Top 25 Albums of the Decade

1) Beulah - The Coast Is Never Clear
A lot of nostalgia here. But I still think that the lyrics to this album are excellent... god, I love every second of this thing.
2) Of Montreal - Aldhil's Arboretum/Satanic Panic in the Attic
I had way too intense of a love affair with Of Montreal to choose just one of these. So "Aldhil's" because it was the first Of Montreal album I ever listened to (a gift from my bubby along with a mess of other Elephant 6 gems!) and "Satanic Panic" because I think it is from my favorite era of oM's evolution. Super poppy, super complicated melodies (but not totally erratic like they started off and drifted into with "Hissing Fauna" and after), FUN AS HELL. One of my very favorite live shows was "Satanic Panic"/"Sunlandic Twins" era.
3) Spoon - Gimme Fiction/Kill the Moonlight
Again, I can't choose. "Gimme Fiction" as an album is so cohesive, but "Kill the Moonlight" has some standout killer tracks.
4) Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Duh. So sexy, so good.
5) The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
This is another coming-of-age album for me. I still absolutely love it, love the highly literate lyrics, love the poppiness.
6) Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Is there a track on this album that doesn't make me shake it? Nope. This really is my go-to album when I need a pick-me-up.
7) Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
I'm not sure how much this has to do with "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" being the first B&S album I really got to know, but it's still my favorite.
8) The Blow - Paper Television
I hit this shit hard for about two years straight. Seeing her live was one of the top ten happiest moments of my life (context counts). I want to be the Blow.
9) Beck - Guero
10) Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
11) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
12) Radiohead - Kid A
13) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
14) Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
15) Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
16) M.I.A. - Kala
17) Eels - Souljacker
18) jj - No. 2
19) The Concretes - The Concretes
20) Talib Kweli - Beautiful Struggle
21) The New Pornographers - Electric Version
22) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
23) Elephant Parade - Bedroom Recordings
24) Alphabeat - This is Alphabeat
25) Chromeo - Fancy Footwork


God that was hard. I guess I can't really commit to the order at all, and I still feel bad that Devendra, Sigur Ros, and J Dilla didn't make the cut. Twenty-five really isn't that much when you're talking an entire decade, but a blog name's a blog name.