...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of DeadThsi decade was all about transition. I graduated from high school, then got to dive head first into college. Now at the end of the decade I've graduated college and am now transitioning to the next phase of my life. Musically I've gone from the swirling prog/hard rock to pop, dance and everything imaginable from left field. Here's my best stab at this "best of decade" list. It is not objective.
1) Silverchair - Diorama (2002)
2) Elbow - Cast Of Thousands (2003)
3) Ivy - In the Clear (2005)
4) Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
5) The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible(2007)
6) School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (2008)
7) A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms (2000)
8) The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)
9) Poe - Haunted (2000)
10) At the Drive-In - Relationship Of Command (2000)
11) Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
12) The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
13) The Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
14) Beck - Sea Change (2002)
15) Robyn - Robyn (2005)
16) The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives (2004)
17) Feist - The Reminder (2007)
18) The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
19) Interpol - Our Love To Admire (2007)
20) Natalia y la forquetina - Casa (2005)
21) Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
22) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes (2002)
23) Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet (2006)
24) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites (2005)
25) Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures (2009)
26) Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist (2006)
27) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
28) The Strokes - Is This It? (2001)
29) Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (2006)
30) Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)
31) Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)
32) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
33) Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
34) Incubus - Morning View (2001)
35) CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy (2006)
36) Blonde Redhead - 23 (2007)
37) Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
38) Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
39) The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)
40) Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (2008)
41) Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
42) Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career (2009)
43) Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (2005)
44) Jamiroquai - Dynamite (2005)
45) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
46) Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
47) Battles - Mirrored (2007)
48) Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder (2004)
49) Ivy - Long Distance (2001)
50) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
51) Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
52) Röyksopp - Junior (2009)
53) Metric - Fantasies (2009)
54) The New Pornographers - Electric Version (2003)
55) Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
56) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
57) Muse - Absolution (2005)
58) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
59) Florence + The Machine - Lungs (2009)
60) The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls (2004)
61)Nine Inch Nails - The Slip (2008)
62) La Oreja de Van Gogh - Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida (2003)
63) M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
64) Justice - Cross (2007)
65) Silverchair - Young Modern Station (2007)
66) Interpol - Antics (2005)
67) Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
68) Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
69) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)
70) TV on the Radio - Dear Science, (2008)
71) The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You (2006)
72) Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World… (2009)
73) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (2007)
74) Thrice - The Alchemy Index: Vols I & II/Fire & Water (2007)
75) Burial - Untrue (2007)
76) Fantasmes - The Reveller (2007)
77) Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country (2006)
78) Ours - Precious (2002)
79) A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
80) Santigold - Santigold (2008)
81) Ignacio Peña - Anormal (2004)
82) Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
83) Arctic Monkey - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
84) My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth (2008)
85) Kenna - New Sacred Cow (2003)
86) Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008)
87) Björk - Medulla (2004)
88) Fever Ray - Fever Ray (2009)
89) Portishead - Third (2008)
90) MIMA - mima (2005)
91) Injected - Burn It Black (2002)
92) Turin Brakes - Ether Song (2003)
93) Sia - Some People Have REAL Problems (2007)
94) A Camp - Colonia (2009)
95) Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea (2003)
96) Mutemath - Mute Math (2006)
97) One Day as a Lion - One Day as a Lion (2008)
98) Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (2006)
99) LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)
100) Sparta - Threes (2006)
Honorable Mention: Guns 'N Roses - Chinese Democracy (2008) HEY AT LEAST HE FINALLY FINISHED IT!
1) Silverchair - Diorama (2002)
2) Elbow - Cast Of Thousands (2003)
3) Ivy - In the Clear (2005)
4) Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
5) The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible(2007)
6) School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms (2008)
7) A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms (2000)
8) The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)
9) Poe - Haunted (2000)
10) At the Drive-In - Relationship Of Command (2000)
11) Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
12) The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
13) The Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
14) Beck - Sea Change (2002)
15) Robyn - Robyn (2005)
16) The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives (2004)
17) Feist - The Reminder (2007)
18) The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
19) Interpol - Our Love To Admire (2007)
20) Natalia y la forquetina - Casa (2005)
21) Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
22) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes (2002)
23) Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet (2006)
24) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites (2005)
25) Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures (2009)
26) Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist (2006)
27) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
28) The Strokes - Is This It? (2001)
29) Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (2006)
30) Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)
31) Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)
32) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
33) Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
34) Incubus - Morning View (2001)
35) CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy (2006)
36) Blonde Redhead - 23 (2007)
37) Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
38) Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
39) The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)
40) Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (2008)
41) Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
42) Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career (2009)
43) Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (2005)
44) Jamiroquai - Dynamite (2005)
45) Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (2009)
46) Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
47) Battles - Mirrored (2007)
48) Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder (2004)
49) Ivy - Long Distance (2001)
50) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
51) Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine (2004)
52) Röyksopp - Junior (2009)
53) Metric - Fantasies (2009)
54) The New Pornographers - Electric Version (2003)
55) Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)
56) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
57) Muse - Absolution (2005)
58) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
59) Florence + The Machine - Lungs (2009)
60) The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls (2004)
61)Nine Inch Nails - The Slip (2008)
62) La Oreja de Van Gogh - Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida (2003)
63) M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
64) Justice - Cross (2007)
65) Silverchair - Young Modern Station (2007)
66) Interpol - Antics (2005)
67) Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
68) Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
69) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)
70) TV on the Radio - Dear Science, (2008)
71) The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You (2006)
72) Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World… (2009)
73) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away (2007)
74) Thrice - The Alchemy Index: Vols I & II/Fire & Water (2007)
75) Burial - Untrue (2007)
76) Fantasmes - The Reveller (2007)
77) Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country (2006)
78) Ours - Precious (2002)
79) A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (2003)
80) Santigold - Santigold (2008)
81) Ignacio Peña - Anormal (2004)
82) Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
83) Arctic Monkey - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
84) My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth (2008)
85) Kenna - New Sacred Cow (2003)
86) Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008)
87) Björk - Medulla (2004)
88) Fever Ray - Fever Ray (2009)
89) Portishead - Third (2008)
90) MIMA - mima (2005)
91) Injected - Burn It Black (2002)
92) Turin Brakes - Ether Song (2003)
93) Sia - Some People Have REAL Problems (2007)
94) A Camp - Colonia (2009)
95) Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea (2003)
96) Mutemath - Mute Math (2006)
97) One Day as a Lion - One Day as a Lion (2008)
98) Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (2006)
99) LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)
100) Sparta - Threes (2006)
Honorable Mention: Guns 'N Roses - Chinese Democracy (2008) HEY AT LEAST HE FINALLY FINISHED IT!
