my favourite 25 folk/rock/pop albums of the decade

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Akin to Vince's Top 25 Metal Albums of the Decade is my favourite 25 folk/rock/pop albums of the decade. These are my personal favourites, so many critically acclaimed and popular albums will NOT make the list. I only allowed myself to pick one album from each artist, which was tough. The listing is presented by year and then alphabetically.

2000

  • badly drawn boy - the hour of bewilderbeast
  • pj harvey - stories from the city, stories from the sea

2001

  • john frusciante - to record only water for ten days
  • ryan adams - gold
  • strokes (the) - is this it?

2002

2003

  • damien rice - o
  • stills (the) - logic will break your heart
  • white stripes (the) - elephant

2004

  • luke doucet - outlaws (live & unreleased)
  • ted leo & the pharmacists - shake the streets

2005

  • daniel lanois - belladonna
  • depeche mode - playing the angel

2006

  • alexisonfire - crisis
  • decemberists - the crane wife
  • jose gonzalez - veneer
  • peter bjorn and john - writer's block
  • red hot chili peppers - stadium arcadium

2007

  • arcade fire - neon bible
  • kings of leon - because of the times
  • radiohead - in rainbows
  • shins (the) - wincing the night away

2008

  • fleet foxes - fleet foxes
  • tv on the radio - dear science

2009

  • david gray - draw the line
  • casey baker & buffalo sinners - linwell