Lists - Top Albums of the Decade

A while back, we started the futile process of documenting Top Albums of the Decade lists from major publications. Futile because there's not a chance we catch all of them. And really, there's no way one will be better than the other (unless the publication in question is from England, in which case, their list will be rubbish). Paste, a music mag out of Decatur, GA (!), has released their Top 50 Best Albums of the Decade, and although there are a few surprises/lapses in judgment, the Top 4 seem pretty standard (in fact, move White Stripes ahead of Bright Eyes and that's a pretty damn formidable Top 5). And oh wait... what's that in the Top 10? Is that... The Avett Brothers? Man, where did I just see that album? [scroll down] Nice pick by Julie. Now, if she'll just send in her write-up. The list of their Top 20 is below, and you can go to the website to listen to each of the Top 50 and see what they have to say about them.

Paste's Top 20
20 The National - Boxer
19 Beck - Sea Change
18 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
17 Kanye West - The College Dropout
16 Rufus Wainwright - Want One
15 Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses
14 The Strokes - Is This It
13 Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
12 Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
11 The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
10 M.I.A. - Arular
09 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
08 OutKast - Stankonia
07 Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
06 The White Stripes - Elephant
05 Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
04 Radiohead - Kid A
03 Arcade Fire - Funeral
02 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
01 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois