So I felt like making a list...

So it's new years and lately I've been reading a lot of pitchfork and rolling stones lists of the greatest albums of the decade. I do hate the entire idea of juxtaposing music and comparing and saying which one is "best", but luckily no one reads my blog so I can do that and not feel like a hypocrite. So this is Drue's 20 Best Albums of the Decade

First off notable mentions--

Sondre Lerche - Dan In Real Life Soundtrack
I wouldn't feel right putting this in the Top 20 list seeing that it is made for a movie music. It still is great though. Great acoustic singer songwriter stuff in this album. Nothing really can beat Norwegian pop music. Honestly, its great.







Radiohead- Kid A
Okay sure send the hate mail. Kid A was the #1 album for both Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. Radiohead is alright and all but lets get a little more creative. I feel weird using this reference (i think it applies for most of my audience though), but Picking Kid A as your #1 album is like playing magic with a horsemanship deck. Sure you may win, but do you really feel good about yourself. The answer should be no.




Peter, Bjorn and John- Writer's Block
There is no disqualifying type reason why this didn't make the top 20. Really the only reason is that I thought of 20 albums that I like more than this. So I deem this album #21 on my top 20 list. Peter, Bjorn and John is pretty good music, and boy howdy do I love to whistle along to Young Folks.






#20 The Bravery- The Sun and the Moon
This album is very cool. I'm not sure where I read it, but I heard that they use an organ in this album that predates electricity. Crazy. The singles, Believe, and Time Won't Let Me Go are on this album. Another thing I really like is that when I bought this album (one of the few I actually own) it came with 2 disc with 2 versions of each song. Some of the 2nd versions are cool, but most of them are just worse versions.




#19 Gorillaz- Demon Days
Many will probably disagree with me, but this is my favorite Gorillaz album. I am a sucker for concept albums and I like to think that this loosely follows the concept album format. This is one of the few bands that I listened to in middle school that I look back at fondly. Sure D-sides was absolutely horrible and I haven't heard anything about the Gorillaz in 2 years, but come on lets all go back to a time when it was all good and fun to listen to them.