November 30, 200915 yr Author http://images.musicnet.com/albums/005/572/843/c.jpeg 08 Kate Bush - Aerial 2005 (featured track: Sunset) In7iMmnpVJ8 Her first new work since her weakest album to date (1993's The Red Shoes), came as a two discs concept. The first, A Sea of Honey, is a collection of songs, arranged for everything from full-on rock band to solo piano, featuring songs about fame (King Of The Mountain), and her attitude to it (How To Be Invisible), mathematical equations (Pi), historical figures (Joanni), a lovely ode to her child (Bertie) and a heartbreakingly sparse ode to her late mother (The Coral Room); and the best track the strange tale of a mysterious going on mixed with mundaness of washing full of sexual tension (Mrs. Bartolozzi). If this had been the only material she had released then this would still have been a great improvement on her last album. But it is the second, A Sky of Honey, a conceptual 42 minute suite about the passing of 24 Hours where one track segues very cleverly and subtly into another that really is the most impressive thing Kate has recorded since 1985 The Hounds of Love. album Nothing much happens except the passing of a day. Musically, this is what listeners have come to expect from Bush at her best - a finely constructed set of songs that engage without regard for anything else happening in the world of pop music. There's no pushing of the envelope because there doesn't need to be. Kate Bush's oeuvre is grace, flair, elegance, and an obsessive, stubborn attention to detail. What gets created for the listener is an ordinary world, full of magic; it lies inside one's head in overlooked and inhabited spaces, and outside, from the backyard and out through the gate into wonder.
November 30, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/PRERELPORTIS.JPG 07 Portishead - Third 2008 (featured track: We Carry On) IhLMz2vUldo The second consecutive album on my countdown that took over a decade to make, this very icy, dark and unsettling album demands your full attention to be fully appreciated. As difficult, impenetrable, harsh yet beautiful as the continent of Antartica. Beth Gibbons vocals are an instrument to the music (if it can be called that on certain occasions) that create the sonic back drop of the album created by Barrow and Utley. One minute your ears are being soothed, the next you are being assaulted by military like drum machines. Yet this album does not sound processed in the slightest which makes it even more worthwhile. This album is very much in the territory of Goldfrapp at their most uncommercial and Radiohead at their most experimental.
November 30, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/9362476382.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/MFSL1282.JPG 06 Aimee Mann - Magnolia ost. / Bachelor No.2 2000 (featured track: Driving Sideways) l5jYZYabnIU For Aimee Mann, the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia was her first opportunity to release new material since 1995's I'm With Stupid. True, some of the songs were a few years old, but this was their first release, and each of her nine songs for the film seamlessly fit together, achieving a perfect blend of musical and lyrical tone that she has not matched before or since. They feel like a miniature album, and while some of these tracks are on Bachelor No. 2, the way they flow and play off of each other makes Magnolia feel like a unique, individual work. Of course, it helps that Mann was at her peak in her craft, creating songs that are not only beautifully melodic, but musically and lyrically rich. Sonically, they're of a piece - even her cover of Nilsson's "One" fits perfectly - but there's a lot of variety here, from the bouncy, irresistible "Momentum" to the gorgeously melancholic "Deathly"; from the lovely Bacharach & David inspired "Build That Wall" to the song covered by Coldplay on their first tour "Wise Up". Mann has shined before, but never quite so consistently. Bachelor No. 2 was the subsequent release with a few extra highlights, yet somehow it does not flow as perfectly as those nine songs did on the Magnolia soundtrack. If you have not checked out the highly literate and melodic musical equivalent of Cassandra meets Daria then you are missing a real treat.
December 1, 200915 yr Aimee :wub: Such an underrated artist, she's released four amazing albums this decade and yours is the first countdown where I've seen any of them feature. My favourite is The Forgotten Arm which, unless it's still to come, appears to have missed out on a place on your year end - the lyrics on that album are so poignant and heartbreaking yet the tunes are still as radio friendly (if she ever got played!) as ever. That said, I can't fault the inclusion of Bachelor #2 either, although like you I prefer the Magnolia soundtrack - I have that film to thank for my love of her, I watched it and the only thing I remembered at the end was just how much I'd loved the music. I'd say Calling It Quits & Red Vines are the main highlights not to be featured on the soundtrack. I also love the Kate Bush and Portishead albums so this page gets major approval from me so far. :D
December 2, 200915 yr Author Aimee :wub: Such an underrated artist, she's released four amazing albums this decade and yours is the first countdown where I've seen any of them feature. My favourite is The Forgotten Arm which, unless it's still to come, appears to have missed out on a place on your year end - the lyrics on that album are so poignant and heartbreaking yet the tunes are still as radio friendly (if she ever got played!) as ever. That said, I can't fault the inclusion of Bachelor #2 either, although like you I prefer the Magnolia soundtrack - I have that film to thank for my love of her, I watched it and the only thing I remembered at the end was just how much I'd loved the music. I'd say Calling It Quits & Red Vines are the main highlights not to be featured on the soundtrack. I also love the Kate Bush and Portishead albums so this page gets major approval from me so far. :D The Forgotten Arm just missed my Top 150 Albums; it was one of five albums that just failed to make my Top 150. A great album cover story telling package that won her a Grammy as well. The five close but no cigar albums were: Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm 2005 Elbow - Cast Of Thousands 2003 Kylie Minogue - Light Years 2000 Maps - We Can Create 2007 Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation In The Backyard 2005 Anyway, I'm going to count down my Top 5 tonight containing 3 female acts; two Canadian acts and three albums released in the UK in 2006!
December 2, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/4505041.JPG 05 Rufus Wainwright - Want One 2003 (featured track: Dinner At Eight) z8Ph14w4vWk The world's most talented solo male artist with the initials R & W croons and cries through a set of lush pop operettas on his third album. If you had heard his first two albums then it would have been no surprise to find songs meticulously layered and textured, with full orchestral passages and many-throated harmonies. Producer Marius "Bjork; Massive Attack; Madonna" deVries didn't mess with the already successful Wainwright sound, allowing for the young singer/ songwriter/multi-instrumentalist to explore his familiar themes of love, loss, and "singin' about places" with the anticipated fanfare and flamboyance. The album's strongest segment comes in the middle, beginning with the intimate-to-epic "Go or Go Ahead," barreling through the wildly spinning rock opera "14th Street," and landing softly on the gently chiming "Natasha." However the album is bookended by the highlights of the two singles "Oh What A World" and "I Don't Know What Is Is" and the heartbreaking tale of him having a row with his famous estranged father Loudon Wainwright III "Dinner At Eight".
December 2, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/5101132862.JPG 04 Nerina Pallot - Fires 2006 (featured track: Idaho) h3_O7hPVsEY In the age of Simon Cowell dominated Reality TV and instant success, Nerina Pallot was a singer/songwriter who didn't quite fit *, failing to chart at all with her first albums, Dear Frustrated Superstar. Whilst Fires was reissued before it finally broke through, and even then it didn't quite reach the Top 20. She had the fire and anger of Alanis Morissette; the Kate Bush angst of Tori Amos; the obtuse lyrics and tunefulness of Fiona Apple; along with the melodic qualities and thoughtfulness of Joni Mitchell, as shown on the opening track, "Everybody's Gone to War," an updated protest song (after all, wars were still going on in various places all over the world). Quite simply here is a set of 11 real songs without anything remotely resembling an album filler amongst them, all written by Pallot and sung with feeling, backed by either acoustic guitar or piano. The influence of Mitchell could be heard most clearly on "Sophia," the second single to be released, a simple melody with Pallot's voice soaring unexpectedly up and down the scales over piano accompaniment. But by way of complete contrast, "All Good People" and "Heart Attack" were full-on Alanis meets Tori rock tracks. * Ironically this year after her third album has just failed to reach the UK Top 40, she has written a song that is performed live by one Minogue for her forthcoming album, and has been approached by the younger Minogue for songs for an act she is mentoring ....
December 2, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/DC303LP.JPG 03 Joanna Newson - Ys 2006 (featured track: Sawdust & Diamonds) koEIfaZAvkw Ok, hands up everyone on Buzzjack who's idea of entertainment is an indie folk album performed by a harpist with a childlike American Bjork soundalike voice on an epic, restless, demanding album made up of five dazzling, shape-shifting songs that range from seven to 16 minutes long? Newsom embarks on this adventure of an album with help from talents as diverse as grunge engineer Steve Albini, legendary 1960s arranger Van Dyke Parks, and producer Jim O'Rourke. Ys' daring, plentiful wordplay makes it even more of a rarity: an extremely musically accomplished album with lyrics to match that Stephen Fry would have an orgasm over. These songs are so full of words and plot twists that sometimes it feels more like you're reading them instead of listening to them, and indeed, actually reading the lyrics in the book-like liner notes reveals that Ys has a library's worth of children's stories, myths, romances, and of course, fairy tales woven into its words. As the album unfolds, it seems like Newsom can't get more ambitious (and more importantly, pull it off), but with each song, she does. Yes, Ys is a demanding listen (I can't do anything else if I want to listen to this album properly), but it's also a rewarding and inspiring one. Letting it unfold and absorbing more each time you hear it is a delight.
December 2, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/MRG29555.2.JPG 02 Arcade Fire - Funeral 2005 (Featured track: Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)) eqGiCXtvokM Fronted by the husband-and-wife team of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the Arcade Fire's emotional debut rendered even more poignant by the dedications to recently departed family members contained in its liner notes is brave, empowering, and dusted with something that many of the indie-rock genre's more contrived acts desperately lack: excitement and innovation. Initially the single Rebellion (Lies) made me purchase it especially after reading recommendations from music critics and credible artists championing it like David Bowie, Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel. Highlights include "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)," the first of four metaphorical forays into the geography of the soul, follows a pair of young lovers who meet in the middle of the town through tunnels that connect to their bedrooms. Over a soaring piano lead that's effectively doubled by distorted guitar, they reach a place where they can't even remember their names or the faces of their weeping parents. Butler sings like Thom Yorke meets Roger Waters meets Black Francis where he can barely contain himself and "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)," Funeral's victorious soul-thumping core, is a goose bump-inducing early 1980s New Order rallying cry centered around the notion that "the power's out in the heart of man, take it from your heart and put it in your hand." However, it's the sheer power and scope of cuts like "Wake Up" featuring all 15 musicians singing in unison and the mesmerizing, early-Roxy Music pulse of "Rebellion (Lies)" that make Funeral the remarkable achievement that it is and by the time Chassagne dissects her love of riding "In the Backseat" with the radio on, despite her desperate fear of driving, Funeral's theme is finally concluded; love does conquer all, especially love for the cathartic power of music. Amen.
December 2, 200915 yr 'Funeral' :wub: I'm afraid I'm not really that bothered with the rest of your top 10, it's all too singer-songwriter for me and most washes over my head. :( Some great albums included though, I shall post in more length when (if) you summarise. ^_^
December 2, 200915 yr Author http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/PRERELCDAMY.JPG 01 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 2006 (featured track: Love Is A Losing Game) NxcFwMYft1M The self fulfilling prophecy of Back to Black is one in which celebrity and the potential of commercial success threaten to ruin Amy Winehouse, since the same insouciance and playfulness that made her sound so special when she debuted were on the brink of being wiped right out of existence for this blockbusting record as she looked so shockingly different and thinner than she did promoting her debut. Although Back to Black does see her deserting jazz to a large degree and wholly embracing contemporary R&B, all the best parts of her musical character emerge intact, and actually, are all the better for the transformation from jazz vocalist to 1960s meets 2000s soul siren. With producer Salaam Remi returning from Frank, plus the welcome addition of Mark Ronson (fresh off successes producing for Christina Aguilera and Robbie Williams) and before he too got over exposed, Back to Black has a similar sound to Frank but much more flair and spark to it. Clearly inspired by girl group soul of the '60s Ronson and Remi were sympathetic to her vision. They certainly knew how to evoke the era too; Remi's "Tears Dry on Their Own" is a sparkling homage to the Motown chestnut "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," and Ronson summons a host of 1960s classic soul touchstones on his tracks.) As before, Winehouse writes all of the songs from her experiences, most of which involve the occasionally riotous (lyrics) and often bittersweet vagaries of love. Also in similar fashion to Frank, her eye for details and her way of relating them are delightful. She states her case against "Rehab" on the knockout first single with some great lines: "They tried to make me go to rehab I won't go go go, I'd rather be at home with Ray" (Charles, that is). As often as not, though, the songs on Back to Black are universal, songs that anyone, even X-Factor contestants, could not butcher to death, such as the truly heartbreaking "Love Is a Losing Game" or the title song ("We only said good bye with words, I died a hundred times/You go back to her, and I go back to black"). Of course, the media maelstorm, death wish marriage to Blake-Fielder and addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine appeared to have turned out the light on her creative talent. But after resting this overexposed 5 time Grammy winning album for nearly a year, then playing it again makes me release why all these retro soul female artists appeared in the aftermath of her abyss....... because the album is so fukking brilliant and decade defining in the most disappointing decade for mainstream popular music since the 1950s.
December 2, 200915 yr Author Top 150 Recap: 150 Neon Neon Stainless Style 2008 149 TLC 3D 2002 148 Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah 2006 147 Maximo Park Our Earthly Pleasures 2007 146 Friendly Fires Friendly Fires 2008 145 Alicia Keys The Diary Of 2003 144 Nerina Pallot Dear Frustrated Superstar 2001 143 Dogs Die In Hot Cars Please Describe Yourself 2004 142 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 2000 141 The Good The Bad & The Queen The Good The Bad & The Queen 2007 140 Muse The Resistance 2009 139 Joan As Police Woman To Survive 2008 138 David Gilmour On An Island 2006 137 REM Accelerate 2008 136 Florence + The Machine Lungs 2009 135 Prodigy Invaders Must Die 2009 134 Morrissey You Are The Quarry 2004 133 Mull Historical Society Loss 2001 132 Sugababes Angels With Dirty Faces 2002 131 Regina Spektor Begin To Hope 2006 130 Darius Dive In 2002 129 Finn Brothers Everyone Is Here 2004 128 Radiohead Amnesiac 2001 127 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 126 Shakira She Wolf 2009 125 Enemy We Live & Die In These Towns 2007 124 Aimee Mann Lost In Space 2002 123 Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob 2007 122 Beth Rowley Little Dreamer 2008 121 Feist Reminder 2007 120 Travis The Boy With No Name 2007 119 Neil Finn One Nil 2001 118 Kylie Minogue Fever 2001 117 John Legend Get Lifted 2005 116 Snow Patrol Eyes Open 2006 115 Super Furry Animals Rings Around The World 2001 114 Sugababes Three 2003 113 Christina Aguilera Back To Basics 2006 112 Robbie Williams Sing When You're Winning 2000 111 Pet Shop Boys Fundamental 2006 110 Richard Hawley Coles Corner 2005 109 Katie Melua Call Off The Search 2003 108 Alison Moyet The Turn 2007 107 Eva Cassidy Time After Time 2000 106 REM Reveal 2001 105 Horrors Primary Colours 2009 104 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2004 103 Beck Sea Change 2002 102 Bruce Springsteen The Rising 2002 101 Alanis Morissette So Called Chaos 2004 100 Bats For Lashes Two Suns 2009 99 Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae 2006 98 Snow Patrol Final Straw 2004 97 Madonna American Life 2003 96 Little Boots Hands 2009 95 Girls Aloud Tangled Up 2007 94 Coldplay X&Y 2005 93 Amanda Palmer Who Killed Amanda Palmer 2008 92 Cat Power The Greatest 2006 91 Robyn Robyn 2007 90 Take That The Circus 2008 89 Gorillaz Demon Days 2005 88 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007 87 M.I.A Kala 2007 86 Red Hot Chilli Peppers By The Way 2002 85 Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby 2004 84 Lucie Silvas Breathe In 2005 83 Rufus Wainwright Want Two 2005 82 Robbie Williams Reality Killed The Radio Star 2009 81 Amy Winehouse Frank 2003 80 Justin Timberlake Justified 2002 79 Amy Macdonald This Is The Life 2007 78 Shelby Lynne Love …. Shelby 2001 77 Nerina Pallot The Graduate 2009 76 Duffy Rockferry 2008 75 Anastacia Anastacia 2004 74 Catatonia Paper Scissors Stone 2001 73 Goldfrapp Black Cherry 2003 72 Outkast Speakerboxx/The Love Below 2003 71 Maximo Park A Certain Trigger 2005 70 Rufus Wainwright Poses 2001 69 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 2004 68 P!nk I'm Not Dead 2006 67 Alanis Morissette Under Rug Swept 2002 66 Cherry Ghost Thirst For Romance 2007 65 Bats For Lashes Fur & Gold 2007 64 David Bowie Heathen 2002 63 Paul Weller 22 Dreams 2008 62 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke 2008 61 Will Young Friday's Child 2003 60 Killers Hot Fuss 2004 59 Coldplay Viva La Vida 2008 58 Elbow Asleep At The Back 2001 57 Manic Street Preachers Send Away The Tigers 2007 56 Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of Bewilderbeast 2000 55 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree 2008 54 Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum 2009 53 White Stripes Elephant 2003 52 Stereophonics Language Sex Violence Other 2005 51 Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2002 50 Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 2009 49 Editors The Back Room 2005 48 Mylo Destroy Rock & Roll 2005 47 U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000 46 KT Tunstall Eye Of The Telescope 2005 45 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006 44 Green Day American Idiot 2004 43 Muse Black Holes & Revelations 2006 42 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver 2007 41 Norah Jones Come Away With Me 2002 40 Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine 2005 39 Embrace Out Of Nothing 2004 38 Libertines Up The Bracket 2002 37 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 2008 36 Go! Team Proof Of Youth 2007 35 MGMT Oracular Spectacular 2008 34 Feeling Twelve Stops And Home 2006 33 Nelly Furtado Folklore 2003 32 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2007 31 Joan As Police Woman Real Life 2006 30 Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim 2008 29 Guillemots Through The Windowpane 2006 28 Christina Aguilera Stripped 2002 27 Paul McCartney Memory Almost Full 2007 26 Britney Spears Blackout 2007 25 Oasis Don't Believe The Truth 2005 24 Kirsty Maccoll Tropical Brainstorm 2000 23 Alicia Keys Songs In A Minor 2001 22 Robbie Williams Rudebox 2006 21 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 2008 20 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavillion 2009 19 Radiohead In Rainbows 2007 18 Keane Hopes and Fears 2004 17 Semisonic All About Chemistry 2001 16 Take That Beautiful World 2006 15 Pipettes We Are The Pipettes 2006 14 Radiohead Kid A 2000 13 Goldfrapp Felt Mountain 2000 12 Late Of The Pier Fantasy Black Channel 2008 11 Arcade Fire Neon Bible 2007 10 Lady GaGa The Fame 2009 9 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002 8 Kate Bush Aerial 2005 7 Portishead Third 2008 6 Aimee Mann Magnolia ost. / Bachelor No.2 2000 5 Rufus Wainwright Want One 2003 4 Nerina Pallot Fires 2006 3 Joanna Newson Ys 2006 2 Arcade Fire Funeral 2005 1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006
December 2, 200915 yr 10 Lady GaGa The Fame 2009 8 Kate Bush Aerial 2005 7 Portishead Third 2008 3 Joanna Newson Ys 2006 2 Arcade Fire Funeral 2005 :wub: Couldn't agree more about Joanna and Arcade Fire. FABULOUS albums. Other albums are great as well. ;o Aerial is stunning, though Bush's finest work is easily The Dreaming or Hounds of Love. Still, Kate Bush cannot do wrong. Excellent list.
December 2, 200915 yr Author Let's see if I can start a new bandwagon :kink: I have made a Playlist on Spotify containing one track each from 142 of the 150 albums that made my list. (Boo to the 8 albums not available including no Funeral, Ys, etc). Link: My Spotify playlist Top 150 Albums of the Decade Apologies to those of you outside of Western Europe, but I did read in Rolling Stone magazine recently that Spotify is coming to the USA early 2010.
December 2, 200915 yr Fires is a brilliant album, surprised to see it so high here :o I own Back To Black but I don't love it...the singles aside, everything else wasn't up to much to my ears :( interesting that 2006 produced three of the top four albums, although not surprising as personally, and probably musically if you take singles and albums both into account, it was by far my favourite year of the noughties
December 2, 200915 yr Appreciating these: 150 Neon Neon Stainless Style 2008 148 Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah 2006 146 Friendly Fires Friendly Fires 2008 145 Alicia Keys The Diary Of 2003 143 Dogs Die In Hot Cars Please Describe Yourself 2004 141 The Good The Bad & The Queen The Good The Bad & The Queen 2007 140 Muse The Resistance 2009 139 Joan As Police Woman To Survive 2008 136 Florence + The Machine Lungs 2009 135 Prodigy Invaders Must Die 2009 134 Morrissey You Are The Quarry 2004 132 Sugababes Angels With Dirty Faces 2002 128 Radiohead Amnesiac 2001 127 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 124 Aimee Mann Lost In Space 2002 121 Feist Reminder 2007 115 Super Furry Animals Rings Around The World 2001 111 Pet Shop Boys Fundamental 2006 110 Richard Hawley Coles Corner 2005 108 Alison Moyet The Turn 2007 106 REM Reveal 2001 105 Horrors Primary Colours 2009 104 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2004 103 Beck Sea Change 2002 101 Alanis Morissette So Called Chaos 2004 100 Bats For Lashes Two Suns 2009 98 Snow Patrol Final Straw 2004 97 Madonna American Life 2003 96 Little Boots Hands 2009 95 Girls Aloud Tangled Up 2007 92 Cat Power The Greatest 2006 91 Robyn Robyn 2007 89 Gorillaz Demon Days 2005 87 M.I.A Kala 2007 86 Red Hot Chilli Peppers By The Way 2002 85 Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby 2004 83 Rufus Wainwright Want Two 2005 82 Robbie Williams Reality Killed The Radio Star 2009 81 Amy Winehouse Frank 2003 79 Amy Macdonald This Is The Life 2007 73 Goldfrapp Black Cherry 2003 70 Rufus Wainwright Poses 2001 69 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 2004 68 P!nk I'm Not Dead 2006 67 Alanis Morissette Under Rug Swept 2002 65 Bats For Lashes Fur & Gold 2007 64 David Bowie Heathen 2002 62 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke 2008 60 Killers Hot Fuss 2004 59 Coldplay Viva La Vida 2008 58 Elbow Asleep At The Back 2001 56 Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of Bewilderbeast 2000 55 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree 2008 54 Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum 2009 53 White Stripes Elephant 2003 51 Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2002 50 Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 2009 49 Editors The Back Room 2005 48 Mylo Destroy Rock & Roll 2005 43 Muse Black Holes & Revelations 2006 42 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver 2007 41 Norah Jones Come Away With Me 2002 40 Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine 2005 37 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 2008 36 Go! Team Proof Of Youth 2007 - although I do find it weird that you haven't included the debut as it's far better to these ears... 33 Nelly Furtado Folklore 2003 32 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2007 31 Joan As Police Woman Real Life 2006 30 Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim 2008 29 Guillemots Through The Windowpane 2006 28 Christina Aguilera Stripped 2002 26 Britney Spears Blackout 2007 24 Kirsty Maccoll Tropical Brainstorm 2000 21 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 2008 20 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavillion 2009 19 Radiohead In Rainbows 2007 15 Pipettes We Are The Pipettes 2006 14 Radiohead Kid A 2000 13 Goldfrapp Felt Mountain 2000 12 Late Of The Pier Fantasy Black Channel 2008 11 Arcade Fire Neon Bible 2007 10 Lady GaGa The Fame 2009 8 Kate Bush Aerial 2005 7 Portishead Third 2008 6 Aimee Mann Magnolia ost. / Bachelor No.2 2000 5 Rufus Wainwright Want One 2003 3 Joanna Newson Ys 2006 2 Arcade Fire Funeral 2005 1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006 All in all, a pretty great list. :D
December 2, 200915 yr Hey Rich. Here's what I know/own/heard: 145 Alicia Keys The Diary Of 2003 142 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 2000 135 Prodigy Invaders Must Die 2009 126 Shakira She Wolf 2009 116 Snow Patrol Eyes Open 2006 113 Christina Aguilera Back To Basics 2006 100 Bats For Lashes Two Suns 2009 99 Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae 2006 98 Snow Patrol Final Straw 2004 Stunning album :wub: 96 Little Boots Hands 2009 Amazing album where I love every track (bar one 'Ghosts') But it deserved far more than it's recieved :( 95 Girls Aloud Tangled Up 2007 Great album. Not as good as 'Out Of Control', but it's still a brilliant album imo. GA are going from strength to strength with their material! 91 Robyn Robyn 2007 88 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007 one of my favourite follow-up albums ever! :wub: 85 Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby 2004 76 Duffy Rockferry 2008 75 Anastacia Anastacia 2004 68 P!nk I'm Not Dead 2006 62 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke 2008 60 Killers Hot Fuss 2004 One of my most favourite debut albums ever, and one of my favourite albums ever! 55 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree 2008 Goldfrapp really aren't my thing, but after the release of one of the best and most stunning songs I've ever heard ('A&E') I downloaded this album and liked it :D 50 Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 2009 See Arctic Monkeys 'FWN' - I totally agree about 'A,S' being overrated 45 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006 AAAH! CLASSIC! Contains one of m y most favourite album tracks ever, 'Mardy Bum' :wub: 39 Embrace Out Of Nothing 2004 34 Feeling Twelve Stops And Home 2006 28 Christina Aguilera Stripped 2002 26 Britney Spears Blackout 2007 Britney's best album to date, and I'm not sure whether she'd be able to top it... 23 Alicia Keys Songs In A Minor 2001 10 Lady GaGa The Fame 2009 Pop perfection. Every song on it is amazing. Definately deserves her place in the Top 10! 4 Nerina Pallot Fires 2006 1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006 A bit like Goldfrapp really, her earlier stuff was vile imho, but after the release of 'Rehab' & 'You Know I'm No Good', I decided to download this album and was amazed at how good it was. Definately a worthy winner GREAT chart from what i've listened to! :D There are LOADS of albums I haven't heard, but a few which are just crap imo. But a great list of albums! :D
December 6, 200915 yr From your top 100 these are the albums which I own and mainly like! 100 Bats For Lashes Two Suns 2009 98 Snow Patrol Final Straw 2004 96 Little Boots Hands 2009 94 Coldplay X&Y 2005 91 Robyn Robyn 2007 89 Gorillaz Demon Days 2005 88 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007 87 M.I.A Kala 2007 86 Red Hot Chilli Peppers By The Way 2002 79 Amy Macdonald This Is The Life 2007 73 Goldfrapp Black Cherry 2003 72 Outkast Speakerboxx/The Love Below 2003 71 Maximo Park A Certain Trigger 2005 69 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 2004 65 Bats For Lashes Fur & Gold 2007 62 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke 2008 60 Killers Hot Fuss 2004 59 Coldplay Viva La Vida 2008 58 Elbow Asleep At The Back 2001 55 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree 2008 54 Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum 2009 52 Stereophonics Language Sex Violence Other 2005 51 Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2002 50 Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 2009 49 Editors The Back Room 2005 46 KT Tunstall Eye Of The Telescope 2005 45 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006 44 Green Day American Idiot 2004 42 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver 2007 38 Libertines Up The Bracket 2002 37 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 2008 36 Go! Team Proof Of Youth 2007 35 MGMT Oracular Spectacular 2008 34 Feeling Twelve Stops And Home 2006 30 Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim 2008 29 Guillemots Through The Windowpane 2006 25 Oasis Don't Believe The Truth 2005 21 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 2008 20 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavillion 2009 15 Pipettes We Are The Pipettes 2006 13 Goldfrapp Felt Mountain 2000 12 Late Of The Pier Fantasy Black Channel 2008 11 Arcade Fire Neon Bible 2007 9 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002 2 Arcade Fire Funeral 2005 1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006 An excellent amount there, brilliant chart overall and it was interesting to read your comments, even if I didn't reply much!
December 21, 200915 yr A really nice read :D Here's personal favourites from your chart ;) ; 146 Friendly Fires Friendly Fires 2008 140 Muse The Resistance 2009 135 Prodigy Invaders Must Die 2009 127 Coldplay Parachutes 2000 113 Christina Aguilera Back To Basics 2006 112 Robbie Williams Sing When You're Winning 2000 89 Gorillaz Demon Days 2005 88 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007 82 Robbie Williams Reality Killed The Radio Star 2009 80 Justin Timberlake Justified 2002 75 Anastacia Anastacia 2004 72 Outkast Speakerboxx/The Love Below 2003 69 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters 2004 68 P!nk I'm Not Dead 2006 60 Killers Hot Fuss 2004 59 Coldplay Viva La Vida 2008 55 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree 2008 45 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006 44 Green Day American Idiot 2004 43 Muse Black Holes & Revelations 2006 37 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 2008 35 MGMT Oracular Spectacular 2008 33 Nelly Furtado Folklore 2003 32 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2007 28 Christina Aguilera Stripped 2002 26 Britney Spears Blackout 2007 22 Robbie Williams Rudebox 2006 14 Radiohead Kid A 2000 7 Portishead Third 2008 1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006 Just one little thing however that I noticed really really early on, How comes Shakira's 'She Wolf' made the list, yet Oral Fixation.2 did not? I was just wondering out of interest.. :lol:
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