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Jacek

Feb 24, 05 - 7:44 PM

The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

Here's a list compiled by the staff of The Michigan Daily on the 4th December 2004.

http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/03/41b05f9387d46

Kid A, despite getting very mixed reviews upon release, continues to dominate these half-decade lists. It is also interesting to see that "Elephant" and "Speakerboxx/The Love Below", 2003's most hyped releases, were yet again left out in favor of "White Blood Cells" and "Stankonia". In retrospect it seems that year pretty much sucked.

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
4. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
5. The Strokes - Is This It?
6. Madvillain - Madvillainy
7. Brian Wilson - Smile
8. The Shins - Oh Inverted World
9. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
10. The Outcast - Stanconia
11. Jay-Z - The Black Album
12. Eminem - The Marshall Mothers LP
13. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
14. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
15. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan
16. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
17. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
18. Liars - They Threw Us in a Trench
19. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
20. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
21. The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
22. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
23. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
24. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
25. The White Stripes - De Stijl
26. D'Angelo - Voodoo
27. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
28. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
29. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
30. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
31. Kanye West - The College Dropout
32. Blur - Think Tank
33. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
34. Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
35. Cat Power - You Are Free
36. The Books - Lemon of Pink
37. The Roots - Phrenology
38. The Constntines - Shine a Light
39. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
40. Fugazi - The Argument
41. Coldplay - Parachutes
42. The Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera
43. Johnny Cash - American IV
44. Bjork - Medulla
45. Talib Kweli - Quality
46. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutthroats
47. Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus
48. Manitoba - Up in Flames
49. Elliot Smith - Figure 8
50. Postal Service - Give Up

bob

Feb 24th, 2005 - 11:22 PM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

It's quite a nice list, with all the obvious bands, but not-so-obvious albums. I agree with the Stripes' White Blood Cells and DeStijl over Elephant and Sufjan's Michigan (criminally excluded from the AM top 2000) over Seven Swans, but I disagree with Elliott Smith's Figure 8, The Shins' Oh Inverted World and Johnny Cash's American IV over III.

Henrik

Feb 24th, 2005 - 11:52 PM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

Thanks Jacek!

The album that is really shot to new heights in all the 00-04 lists is The Moon and Antarctica. It has to be the next record I buy.

jenglisbe

Feb 25th, 2005 - 4:33 AM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

I love that D'Angelo's VOODOO made the cut! I wish he'd come out with something new.

As for Outkast, I like AQUEMINI best.

Paul Napolitano

Mar 11th, 2005 - 8:38 PM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

I'm kind of annoyed by the the list a little bit. I know that some people try to be cool and say they like a bands older work better but 3 albums on this list stand out to me.

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World. Good album but nowhere near the classic that Chutes Too Narrow is. I don't care if it was played on the O.C., etc. It's just a better album chocked full of great songs.

Coldplay - Parachutes. Same thing here, good album, but doesn't come close to A Rush of Blood to the Head. Yeah wasn't overplayed as much but nowhere near as good.

Finally the White Stripes. I mean c'mon alrleady!!! Forget about airplay for singles and videos, etc. Elephant is thus far the career defining album for the White Stripes. A definite step up from any of their previous albums.

buddy baker

Mar 12th, 2005 - 1:08 AM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

It's obvious that there's no perfect list and subjectivity reigns supreme in listmaking. But let me tell you, Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights" scoring 3rd is like Celine Dion recording an album better than Pet Sounds... Interpol are just a nice band doing some pleasant songs, but it ain't no feast for the soul!!! Well, not my soul anyway... If you really want someone pretending to be a post-punk brit band, you've got Franz Ferdinand doing it better (it's not all hype). I wonder if these journalists have ever heard of Joy Division... (I know that they have, it's just one of those things you say...)

There's plenty more that I don't agree with but as I said it's all pretty subjective. Except for one thing: there was no year zero, so this millenium doesn't include the year 2000.

This means records like "Kid A" must be kept out of this list. And also because being near "Turn On The Bright Lights" is bad influence

Michael Solah

Jun 8th, 2007 - 2:58 AM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

The Michigan lists are the less definitive of all the best of lists. Some reasons are, first, the editors are college students that dont know a cuak about music, secondly, their best of lists are usually made based on the opinions of the editors themeselves and no one elses opinion, and last, there lists are bad in general.

Moeboid

Jun 8th, 2007 - 7:56 AM

Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium

hahah. full marks to buddy baker :p i 100% agree. i really can't see interpol as top 5 material. It always amazes me how many people love them to death. I can't deny that turn on the bright lights is a fantastic album, but top 5? nah. i would expect it... around 20

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Jacek Feb 24, 05 - 7:44 PM	The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium Here's a list compiled by the staff of The Michigan Daily on the 4th December 2004. http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/03/41b05f9387d46 Kid A, despite getting very mixed reviews upon release, continues to dominate these half-decade lists. It is also interesting to see that "Elephant" and "Speakerboxx/The Love Below", 2003's most hyped releases, were yet again left out in favor of "White Blood Cells" and "Stankonia". In retrospect it seems that year pretty much sucked. 1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2. Radiohead - Kid A 3. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights 4. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica 5. The Strokes - Is This It? 6. Madvillain - Madvillainy 7. Brian Wilson - Smile 8. The Shins - Oh Inverted World 9. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 10. The Outcast - Stanconia 11. Jay-Z - The Black Album 12. Eminem - The Marshall Mothers LP 13. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight 14. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People 15. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan 16. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner 17. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven 18. Liars - They Threw Us in a Trench 19. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 20. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 21. The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows 22. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher 23. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. 24. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes 25. The White Stripes - De Stijl 26. D'Angelo - Voodoo 27. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 28. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 29. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 30. Sonic Youth - Murray Street 31. Kanye West - The College Dropout 32. Blur - Think Tank 33. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain 34. Bob Dylan - Love and Theft 35. Cat Power - You Are Free 36. The Books - Lemon of Pink 37. The Roots - Phrenology 38. The Constntines - Shine a Light 39. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album 40. Fugazi - The Argument 41. Coldplay - Parachutes 42. The Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera 43. Johnny Cash - American IV 44. Bjork - Medulla 45. Talib Kweli - Quality 46. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutthroats 47. Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus 48. Manitoba - Up in Flames 49. Elliot Smith - Figure 8 50. Postal Service - Give Up
bob Feb 24th, 2005 - 11:22 PM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium It's quite a nice list, with all the obvious bands, but not-so-obvious albums. I agree with the Stripes' White Blood Cells and DeStijl over Elephant and Sufjan's Michigan (criminally excluded from the AM top 2000) over Seven Swans, but I disagree with Elliott Smith's Figure 8, The Shins' Oh Inverted World and Johnny Cash's American IV over III.
Henrik Feb 24th, 2005 - 11:52 PM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium Thanks Jacek! The album that is really shot to new heights in all the 00-04 lists is The Moon and Antarctica. It has to be the next record I buy.
jenglisbe Feb 25th, 2005 - 4:33 AM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium I love that D'Angelo's VOODOO made the cut! I wish he'd come out with something new. As for Outkast, I like AQUEMINI best.
Paul Napolitano Mar 11th, 2005 - 8:38 PM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium I'm kind of annoyed by the the list a little bit. I know that some people try to be cool and say they like a bands older work better but 3 albums on this list stand out to me. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World. Good album but nowhere near the classic that Chutes Too Narrow is. I don't care if it was played on the O.C., etc. It's just a better album chocked full of great songs. Coldplay - Parachutes. Same thing here, good album, but doesn't come close to A Rush of Blood to the Head. Yeah wasn't overplayed as much but nowhere near as good. Finally the White Stripes. I mean c'mon alrleady!!! Forget about airplay for singles and videos, etc. Elephant is thus far the career defining album for the White Stripes. A definite step up from any of their previous albums.
buddy baker Mar 12th, 2005 - 1:08 AM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium It's obvious that there's no perfect list and subjectivity reigns supreme in listmaking. But let me tell you, Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights" scoring 3rd is like Celine Dion recording an album better than Pet Sounds... Interpol are just a nice band doing some pleasant songs, but it ain't no feast for the soul!!! Well, not my soul anyway... If you really want someone pretending to be a post-punk brit band, you've got Franz Ferdinand doing it better (it's not all hype). I wonder if these journalists have ever heard of Joy Division... (I know that they have, it's just one of those things you say...) There's plenty more that I don't agree with but as I said it's all pretty subjective. Except for one thing: there was no year zero, so this millenium doesn't include the year 2000. This means records like "Kid A" must be kept out of this list. And also because being near "Turn On The Bright Lights" is bad influence
Michael Solah Jun 8th, 2007 - 2:58 AM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium The Michigan lists are the less definitive of all the best of lists. Some reasons are, first, the editors are college students that dont know a cuak about music, secondly, their best of lists are usually made based on the opinions of the editors themeselves and no one elses opinion, and last, there lists are bad in general.
Moeboid Jun 8th, 2007 - 7:56 AM	Re: The Michigan Daily Top 50 Albums of the New Millenium hahah. full marks to buddy baker :p i 100% agree. i really can't see interpol as top 5 material. It always amazes me how many people love them to death. I can't deny that turn on the bright lights is a fantastic album, but top 5? nah. i would expect it... around 20