Sunday, December 27, 2009

Alex B's Top 20 of the 2000s

1. Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2001/2002)

2. Outkast “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” (2003)

3. The Postal Service “Give Up” (2002)

4. Kanye West “Late Registration” (2005)

5. Whiskeytown “Pneumonia” (2001)

6. The Arcade Fire “Funeral” (2004)

7. Jens Lekman “Night Falls Over Kortedala” (2007)

8. Belle & Sebastian “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” (2003)

9. Bon Iver “For Emma, Forever Ago” (2008)

10. Sufjan Stevens “Come on Feel the Illinoise” (2005)

11. The Dirty Projectors “Bitte Orca” (2009)

12. St. Vincent “Actor” (2009)

13. M. Ward “Transistor Radio” (2005)

14. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings “Dap Dippin’ With” (2002)

15. Fleet Foxes “Fleet Foxes” (2008)

16. The Roots “Phrenology” (2002)

17. The White Stripes “Elephant” (2003)

18. The Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” (2002)

19. The Promise Ring “Wood/Water” (2002)

20. Beirut “The Flying Cub Cup” (2007)

1 comment:

Jes Z said...

I'm glad to see that Outkast has a spot! However, I'd like to add a few songstresses:

Eryka Badu, Mama's Gun (2000)
Res, How I Do (2001)
Neko Case, Blacklisted (2002)
Le Tigre, Feminist Sweepstakes (2001)
Aimee Mann, Live at St. Anne's Warehouse (2004)
Karen O, Fever to Tell (2003)
Ms. Kittin (Caroline Herve), Kittenz and Thee Glitz (2001)
Beth Gibbons, Portishead Live at Roseland NYC
Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
Margo Timmons, Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Revisites (2007)

As I compiled this list I realized that I'm still pretty stuck in the 90's. ;-)

jes