This is the first in a series of five posts. The other posts in this series have been archived due to them being too long for the front page of the website. All of the posts can be found using the links below:
From the original post: I was browsing the internet the other day and came across an article that was titled "Best
(so-and-so's) of the Decade". I realized that, as crazy as it seems, with this coming New Years the
00's decade was coming to a close! Well every year me and Easton like to write a little blog naming our favorite 10 albums of that year. So I thought why not throw together a list of my favorite and most influential (on me!) albums of the past 10 years! Narrowing my favorite albums from the past 10 years down to just 10 albums was ridiculously hard, so I decided to expand the number to 50. So in 5 parts, I'm going to try and list the top 50 albums that have been my personal favorites and have influenced my music the most that were released in the past decade (2000 - 2009).
I personally love reading these types of lists because whenever I do I tend to find really awesome music. So hopefully by checking out my personal favs you will find something that you love that maybe you haven't had the chance to check out yet! With each album I'll throw in a stream from grooveshark.com of a song that I think is particularly interesting. As well as some quick notes from me telling why I like each album so much.
Here are the first ten albums I chose for my list:
Favorite Albums of the 00's
(Albums 50 - 41)
50. Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album
Released on October 9th, 2001
More info at Last.fmThis was actually the second Death Cab For Cutie album I was exposed to after checking out Transatlanticism when it came out. All of Death Cab's albums since this one have been great but this one in particular sticks out in my eyes.
49. Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales
Released on January 20th, 2002
Listen at Last.fmI have a ton of great memories listening to this album with all of my best friends from high school during our senior year. Also the majority of this album is featured in one of our favorite movies 'Out Cold'. In turn I have done a ton of drinking to this album.
Bull Mountain! Don't go changin'!
48. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Released on July 7th, 2003
Listen at Last.fmAt the time that this album was released Easton, Ray and I were all in a crappy pop-punk band called Bull Mountain. When this album came out it was a HUGE deal for us! This was exactly the type of music we wanted to make so needless to say we studied this album track by track like it was our job. I never really enjoyed anything from this band after this but for the year that this one came out I listened and played along to it almost non-stop.
47. New Found Glory - Catalyst
Released on June 18th, 2004
Listen at Last.fmAnother great pop punk album from the kings: New Found Glory. Catalyst is full of awesome, fast pop punk tunes. This album was in my cd player all summer long in 2004.
46. Sherwood - A Different Light
Released on March 13th, 2007
Listen at Last.fmThis band knows how to write fantastic pop songs. I think a lot of elements from this album seeped through onto our album Fireworks as I was listening to this album a ton while finishing up the mixing process. I love the use of electric pianos and organs throughout this album. I'm sure everyone has seen them plastered all over myspace but if you haven't checked out this band, and you enjoy our band, you will probably love it!
45. Slightly Stoopid - Everything You Need
Released on March 18th, 2003
Listen at Last.fmIf you have ever been to a BBQ in San Diego you know that there is only one band acceptable to blast on the stereo. That band is Sublime... But if nobody has any Sublime, well, you listen to Slightly Stoopid. This is absolutely the only album I listen too if the temperature outside is above 75 degrees. If you are fan of Summer Time, BBQ's, Beer, Weed or even better All of the Above you will love this album.
44. Blink 182 - Blink 182
Released on November 18th, 2003
Listen at Last.fmI think I had the same reaction as most after listening to this album for the first time: "Huh?" and then maybe a "Wait... there are no cock and balls jokes?". But after the shock of the new Blink 182 set in there was much awesomeness to be heard! It was a sad day when about a year later they split, but a fantastic day this past winter when they announced they were back. Long live Blink.
43. Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave
Released on June 6th, 2003
Listen at Last.fmIt is insane to think that when I went out to buy this CD way back in 2003 I had no idea who Fall Out Boy was, no idea who this super-douche Pete Wentz was, but I had heard some samples of the album online and decided to give it a listen. It was awesome.
42. Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper
Released on June 23rd, 2006
Listen at Last.fmTons of delay gets me hot.
41. Cartel - The Ransom EP
Released on November 16th, 2004
Listen at Last.fmThis is a fantastic group of 6 or 7 songs from the band Cartel. I must have listened to this EP one hundred times in the first month after it came out. Every song on it is great. I think the fact that I was a HUGE fan of this EP set the bar too high for Cartel because I could barely listen to Chroma, the album they released after this EP.
