Best Albums of 2000-2007

soulsinging

i graduated high school in 2000. to list the great albums and bands that have come out since then would crash this board. anyone who says this decade has bad music has shit for brains... or hasnt been listening cos they're too busy jerking off into their doc martens while watching the evenflow video for the 9000th time on youtube.

red mos

Pearl jam- riot act (I like it alot)
Pearl jam- Pearl jam
The Burden Brothers- Mercy
The Burden Brothers- Buried in your Black Heart
The white stripes De Stijl
The white stripes- Elephant
The white stripes - Get behind me Satan
Toadies- Hell below/ stars above
Eagles of Death Metal- Eag;es of Death metal
Radiohead- Kid A

intodeep

wilco- yankee hotel foxtrot
radiohead- kid a
mastodon- blood mountain (leviathan was massive too though)
arcade fire- funeral
modest mouse- moon & antartica
sonic youth- sonic nurse
queens of the stone age- song for the deaf
beck- sea change
flaming lips- Yoshimi battles the pink robots
At the Drive in- Relationship of Command

THere were other great albums but i think these were my ten fav. No particular order except Wilco being number 1.

CM1847

It would take too long to try to rank them, but here is a general breakdown of my favorites:

Top 5(in no order):
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shakes the Sheets
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Code
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Radiohead - Kid A
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

Next 10:
The Strokes - Is This It?
TV on the Radio - Desparate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
White Stripes - Elephant, De Stijl
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Queens of the Stone Age - R
Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
The Dismemberment Plan - Change
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic

And a few from 2006 and 2007 I haven't had enough time with to rank, but will probably be somewhere in my top 20 of the decade:
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Cat Power - The Greatest

Housing Jim

My favourite non - PJ albums from this century:

1. Everclear - Songs from An American Movie - Vol 1
2. Weezer - Green
3. Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss
4. Green Day - American Idiot
5. The Vines - Highly Evolved
6. Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky
7. Brand New - Deja Entendu
8. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
9. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
10. Ben Kweller - Sha Sha

South of Seattle

Matt Lukin wrote:

1. Fugazi - The Argument
2. Beck - Sea Change
3. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
5. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
7. The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls in America
8. White Stripes - Elephant
9. My Morning Jacket - Z
10. Radiohead - Kid A
11. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
12. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
13. TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
14. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
15. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
16. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
17. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
18. White Stripes - White Blood Cells
19. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
20. Morrissey - You Are the Quarry

I think I saw that same top 20 list at Pitchfork.com

dirtyT

pearljam_addiction wrote:

Oh God i need like a Week to narrow my list down

Yeah, I agree!!

intodeep

CM1847 wrote:

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Code

Damn i forgot this album. :( i want it on my list too. Not srue who i would take off though

pjoasisrule

Dont feel like making a long list so I will name my favorite from each year
2007 NIN - Year Zero
2006 Pearl Jam
2005 The Redwalls - De Nova
2004 Jet - Get Born
2003 EIther HIM - Razorblade Romance or BRMC - Take Them On On Your Own............once again, not such a great year for music
2002 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
2001 Weezer - Green Album.........must have been a really bad year because this is all I can think of from 2001 at the moment
2000 Oasis - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants

The champ of all those........The Redwalls - De Nova, if you havent heard it listen to it because it is the best album you have never heard

boroff89

red mos wrote:

Pearl jam- riot act (I like it alot)
Pearl jam- Pearl jam
The Burden Brothers- Mercy
The Burden Brothers- Buried in your Black Heart
The white stripes De Stijl
The white stripes- Elephant
The white stripes - Get behind me Satan
Toadies- Hell below/ stars above
Eagles of Death Metal- Eag;es of Death metal
Radiohead- Kid A

Again, let's leave Pearl Jam out of this. It's a Pearl Jam board, so we can assume everyone here has listened to those albums.

Lifted

pearl jam - binural
coldplay - rush of blood to the head
my morning jacket - at dawn
bob dylan - love and theft
radiohead - kid a
sonic youth - rather ripped
pearl jam - riot act
queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf
eminem - marshal mathers lp
my morning jacket - it still moves
bob dylan - modern times
pearl jam - pearl jam
wilco - being there
flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots
my morning jacket - z
m. ward - post war
white stripes - elephant
radiohead - hail to the thief

off the top of the head, i'm sure i forgot a lot

stu gee

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Libertines - Up the Bracket
Interpol - Turn on the Bright lights
The Cribs - The New Fellas
The Strokes - Is This it?
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Patrick Wolf Lycanthropy

Matt Lukin

South of Seattle wrote:

I think I saw that same top 20 list at Pitchfork.com

It's actually pitchforkmedia.com, just so you know.

CM1847

intodeep wrote:

Damn i forgot this album. :( i want it on my list too. Not srue who i would take off though

there is certainly something to be said for making a kick ass rock album from start to finish, it is all too rare these days. I noticed you had Relationship of Command on your list, that is another that never lets up.

Alex_Coe

icarus wrote:

i used to really like fu manchu, i should break them out sometime. is their new one any good?

Yes, it is certainly their best album: even if you don't like stoner rock, Evil Eye will blow you away.

Alex_Coe

red mos wrote:

Pearl jam- riot act (I like it alot)
Pearl jam- Pearl jam
The Burden Brothers- Mercy
The Burden Brothers- Buried in your Black Heart
The white stripes De Stijl
The white stripes- Elephant
The white stripes - Get behind me Satan
Toadies- Hell below/ stars above
Eagles of Death Metal- Eag;es of Death metal
Radiohead- Kid A

Hell yes; How can we even START this list without the White Stripes?

Lifted

Tiki Barber wrote:

wilco - being there

yeah that wilco album was way older than 2000 so i don't even know why i put that on my list...anyway by the way and stadium arcadium were pretty solid as well, i'd say they were two top albums from the past 7 years even though it seems like 90% of this board thinks the chili peppers are garbage.

boroff89

Tiki Barber wrote:

yeah that wilco album was way older than 2000 so i don't even know why i put that on my list...anyway by the way and stadium arcadium were pretty solid as well, i'd say they were two top albums from the past 7 years even though it seems like 90% of this board thinks the chili peppers are garbage.

By the Way is probably my favorite RHCP album, but that isn't saying a whole lot. I feel like their music is just the same song over and over again. A lot of that is due to the fact that Anthony Kiedis may be the worst lyricist in the history of rock music (minus Under the Bridge).

Mike Brady

Off the top of my head.....


MMJ- It Still Moves
Drive-By Truckers- Decoration Day
Drive-By Truckers- Dirty South
Cheap Trick-Rockford
Tom Petty-Highway Companion
The Jayhawks-Smile
The Jayhawks-Rainy Day Music

pearljam_addiction

boroff89 wrote:

This isn't about creating some objective greatest albums list. There is no such thing as objectivity. This is about the albums from the past seven years that people on this board really love. Most of the time, when I discover a new band, I hear about it on this board first. When people repeatedly cite an album as being outstanding, that says something. It makes me at least check out the album. I would hope that others would follow suit, especially giving the bitching by so many that there isn't any good music out there. There are a bunch of very knowledgable and passionate music fans here who are listing off albums they feel are outstanding. Take notice.

i totally agree, i come to this board to find new music, and when someone raves about an album, i go and check it out!