ISM Uncut Magazine's Top150 albums of the Decade

[dragonboy]

In this month's issue, soon to be last month's (Jack White on the cover)

90) Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
31) MMJ - It Still Moves
10) Fleet Foxes - ST
9) Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
8) Bob Dylan - Modern Times
7) Arcade Fire - Funeral
6) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
5) The Strokes - This Is It
4) Brian Wilson - Smile
3) Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
2) Bob Dylan - Love & Theft
1) The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

Jack White, who appears in the Top150 8 times, is their man of the decade.

[at dawn]

Wow, I like Fleet Foxes but number 10?!  I dunno...

[el_chode]

That would NOT be my choice for Wilco.

YHF at least, if not Sky Blue Sky,

Still I like that ISM beat out Z

[Penny Lane]

That would NOT be my choice for Wilco.

YHF at least, if not Sky Blue Sky,

Still I like that ISM beat out Z

that's my least favorite wilco album. i'll take summerteeth and YHF WAY over that.

[mjkoehler]

Oh come on. Fleet Foxes at #10?!?! It's a great album, but 10th this past decade. FAIL.

[dragonboy]

For all the Wilco fans  :)

138) Sky Blue Sky
35) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

[Crispy]

I don't know how At Dawn could be left out of that list...

[el_chode]

That would NOT be my choice for Wilco.

YHF at least, if not Sky Blue Sky,

Still I like that ISM beat out Z

that's my least favorite wilco album. i'll take summerteeth and YHF WAY over that.

It used to be my least favorite, until Wilco (the Album) came out.

In taking personal opinions out of it, and trying to be somewhat objective as to just well-done albums, I think YHF deserves it, mainly because I think that album broke the floodgates for indie rock as this subtle mainstream market this decade. It was a big finger to the labels, and I think in the wake of it the labels then saw the market for bands like Death Cab, Decemberists, Modest Mouse, etc.

Same with ISM, though I think At Dawn is my personal favorite, it is more like a giant meteor made out of delicate, resiliant silicon, while ISM is this dense chunk of iron falling from the sky, punching the earth in its motherloving face and leaving a huge burning crater. At Dawn hits you, perhaps over a bigger area, but you don't realize it right away. Z is just a beautiful comet, streaking across the sky causing mystics to speculate as to what it means, and EU is Sputnik's re-entry.

[capt. scotty]

Are those Dylan albums that good?

Might have to get them...I think theyre dirt cheap on Amazon.

And I second the Wilco and FF complaints, as I throw The Strokes in there as well

[el_chode]

Are those Dylan albums that good?

Might have to get them...I think theyre dirt cheap on Amazon.

And I second the Wilco and FF complaints, as I throw The Strokes in there as well

I have modern times and remember liking it. It wasn't anything monumental though. I played it at work a lot because it kept the other people around me from putting on top 40 classic rock radio, which I cannot stand.

[ALady]

For all the Wilco fans  :)

138) Sky Blue Sky
35) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

I agree with that ranking.  I like A Ghost Is Born better than either of those.

Both Modern Times and Love & Theft are really, really good.  

And I think the Fleet Foxes record is deserving.  It was a unique record that came out at the right time.  

I've never understood the appeal of the Strokes.

[capt. scotty]

I've never understood the appeal of the Strokes.

Ditto.

That album would probably be in my Top 10 Fad Albums of the Decade

[dragonboy]

I've never understood the appeal of the Strokes.

Ditto.

That album would probably be in my Top 10 Fad Albums of the Decade

Yeah me too. & I agree ALady about Fleet Foxes.

Here are some more if anyone is interested...

11) The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi...
12) Portishead - 3rd
13) Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
14) Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
15) Radiohead - In Rainbows (Kid A @ #25 / Hail To The Thief @ #134)
16) LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
17) The White Stripes - Elephant
18) Kate Bush - Aerial
19) Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
20) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
21) Joanna Newsom - Ys
22) Blur - Think Tank
23) Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season
24) Arctic Monkeys - Whatever...
25) Radiohead - Kid A
26) Lambchop - Nixon
27) The Hold Steady - Boys & Girls
28) QOTSA - Songs For...
29) Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
30) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

[Ghosts_on_TV]

As cliche as it is to say, I honestly think that there should be no best of the decade lists (for this decade) that Kid A is not #1. Also, I think A GHost is Born might be my favorite Wilco album. Also, THe Strokes are a pretty kickass band.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I do like that Boys and Girls in America is kind of up there on that list though.

[dragonboy]

I do like that Boys and Girls in America is kind of up there on that list though.

Pretty sure the much missed K would be pleased too  ;)

[Penny Lane]

Get to the important stuff, where is [size=14]Urban Hymns[/size] on that thing?!

[Ghosts_on_TV]

Get to the important stuff, where is [size=14]Urban Hymns[/size] on that thing?!

That was released in 1997.

[xmascriminal]

Get to the important stuff, where is [size=14]Urban Hymns[/size] on that thing?!

Love that album.

The Rolling People =  :D

[capt. scotty]

Get to the important stuff, where is [size=14]Urban Hymns[/size] on that thing?!

That was released in 1997.

Dont worry Penny, it still feels like the year should be 1999 or something to me too!   ;D