Current List

This is a list in progress. I’ll be updating it periodically until the New Year, or the New Decade technically.

The Top 50 Albums of the Decade. I know, ridiculously difficult. But there will be some bias. I mean, come on – it’s me.

I think I have it in order. I think.

1. Arcade Fire – “Funeral” (2004)

2. Radiohead – “Kid A” (2000)

3. The White Stripes – “Elephant” (2003)

4. Sufjan Stevens – “Illinoise” (2005)

5. M.I.A. – “Kala” (2007)

6. The Killers – “Hot Fuss” (2004)

7. Franz Ferdinand – “Franz Ferdinand” (2004)

8. The Strokes – “Is This It” (2001)

9. Interpol – “Turn on the Bright Lights” (2002)

10. Animal Collective – “Merriweather Post Pavilion” (2009)

11. Jay-Z – “The Blueprint” (2001)

12. Death Cab for Cutie – “Transatlanticism” (2003)

13. Kanye West – “College Dropout” (before he got uber-douchy). (2004)

14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Fever to Tell” (2003)

15. We Are Scientists – “With Love and Squalor” (fine, shoot me for having an uber-bias) (2006)

16. Muse – “Black Holes and Revelations” (2006)

17. Radiohead – “In Rainbows” (2007-2008)

18. Kings of Leon – “Aha Shake Heartbreak” (2004-2005)

19. Spoon – “Kill the Moonlight” (2002)

20. The National – “Boxer” (2007)

21. Green Day – “American Idiot” (I mean, as much as this album was so freaking hyped, it was for a good reason.) (2004)

22. Modest Mouse – “Good News for the People Who Love Bad News” (2004)

23. Arctic Monkeys – “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” (2006)

24. Bon Iver – “For Emma, Forever Ago” (2007)

25. Phoenix – “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” (2009)

26. Gnarls Barkley – “St. Elsewhere” (2006)

27. Blink 182 – “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” (2001)

28. Coldplay – “A Rush of Blood to the Head” (2002)

29. Bright Eyes – “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” (2005)

30. My Morning Jacket – “Z” (2005)

31. The Flaming Lips – “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (2002)

32. Alicia Keys – “Songs in A Minor” (2001)

33. Justin Timberlake – “FutureSex/LoveSounds” (2006)

34. Jimmy Eat World – “Bleed American” (2002)

35. MGMT – “Oracular Spectacular” (2007-2008)

36. Sigur Ros – “( )” (2002)

37. TV on the Radio – “Return to Cookie Mountain” (2006)

38. U2 – “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” (2000)

39. Vampire Weekend – “Vampire Weekend” (2008)

40. The Mars Volta – “Frances the Mute” (2005)

41. The Postal Service – “Give Up” (2003)

42. The Decemberists – “The Crane Wife” (2006)

43. Kings of Leon – “Only By The Night” (2008)

44. The Shins – “Chutes Too Narrow” (2003)

45. Spoon – “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (2007)

46. Muse – “Absolution” (2003-2004)

47. Sea Change – “Beck” (2002)

48. Panda Bear – “Person Pitch” (2007)

49. Gorillaz – “Demon Days” (2005)

50. Lady Gaga – “The Fame” (2008)

Again, this may change. I may have an epiphany. Or if you think I’m being ridiculous, tell me.