UNCUT 500 Greatest Albums of the 2000s magazine

Music
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Anybody got this yet? Love this kind of thing. Two major gripes. No Klaxons ‘Myths Of Near Future’ and N Dubz have been included somehow…

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Wasnt expecting this to be a gripe

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Got it but not opened it yet. It’s usually a decent read and somehow my sub only costs 16 for every 6 months??

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One of my favourite albums of that decade. If I was to compile my own list it would definitely be top 20. Yes they were part of a ‘scene’ but who cares? There’s some very surprising selections in there, like the second Gossip album for example.

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I’ve bought the whole series since the 60s. I’m
a sucker for a list and it’s a good way of discovering something new.

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what’s the top ten?

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10 Primal Scream - XTRMNTR

9 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

8 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

7 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

6 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

5 Portishead - Third

4 Radiohead - Kid A

3 The Strokes - Is This It

2 Radiohead - In Rainbows

1 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

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Interesting how it’s changed since the one they did in 2009: Uncut’s Albums of 2000s by Uncut : Best Ever Albums

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I also wondered if Arcade Fire would feature after recent incidents but they’re there. Ryan Adams too. I think ‘Funeral’ may have been a little higher if it wasn’t for current controversies.

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  1. Yo La Tengo - And then nothing…
  2. Pj Harvey - Stories From…
  3. Fleet Foxes - S/T
  4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
  5. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
  6. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever…
  7. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
  8. Joanna Newsom - Ys
  9. White Stripes - Elephant
  10. Streets - Original Pirate Material
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This is a very solid if uninspiring top 10.

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Yeah I think it ways more about how uncut have changed if anything. In the 00s they are very much the boomer music mag.

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fascinating how revered Smile by Brian Wilson was at the time, barely gets a mention these days (or maybe i’m not on the right part of the internet anymore)

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Just looked it up and they’ve only gone and put Bob Dylan on the cover :joy::skull:

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They actually seem ok in the monthly for new release coverage but yeah, the features are very boomer tastic.

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How white stripes and flaming lips still command so much critical weight I’ll never know

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Yeah, when I think of the 00s he’s definitely the image that springs to mind :joy:

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lol funny wind up m8 :joy: :rofl:

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Oh

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There was a degree of disbelief that anything approaching a “complete” SMiLE would ever be released, so the fact that this came out and was… actually pretty great? Meant that it was pretty much given universal 5 star reviews.

It is pretty great, tbf.

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