I posted this on my Facebook page at the tail end of last year. I thought I mite as well post it here now that I have a proper gown-up blog…
The best albums from the last 10 years of my life by HP
Seeing as everyone and their Granny is having the say on this matter I thought I’d swedge in with my own list. This is in no particular order (I could never chose an absolute favourite) its just a list, an other bloody list.
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
To me this summed up what it was like to be a restless soul from a rural community in Scotland.
Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
They did one amazing album and fucked off. Perfect.
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
The best pick-me-up album ever.
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
The Sound of being young, Sottish and pissed off.
Oasis - Don’t Believe the Truth
An unexpected return to form. Oasis haters can fuck off, I loved this band in the 90’s and it was great to see them produce an album worthy of sitting beside Morning Glory and Definitely Maybe.
At the Drive-in - Relationship of Command
What Emo/Post-hardcore should have been, till silly little girls got involved.
D’Angelo - Voodoo
This modern soul masterpiece featured in many a late night.
The Strokes - Is This Is
The excitement and cool of 1970’s NYC post-punk brought to life. Sadly they were shit live.
Underworld - 100 Days Off
I have great memories of sunny student days spent hanging out on Porotbello beach with this album.
Radiohead - Kid A
A lot of people didn’t like this album, they are wrong. This is exactly what Radiohead are about, bold, exciting and ever changing.
Elliott Smith - Fugure 8
His last great album and the closet anyone will ever get to sounding like The Beatles.
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
One of the best British Hip Hop albums ever, fact.
Mogwai - Rock Action
The ‘Gwai really came into their own with this record, it still moves me to this day.
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Yankee Hotel Foxtrott, blah blah blah. Yes YHF was a great album, but A Ghost is Born has more drama, tension and epic moments of brilliance.
Biffy Clyro - Vertigo of Bliss
Every time I listen to this I hear another little detail that I hadn’t heard before, not bad for an album recorded in 12 hours.
Coldplay - Parachutes
Before you say anything, Fuck off. There was a time when Chris Martin wasn’t a cunt trying to save the world by teaming up with Jay-Z and all that pish. Coldplay made a beautiful album at the start of this decade before they went off to become U2 and for that reason, this album stays, end of.
Sigur Ros - ( )
No track names, lyrics in a made up language, no real title, great music.
Meursault - Pissing on Bonfires Kissing with Tongues
Recorded in a bedroom on a laptop for next to nothing, pisses over the rest of the albums that come out in 2008. Nice one Neil.
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
They made the best rock/dance record of the 90s, then did it again in 2000. The best collection of Fuck-you Party Tunes.
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Modern urban life in the UK, as told by Mr Skinner. I still get a tingle in my spine when I hear this album.
Aesop Rock - Labour Days
A great story telling Hip Hop album, very addictive.
School of Language - Sea from Shore
Think-Rock from the North East of England. A thrilling and compelling listen from start to finish
Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight
An emotional and sonic roller-coaster ride of an album. Good use of swearing as well.
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
This album brings back fond memories of working in a record shop during the first half of this decade.
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Once a again Radiohead blew my head off. I was concerned after Hair to the Thief that they may go off the boil, but thankfully they came back with this and raised the bar again.
