My best bud Travis (who blogs here) and I spent a couple hours today texting about our predictions for Pitchfork's decade-end albums list finale, which comes tomorrow by way of a top 20. Thanks to this collaboration, we were able to come up with a list of around 16 that we feel somewhat confident about. Being totally stumped after that, and toying around with the idea of a couple others, here is my attempt at filling in the holes and putting these albums in some sort of order. I can't wait to see how wrong I will be come tomorrow morning.
20. The Runners Four - Deerhoof (Kill Rock Stars/5 Rue Christine, 2005)
19. Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne (Cash Money, 2008)
18. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (Sympathy for the Record Industry, 2001)
17. Silent Shout - The Knife (Mute/Rabid, 2006)
16. Is This It - The Strokes (RCA, 2001)
15. The Blueprint - Jay-Z (Roc-a-Fella, 2001)
14. Discovery - Daft Punk (Virgin, 2001)
13. Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem (EMI/DFA, 2007)
12. Person Pitch - Panda Bear (Paw Tracks, 2007)
11. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)
10. Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros (Smekklyesa, 2000)
9. The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse (Epic, 2000)
8. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective (Domino, 2009)
7. Stankonia - Outkast (La Face, 2000)
6. Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol (Matador, 2002)
5. Since I Left You - The Avalanches (XL, 2001)
4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (Nonesuch, 2002)
3. Late Registration - Kanye West (Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella, 2005)
2. Funeral - Arcade Fire (Merge, 2004)
1. Kid A - Radiohead (Capitol, 2000)
3 comments:
I will be very upset if Late Registration is above Stankonia! We'll see though, nice predictions! I'm hoping Stankonia is number 2!!! But, I doubt it...loves ya
As far as I can tell, you were only missing one record (Ghostface). The order was different, but it's still crazy to me that you were able to get it that close!
If only I had swapped Lil Wayne for Ghostface and Deerhoof for Spoon, I would have been right on. I almost included the Spoon record, but opted out of it. I'm an idiot!
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