Top album from every year this decade...

[Wotally Tifficult]

2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
2002: McLusky - McLusky Do Dallas
2003: The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
2005: Deerhoof - The Runners Four
2006: Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
2007: LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
2008: Portishead - Third
2009: Micachu - Jewellry

Portishead tops Neva Dinova, I knew I was reaching: good list

[Andy]

yeah, I'm not crazy about their new one.

Built on Squares is better, but I was in college and saw them about twice a week in Norman when DTSWMO came out, so it's been burned into my brain.

[masterofsparks]

Wow do my tastes not coincide with others here:

2000 – Fu Manchu – King of the Road
2001 – Soundtrack of Our Lives – Behind the Music
2002 - New Bomb Turks - The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still
2003 – Milligram – This Is Class War
2004 – Reigning Sound – Too Much Guitar
2005 – Dirtbombs – If You Don’t Already Have a Look
2006 – The Brought Low – Right on Time
2007 – The National - Boxer
2008 – RPG – Worth the Weight
2009 – Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

This is a very tossed-off list. Any amount of thought put into it would probably replace about half of these.

[Gilly]

I didn't like Built For Squares much but Dream That Stuff Was Made Of is a great, fun album. I played Submarine #3 a ton back in 2000.

[oilcantim]

Choosing just one for each year was painful.  Except for 2005, a year where nearly all music failed me, apparently.

2000: Movietone- The Blossom Filled Streets
2001: Super Furry Animals- Rings Around The World
2002: Lambchop- Is A Woman
2003: Mclusky- Mclusky Do Dallas
2004: The New Year- The End Is Near
2005: Akron/Family- Akron/Family (there has to be an album from 2005 I like more than this one.)
2006: Scott Walker- The Drift
2007: Vic Chesnutt- North Star Deserter
2008: Clinic- Do It!
2009: Either Gui Boratto- Take My Breath Away or Future of the Left- Travels With Myself And Another.  I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.  I'M SORRY.

[Andy]

Picking one is harder than I thought, but pretty much every year I would be considering a few and then get to THE ONE and think to myself "I don't even have to look at any more"

[betheboy]

2000: Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
2001: Bob Dylan- Love & Theft
2002: Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School
2003: Ted Leo & Rx - Hearts of Oak
2004: The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
2005: Terribly depressed and not enjoying music
2006: See 2005 but it started to get better as I listened to music but only the Replacements
2007: Paul F. Tompkins - Impersonal
2008: The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded
2009: Reigning Sound: Love & Curses

[chrisfoll577]

The Starlight Mints are dead to me after they illegally parked their touring van and trailer in my parking space at work (which sits across the street from The Middle East club).  I got back at them 2009-style by tweeting about it.

[namethebats]

Wow do my tastes not coincide with others here:

2000 – Fu Manchu – King of the Road

Apparently I traded this in at some point, because it's not on my shelf anymore. I don't know why (aside from being broke in 2003 and getting rid of half my collection). Terrific album.

[Big Plastic Head]

TOO hard...

2000: Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
2001: The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2002: Alaska! - The Western Shore Emotions (whoops)
2003: Ted Leo - Hearts of Oak
2004: Mission of Burma - ONoffON
2005: The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
2006: Califone - Roots & Crowns
2007: Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle
2008: The Dodos - The Visiter
2009: Japandroids

Jesus, I am all over the place...

[oilcantim]

2005: Terribly depressed and not enjoying music

Okay, so it's not just me, then.  2005 gets a big, fat thumbs down!

[betheboy]

2004: Mission of Burma - ONoffON

Jesus, I am all over the place...

Forgot about that one, and Obliterati which I also liked.

[Andy]

2002: Alaska! - The Western Shore

I love Alaska!

[Gilly]

2005: Terribly depressed and not enjoying music

Okay, so it's not just me, then.  2005 gets a big, fat thumbs down!

I'm of the opinion that 2004-2006 were down years for popular music.

[bmills]

not down with the 2005 bashing.

2009 – Hunches – Exit Dreams
2008 – Thomas Function – Celebration
2007 – Cheater Slicks – Walk Into the Sea
2006 – Eddy Current Suppression Ring – s/t
2005 – King Khan and BBQ Show - s/t
2005 - Deadly Snakes – Porcella
2005 - Black Lips - Let it Bloom
2004 – Viva L’American Death Ray Music – A New Commotion
2003 – Firestarter – Living on the Heat
2002 – Reigning Sound – Time Bomb High School
2001 – Dirtbombs – Ultraglide in Black
2000 – Les Sexareenos – Live in the Bed