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NPR's "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings" list
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Britney Spears? Really? And, I'm not as out of it as I feared. I like Beyonce, Green Day, Norah Jones, etc.
I can agree with a lot on this list...Burial's Untrue was an important underground disc even if it never broke into the mainstream. And the Garden State s/t was important, too, for promoting a few bands on that disc that got bigger at least partially as a result of their inclusion...And some of these records I like a lot so I'm glad they were included...the Wilco, Sigur Ros, Flaming Lips...and even if I don't like the Arcade Fire or The Strokes I can understand why they're included.
You know, I can understand why there's antipathy towards Britney Spears' In The Zone album on this list, but keep in mind this is a list of the most important albums, not the best. I will go on record saying that's actually a pretty good record, considering how mediocre Britney is as a singer and an overall talent. It's a rare triumph of substance over style, and I dare you not to hum Toxic. Go on. Dare ya!
Some albums I think are sorely missing on this list:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone; the fact that it was released in March 2009 shouldn't exclude this outstanding album from this list.
Bjork - Vespertine
Some albums I think are sorely missing on this list:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone; the fact that it was released in March 2009 shouldn't exclude this outstanding album from this list.
Bjork - Vespertine
was it my mistake in not knowing every band or was there not any metal on that list? or is metal not that important?
Mastadon is metal, in my eyes, anyway...
Metal's been pretty low on the radar this decade, it seems. Not that there hasn't been some very good metal - Mastodon included - but it hasn't enjoyed the mainstream success it once did.
I like this list better than the AVClub's "Best of the Decade", though there are a few crossovers: http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-be...The AVClub also did a Best Metal list, David.
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