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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:35 PM
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So far - what has been the best album of this decade (2000-2005)
Hands down it has to be "American Idiot" by Green Day. Our children will be listening to that album the way I still listen to Led Zeppelin 2 even though I was only 3 when the album was first released
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puerco-bellies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:36 PM
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1. Green Day American Idiot
Rock Opera's Not just for the Who anymore.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:12 PM
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16. I gotta agree. It's great. nt
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Edgewater_Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:40 PM
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2. YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT, Wilco
It captures this decade's sadness and unsettled nature with a hint of hope.

Green Day is in the top five but doesn't have quite the emotional hooks that Wilco has.
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:42 PM
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3. Not exactly music for the masses...
but I can't get enuff of The Decemberists' "Picaresque." "American Idiot" is perfect for when I'm at the gym - there's actually a guy who wears an "I Miss Reagan" t-shirt. American Idiot!
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:07 PM
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14. Maybe he's wearing it in an ironic sense...
Bush is so bad that he actually makes people miss Reagan. Then again, maybe not.
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:49 PM
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18. Nah...he's one of those Ken Dolls who struts around...
like cock of the walk, reads the Washington Times, and changes the TVs to Faux "News." I'd say "what a cliche," but I guess I'm just as bad in my MoveOn t-shirt and latest copy of The Nation. LOL
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:43 PM
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4. are you Billy Joe?
:shrug:
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:45 PM
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5. "White Blood Cells" by the White Stripes
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:46 PM
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6. The Shins: Oh, Inverted World
And U2's How To Build An Atomic Bomb
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:47 PM
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7. LynneSin's Greatest Hits Live from Latvia
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:06 PM
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13. Squid and the dead fish Bait's "I'm Sunning for Sundog"
:crazy:
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:17 PM
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17. Lynne Sinppelin's "I'm Really Mean to Living Squids"
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:48 PM
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8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus".
And Sigur Ros, "Ágætis Byrjun". Compared to these two (or to about ten others I can think of), Green Day aren't in it.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:50 PM
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9. "Lateralus" by Tool
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:57 PM
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11. I concur.
And it was Aenima for the 90's.

Hands down.
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:50 PM
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10. "Doll Revolution" by The Bangles.
tear off your own head...

:loveya:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:05 PM
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12. The Mars Volta - "De-Loused In The Comatorium"
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 03:06 PM by primate1
Or, if you want something a little less experimental, Bright Eyes' "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning". Indie folk and songwriting at its finest.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:11 PM
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15. The Real New Fall Album
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 03:29 PM by warrens
Followed by Hobosapiens by John Cale and Tepid Peppermint Wonderland by Brian Jonestown Massacre (even if it is greatest hits, sort of).

Edited to get the name RIGHT
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 03:50 PM
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19. What about Hoobastanks "The Reason"?
:hi:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 04:08 PM
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20. System Of A Down's "Toxicity" gets my vote
I was having a hard time deciding between that, Lateralus, Frances The Mute, and a bunch of others, but I think this is easily the best album from the MTV "nu metal" scene.
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