Your Fave Albums Of The "Uh-Ohs"?

[aenemated]

oh god ... lemme think ... imma have to scroll through my itunes.

 

bad religion - process of belief

clutch - blast tyrant

drag the river - live at the starlight

gogol bordello - super taranta!

jay munly - munly and the lee lewis harlots

jello biafra and the guantanamo school of medicine - audacity of hype

the knitters - the modern sounds of the knitters

lucero - that much further west

a perfect circle - mer de noms

queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf

richard buckner - dents and shells

robbie fulks - georgia hard

slim cessna's auto club - cipher

social distortion - sex, love and rock'n'roll

tom waits - alice

tom waits - real gone

tool - lateralus

 

album of the decade?

 

tom waits - real gone

[bdegrande]

In no order. IMO a great decade for music of all types

 

Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers

Muse - Absolution

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight

Green Day - American Idiot

Kathy Fleischmann Band - The Second Took Even Longer

Atomic Love Bombs - Let It Burn

Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

Bill McGarvey - Tell Your Mother

Sleater-Kinney - All Hands On The Bad One

Red Molly - Never Been To Vegas

Ollabelle - Ollabelle

Dixie Chicks - Top Of The World Tour Live

Hayseed Dixie - A Hot Piece Of Grass

Smithereens - Meet The Smithereens

 

and a couple of live CDs of older shows released during the decade

 

The Clash - Live At Shea Stadium

Television - Live At The Academy

[Maess]

anything by The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach or The White Stripes

 

Honorable mention goes to the new Maiden and Motorhead discs.

[bdhn]

in no order:

 

black stone cherry-blackstonecherry

the cult-beyond good and evil

down-over the under

ac/dc-black ice

parlor mob-and you were a crow

jerry cantrell-degradation trip

social distortion-sex,love and rock'n roll

white stripes-elephant

 

 

 

some people may not have enjoyed much new music in the double zero's

but music is a very personal thing and tastes vary

person to person....but like what you like or dislike what you dislike...as long as it speaks to you is all that matters

[jthomas]

Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez: Live from the Ruhr Triennale

 

Decoration Day - Drive By Truckers

 

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

 

Natural Born Chaos - Soilwork

 

Doomsday Machine - Arch Enemy

 

Chickenfoot

[CanIBDom]

 

some people may not have enjoyed much new music in the double zero's but music is a very personal thing and tastes vary person to person....but like what you like or dislike what you dislike...as long as it speaks to you is all that matters

 

 

YES! Thank you!

[nanobug]

In no particular order:

 

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

Mutemath - Self-titled

Every album released by A Perfect Circle

Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport

Matthew Good - Avalanche

Jet - Get Born

Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache

System of a Down - Toxicity

Dieselboy - The Dungeonmasters Guide

Deftones - White Pony and Self-titled

[trollin']

 

6. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2 (2004)

 

 

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst

 

He sums it up for me. Thank you Maddox

[golias]

I see that both:

 

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Flaming Lips)

&

Welcome Interstate Managers (Fountains of Wayne)

 

are well represented here, which tells me you people have damn good taste. A lot of other stuff I loved has already been listed, but here are a few good ones nobody has brought up yet:

 

Fire (Electric Six)

Weird Revolution (Butthole Surfers)

Release The Stars (Rufus Wainwright)

Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Amanda Palmer)

Oh No (OK Go)

Speak For Yourself (Imogen Heap)

Comfort Eagle (Cake)

You'll Rebel To Anything (Mindless Self Indulgence)

We Starting Nothing (The Ting Tings)

 

Also, while "Elephant" seems to be the White Stripes album everybody is putting on their list, I think the albums "De Stijl" and "Get Behind Me Satan" are both every bit as good, if not slightly better.

 

If I was making a "top 20" albums list, or even a "top 50" for the decade, I don't think any of the 21st Century U2 albums would make the cut for me. Their often-hated-on 1990s works were generally better albums than what they've done since, if you ask me.

[paulisme]

 

I see that both: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Flaming Lips) & Welcome Interstate Managers (Fountains of Wayne) are well represented here, which tells me you people have damn good taste.

 

 

One of my favorite lyrics of all time:

 

You realize that life goes fast

It's hard to make the good things last

You realize the sun doesn't go down

It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

[paulisme]

I'm surprised to not see Amy Winehouse's Back to Black album on anyone else's list. I have to say that's my favorite of the decade. I'm a huge fan of deeply personal albums; when I think of my favorites, it's Plastic Ono Band, Blood on the Tracks, Pinkerton, and now Back to Black.

[HeatherAnnePeel]

I must add:

 

"Reveal" REM (2001)

"Goddess In The Doorway" Mick Jagger (2001)

"Spend The Night" The Donnas (2002)

"Get Born" JET (2003)

"Gold Medal" The Donnas (2004)

"Pearl Jam" Pearl Jam (2006)

"Accelerate" REM (2008)

Rolling Stones post 1971 re-masters (2009)

Beatles re-masters (2009)

"backspacer" Pearl Jam (2009)

"Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!" 40th Anniversary Edition (2009)

[A Happy Crowd]

Here's a rough list (in alphabetical order) after taking a quick look through my cds. It's heavily skewed toward the first half of the decade. It feels like I spent the second half paying less attention to new music and, instead, trying to catch up on older stuff.

 

Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)

Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certan Damaged Lemons (2000)

Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly (2004)

Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner (2004)

Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt (2004)

Enon - High Society (2002)

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)

Katiejane Garside - Lalleshwari/Lullabies in a Glass Wilderness (2005)

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennae to Heaven! (2000)

Jolie Holland - Catalpa (2003)

Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned (2004)

Meanwhile, Back in Comminust Russia... - Indian Ink (2001)

Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People (2003)

Pedro the Lion - Winners Never Quit (2000)

Pedro the Lion - Control (2002)

Portishead - Third (2008)

Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)

Seely - Winter Birds (2000)

A Silver Mt Zion - Horses in the Sky (2005)

[trollin']

It feels like I spent the second half paying less attention to new music and, instead, trying to catch up on older stuff.

 

Same in my case too. I think that's because I realized that the musicians in the 60's, 70's and 90's put a lot more work into their music & the music of today totally sucks ass for the most part.

 

Two Radiohead albums and Dizzie Rascal I hate Radiohead with a passion (see: overrated) but that's an interesting bit of diversity within your list

[docjeffrey]

 

I don't like Mastodon's vocals (I'm a picky bugger)

 

 

You can buy Crack the Skye in a two disc set--Disc 2 is the entire album without vocals. So, you, my friend, have no excuse for not liking Mastadon!

 

Mastadon has a great singer, though.

 

My votes go to the following:

 

Tool: 10,000 Days

Mastadon: Crack the Skye

Machine Head: The Blackening

Pat Metheney Group: The Way Up

Porcupine Tree: The Incident

Steve Earle: Townes [Van Zandt]

ZZ Top: Mescalero

Tori Amos: American Doll Posse

Rush: Snakes and Arrows

Johnny Cash: Cash IV

The Fray: The Fray (2)

Isis: Wavering Radiant

Gary Moore: Live at Monsters of Rock

BB King: Anthology

Alison Kraus: A Hundred Miles or More

Brian Setzer: Red Hot and Live

[DaveAronow]

The Orangutans: Out of Our Trees

Knock Knock: The Joke is in your hand

The Ultimatum: Either let me Come or Let Me Go

The Clams: It Means What you Think it Means

The Benders: Buy Me A Beer

FuFu Rednecks: She put the {censored} in country

[Alex_SF]

Man, I must be turning into the out-of-touch old uncool dude, because I'm just not feeling a lot of what's been posted so far. Just so much of what came out this past decade in the rock genre left me cold, even if there were some good moments here and there.

 

The only other recent album I thought of that I liked most of the way through was Tell 'Em What Your Name Is by Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears -- and even that was kinda derivative of old Andre Williams, though done well.

 

And pigs flew when I found myself agreeing with Spin magazine recently on the decline of Radiohead, whose 90s output had been some of the best of that decade.

 

Now get off my lawn.

[trollin']

 

 

 

I like some of your list

 

I've seen Mastadon twice. Either they were really fuggin' drunk both times or else they don't know how to play a live show to save their lives. I didn't really like them before I saw them, but since I've seen them, I can say I don't respect their (lack of) abilities either. I'd rather see Greg Kihn again than Asstadon

 

Alex_SF: I feel you on the last decade of rock. There were a couple good bands and albums, but aside from that....hardly any quality work.

[2pacHendrix]

 

I like some of your list I've seen Mastadon twice. Either they were really fuggin' drunk both times or else they don't know how to play a live show to save their lives. I didn't really like them before I saw them, but since I've seen them, I can say I don't respect their (lack of) abilities either. I'd rather see Greg Kihn again than Asstadon Alex_SF: I feel you on the last decade of rock. There were a couple good bands and albums, but aside from that....hardly any quality work.

 

 

Hardly any quality work? Did I read that right?

The 2000's have been chalk full of great artists. I don't really listen to rock music, but the indie scene has never been better in terms of quality and originality. I don't understand why people can listen the same boring 70's/80's blues-rock all their lives and then complain about what's out today. Dig deeper than the radio stations. I can't stand mainstream rock, but The Mooney Suzuki bring back the 60's vibe of rock 'n' roll and they are the only recent rock band I like.

 

What I love about this past decade's music was how far every artist pushed the limit. Lady Gaga brought originality back into pop music, she made it ok to be different in that genre. Before her, every song on the top 40 sounded just like the last. Mogwai really pushed the post-rock genre into a new limit and went against the over done three chord progression song. Everybody is seeing how far they can expand a genre and experimenting, just like they did in the 60's/70's, it's just not as mainstream as it was back then. You can listen to whatever you want, but don't diss the 2000's just because you only heard the crappy 5% of it that floods the radio.

[HeatherAnnePeel]

I must also add:

 

"American III: A Solitary Man" (2000) - Johnny Cash

"Binaural" (2000) - Pearl Jam

"Riot Act" (2002) - Pearl Jam

"Devils And Dust" (2005) - Bruce Springsteen

[HeatherAnnePeel]

You actually like new Pearl Jam? Your musical tastes are very mild and mainstream rock fan-boy status. You'd love Californian radio stations (which I personally can't stand) I saw someone mention MSI Same in my case too. I think that's because I realized that the musicians in the 60's, 70's and 90's put a lot more work into their music & the music of today totally sucks ass for the most part. Two Radiohead albums and Dizzie Rascal I hate Radiohead with a passion (see: overrated) but that's an interesting bit of diversity within your list

 

[rock-lobster]

i'm surprised you chose pearl jam and binaural. i would call riot act and backspacer the better two of their 2000s albums.

[CanIBDom]

I haven't liked a Pearl Jam record since Yield, but I really enjoyed their Italian tour dvd.

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

Everyone has their own preferences. I'm surprised you care what mine are.

[Fuelish]

Very much agree with these two. Magic is good, too, just didn't grab me as immediately as his others did. Here's my top 5, in no particular order: *) Love and Theft - Bob Dylan *) Real Gone - Tom Waits *) The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen *) Modern Times - Bob Dylan *) Orphans; Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards - Tom Waits

Tom Waits is brilliant .... from any decade 5 solid choices there, 32-20

 

I ain't quite sure what the "uh-ohs" pertains to, so I have no list