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[Rocha]

Pitchfork's top-200 of the 2000s

200. Jay Reatard- Blood Visions
199. Deerhoof- Apple O'
198. Boris- Akuma No Uta
197. Yeasayer- All Hour Cymbals
196. William Basinski- The Disintegration Loops
195. Bonnie "Prince" Billy- The Letting Go
194. Pulp- We Love Life
193. Devendra Benhart- Rejoicing in the Hands
192. Art Brut- Bang Bang Rock & Roll
191. Air- Talkie Walkie

190. Elliott Smith- Figure 8
189. Jamie Lidell- Multiply
188. M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
187. Stars of the Lid- The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
186. The Thermals- The Body, The Blood, The Machine
185. Scarface- The Fix
184. Vitalic- OK Cowboy
183. Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
182. Max Tundra- Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
181. Andrew Bird- Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

180. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
179. Camera Obscura- Let's Get Out of This Country
178. Lil Wayne- Tha Carter II
177. Broadcast- The Noise Made By People
176. The Mountain Goats- Tallahassee
175. Various Artists- Total 3
174. Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
173. Herbert- Bodily Functions
172. Constantines- Shine a Light
171. The Go! Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike

170. Bright Eyes- Fevers and Mirrors
169. Common- Like Water for Chocolate
168. Califone- Roots and Crowns
167. Annie- Anniemal
166. Jim O'Rourke- Insignificance
165. Ricardo Villalobos- Alcachofa
164. Les Savy Fav- Rome (Written Upside Down) EP
163. DJ /rupture- Uproot
162. Wu-Tang Clan- The W
161. Air France- No Way Down

160. Deerhunter- Cryptograms
159. Girl Talk- Night Ripper
158. Destroyer- Destroyer's Rubies
157. Lightning Bolt- Wonderful Rainbow
156. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
155. Clipse- Lord Willin'
154. Ghostface Killah- The Pretty Toney Album
153. Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over Kortedala
152. Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein
151. The Walkmen- Bows and Arrows

150. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
149. Tough Alliance- A New Chance
148. Erlend Øye- DJ Kicks
147. T.I.- King
146. My Morning Jacket- Z
145. Fiery Furnaces- Blueberry Boat
144. Andrew W.K.- I Get Wet
143. The Decemberists- Picaresque
142. Primal Scream- XTRMNTR
141. Neko Case- Blacklisted

140. TV on the Radio- Dear Science
139. Love Is All- Nine Times That Same Song
138. The Libertines- Up the Bracket
137. Iron & Wine- The Creek Drank the Cradle
136. No Age- Weirdo Rippers
135. Sigur Ros- ()
134. Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
133. Erykah Badu- New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War
132. Hercules and the Love Affair- Hercules and the Love Affair
131. The Notwist- Neon Golden

130. Clipse- We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 2
129. The Streets- A Grand Don't Come for Free
128. Life Without Buildings- Any Other City
127. Sleater-Kinney- The Woods
126. Mastodon- Leviathan
125. The Books- Thought for Food
124. PJ Harvey- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
123. Four Tet- Rounds
122. Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
121. Broadcast- Haha Sound

120. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- The Tyranny of Distance
119. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
118. The Beta Band- Hot Shots II
117. Low- Things We Lost in the Fire
116. Michael Mayer- Immer
115. The Shins- Oh, Inverted World
114. Cam'ron- Purple Haze
113. LCD Soundsystem- LCD Soundsystem
112. Feist- The Reminder
111. M83- Saturdays = Youth

110. The National- Boxer
109. Band of Horses- Everything All the Time
108. Sonic Youth- Murray Street
107. Justice- †
106. Caribou- Up in Flames
105. Battles- Mirrored
104. The Postal Service- Give Up
103. M.I.A./Diplo- Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1
102. The Mountain Goats- The Sunset Tree
101. Franz Ferdinand- Franz Ferdinand

100. ...And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Dead- Source Tags & Codes
99. Lil Wayne- Da Drought 3
98. Cat Power- You Are Free
97. The Dismemberment Plan- Change
96. Spoon- Girls Can Tell
95. Grizzly Bear- Yellow House
94. Mclusky- Mclusky Do Dallas
93. 2 Many DJs- As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2
92. Björk- Vespertine
91. The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic

90. Jay Z- The Black Album
89. Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary
88. The Wrens- The Meadowlands
87. Kanye West- Graduation
86. Belle and Sebastian- The Life Pursuit
85. Gas- Pop
84. Super Furry Animals- Rings Around the World
83. Joanna Newsom- Ys
82. Beck- Sea Change
81. Hot Chip- The Warning

80. The Clientele- Suburban Light
79. Justin Timberlake- FutureSex/LoveSounds
78. No Age- Nouns
77. Missy Elliott- Miss E... So Addictive
76. Junior Boys- Last Exit
75. Ghostface Killah- Fishscale
74. The White Stripes- Elephant
73. The Microphones- The Glow, Pt. 2
72. Sleater-Kinney- One Beat
71. Portishead- Third

70. Sufjan Stevens- Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
69. Liars- Drum's Not Dead
68. Robyn- Robyn
67. The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
66. J Dilla- Donuts
65. Godpseed You Black Emperor!- Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven
64. The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls in America
63. Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
62. Dizzee Rascal- Boy in Da Corner
61. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours

60. Exploding Hearts- Guitar Romantic
59. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- Hearts of Oak
58. The Field- From Here We Go Sublime
57. The Rapture- Echoes
56. Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
55. Animal Collective- Feels
54. M.I.A.- Arular
53. Clinic- Internal Wrangler
52. Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury
51. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

50. Deerhunter- Microcastle
49. Antony and the Johnsons- I Am a Bird Now
48. The Hold Steady- Separation Sunday
47. Joanna Newsom- The Milk-Eyed Mender
46. The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow
45. Fugazi- The Argument
44. D'Angelo- Voodoo
43. Luomo- Vocal City
42. Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
41. Burial- Untrue

40. The National- Alligator
39. Boredoms- Vision Creation Newsun
38. Phoenix- It's Never Been Like That
37. Yo la Tengo- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
36. The Streets- Original Pirate Material
35. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
34. Radiohead- Amnesiac
33. Basement Jaxx- Rooty
32. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
31. TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain

30. Boards of Canada- Geogaddi
29. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
28. Kanye West- The College Dropout
27. Animal Collective- Sung Tongs
26. Fennesz- Endless Summer
25. Madvillian- Madvilliany
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell
23. Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It in People
22. M.I.A.- Kala
21. Radiohead- In Rainbows

20. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
19. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
18. Kanye West - Late Registration
17. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
16. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
15. The Knife - Silent Shout
14. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
13. OutKast - Stankonia
12. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
11. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

10. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
7. The Strokes - Is This It
6. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antartica
5. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Daft Punk - Discovery
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
1. Radiohead - Kid A

Shrug. I mean, a list of 200 you could always pick apart. That site also typically has no ear at all for anything heavy.

[rightbug]

Yeah, it's a good list for sparking discussion but some of their choices are head scratchers...

-- How do you list two albums by Ted Leo but leave Shake The Sheets off? Shake The Sheets doesn't even crack their top 200? It's in my top ten and might even be at the top of my list.

-- Modest Mouse has made two absolutely brilliant records in the past decade but The Moon & Antartica is not one of them. Seriously, Good News For People Who Like Bad News doesn't crack the top 200 at all? But Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca comes in at 56th?!

-- I appreciate all of the love for Spoon but it's curious that Gimmie Fiction isn't among the list of Spoon albums they choose to include. It's become my favorite Spoon album.

-- LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver ranks higher than their first album?! Madness. Sound of Silver is complete shit while the first album is pretty great.

-- The following four albums should be ranked higher:

174. Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
171. The Go! Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike
158. Destroyer- Destroyer's Rubies
150. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema

-- They are tooting their own horns by putting Arcade Fire's Funeral at number two. It was their hype that put the album on the map and, ironically, it was the subsequent popularity of the album that made people think Pitchfork was a great place to get new music recommendations. (I'm pretty neutral on Pitchfork myself. I've gotten good recommendations their in the past but they can be a bit much at times.) That said, while it's a good album, it doesn't belong anywhere near the top ten and, frankly, Neon Bible is a better album.

-- I'm still baffled at Shake The Sheets not making the list at all.

This post has been edited by rightbug: Oct 2 2009, 03:27 PM

[hoser]

Shrug. I mean, a list of 200 you could always pick apart. That site also typically has no ear at all for anything heavy.

Nope. Just like polka and country.

[rightbug]

Actually, let's revisit this one for a second...

150. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
91. The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic

This is one of those objectively wrong opinions that can only be held by a contrary douchebag looking to score points for being part of the Zero Cool, I Liked Them Before They Got Big crowd.

This is the reason people hate Pitchfork.

This post has been edited by rightbug: Oct 2 2009, 04:09 PM

[xcdudesquadloves...]

Like Agaetis in the top 10, but think () should should have been higher than 151. I thought Amnesiac was better than Kid A. I loved Moon & Antarctica but agree with Bug about Good News. Good list overall.

[hoser]

Yeah, I don't pay much heed to Pitchfork's opinion. Down with the hipsters! <shakes fist>

[Mike B.]

That list needs more Slaughter.

[the old mole]

Yeah, it's a good list for sparking discussion but some of their choices are head scratchers...

-- How do you list two albums by Ted Leo but leave Shake The Sheets off? Shake The Sheets doesn't even crack their top 200? It's in my top ten and might even be at the top of my list.

Shake the Sheets is definitely better than Hearts of Oak. So is Tyranny of Distance.

At least one album by Beach House should be on there (my pick would be Devotion), as well as Yha hamaraa by Paavoharju. Color Wheel by Growing should be on there, too. Oh, and Let it Come Down by Spiritualized, their last good album.

[Sed]

I own only one album on that list - QOTSA Songs For The Deaf. Hell, most of that list I've never even heard of.

[Puckforbrains]

[LisaLisa]

I'm a fan of this Japanese group, Do As Infinity, also known as D.A.I.. They often go for a big, epic sound, and have a great singer in Tomiko Van. They actually broke up a few years ago, but got back together last year and put out a new record this year.

D.A.I. They know a hook when they hear it, so step back because they will use it. I'm hoping xcdude can translate the title of this song for me. I figure a song featuring images of babies, flowers and mountains (and wild kitties) is about "Saving the Earth", or something environmentally-minded like that? I really love their music, so I don't care that I can't understand the language.

[DanTRQ]

FL's Yoshimi should have been higher than 67.

Kid A (to me, at least) was unlistenable.

[RufusTFirefly]

I loved Moon & Antarctica but agree with Bug about Good News. Good list overall.

I dunno I think that Moon and Antarctica and Lonesome Crowded West were their best albums.

And only 1 Bright Eyes record and no Death Cab? This list is poop! Pitchfork is annoying anyway.

[xcdudesquadloves...]

I dunno I think that Moon and Antarctica and Lonesome Crowded West were their best albums.

And only 1 Bright Eyes record and no Death Cab? This list is poop! Pitchfork is annoying anyway.

Agreed on Death Cab

[hoser]

some older and newer Mew

[Mike B.]

Who was it that mentioned Living Colour's new CD earlier in the thread - Sed? Anyone have any thoughts?

Just picked up tickets for their show in NYC on 10/30. Looking forward to it, hadn't realized that they'd been playing a lot together over the last few years. I saw them twice back in the early 90s, and they were unbelievable.

[Sed]

Who was it that mentioned Living Colour's new CD earlier in the thread - Sed? Anyone have any thoughts?

Yeah, it was me - haven't had a chance to get it yet, but I've been listening to Time's Up again an awful lot. Really glad that they're together again.

[Andy from the LE...]

Heh, what a coinkidink - I just ordered their new album off of Amazon (free shipping!).

Loved their first two records, I must say. I never had the good fortune of catching them live, but I did almost get into a fight with Vernon Reid.

No, seriously - He was playing with two other guitarists in some bizarre, artsy-fartsy avante garde fusion trio at the Knitting Factory, producing some of the most godawful drones and noise. His effects racks and amps of gear were stacked precariously high and unbalanced, leaning in all sorts of directions. Midway through the crap they were playing, his entire stack of Marshalls and effects falls right over, bringing the show to a screeching halt.

Being the classy guy that I am, I thought Mr. Reid and co. should have gone all the way and integrate this little disaster into the show. "Smash your guitar," I yelled out. Well, he didn't find my joke funny, and over the mic threatened to kick my ass. Being a 5'6", 170 lbs. ball of Russo-Puerto Rican fury, I, fueled no doubt by several alchoholic beverages, was unphazed at a threat from a tall black man (a musician - pfft), and yelled out, "Oh yeah, tough guy?"

Eventually, a bouncer got involved and told us both to calm down (suprisingly, I wasn't ejected) and after the gear was repaired, the show continued. Anyhow, after the show, I decided to be the bigger man and apologized to Reid, to his face, for being an epic douche. He shook my hand, and said "It's all good, man - I was pissed that all my shit fell over, that's all." He even signed my ticket stub when it was all over and done!

[leedsy99]

I have a few of those albums, which makes me feel good about not being totally lost.

I won't argue the ranking, but I love Mastodon's "Leviathan." Also didn't notice, and they probably lose points from the purists for being generally cheesy, but Slipknot's "Subliminal Verses" is probably the best metal album of the 2000s, in the sense of being both metal and hard-rock accessible.

[Nilan 666]

Belphegor - Walpurgis Rites-Hexenwahn. Not doing a lot for me to be honest. I'm sad.

[Kusand]

Ben Folds and Nick Hornby are collaborating. Ben played three songs from it the other night; no one recorded it where I was but here it is from another location.



Enjoyably talky at the beginning, and it's a good song.

[Bavoo]

Social

Fucking

D!

LIVE!

Wow, what a show!! Mike Ness is a God!

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This post has been edited by Bavoo: Oct 11 2009, 03:08 PM

[Bavoo]

PIC SUX

This post has been edited by Bavoo: Oct 8 2009, 05:48 PM

[Giac]

A friend of mine is trying to find out who sang this obscure song:

Chorus: "It's dangerous to get this close
Dangerous is what scares me most, babe
Dangerous is my love for you
So dangerous"

It's evidently a male singer, and the song was out in the late 80's early '90's.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Bavoo]

Could someone embed my edited post above so I can share the Social D goodness my friend recorded? HAHAHA I didn't even know he had a cam!!

[xcdudesquadloves...]

A friend of mine is trying to find out who sang this obscure song:

Chorus: "It's dangerous to get this close
Dangerous is what scares me most, babe
Dangerous is my love for you
So dangerous"

It's evidently a male singer, and the song was out in the late 80's early '90's.

Anyone have any ideas?

Nothing from a google search.

[LisaLisa]

Nothing from a google search.

Could you look a little higher up in the thread and translate a song title for me? PLZKTHXBAI.

[xcdudesquadloves...]

Could you look a little higher up in the thread and translate a song title for me? PLZKTHXBAI.

My grammar isn't proficient enough. Something about being born. I'll ask my sensei for you

[Puckforbrains]

[Puckforbrains]

Could someone embed my edited post above so I can share the Social D goodness my friend recorded? HAHAHA I didn't even know he had a cam!!

All set big guy.

Edit - kick ass job on filming that - love that track.

This post has been edited by Puckforbrains: Oct 12 2009, 10:21 AM

[xcheck24]

There are few things in this world that make me happier than hearing new Foo Fighters.
Greatest hits album comes out next month and there are a few new tracks, including Wheels, which I really dig.

They have embedding disabled on the video, so you'll have to go over to YouTube for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdmTyE4_sA...player_embedded

[Giac]

Better Than Ezra's Paper Empire.

[leedsy99]

I think Weezer needs to stop.

[Kusand]

I think Weezer needs to stop.

YES. Each new single is more excruciatingly bad than the last.

This post has been edited by Kusand: Oct 12 2009, 07:26 PM

[Sed]

Erich Zann

[xcdudesquadloves...]

YES. Each new single is more excruciatingly bad than the last.

Link? I like sucky weezer song

[Commishbob]

David Gray

[Pymonte]

Dark Funeral is teh shizznite.

[toph]

I'm listening to the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack.

It's sufficiently weird.

[Rocha]

Get your bearings, know your time.
Don't you worry, weather's fine.
All the world knows what I'm saying,
All the world knows what I'm saying,
The world knows fine well.

Get together, work it out,
Simplicity is what it's about.
All the world knows what I'm saying,
All the world knows what I'm saying,
The world knows fine well.

[Kusand]

Just heard my first song off The Blueprint. (You can tell I'm very current with rap.) Good stuff.

[ree]

Just heard my first song off The Blueprint. (You can tell I'm very current with rap.) Good stuff.

What's taken you so long? The Blueprint is one of my favorite albums of all time.

And I'm easing into Muse and Matt & Kim.

[jburns]

Just heard my first song off The Blueprint. (You can tell I'm very current with rap.) Good stuff.

Great album. Jay-Z is a beast.

[leedsy99]

I'm really digging the new Devo album, Backspacer.*

"When a problem comes along, you must FIGHT TO GET IT BACK IT AGAIN!!!!"



*Not so much bashing Pearl Jam as pointing out how awesome Devo was. OK, maybe bashing Pearl Jam a little.

[rightbug]

Have we talked about the new Built To Spill album yet? I think it's their best since Keep it Like a Secret. They've got a few tracks from it on their MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/builttospill

'Highly recommended for fans.

Fans of folk might enjoy the first album from Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More. I like this one even better than the new Built To Spill. Here are a couple of tracks:

[rightbug]

Meanwhile, let me save you all some pain. Taken by Trees and Wild Beasts are both fucking terrible.

To get the taste out of my mouth I've been listening to Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain which is blowing my mind as much today as it did the first time I listened to it.

Also, the new Flaming Lips has its moments.

Finally, for fans of Spanish guiter, check out Rodrigo y Gabriela:

http://www.rodgab.com/look_music.html

[hoser]

Dig the new BTS...more so than You in Reverse. Favorite track so far is #3, Nowhere Lullaby. Got my tickets to see them next month.

[rightbug]

Dig the new BTS...more so than You in Reverse. Favorite track so far is #3, Nowhere Lullaby. Got my tickets to see them next month.

Also great, track 5, "Life's a Dream" and track 10, "Things Fall Apart."

This is one of those albums that didn't strike me the first time through but which I can't get out of my CD player. I keep saying to myself, "When this ends I'm going to listen to X" but then it ends and I go, "Okay -- One more time."

[hoser]

Also great, track 5, "Life's a Dream" and track 10, "Things Fall Apart."

This is one of those albums that didn't strike me the first time through but which I can't get out of my CD player. I keep saying to myself, "When this ends I'm going to listen to X" but then it ends and I go, "Okay -- One more time."

Yeah, those are great tracks as well. Good stuff.

I'm not the biggest Modest Mouse fan but this video is interesting for sure...a little neat and disturbing. Lester's post about the fugu and live shrimp reminded me of this.



This post has been edited by hoser: Oct 20 2009, 05:02 PM

[Giac]

Just d/l'd (through Amazon) the newest Flight of the Conchords album, I Told You I Was Freaky. Looking forward ot listening to it tonight when I get off work, though it does appaer to have a couple of tracks I've already got (they may be newer versions).