Best Albums of the decade

No Coder · December 2019

pearljammr78 said:

Can someone please break the code for me on Billie Eilish. She was a good guest on Howard Stern. But I have tried to get into her music and I just don’t see the hype. She always seems to be singing without putting in any effort. Like she never belts anything out. It’s more like a mumble whisper type singing. It’s sorta catchy but nothing like a Taylor Swift song. I just don’t get it but I wish her nothing but success.

I hear ya!! My kids love her and by default I have heard all of her music and I cannot get into it. I like lots of current music, but for me it just does not click. It all sounds like she's trying to hard to be different/alterantive and because of that, just sounds like it's being put on.

Thoughts_Arrive · December 2019

pearljammr78 said:

Can someone please break the code for me on Billie Eilish. She was a good guest on Howard Stern. But I have tried to get into her music and I just don’t see the hype. She always seems to be singing without putting in any effort. Like she never belts anything out. It’s more like a mumble whisper type singing. It’s sorta catchy but nothing like a Taylor Swift song. I just don’t get it but I wish her nothing but success.

My thoughts exactly

Thoughts_Arrive · December 2019

drakeheuer14 said:

I love and hate how much music there is in this world. I always feel like I am forgetting and/or missing out on artists!

Pearl Jam - LB
Rare Creatures - Rare Creatures (the fucking best)
Young the Giant - Home of the Strange
The Growlers - Hung at Heart
The Growlers - Chinese Fountain
The Growlers - City Club
Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum (a masterpiece)
Thrice - To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere (another masterpiece)
Seether - Poision the Parish
Badflower - OK, I’m Sick
Stop Light Observations - TOOGOODOO
Cage the Elephant - Social Cues
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will be Lost Part 1&2
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Royal Blood - How Did we get so Dark
Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger (seeing it live is what really sparked the love)
Rainbow Kitten Surprise - RKS (hidden gem)
AWOLNATION - Here Come the Runts
Shinedown - Amaryllis
Shinedown - Threat to Survival (their best album, just happens to also fall in this decade)
Shinedown - Attention Attention
The Revivalists - Men Amongst Mountains
Toadies - The Lower Side of Uptown
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go
Three Days Grace - Outsider (still not the same without Adam, but a great album)
Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface

On another note, a lot more great stuff in the second half of the decade if I say so myself.

I don't know how people have the time, patience, and money to listen to so many albums.

Tim Simmons · December 2019

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

drakeheuer14 · December 2019

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

One of the coolest stats from the year in review thing from Spotify was seeing I discovered over 100 new artists this year.

Tim Simmons · December 2019

I wish Apple Music did a deep stat dive. They just tell you most artist spins, your top 40 songs for the year and top 10 most played albums.

PJ_Soul · December 2019

drakeheuer14 said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

One of the coolest stats from the year in review thing from Spotify was seeing I discovered over 100 new artists this year.

No doubt - Spotify is one of the best things that ever happened to me, music-wise, lol. I don't know how I'd live without it now. It told me that in 2019 I discovered 451 artists!! That number shocked me a bit, but really makes me glad, and grateful for Spotify.

My artist of the decade was The Tragically Hip, which also pleased me, and I do consider Man Machine Poem to be one of my albums of the decade. Also Like Clockwork and Villains, and Egypt Station by McCartney, Joseph Arthur's The Ballad of Boogie Christ and Redemption City, and I think I'll throw both RNDM albums in there while I'm at it- I love RNDM. Andra Day's Cheers to the Fall is great, that Black Pumas album is too, Jack White had a couple great ones, Gary Clarke Jr's latest, The War On Drugs had two beauties, Ryan Adam's 1989 is fantastic (even though it's a cover), Beck's Morning Phase ........... (no PJ in there though. They didn't even come close, sadly, and I admit I am surprised so many have LB in their lists here).

Thoughts_Arrive · December 2019

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.

I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

PJ_Soul · December 2019

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.
I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

There are quite a few artists who can thank Spotify for leading me to spend money on their vinyl and their shows.

drakeheuer14 · December 2019

PJ_Soul said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.
I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

There quite a few artists who can thank Spotify for leading me to spend money on their vinyl and their shows.

That’s a good point. If I didn’t have the ability to discover them for free, I wouldn’t buy their stuff or seek to see them live.

Fixer13 · December 2019

Great idea OP! There are lots of awesome albums from my favorite artists this decade. Here are some that I still love to listen to, in no particular order-

Spoon- They Want My soul
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding
Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves
My Morning Jacket- Circuital
The Black Keys- Brothers
M83- Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt
LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
Foals- Holy Fire
Wilco- Star Wars
NIN- Hesitation Marks
Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool
Interpol- Interpol
The Joy Formidable- The Big Roar
Beck- Colors
Cage the Elephant- Melophobia

Tim Simmons · December 2019

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.
I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

Thats totally fair. I am the same way. But it also explains how people can check out so many albums.

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh · December 2019

No Order
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Wilco - Star Wars
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Spoon - Transference
QOTSA - Like Clockwork
QOTSA - Villains
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
Parquet Courts - Human Performance
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
The Voidz - The Voidz
Pearl Jam - Vaults 3,4, and 6
Soundgarden - King Animal
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

DE4173 · December 2019

Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls

Bishop Briggs – Church of Scars

The Black Keys – El Camino

Chevelle – Hats Off to The Bull

Ed Sheeran - +

Ed Sheeran - x

Ed Sheeran - ÷ (deluxe)

Father John Misty -Fear Fun

Jack White – Blunderbuss

Judah and the Lion – Folk Hop n’ Roll

The Lumineers – The Lumineers

The Lumineers – Cleopatra

Passenger – All the Little Lights

The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger

Rival Sons – Head Down

Royal Blood – Royal Blood

Taylor Swift – 1989

Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface

Various Artists - Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

No Coder · December 2019

drakeheuer14 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.
I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

There quite a few artists who can thank Spotify for leading me to spend money on their vinyl and their shows.

That’s a good point. If I didn’t have the ability to discover them for free, I wouldn’t buy their stuff or seek to see them live.

I agree. I have discovered so much music that I would not have had the money for buiy just buying vinyl/cd's. And I then go to their concerts and do end up buying some of their vinyls etc if I am really into them.
I can see where the streaming services can cost artists money, BUT a lot of artists have now embraced the new model and make their money from other resources (touring/social media/merch etc). Very few artists, other than the top tier artists (Ed Sheeran/Adele/Swift etc) , are making big money our of selling physical albums

drakeheuer14 · December 2019

DE4173 said:

Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls

Bishop Briggs – Church of Scars

The Black Keys – El Camino

Chevelle – Hats Off to The Bull

Ed Sheeran - +

Ed Sheeran - x

Ed Sheeran - ÷ (deluxe)

Father John Misty -Fear Fun

Jack White – Blunderbuss

Judah and the Lion – Folk Hop n’ Roll

The Lumineers – The Lumineers

The Lumineers – Cleopatra

Passenger – All the Little Lights

The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger

Rival Sons – Head Down

Royal Blood – Royal Blood

Taylor Swift – 1989

Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface

Various Artists - Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Judah and the Lion was the biggest let down with their most recent album. I mean Folk Hop was awesome and I expected a lot more from them because of it. I don’t think I have revisited them once since the pep talks release.

Great list though. I need to revisit Chevelle. Haven’t listened to them in forever.

Thoughts_Arrive · December 2019

Tim Simmons said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.
I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

Thats totally fair. I am the same way. But it also explains how people can check out so many albums.

Fair point that you and PJ soul make.

I might try it if I can afford it as there's so much music out there I have never heard.

I believe it's more than $10 per month here in Australia plus data costs to stream.

Storage space for CDs is a problem so streaming then downloading what I love off iTunes or Bandcamp might be the way.

Jason P · December 2019

PJ actually has a decent selection of official bootlegs on Apple music. Not everything, but I'd say around 70 full shows ... which is nice.

Jason P · December 2019

I just checked Apple music and I was off ... they have 222 official pearl jam bootlegs ... which is a little better then nice. In fact it's ...

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No Coder · December 2019

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Tim Simmons said:

Really? A streaming service is $10 a month and you get all the music in the world.

I don't believe in Spotify. They rip off artists.
I will always buy the CD or iTunes download.

Thats totally fair. I am the same way. But it also explains how people can check out so many albums.

Fair point that you and PJ soul make.
I might try it if I can afford it as there's so much music out there I have never heard.
I believe it's more than $10 per month here in Australia plus data costs to stream.
Storage space for CDs is a problem so streaming then downloading what I love off iTunes or Bandcamp might be the way.

I use Apple Music and in Oz we don't have as many PJ bootlegs available, but there is decent amount

Apple Music is $11.99/Month in Australia. For me, we do a Family subscription, which allows 6 people to have their own access and profiles and that's $17.99/month. I have 3 Teenagers and my wife on it, so that's 5 of us accessing as much music as we like for $18 bucks.

Spotify have the same plans and pricing, but if you sign up now, you get 3 months Individual access for $11.99, then it reverts back to $11.99 per month after that. But there is no contracts, so yo can cancel anytime.

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