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Backspacer is NOT the top album of the decade

davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
edited November 2009 in The Porch
The Strokes debut album from 2001. the strokes, really?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/1 ... index.html
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  • saveyou22saveyou22 Posts: 154
    The strokes kick ass. Though the third album was their best I feel.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Nice to see arctic monkeys #4... that album is so fuckin good.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,853
    I'm really not into too much of this decade's rock. But here are some of my favorites:

    Brian Wilson - Smile
    Radiohead - Kid A, Amnesiac
    White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan, Icky Thump
    Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze, Era Vulgaris
    Pearl Jam - Binarual
    Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up


    Live Albums:
    Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? (Easily the best produced/mixed live album ever)
    Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 91,559
    5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell thumbsup.gif
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    The Strokes debut album from 2001. the strokes, really?

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/1 ... index.html


    Is This It? is a really awesome album.
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    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
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  • jervin007jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    saveyou22 wrote:
    The strokes kick ass. Though the third album was their best I feel.

    Agreed, saw them back in early 2006 and was blown away by there live show. Their third album is amazing, followed closely by Is this It? IMO
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  • EvoLukinEvoLukin Posts: 188
    I feel this list is a joke anyway. :lol: The Strokes are good but hell KOL is better than most of the bands on this list. Both of KOL's first two albums are worthy enough to be on this list. :roll:
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Evo-Lukin wrote:
    I feel this list is a joke anyway. :lol: The Strokes are good but hell KOL is better than most of the bands on this list. Both of KOL's first two albums are worthy enough to be on this list. :roll:


    Yup definitely... I forgot about them, and there easily in my top 10 favorite bands. aha shake heartbreak is one album I know ill never get sick of listening to. I can hardly say that for alot of another new bands.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    smithnic wrote:
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.

    WHAT? top ten for sure
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,040
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    smithnic wrote:
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.

    WHAT? top ten for sure
    of the decade? No Way
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  • markin ballmarkin ball Posts: 1,075
    demetrios wrote:
    5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell thumbsup.gif

    Word.
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  • EvoLukinEvoLukin Posts: 188
    LukinFan wrote:
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    smithnic wrote:
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.

    WHAT? top ten for sure
    of the decade? No Way

    PJ has released 3 other albums since 2000 that in my opinion are better than Backspacer. Just my humble opinion. Backspacer has it's moments but some songs just fizzle out after awhile.
    "Smelly Velvet"-EV on Stone's velvet shorts(ATL 94)

    Atlanta,GA 1994 1&2
    N.Charleston, SC 1996
    Greenville, SC 1998
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    Columbia, SC 2008
    EV(2009) - Atlanta 1
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,368
    When I made my own ten-best list for 2001, "Is This It" was my #1. I haven't really thought about albums of the decade yet. Off the top of my head, the two that leap out are "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" by Wilco and "Hail To The Thief" by Radiohead, but I may be forgetting something obvious. "Riot Act" and "Pearl Jam" are in the top 10. Too soon to tell on "Backspacer," although the early returns are strong.
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  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    Bloc Party--'Silent Alarm'

    The National--'Alligator'

    Hold Steady--'Boys and Girls in America'
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,845
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    smithnic wrote:
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.

    WHAT? top ten for sure

    Backspacer is nothing more than a solid album. I don't know that it is the album I would use to try to convince Springsteen fans to like Pearl Jam. It would be the album I'd use to convince Nickleback fans to like Pearl Jam.
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    smithnic wrote:
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.

    WHAT? top ten for sure

    Agreed...and The National is a good call too..
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    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • elevation622elevation622 Posts: 926
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!
    incorrect
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,853
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!

    Please.....

    Vitalogy would have it's way with Binarual while Backspacer sat on the bed crying.
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    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Posts: 15,056
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Nice to see arctic monkeys #4... that album is so fuckin good.

    your not joking are you??
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!

    Please.....

    Vitalogy would have it's way with Binarual while Backspacer sat on the bed crying.

    yeah..ahh...first of all...Vitalogy is from the fucking '90s...so that's not this decade..2nd...Binaural beats Vitalogy like Bruce Lee beat Chuck Norris in Return of the dragon....Chuck gets in some good licks at first and it looks like he might even win the match at one point...till Bruce changes up styles, kicks his ass....and then snaps his fucking neck!!! BINAURAL IS VICTORIOUS!!!!!

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  • Sleep.With.InnocenceSleep.With.Innocence Posts: 607
    Them Crooked Vultures will make it's way up this list.
  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    I say this without having heard the album:

    Björk beating out Backspacer is funny to me.

    Also, I'm surprised there isn't more Kings of Overplayed on the list.

    Also good to see some nice 1-hit-wonders like Vampire Weekend floating around on there. :)
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  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    The Strokes "This is It" probably is the best album of the decade..but their top 10 is shite..and to have Muse-Absolution at 49? come on...
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    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • fifefife Posts: 3,327
    i can't take a poll that rates THE STREETS original prirate record to be highter than their "a grad don't come for free" by the Streets
  • IdlewildIdlewild Posts: 173
    Love The Strokes Album. A real classic
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  • jr19jr19 Posts: 338
    i think they get unjust flak because some think their are too worried about the appearence of being cool or the fashion rock thing, or all the publicity they got before they even played live,but in the end all three albums are rock solid. short to the point rock songs. good stuff
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!
    Amen crazy breed! 3 words to sum up best album of the decade- Bi nau ral !!!!!!!!!
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • noodles_jeffersonnoodles_jefferson Posts: 183
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Nice to see arctic monkeys #4... that album is so fuckin good.
    I keep hearing that. i have to pick that one up.
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