ISM Uncut Magazine's Top150 albums of the Decade

[dragonboy]

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

I was thinking the same thing! & where the hell is Abbey Road? Sticky Fingers?! Astral Weeks?!!  ;) ;) ;)

[mjkoehler]

22) Blur - Think Tank
23) Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season

Think Tank is a really odd choice. Not Blur's best effort. I didn think it was that good of an album actually. Both of the Gorillaz albums are much better.

Beth's on the other hand is a fantastic album. It will haunt you.

Oh, and the Strokes debut album is stellar. The other 2 sucked. If it's in the top 10 Fad albums, then Amy Winehouse's surely will be #1. I just do not get the appeal.

Yes, it's good to see THS getting some respect.

[bold99]

Ghost is Born is highly underrated in my opinion I love that album.  Glad to see it #3.

[Penny Lane]

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

wow, i am getting old. doh!

[Ghosts_on_TV]

22) Blur - Think Tank
23) Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season

Think Tank is a really odd choice. Not Blur's best effort. I didn think it was that good of an album actually. Both of the Gorillaz albums are much better.

Beth's on the other hand is a fantastic album. It will haunt you.

Oh, and the Strokes debut album is stellar. The other 2 sucked. If it's in the top 10 Fad albums, then Amy Winehouse's surely will be #1. I just do not get the appeal.

Yes, it's good to see THS getting some respect.

I think THink Tank has some good songs on it. Battery in your leg is awesome. So is Sweet Song.

[mjkoehler]

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

In your honor, I drove home to this last night.

[Ruckus]

EU is Sputnik's re-entry.

;D

[dragonboy]

22) Blur - Think Tank
23) Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season

Think Tank is a really odd choice. Not Blur's best effort. I didn think it was that good of an album actually. [highlight]Both of the Gorillaz albums are much better.[/highlight]

Beth's on the other hand is a fantastic album. It will haunt you.

Oh, and the Strokes debut album is stellar. The other 2 sucked. If it's in the top 10 Fad albums, then Amy Winehouse's surely will be #1. I just do not get the appeal.

Yes, it's good to see THS getting some respect.

I think THink Tank has some good songs on it. Battery in your leg is awesome. So is Sweet Song.

Demon Dayz is @ #75

[Penny Lane]

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

In your honor, I drove home to this last night.

from beginning to end, beautiful...especially when it picks up w/Rolling People then ends w/Velvet Morning. I still need to get the Haigh Hall performance on DVD, i have it on VHS. his lyrics defined the late 90s for me. they don't get better than this, (apart from bob dylan i guess)

And now I'm trying to tell you
About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
They've always been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they made

I said, don't you find
That it's lonely
The corridor
You walk there alone
And life is a game
You've tried
And life is a game
You're tired

i feel like by a certain point, we're ALL damaged in some way. hmmm

[el_chode]

EU is Sputnik's re-entry.

;D

I have a good reason for that. It was awesome when you first heard about it, widely praised and anticipated, then there was some concern, it came in fast, loud, and pretty hard, but eventually gets stashed away behind some of the cooler experiments.

[capt. scotty]

22) Blur - Think Tank
23) Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season

Think Tank is a really odd choice. Not Blur's best effort. I didn think it was that good of an album actually. [highlight]Both of the Gorillaz albums are much better.[/highlight]

Beth's on the other hand is a fantastic album. It will haunt you.

Oh, and the Strokes debut album is stellar. The other 2 sucked. If it's in the top 10 Fad albums, then Amy Winehouse's surely will be #1. I just do not get the appeal.

Yes, it's good to see THS getting some respect.

I think THink Tank has some good songs on it. Battery in your leg is awesome. So is Sweet Song.

Demon Dayz is @ #75

Im guessing their debut isnt on the list? I know Demon Dayz sold more albums, but I think the S/T debut is a much better than DD

[dragonboy]

Here's the list in full:

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

[el_chode]

Interesting Choice for SFA album.
Horrible choice for KOL
And goddammit its Songs for the Deaf
And no Dino Jr?

[mjkoehler]

I will now discredit this list as they list the last KOL album but not their debut or ASH? WTF?! Plus, they listed Babyshambles over the vastly superior Libertines albums? Please....

[dragonboy]

Horrible choice for KOL

Yeah that was a big WTF? I like Only... a lot but to choose it over any of their first 3 makes no sense to me.

[weeniebeenie]

Horrible choice for KOL

Yeah that was a big WTF? I like Only... a lot but to choose it over any of their first 3 makes no sense to me.

It should have been Aha Shake.

[Penny Lane]

Here's the list in full:

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
[size=14]93 The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004[/size]
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

i love the steely dan love-----the paul weller---and the streets!!

this list is kind of good, kind of BS, as usual...

[mjkoehler]

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

Played this for Trent for the first time today. I've been a bad Dad, I didn't load this on his computer. He loved it, especially Bittersweet and Rolling.

[capt. scotty]

Judging by how many bands that are in MMJ's "stratosphere" have multiple albums on that list, Im very surprised Z didnt make the list.

Also surprised that the Raconteurs' debut beat every Stripes album besides WBC's and Elephant. I think every Stripes album is easily better than Broken Boy Soldiers. And I like Consolers of the Lonely much more than BBS. COTL is 114 and BBS is 37?! I dont get that.

Also surprised Return to Cookie Mountain was nowhere to be found in the 150.

Nice to see the Felice Bros almost crack the Top 100

Agree on the KoL sentiments. OBTN aint bad, but not near as good as their first 3. I wouldnt argue all 3 of those being in the Top 50.

...and they aint got no love for hip hop  >:(

[dragonboy]

Judging by how many bands that are in MMJ's "stratosphere" have multiple albums on that list, Im very surprised Z didnt make the list.

...and they aint got no love for hip hop  >:(

Fishscale is in there but yeah, they're hardly 'respresenting' are they?

I was thinking the same thing about Z...

& The Dirty South but no Decoration Day?!! That's just plain stupid.