Best music of the decade
December 16, 2009
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