Top 15 Albums Of The Decade (So Far) • Page 8

The thing is, I love the lyrics on For Emma. That was one of the main draws of his music for me early on. The lyrics are much less important on BI, BI and they sound like they will be still less important on this new record.

 

I totally get that, and feel the same way about For Emma. Those lyrics are hard hitting. But as BI evolved, I feel like he really started to use his voice as another instrument, and I love that. So in these days, his lyrics take a backseat for me, because I'm more interested in just how his voice sounds, and how it adds to the song. I'll agree that the lyrics are one of the best parts of FEFA.

 

1. diddy-dirty money: last train to paris
2. paramore: paramore
3. the 1975: i like it when you sleep
4. dj sprinkles: queerifications and ruins
5. carly rae jepsen: emotion
6. lou reed & metallica: lulu
7. thursday: no devolución
8. deftones: gore
9. patrick stump: soul punk
10. taylor swift: red
11. driver friendly: bury a dream
12. róisín murphy: hairless toys
13. mr twin sister: mr twin sister
14. miguel: kaleidoscope dream
15. against me!: transgender dysphoria blues

 

My two favorite of this millennium were both 2009 so this should be interesting

 

what are they?

 

Vaguely in order:
The Hotelier - Home Like Noplace is There
The 1975- The 1975
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
Microwave - Stovall
The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past
Athletics - Who You Are Is Not Enough
Balance and Composure - Separation
The Front Bottoms - S/T/Talon of the Hawk (can't decide which to put on but I only want to put one on)
Fireworks - Gospel
Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim
Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour
The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation
Anberlin - Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place
The Hotelier - Goodness (I almost didn't want to put anything from this year in cause it's too soon but I had to.
The Dangerous Summer - War Paint

Runners Up:
Bleachers - Strange Desire
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Captain, We're Sinking - The Future is Cancelled
All Get Out - The Season
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Carly Rae Jepsen - E MO TION
La Dispute - Rooms of the House
PUP - The Dream is Over and The 1975's I like it when you sleep. (My 3 and 2 this year respectively)

This was crazy difficult and I'm almost surely missing more things from other genres that I love but just don't listen to much anymore

 

Lydia's Illuminate and Relient K's Forget and Not Slow Down

 

Tough, tough list to make.

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
3. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
4. Passion Pit - Gossamer
5. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
7. Volcano Choir - Repave
8. Copeland - Ixora
9. Tame Impala - Currents
10. Burial - Rival Dealer
11. James Blake - Overgrown
12. Drake - Nothing Was The Same
13. Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
14. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
15. CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe

 

Oh, he's absolutely using his voice as an instrument now, and that's fine. Like, I've heard "Beth/Rest" probably 150 times and I still have no idea what he's saying on half of it. Doesn't impair my enjoyment of his music, mostly because his voice is so unique and beautiful. But, I gotta say, I do miss the lyrical aspect of For Emma. Hearing something like "re:stacks" for the first time and having those lyrics just punch me in the chest was so special.

 

Illuminate was 08

Also, our lists were very similar. Nice

 

I had the realization last Friday when I saw them, as they were playing old songs, that this is my favorite band pretty much ever and I had a really really hard time singing along, haha. So I definitely feel where you're coming from as well.

 

I wish there was an easy way for me to review what all I listen to by year.

 

The 1975 - ILIWYS
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown
The Hotelier - Home, Like No Place There Is
Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour
Marianas Trench - Ever After
Mutemath - Vitals
The Ongoing Concept - Handmade
Pierce the Veil - Selfish Machines
Turnover - Peripheral Vision
Yellowcard - Lift a Sail
Gates - Bloom & Breathe
A Lot Like Birds - No Place
Carly Rae Jepsen - E*M*O*T*I*O*N
Kanye West - MBDTF

Bonus - Bon Iver - 22, A Million - I already know this will be one of my top 5 favorite albums of the year, so naturally it will be up there.

 

Hahaha, I can only imagine. Yeah, I don't think he'd be an artist I would sing along to at a concert. One, it's just too hard, and two, I'd want to focus on his voice.

 

Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
AM - Arctic Monkeys
Sprained Ankle - Julien Baker
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
The Bones of What You Believe - CHVRCHES
The Desired Effect - Brandon Flowers
Elsie - The Horrible Crowes
Celebration Rock - Japandroids
Never Hungover Again - Joyce Manor
Strange Trails - Lord Huron
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming - M83
Trouble Will Find Me - The National
Afraid of Ghosts - Butch Walker
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

2010: 2
2011: 3
2012: 1
2013: 3
2014: 2
2015: 4
2016: 0

 

I don't think the lyrics to For Emma are that much better than BIBI. Most of his songs are kind of whatever lyrically for me but they usually have one line or so that gives the entire song meaning for me.

 

1. My Epic - Behold
2. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3. Andrew Peterson - Light for the Lost Boy
4. From Indian Lakes - Able Bodies
5. Anberlin - Lowborn
6. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
7. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
8. twenty one pilots - Vessel
9. Copeland - Ixora
10. Foxing - Dealer
11. Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
12. Falling Up - Your Sparkling Death Cometh
13. Haste the Day - Attack of the Wolf King
14. Moving Mountains - Moving Mountains
15. Caspian - Dust & Disquiet

Honorable Mentions: Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere, Relient K - Air for Free (just too early to justify placing them here though I'm pretty sure both would be on this list)

 

Yeah upon further research i noticed that haha. You'd think I'd know the exact release date of my favorite album ever but i don't. I had to look up a lot of these release years.

 

fack i wish i could sort my spotify albums by year

 

Fuck, I forgot to include Japandroids in my list. That one is top 5.

 

1. The Menzingers - On the Impossible Past
2. Copeland - Ixora
3. The Dear Hunter - Migrant
4. The Narrative - The Narrative
5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
6. Nas - Life is Good
7. Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension
8. Trophy Scars - Holy Vacants
9. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
10. Dustin Kensrue - Carry the Fire

 

damn. totally forgot this one.

 

Come Now Sleep is definitely from like 2007 or 2008.

 

yea the lyrics on for emma are bad

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy & Yeezus
The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly & Good Kid
Alvvays - Alvvays
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Real Estate - Days
Taylor Swift - 1989
The Walkmen - Lisbon
Beach House - Bloom
The Weeknd - House of Balloons
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

 

Only thing that jumps out to me is On the Impossible Past. Wish I had my previous AOTY lists rn.