My 10 most important albums of the decade 2000 - 2009

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My 10 most important albums of the decade 2000 - 2009

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More than just a set of good tracks, a classic album is a work of art like no other. It is a set of artworks, of creative pieces, that together create a bigger picture. A classic album does not fall down at any point, it is all good. And the arrangement of the pieces even adds new elements to the individual tracks, which even by themselves are of the highest quality. Production is consistent. Production is everything. Some capture a single feeling as an entire album, others capture a range of emotions in juxtaposition to each other. A good album is an insight into something that words could never describe. Each of the albums I have selected here meet those criteria - they are exceptional.

The albums I have selected are the ones which have meant the most to me in the past 10 years. It was impossible to list every album I wanted to - I had a short list of about 50. So I had to choose some which summed up some others on the list, ones which fitted into a similar place in my life and epitomized that place.

This is my list of the 10 albums I have selected to represent my musical journey from 2001 - 2010. I have listed them in order of release date.

M.J.Cole - Sincere (2000)
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This album has gone the distance. 10 years later and it is still blissful, haunting and charming, still current, still up to production standards. I still reach for it in any number of moods. It seems to be a shapeshifter - if I'm bouncing, it's bouncing, if I'm somber - it becomes my haunting companion. I have a lust for horns, piano, broken beats and a taste for the soul (here provided by the female vocals). I love the dark under currents of grime, but need it to be well produced. This album is so many things more than just definitive of it's genre, although it is that as well. It touches 2-step, breaks, jungle, a range of MC styles and all things good which the UK does so well.

T.Power - Long Time Dead (2000)
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I really wanted to include a breaks album on this list because breaks has played a big % in my listening time over the past 10 years, but less and less as time has gone by. I toyed with some DJ Icey selections, B.L.I.M., and so on, but none of them seemed definitive enough to be included - in the end it came down to my own definition of an great album - and that means from start to finish. This album is my dark place on the dance floor, my corner of the universe where the speakers are my escape. I've got my hood on and I'm not taking visitors, I'm up the front, left speaker, and outa my tree, I'm steppin like you know I can, got my funk on. Got my strut on. Running nowhere. Something about this album is how I like to think about myself. Now, I have to admit this puppy has some lapses at bottom end of the track list, but not much - and it might not be a musical masterpeice - but shit, I'd listen to it when I'm out painting or on the way to a blue. It's 2000 so some of the tracks are actually from that golden era of late 90's dark breaks. But it shows the diversity of the genres and the edges so blurred, it includes Si Begg, it oozes B-Boy while still playing the Nu Breaks cards - it is epic. I still listen to this and that says a lot. And it still sounds fresh.

Common - Electric Circus (2002)
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If you had of asked me in 2003, when I bought this album, if it would make my most important albums of the naughties list, I would have laughed and told you I had not even listened to the whole thing from start to finish yet... Yet... here it is. The more I learned from this album, the more important it became to me. It is more than just the music here, although the production is so fucking amazing - I love listening to this on my HD-25's with my eyes closed. DO IT! I love listening to his flow. To the blips and waves of circus love. It is so textured. This album was such a departure from Common's sound, and from rap - it is a comment, it is experimental, it is worthy - I remember people 'blaming' Badu for leading Common down the 'experimental' path like it was a bad thing. Well, that is a path more Hip Hop artists should explore. Hip Hop is full of amazing artists caught up in the commercialism of the industry. This album epitomizes something in that - something about looking for the creative expressionism in hip hop. Even the content is a comment on the scene. And as for the collaborations - epic stuff. Defining heaven from 5 points of view. Take me on that trip. This album is a dream world and again, THE PRODUCTION. A real pleasure to me. I love the references, nods to Hendrix and the Beatles - nods to Hip Hop, Jazz, Blues, Soul and the very concept of creativity. At times quirky. Different. And ahead of it's time. And timeless. Classy. Yep - it's on the list.

Groundation - We Free Again (2004)
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The reggae album of the decade for me. Fat Freddy's may represent the new dub stylee, and Umberto Echo something else altogether again, but Groundation are for me, straight up reggea and this is the album I turn to when I need to find my Jah. I like that they keep the raw edge, almost like it is live or recorded as a group rather than session artists. While others are self indulgent and focus purely on the fire, Groundation bring a musical element to the sound that reminds me of 60's psychedelic bands in the way they structure tracks. Instruments are given their turn to shine. The lyrics are pure fire, professing as only inspiration from Jah can bring. I was not surprised when a side project (Rockamova) sounded like rockabilly dub. Once again, FIRE. It has got me through some struggles with my spirituality - like only music can. This album really means something to me.

Parov Stelar - Seven and Storm (2005)
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This album seduced my soul when I first heard it... Jazz. The music answers questions I have always asked myself about the the depths of my feelings, it does so like classical music does, but it does it with beats that I can relate to. The music here does not just tell stories, it captures emotions, it draws upon my darkest heartbreaks and moments of pleasure and reminds me of them. It teaches me about them. I heard someone describe this album once as a contradiction - and it is true - because it is both 'simple' and 'interesting'. Seemingly impossible, but here it is. Parov is Austrian - I don't know why i find that important, but it seems to make sense. It was always obvious that he wasn't American anyway... This album still seduces me each time I listen. If I have to walk to the train in the rain I put this on and the walk becomes epic. If I have to go to the shop on a day when the weather is indifferent, I can put this on and it become cinematic - it is THAT album, and I will always love it. It is what most trip hop wishes it could be. I wanted to include something from this area of my collection because it is an important style to me and this was the stand out (Krush is up there though). But this is Jazz.

Klute - No ones listening anymore (2005)
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Production! Drum and Bass is a huge part of my life, has been since the mid-90's. Over the last 5 years I have not listened to as much at home as I used to - but what I do buy and listen to is much more on the intelligent edge than anything else. It is a shit term, but it captures how I feel about well produced, lustful DnB. It is not restricted by the limits of the dance floor. It is not restricted by the limits of just DnB - it is more than. This double album is more than - massive tunes and moments blessed in a way not to many DnB production albums are. It flows, from 1 till end - the order, the progression, the subtleness, it progresses, it moves. There are not to many DnB production albums that I enjoy listening to from start to finish as much as this - in fact there are none. Both discs. The second disc emphasizing Klute's emotional relationship to his art. Still gets high rotation when I need a dose, and that is the test isn't it... Drum and Bass has textures that so many styles can not live up to - it allows from atmospheres to be created, it allows layers and flows that are unique - and this album does that as well as any i know - for me this is what it is about.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (2006)
RHCP are my favorite band of all time. What an epic tale their story is. I think this album was underrated by RHCP fans because it was so popular to the wider audience. The concert off the back of this album was one of the best of the decade. Better than the One Hot Minute tour I went to 10 years earlier. These guys are the masters - of everything. I don't even know how to describe how I feel about their music, attitude, story, drama, saga, books and really, their music! Originally this was going to be 3 albums over 6 months - it ended up as 2 discs of pure production mastery. Always subtle, always different to anything else - always doing it their way.

Fat Freddy;s Drop - Based on a True Story (2006)
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Such an apt name for the album. The soundtrack to my life. A lot of the music I enjoy has been influenced by the island vibes of pacific, and that includes the Kiwi influence of soulful DnB which I have loved parting too. Although this is a long further from that, there is a relationship. There is a soul in the music which has come from NZ in the last 10 years which has captured the essence of a movement which I consider myself part of. This album not only runs directly to the sweetest taste buds of my aural pleasures, it is also my romantic relationship with dub and reggae vibes - but also - the lyrics speak to me - they seem to tell a true story. I have loved the new-dub-reggae revival of the past few years and no album has led that charge better than this. The other thing here is the live performances of this group - it is almost like the concept of having to conform to an album and record a song in one way must have been a shock to the groups creative sensibilities - every time I see them tracks are performed in a new arrangement, blended, jammed on and blissed out like only Fat Freddy's can.

Astronomy Class (2006) / Hilltop Hoods - The Calling (2003)
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(I want to note here that I have to include two albums - yes I'VE CHEATED!).
This was the coming of age for Australian Hip Hop. I've supported the scene for a long time, always believed it had it's own place in culture. I love hip hop and have always loved listening to Aussie Hip Hop cause the content is stuff I can better relate to than listening to someone on about living in the ghettos of LA, although I still get the appeal of that too. The Calling was a turning point for Australian hip hop commercially - and label support was always going to be important for up and coming artists. Exit Strategy is almost more deserving of a place here because I think it captures that better - it is a better produced album too, and Battla is a better MC, and it has nods to other things I love, the content is better - but Exit Strategy has not been my friend on 2 tours of Europe that way The Calling has - and that gets it across the line. Exit Strategy talks to me on a deeper level - it talks to me intelligently, but the Calling was with me when I was lost in the worm hole in Germany, reminding me of where I was from and who I was, the Calling was there when I was alone in Spain, ready to give in, the Calling is quintessentially Aussie - and that is important. (but Exit Strategy is a better album)

Umberto Echo - Dubtrain (2007)
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I love bass. I LOVE BASS! But I also love lots of other things. I like the french for instance. I love Louis Armstrong which a touch of french. I love quirky as well. I love this album, not many do. It dub, but it is so much else. A german youngster who has now collaborated with some of the biggest names in Jamaica this player is heavy. The name Umberto Echo is taken from the Italian medievalist and philosopher Umberto Eco - and fittingly so, cause I count this album as heavy, deep and well thought out. It blends European electronica and traditional with riddims and baselines. There is an instrument used on this album called a vibrandoneon! It plays dub but plays it like there is an orchestra playing a concerto - it is not repetitive like traditional dub, it tells a story and lies out references, it exemplifies the reach that dub and reggae has now had - into all genres and styles of music. Umberto Echo is a rub-a-dub-soldier, fighting to keep the reggae alive.
Here is the list of players on this album - Umberto Echo bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocal, programming, Luciano vocal, Wally Warning vocal, percussion, bass, Paul St. Hilaire vocal, Earl 16 vocal, Mulo Francel clarinet, sax, Andreas Hinterseher vibrandoneon, Abdullah Ibrahim piano, Josh Roseman trombone, Matt Darriau kaval, Barney McAll keyboards Peter Apfelbaum tenor sax and others...







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This sounds like fun.. My top ten (no particular order)

1. Radiohead - Kid A
I haven't listened to this for a while now, but when it came out I listened to it basically on rotation for a year. So distant, cold, and yet embracing at the same time. Take two valium, lay back, and let it wash over you.

2. Groundation - We Free Again (good call DBoy..)
These guys just make amazing reggae, production is great, vocals are great, and the Dub Wars album is pretty good too. I would have picked Young Tree, but that was one year too early to be included here. But this is an incredible album.

3. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
I said no particular order, but honestly, this is my favourite album ever. It just sounds like something that aliens brought and left here, it sounds like a field recording from some kind of deep part of a mountain, it just sounds so natural that it hard to fault. The production is incredible, so unique, and the music is at once uplifting and melancholy. Just amazing.

4. Bjork - Vespertine
She did it again. Cohesive, beautiful songs. Hidden Place is just so emotional and intimate.

5. Machine Translations - Venus Traps Fly
My favourite Australian musician, a close run between this album and 'Happy', but I think as an album this is more solid. A very experimental but accessible pop song craftsman.

6. Songs Ohia: Magnolia Electric Co.
This is the point where he crossed the line from melancholy acoustic alt-country, to rockin melancholy alt-country. Both are amazing, but I love this middle point. Check out other stuff under the Songs: Ohia moniker, but also he works under 'Jason Molina' and 'Magnolia Electric Co' as band names.

7. Mogwai - Rock Action
Incredible production, incredible songs. An emotional ride.


8. Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
I really wanted to pick the self-titled album, but it was one year too early, but this album is fantastic too. If you haven't heard Pinback, check em out. A curious blend of electronica, intertwining guitars and gorgeous harmonies. Some songs break your heart without knowing why.

9. Silver Ray - This is Silver Ray
An Aussie band that I don't think play any more, but supported Nick Cave on one tour. Instrumental, rollicking, majestic three piece band. They don't soar like Godspeed or make your ears bleed like Mogwai, but they bring in spaghetti western sounds with lots of reverb, piano, and overdriven guitar. It's a travesty these guys didn't get bigger.

10. LTJ Bukem - Any of the Progression Sessions, let's say, Live Japan.
Bukem just kills it, and I've probably listened to more live sets of his than any other types of music.
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Wicked write up Dboy!

Had I read this shit in a music store, I would have bought the LP's I don't already own.

Along with Mr. Valuetime's "decade" post - post of the year for me. Always awesome to hear about someone equally knowledgeable and passionate about their music.
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Man this is hard!!!!
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Shouldn't this be in the music section, you are cluttering the off topic board FFS

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nice write up D, should submit it to beat or inpress, deserves more readers
DBoy wrote: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (2006)
RHCP are my favorite band of all time. What an epic tale their story is. I think this album was underrated by RHCP fans because it was so popular to the wider audience. The concert off the back of this album was one of the best of the decade. Better than the One Hot Minute tour I went to 10 years earlier. These guys are the masters - of everything. I don't even know how to describe how I feel about their music, attitude, story, drama, saga, books and really, their music! Originally this was going to be 3 albums over 6 months - it ended up as 2 discs of pure production mastery. Always subtle, always different to anything else - always doing it their way.
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John Frusciante wrote:When I quit the band, over a year ago, we were on an indefinite hiatus. There was no drama or anger involved, and the other guys were very understanding. They are supportive of my doing whatever makes me happy and that goes both ways.

To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction. Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band, and doing so with those people in particular. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone, and being my own engineer.

I really love the band and what we did. I understand and value that my work with them means a lot to many people, but I have to follow my interests. For me, art has never been something done out of a sense of duty. It is something I do because it is really fun, exciting, and interesting. Over the last 12 years, I have changed, as a person and artist, to such a degree that to do further work along the lines I did with the band would be to go against my own nature. There was no choice involved in this decision. I simply have to be what I am, and have to do what I must do.

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ooooh good thread d! will participate

we did this recently- listed our all time fave albums. albums that were crucial, formative. or linked very strongly to good memories, the ones you replaced because you actually wore them out

also wrote the list of people you'd have at a dinner party. list is cracking and continues to progress.
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Hard as hell to do, and lots left out. Could have written a lot more about each and why but who is going to read it. Was just as important to go through the process, was a good night of earphone love.

Al: I had just read they were back I the studio as of October... Wonder wat the next twist will be...
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Hard as hell indeed! I wrote mine down at a party the other week when having this same discussion.

Mine were:

1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
2. Cornelius - Point (2001)
3. Jimmy Luxury - My True Love Is... (Hip Hop) (2001)
4. High Contrast - True Colours (2002)
5. Ils - Soul Trader (2002)
6. Plump DJs - Eargasm (2003)
7. Tipper - Relish the Trough (2005)
8. Trentemoller - The Last Resort (2006)
9. Skream - Skream! (2006)
10. Modeselektor - Happy Birthday! (2007)
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This took me a while. Not a very productive day at work I'm afraid. It also didn't really come together how I wanted. I was planning on putting some bunch of Drum and Bass and Hip Hop on there to show how well rounded I was, but it just didn't work out like that. All my influential albums in those realms were pre-2000 I think. Especially for drum and bass by the time 2000 rolled round I was very much single driven.

It's really a pretty generic chart I think? Oh well.

My top 11 most influential albums from 2000-2009:

The Black Seeds - Keep on Pushing (Loop, 2001)

My summers of dub were in 2000 and 2001 (before Fat Freddies Drop) and were squarely located in Takaka. The album that got thrashed was the Black Seeds' Keep on Pushing (although we had some of the stuff before the album came out on singles or something I think?). It just reminds me of lying on a deck drinking a crate with my only problem being if we would be straight enough to wander down to the pub later on. We always made it incidentally. Gold stars all round.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Flaming Lips (Warner Bros, 2002)

Such an amazing album, friends just saw them live in London and I am very jealous. This is just one of those albums for me that pops up every few years or so just to say "you forgot about me but I'm still awesome". And I just have to take it, because it is.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Aquasky vs. Masterblaster :: Beat the System (Botchit & Scarper, 2002)

I think Death in Vegas subconsciously introduced me to breaks, but this hooked me. I picked it up randomly at Galaxy records in Christchurch and got so much shit from all my friends for playing it at home. I was right though because they all came round eventually. Notch on the old belt. High fives all round. Disco Biscuit is still my favorite tune, but the whole thing is mad. If this wasn't on the list then it and You can be Special Too would be replaced by drum and bass albums, no doubt.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Evil Nine :: You Can Be Special Too (Marine Parade, 2004)

I used to be totally obsessed with Evil Nine. True story. When this came out Marine Parade's distributor liquidated and only so many got into the country. Nobody really knew what was going on. Anyway I can remember getting a copy and pretty much just playing it back to back at out weekly night nobody ever came to that just happened to have a Funktion 1 sound system. Bliss.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Gorillaz (Parlophone, 2005)

I still think this is one of the best albums I have ever heard. It's just so polished, fits together so well and is so listenable. The first time I heard this I was "under the weather" and I can just remember freaking out as my friend Liam slammed it on and proceeded to dance round our living room acting out the songs. Probably one of the best days of my life. The whole anti band / fictional band thing works well too. I am so gutted I never got to see the hologram show.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Trentemoller :: The Last Resort (Poker Flat, 2006)

Such a moody, eclectic, well produced deep piece of electronica. Totally not what you would expect from him at the time either, coming after a barrage of club hits. If you haven't heard this I really suggest you give it a listen. This, to me, is what I think deep dubstep is to many. I suppose this as much as anything else signifies my move from Breaks into the whole wide world of good music rather than a genre pigeon hole. Not that I ever really played much of it out of the house, apart from Nightwalker.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.


Booka Shade - Movements (Get Physical, 2006)
I feel a bit weird putting this on the list because Booka Shade is the epitome of One Love house I suppose. But damn this is an awesome album. If you really want you could just pretend In White Rooms and Night Falls aren't on there, but I don't do that. This was the fun side to the Trentemoller minimal that rounded out my 2006.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Kala, M.I.A. (Interscope, 2007)

Incredible album. Overdid it a bit early on, but I've come back. I think M.I.A is really a bit of a cock from the interviews I've seen with her, but hats off for this album. I don't understand why Switch won't make more stuff like this and less boompty. My best memory would have to be cruising round Auckland blasting this like a total bogan doing actions to Paper Planes. Man I was tough. 20 Dollar is still the best though.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Hot Chip :: Made in the Dark (EMI, 2008)

Mad, mad, mad, mad. By far the highest number of listens of anything on my iPod. Also one of the only things I'll sing along to in the car with my girlfriend. I really can't stress how much I like this.

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (DFA, 2007)
This was originally a project for Nike which was released as a mix to run to on the Nike+ website I think. I am just utterly spellbound by the whole thing to be honest, it's just a perfect album mix even though it isn't really either. This, Lindstrom and Pillooski were the soundtrack to a six months of overnight bus trips in Asia and Central America (I only found it late 2008). This is by far my favorite of anything LCD Soundsystem has done. I love the whole thing but Part 3 is my favorite. Fuck me it's good if you listen to the whole thing loud. When those bells come in!! OH MY GOD!

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Noze :: Songs on Rocks (Get Physical, 2008)
This album is insane. It reminds me some sort of mad nu-polka house shit having an unfortunate run in with a drunken part retarded frenchie and a dancing bear playing accordion. I really really like it. Childhood blues is actually my favorite off the album even though it isn't so dancey. You Have to Dance is also rad mostly because, well, you do I suppose (Kitchen is the only video I could find.)

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

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Hmmm...this is my crack at it. I'm surely allowed to edit them right?

(in no particular order)

1. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) - Madlib & Doom what more can you ask for?
2. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002) - This album is definitely original.
3. Burial - Burial (2006) - Simply stunning production that evokes emotion.
4. Bias B - In Bed With Bias B (2003) - Everyone loved Hilltop, I chose Bias instead.
5. Étienne de Crécy - Tempovision (2002) - Modern French Blues, its so good.
6. Into The Moat - By Design (2005) - TDM at its finest. Classical guitar passages to Doom. \m/
7. Booka Shade - Movements (2006) - Very versatile and can be played anywhere, anytime.
8. Santogold - Santogold (2008) - Great vocalist with awesome hooks. Diplo smashes it.
9. Deftones - White Pony (2000) - Probably their best album, easily debatable though...
10. The Dead Weather - Horehound (2009) - Gritty and raw and fun all at the same time.

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James - whats wrong with Night Falls and In White Rooms. I reckon they aiiight.
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In no order.

Deftones - White Pony (2000). Good call Amick. Elite NEVER fails to get my blood runnin

The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta (2006). What I consider the best punk album released this decade.

The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004). Brilliant.

Only Crime - Virulence (2007).

London Elektricity - Power Ballads (2005). Basically one of the few albums that has defined my taste in dnb over the last four or so years.

Klute - Lie, Cheat and Steal (2003). Epic album.

Matrix & Futurebound - Universal Truth (2007). One that I always go back to and will continue to go back to.

Mistabishi - Drop (2009). In spite of the crap surrounding Mistabishis inability to mix, this album is a masterpiece.

Sum 41 - Chuck (2004).

The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002). Best thing to come out of UK hiphop in forever.
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As I said I love them, but I know lots of people don't.
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LOVED reading that James.
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+ 100 points for dboy and jbs imo
loved reading that
im trying to compile something now.
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nic wrote:+ 100 points for dboy and jbs imo
loved reading that
im trying to compile something now.
Good luck, Nic!
I think I'll just twiddle my fingers - not enough time in the week to put up something as worthily explained as this! ;)
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D, thank you for providing the inspiration, I had a fun couple of days revisiting the last 10 years. Here's mine:

Klute - Fear of People (2000)

A kid I used to know left this record at my house one day with a bunch of other tunes in around 2000. I had never heard of Klute before, but the name of the album intrigued me, so I threw it on. Instantly I was drawn in by the crisp drums, the lush synths, and the unique sound that Klute always represents. Still pushing the envelope in 2009, I don't think he has topped Fear of People: minimal yet diverse, beautiful yet with an undercurrent of menace.

Aesop Rock - Labor Days (2001)

Aesop Rock had showed glimpses of brilliance on Music for Earthworms, Appleseed and Float, but Labor Days was the first time the beats came together with concept for an entire full-length, causing swelling in the jeans of hipsters everywhere. "All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day put the pieces back together my way" became my theme music for more than a year when this dropped. This is an album with very few weaknesses. Musings on the nature of life and work, truly beautiful portraits of life in New York, battle raps, and the whimsy of the stunning "No Regrets" come together on this album, expanding the artistic palette of hip hop without the accompanying self-consciousness that relegated crews like Anticon to side-show status.

Groundation - Hebron Gate (2002)

Around the middle of the decade I was thrashing reggae non-stop. Chantdown Babylon every Saturday afternoon, More Fire every month at Deep 11, loving everything from Sizzla to Jah Cure to Midnite Band. Groundation appealed to the real music lover in me: a 9-piece band fronted by one of the most distinctive voices in music, singing songs of freedom and spirituality with a blend of joy and righteous anger. More accessible than many of the Caribbean-based reggae artists, they provided the soundtrack to many a recovery session and lazy weekend afternoon. This gets the nod over other Groundation releases thanks to the guest appearance by Con Carlos and the Congos, the overriding theme of war, and the relaxed, floating brilliance of songs like "Babylon Rule Dem."

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

When this was released many long term fans criticised this album, claiming the band's creative development had stalled somewhere between Kid A and Amnesia, but I prefer it to both those albums. The haunting intro to "Sit Down, Stand Up," Thom Yorke's declaration that "something big is gonna happen" on "Go To Sleep," and the beautiful "Where I End and You Begin" are all classic moments that elevate this record above Radiohead's other work this decade.

MF Doom - Viktor Vaughn the Vaudeville Villain (2003)

Rap records with cartoon samples had been done before, but none quite on the level of this. When I first copped this album, I listened to it a few times then went interstate for a couple of weeks - by the time I returned I was desperate for another listen. Doom's word play while telling actual coherent stories on this record is pure genius, with suitably sinister spooky beats setting off the tales of crime and mayhem. People talk about Slick Rick, Scarface, and Biggy as the best story-telling rhymers in the game, but to me none can touch Doom on this record.

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

I didn't want to include two releases by the same artist on this list, but I couldn't resist - Doom really could do no wrong for a span of a year or more back around the middle of the decade. Madvillainy is an album full of songs that are great by themselves; together the sum is even greater than the parts. It's a testament to Doom and Madlib that they can create an album with no theme, full of tracks that barely hold a consistent theme even within the individual track, yet as a whole this stands up as one of the best. The biggest strength of this record is the imagery it conjures up, Doom's constant stream of quotables teaming with Madlib's samples and occasional raps to paint vivid pictures that come to mind whenever I hear the words "Figaro," "Fancy Clown" or "Meat Grinder."

Kenny Larkin - The Narcissist (2004)

Detroit techno sure changed a lot since Cybotron's "Clear." Kenny Larkin took time out from his work as a comedian to throw together The Narcissist, a deep-listening album that highlights Larkin's sense of humour as well as skill in constructing sophisticated, sensual sounds. Sparse and minimal yet lush and organic, for me the record peaks on "A Part of Me," a track best listened to while staring confusedly into a mirror after a two day binge (may or may not have happened).

El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead (2007)

Definitive Jux has had a hell of a decade. Founded just before 2000, the label has seen a string of critically acclaimed releases from artists like Cage, Cannibal Ox, RJD2 and Rob Sonic. The pinnacle came in 2007 when El-P dropped his fourth solo record, I'll Sleep When You're Dead. El took the futuristic throwback hip hop production he developed on Fantastic Damage and perfected it, combined with some of the most complex, thoughtful and original raps ever written. Every time I listen to this record, as the last strains of "Poisenville Kids" fade out, I'm left feeling empty, as though nothing I listen to next is going to come close.

Fanu - Daylightless (2007)

D&B was the genre I listened to most over the last 10 years, but trying to identify a full album that has the consistency and durability of some of the great 90's releases is tough. The one I've settled on couldn't be more different stylistically from those classics - where Adam F's Colours and Goldie's Timeless conjure up images of sun filled cafes and cruises along Beach Road, listening to Fanu's Daylightless is more like walking through a city minutes after a volcanic eruption has buried the dwellings and citizens in tonnes of ash and molten rock.

I remember one Friday night at around 2am on the way to Mount Hotham, halfway up the mountain I popped this in the deck. Outside of the car was black, with ghostly white tree shapes looming suddenly from the dark and snow falling heavily. Daylightless was the perfect soundtrack. After about 30 seconds my mate turned to me with a grin and said "this music...you planned this didn't you." A resounding endorsement if ever I've heard one!

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I always thought Badu had a soulful voice and demeanour, but I first started really taking notice of her lyrics after hearing her on "Liberation" off Outkast's Aquemini album, where she rips on fame and life in the music industry. New Amerykah Part One takes things a step further, with deeply personal and political poetry unheard of from a mainstream female R&B / pop singer. The force of the lyrics is matched by the understated power of the backing music - a blend of funk, soul, hip hop and jazz that rewards repeated listens. This is not a mainstream album by any stretch of the imagination, yet somehow experienced relative commercial success.
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fuck that is hard..

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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k cuz on tour would have been there for me...


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I had it in to start! Clarified the rules, no need, no disrespect!

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so simple even kiwis & pete can follow it :teef:
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Well I don't think Pete is quite there yet.
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Here are (IMO) the worst albums that were released in the last decade. I haven’t listened to any of them, so if they are actually any good, please feel free to correct me.


Crazy Frog: ‘Crazy Hits’ (2005)

My god I wanted to stab the snowboarder 'dude' I shared a room with at Falls Creek during the 2005 season; part of the reason was the fact that he sang ‘crazy frog’ all winter. I’ve forgotten how the song goes… I think I’ve blacked it out post-traumatic stylez… all I remember is him going brrrrm brrrrrm brrrrrrm and me begging him to stfu. I’m pretty sure I could have gotten off with a charge of temporary insanity or even a plea of self-defence.

Geri Halliwell: ‘Scream If You Wanna Go Faster’ (2001)

Scream if you want to end up eating chocolate cake from George Michael’s rubbish bin before barfing it up and then telling everyone about it. Get a coke habit. Less mess, more classy. Just try and avoid that thing where the inside of your nostril dissolves and you end up looking like Michael Jackson.

Nickelback: ‘All The Right Reasons’ (2005)

One of my snowboard mates from Canada loved Nickelback. When I asked him why this was, he said that they came from the same town as him. That holds zero water with me. I come from Adelaide but I don’t rate paedophiles who stitch little children together before putting them in the deep freeze.

Black Eyed Peas: ‘The E.N.D’ (2009)

Seriously… what happened there? I still can’t quite work it out. From hip-hop cred to a formula band fronted by an ex meth-head who pisses herself onstage.

The Jonas Brothers: ‘A Little Bit Longer’ (2008)

I love the Southpark episode where Mickey Mouse beats up the Jonas Brothers. I don’t know anything else about them, but they all seem to look like John Mayer who is a massive tool so I can't help but think that this album sucks pretty badly.

Oasis: ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants’ (2000)

Standing on the shoulders of giants, taking a massive frothy greasy dump and passing it off as ‘music’. I’m guessing this is one of the albums on high rotation at Gitmo. I can see the poor inmates rocking back and forth with their hands over their ears while the talentless eyebrow brothers whine about Manchester defeating Liverpool last night. Take that shit to the Hague war crimes tribunal... the Geneva convention was pretty explicit when it came to torture.

Katie Price & Peter Andre: ‘A Whole New World’ (2006)

A whole new world, eh? Hey, here’s an idea. Why don’t you take the pink rocket-ship with the convertible roof and go visit this whole new world. Text us if it has an atmosphere.

Westlife: ‘Allow Us To Be Frank’ (2004)

I’d stick with ‘Westlife’ over Frank. But if you have your heart set on ‘Frank’, just head down to the deed poll office with a fist full of ID. You don’t need my approval.

Ashlee Simpson: ‘I Am Me’ (2005)

Rene Descartes has nothing on Ashlee Simpson, but her thesis on her qualification of her existence lacks evidence and is further confused by the fact that she mimes when performing live.

Kevin Federline: ‘Playing With Fire’ (2006)

Lol. The fact that he is now seen as a good dad cos his ex-wife is a certified nutter sets a new low for aspirational parenting.
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JAMESSSS wrote:Well I don't think Pete is quite there yet.
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Great thread, D!!! Too busy to do this proper, but here goes...

1. Kala - M.I.A. - Makes my head hurt at times, but I love it. Total car album.

2. Back To Black - AMY WINEHOUSE - I love it cuz it sounds so old...Mark Ronson = my fav producer.

3. Based On A True Story - FAT FREDDY’S DROP - Me luv reggae and this changed my perception on what reggae could be.

4. Melbourne Meets Kingston - MISTA SAVONA - Sent this back to my mates in the states and they said, whoah! Still bumps.

5. Since I Left You - THE AVALANCHES - Completely blew my mind on first listen and was the first full-length album I bought on vinyl in Oz. Still sounds like nobody else. So good live at this time, too.

6. Sounding A Mosaic - BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH - Catchy as and always gets me pumped. Such a great album. Basically, took over where Sublime finished for me. White boy reggae reprazent!!!

7. Baked, Broiled & Fried - COOKIN ON 3 BURNERS - Could have said The Bamboos, but I actually like CO3B more. Had most of this album on the various 7's that were out beforehand, but the whole package works that much better.

8. Version - MARK RONSON - Best cover album of all time. PERIOD! It's got everything. Ronson did nothing wrong on this one and every appearance was perfect. ODB on Toxic??? Touch of genius!

9. Tropidelico - THE QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA - Best latin-fused release on Tru Thoughts IMO. Rad because the vinyl came with the CD, too. Everyone was happy...still am!

10. Scissor Sisters - SCISSOR SISTERS - Just try not singing along at full volume to this one. CLASSIC!

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no dubstep albums? this list is a fraud imo
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Well they are lists of most important albums of the decade.
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supprised no one said burial... also supprised skream is there, that album wasnt his best stuff.
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Burial was my no.3, Skream's album was a disappointment.
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SNEAKY HANDS! Coming with the knowledge! Big ups! Great list and great read, to be discussed soon over a beer - maybe a listening session?

OB- almost put soundclash in - that gig at corner with you was a highlight too! And Melbourne meets Kingston- putting this town on the reggea map- huge! Well deserved place on the list.
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argh... i have the list but it needs more discussion

xmas hols tomorrow. will do when not chained to work desk getting smashed by incomings

best thread in a while imo
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I also wanted a go at this......

The Gemini Principle - dBridge. The producer that is responsible for my resurgent interest in DnB and first exposed me to the genius of Instra:mental.

Supermodified - Amon Tobin. Probably my favourite album of one my all time favourite artists. God bless Ninja Tunes.

Layered - Antibreak. Lumiere is one of the tunes of the decade. An amazing effort coming out of nowhere.

Burial - Burial. Just pure class.

The Hard Road - Hilltop Hoods. IMO when aussie hip hop could hold its head high.

That Much Closer to the Sun - Abakus. Cant wait to see what this guy deals up at Rainbow.

Fat Freddy's Drop - Live at the Matterhorn. Blew me away when I first heard this, loved it and still love their versions of tracks on this better than subsequent album versions.

Michael Franti & Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers.
St Germain - Tourist

doesnt really count but Anthony Pappa - Nu Breed (Global Underground) cause it was the soundtrack of my life for the beginning of the naughties.

Honourable mentions go to live sets that have blown me away since 2000. I know who they are.
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I am thinking about doing a 10 mixes one now too. Although I would probably inlcude 4 of my own mixes cause they are so important to me.
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obliveus wrote: 5. Since I Left You - THE AVALANCHES - Completely blew my mind on first listen and was the first full-length album I bought on vinyl in Oz. Still sounds like nobody else. So good live at this time, too.
nice work OB1, not finished my list yet but this way on there at number 1.
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DBoy wrote:I am thinking about doing a 10 mixes one now too. Although I would probably inlcude 4 of my own mixes cause they are so important to me.
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I'm definitely going to have a crack at this too, now that I am on holidays. Nice thread D. Agreed on taking on the mixes as well, needs to be done.
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I want to spend hours on my post for this!! :lol: this is the best BEST thinking i could ever do. wicked thread d.
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great_magnet wrote:I'm definitely going to have a crack at this too, now that I am on holidays. Nice thread D. Agreed on taking on the mixes as well, needs to be done.
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In no particular order

Nubreed - The Original (2004)
Best breaks artist album I own, no question. One of the first breaks acts that sucked me in, and my favourite one. Led the way to a complete breakbeat obsession and Djing. Musical Hardon. :smt007

Skunkhour - The Go (2001)
I heard 'Home' on JJJ Hottest 100 and fell in love with Shunkhour. This album them led me to the other ones. Funky as fuck, hottest bass guitar, uplifting, really warm music.

Florence + The Machine (2009)
This woman is just so amazing, her voice, her lyrics and her music.
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Mark Rae - Inside the Depths (2004)
Amazing female vocals in couple of these tunes, crisp, thick beats and more positive, warm, 'happy' music. Investigated Mark Rae after hearing a Rae & Christian compilation, and fell in love.

Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story (2006)
As said above. Kicked me into Dub land, very happily too. Pure lushness. A million thanks cuzzy's.

Marky - In Rotation (2004)
I was SO greatful for this album. I wasnt into Dnb, Id had Andy C, Grooverider and Hype thrown at me and it was not at all what I needed to begin the education. Then a mate presented my ears with THIS! KAPOW Scotty!!! :wink: My dnb cherry was properly popped, and the enjoyment continued.

Beth Orton - Central Reservation (1999, its pushing the date, but its a technicality)
She and her music are just so beautiful. Have a way of calming me down if im being a bit nuts.

Jurassic 5 - Feedback (2005)
Never get sick of this. Grabbed me right from the start, which then started me listening to something other than breaks. <3 Hip Hop

Zero 7 - Simple Things (2001)
Such a wicked album to listen too, in any occasion. It makes me feel good.

Correct entry
Hybrid - Morning Sci-Fi (2003)

Uugghh, just so good. Drive too, dance too, shag too, chill out too, mong too........

REAL entry
Lucas Chan - Melbourne beats mix 2005

Whilst its not an album, it could be if it wanted to be. NO album above does what this perfect 45 minutes does. I can take it however I want too at the time, it trigger whatever emotion I need it too at the time, I cant get over it. Both brb and me have listened to this the more times in the 4 years than anything else BY FAR :!: :!: Nothing compares so far. :angel3: :smt007 :smt007

Thanks for the thread D, been a nice time reflecting on the awesomeness of music.
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lol, i wish i'd jumped in earlier on this, most of mine are double ups on other people
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yer - but i want to read your reasons MR.jay.
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it's too hard not to include compilations so i may have to ignore that criteria..

is this ok gatekeeper? there are a couple of albums i have to have- crucial influence and sick production

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as you please lady. But i got to say, production albums and mixes are 2 totally different things. Top 10 mixes would change the shape totally for me too. include them by all means, would love to see what is on your list.
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love from the gatekeeper...
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lol

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DJ Food - Kaleidoscope
At once funny, swinging, romantic, dark, noisy and real spooky. An album title was never so apt. Minitoka makes everything better. Trust me.

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Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
Scotland's psychedelic synth weavers ditch the glitch and come out sounding like I Am The Walrus. 1969 in the sunshine indeed.

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Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
The unbeatable Toronto post rock behemoth DMST at their finest. Music doesn't get much better than this.

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Shadow Huntaz - Corrupt Data
Imagine Autechre meets Wu Tang. Actually it's Dutch IDM duo Funckarma with US emcees Non-genetic, Breaff and Dream. And they sure don't hold back anything. Amazing production, twisted synths and dark atmospheres over solid beats and quality rhyming. What's most surprising is that we don't hear more groups attempting anything similar.

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Lali Puna - Faking The Books
No one does dead pan quite like the Germans. Melodic indie rock and electronics, with so much subtely and restraint but still bursting with energy.

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Savath Y Savalas - Apropa't
aka Prefuse 73. After having already blown us away with One Word Extinguisher, Guillermo Scott Herren showed us what he's made of. This is one of the lushest and warmest albums I've heard. Beautifully recorded acoustic instruments and vocals, topped with sparkling electronics that any Prefuse fan would recognise.

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Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
While not as consistent a listen as his previous albums, it's probably the best stylistic summary of Four Tet's direction. Here the music escapes the shoegazing and throws its hands in the air. Sun, Drums and Soil is an ecstatic sprint to paradise, while Smile Around Your Face gives you exactly that.

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Burial - Untrue
Surely needs no explanation.

Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan
While producing this album of John Zorn's music, Trey Spruance got bit by the arrangement muse and just couldn't stop. Thank god. This is arguably both the best Secret Chiefs album and the best interpretation of Zorn's Masada pieces. Spaghetti Western, jazz, metal and Bollywood go together like never before.

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Portishead - Third
Defying all expectations, Portishead dropped the signature trip hop beats and embraced the sounds of Krautrock and early industrial. Not the most people-friendly album, but their desire to escape the coffee table crowd was fairly clear. I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

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Lephrenic wrote: Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan
While producing this album of John Zorn's music, Trey Spruance got bit by the arrangement muse and just couldn't stop. Thank god. This is arguably both the best Secret Chiefs album and the best interpretation of Zorn's Masada pieces. Spaghetti Western, jazz, metal and Bollywood go together like never before.
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No particular order:

Sodastream - A Minor Revival: Not sure what to say about this album except it was the first one I thought of when I started the list. Again I can't really specify what it is about the album but it would probably make my Top 10 of all time.

LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver:

Fat Freddy's Drop - Live at Matterhorn: The first modern dub album I listened to and I was instantly smitten. Based on a True Story may be a more accomplished record but this one had more depth and feeling, IMO.

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Eddy Current Supression Ring: Killer rock song, after killer rock song. These frankston lads reminded me how fucking amazing rock can be.

Burial - Untrue: no expansion needed here.

Beirut - Flying Club Cup: I have been digging quite a bit of the hipster/alt folk thingy with animal collective, broken social scene, tunng etc. but this release of Beirut's is my absolute favourite of the whole group. Drawing on many world influences (including um-pa-pa!) this record is simply a masterpiece.

Joanna Newsom - Milk-eyed Mender: I'm firmly in the "love her" side of the room. Can't wait to see her later this month.

Tony Allen - Afro Disco Beat: The master drummer brings afro-beat to the new generation, and he does it without sounding old or stale. (Seeing him live, last year, was one of my 2 favourite gigs of the year.)

Peaches - Teaches of Peaches: Perfect example of sleazy "electro" that gets everybody shaking booty. So dirty that I get excited just typing these sentences.

Now I have 9 entries, choosing a 10th from the shortlist may never happen.

Can't have mixes in this thread - needs a seperate one.
Last edited by quiet roar on Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:08 pm, edited 6 times in total.
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