Though it's quite possible 2009 will have an album that blows the rest out of the water, I think it's safe to say we can start thinking about this now. Here's my shortlist of contenders, heavily narrowed down from all my 5-star albums from this decade: BT - This Binary Universe (2006) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000) The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) Radiohead - Kid A (2000) Shpongle - Nothing Lasts, but Nothing is Lost (2005) If I had to narrow it down further, it would probably be between BT, Godspeed, and Shpongle. After that I'm really not sure though.
No order: Pain of Salvation- Remedy Lane Ulver- Perdition City Devin Townsend- Terria BT- This Binary Universe Shpongle- Nothing Lasts... but Nothing is Lost OSI- Free That's as far as I can narrow it down.
A lot of my tops are also from this decade. Specifically, Lateralus, Ys, and Kid A seem like the most qualified candidates for me.
Anathallo's Floating World. Not even a lot of competition there for me. Only other ones I might consider would be maybe FOABP (lol) and Colors, and those albums just don't scream "best of decade" to me. I don't know why, but it seems like FW sits so much better in that category.
I'm just laughing at how none of those albums would be anywhere near my list for the decade. And I do like BT, but I don't like This Binary Universe.
I would have said the same a few years ago. Now I would probably say Absolution or Kid A. I'm not too crazy about this decade, though. I prefer older stuff.
1. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked 2. Ulver - Blood Inside 3. Radiohead - Kid A 4/5. Converge - Jane Doe/You Fail Me (it's impossible for me to choose in between the two) 6. SikTh - Death of a Dead Day 7. Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis ... Fuck, this is hard.
The Streets - Original Pirate Material Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Those are my top two. I can post more once I'm in front of my music library.
I like both of those artists but album of the decade? Ugh. Both of them have better albums than those too.
Not a single mention for Blackwater Park? It wouldn't be my pick for album of the decade (though it's up there), but it seems strange that, knowing the forum's tastes, no one has even brought it up for consideration yet. Shpongle's Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost
Opeth - Blackwater Park There. Some other favorites: Celldweller - s/t Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself Nightingale - Nightfall Overture Star One - Space Metal Stuck Mojo - Declaration of a Headhunter
Radiohead-Kid A Opeth-Blackwater Park Porcupine Tree-In Absentia Thrice-Vheissu Dredg-Catch Without Arms
No way man. I could see preferring A Grand Don't Come for Free because it's more sweeping in scope, but preferring another Of Montreal album over Hissing Fauna is just a foreign concept to me.
Reverend Bizarre - So Long Suckers or Warning - Watching from a Distance or The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute. they're pretty much competing for my favourite album ever since most stuff i've heard is from this decade.
probably because, while it's a good album, it doesn't even come close to the caliber of most of the albums that have been discussed in this thread so far
Damn straight. Hosannas From the Basements of Hell is the fucking shit. The heaviest single take album I've ever heard.
While I adore Hissing Fauna, I prefer Satanic Panic. It's more consistently good, though HF has the better highs.
I freaking love that album so much. The existence of someone like Jaz Coleman makes my life so much easier, gay as it sounds. I'm going to make a thread!
BT - This Binary Universe Joanna Newsom - Ys probably a fight between those two. Shpongle would be in the top 5 somewhere as well.
Hmm, I like all of his stuff and while I listen to Movement in Still Life, Emotional Technology, and ESCM more often, I still find TBU to be his biggest accomplishment.
Fuck, Bradar, I love you man. I was scrolling through this thread, not expecting to see this mentioned, and I was going to post it, but you took care of that. Diorama all the way.
It's in my top 3 albums of all-time. http://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/best_albums_2000_2009 Here's a list, that next year I plan to start adding a lot to, given it will be the final year (on the Christian Calendar) of this decade.
I've listened to all of my favorites over the last few days, and I'm pretty sure TBU is going to win this for me. But we'll see in a year. I was thinking about a cool idea last night: what if we do a big Album of the Decade poll at the end of 2009 or start of 2010? The same way we do the Hip-hop/Electronic/Jazz polls. Then my plan is to buy copies of all those albums and put them in a time capsule for the year 2050 (or maybe 2100) with some information about 5/8 and reviews of all the albums. I thought of this idea because sometimes I wonder if people will know who these bands are in 100 years, due to the influence of the mainstream music press.
These ones are my favorites: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven Isis - Oceanic TV on the Radio - Dear Science Muse - Absolution Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot There's sooo much stuff I still want to hear though.
That's a good idea. We should also do a simulisten every week for the last 10 weeks of 2009 where we count down the consensus top 10
