This was originally going to be my top ten but it's just too hard! So instead it's a list, in no particular order, of some of my favourite albums of the last decade.
The Streets: Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
F**ked Up: The Chemistry Of Common Life
Madvillain: Madvillainy
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever They Say I Am That's What I Am Not
The Bug: London Zoo
Green Day: American Idiot
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale
The Strokes: Is This It?
Burial: Burial and Untrue
The Twilight Singers: As Played By The Twilight Singers
Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner and Showtime and Maths and English
Outkast: Stankonia and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
The Hold Steady: Boys And Girls In America and Stay Positive
Portishead: Third
M.I.A.: Arular and Kala
Thrice: The Alchemy Index Vol I & II and The Alchemy Index Vol III & IV
Madness: The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part
Leatherface: Horsebox and Dog Disco
The Gutter Twins: Saturnalia
And I still feel like I'm forgetting something! Please add your own selections and links...
terminator_x2010-01-07 22:09:00
The Streets: Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
F**ked Up: The Chemistry Of Common Life
Madvillain: Madvillainy
Arctic Monkeys: Whatever They Say I Am That's What I Am Not
The Bug: London Zoo
Green Day: American Idiot
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale
The Strokes: Is This It?
Burial: Burial and Untrue
The Twilight Singers: As Played By The Twilight Singers
Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner and Showtime and Maths and English
Outkast: Stankonia and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
The Hold Steady: Boys And Girls In America and Stay Positive
Portishead: Third
M.I.A.: Arular and Kala
Thrice: The Alchemy Index Vol I & II and The Alchemy Index Vol III & IV
Madness: The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part
Leatherface: Horsebox and Dog Disco
The Gutter Twins: Saturnalia
And I still feel like I'm forgetting something! Please add your own selections and links...
terminator_x2010-01-07 22:09:00
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Hmmmm, the last decade in my life involved a shift to NZ and parenthood; I still haven't decided which of those is mst responsible for a lack of disposable income. As a result I don't think I have bought more than 10 LPs over that time, so this is a graet way for me to to hear what is the 'decade that time forgot' musically.
One exception is the Green Day album - after over a decade of mediocity American Idiot was a breath of fresh air, no doubt.
And thanx for the Leatherface Camden Underworld links - the cover of 'Hops and Barley' is a classic
Bad Religion - New Road Map of Hell
Snuff Blue Gravy - Phase 9 HarryHotspur2010-01-08 10:18:37
One exception is the Green Day album - after over a decade of mediocity American Idiot was a breath of fresh air, no doubt.
And thanx for the Leatherface Camden Underworld links - the cover of 'Hops and Barley' is a classic
Bad Religion - New Road Map of Hell
Snuff Blue Gravy - Phase 9 HarryHotspur2010-01-08 10:18:37
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Good to see the Hold Steady there, but no Joan as Police Woman?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Life_(Joan_as_Police_Woman_album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ2Pc-Y9hgE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XS5mQawaQg
ForteanTimes2010-01-08 12:38:58
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Life_(Joan_as_Police_Woman_album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ2Pc-Y9hgE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XS5mQawaQg
ForteanTimes2010-01-08 12:38:58
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maybe rename this top ten albums no one has ever heard of
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maybe rename this top ten albums Feverish has never heard of
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As a result I don't think I have bought more than 10 LPs over that time, so this is a graet way for me to to hear what is the 'decade that time forgot' musically.
Blimmey HH - I didn't buy ANY LPs this decade (at the folks place over Christmas and went through our LP and 45s collections).
Apparently they have these great stereo hi fidelty machines that take casette tapes now.
"Phoenix till they lose"
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"Sorry, we don't sell gramophones here, Grandad"
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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"Sorry, we don't sell gramophones here, Grandad"
Not the nine o'clock news?
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So about those woofers. Do i need one?
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J82 - I don't own a mobile phone either 
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They're getting smaller each year.
Soon I'll be able to jam one up the @rse of my carrier pigeon.
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"Sorry, we don't sell gramophones here, Grandad"
Not the nine o'clock news?
Yup. "You'll be telling me you don't want slimline salad dressing next" 
Sorry, T-X. Off the top of my head, some of my faves from the decade past (Find your own links, I can't be bothred):
Morrissey: You Are The Quarry
Rose Tattoo: Blood Brothers
Body Count: Murder 4 Hire
Jag2010-01-08 15:03:59Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2000
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2001
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2002
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2003
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2004
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2005
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2006
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2007
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2008
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2009
As a wildcard
Ministry of Sound - Anthems 1991-2008
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2001
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2002
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2003
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2004
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2005
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2006
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2007
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2008
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2009
As a wildcard
Ministry of Sound - Anthems 1991-2008
When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!
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Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2000
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2001
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2002
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2003
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2004
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2005
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2006
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2007
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2008
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2009
As a wildcard
Ministry of Sound - Anthems 1991-2008
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2001
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2002
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2003
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2004
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2005
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2006
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2007
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2008
Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2009
As a wildcard
Ministry of Sound - Anthems 1991-2008
I think I'm detecting a pattern there .......
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Would be easy to get a Christmas present for you GE!
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Would be easy to get a Christmas present for you GE!
Ministry of Sound - Anthems II please
actually... I'm already getting that one from my mum for Xmas.
ginger_eejit2010-01-08 16:00:44
When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!
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Would be easy to get a Christmas present for you GE!
Ministry of Sound - Anthems II please
actually... I'm already getting that one from my mum for Xmas.
Since the first one was 1991-2008 I take it the second will be 2009-2010.
And since you already have the annual for 2009 then you only need the annual for 2010.
Have I missed anything here?
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Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Prince - The Rainbow Children
Nikka Costa - everybody got their something
Odessa - Oak Park Avenue
Dimmer - You got to hear the music
Blue Nile - High
Equus - Scratch Tracks
Gramsci - Like Stray Voltage
Modest Mouse - Good News for People
Mavis Staples - We will never turn back
Solomon Burke - Don't give up on me
Audioslave - Revelations
Design Floor - Design Floor
Grace Jones - Hurricane
Marcus Miller -M2
Prince - The Rainbow Children
Nikka Costa - everybody got their something
Odessa - Oak Park Avenue
Dimmer - You got to hear the music
Blue Nile - High
Equus - Scratch Tracks
Gramsci - Like Stray Voltage
Modest Mouse - Good News for People
Mavis Staples - We will never turn back
Solomon Burke - Don't give up on me
Audioslave - Revelations
Design Floor - Design Floor
Grace Jones - Hurricane
Marcus Miller -M2
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Audioslave - Revelations
Audioslave - Revelations
Class bro.
For me:
Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Matchbox 20 - Exhile on Mainstream (including all of their classics...brilliant!)
One Republic - Waking Up (released end of 09)
Fat Freddys Drop - (based on a true story)
Default - One Thing Remains
12 Stones - Anthem for the Underdog
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Black Eyed Peas - Bridging The Gap (albumn before they got famous, always the best)
Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Kutless - See of Faces
MOS - The Annual 2009
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Oh Jesus. Term is going to have kittens when he see's that list.
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Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2000Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2001Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2002Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2003Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2004Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2005Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2006Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2007Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2008Ministry of Sound - The Annual 2009As a wildcard Ministry of Sound - Anthems 1991-2008
F**king aye.
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well I never picked TX as a Matchbox 20 fan HardNews
but I'll take your word for it
Bloc Party
seen a couple of their clips on C4 which I quite liked
sadly I do not know the names of said tunes
but I'll take your word for it
Bloc Party
seen a couple of their clips on C4 which I quite liked
sadly I do not know the names of said tunes
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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Would be easy to get a Christmas present for you GE!
Ministry of Sound - Anthems II please
actually... I'm already getting that one from my mum for Xmas.
Since the first one was 1991-2008 I take it the second will be 2009-2010.
And since you already have the annual for 2009 then you only need the annual for 2010.
Have I missed anything here?
91-09 http://www.ministryofsound.com/product/na/albums/cd/ministry_of_sound_anthems_ii/
When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!
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The Singles - Hall and Oates (2008)
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Oh Jesus. Term is going to have kittens when he see's that list.
Well, my feelings on the Kings of Lynyrd should be well known by now. Let's just say they don't appear in my own albums of the decade list. Everyone's entitled to an opinion though.
Some good choices here already however - Solomon Burke's Don't Give Up On Me in particular was very nice. His cover of Van Morrison's Fast Train was used in Season 3 of the best television series of the last decade - The Wire.
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Hmmm even though I don't listen to it often I would include Kate Bush and Ariel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_(album) just because she is lovely and the best.
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yes she is lovely
a genuine British Treasure
must get that album, I'm still stuck on the Red Shoes
Kings of Lynard as in they are derivative rock band?
I reckon they continue a strong line of Southern Rock, but extra props for Pixies influence.
The Black Crows got pretty much the same complaints but I'd argue their 2nd and 3rd albums are better than anything Syknard ever did and up there with the Allman Bros.
righteous rock really.
a genuine British Treasure
must get that album, I'm still stuck on the Red Shoes
Kings of Lynard as in they are derivative rock band?
I reckon they continue a strong line of Southern Rock, but extra props for Pixies influence.
The Black Crows got pretty much the same complaints but I'd argue their 2nd and 3rd albums are better than anything Syknard ever did and up there with the Allman Bros.
righteous rock really.
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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The Scarecrow - Avantasia (2008)
Twilight of the Thunder God - Amon Amarth (2008)
With Oden on Our Side - Amon Amarth (2006)
A Night at the Opera - Blind Guardian (2002)
A Twist in the Myth - Blind Guardian (2006)
Wishmaster - Nightwish (2000)
Once - Nightwish (2004)
Twilight of the Thunder God - Amon Amarth (2008)
With Oden on Our Side - Amon Amarth (2006)
A Night at the Opera - Blind Guardian (2002)
A Twist in the Myth - Blind Guardian (2006)
Wishmaster - Nightwish (2000)
Once - Nightwish (2004)
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was the Wire on TV in NZ?
yes i used Google before asking this question
yes i used Google before asking this question
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This was originally going to be my top ten but it's just too hard! So instead it's a list, in no particular order, of some of my favourite albums of the last decade.The Streets: Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don't Come For FreeThe Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink RobotsF**ked Up: The Chemistry Of Common LifeMadvillain: MadvillainyArctic Monkeys: Whatever They Say I Am That's What I Am NotThe Bug: London ZooGreen Day: American IdiotGhostface Killah: FishscaleThe Strokes: Is This It?Burial: Burial and UntrueThe Twilight Singers: As Played By The Twilight SingersDizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner and Showtime and Maths and EnglishOutkast: Stankonia and Speakerboxxx/The Love BelowThe Hold Steady: Boys And Girls In America and Stay PositivePortishead: ThirdM.I.A.: Arular and KalaThrice: The Alchemy Index Vol I & II and The Alchemy Index Vol III & IVMadness: The Liberty Of Norton FolgateIdlewild: 100 Broken Windows and The Remote PartLeatherface: Horsebox and Dog DiscoThe Gutter Twins: Saturnalia
And I still feel like I'm forgetting something! Please add your own selections and links...
Some good ones on there - I love f**ked Up album, Madvillainy, The Bug, Kala...I would add Feels by Animal COllective, BM by Barbara Morgenstern, Sparklehorse It's a Wonderful Life, Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Yellow Swans At All Ends, Wolf Eyes Burned Mind, Fennesz Endless Summer....
I like tautologies because I like them.
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The Flaming Lips. Arctic Monkeys. The Strokes. M.I.A. The Hold Steady. Agreed.
Bright Eyes/ Conor Oberst- basically all of them. I'm Wide Awake It's Morning probs being the best.
The Shins- Wincing the Night Away and Chutes Too Narrow. Also best song of the decade from their first album Oh, Inverted World- "New Slang".
Joan As Police Woman a good shout too. Lily Allen 
Yo La Tengo. Ooh, Sparklehorse and Wilco!
Yo La Tengo. Ooh, Sparklehorse and Wilco!
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Oh, and Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes. Superb album.
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Tool - Lateralus
Tool - 10,000 days
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Hail to the thief
Qotsa - songs for the deaf
Qotsa - Lullabies to paralyze
Qotsa - Eva Vulgaris
Incubus- Morning View
Deftones - White Pony
Them Crooked Vultures - Them crooked vultures (new i know but farking awesome)
Fun Lovin Criminals - Mimosa
Fun lovin Criminals - Loco
Muse - Black holes and revelations
Big Boi and Dre present - Outkast
Dandy Warhols- Welcome to the Monkey house
Mastadon - Crack the Skye
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The Singles - Hall and Oates (2008)
Underappreciated band, that's for sure.
More of a best of the 80s or 70s than 2000s though!
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Oh dear. Classic Stevo to sneak Hall & Oates by way of a compilation release though!
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Queens of the stone age - Songs for the deaf
Tool - Lateralus
The Charlatans - Wonderland
Mastodon - Crack the skye
The Horrors - Strange House
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever people say I am, thats what I'm not
Blotted Science - The machinations of demetia
The Strokes - Room on fire
Bloc Party - Slient Alarm
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