Uncut's 150 Best Albums of the 21st Century

[deanokat]

Gold is #38. Heartbreaker is #9. Whaddya think of the list???

150 Band of Horses - Everything All Of The Time 2006
149 Ray Lamontagne - Trouble 2006
148 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 2004
147 The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain 2008
146 Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Blues 2005
145 Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days 2004
144 Robert Wyatt - Comicopera 2007
143 Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs 2001
142 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell 2003
141 Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns 2007
140 Espers - Espers II 2006
139 Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below 2003
138 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 2007
137 Elliott Smith - From A Basement On A Hill 2004
136 The Strokes - Room On Fire 2003
135 Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard The End 2003
134 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief 2003
133 Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions 2006
132 Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark 2008
131 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
130 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus, Dig!!! 2008
129 Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out 2000
128 Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 2005
127 The Handsome Family - In The Air 2000
126 Neil Young - Praire Wind 2005
125 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive 2008
124 Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light 2006
123 Doves - The Last Broadcast 2002
122 Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat 2006
121 Hot Chip - The Warning 2006
120 MGMT - Oracular Specatular 2008
119 Scritti Politti - White Bread, Black Beer 2006
118 Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft 2005
117 At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command 2000
116 Michigan - Sufjan Stevens 2003
115 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash 2008
114 The Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely 2008
113 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow 2003
112 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup 2007
111 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Ciat 2006
110 Steely Dan - Everything Must Go 2003
109 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 2007
108 Comets on Fire - Avatar 2006
107 Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble 2003
106 The Go-Betweens - Friends of Rachel Worth 2000
105 Steely Dan - Two Against Nature 2000
104 Grizzily Bear - Veckatimest 2009
103 Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliot - Miss E...So Addictive 2001
102 Felice Brothers - Felice Brothers 2007
101 Neko Case - Blacklisted 2002
100 Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance 2001
99 Babyshambles - Down In Albion 2005
98 Avalanches - Since i Left You 2001
97 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams 2008
96 Rufus Wainwright - Want One 2003
95 Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump 2000
94 Devendra Bandhart - Oh Me Oh My The Way The Day Goes By The Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs Of The Christmas Spirit 2002
93 The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004
92 Tom Waits - Real Gone 2004
91 John Cale - HonoSapiens 2003
90 Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 2005
89 Neil Young - Living With War 2006
88 The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan 2005
87 Queens of The Stone Age - Rated R 2000
86 PJ Harvey - White Chalk 2007
85 MIA - Arular 2004
84 David Bowie - Heathen 2002
83 Outkast - Stankonia 2000
82 Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South 2004
81 Okkervil River - The Stage Names 2007
80 Levon Helm - Electric Dirt 2009
79 Kings of Leon - Only By The Night 2008
78 Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man 2000
77 Kanye West - The College Dropout 2004
76 Beck - Seachange 2002
75 Gorrilaz - Demon Days 2005
74 Elbow - Asleep In The Back 2000
73 Elliott Smith - Figure 8 2000
72 Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl 2000
71 TV On The Radio - Dear Science, 2008
70 The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen 2007
69 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 2007
68 D'Angelo - Voodoo 2000
67 Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther 2006
66 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2001
65 Rufus Wainwright - Poses 2001
64 Lift To Experience - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads 2001
63 The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang 2005
62 Ghostface Killah - Fishscale 2006
61 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Lyre of Orpheus / Abattoir Blues 2004
60 Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose 2004
59 The White Stripes - De Stilj 2000
58 Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 2009
57 Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland 2003
56 Sonic Youth - Murray Street 2002
55 Bjork - Vespertine 2001
54 Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs 2000
53 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights 2002
52 Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner 2003
51 Warren Zevon - The Wind 2003
50 Cat Power - The Greatest 2006
49 PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea 2000
48 Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine 2005
47 The National - Alligator 2005
46 Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera 2001
45 Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me 2002
44 The Libertines - Up The Bracket 2002
43 The Streets - Orginal Pirate Material 2002
42 Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire 2004
41 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 2007
40 Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 2002
39 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 2008
38 Ryan Adams - Gold 2001
37 The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers 2006
36 Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around 2002
35 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2002
34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago 2008
33 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion 2009
32 Calexico - Feast of Wire 2002
31 My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves 2003
30 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 2005
29 Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II 2007
28 Queens of The Stone Age - Songs For The Death 2002
27 The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America 2007
26 Lampchop - Nixon 2000
25 Radiohead - Kid A 2000
24 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
23 Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season 2002
22 Blur - Think Tank 2003
21 Joanna Newsom - Ys 2006
20 Amy Winehouse - Back In Black 2006
19 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising 2002
18 Kate Bush - Aerial 2005
17 The White Stripes - Elephant 2003
16 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 2007
15 Radiohead - In Rainbows 2007
14 Primal Scream - XTRMNTR 2000
13 Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) 2001
12 Portishead - Third 2008
11 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2002
10 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 2008
9 Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker 2000
8 Bob Dylan - Modern Times 2006
7 Arcade Fire - Funeral 2005
6 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 2007
5 The Strokes - Is This It 2001
4 Brian Wilson - Smile 2004
3 Wilco - A Ghost Is Born 2004
2 Bob Dylan - Love and Theft 2001
1 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 2001

[KiB]

hmm... i hate these kinda lists. plenty of good albums, but AGIB #3? it's not even the best WILCO album of the decade. always thought Time (the Revelator) was an overrated snoozefest, and even tho i'm a bruce fan, freakin MAGI has no business being near this list. Kid A, DBT's, Outkast, and #35, 56, 114 and 115 all need moved up. #33 and 34 need to be moved way down. hmm, nothing from the Roots but they got The Streets whackass on there. yea i hate these lists.

[Hofftimus Prime]

Looks like the writes are Jack White fans, I just can't see White Blood Cells as number 1.
Glad to see The Rising at 19, but think it should be even further down. These things are more fun than serious, but it's great that Ryan has two albums on it. Although Gold is not my near my favorite of his albums, it was what turned me onto his music (as it did many others) and for that should be on the list.

[Hofftimus Prime]

Originally Posted by KiB

plenty of good albums, but AGIB #3? it's not even the best WILCO album of the decade.

Yeah YHFT should replace that easily.

[chrisc]

How could Eminem not be on that list? Pretty solid list though.

[deanokat]

The most glaring omission I see--or, I guess, don't see--is Loretta Lynn's "Van Lear Rose." Damn, that's a great record. Easily better than a lot of the ones on that list.

[City rain]

Where's Cold Roses????????

[Caroline Street]

Originally Posted by City rain

Where's Cold Roses????????

Exaclty.

LIST INVALID.

(I hate these kind of lists too. They should all be MY favorite albums of...not THE BEST)

[Cowboy of Jersey]

List invalid?

A Ghost Is Born #3. YHF is #35? Come on.

Ray LaMontagne Trouble barely makes the fucking list, while Amy Winehouse is #20?

[YurzTruly]

A little heavy on the Dylan. Kid A should be above In Rainbows. A lot of the right artists, if you're not
considering too deep below mainstream. I'd pick different albums for some of them, though.

You can definitely tell the list-makers had very specific ears.

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[Cowboy of Jersey]

Fucking Cassadaga? No Cassadaga?

[Bob_Loblaw]

YHF should be in the top 5, if not number 1. Yoshimi is a very overrated album... maybe 3 very good songs, but only 3 of them are listenable. De Stijl is a better album than white blood cells. I don't know how the National's Boxer isn't on there and Alligator is too low. I think the National is the best (or second after Wilco) best band in America.

[bpm5045]

No Cassadega? Are you kidding me? How about no I'm Wide Awake Its Morning???? And I love Fleet Foxes, don't get me wrong...but are you kidding me??

[YurzTruly]

Originally Posted by Cowboy of Jersey

Fucking Cassadaga? No Cassadaga?

This.

[YurzTruly]

Originally Posted by Bob_Loblaw

YHF should be in the top 5, if not number 1. Yoshimi is a very overrated album... maybe 3 very good songs, but only 3 of them are listenable. De Stijl is a better album than white blood cells. I don't know how the National's Boxer isn't on there and Alligator is too low. I think the National is the best (or second after Wilco) best band in America.

Boxer should absolutely be on there. Interesting they favored Alligator over Boxer. I think I may fall that
way, too, but I go back and forth.

Total discred, though.

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[danielh]

To quote the piece written underneath the Heartbreaker section at number 9.

"If things had gone differently for him it could have been Ryan Adams on this months cover instead of Jack White. (they have Jack as Man of the Decade). However Drugs, personal instability and a flair for self-destruction eventually denied him the elevation to rock's pantheon of greats he clearly craved, despite good work still to come on Gold, CR and JCN."


Like to know what you guys think of that? I can see their point, but Ryan has still produced some great work and would be my man of the 00's.

[SuperGreg]

Originally Posted by danielh

To quote the piece written underneath the Heartbreaker section at number 9.

"If things had gone differently for him it could have been Ryan Adams on this months cover instead of Jack White. (they have Jack as Man of the Decade). However Drugs, personal instability and a flair for self-destruction eventually denied him the elevation to rock's pantheon of greats he clearly craved, despite good work still to come on Gold, CR and JCN."


Like to know what you guys think of that? I can see their point, but Ryan has still produced some great work and would be my man of the 00's.

It's the typical cookie-cutter RA comment.

[KiB]

Originally Posted by SuperGreg

It's the typical cookie-cutter RA comment.

exactly, they should just wrote "almost all his albums are good, most of them are great, but we all stopped suckin his ass years ago cuz this one time he was just a big bad meanie to us."

[KiB]

Originally Posted by deanokat

The most glaring omission I see--or, I guess, don't see--is Loretta Lynn's "Van Lear Rose." Damn, that's a great record. Easily better than a lot of the ones on that list.

#60.

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[KiB]

Originally Posted by bpm5045

No Cassadega? Are you kidding me? How about no I'm Wide Awake Its Morning????

agree.... but...... #90


i love me some white stripes, but yea, bit heavy on them (especially #1).


i'd say Kid A, YHF, Outkast, Cold Roses, 2nd Raconteurs, SY Murray Street, and one of the Dylans would prolly be around the tops of my list.