The time has finally come. After some discussion and much input from the rest of our contributing staff, we have narrowed down the top 10 selections of our 100 Best Albums of the Decade.
Before we reveal the winners, let's take a quick look at the albums that didn't quite make the cut or that fell through the cracks for whatever reason, but are still deserving of some props.
With Steve Seachrist’s top picks from our 100, he asked, “Where’s the Sonic Youth, Murray Street? (2002). Or Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)?”
Bryan (aka Autopsy IV) and Nicole (elawgrrl) felt we were missing some Lucero (2005’s Nobody's Darlings was mentioned by both). Nicole also felt we should have included Jets To Brazil, Four Cornered Night (2000), The Postal Service, Give Up (2003) and The Shins’ Oh, Inverted World (2001).
Some contributors agreed with an artist selected for the list, but felt another album was stronger. Shawn was down with Radiohead’s inclusion, but felt 2001's Amnesiac was the most deserving album, not 2000's Kid A; Nicole thought Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) was a better choice than 2000’s The Moon and Antarctica; Joel would have traded out Mastodon's 2002 album, Remission, for 2004’s Leviathan; and new contributor Brad Tilbe liked Kings of Leon, but felt 2008’s Only by the Night was more worthy than Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004).
