07 March 2011

21 + 21 most impressive Albums from the 21st Century

...so far...

= my very favourites. Realise many among them is "indie" (though my musical taste often is as ordinary as the taste of many others). Every artist can only have one album here.



1
NEW MAGNETIC WONDER
The Apples in Stereo


2
FUNERAL
Arcade Fire


3
BEGIN TO HOPE
Regina Spektor


4
BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse


5
UNDER THE SKIN
Lindsey Buckingham


6
SOMEBODY OUTSIDE
Anna Ternheim


7
SON OF A PLUMBER
Per Gessle


8
THE MILK-EYED MENDER
Joanna Newsom


9
HISSING FAUNA - ARE YOU THE DESTROYER?
of Montreal


10
HEAD FIRST
Goldfrapp


11
TWIN CINEMA
New Pornographers


12
IT'S NOT ME - IT'S YOU
Lily Allen


13
ANJULIE
Anjulie


14
FEVERS & MIRRORS
Bright Eyes


15
FOLD YOUR HANDS CHILD, YOU WALK LIKE A PEASANT
Belle & Sebastian


16
VESPERTINE
Björk


17
THIS IS
Stina Nordenstam


18
YOU ARE THE QUARRY
Morrissey


19
THE AVALANCHE (Outtakes and Extras from The Illinoise Album)
Sufjan Stevens


20
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
The Magic Numbers


21
HALF THE PERFECT WORLD
Madeleine Peyroux











22
DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL?
Paloma Faith


23
PLAYING THE ANGEL
Depeche Mode


24
ONE OF THE BOYS
Katy Perry


25
THE HOUR OF BEWILDERBEAST
Badly Drawn Boy


26
SONGS OF A RAGDOLL
Miss Li


27
RECORD COLLECTION
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.


28
THE BIRD OF MUSIC
Au Revoir Simone


29
LE FIL
Camille


30
THE REMINDER
Leslie Feist


31
IRIS
Iris & The Bittersweets


32
AERIAL
Kate Bush


33
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN
The Good, The Bad & The Queen


34
TIME TO KILL
Sophie Zelmani


35
AT MY AGE
Nick Lowe


36
EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE
Fiona Apple


37
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY
David Byrne (with Brian Eno)


38
ROADSINGER
Yusuf ("Cat Stevens")


39
UNDER THE PAVEMENT : THE BEACH
The Deportees


40
FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN
a-ha


41
THE LIBERTY OF NORTON FOLGATE
Madness


42
NO CITIES LEFT
The Dears







Have left out every record sung in swedish, since for them my natural attachment to the lyrics makes it unfare to compare with these I'm more focused on the music on.







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