Staring at the screen for one hour, I decided to choose the albums that have changed my life, yes, in some way.
Whether I cried myself to sleep to Upward Over the Mountain on repeat because I missed my parent, or listening to The Fold Out makes me dance like no one is watching, each album was a favorite and helped me connect, reflect, cope, relate, succeed, cry, dance, rejoice and effect who I am. I wish I had a last.fm account years earlier to scrobble what I loved to listen to. I believe this is what it would look like...
These were the albums that made my last decade memorable. Here's to another decade of great music.
UPDATE: I can't believe I forgot the Cribs' Men's Needs, Women's Need's, Whatever, and Saturday Looks Good to Me All your Summer Songs. Don't ever have me do favorites. The list will go on forever.
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I think I'd have an impossible time choosing just ten albums so I'm impressed with your courage.
And I listened to several tracks off of Postal Service too many times to count. Great picks!
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Good choices. Yay to MCD, Interpol, and Postal Service!
Murder City Devils' "Broken Bottles Empty Hearts definitely changed my life for the better!
This makes me want to make my own list now.
this is a great list...you had me at Iron and Wine :)
Kudos to you for even trying to narrow it down!!! xo
yes! good list! i had kind of forgotten about the jealous sound. i saw them play at the glass house (hahaha) when i was 18 or 19. my friend and i flirted with the singer after. ahhhh, the memories!
oh dear. i don't have any of this music. i need it ALL, i just know it!
Our lifes wouldn´t be the same without music. That is a fact...
Happy new year, dear blogfriend.
Love JM ;-)
Sufjan & the Postal Service would be in my top 5. I cannot complete the 5 due to indecisiveness!!
Well done! And i was having such trouble deciding just on a top 5 of 2009 that I had to make it a top 6!
I haven't heard of quite a few of yours, must go and find out. Turn on the bright lights is an excellent choice!
well i actually didn't use anything but water and alluminium paper...
I agree with so many of these albums! Haven't actually listened to Interpol's Turn On The Bright Lights, how can I not? Hmm, anyway, I have to say Death Cab's Transatlanticsm was an important album for me. It was my coming-of-age companion album hahaha.
I'm so glad you posted these. Some I know, some I never stumbled across. And I could really use some good music right now...
The Postal Service!!!! I have to listen to it NOW. <3
So many of these would be on my list too!! Seeing Mates of State live was a highlight of my decade for sure!
Glad to see some one else loves "Is This It?" as much as I do. Too band the Strokes' follow-up albums weren't as good.
Great great list-- mine would definitely have Interpol and Wolf Parade on it... And Arcade Fire, Funeral.
!! fantastic list! So many great ones on your list...esp Iron and Wine and Interpol...I would never be able to narrow down my favorites like this.
i love this diana! many of my favorites are listed here and the few that i don't know, i will immediately be checking out!
I just started listening to Iron & Wine, and I smack myself in the forehead thinking of all that wasted brooding time I could have had if I'd started earlier. Some other bands here I'll have to check out, thanks for this :)
Great great list... And yes, it's obviosuly hard to choose the 10 best albums of the last ten years, impossible! Love Sufjan and Iron and Wine, need to listen to some of the others as well. I love that there is always new music to discover out there.. Happy New Year!
All I can say is... YES! :)
Yesssss Copland ftw. I'm so sad they only have one tour left :( I'm going to as many of the shows as possible!
Good stuff, Diana!
When I saw Team Boo at first I nearly squealed - I LOVE THAT ALBUM.
Other great albums on your list as well, and some I must check out! This decade really saw a change in me - I broadened my horizons a lot music wise. But still a long way to go! I like so much stuff now that I know I wouldn't want to listen to at all ten years ago!
I might have a look at my music from the last ten years and make a little list, but I'm terrible at lists!
Anyway. You rock.
Happy new year!
Thank you Diana!!!! You know I might just go and work my way through some of these albums - I'm so behind with new music. Happy happy New Year lovely - can you believe it? I thought 2009 went slow but the naughties - super fast!!! XXX's
Awesome list! I'll have to listen to the few albums on here that I haven't heard, because I love all the rest! :) Hope you have a great New Year's, Diana!
Postal Service! I love love love them; wish the guys would collaborate again and make new music
Awesome post! That Murder City Devils album and Modest Mouse album are in the never ending/always growing all time favorite list.
I think my resolution should be to listen to less mainstream music. I might use this list as a reference. Thanks, Happy New Year!
Promise not to yell at me if I tell you that I've never listened to one album on your decade of music list. Ek! I must go try to listen to at least one - I feel so lost.
Great picks. We have really similar taste in music, Diana. Many of these are also among my favorites. It was really difficult for me to narrow down the albums I shared without my post reaching the boring factor (maybe it did? hehe). I could have easily included The Creek Drank The Cradle, Give Up, Team Boo, and Interventions and Lullabies on my list :)
agreed :)++
The strokes, Damien Rice - right on! I'd add Bloc party & Santigold. They made everything just a little brighter for me. :)
Another great list! Seriously... very much admire your ability to put these together. I'm so bad at lists. Many many of these I don't know. How would you feel about making each other mixed cd's for the New Year?!!!♥♥ :) Let me know... !!
so you totally got all my faves...
excellent taste:)
Great choices, I love Sufjan Stevens them all, especially Sufjan and the postal service, they would be in my list too!
THE FORMAT! You clearly have good taste! :)
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