i posted the lists of other people and blogs but this time let's post our own lists of 25 albums that touched us for the last 10 years..
From 2000 to 2009...
It may not be the world's favorite or your "super indie" or "super mainstream" friends might not agree with you but to heck with them, it's your own list and your own life that's being touched not theirs...
This is in any order...
I'll start.
1.
WILCO- Kicking Television (experimental/country/americana)- it's like having woody guthrie and radiohead on the same band
2.
TOBYMAC- Momentum (rap/rock/hiphop)
3.
NICKEL CREEK- s/t (bluegrass/newgrass/celtic)- forever changed the sound of bluegrass
4.
SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER- Divine Discontent (alternative rock)
5.
JARS OF CLAY- Who We Are Instead (folk rock)
6.
BRAD PAISLEY- Mud On Tires (modern traditional country)- proof that you can look good and do traditional country and still sell millions of records without being dumb
7.
TIM McGRAW- Live Like You Were Dying (pop country)- pop country at its finest
8.
RYAN ADAMS- Easy Tiger (folk rock/americana/country)- attitude aside, this is a fine emotional album regardless what the blogs says...
9.
ELIZABETHTOWN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (americana/folk rock/country)- like a great radio station
10.
DANU- The Road Less Travelled (celtic/gaelic folk)- my proper introduction to traditional celtic music
11.
KING WILKIE- Broke (bluegrass)- young guns with old souls
12.
DEREK WEBB- She Shall And Must Go Free (folk/country)- rocked the walls of american churches
13.
THE SHINS- Chute Too Narrow (folk rock/americana/indie rock)- it'll change your life
14.
GUY DAVIS- Chocolate To The Bone (country blues)- back porch pickin'
15.
RADIOHEAD- Kid A (experimental/electronic/jazz)- like a movie inside your head
16.
CHERRYHOLMES- Cherryholmes II:Black and White (bluegrass)
17.
ARCADE FIRE- Funeral (alt.folk/indie rock)
18.
PUNCH BROTHERS- Punch (newgrass/classical/jazz)- chris thile's insanity maybe for our benefit
19.
SARA GROVES- Add To The Beauty (folk pop)- awareness
20.
BUDDY AND JULIE MILLER- s/t (country/americana)- country music's intelligent couple
21.
ANDREW PETERSON- Behold The Lamd of God (folk/christmas/americana)- narrating the christmas story in an artistic way
22.
JACK INGRAM- Acoustic Motel (texas country)- im inspired by this CD
23.
KEVIN FOWLER- Loose Loud and Crazy (modern traditional texas country)- former heavy metal singer turned honky tonker
24.
HANK WILLIAMS III- Lovesick, Broke, and Driftin' (traditional country)- played with philip anselmo and eyehategod yet still managed to deliver one of this decade's true country record
25.
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW- O.C.M.S. (old timey string band/folk)- modern day hippie from the mountains of carolina. musically it's a revival... even better than o brother...
Your top 25 albums of the decade
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