Favorite Albums of the 21st Century

soclose
soclose Posts: 629
edited November 2008 in Other Music
Please share 10 albums from this century that send shivers down your spine, melt your heart, blow your mind, etc., etc.

Here are 10 of my favorites, in no particular order:

Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Drive-by Truckers - The Dirty South
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Feist - The Reminder
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
Califone - Quicksand/Cradlesnakes
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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Nickelback, Linkin Park, etc.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
    Port-Royal - Flares
    Madvillain - Madvillainy
    Autechre - Untilted
    J Dilla - Donuts
    Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
    Birchville Cat Motel - Beautiful Speck Triumph
    Cat Power - You Are Free
    Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
    Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway

    I considered including this one on my list but decided it's a bit early to make that judgment as I've only owned it a couple months.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    soclose wrote:
    I considered including this one on my list but decided it's a bit early to make that judgment as I've only owned it a couple months.
    It's probably my current favourite from that list, although there is no constant favourite besides the Godspeed You! Black Emperor album which is the greatest album I've ever heard.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • redmosquito10
    redmosquito10 Posts: 568
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
    The Roots - Rising Down
    My Morning Jacket- At Dawn, It Still Moves, Z, Evil Urges
    Sigur Ros - ( ), Takk
    Common - Be
    Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild

    I don't feel like going through any more of my music to see when it was released, but that's a solid start
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  • pearlzepfan
    pearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Bob Dylan "Love and Theft"
    Brian Wilson "Smile"
    The Libertines "Up The Bracket"
    Kings of Leon "Because of the Times"
    Pearl Jam "Binaural"
    Arcade Fire "Funeral"
    Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
    Kasabian "Empire"
    The White Stripes "Elephant"
    Wilco "Sky Blue Sky"
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • Bremerton
    Bremerton Posts: 279
    Radiohead - In Rainbows, KID A
    My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves, Z
    Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
    Pinback - Blue Screen Life
    Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates, Menos el Oso, Planet of Ice
    Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
    Coldplay - Parachutes
    Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
    Shins - Wincing the Night Away
    Strokes - Room on Fire
    Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    I have lots, but here's 10

    Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    The National - Boxer
    Wintersleep - Untitled
    Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm a Machine
    QOTSA - Rated R
    Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
    Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
    The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
    The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
    The New Pornographers - tie between Mass Romantic and Electric Version
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  • MyMorningPearls
    MyMorningPearls Posts: 73
    my morning jacket - at dawn
    bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning
    radiohead - in rainbows
    neko case - fox confessor brings the flood
    wilco - a ghost is born
    my morning jacket - z
    my morning jacket - it still moves
    pearl jam - riot act
    mgmt - oracular spectacular
    new pornographers - twin cinema
    queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf
    of montreal - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
    kevin drew - spirit if...
    arcade fire - funeral
    pearl jam - binural
    eddie vedder - into the wild
    m. ward - post war
    bon iver - for emma forever ago
    bob dylan - modern times
    sonic youth - rather ripped
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    PJ-S/T, Lost Dogs, bootlegs
    RHCP-By The Way, SA
    My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges
    Tool-Lateralus
    Modest Mouse-We Were Dead............
    The Mars Volta- De-Loused.........., Amputechture
    Black Crowes- Lions, Warpaint, Freak n Roll(live)
    Radiohead-In Rainbows
    Gov't Mule-Live........w/A Little Help........
    Led Zep-How The West Was Won
    White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan, Icky Thump
    SOAD-Toxicity, Mesmerize/Hypnotize
    Velvet Revolver-Contraband
    Chris Robinson-New Earth Mud, Magnificent Distance
    Rich Robinson-Paper
    Chris/Rich Robinson-Brothers of a Feather
    Audioslave-S/T, Out of Exile
    Tom Petty-Last DJ
    Beatles-Love
    I Am Sam Sndtrk
    Drive by Truckers-Southern Rock Opera
    Jimmy Page and Black Crowes-Live at the Greek
    APC-13th Step
    Warren Haynes-Live at Bonnaroo
    Weezer-Make Believe
    Tenacious D-S/T
  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    1) Pearl Jam- Binaural
    2) Dr. Dog- Fate
    3) White Stripes- White Blood Cells
    4) QOTSA- Rated R
    5) OOTSA- Songs For The Deaf
    6) Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
    7) The Black Keys- Magic Potion
    8) The Desert Sessions- Volume 7+8
    9) Radiohead- Kid A
    10)My Morning Jacket- Z
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    And You Will Know us by the Trail of the Dead- Source Tags & Codes
    National- Boxer
    Arcade Fire- Funeral
    At the Drive in- Relationship of Command
    Modest Mouse- Moon & Antartica
    Sleater Kinney- The Woods
    Mastodon- Leviathan
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Most exciting albums I've HEARD this century...

    Pearl Jam - Binaural/Riot Act
    Sigur Ros - ()/Takk
    Wintersleep - Wintersleep/Untitled/Welcome to the Night Sky
    Arcade Fire - Funeral/Neon Bible (I prefer NB)
    Down - Over the Under
    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
    Damien Rice - 0
    Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak, BOTT and OBTN
    SOAD - Toxicity
    Meshuggah - Obsen
    Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
    Kimya Dawson - Remember that I Love You
    Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
    Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
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  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    Gonzo1977 wrote:
    10)My Morning Jacket- Z

    I've been down on MMJ since Evil Urges leaked, but I can't deny the near perfection of Z. At Dawn is up there too.
  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
    Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
    Pearl Jam - Avocado
    Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
    Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
    The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
    MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
    Tool - Lateralus
    Metallica - Death Magnetic
    The Strokes - Room On Fire
    Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
    Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
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    -Reagan
  • famikon
    famikon Posts: 2
    mmm!
    1. Crazy loop-The power of shower
    2. Tiziano Ferro-111
    3.Lynda-Polen
    4.MR & MS-heartbeat
    5. O-Zone-disco zone
    6.Jeans-cuarto para las cuatro
    7. Eddie Vedder-Into the wild
    8.Arsenium- The 33rd element
    9.Nek-l'anno zero
    10.Flavio Cesar-me faltas tu
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Arcade Fire- Neon Bible, Funeral
    The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow
    Green Day- American Idiot
    The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
    Beck- Sea Change
    Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica
    Thrice- Vheissu
    Wilco- A Ghost Is Born
    Ben Folds- Rockin the Suburbs, Way to Normal
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    intodeep wrote:
    And You Will Know us by the Trail of the Dead- Source Tags & Codes

    I'm so glad someone picked this album :)

    Seriously where is the love for Source Tags and Codes. I know the stuff they did after this album paled in comparison but this was top notch
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  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    The Strokes - Room on Fire
    Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
    Eddie Vedder - Into the wild
    Muse- Absolution
    Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
    Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
    Kings Of Leon - Because of the Night
    Pearl Jam - Avocado
    Pearl Jam - Riot Act
    White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
    White Stripes - Icky Thump
    White Stripes - Elephant
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
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