| Well, for what it’s worth…here it is, Uncle E’s Top 85 Albums Of The Decade. Why 85?
Because, quite frankly, that’s all I could come up with. Alphabetically, ’cause a) it was too difficult and time is precious and, b) because I’m a coward and fear the backlash. Naw, actually I did do them in order and at the end of this post you’ll find a sneak peek at my personal top 10. When I began this task my initial feeling was that I thought the decade was a little lacking in outstanding album selections, but put them all together in a list like this and it makes a pretty decent argument that this was a pretty fantastic decade for music. Perhaps not as great as the 60’s or 70’s, or even the 80’s, but maybe equal to the 90’s. Did anyone else notice that there was no clear cut “movement”, or “style” this decade? The 60’s had psychedelia, the 70’s had metal, punk and “soft” rock”, the 80’s had new wave, the 90’s had grunge, house and electro, but what about the naughties (or whatever the hell you call this decade!)? I’d like to know. As always, this list contains no greatest hits, live albums, EP’s, singles or comps of any sort…just pure albums. Comment, argue among yourselves, or enjoy. It’s all subjective. A Ghost Is Born, Wilco |
| Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| Action Pact, Sloan |
| Agaetis Byrjun, Sigur Ros |
| American Idiot, Green Day |
| American III: Solitary Man, Johnny Cash |
| And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, Yo La Tengo |
 At My Age, Nick Lowe |
| Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, Eels |
| Boys And Girls In America, The Hold Steady |
| By The Way, The Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Caribou, Andorra |
| Country Club, John Doe and the Sadies |
| Daisy’s Of The Galaxy, The Eels |
| Dark Days, Light Years, Super Furry Animals |
| Demon Days, Gorillaz |
 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| Discovery, Daft Punk |
| Elephant, White Stripes |
| Embryonic, The Flaming Lips |
| Exterminator, Primal Scream |
| Figure 8, Elliot Smith |
| Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand |
| Funeral, Arcade Fire |
| Further Complications, Jarvis Cocker |
| Gagagagaga, Spoon |
| Gimme Fiction, Spoon |
| Girls Can Tell, Spoon |
| Gold, Ryan Adams |
| Goodnight Oslo, Robyn Hitchcock |
| Hail To The Thief, Radiohead |
| Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams |
| Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Of Montreal |
| Hold Time, M Ward |
| Hot Shots II, Beta Band |
| Howdy!, Teenage Fanclub! |
| Illinois, Sufjan Stevens |
| Is This It?, The Strokes |
| Kid A, Radiohead |
| LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem |
| Life On Other Planets, Supergrass |
| Lost Souls, Doves |
| Love Kraft, Super Furry Animals |
| Melody AM, Royksopp |
| Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective |
| Microcastle, Deerhunter |
| Modern Times, Bob Dylan |
| Mwng, Super Furry Animals |
 Never Hear The End Of It, Sloan |
| Nixon, Lambchop |
| Okema And The Melody Of Riot, Son Volt |
| Ole Tarantula, Robyn Hitchcock |
| Or Give Me Death, Aqueduct |
| Other People’s Lives, Ray Davies |
| Paul Weller – Heliocentric |
| Phantom Power, Super Furry Animals |
| Post War, M Ward |
| Primary Colours, The Horrors |
| Rated R, Queens Of The Stone Age |
| Rings Around The World, Super Furry Animals |
| Road To Rouen, Supergrass |
| Rockin’ The Suburbs, Ben Folds |
| Roots And Crowns, Califone |
| Sea Change, Beck |
| Since I Left You, The Avalanches |
| SMILE, Brian Wilson |
 Sound Of Silver, LCD Soundsystem |
| Spooked, Robyn Hitchcock |
| Streetcore, Joe Strummer |
| Talkie Walkie, AIR |
| The Convincer, Nick Lowe |
| The Crane Wife, The Decemberists |
| The Hour Of Bewilderbeast, Badly Drawn Boy |
| The Information, Beck |
| The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian |
| The Sophtware Slump, Grandaddy |
 The Transfiguration Of Vincent, M Ward |
| The Warning, Hot Chip, |
| Together Through Life, Bob Dylan |
| We Love Life, Pulp |
| White Blood Cells, White Stripes |
| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco |
| Yes, Pet Shop Boys |
 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Flaming Lips |
| Z, My Morning JacketUNCLE E’S TOP 10 OF THE DECADE
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Flaming Lips Exterminator, Primal Scream At My Age, Nick Lowe Dark Days, Light Years, Super Furry Animals Blinking Lights And Other Revelations, The Eels Z, My Morning Jacket Sound Of Silver, LCD Soundsystem Never Hear The End Of It, Sloan The Sophtware Slump, Grandaddy Dig Lazarus, Dig, Nick Cave |
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And I bet you have most of them don’t you. I thought I had a lot of MP3s, but you make me look like a pauper.
Well Gary, I do. But I’ve seen you’re MP3 library and you’re no slouch!