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sidewinder · 01-28-2015, 04:43 PM

2000

Welcome to the 2000s! I have a fuckton of albums from this year, and this decade in fact. 75 this year, at last count. My incessant obsession with discovering new and different music certainly hasn't slowed down with age. Yet. These are what I would consider the best of the year, and let's see, I'll do a quick check of my entire list and make sure I haven't changed my mind about anything since I compiled this last summer, or fall, whenever that was. Well not really, just the usual internal debate of whether I still really like that one album or if I'm just putting it here because it was my favorite back then, or because it's a favorite band, etc. Ween, for example. I love Ween, though my enjoyment of them has gone downhill in the 5-10 years. I've matured - somewhat. Should I put something else there in its place? Maybe, but why, if I really loved that album? The same could be said for Self - an immature but really fun and well-crafted album. I think the struggle with this year is that there are really 20 excellent albums and a lot of pretty good ones. So this should be a top 20. Fuck it, I'm leaving it as-is, with 10 great honorable mentions below. I revisited most of this stuff when I made the list, and chose them for a reason.

Spotify Playlist - 2000 Top 10+

1. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Dillinger Four - Versus God
4. Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
5. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
6. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
7. Ween - White Pepper
8. The White Stripes - De Stijl
9. Self - Gizmodgery
10. Clinic - Internal Wrangler

Very good honorable mentions:

Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
Swingin’ Utters - Swingin’ Utters
Tortoise - Standards
Air - The Virgin Suicides
Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight
Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something
PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Deftones - White Pony
Aesop Rock - Float
Amon Tobin - Supermodified
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

01-28-2015, 04:43 PM	#76 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	2000 Welcome to the 2000s! I have a fuckton of albums from this year, and this decade in fact. 75 this year, at last count. My incessant obsession with discovering new and different music certainly hasn't slowed down with age. Yet. These are what I would consider the best of the year, and let's see, I'll do a quick check of my entire list and make sure I haven't changed my mind about anything since I compiled this last summer, or fall, whenever that was. Well not really, just the usual internal debate of whether I still really like that one album or if I'm just putting it here because it was my favorite back then, or because it's a favorite band, etc. Ween, for example. I love Ween, though my enjoyment of them has gone downhill in the 5-10 years. I've matured - somewhat. Should I put something else there in its place? Maybe, but why, if I really loved that album? The same could be said for Self - an immature but really fun and well-crafted album. I think the struggle with this year is that there are really 20 excellent albums and a lot of pretty good ones. So this should be a top 20. Fuck it, I'm leaving it as-is, with 10 great honorable mentions below. I revisited most of this stuff when I made the list, and chose them for a reason. Spotify Playlist - 2000 Top 10+ 1. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica 2. Radiohead - Kid A 3. Dillinger Four - Versus God 4. Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons 5. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 6. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R 7. Ween - White Pepper 8. The White Stripes - De Stijl 9. Self - Gizmodgery 10. Clinic - Internal Wrangler Very good honorable mentions: Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep Swingin’ Utters - Swingin’ Utters Tortoise - Standards Air - The Virgin Suicides Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea Deftones - White Pony Aesop Rock - Float Amon Tobin - Supermodified At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures. Last edited by sidewinder; 01-29-2015 at 05:36 PM.