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Showing posts with label The Greatest of the 00s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Greatest of the 00s. Show all posts
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Breaking Down the 100 Greatest Albums of the 00’s
Some say we will look back at the 00’s as the decade when the full length album died, and for the most part they will be right. Sure albums will never go away as long as there are people stupid enough to plop down ten dollars for an album with only a good song or two. But the album as an event has long passed. In this instant gratification day and age, we just want to get to the three minutes of musical joy instead of having to spend a whole album digesting an album. I cannot remember one album I sat around with a bunch of friends last decade dissecting it with friends like I did back in the ninties (granted this may be an age thing).
So my list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 00’s is less about a cohesive album (which there were very few of in the 00’s) than just a collection of twelve good to great songs. I’m sure there can be griping of albums I left out, but when compiling a list of albums for consideration, I only included albums I actual spent money on (or had someone else buy for me, with the obvious exception of two albums on the list), and when it comes down to it, if I didn’t even bother to drop ten dollars (or even less at discount prices), it is not something worthy of my list anyway. Here is how my list broke down by the numbers.
Artists with Multiple Albums
Dave Matthews (Band) – 5
Jack Johnson – 4
John Mayer (Trio) – 4
Ryan Adams (and the Cardinals) - 4
Alicia Keys – 3
Coldplay – 3
Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) – 3
Kanye West – 3
Michelle Branch (The Wreckers) – 3
The Roots – 3
U2 - 3
Albums by Year
2000 – 6
2001 – 12
2002 – 11
2003 – 8
2004 – 9
2005 – 12
2006 – 8
2007 – 10
2008 – 14
2009 – 10
Albums by Genre
Rock - 19
Rap - 15
Alternative – 14
Pop - 13
Adult Contemporary – 11
RnB - 9
Folk - 8
Country - 5
Blues - 3
Hard Rock - 3
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 00's
1. The College Dropout - Kanye West
2. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
3. Continuum - John Mayer
4. The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
5. The Spirit Room - Michelle Branch
6. The Grey Album - Danger Mouse
7. The Lillywhite Sessions - Dave Matthews Band
8. Gold - Ryan Adams
9. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band
10. Wreck of the Day - Anna Nalick
11. Final Straw - Snow Patrol
12. Only By the Night - Kings of Leon
13. Bible Belt - Diane Birch
14. American IV: Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
15. I and Love and You - The Avett Brothers
16. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
17. Heavier Things - John Mayer
18. White Ladder - David Gray
19. Hot Fuss - The Killers
20. Room for Squares - John Mayer
21. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay
22. Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
23. Magic - Bruce Springsteen
24. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
25. Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstall
26. On and On - Jack Johnson
27. Cardinology - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
28. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
29. Attack & Release - The Black Keys
30. The Renaissance - Q-Tip
31. Parachutes - Coldplay
32. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
33. Late Registration - Kanye West
34. Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World
35. Alright, Still - Lily Allen
36. Musicforthemorningafter - Pete Yorn
37. As I Am - Alicia Keys
38. Songs About Jane - Maroon 5
39. Hotel Paper - Michelle Branch
40. Whoa, Nelly! - Nelly Furtado
41. Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
42. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams
43. Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
44. Stand Still, Look Pretty - The Wreckers
45. The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
46. Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie
47. Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
48. Get Lifted - John Legend
49. A New Day at Midnight - David Gray
50. Brushfire Fairytales - Jack Johnson
51. The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys
52. Audioslave - Audioslave
53. Graduation - Kanye West
54. In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson
55. Phrenology - The Roots
56. Fearless - Taylor Swift
57. O - Damien Rice
58. Love, Save the Empty - Erin McCarley
59. Stand Up - Dave Matthews Band
60. Songs In A Minor - Alicia Keys
61. Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams
62. The Way I See It - Raphael Saadiq
63. Room Noises - Eisley
64. Twenty Three - Tristan Prettyman
65. Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds
66. Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks
67. Closer - Better Than Ezra
68. Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band
69. Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
70. Be Not Nobody - Vanessa Carlton
71. Hello - Tristan Prettyman
72. Emotionalism - The Avett Brothers
73. Some Devil - Dave Matthews
74. Riding With the King - B.B. King & Eric Clapton
75. Game Theory - The Roots
76. Kamaal the Abstract - Q-Tip
77. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
78. Musicology - Prince
79. To the 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys
80. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
81. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
82. Afterglow - Sarah McLachlan
83. Stillmatic - Nas
84. Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton
85. Sleep Through the Static - Jack Johnson
86. Try! - Live In Concert - John Mayer Trio
87. Be - Common
88. This Is the Life - Amy Macdonald
89. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
90. Before the Robots - Better Than Ezra
91. No Line On the Horizon - U2
92. The Fall - Norah Jones
93. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
94. Shaman - Santana
95. Rising Down - The Roots
96. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
97. Amanda Leigh - Mandy Moore
98. Troubadour - K'naan
99. Back to Then - Darius Rucker
100. Little Voice - Sara Bareilles
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Breaking Down the 100 Greatest Movies of the 00’s
I have never claimed to be some sort of film connoisseur as I only cared enough to make it inside a movie theater twice last decade, but when the holy grail of movie awards handed out a Best Picture award to crap like Crash, who can really trust? But anyway. Here is how my list of The 100 Greatest Movies of the 00’s broke down by the numbers.
Movies by Year
2000 – 8
2001 – 8
2002 – 8
2003 – 4
2004 – 12
2005 – 8
2006 – 11
2007 – 14
2008 – 14
2009 – 13
Movies by Genre
Comedy – 31
Drama – 24
Action – 18
Romantic Comedy – 7
War – 5
Animation – 3
Documentary – 3
Horror – 3
Sports – 3
Suspense - 3
Foreign Language Films - 4 (5 if you count Inglorious Bastards which was German heavy)
Actors Who Appeared in Multiple Movies
Jason Bateman – 6
Justin Long – 6
Seth Rogan - 6
Bill Hader – 5
Jay Baruchel – 5
Natalie Portman – 5
Samuel L. Jackson - 5
Adam Sandler – 4
Ben Stiller – 4
Christine Taylor - 4
Craig Robinson - 4
Danny McBride – 4
Jack Black - 4
Jonah Hill - 4
Keira Knightly – 4
Kristen Bell - 4
Mandy Moore – 4
Orlando Bloom – 4
Vince Vaughn – 4
Directors with Multiple Films
Clint Eastwood – 3
Ridley Scott - 3
Ben Stiller – 2
Cameron Crowe – 2
Edgar Wright – 2
Guillermo del Toro – 2
Jason Reitman – 2
Judd Apatow – 2
Kevin Smith – 2
Martin Scorsese – 2
Paul Thomas Anderson – 2
Peter Berg – 2
Quentin Tarantino – 2
Robert Rodriguez – 2
Sam Raimi – 2
Steven Spielberg – 2
Zach Snyder - 2
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The 100 Greatest Movies of the 00's
1. The Dark Knight
2. Memento
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
7. Zombieland
8. Spider-Man
9. Black Hawk Down
10. High Fidelity
11. The Departed
12. (500) Days of Summer
13. Wedding Crashers
14. Inside Man
15. Love Actually
16. Atonement
17. Shaun of the Dead
18. Hellboy
19. Funny People
20. 300
21. Pan's Labyrinth
22. Inglourious Basterds
23. There Will Be Blood
24. American Gangster
25. Gran Torino
26. Sin City
27. District 9
28. Flags of Our Fathers
29. Elizabethtown
30. Gladiator
31. Superbad
32. Drag Me to Hell
33. Almost Famous
34. Watchmen
35. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
36. Traffic
37. Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith
38. Bend it Like Beckham
39. Knocked Up
40. Gangs of New York
41. School of Rock
42. Hancock
43. Up in the Air
44. Wall-E
45. Slumdog Millionaire
46. Letters from Iwo Jima
47. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
48. Waitress
49. Pineapple Express
50. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
51. Grindhouse
52. 2012
53. Garden State
54. Catch Me if You Can
55. Dead Snow
56. American Dreamz
57. Murderball
58. The Incredibles
59. Iron Man
60. Legally Blonde
61. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
62. Pootie Tang
63. Supersize Me
64. Snakes on a Plane
65. Fahrenheit 9/11
66. Zoolander
67. Up
68. V for Vendetta
69. Mean Girls
70. Idiocracy
71. Closer
72. Eastern Promises
73. Hot Fuzz
74. Saved!
75. Brick
76. Juno
77. Zach and Miri Make a Porno
78. Munich
79. Sunshine Cleaning
80. Bring it On
81. Half Nelson
82. Maria Full of Grace
83. Team America: World Police
84. Blue Crush
85. Fanboys
86. Couples Retreat
87. American Pie 2
88. Orange County
89. The Rundown
90. A Walk to Remember
91. Lars and the Real Girl
92. Serenity
93. Punch Drunk Love
94. The Hurt Locker
95. Dedication
96. Remember the Titans
97. Little Nicky
98. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
99. Avatar
100. Red Eye
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