The Strokes 'Is This It' and Amy Winehouse 'Back to Black' are two albums I really need to buy

Craig David - Born To Do It

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The Avalanches - Since I Left You
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Erykah Badu - Mamas Gun
Radiohead - Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows
Björk - Vespertine
Daft Punk - Discovery
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Usher - Confessions
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Burial - Untrue
The Knife - Silent Shout
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs, Strawberry Jam, Merriweather Post Pavillion
Portishead - Third
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
OutKast - Stankonia, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Don't get me started on Hip-Hop. The real golden age of Hip-Hop was 00's.

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"Don't get me started on Hip-Hop. The real golden age of Hip-Hop was 00's"

For production values maybe.

It's certainly the decade of decline as far as lyrics and experimentation go

Idlewild - The Remote Part

There were some good albums by Kasabian, Artic Monkeys and The Libertines and the media were desperate for a second coming of "Britpop" but it never happened, not enough bands of sufficient quality IMO.
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I honestly think you can trace this back as far as 1997 and the reaction to the good, but by no means brilliant, Urban Hymns. For me this was the "zeitgeist" of the years 2000-2009: trying to evoke the previous decade's zeitgeist. I agree with the poster above who said The Strokes were pretty average. I think Franz Ferdinand were probably the best of what I consider a generation of "nearly men".

Lex if I can suggest it, you should listen to Poison Season straight through beginning to end. Like albums should be enjoyed. Its amazing.

Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Justice - Cross
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds (Revolutionised pop music at the time, no one was touching Timbalands production on that album)

The Strokes are anything but average.

Can't believe I forgot Kasabian's first three albums.

That's them and Libertines I forgot.. two of my favourite bands

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I honestly couldn't name a Strokes song.

RtM

Really try to avoid the 'shuffle' setting on my iPod these days.

Listening to albums start to finish is where it's at

comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
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Craig David - Born To Do It
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Great shout

Rewind, Fill Me In and Rendez-Vous were played at EVERY party I went to when I was 15-16.

Play by Moby was everywhere as well, great album, as was Elephant by The White Stripes.

Who's Kissing Cameras?

Radiohead - Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows

All brilliant, of course, but how can you omit Hail to the Thief - for me, their best album since OK Computer?

First Strokes album is amazing. Not a duff tune on it.

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I honestly couldn't name a Strokes song.
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Are you suggesting that makes them average? I couldnt name any songs in the hip hop genre.

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There were some good albums by Kasabian, Artic Monkeys and The Libertines and the media were desperate for a second coming of "Britpop" but it never happened, not enough bands of sufficient quality IMO.
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I honestly think you can trace this back as far as 1997 and the reaction to the good, but by no means brilliant, Urban Hymns. For me this was the "zeitgeist" of the years 2000-2009: trying to evoke the previous decade's zeitgeist. I agree with the poster above who said The Strokes were pretty average. I think Franz Ferdinand were probably the best of what I consider a generation of "nearly men".
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There's no doubt the media were desperate to push indie bands on us, but I think the reason it really died out or was nipped in the bud druing the early 00's was down to dance music and American "hip-hop" becoming far more influential

comment by Jalisco Red Standing By (U4195)
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I honestly couldn't name a Strokes song.
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comment by Jalisco Red Standing By (U4195)
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I honestly couldn't name a Strokes song.
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Are you suggesting that makes them average? I couldnt name any songs in the hip hop genre.
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No. Just that the impact they had wasn't that big.

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Is this it was a stunning album at the time.

comment by JukeboxJunkie - A wrong decision is better than indecision. (U10162)
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"Don't get me started on Hip-Hop. The real golden age of Hip-Hop was 00's"

For production values maybe.

It's certainly the decade of decline as far as lyrics and experimentation go
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I agree, but there were some real strong lyricists that came out in that decade, such as Blu, Lupe Fiasco, Cam'ron, Jay Electronica, Clipse.

And the rappers from the 90s continued to drop amazing albums, which matched up to their earlier discographies such as Common, MF DOOM, Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Scarface.

I remember quite liking some of the stuff on that album by Them Crooked Vultures.

No mention of Hot Fuss by Killers?