Best music of the decade

December 16, 2009





Tool's 2001 masterpiece, 'Lateralus'



The best albums of the decade, a personal list.


100 Social Distortion – Sex, Love and Rock and Roll ('04)

99 Arcade Fire – Neon Bible ('07)

98 Beck – The Information ('06)

97 The Headstones – The Oracle of Hi-Fi ('02)

96 Sloan – Pretty Together ('01)

95 The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America ('06)

94 Weezer – Maladroit ('02)

93 My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges ('08)

92 The Tragically Hip – In Violet Light ('02)

91 Paul McCartney – Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard ('05)

90 Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam ('06)

89 Finger Eleven – Finger Eleven ('04)

88 Radiohead – Amnesiac ('01)

87 Goldfinger – Open Your Eyes ('02)

86 Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs ('08)

85 The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow ('03)

84 The Who – Endless Wire ('06)

83 The Suicide Machines – War Profiteering is Killing Us All ('05)

82 The White Stripes – Elephant ('03)

81 System of a Down – Mezmerize ('05)

80 My Morning Jacket – Z ('06)

79 The Killers – Sam's Town ('06)

78 Korn – Untouchables ('02)

77 Bruce Springsteen – Magic ('07)

76 Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand ('04)

75 AFI – Sing the Sorrow ('03)

74 Face to Face – How to Ruin Everything ('02)

73 Stabbing Westward – Stabbing Westward ('01)

72 Rancid – Rancid ('00)

71 TV on the Radio – Dear Science ('08)

70 Tool – 10,000 Days ('06)

69 Samiam – Astray ('00)

68 Elbow – Seldom Seen Kid ('08)

67 Pennywise – The Fuse ('05)

66 Our Lady Peace – Gravity ('02)

65 Lagwagon – Resolve ('05)

64 Joe Strummer – Streetcore ('03)

63 My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge ('04)

62 Matthew Good – White Light, Rock and Roll Review ('04)

61 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ('06)

60 Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix ('09)

59 Brian Wilson – Smile ('04)

58 Rise Against – The Sufferer and the Witness ('06)

57 Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways ('06)

56 Midlake – The Trials of Van Occupanther ('06)

55 Gnarles Barkley – St. Elsewhere ('06)

54 Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light ('07)

53 Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head ('02)

52 Our Lady Peace – Spiritual Machines ('00)

51 Bruce Springsteen – The Rising ('02)

50 Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission ('06)

49 The Tragically Hip – We Are the Same ('09)

48 Bad Religion – The Empire Strikes First ('04)

47 The Living End – Roll On ('01)

46 Bob Dylan – Modern Times ('06)

45 Hot Chip – The Warning ('06)

44 Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full ('07)

43 Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Stadium Arcadium ('06)

42 Offspring – Conspiracy of One ('00)

41 Sloan – Action Pact ('03)

40 Radiohead – Kid A ('00)

39 Deftones – White Pony ('00)

38 Beck – Modern Guilt ('08)

37 Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory ('00)

36 Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend ('08)

35 AFI – The Art of Drowning ('00)

34 Korn – See You on the Other Side ('05)

33 The Strokes – Is This It ('01)

32 Less Than Jake – GNV FLA ('08)

31 System of a Down – Toxicity ('01)

30 Pennywise – From the Ashes ('03)

29 The Hold Steady – Stay Positive ('08)

28 The Tea Party – The Interzone Mantras ('01)

27 The Watchmen – Slomotion ('01)

26 Lagwagon – Blaze ('03)

25 The Shins – Oh, Inverted World ('01)

24 Radiohead – In Rainbows ('07)

23 Cold War Kids – Loyalty to Loyalty ('08)

22 Green Day – American Idiot ('04)

21 The Killers – Hot Fuss ('04)

20 Billy Talent – Billy Talent II ('06)

19 Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes ('08)

18 My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves ('03)

17 Audioslave - Audioslave ('02)

16 The Tragically Hip – Music at Work ('00)

15 Bad Religion – The Process of Belief ('02)

14 Doves – Some Cities ('05)

13 Ill Scarlett – All Day with It ('07)

12 MGMT – Oracular Spectacular ('08)

11 Metallica – Death Magnetic ('08)

10 Matthew Good – Hospital Music ('07)

9 Sloan – Never Hear the End of It ('06)

8 Beck – Sea Change ('02)

7 The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth ('06)

6 Wolfmother – Wolfmother ('05)

5 The Tragically Hip – World Container ('06)

4 Finger Eleven – The Greyest of Blue Skies ('00)

3 Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American ('01)

2 Matthew Good – Avalanche ('03)

1 Tool – Lateralus ('01)




2000 - 11

2001 - 10

2002 - 12

2003 - 10

2004 - 9

2005 - 9

2006 - 18

2007 - 7

2008 - 12

2009 - 2


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