NME has posted a list of the top 100 albums of the decade, as voted for by producers, label bosses, and bands including
Radiohead,
MGMT,
Arctic Monkeys, Killers and
The Big Pink.
The Strokes take the top spot with
Is This It, followed by The Libertines' with
Up The Bracket (okay, lost me already). MGMT just snuck in at 100 with
Oracular Spectacular.
Julian Casablancas seemed to take the news philosophically, "Does it mean it's a good musical decade or a bad musical decade? I don't know, I'm such a bad judge of my own stuff. But I thought it was great when I heard."
Apparently 2002 was the vintage year of the noughties, fact fans.
Here's the top 50...50. MIA -
Arula49. Muse -
Absolution48. The Walkmen -
Bows and Arrows47. Brendan Benson -
Lapalco46. The Delgados -
The Great Eastern
45. Avalanches -
Since I Left You44. Outkast -
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below43. Wilco -
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot42. Vampire Weekend -
Vampire Weekend41. Wild Beasts -
Two Dancers40. Ryan Adams -
Gold39. Crystal Castles -
Crystal Castles38. Bloc Party -
Silent Alarm37. The Knife -
Silent Shout36. Spiritualized -
Let It Come Down
35. Babyshambles -
Down in Albion34. Grandaddy -
The Sophtware Slump33. Arcade Fire -
Neon Bible32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -
Show Your Bones31. Bright Eyes -
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning30. Elbow -
Asleep in the Back29. Super Furry Animals -
Rings Around the World28. Johnny Cash -
The Man Comes Around27. Amy Winehouse -
Back to Black26. Dizzee Rascal -
Boy in Da Corner25. The Rapture -
Echoes24. The Libertines -
The Libertines23. Klaxons -
Myth of the Near Future22. Jay-Z -
The Blueprint21. The Coral -
The Coral20. Blur -
Think Tank19. The White Stripes -
White Blood Cells18. The White Stripes -
Elephant17. Sufjan Stevens -
Illinois16. The Streets -
A Grand Don't Come For Free
15. Queens of the Stone Age -
Songs for the Deaf14. Radiohead -
Kid A13. The Shins -
Wincing the Night Away12. LCD Soundsystem -
Sound of Silver11. At The Drive-In -
Relationship of Command10. Radiohead -
In Rainbows9. The Streets -
Original Pirate Material8. Interpol -
Turn on the Bright Lights7. Arcade Fire -
Funeral6. PJ Harvey -
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -
Fever to Tell
4. Arctic Monkeys -
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not3. Primal Scream -
XTRMNTR2. The Libertines -
Up The Bracket1. The Strokes -
Is This ItFind the full 100 and the explanations behind each album
here.