Monday, May 21, 2007

A Formal Introduction

This whole shindig will be, fundamentally, about music so, before we really get into the swing of things, I thought I should give you an idea of what you're getting yourself into.


My Top Fifty Albums from the Years 2000-2005

50. King Geedorah – Take Me to Your Leader

49. Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days

48. The Strokes – Is This It?

47. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow

46. M.I.A. - Arular

45. The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed

44. Aesop Rock – Labor Days

43. Radiohead - Amnesiac

42. Kanye West – The College Dropout

41. Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain

40. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary

39. The Avalanches – Since I Left You

38. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike!

37. Sufjan Stevens – Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State

36. Devendra Banhart – Rejoicing in the Hands

35. The Rapture - Echoes

34. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

33. The Decemberists – Castaways & Cutouts

32. Every Time I Die – Hot Damn!

31. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free

30. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree

29. Radiohead – Hail to the Thief

28. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights

27. Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy

26. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

25. Kanye West – Late Registration

24. Outkast - Stankonia

23. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells

22. The Notwist – Neon Golden

21. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in Da Corner

20. Clipse – We Got it 4 Cheap Vol. 2

19. The Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?

18. Animal Collective – Sung Tongs

17. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein

16. The Microphones – The Glow, Pt. 2

15. M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts

14. The Streets – Original Pirate Material

13. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People

12. The Weakerthans – Left & Leaving

11. Jay-Z – The Blueprint

10. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

09. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender

08. Spoon – Kill the Moonlight

07. The Wrens – The Meadowlands

06. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele

05. Madvillain - Madvillainy

04. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

03. Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica

02. The Arcade Fire - Funeral

01. Radiohead – Kid A

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