100 Best Albums Of The Decade

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by tilthefirefades

Well I personally do not like Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, or The Postal Service(I much prefer Death Cab). Plus, there are 3 U2 albums on the list, and just as previously mentioned Kanye and Eminem repeats. The only impact those two artists makes are controversial ones, as of late at least, and I have always been a huge Kanye fan. Maybe Say You Will wasn't groundbreaking, but it made just as big, if not bigger, an impact as the indie bands which did so to only the small group of people who listen to it.

This makes me sad. Bon Iver is the best live performer I have ever seen, and although his For Emma, Forever Ago and Blood Bank are definitely for a specific person, that album and EP will ****ing change your life if you're that person.

I think that Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, M.I.A., U2, The White Stripes, Coldplay, Cat Power,Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sigur Ros (LOVE HIM), Ryan Adams (LOVE HIM TOO), Vampire Weekend (you have to admit their album was monumental), and Interpol all deserve their spots.

I'm so proud of Ryan Adams for making the list twice, but I think that Love Is Hell is stronger than Gold-- for me, personally. That cover of "Wonderwall" was a bigger deal than anything off of Gold.

They chose the wrong Kings of Leon album to put on there, IMO, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is good but overrated. TV on the Radio's Dear Science should have been waaaay higher on that list (best album of 2008 HANDS DOWN), along with Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago and Sufjan Stevens' Illinois. While Kala is an excellent album, I don't think Arular was groundbreaking in any way, although I've grown a deeper appreciation for the record with time. I've never liked Fleet Foxes much, and Phoenix is good but not NEARLY good enough to be on the top 100. Also, LCD Soundsystem shouldn't have even made the list, let alone come up at 12th. MGMT could be in the bottom 50 for me but seriously, that album is nothing unique-- its just boppy. Ugh, this list is a little disheartening. A lot of this just isn't notable music in any way.

I'm not surprised that Fleetwood Mac is no where to be seen on this list, nor would I have wanted it. Say You Will doesn't deserve a spot and Trouble In Shangri-La just isn't what Rolling Stone was looking for in this grouping of albums. Gift of Screws, however, better molds into the criteria.... and truth be told, it would proudly stand amongst these other albums and fit in while still showing the unique spark that a record on this list SHOULD have.

[StandbackStevie]

Here are all the voters for the 100 best albums of the decade from Rolling Stones Magazine:

uestlove The Roots

Pelle Almqvist The Hives

Jeff Ament Pearl Jam

Nicholaus Arson The Hives

Devendra Banhart

Kevin Barnes Of Montreal

Rostam Batmanglij Vampire Weekend

Guy Berryman Coldplay

Mark Binelli Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Mary J. Blige

Nathan Brackett Deputy managing editor, Rolling Stone

Laurent Brancowitz Phoenix

Isaac Brock Modest Mouse

David Browne Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Jonny Buckland Coldplay

Solomon Burke

Cliff Burnstein Q Prime Management

Patrick Carney The Black Keys

Will Champion Coldplay

Brian Chase Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Robert Christgau Journalist

Jarvis Cocker

Wayne Coyne The Flaming Lips

Cameron Crowe

Will Dana Managing editor, Rolling Stone

Britt Daniel Spoon

Anthony DeCurtis Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Dion DiMucci

Jon Dolan Journalist

Jenny Eliscu Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Missy Elliott

Michael Endelman Senior editor, Rolling Stone

Jason Fine Executive editor, Rolling Stone

Bill Flanagan MTV Networks

Caleb Followill Kings of Leon

Jared Followill Kings of Leon

Matthew Followill Kings of Leon

Nathan Followill Kings of Leon

Nicole Frehsée Assistant editor, Rolling Stone

David Fricke Senior writer, Rolling Stone

Caryn Ganz Deputy editor, RollingStone.com

Billy Gibbons ZZ Top

Mikal Gilmore Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Andy Greene Assistant editor, Rolling Stone

Kirk Hammett Metallica

Will Hermes Senior critic, Rolling Stone

Brian Hiatt Associate editor, Rolling Stone

Christian Hoard Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Mark Hoppus Blink-182

James Hunter Journalist

Jim James My Morning Jacket

Nick Jonas Jonas Brothers

Craig Kallman Atlantic Records

Lenny Kaye Patti Smith Group

Mark Kemp Journalist

Kid Cudi

Ezra Koenig Vampire Weekend

Lenny Kravitz

Damian Kulash OK Go

Miranda Lambert

Adam Levine Maroon 5

Alan Light Journalist

Lil Wayne

Kurt Loder MTV

Melissa Maerz Journalist

Shirley Manson Garbage

Thomas Mars Phoenix

Chris Martin Coldplay

Mac McCaughan Merge Records

Colin Meloy The Decemberists

M.I.A.

Tom Moon Journalist

Tom Morello

Fabrizio Moretti The Strokes, Little Joy

Kevin O'Donnell Assistant editor, Rolling Stone

Yoko Ono

Jonathan Ringen Assistant managing editor, Rolling Stone

Chris Robinson The Black Crowes

Jody Rosen Senior critic, Rolling Stone

Rick Rubin

Austin Scaggs Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Evan Serpick Journalist

Rob Sheffield Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Mike Shinoda Linkin Park

Neil Strauss Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy

John Sykes Playlist.com

Touré Contributing editor, Rolling Stone

Jeff Tweedy Wilco

Lars Ulrich

Metallica

Andrew VanWyngarden MGMT

Steven Van Zandt The E Street Band

Butch Vig Producer

Wale

Barry Walters Journalist

Gerard Way My Chemical Romance

Jann S. Wenner Founder and editor, Rolling Stone

Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy

David Whitehead Maine Road Management

Will.i.am Black Eyed Peas

Douglas Wolk Journalist

Adam Yauch Beastie Boys

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by tilthefirefades

nice list! Morrissey may indeed deserve number 1, You Are The Quarry is an amazing album

Thank you.

I agree about You Are The Quarry--"amazing." For me, it towers above everything else this decade. But all the other ablums on my list are worth checking out. Example: Is it just me or did Bad Lieutenant listen to Gift of Screws before recording Never Cry Another Tear?

[Peestie]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

This makes me sad. Bon Iver is the best live performer I have ever seen, and although his For Emma, Forever Ago and Blood Bank are definitely for a specific person, that album and EP will ****ing change your life if you're that person.

One of my favourite live shows I've seen as well. Up there with Lindsey solo and Heaven & Hell as my best live performers. The show was just so fantastic. I saw him in his home-away-from-home in Galway, Ireland, from front row and he teared up while performing re:stacks. Such a good performance!

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

These statements do not compute.

I have to admit I don't get Vampire Weekend at all. I didn't like Paul Simon's Graceland the first time around and I still don't enjoy it much when Vampire Weekend do it. Interpol are good but I guess I'm at that stage that I know I'm getting old because all I can think when I listen to their albums is, didn't Joy Division do this first and better?
Wilco on the other hand, well I remember when that album came out and how unique it was. I mean, there's folk, country, rock and punk, post-rock and Krautrock influences on that. Plus the whole story about the record company rejected it but became known through peer to peer sharing and still went on to become their most successful record when it was finally released. It's an important record in so many ways imo. Plus the lyrics are tremendous.
I love the Bon Iver record though and his live shows are great. Not the best I've ever seen personally, but he's definitely very entertaining and different to the album on stage.

I don't really "get" Vampire Weekend either, but everyone around me does. I think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is way better than Vampire Weekend's album, but I personally think that Wilco hasn't had quite as broad of an influence. But you're right-- this list is for the best albums of the decade, not the most influential. I stand corrected