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.
