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Having come to the halfway point of this 2000's decade, here are the releases that make the cut for me as the best:

Marshall Mathers LP
Kid A/Amnesiac
De Stijl
"Love and Theft"
The Blueprint
Bleed American
Built to Spill's Live
I Get Wet
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Gallowsbird's Bark
Mississippi: The Album
SMiLE
The College Dropout

― Chris O'Connor (Chris O'Connor), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

My favorite albums of the 00s all come from predictable acts (Prince, The Cure, Radiohead, Underworld, Boards of Canada) with the sole exception of Kenna, who released possibly the most unfairly-ignored album of the past five years.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Gallowbird's Bark
Blueberry Boat
Graham Smith
Life Begins Again
Pig Lib
Swedish Reggae (sic)
Come With Us
Absolutes
Murray Street
I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean
Final Battle
Is This It
Sung Tongs
College Dropout
Circulatory System
Amnesiac
Magerine Eclipse

Those are the ones I can think of right now.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ignore "Graham Smith" in there. sorry.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, Come With Us! I have issues with lists like these because I have a mind like a sieve.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Whoops -- forgot Wonderful Rainbow. How could I forget that? I could smack myself.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Luomo: The Present Lover
AZ: Aziatic
ARROU: s/t
Recloose: Cardiology
Eve: Eve-olution
The Majesticons: Beauty Party
Two Lone Swordsmen: Tiny Reminders
Cee-Lo: Cee-lo Green Is the Soul Machine
Dead Prez: Let's Get Free
Pole: R
Cannibal Ox: The Cold Vein
Nas: Stillmatic
Recloose: Cardiology
310: After All
Atmosphere: Seven's Travels

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Whoops, Cardiology is there twice! Also...

Nas: God's Son & Street's Disciple
S.I.Futures: Mission Statement
Killah Priest: Priesthood
Drexciya: Harnessed the Storm
Mouse on Mars: Niun Niggung & Idiology
Da Beatminerz: Brace 4 Impak
Black Moon: Total Eclipse

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

x-post There's apparently an entire chapter dedicated to Kenna in the upcoming book by Malcolm Gladwell, author of "The Tipping Point." Specifically how such a promising artist goes overlooked and/or fails commercially.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 27 December 2004 16:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought we were starting yet another poll for a minute! The next Freaky Trigger Club Nite is a celebration of the noughties, but I don't suppose they will be playing whole albums, unless one of the DJs is feeling very lazy.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

jay-z - the black album
unwound - leaves turn inside you
oval - ovalprocess
fennesz - venice

― 6335, Monday, 27 December 2004 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

As long as it's better than the chapter on Radish in John Seabrook's Nobrow.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 December 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Fennesz - Endless Summer
Broadcast - Noise Made By People
Luomo - Vocal City
Isolee - Rest
Jay Z - Blueprint
Metro Area - Metro Area
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
Animal Collective - Here Comes The Indian
Gas - Pop
Farben - Textstar
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Rhythm + Sound - With The Artists
David Sylvian - Blemish
Villalobos - Alcachofa
Oren Ambarchi - Suspension
Bjork - Vespertine
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Murcof - Martes
Coloma - Finery
Recloose - Cardiology
Tower Recordings - Folkscene
Theo Parrish - Parallel Dimensions
Optimo - How To Kill The DJ PT2
Ada - Blondie
Espers - Espers

― a, Monday, 27 December 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

+ both Lawrence albums

― a, Monday, 27 December 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

ha, my very quick shortlist had 69 albums on it, and I was pretty much sticking with single-artist albums, no comps/V.A./mixes.

1. Daphne & Celeste - We Didn't Say That!
2. Underworld - Everything, Everything
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
4. Kelis - Kaleidoscope
5. Streets - Original Pirate Material
6. Missy Elliott - Miss E .. So Addictive
7. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
8. Streets - Grand Don't Come For Free
9. Teebee - Through The Eyes Of A Scorpion
10. Outkast - Stankonia
11. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
12. RZA - Ghost Dog OST (Japanese Version)
13. Missy Elliott - Under Construction
14. Brian Wilson - Smile
15. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
16. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
17. Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground
18. DJ Krust - Decoded (officially an EP, but it's an hour long!)
19. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
20. Basement Jaxx - Rooty
21. Tatu - 200 Km/h In The Wrong Lane
22. RZA - Ghost Dog OST
23. Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
24. Eminem - The Eminem Show
25. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
26. Bubba Sparxxx - Dark Days, Bright Nights
27. Daft Punk - Discovery
28. Digital - Dubzilla
29. Laurent Garnier - Unreasonable Behaviour
30. Big and Rich - Horse Of A Different Color
31. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
32. Underworld - A Hundred Days Off
33. Ed Rush & Optical - The Creeps
34. N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...
35. Tom Waits - Alice
36. Junior Senior - D-d-don't Don't Stop The Beat
37. Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag
38. Black Science Labs - DJ Teebee Presents Black Science Labs
39. Avalanches - Since I Left You
40. Lolita Storm - Girls Fucking Shit Up
41. Tom Waits - Real Gone
42. Royksopp - Melody A.M.
43. Wu-Tang Clan - The W
44. High Contrast - True Colours
45. Missy Elliott - This Is Not A Test!
46. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
47. Tom Waits - Blood Money
48. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
49. Orbital - The Altogether
50. Midfield General - Generalisation
51. Girls Aloud - What Will The Neighbours Say?
52. Prodigy Of Mobb Deep - H.N.I.C.
53. Mr Scruff - Trouser Jazz
54. Justin Timberlake - Justified
55. X-Press 2 - Muzikizum
56. Richard X - Presents His X-Factor Vol.1
57. Skynet & Stakka - Clockwork
58. Mark B & Blade - The Unknown
59. DJ Zinc - Faster
60. Chemical Brothers - Come With Us

Almost half hip hop, I notice, with other good showings from techno/house, drum & bass, pop and R&B, with rock barely showing unless you count Tom Waits. I guess that represents my tastes reasonably accurately over the last five years.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 27 December 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i most agree with martin's list (could do without the underworld and haven't heard the daphne and celeste tho and blackalicious bore me to the degree that i once won a copy of that album and didn't collect it). i'd have aaliyah's self-titled somewhere in there, and 'the blueprint' too.

― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 27 December 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

and hot shot ii!

― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 27 December 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Artist records. The first 15 are pretty solid as top 15s go:

Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - Fakevox and Cartooom!
Cornelius - Point
Kiley Dean - Simple Girl
The Beta Band - Hot Shots pt. II
Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Sugababes - One Touch
Richard X - X-Factor Vol. 1
JC Chasez - Schizophrenic
Britney Spears - In The Zone
Sad Rockets - Transitions
Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Kid Koala - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Dots and Borders - Tokyo Tapes

And the rest:

April March - Triggers
Chemical Brothers - Come With Us
Gorillaz - s/t
NERD - In Search Of
Basement Jaxx - Rooty
Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
Missy Elliott - Ms. E and Under Construction
Takako Minekawa - Maxi On!
Daft Punk - Discovery
Yukari Fresh - Cityrama
Lemon Jelly - KY and Lost Horizons
The Rapture - Echoes
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Soft Pink Truth - Do You Party
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Hideki Kaji - Weekenders
Justin Timberlake - Justified
Kelis - Kaleidoscope
Brandy - Full Moon
Audio Bullys - Ego War
Stars - Heart, Set Yourself On Fire
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Mum and Dad - s/t
Superdense Child - Elvis Pig Farmer
Chromeo - She's In Control
Deltron 3030 - s/t
LCD Soundsystem - Singles
Pedro - s/t

― Captain Grr-Rios' Giggletits (Barima), Monday, 27 December 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

JC Chasez - Schizophrenic

haha, good one

― Rizz (Rizz), Monday, 27 December 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM HAS SPOKEN:

ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS

MODO (in no particular order):

Primal Scream -- Xtrmntr
Fluxion -- Vibrant Forms II
Godspeed You Black Emperor! -- Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To Heaven
Yo La Tengo -- And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Spiritualized -- Let It Come Down
Labradford -- Fixed:Context
Mogwai -- Rock Action
Deadbeat -- Primordia
Drugstore -- Songs for the Jetset
Godspeed You ! Black Emperor -- Yanqui U.X.O.
Hollowphonic -- Majestic
Speedy J -- Loudboxer
Aidan Baker -- Letters
Plastikman -- Closer
Tindersticks -- Waiting for the Moon
Bardo Pond -- On the Ellipse
Mogwai -- Happy Songs For Happy People
Polmo Polpo -- Like Hearts Swelling
Xiu Xiu -- Fabulous Muscles
Felix da Housecat -- Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 27 December 2004 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

The Avalanches, Since I Left You
Triple R, Friends
Lifter Puller, Fiestas + Fiascos
Luomo, Vocalcity
Basement Jaxx, Rooty
Clinic, Internal Wrangler
United State of Electronica
Daft Punk, Discovery
Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash
OutKast, Stankonia

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 27 December 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Of the albums listed so far on this thread I only own Discovery and Amnesiac, neither of which I listen to regularly. (I've been too busy digging back into the '80s and buying albums that are older than I am!)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 27 December 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

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