Top 100 Albums Of the Decade 1999-2009

I cannot believe I'm doing this! 1999-2009. It's insane. At first I tried to make a top fifty list, but there was just so much good stuff I didn't want to leave anything out. Lots of info coming atcha, but what better way to start 2010 than with a look back at all of the amazing music of the past decade. In going through my expansive music stash, I learned a few things I which I will share with you: there was a TON of great stuff that came out over the past ten years, my tastes have really evolved, holy hell I have spent a lot of money on music!!!! But it was money well spent. Where would any of us be without our favorite bands? I know for me, I'd be pretty bored. Looking back over the years was really fun. To me music is like a time machine. Just hearing a certain song can take you back to a specific time and place in your life. Music provokes thought and emotion and can help soothe a broken heart.



Prepare yourselves for a lot of scrolling. I thought the best way to organize (how funny that word would even be in MY vocabulary) this situation would be by year, but then I got pissed and just started typing. If I were to make a New Years resolution it would probably be to "try and be more organized", but seeing as I don't make resolutions that wouldn't really work out. The playlist you'll be hearing has over a hundred songs on it. I took a song or two from each of my favorite 100 albums. If you have enough patience to read through this and listen to them all, I hope you find some new stuff you've never heard and need to have. But also, I would encourage you to go through your own music stash and break out some of those older albums you haven't listened to in awhile. It was fun!

All right, let's put on our walking shoes and get ready to take a trip down music's memory lane!!!! Remember, these are in no particular order as that goes against everything I stand for.

1) Death Cab For Cutie 'Transatlanticism' 2003
2) The Shins 'Wincing the Night Away' 2007
3) Brandi Carlile 'The Story' 2007
4) The Music 'The Music' 2003
5) Spoon 'Kill the Moonlight' 2002
6) Keane 'Hopes and Fears' 2004
7) Switchfoot 'Beautiful Letdown' 2003
8) Radiohead 'In Rainbows' 2007
9) Foo Fighters 'There Is Nothing Left To Lose' 1999
10) Fiona Apple 'When the Pawn' 1999
11) Jimmy Eat World 'Bleed American' 2001
12) Frou Frou 'Details' 2002
13) Beck 'Guero' 2005
14) The Killers 'Hot Fuss' 2004
15) The Cardigans 'Long Gone Before Daylight' 2004
16) Muse 'Sing For Absolution' 2003
17) The Postal Service 'Give Up' 2003
18) Blink 182 'Blink 182' 2003
19) The Feeling 'Twelve Stops and Home' 2006
20) Kasabian 'Kasabian' 2004
21) Stars 'Set Yourself On Fire' 2004
22) Imogen Heap 'Speak For Yourself' 2005
23) Jason Mraz 'Waiting For My Rocket To Come' 2002
24) Garbage 'Bleed Like Me' 2005
25) Pete Yorn 'MusicFortheMorningAfter' 2001
26) Nada Surf 'Let Go' 2003
27) Abandoned Pools 'Humanistic' 2001
28) Remy Zero 'The Golden Hum' 2001
29) South 'From Here On In' 2002
30) Aqualung 'Memory Man' 2007
31) Great Northern 'Trading Twilight For Daylight' 2007
32) Moonbabies 'At the Ballroom' 2007
33) Eisley 'Combinations' 2007
34) Dandy Warhols 'Welcome To the Monkey House' 2003
35) The Perishers 'Let There Be Morning' 2005
36) Metric 'Fantasies' 2009
37) Kings Of Leon 'Only By the Night' 2008
38) Olivia Broadfield 'Eyes Wide Open' 2009
39) Mat Kearney 'City of Black and White' 2009
40) Filter 'Title Of Record' 1999
41) Blonde Redhead '23' 2007
42) Dido 'No Angel' 1999
43) Green Day 'American Idiot' 2004
44) Jamie Cullum 'Twentysomething' 2004
45) Sufjan Stevens 'Illinoise' 2005
46) Jimmy Eat World 'Chase This Light' 2007
47) John Mayer 'Room For Squares' 2001
48) Anberlin 'Never Take Friendship Personal' 2005
49) The Submarines 'Declare A New State' 2006
50) Elliott Smith 'Figure 8' 2000
51) Jamie Cullum 'Catching Tales' 2005
52) Gin Blossoms 'Major Lodge Victory' 2006
53) Augustana 'Stars and Boulevards' 2005
54) Jens Lekman 'Oh You're So Silent Jens' 2005
55) Keane 'Under the Iron Sea' 2006
56) MGMT 'Oracular Spectacular' 2007
57) The Raveonettes 'In & Out of Control' 2009
58) Imogen Heap 'Ellipse' 2009
59) Phoenix 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' 2009
60) Lily Allen 'It's Not Me It's You' 2009
61) The Sounds 'Crossing the Rubicon' 2009
62) Rogue Wave 'Descended Like Vultures' 2007
63) Everclear 'Songs From An American Movie Part 2' 2000
64) Sea Wolf 'Leaves In the River' 2007
65) Travis 'The Invisible Band' 2001
66) Guster 'Ganging Up On the Sun' 2006
67) Coldplay 'Rush Of Blood To the Head' 2002
68) Ben Folds 'Rockin the Suburbs' 2001
69) Queens Of the Stoneage 'Songs For the Deaf' 2002
70) Metric 'Old World Underground Where Are You Now' 2003
71) The Shins 'Oh Inverted World' 2001
72) Sia 'Color the Small One' 2006
73) Rogue Wave 'Asleep At Heaven's Gate' 2007
74) Phoenix 'It's Never Been Like That' 2006
75) Santogold 'Santogold' 2008
76) Greg Laswell 'Through Toledo' 2006
77) Guster 'Lost and Gone Forever' 1999
78) Sea Wolf 'White Water, White Bloom' 2009
79) Coldplay 'X&Y' 2005
80) Metric 'Grow Up and Blow Away' 2007
81) The Rescues 'Crazy Ever After' 2008
82) Priscilla Ahn 'A Good Day' 2008
83) Bloc Party 'A Weekend In the City' 2007
84) Uh Huh Her 'Common Reaction' 2008
85) Phoenix 'Alphabetical' 2004
86) Greg Laswell 'Three Flights From Alto Nido' 2008
87) Carolina Liar 'Coming To Terms' 2007
88) Mat Kearney 'Nothing Left To Lose' 2006
89) Coldplay 'Viva la Vida' 2008
90) Guster 'Keep It Together' 2003
91) Travis 'The Boy With No Name' 2007
92) The Helio Sequence 'Keep Your Eyes Ahead' 2008
93) Incubus 'Morning View' 2001
94) Via Audio 'Say Something' 2007
95) Green Day '21st Century Breakdown' 2009
96) Feist 'Let It Die' 2005
97) The Action Design 'Never Say' 2008
98) Death Cab For Cutie 'Plans' 2005
99) Franz Ferdinand 'Franz Ferdinand' 2004
100) U2 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' 2004

There you have it! I'm sure I'm forgetting something here, but I think this about covers it. I checked out some of the other "best albums of the decade" lists from Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Some of their picks were right on and some of the albums I listened to most of all weren't anywhere in sight. But that's okay. We all have our own list and I'll take mine over theirs any day. Happy listening! (ps in all this craziness I forgot Jem's 'Finally Woken' from 2004. Argh!!!!! It's on the playlist, but not on the list list!!)