Matt Butterworth

Personal Albums of the Decade

Because Rob Haining and Grant Bollmer did it and because I’ve never actually taken a stab at a list.  There is a lot of music that I really liked at one time or another, but find myself not listening to it anymore i.e. I listen to a lot less acoustic guitar driven music now.  There is a lot I haven’t listened to, but still want to hear. I didn’t limit myself to one album per artist - I do what I want.

First, an award:

An album that I put on to alienate people who are in the car with me - Quaristice by Autechre.

Two albums I like, but are technically older/compilations and were rereleased: Inches by Les Savy Fav and The Name of This Band is Talking Heads by Talking Heads.

2000
Internal Wrangler by Clinic
Vocalcity by Luomo
Veni Vidi Vicious by The Hives

2001
Discovery by Daft Punk
Is This It? by The Strokes
Stephen Malkmus by Stephen Malkmus
Since I Left You by The Avalanches
The Tyrrany of Distance by Ted Leo/RX
White Blood Cells by White Stripes

2002
Golden Vessyl of Sound by Yume Bitsu
Sea Change by Beck
Deadringer by RJD2
Original Pirate Material by The Streets
Geogaddi by Boards of Canada
Neon Golden by the Notwist

2003
Hearts of Oak by Ted Leo/RX
Guitar Romantic by Exploding Hearts
Echoes by The Rapture
Solid Guild by Joggers
Haha Sound by Broadcast

2004
Last Exit by Junior Boys
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Slow Wonder by AC Newman
Tender Buttons by Broadcast
Disintergration Loops by William Basinski
Anniemal by Annie
KA by Excepter
Happiness in Magazines by Graham Coxon
i by The Magnetic Fields
10 by cLOUDDEAD

2005
We Are Monster by Isoleé
Feels by Animal Collective
LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem
The Woods by Sleater Kinney
Howl Howl Gaff Gaff by Shout Out Louds
No Wow by The Kills
Multiply by Jamie Lidell
The Runners Four by Deerhoof
EP by Fiery Furnaces
Before the Dawn Hears Us by M83
With a Cape and a Cane by The Joggers
Burner by Odd Nosdam


2006
I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo
So This Is Goodbye by Junior Boys
The Body, The Blood, The Machine by The Thermals
Pink by Boris
Minima Moralia by Chihei Hatakeyama
It’s Never Been Like That by Phoenix
Skelliconnection by Chad VanGaalen
Alegranza by El Guincho

2007
Untrue by Bural
Person Pitch by Panda Bear
Citrus by Asobi Seksu
From Here We Go Sublime by The Field

2008
Skeleton by Abe Vigoda
Women by Women
Uproot by DJ/rupture
Red, Yellow, and Blue by Born Ruffians

2009
An Imaginary Country by Tim Hecker
The xx by The xx
See Mystery Lights by Yacht
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart