Arbitrarily ordered list of albums from the aughts that Liz likes
Ween (White Pepper)
Calexico (Feast of Wire)
The Dandy Warhols (Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia)
St. Vincent (Marry Me)
The Shins (Chutes Too Narrow)
New Pornographers (Twin Cinema)
Elliott Smith (Figure Eight)
Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes)
Animal Collective (Strawberry Jam)
Beach House (Devotion)
Radiohead (Kid A)
Postal Service (Give Up)
Broken Social Scene (You Forgot It In People)
Dirty Projectors (Rise Above)
Iron & Wine (Our Endless Numbered Days)
Modest Mouse (The Moon and Antarctica)
Neko Case (Middle Cyclone)
Radiohead (In Rainbows)
Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
Joanna Newsom (Ys)
Outkast (Stankonia)
First of all, I find it extremely difficult to order this list in any sort of relevant way. After several stressful minutes of rapid cutting and pasting, I’ve decided to present these to you randomly.
Secondly, I am aware that these are all pop albums. Perhaps that says something for how innovative pop music really is, because an “I’ve got to hear it 100 more times” hook can be written by any band, and at any time. There is, of course, much merit in creating mood, inserting enticing content, or alarming the audience with noise they’ve never heard before, but what will always burn into your brain are those infectious bits you find yourself humming as you live your everyday.
Published December 27th, 2009.
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Until Liz replies…
I actually am guilty of not listening that closely to “From a Basement on a Hill,” even though I loved Elliott Smith. And I guess I am biased because I saw him in concert right after the release of Figure 8, and I had only discovered him around the time that album was released, so it stuck with me.
I’m not a big Joanna Newsom fan but I’m sure Liz will have something to say on that issue. I know she loves both albums dearly, and I’m also curious to know why she chose Ys.
Thanks for your comments!!
So Figure 8 over From a Basement on a Hill? I think I may agree, but I just want to know why. Is it because Basement was posthumous and unfinished? Ok then, Figure 8. Junk Bond Trader is a great track….
Joanna Newsom: Ys over The Milk Eyed Mender? Ok, tell me “Y” please…. and I’m not being a dick, I don’t actually have a lot of listening time with Ys, but I looove Milk Eyed Mender…
I love this list.
Ok bye.
So Figure 8 over From a Basement on a Hill? I think I may agree, but I just want to know why. Is it because Basement was posthumous and unfinished? Ok then, Figure 8. Junk Bond Trader is a great track….
Joanna Newsom: Ys over The Milk Eyed Mender? Ok, tell me “Y” please…. and I’m not being a dick, I don’t actually have a lot of listening time with Ys, but I looove Milk Eyed Mender…
I love this list.
Ok bye.
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I’m surprised you chose Middle Cyclone over some of Neko’s older albums! But I like your list, and I disagree that those are all pop albums. In fact, I don’t really think any of them are.