Fellow Malleteer AJ (the tall black dude, not the short white girl) commented on the prior post, demanding I provide some NEW music I found equally compelling.
Sad to say, of course, but he’ll learn soon enough that music you encounter after 30 tends not to be as personally meaningful as the stuff you found before 30, and that’s reflected in the lone 21st century entry on the prior list (Radiohead’s Amnesiac). I’ll give it a swing, though.
The rules change a little: I’m going to pick records not that have lodged in my personal history as irrevocably as the other list, since this isn’t yet knowable. Instead, I’m going to give my best guess for 20 (or so) records I think I’ll still be listening to in 20 years, and I’m going to do my best to avoid any overlap artist-wise with the prior list (so, Radiohead’s already represented, e.g.; re-including U2 was unavoidable, however).
- Lonelyland, Bob Schneider, 2000
- Post-War, M. Ward, 2006
- Stories from the City, Stories from Sea, PJ Harvey, 2000
- Transcendental Blues, Steve Earle, 2000
- Essence, Lucinda Williams, 2001
- Big Boi & Dre Present Outkast, Outkast, 2001
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips, 2002
- Blacklisted, Neko Case, 2002 (tie: also, Fox Confessor Bring the Flood, 2006)
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters, 2007
- Elephant, The White Stripes, 2003
- Funeral, The Arcade Fire, 2004
- A Ghost is Born, Wilco, 2004
- A Tale of God’s Will, Terence Blanchard, 2007
- Z, My Morning Jacket, 2005
- Medulla, Bjork, 2004
- The Rising, Bruce Springsteen, 2002
- Sea Change, Beck, 2002
- Scar, Joe Henry, 2001
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, Various artists, 2000
- All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2, 2000
- Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam, 2006
- Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain, Sparklehorse, 2006
- Hardwire Healing, The Dexateens, 2007
- Strays Don’t Sleep, Strays Don’t Sleep, 2005
- The Shepherd’s Dog, Iron & Wine, 2007
Happy Now?