comment by RtM (U1097)
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comment by Clockwork Red and the M Factor (U4892)
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The best albums in this period were made by bands already great in the 1990s (and earlier):

R.E.M. - Reveal
Radiohead - Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief
Manic Street Preachers - Know Your Enemy (far, far from their best, but some good songs)

I also liked:

Doves - Lost Souls
Colplay - Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head (the latter is sadly overlooked because of their later mediocrity)
Telepopmusik - Genetic World

A few bands threatened to be era-defining in this period, but for me no one really made it. Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Keane, The Strokes, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, White Stripes... Most of these bands had one or two great songs but nobody grasped the nettle as, say, Oasis and Blur did in the 1990s. Bands like Coldplay, Stereophonics and the Red Hot Chili Peppers dominated by being far more commercial (and uninspiring) than they had been earlier in their careers.

A vastly inferior decade to its predecessor, with only a few exceptions. And I do mean "vastly".

And as for this decade...
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The Strokes have been absolutely massive. How exactly did they not 'make it'?

Also youre missing out on some huge bands in that list. Maybe not radio friendly but huge non-the-less.
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By "made it" I mean had an impact like Oasis had in ther 1990s. I'm not knocking The Strokes but I wonder how much they'd have been remembered if they were around in the 1990s.

QOTSA - Songs for the deaf

Blackbox dreamland.

Maybe The Strokes arent huge in England but theyre one of the biggest and best bands in America. Not only did they basically start a movement of music but theyve evolved and maintained a steady and important role in modern music.

Very much a dead decade judging by this thread.

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Few good mentions already

Kanye West - Graduation
Magic Numbers - Magic Numbers
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Killers - Hot Fuss
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever...
Jay Z - Black Album
Streets - Original Pirate Material
QotSA - Songs for the Deaf
White Stripes - Most of them

There's been heaps of quality albums from the past 15 years. Just got to look hard to find most of them

The Soundtrack of Our Lives - self titled

00-10 brought some amazing albums.

Them Crooked Vultures - The Crooked Vultures

Ryan Adams 'Heartbreaker'
Neko Case 'Middle Cyclone'
Cat Power 'The Covers Record'
Fever Ray 'Fever Ray'
MGMT 'Oracular Spectacular'
The National 'Alligator'
The National 'Boxer'
Radiohead 'In Rainbows'
Bruce Springsteen 'Magic'
Toshack Highway 'Toshack Highway'
Wilco 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'
OST. 'Lost In Translation'

Lex

Nice list

Mark Lanegan - Field Songs

Dazzler

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

DJ

WNM

James Yorkston and the athletes - Just beyond the river

Just realised the OP includes 2010...

The National 'High Violet'

Five years old already!

Elbow - Cast of Thousands

comment by JukeboxJunkie - A wrong decision is better than indecision. (U10162)
posted 1 minute ago
Few good mentions already

Kanye West - Graduation
Magic Numbers - Magic Numbers
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Killers - Hot Fuss
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever...
Jay Z - Black Album
Streets - Original Pirate Material
QotSA - Songs for the Deaf
White Stripes - Most of them

There's been heaps of quality albums from the past 15 years. Just got to look hard to find most of them
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I bought a fair few albums in this period, including a few of those you've mentioned. For me, this really was the decade of "the filler". A band would release a top-quality single and you'd buy the album, only to find that at least eight of the songs on it were shamelessly uninspired efforts simply intended to make up the numbers.

Another good album from this time that I've forgotten is the one by Gorillaz that had "Dirty Harry" and "Dare" on it.

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Royksopp - Melody A.M.

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - Of Montreal

A band would release a top-quality single and you'd buy the album,


You were supporting the wrong bands

Liking this new stuff I'm hearing on the radio from Destroyer.

Not been aware of him/them before.