Top Fifty Albums of the Noughties : The Full Countdown



With Apologies for the Carpet

So, after what seemed like a decade in itself, we've reached the end of the Top Fifty of the Noughties countdown and on reflection those ten years were really rather good weren't they?  And what a dull decade it would have been without these lads and lasses.  Overall half of the chart was made up of debuts too (always a good sign for the future) and also by North Americans beating the Brits - which was a surprise to me.  Radiohead won on quantity with all four of their releases finding a place throughout the Fifty and Interpol claiming two places in the Top Ten.  I reverted to form by preferring indie bands over any other genre and liked 2000 and 2007 most (let us never speak of 2006).  I've also seen 28 out of the 50 acts live, which means I've still got some good gigs to get round to.  Now I just have to get over knowing my favourite album is the same one as Bono and Alan Johnson's (as well as realising it wasn't on Spotify after counting down over four months!)

Here's the list in full - remember to look at previous individual entries for a detailed review, links to videos and Spotify tracks when available.

1 'Funeral' by The Arcade Fire (2005)

2 'and the Glass Handed Kites' by Mew (2005)
3 'Our Love to Admire' by Interpol (2007)
4 'Xx' by The Xx (2009)
5 'Antidotes' by Foals (2008)
6 'Sea Change' by Beck (2002)
7 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead (2007)
8 'Is This It' by The Strokes (2001)
9 'It's Blitz!' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2009)
10 ‘Turn On the Bright Lights’ by Interpol (2003)
11 'Friendly Fires' by Friendly Fires (2008)
12 'Primary Colours' by The Horrors (2009)
13 'Carnavas' by Silversun Pickups (2007)
14 'Kid A' by Radiohead (2000)
15 'Tangled Up' by Girls Aloud (2007)
16 'Neon Bible' by The Arcade Fire (2007)
17 'No More Stories...' by Mew (2009)
18 'Vampire Weekend' by Vampire Weekend (2008)
19 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea' by PJ Harvey (2000)
20 ‘A Rush of Blood to the Head’ by Coldplay (2002)
21 ‘Whatever People Say I Am...’ by Arctic Monkeys (2006)
22 'Antics' by Interpol (2004)
23 'Because of the Times' by Kings of Leon (2007)
24 'The Hour of Bewilderbeast' by Badly Drawn Boy (2000)
25 'Hail to the Thief' by Radiohead (2003)
26 'When Do We Start Fighting...' by Seafood (2001)
27 'Elephant' by The White Stripes (2003)
28 'Only by the Night' by Kings of Leon (2008)
29 'Fever to Tell' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)
30 ‘We Have Sound’ by Tom Vek (2005)
31 ‘Amnesiac’ by Radiohead (2001)

32 'Baby 81' by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2007)

33 'Ten New Messages' by The Rakes (2007)

34 'Live It Out' by Metric (2006)

35 'Origin of Symmetry' by Muse (2001)

36 'Get Behind Me Satan' by The White Stripes (2005)

37 'Franz Ferdinand' by Franz Ferdinand (2004)

38 'Ladyhawke' by Ladyhawke (2008)
39 'Santogold' by Santogold (2008)

40 ‘Come Away With Me’ by Norah Jones (2002)
41 ‘Parachutes’ by Coldplay (2000)

42 ‘The Optimist LP’ by Turin Brakes (2001)

43 'Finelines' by My Vitriol (2001)

44 'Auf der Maur' by Melissa Auf der Maur (2004)

45 'Relationship of Command' by At the Drive-In (2000)

46 'Lost Souls' by Doves (2000)

47 'Highly Evolved’ by The Vines (2002)

48 'Toxicity' by System of a Down (2000)
49 'XTRMNTR' by Primal Scream (2000)

50 'Deftones' by Deftones (2003)

Now where did I put those singles...?