50 most important albums

So I’ve decided to get a bit more cultured. I started to download NPR podcasts, particularly “all songs considered”. They just released the 50 most important records of the decade. I started to listen through it, recollecting some of the albums that I would have picked to be on the list. Some of them made it, some of them didn’t. You can check out the full list here.

This podcast got me thinking; if I put together a list of the most important albums of the decade to me, what would go on it? What does it take to be an important record? Do I just have to like it? Do I think it pushes the boundaries of the genre or music itself? The fact is, the importance of a record is not measured by any definite means or formulas; it’s measured by the personal experience of the reviewer. The people at NPR even stress in the podcast that the list they have is by all means not a definitive word in what was important in the last decade. So now I present to you a part of my list of important albums of the decade for me:

Bierut: The Flying Cup Club

Ben Folds: Presents: University A Capella

Buck 65: Secret House Against the World

The Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur

Coldplay: Viva la Vida (Prospekt’s March Edition)

Danger Mouse: The Grey Album

Deadelus: Love to Make Music to

Death Cab For Cutie: Plans

The Early November: The Mother, the Mechanic, and The Path

Enter Shikari: Take to the Skies

Fall Out Boy: Infinity on High

Forgive Durden: Razia’s Shadow

Girl Talk: Feed the Animals

Ida Maria: Fortress Around My Heart

Islands: Arm’s Way

Justice: “cross”

The Kooks: Inside in/Inside Out

M.I.A: Kala

The Matches: Decomposer

Mika: Life in Cartoon Motion

Muse: Absolution

Postal Service: Give Up

Radiohead: Kid A, In Rainbows

Ratatat: LP 3

Sondre Lerche: Phantom Punch

There are so many more.

Let me know what you think. Argue, agree, comment.