This is my top 10 of the 00's. This means I havent heard all the great albums which pitchfork put in their list. I just looked at the charts and impact the several albums had on me. It was a hard decision to let
Fantasy Black Channel out of the list. Also
Kasabian and
Snow Patrol won't be in this list.
Orchestra Of Wolves is now one of my favourite albums but I can't decide whether it stays one of my favourites over time, the same for a few
Tool albums. Ow yeah and I'm sorry for my bad English grammar, bad Dutch High Schools these days.
Top 10
10. It's Blitz! (2009)
Maps was a great song but I didnt like the album very much. Too much medium songs and even annoying songs, (
Rich). But in the early 2009 It's Blitz! was being released. From the first hearing on it was one of my favourite albums,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs did a good job.
Zero is a great opener,
Heads Will Roll has the power and each of the other songs adds something special to the cd.
Runaway is the hidden pearl of the album. Coming up late, after all the big singles been in front, this "sad making song" is so pure and beautiful. Definately the best of the album.
Favourite song(s): Runaway, Heads Will Roll
Worst song(s): Shame and Fortune
9. Antidotes (2007)
I never heard of
Foals till the summer of 2008. A friend of me asked if I wanted to go with her to see Foals live in november/december. I said ok and started listening to Antidotes. Wow, instant love. Okay, the lyrics aren't really great but all the songs are catchy.
Balloons is a great song which really makes you wonder how the other songs on the album will be. Then one of their most listened songs,
Cassius, comes up. Personally one of their worst songs on the album. I hate the incoming vocals at the start and the sound doesnt fit within the album.
Electric Bloom and
Olympic Airways are very mystique and beautiful. Coming back to the concert, they were very good and the closer
Two Steps, Twice was legendary.
Favourite song(s): Olympic Airways, Electric Bloom
Worst song(s): Like Swimming
8. Hot Fuss (2004)
I started listening to Hot Fuss at the start of my "Indie period". I loved the whole album. Looking back a few years later I barely listen to it anymore. Maybe the bad performance from
The Killers on Lowlands 2007 influenced my view towards the band. Their second album was great too but they made a wrong turn with
Day & Age. Hot Fuss still deserves a place in my top 10 because of two songs. All the songs are great but I only listen these days to
Mr. Brightside and
Change Your Mind. The first song reminds me of the one girl and is very emotional. Mr Brightside will always be one of my favourite songs.
I know that one day I can enjoy all songs of the album again. Thats why it deserves to be in the top 10.
Favourite song(s): Mr. Brightside
Worst song(s): Believe Me Natalie
7. Funeral (2004)
Funeral is highly charted in all lists but I put Funeral only in seventh place, where Neon Bible is in third place. The feeling of Funeral is beautiful and you keep listening to the whole album, but this means the album dont contain any big hits. Only
Rebellion (Lies) is a big hit. This song is one of my all time favourites with its beautiful lyrics. The other songs are all good but I never put a random Funeral song on. Besides this, an album with one epic and ten very good songs belongs in the top ten for sure.
Favourite song(s): Rebellion (Lies)
Worst song(s): Haiti
6. Kid A (2000)
Lately I'm listening alot to
Radiohead. I own all the albums (besides Amnesiac) and I love them all.
OK Computer is my favourite but it's released in the 90's. The sixth place in this top 10 was a run between
In Rainbows and
Kid A. There are on both albums a few songs I really dont like. But both albums have perfect songs and give a great experience. Kid A wins because of the epic songs
Idioteque and
Everything In It's Right Place. Idioteque is a beautiful song with great lyrics. It has a sound of it self never heard before. Everything In It's Right Place seems an easy made song and maybe that is true. But the impact this song has on my emotions is big. Pure genious.
The National Anthem is also a track never heard before. What a great use of jazz influences and the bass is very great too. I actually love all the songs of Kid A besides the album titled song
Kid A, which is very boring.
Favourite song(s): Everything In It's Right Place, Idioteque
Worst song(s): Kid A
5. Absolution (2003)
Muse muse muse! My number 1 artist. Well it isnt my favourite artist I guess, but they just made alot of albums/singles which are great. The problem by Muse is I never like all the songs of there albums. Absolution is almost an exception.
The intro starts with some soldiers giving orders, the apocalypse is starting!
Apocalypse Please is a great opener of a great album. The lyrics arent really strong but fit in the atmosphere the song gives, the use of the piano is really strong. You really have the feeling they're right, will the apocalypse really come. The next few tracks are pumping or stunning.
Stockholm Syndrome is a hyper energetic song which fails big time with the "over use" of distortion.
Hysteria is a loved track by most of the Muse fans, but I really hate it. I dont know why but I have the been there done that feeling.
After Hysteria only good songs are on the album with
Butterflies & Hurricanes (OH MY GOD THAT PIANO BRIDGE!) and
Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist as pure epic songs.
Favourite song(s): Butterflies & Hurricanes
Worst song(s): Hysteria
4. Take To The Skies (2007)
One word: Epic. It deserves a place in the top 3 but unfortunately
Enter Shikari decided to make some slow songs. And they should learn from this, because they are not able to make slow songs. The other songs are all soooo fucking good with
Mothership as one of the most stunning and most awesome songs ever made.
Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour is a great song with even good lyrics. But when I listen to Enter Shikari it isnt because of the lyrics but because of the pure energy. The use of electro/rave tunes trough there hardcore/metal riffs. Their gigs are very intense too with alot of pitting and wall of deaths. Kickass. The song
No Sssweat is the most intense song. The lyrics are a laugh but this is a song which makes you happy, smile and gives you alot of energy.
Take To The Skies is really an energy boost and feels like a rollercoaster ride.
Favourite song(s): Mothership, Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour...
Worst song(s): Jonny Sniper
3. Neon Bible (2007)
"It's in the Neon Bible, the Neon Bible
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right."
The Neon Bible is wrong, as long as I will live this album will survive on my computer/disk player.
Probably everyone will blame me for ranking Neon Bible higher than Funeral. But with Neon Bible
Arcade Fire definately changed their style a bit. This is a positive change because this albums contains alot of big hits.
Black Mirror, the dark opener, for example: This song is very intense and a lust for the ears. Without this track the feeling of the whole album would be different. With that statement we come to a negative point. Black Mirror sets the mood for the album so it is kinda hard to step into the middle of the cd, the experience will be less intense for sure. But luckily the album contains tons of hits like
Keep The Car Running and
Intervention.
Windowsill is a very emotional song with the best lyrics ever written. So intense. The best song of the cd (and ever made in world's history) is
No Cars Go. This song is 100% perfect. The aggressive and fast start gives the song a headstart. Then the easy, but beautiful vocals come in. The use of instruments is so great in this song.
Unfortunately Arcade Fire decided that No Cars Go isnt the closer of the album but
My Body Is A Cage is. This song is the opposite of No Cars Go, a slow song which doesnt fit after such steaming song. It isn't really a bad song but they should've put it on a different place on the record.
Favourite song(s): No Cars Go, Windowsill, Black Mirror
Worst song(s): My Body Is A Cage, Ocean Of Noise
2. Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
The number one was clear for me at the start so I felt sorry for this great album to be at second place. With this album
Interpol made an epic debut album. Turn On The Bright Lights contains only good songs and all of the songs are different and add something special to the album.
Obstacle 1 is the most listened single of the album. It's an monotome song with easy lyrics but oh my god. The guitars are very good, so beautiful. The songs
NYC and
PDA are the best of the album. NYC is slow song with good lyrics and it all fits together well. PDA can be divered into two parts. This is one of the fastest Interpol songs they made. Part one is an intense rollercoaster with average lyrics. Part two is a multi guitar solo which sounds awesome. No lyrics in this part but wow this sounds like perfection.
Well I can tell about all the songs how great they are but then this looks like a review for the album only. I only mention
Leif Erikson, the beautiful closer of the album. A track about a scandinavian boy who lost his mother and his dad is in jail. The lyrics are great but so are the guitars again. The best closer ever made.
Favourite song(s): NYC, PDA, Leif Erikson
Worst song(s): Obstacle 2
1. Silent Alarm (2005)
Okay, where to start... This
Bloc Party album is also my favourite of all time. I will try to type this formal so I dont look like a fanboy. My least favourite songs of this album are the singles
Banquet and
Helicopter. These songs are the fastest of the album but dont have the emotion the other songs have. They still sound really cool and are well placed on the album, it makes the variety within the album much bigger.
Bloc Party made me love indie. It was one of the first band I started listening too after my dance period (oh my god dont talk me bout it). I always loved this album and the other songs are just too good to describe.
Blue Light and
Compliments are the slowest songs of the cd. They add so much to this album. The other songs have so much energy and when you hear the emotion of Blue Light and Compliments afterwards you really have the feeling you're alone in the world. You will be dreaming for sure.
I can describe the magic of
Pioneers or
This Modern Love, the beautiful build up of
Plans and
She's Hearing Voices but I won't. For anyone who havent listened to this album, you need to experience this by yourself.
Just one more thing,
Like Eating Glass. This is the best song of the album and the second 100% perfect song I heard in my life. The guitar intro is astonishing and this song gives energy and emotion at the same time. "It's so cold in this house" and it feels really cold in your house. Your whole body feels cold, especially your feet and you get some extra pair of socks. After that you take a look at the temperature of your heater, it's 23 degrees celsius... The pair of socks can be removed when the cd is done, and you feel ready for life.
Favourite song(s): Like Eating Glass, Pioneers, This Modern Love, Plans
Worst song(s): Helicopter
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