BEST OF THE DECADE

BEST RECORDS of the 21st Century so far
By Alexander Laurence

1. Brian Wilson - Smile
2. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
3. Primal Scream – XTRMNTR
4. Radiohead – Amnesiac
5. Antony and the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
6. Gorillaz – Gorillaz
7. Arcade Fire – Funeral
8. Black Mountain – In The Future
9. Joanna Newsom – Ys
10. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns

11. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
12. Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
13. The White Stripes - Elephant
14. LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
15. Blonde Redhead - 23
16. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
17. The Kills: Keep on Your Mean Side
18. The Strokes – Is This It?
19. White Stripes – White Blood Cells
20. Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat

21. Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life
22. DFA 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine
23. Mercury Rev – All Is Dream
24. The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious
25. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
26. The Coral – The Coral
27. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
28. Sparklehorse/Danger Mouse - Dark Night of the Soul
29. Trail of the Dead – Source Tags and Codes
30. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

31. TV on The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
32. Hope Sandoval – Through The Devil Softly
33. Colder - Again
34. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
35. Jose Gonzalez – In Our Nature
36. Burial – Burial
37. Bat For Lashes – Fur and Gold
38. Ali Farke Toure – Savane
39. Wire - Send
40. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

41. Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing In The Hands
42. Cold Cave – Love Comes Close
43. Portishead – Third
44. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
45. The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
46. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
47. CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
48. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
49. Blonde Redhead – Misery Is A Butterfly
50. The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love

51. Bob Dylan – Love and Theft
52. Adult: Anxiety Always
53. Burial – Untrue
54. Murcof - Cosmos
55. Beck – Sea Change
56. Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
57. Singapore Sling – The Curse of Singapore Sling
58. The Pleased - Don't Make Things
59. The Kills – No Wow
60. Devendra Banhart – Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

61. Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree
62. The Horrors – Primary Colours
63. The Knife – Silent Shout
64. Mogwai: Happy Music for Happy People
65. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
66. A Place To Bury Strangers – APTBS
67. TV on The Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
68. Soundtrack of Our Lives – Behind The Music
69. White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
70. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend

71. UNKLE – War Stories
72. Elliott Smith – From A Basement On The Hill
73. Ladytron – Light & Magic
74. A Place To Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
75. Klaxons – Myths of The Near Future
76. The Walkmen – You & Me
77. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
78. Spiritualized - Amazing Grace
79. Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose
80. The Vines – Highly Evolved

81. The Libertines: Up The Bracket
82. Ray La Montagne – Gossip In The Grain
83. Doves – The Last Broadcast
84. The xx - XX
85. Teddybears – Soft Machine
86. Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
87. White Stripes – Icky Thump
88. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
89. Giant Drag – Hearts and Unicorns
90. A Girl Called Eddy – A Girl Called Eddy

91. ARE Weapons – ARE Weapons
92. Wire – Object 47
93. Hecuba - Paradise
94. Wolfmother – Wolfmother
95. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
96. Black Dice – Beaches & Canyons
97. Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love
98. Liars – Liars
99. MIA – Arular
100. Autolux – Future Perfect

101. Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man – Out of Season
102. Mull Historical Society - Loss
103. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
104. Soulsavers – Broken
105. Fischerspooner - #1
106. Clinic – Walking With Thee
107. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
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109. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – How I Long To Feel Summer In My Heart
110. Ryan Adams - Gold

111. Band of Skulls – Baby Darling Doll Face Honey
112. David Holmes – Bow Down To The Exit Sign
113. Super Furry Animals – MWNG
114. Shelby Lynne – I Am Shelby Lynne
115. Arab Strap – Mad For Sadness
116. Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
117. Low – Things We Lost In The Fire
118. The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages of…
119. The Notwist – Neon Golden
120. British Sea Power – The Decline of British Sea Power

121. Junior Boys – Last Exit
122. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
123. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
124. M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
125. Calla - Televise
126. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
127. Richard Hawley – Cole’s Corner
128. Gorillaz – Demon Days
129. Scott Walker – The Drift
130. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock and Roll

131. The Black Angels - Passover
132. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
133. Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul
134. Annie - Anniemal
135. Last Shadow Puppets – The Age of The Understatement
136. Grinderman – Grinderman
137. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
138. The Veils – The Runaway Found
139. The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends
140. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers

141. Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
142. The Knife – Deep Cuts
143. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
144. Amy Winehouse - Black To Black
145. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
146. Broadcast – Tender Buttons
147. Cat Power – You Are Free
148. Soulwax – Nite Versions
149. Liars – Drum’s Not Dead
150. The Rapture - Echoes