By Marvin Marks on Jan 11, 2011 in Features | 0 Comments
Take a look back: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, & 1990s. Now it’s time to finish this up: The top ten pop/rock albums of the 2000s according to the users of RateYourMusic.com: #01 – Radiohead – Kid A (#1213 on Amazon’s Bestselling List) #02 – Arcade Fire – Funeral (#575) #03 – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – [...]
By Marvin Marks on Dec 16, 2009 in Music News | 4 Comments
In further proof that the average American is an imbecile, Billboard has named Nickelback as the “Band of the Decade” for having more chart success during the decade than any other “group or duo.” They were 7th overall behind Eminem, Usher, Nelly, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and 50 Cent. Quite a group isn’t it? In case [...]
By Marvin Marks on Dec 10, 2009 in Features | 6 Comments
There’s still a month (OK, more like three weeks) left but Nielsen SoundScan has already released the list of the top 10 selling albums of the decade (in the US.) The numbers are updated through November 1 of 2009 so there will be two months of sales to add to this list for the final [...]
By BrainFace on Nov 30, 2009 in Features | 5 Comments
First let me define what I mean by “rated” (because without doing that, “underrated” doesn’t mean much.) I’m talking specifically about the “ratings” of people in the US because some of these bands are actually quite highly rated in the UK (The Stone Roses & Oasis being obvious examples.) I’m talking about a combination of [...]
By Long Bong on Nov 2, 2009 in Features | 1 Comment
I’ve decided to get into this “best of the decade” game myself. These are my top 10 albums of the 2000s in chronological order with one special rule: No more than one album by any band/artist. This is to keep half of my list from being filled with Radiohead albums. Primal Scream – XTRMNTR (2000) [...]
By Marvin Marks on Oct 8, 2009 in Features | 5 Comments
It’s getting to be that time when people start compiling their “best of” lists for the decade (although we’ve still got about three months left of it.) So I’m jumping in on this due to all of the peer pressure. I’m doing a top 25 list but it’s not ranked in order. Instead it’s alphabetical [...]
By Long Bong on Sep 21, 2009 in Features | 0 Comments
As a follow-up to my post on a comparison of the top 10 albums of all time as rated by people in the US & UK, this is a list of just the top 10 albums released by US artists in the 2000s as ranked by US & UK audiences. As an extra filter I [...]
