Top 25 Albums of 1996-2006

[Jack of Arcades]

A few posters got together and decided to make a list of the top 25 albums from 1996-2006. A couple people haven't made their list yet, but so far we have 3: MacDaddy Warsaw, Soul Daddy, and me.

Feel free to nitpick, argue, make your own list, or ask for an expansion of these lists (either for more albums or more years).

We're missing CMI and jgorham's lists.

Here are the lists:

Soul Daddy
25. Radiohead - Hail To the Thief (2003)
24. The National - Alligator (2005)
23. Ted Leo - Hearts of Oak (2003)
22. And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes (2002)
21. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (2000)
20. Elliott Smith - XO (1998)
19. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)
18. Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001 (2000)
17. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
16. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
15. Morrissey - You Are the Quarry (2004)
14. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
13. The White Stripes - De Stijl (2000)
12. Beck - Sea Change (2002)
11. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)
10. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
8. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
7. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
6. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
5. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
4. Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
3. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
1. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)

Macdaddy Warsaw
25. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch (1997)
24. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)
23. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
22. Annie - Annimal (2005)
21. The Wrens - Meadowlands (2003)
20. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (2004)
19. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (2005)
18. Caribou - Up in Flames (2003)
17. Ratatat - Ratatat (2004)
16. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (2003)
15. DJ Optimo - How to Kill the DJ Part 2 (2004)
14. Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence (2000)
13. Destroyer - Your Blues (2004)
12. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
11. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2002)
10. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
9. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)
8. The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
7. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
5. Failure - Fantastic Planet (1996)
4. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
3. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
2. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
1. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)

Jack of Arcades
25. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
24. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret (1999)
23. The Wrens - Meadowlands (2003)
22. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
21. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
20. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
19. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (2003).
18. Non Prophets - Hope (2003)
17. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)
16. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts (2003)
15. Elliott Smith - XO (1998)
14. Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness (1999)
13. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
12. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (2002)
11. Outkast - Stankonia (2000)
10. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
9. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
8. And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes (2002)
7. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
5. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)
4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
2. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)

[TheRover]

This would be even better if you had a couple more guys with very different musical tastes. You guys seem pretty similar.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

I think I have a more electronic records on my list and JoA has more rap records. Regardless, I agree that overall we probably have very similar tastes. That said, you could always share you top 25 (not trying to be snide.). I'm always interested in seeing the musical tastes floating around 2p2.

[Soul Daddy]

Prior to this post, 2 replies vs 53 in OOT. Awesome.

[CallMeIshmael]

25. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
24. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
23. Beck - Odelay
22. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
21. Arcade Fire - Funeral
20. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
19. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
18. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
17. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica
16. The Dismemberment Plan - Changes
15. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
14. The Strokes - Room on Fire
13. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
12. Clap You Hands Say Yeah! - Clap You Hands Say Yeah!
11. Bran Van 3000 - Glee
10. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
9. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
8. And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
7. The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike!
6. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
5. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrol
4. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Radiohead - Kid A
1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

[MEbenhoe]

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This would be even better if you had a couple more guys with very different musical tastes. You guys seem pretty similar.

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please hold, I'm working on my list, it will contain absolutely no radiohead. prepare yourself.

[Soul Daddy]

You are a mysterious figure, MEb.

[MEbenhoe]

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You are a mysterious figure, MEb.

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I do what I can.

[MEbenhoe]

On with the list. Obvious bias in the fact that I detest radiohead and have never been able to like their music, thus the absence despite the widespread critical acclaim. With that said....

25. Sublime – Sublime (1996)
24. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
23. The Verve – Urban Hymns (1997)
22. Green Day – American Idiot (2004)
21. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (1998)
20. The Roots – Phrenology (2002)
19. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
18. The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic (2000)
17. Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)
16. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
15. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
14. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (2002)
13. Beck – Odelay (1996)
12.Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape (1997)
11. The New Pornographers – Electric Version (2003)
10. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
9. Outkast – Stankonia (2000)
8. R.E.M. – New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
7. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
6. Tool – Ænima (1996)
5. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
4. Elliot Smith - Either/Or (1997)
3. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2005)
2. The Shins – Oh, Inverted World (2001)
1. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema (2005)

[Pauwl]

In no particular order, trying to pick things not already listed. Also 1 album per band.

Radiohead - OK Computer
Interpol - Antics
John Frusciante - The Will To Death
Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Placebo - Black Market Music
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Sebadoh - Harmacy
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Strung Out In Heaven
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Strokes - Room on Fire
The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
The Verve - Urban Hymns
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
The Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
The Dears - No Cities Left
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Dinosaur Jr. - Ear Bleeding Country
Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future