Pitchfork's top albums of the 2000s?
Once again we're graced by a list from the online mega-zine. Albums #200 - #21 have been revealed earlier this week, and the top 20 are to be unveiled tomorrow morning:
200. Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
199. Deerhoof - Apple O'
198. Boris - Akuma No Uta
197. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
196. William Basinski - The Disentegration Loops
195. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
194. Pulp - We Love Life
193. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
192. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
191. Air - Talkie Walkie
190. Elliot Smith - Figure 8
189. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
188. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
187. Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the LId
186. The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine
185. Scarface - The Fix
184. Vitalic - OK Cowboy
183. Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
182. Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
181. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
180. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
179. Camera Obscura - Lets Get Out of This Country
178. Lil' Wayne - The Carter II
177. Broadcast - The Noise Made By People
176. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
175. Various Artists - Total 3
174. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
173. Herbert - Bodily Functions
172. Constantines - Shine a LIght
171. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
170. Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
169. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
168. Califone - Roots and Crowns
167. Annie - Anniemal
166. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
165. Ricard Villalobos - Alcachofa
164. Les Savy Fav - Rome (Written Upside Down) EP
163. DJ/rupture - Uproot
162. Wu-Tang Clan - The W
161. Air France - No Way Down
160. Deerhunter - Cryptograms
159. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
158. Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies
157. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
156. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
155. Clipse - Lord Willin'
154. Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
153. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
152. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
151. The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
150. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
149. Tough Alliance - A New Chance
148. Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks
147. T.I. - King
146. My Morning Jacket - Z
145. Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
144. Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet
143. The Decemberists - Picaresque
142. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
141. Neko Case - Blacklisted
140. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
139. Love Is All - Nine Times That Same Song
138. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
137. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
136. No Age - Weirdo Rippers
135. Sigur Ros - ()
134. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
133. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War
132. Hercules and Love Affair - S/T
131. The Notwist - Neon Golden
130. Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 2
129. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
128. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
127. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
126. Mastodon - Leviathan
125. The Books - Though for Food
124. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
123. Four Tet - Rounds
122. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
121. Broadcast - Haha Sound
120. Ted Leon and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
119. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
118. The Beta Band - Hot Shots II
117. Low - Things we Lost in the Fire
116. Michael Mayer - Immer
115. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
114. Cam'ron - Purple Haze
113. LCD Soundsystem - S/T
112. Feist - The Reminder
111. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
110. The National - Boxer
109. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
108. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
107. Justice - Cross
106. Caribou - Up in Flames
105. Battles - Mirrored
104. The Postal Service - Give Up
103. M.I.A/Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1
102. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
101. Franz Ferdinand - S/T
100. And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
99. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
98. Cat Power - You Are Free
97. Dismemberment Plan - Change
96. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
95. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
94. Mclucksy - Mclusky Do Dallas
93. 2 Many DJs - As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt.2
92. Bjork - Vespertine
91. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
90. Jay-Z - The Black Album
89. Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
88. The Wrens - The Meadowlands
87. Kanye West - Graduation
86. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
85. Gas - Pop
84. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
83. Joanna Newsom - Ys
82. Beck - Sea Change
81. Hot Chip - The Warning
80. The Clientele - Suburban Light
79. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
78. No Age - Nouns
77. Missy Elliott - Miss E: So Addictive
76. Junior Boys - Last Exit
75. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
74. The White Stripes - Elephant
73. The Microphones - The Glow, pt. 2
72. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
71. Portishead - Third
70. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan
69. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
68. Robyn - Robyn
67. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
66. J Dilla - Donuts
65. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven
64. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
63. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna..
62. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
61. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
60. Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
59. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
58. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
57. The Rapture - Echoes
56. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
55. Animal Collective - Feels
54. M.I.A. - Arular
53. Clinic - Internal Wrangler
52. Clipse - Hell hath No Fury
51. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
50. Deerhunter - Microcastle
49. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
48. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
47. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
46. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
45. Fugazi - The Argument
44. D'Angelo - Voodoo
43. Luomo - Vocalcity
42. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
41. Burial - Untrue
40. The National - Alligator
39. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsum
38. Phoenix - Its Never Been Like That
37. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
36. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
35. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
34. Radiohead - Amnesiac
33. Basement Jaxx - Rooty
32. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
31. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
30. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
29. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
28. Kanye West - The College Dropout
27. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
26. Fennesz - Endless Summer
25. Madvillain - Madvillainy
24. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
23. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
22. M.I.A. - Kala
21. Radiohead - In Rainbows
My prediction for tomorrow's Top 20 is:
20. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
19. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
18. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
17. The Knife - Silent Shout
16. Kanye West - Late Registration
15. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
14. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
13. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
12. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
11. The Strokes - Is This It?
10. Daft Punk - Discovery
9. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
8. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
7. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (listed as from 2000 on their site)
6. Outkast - Stankonia
5. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
1. Radiohead - Kid A
I wouldn't be shocked to see:
Missy Elliot - Under Construction
Boris - Pink
Thoughts?
