TEF Top 50 Albums of the Decade

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Black Holes and Revelations over Absolution? No way!

[Ben Wah Balls]

List is better than I expected, I quite like all the albums in the top 10, good to see origin of symmetry and discovery make the top 10, so close for relationship of command.

[Mexicano Rojo]

thing is with the artic monkeys album its the combination of things that make it a great album for me, they looked the bollocks, young and damn fucking cool (obviously not now get your fucking hair cut!) their lyrics captured perfectly being a teenager - basically fucking about having a laugh, falling in and out of love, dealing with chav fucknuts, even the nightmare of getting into a nightclub - from a truely british perspective. Plus the music is really fucking accomplished for a debut album.

its a really fucking exciting album extolling youth at its best and worst which is what rock and roll should always be about.

If you still feel unsure about it play the track A certain romance dead fucking loud and check the lyrics, im pretty sure it will sum up 99% of peoples growing up experiences in swindon.

[Samdy Gray]

System of a Down in the top 10? What the fuck is this world coming to?

[jimmy_onions]

Good stuff Nemo - cheers

if nothing else, this list (and all the others for that matter) give ideas for new music to listen to which may have passed me by first time round.

[Phil_S]

thing is with the artic monkeys album its the combination of things that make it a great album for me, they looked the bollocks, young and damn fucking cool (obviously not now get your fucking hair cut!) their lyrics captured perfectly being a teenager - basically fucking about having a laugh, falling in and out of love, dealing with chav fucknuts, even the nightmare of getting into a nightclub - from a truely british perspective. Plus the music is really fucking accomplished for a debut album.

its a really fucking exciting album extolling youth at its best and worst which is what rock and roll should always be about.

If you still feel unsure about it play the track A certain romance dead fucking loud and check the lyrics, im pretty sure it will sum up 99% of peoples growing up experiences in swindon.

I wasn't impressed at all with them at Glastonbury though !

[yeo]

I agree about the 1st Artic Monkeys album,but they soon became uninteresting when they started to believe their own hype/became muso bores and started dating TV presenters.I suppose its inevitable,maybe bands should only ever make 1 record.

Same goes for The Streets,that 1st album was ace it had a real modern Ska feel about it.The second one was about the pains of being famous...really who fucking cares.

[yeo]

On a side note,you know the advert for the Phone Company where the nobber called Josh wants to make a band with hundreds of other nobbers? when they are on the Double Decker Bus what are they singing? is it "I really really really wanna feel your Boobs"?

[LucienSanchez]

Good stuff Nemo - cheers

if nothing else, this list (and all the others for that matter) give ideas for new music to listen to which may have passed me by first time round.

agreed... helps fill out my Xmas list!

[Freddies Ferret]

Nemo you should do a TEF top 50 songs of all time list!

[Freddies Ferret]

also glad to see elbow make the top 10! Seldom Seen Kid is a Brilliant album and here are two very fine reasons why-

[Jamiesfuturewife]

On a side note,you know the advert for the Phone Company where the nobber called Josh wants to make a band with hundreds of other nobbers? when they are on the Double Decker Bus what are they singing? is it "I really really really wanna feel your Boobs"?

hahahahahahahahaha I always think thats what they are singing!

[jimmy_onions]

Have just watched Friend of ours by Elbow, in that session with the BBC orchestra, and would go as far to say that is is hot on the tail of the best unplugged track of all time, which is obviously Nothing else matters by Metcallica...

[Spy]

Same goes for The Streets,that 1st album was ace it had a real modern Ska feel about it.The second one was about the pains of being famous...really who fucking cares.

Think you are a bit confused there. The second album was a A Grand Don't Come For Free which was a concept album telling the story of a bloke whos TV is broken and he loses a grand then finds a girl gets dumped by her then finds his grand in the broken TV. It's not about the trials of being famous.

Are you possibly thinking of that one song in the third album called "When You Wasn't Famous"? I think you are being harsh on him.

I think I prefer the second album to the first. The first is good lyrically but the music and production is a bit basic (some might like this).

[iffy]

Have just watched Friend of ours by Elbow, in that session with the BBC orchestra, and would go as far to say that is is hot on the tail of the best unplugged track of all time, which is obviously Nothing else matters by Metcallica...

Man who sold the World by Nirvana is best unplugged track ever, obviously.
The Pitchfork lists are quite interesting, if you can bear the pretentious trainspotteryness of it: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/