Wolfie's Best Albums of the 00s Thread, brought to you by John83

**Wolfie** · 14/12/2009, 12:27 PM

This album doesn't necessarily have to be the outright best - it's just your favourite.

No exhaustive lists - you get one band / artist, one album.

My personal favourite:

Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

**endabob1** · 14/12/2009, 12:47 PM

Probably
Elbow - Seldom seen kid
but in reality the list would be a long one, nothing outrageously good (or I'm just too old to change my listening habits) but a lot of decent records.

**tiktok** · 14/12/2009, 12:54 PM

My favourite would probably be 'The Strokes - Is this it'
7/8 years on and it's never gotten old or boring for me, it still gets regular listens.

Could do a top100 list easier than a top1, but as you asked for just one.

**SkStu** · 14/12/2009, 2:49 PM

i have a top 20 but my vote goes to The Strokes - Is This It for the same reasons as tiktok.

**Wangball** · 14/12/2009, 2:53 PM

Mine is 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

Does exactly what it says on the tin

**gustavo** · 14/12/2009, 4:03 PM

Agreed with the choice made by SkStu and tiktok

**jebus** · 14/12/2009, 6:27 PM

Magnetic Fields is a good shout, but to throw a name out straight away I'd put in Radiohead's Kid A

Was never a huge fan of Radiohead before this, in fact I thought OK Computer was quite mediocre and didn't get the hype. This album turned it around for me and started Radiohead off down a new path that I've mostly enjoyed (Hail To The Thief is a poor album, I don't care what anyone says)

**centre mid** · 14/12/2009, 7:51 PM

Hard to pin one down, The Flaming Lip's - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots is a contender for me.

**SligoBrewer** · 14/12/2009, 7:55 PM

For me, Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles is a top notch and up there as my favourite of the noughties. Basically, it's so loose but yet it's tight, it's wrong but it's right and it was just so different to anything that I had ever heard before, bringing the definition of music to new limits without sounding utterly preposterous but actually being a majestic album in the meanwhile.

Honorable mentions would have to include The Rising by Bruce Springsteen,Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian's West Ryder Lunatic Asylum.

**ken foree** · 14/12/2009, 8:27 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Magnetic Fields is a good shout, but to throw a name out straight away I'd put in Radiohead's Kid A

Was never a huge fan of Radiohead before this, in fact I thought OK Computer was quite mediocre and didn't get the hype. This album turned it around for me and started Radiohead off down a new path that I've mostly enjoyed (Hail To The Thief is a poor album, I don't care what anyone says)

seconded!

**stann** · 15/12/2009, 6:53 AM

Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
Without a shadow.

**superfrank** · 15/12/2009, 11:15 AM

If I had to pin one down, I'd go for Funeral by Arcade Fire.

I was listening to it the other day and it still sounds great.

**Wangball** · 15/12/2009, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

If I had to pin one down, I'd go for Funeral by Arcade Fire.

I was listening to it the other day and it still sounds great.

Couldn't agree more, you've actually made me doubt my own choice!

This is one of those timeless albums, will never sound bad

**Pauro 76** · 15/12/2009, 2:01 PM

Originally Posted by ken foree

seconded!

i'd have to go for Radiohead - In Rainbows. An absolute classic from start to finish. Kid A isn't very far behind either....

**DeLorean** · 15/12/2009, 2:26 PM

With regards to playing something to death it has to be...

The Killers - Hot Fuss

**tetsujin1979** · 15/12/2009, 4:20 PM

not sure if I'd go with Funeral as my album of the decade (although it's definitely up there) but Wake Up is probably my track of the decade

**Lev Yashin** · 15/12/2009, 5:54 PM

Ill have to plump fo The Last Broadcast by Doves....always go back to it.

So hard to pick one though

**Soper** · 15/12/2009, 7:31 PM

This is too hard.

Source Tags & Codes by ....Trail of dead, Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah, Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams, and Relationship of Command by At the Drive in are teh ones that spring to mind

**davey** · 15/12/2009, 9:57 PM

Very difficult, and I'm sure if you ask anyone who has posted here what their favourite is in 5 years time, you'll get another choice. Having said that, I still stand by my choice from the 90s - Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen, we're floating in space".

For the past decade, a few thoughts, nearly all have been mentioned. Radioheads Kid A and In Rainbows along with Arcade Fires Funeral are very high. Number 2 is definitely Badly Drawn Boys "Hour of the Bewilderbeast" - Love this so much. This would have been number 1 if it wasn't been for an album I only heard 2 months ago and has been listened to every day since.

Step Forward British Sea Power's " Do You Like Rock Music?". Despite hating the band name, I have grown to love this band so much in the space of 2 months. This album is incredible. I do though retain the right to change my mind

**Wolfie** · 16/12/2009, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by shannonman

Ill have to plump fo The Last Broadcast by Doves....always go back to it.

Excellent choice. Still an under-rated band who have rarely, if ever, let their high standards dip.

Originally Posted by tiktok

My favourite would probably be 'The Strokes - Is this it'
7/8 years on and it's never gotten old or boring for me, it still gets regular listens.

"Is This it" - yep, a classic. Strokes never truly realised the potential of that first album (so far).

Originally Posted by Pauro 76

i'd have to go for Radiohead - In Rainbows. An absolute classic from start to finish. Kid A isn't very far behind either....

I think "Kid A" will be referred to as a land mark album of all time. I think it will still be listened to in 20 years time and beyond.

In Rainbows is well deserving of "Classic" status also. The prominance of arpeggiated acoustic guitar in most songs works wonderfully well.

On a general note, I think we'll give all the regular forummers a little more time to post their "one nom only" and we may as well open the floodgates then, what you reckon?.....................................