The Tape

Albums of the Decade (Tristan Edition)

Written by pistachionut on Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 12:08 pm


Everyone has their list. I’ve got mine…

25. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca (2009)

24. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)

23. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere (2006)

22. Beck – Guero (2005)

21. Why? – Alopecia (2008)

20. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)

19. Lily Allen – Alright, Still (2006)

18. Spinto Band – Nice and Nicely Done (2006)

17. Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (2003)

16. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2006)

15. Matt and Kim – Self Titled (2006)

14. TV On The Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

13. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (2002)

12. Girl Talk – Night Ripper (2006)

11. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

10. Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

09. Hot Chip – The Warning (2006)

08. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)

07. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)

06. The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)

05. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)

04. Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (2005)

03. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (2007)

02. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)

01. Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future (2007)

As a footnote, these went in terms of most influential for me when they came out, rather than pure quality of the album. Granted, that was still a large part of the decision-making process.

Klaxons – Golden Skans

Comments (5)

Category: Miscellaneous

5 Comments

Comment by daniel

Made Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 1:58 pm

the klaxons need new music. that album was bloody brilliant

Comment by poutine

Made Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 2:06 pm

yeah Myths of the Near Future! blew my mind back in 2007.

Comment by matt

Made Monday, 24 of August , 2009 at 3:08 pm

Spagett!!!

Comment by Troy

Made Wednesday, 26 of August , 2009 at 5:14 am

The Klaxons have been playing new songs out and the word is a new album is not far away! SPAGETT!!!

Comment by Ron Mexico

Made Wednesday, 26 of August , 2009 at 11:04 am

Gnarls Barkley, Hot Chip, and the Arctic Monkey are probably my 3 least favorite bands

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