Beth OrtonIt wasn't until the magazine I write for asked for my three favorite records of the decade that I realized that the zeros are going to end soon. I can hardly believe ten years have passed since the millennium bug failed to show up at New Year's Eve.
So much has happened in between. Many good things and some bad things, but always there was music. Great music.
For the magazine I had to limit myself to three records, but here I'd like to list twelve records that for me personally capture the decade between 2000 and 2010, musically. These are not necessarily what I consider the best records of the decade, but they are the ones that I love most.
In alphabetical order:
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)
Kathleen Edwards - Failer (2003)
Laïs - Douce Victime (2004)
Matchbox Twenty - Mad Season (2000)
Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Beth Orton - Daybreaker (2002)
Josh Rouse - Nashville (2005)
Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway (2002)
Rosie Thomas - These Friends of Mine (2007)
Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman’s Woman (2005)
Train - My Private Nation (2004)
So much has happened in between. Many good things and some bad things, but always there was music. Great music.
For the magazine I had to limit myself to three records, but here I'd like to list twelve records that for me personally capture the decade between 2000 and 2010, musically. These are not necessarily what I consider the best records of the decade, but they are the ones that I love most.
In alphabetical order:
The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)
Kathleen Edwards - Failer (2003)
Laïs - Douce Victime (2004)
Matchbox Twenty - Mad Season (2000)
Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002)
Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
Beth Orton - Daybreaker (2002)
Josh Rouse - Nashville (2005)
Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway (2002)
Rosie Thomas - These Friends of Mine (2007)
Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman’s Woman (2005)
Train - My Private Nation (2004)
