Well those are all the lists I’ve got so far. Maybe in the future I’ll think of some more albums to put in order in new and exciting ways. I didn’t write any reviews in the end. Never mind, there are plenty on the internet. If I ever do anything noteworthy I might write about it here too. Exciting times. Watch this space if you’re bored.
A return to form from music in general after a lean 2008.
10) Baroness – Blue Record
9) Doomriders – Darkness Comes Alive
8) Kylesa – Static Tensions
7) Dead Man’s Bones – Dead Man’s Bones
6) Thrice – Beggars
5) Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport
4) Converge – Axe to Fall
3) NOFX – Coaster
2) Mastodon – Crack The Skye
1) Raekwon – Only Buit 4 Cuban Linx… Pt.II
OK, it has a strong top end but there is a large chunk of albums here that would never have made the top ten any other year. Not that they’re bad more that they’re not great. Oh well.
10) Roots Manuva – Slime and Reason
9) Spritualized – Songs in A&E
8) Portishead – Third
7) Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling
6) Thrice – The Alchemy Index (3: Air and 4: Earth)
5) British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
4) Why? – Alopecia
3) Torche – Meanderthal
2) Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life
1) Cult of Luna – Eternal Kingdom
2007: we had it pretty good back then.
10) Neurosis – Given to the Rising
9) Torche – Torche
8) Thrice – The Alchemy Index (1: Fire and 2: Water)
7) Stars of the Lid – And Their Refinement of the Decline
6) High on Fire – Death is this Communion
5) Explosions in the Sky – All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
4) Burial – Untrue
3) The National – Boxer
2) Wolves in the Throne Room – Two Hunters
1) Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
A nice spread of genres. Congratulations all round.
10) Gallows – Orchestra of Wolves
9) Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
8) Converge – No Heroes
7) Burial – Burial
6) The Advantage – Elf Titled
5) Cult of Luna – Somewhere Along the Highway
4) NOFX – Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing
3) Jesu – Silver
2) Mastodon – Blood Mountain
1) Mogwai – Mr Beast
A closely run race. Lots of great records but none that stand out much more than any others.
10) Oceansize – Everyone into Position
9) Thee More Shallows – More Deep Cuts
8) Failsafe – What We Are Today
7) Dangerdoom – The Mouse and the Mask
6) The Decemberists – Picaresque
5) Aquabats – Charge!!
4) Alkaline Trio – Crimson
3) Why? – Elephant Eyelash
2) British Sea Power – Open Season
1) Part Chimp – I am Come
Some very strong albums but also a couple that wouldn’t have had a chance if they’d been released earlier in the decade.
10) Howard’s Alias – The Answer is Never
9) Descendents – Cool to be You
8) Dragonforce – Sonic Firestorm
7) Cult of Luna – Salvation
6) Arcade Fire – Funeral
5) Masta Killa – No Said Date
4) Pedro The Lion – Achilles Heel
3) Isis – Panopticon
2) Converge – You Fail Me
1) Mastodon – Leviathan
It was a grand year.
10) Million Dead – A Song to Ruin
9) Bear vs. Shark – Right Now You’re in the Best of Hands…
8) Coheed and Cambria – 3: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth
7) Mogwai – Happy Songs For Happy People
6) Cult of Luna – The Beyond
5) Poison The Well – You Come Before You
4) NOFX – The War on Errorism
3) Murder of Rosa Luxembourg – Everyone is in Love and the Flowers Pick Themselves
2) British Sea Power – The Decline of British Sea Power
1) Lightyear – Chris Gentleman’s Hairdresser and Railway Bookshop
2002 is a bit Kerrang. Still good though.
10) The Streets – Original Pirate Material
9) Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station
8) Finch – What it is to Burn
7) Coheed and Cambria – The Second Stage Turbine Blade
6) Blink 182 – Enema of the State
5) Mastodon – Remission
4) Isis – Oceanic
3) High on Fire – Surrounded by Thieves
2) Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends
1) Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
Another strong year. A great variety of bands hitting top form.
10) Strike Anywhere - Change is a Sound
9) Thursday – Full Collapse
8) Bouncing Souls – How I Spent My Summer Vacation
7) Opeth – Blackwater Park
6) Explosions in the Sky – Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die…
5) The Microphones – The Glow pt. 2
4) Mogwai – Rock Action
3) Rocket From The Crypt – Group Sounds
2) Alkaline Trio – From Here to Infirmary
1) Converge – Jane Doe
