Βρισκόμαστε στο τέλος του 2009 και έχοντας συμπληρώσει 10 χρόνια μέσα στα 00’s, θα δούμε αυτές τις μέρες πολλές λίστες με "Τα καλύτερα albums της δεκαετίας" που θα δημοσιευθούν σε εφημερίδες, περιοδικά, sites, blogs, κλπ.
Σκέφτηκα ότι δεν θα ήταν άσχημη ιδέα να μαζεύαμε εδώ αυτά που θεωρούμε πιο αξιόλογα. Γιατί όχι να φτιάξουμε και ένα ξεχωριστό θέμα με τις προσωπικές μας επιλογές.
Ας αρχίσω λοιπόν με τη λίστα που δημοσίευσε πριν λίγες μέρες το NME, ένα από τα παραδοσιακά και πιο γνωστά μουσικά περιοδικά στον ανεξάρτητο χώρο. Η λίστα περιέχει και ένα μικρό σχόλιο για το κάθε album.
100
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
For all its musical philandering, unbridled excess and shrouds of irony, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a record with more musical depth and warmth
99
The Maccabees - Colour It In
Long may The Maccabees keep on swimming against the wave machine’s tide
98
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Demon Days’ is just a few IQ points away from being as clever as it thinks it is
97
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
A breathtaking raw landscape from a vital band of the last decade
96
Shellac - Excellent
A brilliant album full of memorable songs
95
Bjork - Vespertine
Vespertine' is way, way off the beaten track. But give it time and you’ll love it there
94
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog
Threatens to leap out of the speakers and rip your preconceptions out one by one
93
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Yeah, they’re one-trick ponies alright, but what does that matter when they’re the prettiest mares in the paddock
92
The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
'Whatever it is that's got him there, whether it's ditching the bottle of finding God, it's worked
91
Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
LSF know they’re a revelation, a revolution even. If the response is just, Harrington may become obliged to hang up those oven gloves for good
90
Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves
'Wolves' makes NME history by getting a higher mark just months after being reviewed
89
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
A delightful second album from Scotland's finest
88
Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
A collection of mournful tunes we've come to expect from Bonnie prince Billy
87
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Enthralling from start to finish
86
The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
They take a standard album to a different level
85
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
Brit-rap's finest hour to date
84
Regina Spector - Soviet Kitsch
This New Yorker has one winsome voice
83
Laura Marling - Night Terror
Another beautifully crafted piece
82
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
Forget the spotlight: in a faintly unpleasant way, the dark is rising
81
Field Music - Field Music
These are songs of intricate beauty and resonant truth and further evidence of Sunderland’s inspiring pop gene pool
80
Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
Insane, never-to-be-released marriage of The Beatles' 'The White Album' to Jay-Z's 'The Black Album'
79
Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood
They are to 2003 what Oasis were to 1994 and The Strokes to 2001- the most exciting new rock band of the year
78
Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
Despite all its self-defeating limitations and annoying, fey affectations, this remains a superb record
77
Isobel Campbell - Ballad Of The Broken Seas
Although, as a compelling array of trailerpark melodrama, southern gothic, murder ballads and eerie country-blues,’Ballad Of The Broken Seas’ sound less like it was written in Scotland than a rusty mobile home in Louisiana
76
Capdown - Civil Disobedients
A truly unique masterpiece
75
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
They might hark back to some halcyon ideal of rosy ‘60s melodicism, but they do it with a sheer, unfettered joy that precious few of today’s writing retro-rock bores can match
74
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Brand New have created a personal masterpiece
73
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
There are a few autopilot alt.rock moments, but in the main, the Scene make a good argument for the communal party
72
MIA - Kala
This is a bewildering three dimensional picture of the 21st century and a triumph for its revolutionary creator
71
Brian Wilson - Smile
After 37 years of chin-stroking anticipation, get prepared for 37 years of chin-stroking appreciation
70
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
They are an important, amazing, real band that won’t let you down
69
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
A substance over style, as vivid and otherworldly as the Storm Thorgerson artwork that adorns the cover
68
The Horrors - Primary Colours
This feels like the British art-rock album we’ve all been waiting for
67
Botch - We Are The Romans
The most ornate hardcore album ever and the one record the Tacoma, Washington pioneers will be remembered for
66
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
The post-rock noiseniks lose the quiet-loud formula to spectacular effect
65
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
In this universe of Dadrock authenticity, they’ve made a record with enough power and ambition that it might just rewrite that particular rulebook
64
The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
This album is a miniature classic - here's hoping indie snobbery doesn't condemn it to the mists of time
63
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
The post-rock pioneers' magnum opus
62
Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
The new rock royalty have come to claim their throne. Do not miss out on this
61
The National - Alligator
Their breakthrough album that won them an (at the time) coveted support slot with Clap your Hands Say Yeah
60
Green Day - American Idiot
Their foray into anti-Bush politics saw them go seven times platinum in the UK
59
The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
Their third effort saw the blue collar Brooklyn boys really make the jump across the pond
58
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
The third album from the New York experimentalists recorded during their Berlin years
57
Outkast - Stankonia
A classic album that represents, as Outkast say on 'B.O.B.', "Power music, electric revival."
56
My Morning Jacket - Z
By balancing progression with consolidation, technology with tradition, MMJ have created a work of stunningly expansive ambition. ‘Z’ is nothing less than a masterpiece
55
Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
Several charges of Grievous Cultural Significance and Defining A Generation Without A Licence. Looks like you’re going down for Album Of The Year, sunshines
54
The Golden Virgins - Songs Of Praise
The one and only album from Sunderland's other famous sons
53
Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Forget the accent: Jamie T is a genuine voice, the sort of untrained, maverick personality that doesn’t come along too often. Britain, you’re honoured to have him
52
Rufus Wainwright - Poses
An exercise in self-mythologising, 'Poses' leaves us with the impression of Rufus Wainwright he wants us to have: romantic, talented, handsome, and tragically alone. Except for the timpanist, of course
51
The Good, The Bad And The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen
If and when Damon Albarn makes a nuts record, there’ll no doubt be queues round the block to lambast him. His critics’ll have to wait though
50
MIA - Arular
The genre-splicer's Mercury-nominated debut
