November 25, 200915 yr Author 50. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Missy_Elliott_-_This_is_not_a_test_-_Album.jpg/200px-Missy_Elliott_-_This_is_not_a_test_-_Album.jpg Missy Elliott This Is Not a Test! 2003 Elektra 49. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Yeah-yeah-yeahs-its-blitz.jpg/200px-Yeah-yeah-yeahs-its-blitz.jpg Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz! 2009 Interscope 48. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Jay-z-the-blueprint.jpg/200px-Jay-z-the-blueprint.jpg Jay-Z Takeover 2001 Roc-A-Fella Takeover 47. http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/veckatimest200.jpg Grizzly Bear Veckatimest 2009 Warp 46. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/Radiohead.hailtothetheif.albumart.jpg/200px-Radiohead.hailtothetheif.albumart.jpg Radiohead Hail to the Thief 2003 Parlophone A Punchup At a Wedding (No No No No No No No No.) Can I just take a moment to admire the greatness that is Missy Elliott? If I was allowing greatest hits on this chart, hers would easily be Top 20. She's a national treasure, and one of the best and most exciting rappers of the decade. Unfortunately, besides This Is Not a Test!, she hasn't ever really made a great album. But f***ing hell can she make an AMAZING song. She'd literally dominate my Top 10/20 Singles if I was doing them, with Get Ur Freak On, Work It, and Pass That Dutch all likely featuring. Then other singles would easily make the Top 100, like I'm Really Hot / Gossip Folks. She's incredible. Seriously, in Pass That Dutch she gives the audience a 5 second break to breathe, and then also breaks to give herself applause. AMAZING. Her videos are some of the most creative I've ever seen. She's an artist, plain and simple. She needs to come back asap. Then there's the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which is fabulous. A departure from their garage roots, but a welcome electronic change. Then there's Jay-Z's classic, a huge record in the rap industry. Seriously. It has one guest rapper on the entire thing, that's how good it is. Because Jay-Z's good enough that it speaks for itself, why get others to do it for him? And funny enough, below are the growing indie band Grizzly Bear, who Jay-Z is a fan of and has been spotted attending concerts of. And then of course Radiohead, who are literally one of the biggest bands in the world atm, but with good reason. Hail to the Theif is often considered their worst album from the 21st century. I disagree. It's fabulous, one of their best. Each track is ridiculously strong. Haters to the LEFT pls.
November 26, 200915 yr Author 45. http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/covers/ATC055CD.jpg Why? Elephant Eyelash 2005 Anticon 44. http://www.radio1190.org/Index%20Pictures/album_microphones.jpg The Microphones The Glow Pt. 2 2001 K 43. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Cookiemtn.jpg TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain 2006 Interscope Wolf Like Me 42. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Tarot_Sport.jpg/200px-Tarot_Sport.jpg Fuck Buttons Tarot Sport 2009 ATP 41. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Feels_Cover.jpg/200px-Feels_Cover.jpg Animal Collective Feels 2005 FatCat The last post for tonight, tomorrow begins the Top 40! Exciting! Yay! This post is a bit indiecentric, but the last one featured plenty of hip-hop so OH WELL. Why? are amazing, if a bit bizarre. But really great, haunting stuff. Animal Collective's Feels is a more beefed up version of Sung Tongs imo, and their last album to really incorporate lots of instrumentation and earthy sounds. It works SO well though. f*** Buttons are electronic CRAZINESS. Intense as siht stuff. TV on the Radio are indie rock heroes, and this was pretty much their breakthrough to the 'mainstream' (though they were well known in the indie community after Young Liars and Desperate Youth). Really soulful and intense stuff. Wolf Like Me is a track that you have not lived till you have heard it.
November 26, 200915 yr Author Here's a recap of #40 - 100. <3 41 Animal Collective - Feels 42 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 43 TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain 44 The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 45 Why? - Elephant Eyelash 46 Radiohead - Hail to the Theif 47 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 48 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 49 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! 50 Missy Elliott - This is Not a Test! 51 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 52 RJD2 - Deadringer 53 Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X 54 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position 55 M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts 56 Animal Collective - Sung Tongs 57 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca 58 The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike 59 Sleater-Kinney - One Beat 60 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 61 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 62 Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans 63 Justice - † 64 Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor 65 TV on the Radio - Dear Science, 66 M.I.A. - Kala 67 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow 68 Battles - Mirrored 69 Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair 70 Kanye West - Graduation 71 The Knife - Deep Cuts 72 Camille - Le Fil 73 Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State 74 The xx - The xx 75 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours 76 Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News 77 The Kills - No Wow 78 Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite 79 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 80 !!! - Louden Up Now 81 Hot Chip - The Warning 82 Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Birds on the Water 83 Bat for Lashes - Two Suns 84 Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings 85 Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill 86 Basement Jaxx - Rooty 87 Outkast - Stankonia 88 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 89 Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy 90 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones 91 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers 92 Róisín Murphy - Ruby Blue 93 Florence and the Machine - Lungs 94 Kate Bush - Aerial 95 Brandy - Afrodisiac 96 PJ Harvey - White Chalk 97 The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls 98 Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That 99 The National - Boxer 100 Girl Talk - Night Ripper
November 26, 200915 yr Liking these since last comment: 42 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 43 TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain 46 Radiohead - Hail to the Theif 48 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 49 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! Radiohead is good despite being their weakest of the 21st century :naughty: Edited November 26, 200915 yr by Ashford.
November 26, 200915 yr 42 f*** Buttons - Tarot Sport 43 TV on the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain 48 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 51 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 54 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position 55 M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts 63 Justice - † 64 Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor 65 TV on the Radio - Dear Science 68 Battles - Mirrored
November 26, 200915 yr Author HUSH YOU ASHFORD. :( It's better than Amnesiac and In Rainbows imo. Far far better actually. Amnesiac has I Might Be Wrong and Pyramid Song and In Rainbows has Nude and that's it. D; And I am tres hilarious Tyler. Yes. But it actually doesn't. I hate that album. :angry: 40. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Feverray.jpg/200px-Feverray.jpg Fever Ray Fever Ray 2009 Rabid Keep the Streets Empty for Me This album is pure TRIBAL at points. Epic. It takes the moody elements from The Knife and plays them up beautifully. You need to be in the right mood to enjoy this kind of stuff, but when you are its wonderful. Karin's vocals are absolutely gorgeous as always, perfect for this kind of music. One of 2009's strongest. 39. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Kill_the_Moonlight.jpg/200px-Kill_the_Moonlight.jpg Spoon Kill the Moonlight 2002 Merge Spoon have always been less is more kind of people. The first track on this album is three chords total, I believe. And it rocks. Rock n' roll!
November 26, 200915 yr Author 38. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Tronic.jpg/200px-Tronic.jpg Black Milk Tronic 2008 Fat Beats I confess that I don't know much about hip-hop. I listen to a fair deal of mainstream stuff, and the occasional underground rapper (Cage, Aesop Rock, El-P, etc.) But my knowledge is fairly limited. That's why discovering Black Milk was an amazing occasion. Here was a rapper who not many people knew about who was effing GOOD. There are so many killer tracks on this album. "Hey yo, Black's back at it- dagnabbit- let me let the organ get a stab at it." He rhymes at it with dagnabbit and stab at it. Amazing. Oh, and he produces all of his own stuff. 37. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Elephant,_The_White_Stripes.png/200px-Elephant,_The_White_Stripes.png The White Stripes Elephant 2003 V2 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes were pretty much my introduction to good music. I discovered Seven Nation Army and it was like my mind was opened. Before then, all I listened to was pop, which I do love, but there is more. And The White Stripes are fabulous (though releases since this are a bit ~ehhh~). Bluesy rock with amazing vocals and simplistic drumming. It just works. And you feel fairly badass while listening to it all. You can't tell me the opening bass line on Seven Nation Army isn't killer.
November 26, 200915 yr Author 36. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Cat_Power_-_You_Are_Free.jpg/200px-Cat_Power_-_You_Are_Free.jpg Cat Power You Are Free 2003 Matador I was a bit late to the Cat Power train, but now that I'm on it I don't want off. Her voice is phenomenal. Such a little bluesy record. A real perfection of her 'sound'. She's not likely to ever create an album as good as this again, so let us just remember what a great record this is. <3 Baby Doll is a fabulous song as well. "Don't you want to be free?" So bluesy and wonderful. 35. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/THS_BAGIA.jpg/200px-THS_BAGIA.jpg The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America 2006 Vagrant Seven Nation Army "Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together." More Americana hereee. A lot of people write off The Hold Steady as bar rock or a Bruce Springstein rip-off, but they're so much more. There's such a great nostalgia to their album. You listen to it and reflect on past parties, past get togethers, relationships, etc. It's a wonderful experience.
November 26, 200915 yr Author 34. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PDEyylOYkrQ/SVRe4O_dGrI/AAAAAAAAAAo/pIveIOhFyKM/s200/DFA1979.jpg Death From Above 1979 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine 2004 Vice Romantic Rights Basically, along with the DFA label, DFA1979 made dancing cool again. And they made it a f***ing intense experience. And the lead singer is the drummer, which I find incredibly awesome. 33. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Blackout_-_Album.PNG/200px-Blackout_-_Album.PNG Britney Spears Blackout 2007 Jive Blackout was released in the darkest period of Britney's life. The world was waiting for this album. And it was amazing. Unfortunately, her health problems got in the way of the album blowing up the charts and going down as a classic, but I think, in time, people will start to realize that this is truly Britney's best album (and not that $h!tty Circus album). It's unadulterated pop, pure and simple. Every track is a stormer. And if you hate it, GTFO.
November 26, 200915 yr Author 32. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS-zbKo5ZaQ/StXU5fH29pI/AAAAAAAAB5M/4w4L1yiWVkY/s200/_Psychic_Chasms-Neon_Indian_480.jpg Neon Indian Psychic Chasms 2009 Lefse This album is INCREDIBLE on drugs. I'll leave it at that. It's good sober too though, don't get me wrong. Lo-fi dreamy pop music ftw. 31. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/Shearwater_rook.jpg/200px-Shearwater_rook.jpg Shearwater Rook 2008 Matador This album is otherworldly gorgeous. Will Sheff's voice is incredible. You can tell he's fascinated with nature. I can't give this album enough praise, one of 2008's best and of course one of the best of the decade. That's it for today. ;o Tune in tomorrow for the next 10.
November 26, 200915 yr Blackout is definitely better than Circus, but that's probably the only thing you said i agree with you on completely.
November 26, 200915 yr Author Blackout is definitely better than Circus, but that's probably the only thing you said i agree with you on completely. Not a Blackout fan? ;o
November 26, 200915 yr I like it, some songs are so great (like Break The Ice :heart: ) but i can't make myself like the whole record. :( I just realised i didn't like any of the Britney's albums and never heard In The Zone :o :o Edited November 26, 200915 yr by The Fame Pavster
November 26, 200915 yr :o I muchly prefer 'Circus', but still love both. :heart: My favourite from it has to be 'Piece Of Me'. :wub::wub::wub:
November 26, 200915 yr Weirdly I used to love Piece Of Me but now every time i hear it playing i run out screaming of pain because my ears bleed :(
November 27, 200915 yr a MEDICATED.decade - - 100. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Girl_Talk_Night_Ripper.JPG/200px-Girl_Talk_Night_Ripper.JPG Girl Talk Night Ripper 2006 Illegal Art 91. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/06/WildBeasts-TwoDancers.jpg/200px-WildBeasts-TwoDancers.jpg Wild Beasts Two Dancers 2009 Domino E-603 is ohsososo much better, i don't understand how Girl Talk is so much more popular than any other mashup artist, kinda like the Crystal Castles of mashups - no-one seems to progress beyond the most famous of the 'genre'. I should listen to more Wild Beasts too, not had time for their album 90. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/66/Show_your_bones.jpg/200px-Show_your_bones.jpg Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show Your Bones 2006 Interscope Gold Lion 89. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Patrick_wolf-Lycanthropy.jpg/200px-Patrick_wolf-Lycanthropy.jpg Patrick Wolf Lycanthropy 2003 Tomlab 87. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/OutKast_-_Stankonia.JPG/200px-OutKast_-_Stankonia.JPG OutKast Stankonia 2000 LaFace/Arista I'll Call Before I Come 3 albums that i've heard one very good track of, but haven't bothered to download the albums (yet) 78. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Metropolis_Suite_I_of_IV-_The_Chase_album_cover.JPG/200px-Metropolis_Suite_I_of_IV-_The_Chase_album_cover.JPG Janelle Monáe Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase 2007 Bad Boy Many Moons Is this actually an album, or is it an EP? Either way Violet Stars Happy Hunting! is pretty amazing <3. Don't even normally like much soul music (though i guess she's a bit unclassifiable). 74. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/Thexx-xx.jpg/200px-Thexx-xx.jpg The xx xx 2009 Young Turks 73. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Michigan-stevens.jpg/200px-Michigan-stevens.jpg Sufjan Stevens Michigan 2003 Asthmatic Kitty Romulus I find The XX a bit dull sometimes, yet other times pretty mindblowing in the most numb and mellow way possible. The best Sufjan song has never been recorded in a studio :( 68. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Battlesmirrored.png/200px-Battlesmirrored.png Battles Mirrored 2007 Warp Just listened to Ddiamondd, holy fuck, they sound like Johnny Foreigner but in a way more innovative way :wub: 63. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Justicecross.jpg/200px-Justicecross.jpg Justice † 2007 Ed Banger Cross is one of my favourite albums, ever. I always find something new that i enjoy about one of the tracks with each listen, and i've listened to it many times, so i don't find it samey at all. 60. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Hissingfauna.jpg/200px-Hissingfauna.jpg Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? 2007 Polyvinyl We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling 56. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Sungtongs.jpg/200px-Sungtongs.jpg Animal Collective Sung Tongs 2004 Fat Cat Just listened to HF two hours ago, and listened to it again straight away. I've tried to get into their songs but it took a while for me to get used to their sound, bar The Past Is A Grotesque Animal, which i've loved for months now. I'm looking forward to interpreting the lyrics LOL. I can't decide at all between Sung Tongs and MPP, but i realised they're pretty incomparable since they sound so different. ADORE the sounds of both of them though. All the rest of their albums have one or two amazing songs, then averageness throughout (Spirit They've Gone: Alvin Row; Danse Manatee: Another White Singer, Feels: Grass/The Purple Bottle, Hollinndaginn: Forest Gospel, Strawberry Jam: Fireworks/Derek), but these are their only consistent albums, and consistently amazing at that. 42. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Tarot_Sport.jpg/200px-Tarot_Sport.jpg Fuck Buttons Tarot Sport 2009 ATP See, i'm reluctant to download these albums from these hipster-experimentally/electronicy artists because most of the time they seem to be glaringly pretentious, even if they have one good track (i.e. Washed Out, and others) 40. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Feverray.jpg/200px-Feverray.jpg Fever Ray Fever Ray 2009 Rabid Keep the Streets Empty for Me She's a bit of a one hit wonder for me, When I Grow Up is amazing, the fact that the rest of her songs are similar yet far, far poorer means that i can't seem to appreciate her :( 32. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS-zbKo5ZaQ/StXU5fH29pI/AAAAAAAAB5M/4w4L1yiWVkY/s200/_Psychic_Chasms-Neon_Indian_480.jpg Neon Indian Psychic Chasms 2009 Lefse See two comments above ^_^
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