great records, shit, there are probably hundreds.

Example of "other stuff, later on": Fucked Up - Hidden World

Fuck, I'm sorry to just keep piling it on, bad form I know, but this is the first time I've thought about this, and stuff keeps occurring to me.

Plastic Soul with the White Apes - Beehive & the Barracudas
Easily one of my top ten for the decade. Love every song.

can i tell you how surprised i am that pipecock's only rap is dilla? exactly 0% surprised

Not rank-ordered, except number one is really number one, and number two is probably number two, and the next four are probably really up there somewhere, for me.

Shiina Ringo: Karuki Zamen no Hana
Tokyo Jihen: Adult
Kate Bush: Aerial
Miguel Anga Diaz: Echu Mingua
Michael Stuart: Back to the Barrio
Ned Rothenberg: Inner Diaspora
Cooper-Moore/Assif Tsahar: America
Lansing-Dreiden: Incomplete Triangle
Matthew Shipp: Equilibrium
Shiina Ringo: Shouso Strip
Boris: Feedbacker
Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
John Fahey: Red Cross
Dave Fox: Dedication Suite
Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Kayhan Kalhor: Night Silence Desert
Rahim AlHaj: When the Soul is Settled - Music of Iraq
Sunny Jain Collective: Avaaz
Si Soy Llanero: Joropo Music from the Orinoco Plains of Colombia
Ali Aldik: Aloush

That’s a stupid-looking list. Misses out completely on my reggaeton listening, because I can't really put any albums on this list, although there are some I haven't heard all the way through, or that I need to go back to, that I think would be candidates (Mas Flow, Pa'l Mundo, etc.). There are other albums I think were great that I'm not listing because however great I think they are, I hardly ever listen to them.

At least this exercise reminded me how good that Al Aldik album is.

(Ali)

I like most, if not all, of those bands that you listed, Chuck! Your summary dismissal just rankled me. I didn't say anything about your choices, did I? Even though I don't particularly like a lot of the things on your list. I was just listing bands that I thought had a run of good albums.

That should be: Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana. (I planned on double-checking the title but forgot.)

"24 Orphaned Land
Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven (2004)"

on zeno's list , this stuck out. definitely one of my faves of the decade. and an album that i haven't stopped playing since 2004.

some more
11. unwound - leaves turn inside you (thx for reminder, Z.S)
12. wu-tang clan - the W
13. earth - hex: or printing in the infernal method
14. mare - s/t
15. mastodon - blood mountain
16. the tuss - rushup edge
17. clinic - internal wrangler
18. fennesz - endless summer
19. eminem - the eminem show
20. the streets - a grand don't come for free

hey if you have any lists that don't suck feel free to post them here: 21st Century House and Techno POX

ps - no drum, no machine, no service

that's not fair, i like fandango's picks and scott seward's too (the ones i know, anyway). and i like that somebody took the time to write a list for louis.

Where's Life Without Buildings' Any Other City amongst all this chatter?

No no, I cut and pasted that louis list.

from where? is he following ilx that closely?

My Picks (off the top of my head, obv.)
1. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
2. Aaliyah - s/t
3. Daft Punk - Discovery
4. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Two People...Probably Talking About Me EP
5. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
6. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
7. Britney Spears - Blackout
8. M.I.A. - Kala
9. Clipse - Lord Willin'
10. Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko (Score)
11. RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke
12. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
13. The I Love You But I'm Not In Love With Yous - Long Live Jimmy Tango
14. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
15. Burial - Untrue
16. Arcade Fire - Funeral
17. Beyonce - B'Day
18. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
19. Jon Sheffield - It's Been So Long Since I've Seen the Ocean
20. Antony and the Johnsons - I am a bird now

xpost he posted an "item" on facebook.