best 40 albums so far this willenium

[half]

well, according to the critics

1 How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin
2 Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
3 Stankonia by OutKast
4 Love And Theft by Bob Dylan
5 Madvillainy by Madvillain
6 HoboSapiens by John Cale
7 World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams
8 Elephant by White Stripes
9 Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
10 Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal
11 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast
12 The Meadowlands by The Wrens
13 Is This It? by The Strokes
14 Alice by Tom Waits
15 Canto by Los Super Seven
16 Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83
17 A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
18 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream
19 Original Pirate Material by The Streets
20 Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott
21 Rounds by Four Tet
22 Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann
23 Since I Left You by The Avalanches
24 Where Shall You Take Me by Damien Jurado
25 Neon Golden by The Notwist
26 Yours, Mine & Ours by Pernice Brothers
27 I Am The Fun Blame Monster by Menomena
28 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey
29 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
30 Kill The Moonlight by Spoon
31 Wicked Grin by John Hammond
32 Vespertine by Bjork
33 Last Exit by Junior Boys
34 White Blood Cells by White Stripes
35 Up In Flames by Manitoba
36 Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins
37 Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound
38 The Creek Drank The Cradle by Iron & Wine
39 The Argument by Fugazi
40 College Dropout by Kanye West

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/

 

[Melstar]

Since I Left You by the Avalanches should have rated a little higher IMO.
Good to see Kayne West get a mention in there.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

i havnt heard of half of those

 

[choc_soldier]

i havnt heard of half of those

Me neither. :-s

Gotta get out more maybe...

 

[half]

well it's a list based on quality, not sales

the most brilliant rock albums imo:
12 The Meadowlands by The Wrens
29 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
25 Neon Golden by The Notwist
9 Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age

the best of everything else imo:
10 Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal
17 A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
19 Original Pirate Material by The Streets
5 Madvillainy by Madvillain
40 College Dropout by Kanye West
35 Up In Flames by Manitoba

 

[incredible_holc]

hmmmmm by the way by the rhcp should have been there

 

[Godz Illa]

Since I Left You by the Avalanches should have rated a little higher IMO.
Good to see Kanye West get a mention in there.

Agree on both. Also good to see Bjork, the White Stripes and the mighty OUTKAST.
Bad omissions: Chili Peppers, N.E.R.D.
Good omission: Coldplay.

 

[half]

by the way sits in 807th spot. unlucky not to be around 200 spots higher imo lol

 

[Anonymous]

Number one is correct. Amazing... a band that broke up more than twenty years ago is releasing the best albums of the new millenium.

 

[wittyfan]

32 Vespertine by Bjork

Pffft. Post was a way better album.

 

[half]

yeah post is my fav bjork album as well, but vespertine is worthy of that list fo sho

 

[hrundi99]

Go Wilco!!!

YHF is a great album.

If you like it you should get the "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" dvd.

I have A Ghost Is Born but I haven't really got into it yet. "Less Than You Think" with 10 minutes of white noise is stretching the friendship a little though. It's a quieter, more organic, album.

 

[half]

is there anywhere you can buy the dvd really cheap? lol

i love a ghost is born but by god it's the most inaccessible album of all time that's not crap. company in my back, hummingbird and muzzle of bees *splooge*. i heard the sound at less than what you think was put in to make the album interactive, as in you have to skip to the next track. but i don't know if that's a joke or not. reservations on yhf also had a pretty pointless finish

 

[Trollhammaren]

Pretty ridiculous having a best albums of this milennium list seeing as we're only in our 4th year. I won 2 of those cds, QOTSA (which was one of my faves for 2002) and White Stripes - Elephant which I think is awful.

For me it's gotta have The Mars Volta, Tool, A Perfect Circle, a couple of Opeth, porcupine Tree... ugh... nothing I listen to will get in.

 

[Kakihara]

39 The Argument by Fugazi

Excellent Album

Good too see punk/hardcore being represented by a real punk band and not one of these stupid pop bands that seem to be everywhere these days.

 

[greentooth]

PJ Harvey's stories from the city, stories from the sea is probably my favourite album of the new millenium.

 

[hrundi99]

is there anywhere you can buy the dvd really cheap? lol

i love a ghost is born but by god it's the most inaccessible album of all time that's not crap. company in my back, hummingbird and muzzle of bees *splooge*. i heard the sound at less than what you think was put in to make the album interactive, as in you have to skip to the next track. but i don't know if that's a joke or not. reservations on yhf also had a pretty pointless finish

I'd say that was a joke.

I don't mind it if it's the last song, and there was some variety in sound.

There's very little in "Less Than You Think" and it's boring as a result.

If you do hold out though it makes "Late Greats" sound like the best tune ever in comparison (and it is a pretty cool song anyway).

Cheapest I've seen IAGTBRY is about $40. You'd be best to get it from amazon.ca or somewhere else online (Canadian sites are usually a little cheaper than US sites). I got it when I was in San Jose late last year.

 

[miccle]

These are the ones that, imo, deserve to be there. A lot of crap albums included imo.



1 How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin
4 Love And Theft by Bob Dylan
6 HoboSapiens by John Cale
14 Alice by Tom Waits
18 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream
19 Original Pirate Material by The Streets
23 Since I Left You by The Avalanches
30 Kill The Moonlight by Spoon
31 Wicked Grin by John Hammond

 

[hrundi99]

Have you heard all of them to warrant being able to draw your conclusion?

 

[Bobby DIGital]

WHERE THE f**k IS STILLMATIC BY NAS?

THE BLUEPRINT BY JAY-Z?

Marshall Mathers LP?

*shakes head*