Top 5 albums of the 21st century?

To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Blonde - Frank Ocean
Yeezus - Kanye West
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

 

I bet my list will change considerably over the next 83 years (or maybe the next 8 minutes), but

"Monoliths & Dimensions" - Sunn O)))
"The Angel Of The Squared Circle" - Pedal Steel Transmission
"Ta Det Lugnt" - Dungen
"Last Days Of The Sun" - The Terminals ‎
"Smile" - Boris

 

I have to limit it to one per artist.
1.American Idiot
2.Whatever People Say I am That's what I'm not
3.Get Behind Me Satan
4.Dig Out Your Soul
5.All That You Can't Leave Behind

 

Since I am an old bastaed I tried to think of new artists for my list and the firsr one that popped into my head was Jeff Buckley. Then I had a think about it and realised that Jeff was last millenium and I am really out of touch with new music. I am feeling older by the minute.

So I had another think and in no particular order:

The Strokes - Is This It
Ryan Adams - Gold
Wilco - YHF
Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away
Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender

 

“The Rising” Bruce Springsteen

“Transatlanticism” Death Cab for Cutie

“Boxer” The National

“Cease to Begin” Band of Horses

“All That You Can’t Leave Behind” U2

 

The only one I'd throw onto a list like that that isn't indie is Psychedelic Pill by Neil Young.

 

Massive Attack - 100th Window
Radiohead - In Rainbows
QOTSA - Songs For The Deaf
Depeche Mode - Exciter
Bowie - Blackstar

 

Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Soundtrack


Joe Nichols

Man With A Memory
Revelation
III
Real Things

 

5 favorites:

Global a Go-Go, Joe Strummer and the Mesacaleros
Journey to the End of the Night, Mekons
Emily's D+Evolution, Esperanza Spalding
Vespertine, Bjork
The Last Post, Carbon/Silicon

 

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Kanye West - Yeezus
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Postal Service - Give Up
Tool - Lateralus

 

1. Kid A- Radiohead
2. Fear Fun- Father John Misty
3. Oh, Inverted World- The Shins
4. Crack the Skye- Mastodon
5. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco

Best EP
Future History of the Sunshine Fix- Sunshine Fix

 

Iggy pop - S/T.
Neil young - Everybody knows this is nowhere.
The Who - Who's next
The Mars Volta - Francis the mute
Pink Floyd - Meddle.

Oh 21st century OK.

The Mars Volta - Francis the mute
My morning jacket - Z
Radiohead - Kid A
The flaming lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots.
The war on drugs - Lost in the dream

 

Sgt Pepper Remix

No, no but seriously. This is difficult. Arcade Fire's Funeral is there for me.

 

Was wondering there for a minute.

 

J Mascis: Tied to a Star
Dinosaur Jr: Farm
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill
Fugazi: The Argument
Carlton Melton: Photos of Photos

 

Only five? This is exceedingly difficult:

Nite Fields - Depersonalisation
Girls Names - The New Life
Cathal Coughlan - The Sky's Awful Blue
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression

Runners up:
Magazine - No Thyself
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Wire - S/T

 

1. Wayne Horvitz - Forever
2. Anthony Wilson Trio - Our Gang
3. The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Spirit Of The Century
4. John Hammond - Wicked Grin
5. Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Soul Of Things
6. Jerry Douglas - Lookout For Hope
7. Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Country Heart
8. Rick Holmstrom - Hydraulic Groove
9. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
10. Wayne Horvitz - Sweeter Than The Day
11. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
12. Rory Block Last Fair Deal
13. Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama - There Will Be A Light
14. Donovan - Beat Cafe
15. Lafayette Gilchrist - The Music According To Lafayette Gilchrist
16. Ollabelle - Ollabelle
17. Viktor Krauss - Far From Enough
18. Mavis Staples - We’ll Never Turn Back
19. Stanton Moore - III
20. Tom Waits - Orphans
21. Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters
22. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
23. Raphael Saadiq- The Way I See It
24. James Calvin Wilsey - El Dorado
25. Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
26. Brian Blade - Mama Rosa
27. Charlie Haden & Hank Jones - Come Sunday
28. Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven
29. Eric Bibb - Booker’s Guitar
30. Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
31. Tom Waits - Bad As Me
32. The Dead South - Good Company
33. Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim
34. Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - Lost Time
35. Vintage Trouble - 1 Hopeful Rd
36. Kamari Washington- The Epic
37. Melody Gardot - Currency Of Man
38. Charles Lloyd & The Marvels - I Long To See You
39. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
40. Charlie Hunter - Everybody’s Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth
41. Fantastic Negrito - Last Days Of Oakland
42. William Tyler - Modern Country
43. Michael Chapman - 50
44. Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway
45. Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives - Way Out West
46. Trombone Shorty - Parking Lot Symphony
47. Jenny Scheinman - Here On Earth

I know, I know...I tried. What can I say, it’s a great century!

 

These lps aren't just favorites but have been so integrated in my life I can't imagine it without them.


Creation, Branford Marsalis' (2001)


Daybreaker, Beth Orton (2002)

even made an alternate cover for this one - all at sea version




The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, Citizen Cope (2004)


Bach Gamba Sonatas
Daniel Müller-Schott, Angela Hewitt
(2007)


Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1, Jill Scott (2000)

 

1. The Soundtrack of our Lives- Origin (Volume 1)
2. Go-Betweens - Bright yellow, bright orange e
3. Super Furry Animals-Rings around the world
4. Dinosaur Jr.- Farm
5. Dizzee Rascal- Boy in da corner

 

Illinois - sufjan Steven
Trials of van occupanther - midlake
Consolers of the lonely - Raconteurs
Innerspeaker - tame impala
Elephant - white stripes

 

Waterboys - An Appointment With Mr. Yeats
Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Black Keys - Brothers

 

The Avalanches "Since I Left You"
J Dilla "Donuts"
D'Angelo "Voodoo"
LCD Soundsystem "Sound of Silver"
Kendrick Lamar "To Pimp a Butterfly"

Runners up:
Metro Area "Metro Area"
Kanye West "MBDTF" and "Yeezus" and "808s and Heartbreak"
Madvillain "Madvillainy"
The Other People Place "Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe"
Ricardo Villalobos "Thé Au Harem D'Archimède"
Burial "Untrue"

 

Comicopera by Robert Wyatt
The Power To Believe by King Crimson
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater
Banks of Eden by Flower Kings
Bilo 3.0 by David Maxim Micic

 

Here's five:

Sojourner - Magnolia Electric Co.
Electric Version - The New Pornographers
Universal Truths and Cycles - Guided by Voices
Drums and Guns - Low
Hot Shots II - The Beta band

And here's five more I thought of immediately after I wrote those down:

Ghost Tropic - Songs: Ohia
Group Sounds - Rocket from the Crypt
Sunny Border Blue - Kristin Hersh
151a - Kishi Bashi
Send - Wire

I could keep this up all day!

 

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
White Willow - Sacrament
Anglagard - Viljans Oga
Twin Danger - Twin Danger