TEF Top 50 Albums of the Decade

[oxford_fan]

Think you are a bit confused there.

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).

I think you are right, yeo must mean the third which was a complete piece of shit.

a grand was good too but not quite up there with original pirate material

[Bogus Dave]

Original Pirate material was the nuts. Everything is borrowed and a grand don't come for free are both very good albums, whilst his third album was complete and utter garbage

[Spy]

Original Pirate material was the nuts. Everything is borrowed and a grand don't come for free are both very good albums, whilst his third album was complete and utter garbage

Yeah I also think Everything is Borrowed is cool. It's a total departure in that he made a conscious decision not to talk about everyday stuff and to take about deeper often philosophical issues. The whole album is also very positive and uplifting which seems rare in todays media and music. It's simply genuine and not all cynical. One of the only other examples I can think of, of this kinda of non-cheesy life-affirming album is the music of the punk band 98 Mute.

As I said tho for me A Grand Don't Come For Free is the best. Be interesting to see what the last album is like.

[flammableBen]

Yeah I also think Everything is Borrowed is cool. It's a total departure in that he made a conscious decision not to talk about everyday stuff and to take about deeper often philosophical issues. The whole album is also very positive and uplifting which seems rare in todays media and music. It's simply genuine and not all cynical. One of the only other examples I can think of, of this kinda of non-cheesy life-affirming album is the music of the punk band 98 Mute.

As I said tho for me A Grand Don't Come For Free is the best. Be interesting to see what the last album is like.

Last album is going to be the day to day lives of humans from the point of view of a dog and a cat.

[Simon Pieman]

The Streets remind me of a chav talking with some tunes blasting out from 6x9s in the background.

[Spy]

Last album is going to be the day to day lives of humans from the point of view of a dog and a cat.

Where did you hear that Ben? Here's the info on Wikipedia regarding the next (and final) album...

Computers and Blues: 2010

It was originally reported that Skinner said that the fifth record would be similar to Lou Reed's Berlin.[6] He later stated in a blog that he was misquoted, and that the album would sound like the city of Berlin, not the album by Reed. He went on, saying that the album will be "ravey".

"The final Streets album (the fifth one) will be dark and futuristic. This could not be further from [Everything is Borrowed], but it's what is on my mind at the moment. I feel inspired by the synthesizer exhibition we just visited in Graz [Austria] after the gig we just did."

On 6 August 2008, Skinner stated on his MySpace blog that the title of the final Streets record will be Computers and Blues, and that it will likely not be released for at least two years. He has repeatedly stated that it will be the last Streets album, remarking that he is "fucking sick" of the name and connotations that come along with it. In a Beat Stevie episode where he describes the making of Everything Is Borrowed, Skinner says that the final Streets album will be "one more banger" and will be "dancing music to drink tea to".

On 14 April 2009, Skinner announced via Twitter that he would post three new songs over three days. The tracks were "I Love My Phone", "Trust Me" and "David Hassles". Since then he has posted ten more songs, "Long Working Day", "See if they Salute", "A Blip on a Screen", "Outside Inside", "Skills on Toast", "Lovelight of My Life", "Infamy", "Where My Heart Has Been", "The Robots Are Taking Over" and "In The Middle". Most of these songs were released on bln.kr or zshare.net with an announcement of Skinner on Twitter. He also posted the video for a song called "He's Behind You, He's Got Swine Flu" to YouTube. On 11 June 2009, Skinner announced that "Computers and Blues" will be released in February 2010 and that he was releasing a song with up-and-coming UK rapper Giggs

That collaboration mentioned is on youtube. It's called slow songs. (is there a way to post youtube liniks into posts without it embedding the video?)

[leefer]

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).

A Grand dont come for Free is brilliant...Streets best album in my Humble.

[yeo]

Yes I got that wrong I forgot the 2nd.

Ive only really got time for the 1st album,ive not seen him for ages but Skinner looks a right mess in that video.

[jimmy_onions]

am surprised the ting tings didn't get more votes??....cue volley of vitriolic abuse directed at the mancunian duo...

[Nemo]

*Insert volley of vitriolic abuse here*

[herthab]

Yet another pointless list thread!

Half of the artists/albums on here I've never heard of, which means they're obviously shit.

The stuff I listen to is awesome and therefore the best.

[Ben Wah Balls]

I thought Everything is Borrowed wasn't very good. Talking about every day issues is one of the things that made the streets so good, the last couple of albums have been pretty dull compared to the first two.

[jayohaitchenn]

I just tried that Glasvegas album. I managed about 1 minute of the first song and 10 seconds of the second song...

Utter gash.

[Ginginho]

All this talk of The Streets & Muse as the best albums has made me realise what a shit ten years of music it's been.

[Bob's Orange]

I just tried that Glasvegas album. I managed about 1 minute of the first song and 10 seconds of the second song...

Utter gash.

The first track doesn't really start until 1.26 minutes in. Good to see you giving albums such a massive chance