The Best Albums Of The Decade: Which Was The Greatest? (PHOTOS)

The AP came out with their picks for the ten best albums of the decade. Here they are, and we'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not they deserve the honor. Send in your suggestions for the decade's best album and we'll add them and come up with our own top ten list.

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Best Albums Of The Decade

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Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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It's the best album of the decade, hands down. By turns dense, heartbreaking, poppy and challenging, it's Wilco at the height of its creativity as a band, not merely as a vehicle for Jeff Tweedy's genius. Add to that the drama surrounding its initial refusal and eventual release by two different arms of the same corporate leviathan? How can you leave this album out unless you're last decade's Rip Van Winkle?

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[MCJanes]

07:41 PM on 01/19/2010

The fact that Adam Lambert is #1 is evidence that either 4chan invaded the poll, or that HuffPost readers shouldn't vote on an album they haven't listened to.

[Knowbetter]

04:59 PM on 12/31/2009

http://www.amazon.com/Argentine-Viviana-Guzman-Anibal-Corniglio/product-reviews/B000NDI3SA/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

[sweetlove4motherearth]

12:02 PM on 12/31/2009

well, at least there are a couple good albums HP has to choose from. 50 cent and eminem though?

i know it's really early to say this, but i think the Girls dubut Album is incredible and possibly one of the best of the last ten years put out. I also like:

F*c/< Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Santigold - s/t
No Age - Nouns
...but those are all kinda recent too. I guess I'd have to have a look at my record collection to remember better. ten years is a long time haha.

[dwill123]

09:54 AM on 12/31/2009

"Industrial Zen" - John McLaughlin

[BitterBosh]

05:01 AM on 12/31/2009

Wow...Not much love for Tool. They released two amazing albums this decade.

[gappedtoothgodwarrior]

12:05 AM on 12/31/2009

There's still a year to go in this decade.

[Pyfagorus]

01:32 AM on 12/31/2009

The thing is, when everybody refers to decades as "the 30s" or "the 90s" it's absurd to say those periods don't include 1930 and 1990, respectively. The "library science" way of designating decades ("FICTION 1971-1980") is separate from the popular usage.

[Seral]

11:25 PM on 12/30/2009

AP's list is a joke. They limited the decade to two genres, which usually doesn't generate a lot of value other than entertainment (kind of like a Steve Martin movie). If their writers does not have the time to listen to albums to make a valuable critic, maybe they shouldn't do the critic in the first place.

[brijo731]

07:25 PM on 12/30/2009

Whet a crappy musical decade

[brijo731]

07:24 PM on 12/30/2009

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[middlemarch]

04:58 PM on 12/30/2009

OMG. "Sea Change" by Beck? He has two other albums this decade that were much more wonderful. Why not "Odelay" which is fabulous!!!! That was to be my rant but then I looked it up and "Odelay" is oh, about FIFTEEN YEARS OLD!!!!

Am I the only one who feels like it's still 1996?????

[JerryS1959]

04:07 PM on 12/30/2009

Just 7 of many great albums in the decade:

Tom Waits "Real Gone" 2004
Leonard Cohen "Live in London" 2009
Kate Bush "Aerial" 2005
Kris Kristofferson "This Old Road" 2006
Steve Earle "The Revolution Starts Now" 2004
Yusef "Roadsinger" 2009
Polkastra "Apolkalypse Now" 2009

[Pyfagorus]

10:10 PM on 12/30/2009

Polkastra - gotta love a band that uses contrabassoon!

[horhay]

03:20 PM on 12/30/2009

How can you limit it to 10 best albums of the decade? The metallic end of the spectrum isn't even represented here.

Probot
Machine Head
Prong
Ministry
Mastadon
Death Angel

Radiohead & Beck are on the list but I would have chose different albums.

How about some of these bands that added some flavor to this decade?
The Strokes
Wolfmother
Outcast
Gnarls Barkley
Shakira
Lady Gaga
Queens of the Stone Age

Nine Inch Nails &
Pearl Jam are still making amazing albums

And Bob Dylan, you've got to add him to the list for being such an influence, so prolific and persistent.
Here Comes Santa was my favorite song this X-Mas.

[William Munny]

02:27 PM on 12/30/2009

Where is Nas-Untitled???

[aftershock]

02:47 PM on 12/30/2009

Nas will never make best of list again because he'll never top Illmatic...ever lol.

[William Munny]

02:25 PM on 12/30/2009

Where is Damien Marley's Welcome to Jamrock????? Awsome album.

[aftershock]

02:59 PM on 12/30/2009

Since you're obviously a fan of both, are you hyped for the Nas-Marley CD coming out?

[William Munny]

10:45 PM on 12/30/2009

I didn't know they were going to do an album together. That would be fire.

[cowboyx]

01:32 PM on 12/30/2009

DangerMouse (w/ Jay-Z and The Beatles) the Grey Album.
not only a fantastic listen, but heralding the era of the Mash Up

Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple.
Soul meets phat beats. Dangermouse and CeeLo have heart, and they have pop.

Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below.
Leaving this double album off is a tragedy. Experimentation and pop hits, all 9w)rapped into one great offering.

[aftershock]

01:33 PM on 12/30/2009

Ohhh... forgot about the Grey Album!