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[kirkt]

Staff I believe.

So what is your best albums of the 00s?

Mine would be (in no order):

Fig 4.0 - Action Image Exchange
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
My Latest Novel - Wolves

although thats just from the top of my head so I've prob forgotten about one

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by kirkt

Staff I believe.

So what is your best albums of the 00s?

Mine would be (in no order):

Fig 4.0 - Action Image Exchange
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
My Latest Novel - Wolves

although thats just from the top of my head so I've prob forgotten about one

Top of my head....

The Empire Strikes First - Bad Religion
The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
Daisies of the Galaxy - Eels (March 2000!)
Souljacker - Eels
The New Fellas - The Cribs
The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
Til The Sun Turns Black - Ray Lamontagne
Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit - Micah P Hinson
Mesmerize - System of a Down
Traffic and Weather - Fountains of Wayne
Let Go - Nada Surf

[Lucky Rathen]

My favourites of the 00s.

(I didn't mean to make this so long, I was just reading off iTunes and kept finding good stuff)

Elliot Smith - Figure 8
JJ72 - JJ72
Snoop Dogg - The Last Meal
Daft Punk - Discovery
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Weezer - Green Album
White Stripes - Elephant
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blod To The Head
Coldplay - X&Y
Damien Rice - O
Belle & Sebastien - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
Dropkick Murphys - Blackout
Katie Melua - Call Off The Search
Libertines - Up The Bracket
Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
The Concretes - The Concretes
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines
Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds
Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby
Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Collision Course
The Killers - Hot Fuss
The Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
The Ordinary Boys - Brassbound
Zero 7 - When It Falls
The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons
Beck - Guero
Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
Green Day - American Idiot
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Lemon Jelly - 64-95
Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues / Lyre Of Orpheus
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
CSS - Cansei Der Ser Sexy
Hot Chip - The Warning
Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope
Seasick Steve Dog House Music
Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
Paramore - Riot
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
Justice - Cross
Lady GaGa - The Fame
Eminem - Relapse
La Roux - La Roux
Little Boots - Hands

[Pierre Von Mondragon]

It is a sad reflection on the demise of intelligent music journalism to compare an NME from before c.1995/6/7, to any produced in this decade. Even the most hideously 80s self-indulgent Morley-esque PoMo/Situationalism-athon that only tangentially mentions music is preferable to the new writing paradigm that can be summed up as 'You'll really like their trousers'. Buy/Read an old prelapsarian NME, and compare the difference, actual writing by writers.

5 of the Decade
Clor-Clor
Le Tigre-This Island
Joanna Newsom-Ys
Benga-Diary of an Afro Warrior
The Phantom Band-Checkmate Savage

[Teabags]

Originally Posted by Adam Easy Wishes

But how do the hip scenesters know what to listen to unless the NME tells them?

Hipsters have a collective hive mind. Like a queen bee or mother ant. His name is Steve Jobs.

[Larsen B]

Originally Posted by Pierre Von Mondragon

It is a sad reflection on the demise of intelligent music journalism to compare an NME from before c.1995/6/7, to any produced in this decade. Even the most hideously 80s self-indulgent Morley-esque PoMo/Situationalism-athon that only tangentially mentions music is preferable to the new writing paradigm that can be summed up as 'You'll really like their trousers'. Buy/Read an old prelapsarian NME, and compare the difference, actual writing by writers.

5 of the Decade
Clor-Clor
Le Tigre-This Island
Joanna Newsom-Ys
Benga-Diary of an Afro Warrior
The Phantom Band-Checkmate Savage

I agree to a certain degree, but from what I have seen of nme recently it's showing slight improvement. It's also notable that few of the uber-fashionable trend bands really make this list.

BUT EVERYBODY STOP POSTING THEIR FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE NOUGHTIES, WE NEED A WHOLE NEW THREAD FOR THAT!!!!

[ca_gere]

There already is/was one Best albums of '00s

These lists never mean anything, just a lazy way to fill a few pages. Is it a fair reflection of the tastes of NME journalists and readers?... probably. In that respect, it's not a bad list. It's like Empire magazine's top 100 films list, Total guff ever year in my opinion but spot on for the average target reader I'm sure.

[KarmaTsunami]

I've been extremely bored today and compiled as many of Pitchforks Top 500 tunes of the 2000s as I could find on Spotify:

Spotify playlist

The first track is number 1 and it goes down in order. Still working on it.

[Swingin' Ryan]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

I'm sure NME journo's don't even listen to music. They probably found some hip scenesters iPod and took the top 50 most listened to albums.

I don't know what your perception of 'hip scenester' is but I don't think most people I'd associate with that phrase (i.e the Vice magazine worshiping creeps of the 'blogosphere') would be caught dead listening to half that stuff. Can you imagine any self-respecting 'edgy' scenester listening to Muse and The Coral?

On the subject of the list itself, it's OK. Predictable and bland would be my two main complaints. Only a small fraction of those albums would make my top 50 though. I read NME fairly regularly, simply because I like music and I enjoy reading music journalism and it's the most frequent print music magazine we have. Some of the writing can be brilliant, a lot of it is utter shit just like most publications. Awful journalism can be as fun to read as good journalism.

[cap'n euan]

Lol, nme, tbh.