Backspacer is NOT the top album of the decade

davidtrios
davidtrios 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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  • saveyou22
    saveyou22 Posts: 154
    The strokes kick ass. Though the third album was their best I feel.
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Nice to see arctic monkeys #4... that album is so fuckin good.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    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


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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K 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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  • jervin007
    jervin007 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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  • EvoLukin
    EvoLukin 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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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 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
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    smithnic wrote:
    Backspacer certainly isn't the best of the decade on any list.

    WHAT? top ten for sure
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,134
    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 ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    demetrios wrote:
    5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell thumbsup.gif

    Word.
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  • EvoLukin
    EvoLukin 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)

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    N.Charleston, SC 1996
    Greenville, SC 1998
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    Columbia, SC 2008
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,978
    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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  • Sawyer
    Sawyer Posts: 2,411
    Bloc Party--'Silent Alarm'

    The National--'Alligator'

    Hold Steady--'Boys and Girls in America'
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    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 Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!
  • The Champ
    The 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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  • elevation622
    elevation622 Posts: 926
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    Backspacer is Binaurals bitch....and that goes double for every album on that list!!!!
    incorrect
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    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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