Review of the Decade - Music (Artists)

This list is based on the bands and artists who have found a place in my heart, have affected me in profound ways, either through the albums they produced or the experience I had watching them live. Most I had never even heard 10 years ago yet now I cannot imagine a future without them.


Top Ten Artists of the decade

10. Gorillaz
Gorillaz (2001)
Demon Days (2005)



9. The Shins
Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Wincing the Night Away (2007)



8. PJ Harvey
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
Uh Huh Her (2004)
The Peel Sessions (2006)
White Chalk (2007)
A Woman A Man Walked By (2008)


7. Doves
Lost Souls (2000)
The Last Broadcast (2002)
Lost Sides (2003)
Some Cities (2005)
Kingdom of Rust (2009)


6. Coldplay
Parachutes (2000)
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
X&Y (2005)
Viva La Vida or Death and all His Friends (2008)


5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
No More Shall We Part (2001)
Nocturama (2003)
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
The Proposition (2005)
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)


4. The Arcade Fire
Funeral (2004)
Neon Bible (2007)




3. The Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am that’s what I’m Not (2006)
Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Humbug (2009)



2. The White Stripes
De Stijl (2000)
White Blood Cells (2001)
Elephant (2003)
Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
Icky Thump (2007)


1. Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker (2000)
Gold (2001)
Demolition (2002)
Rock n Roll (2003)
Love is Hell (2003)
Jacksonville City Nights (2005)
Cold Roses (2005)
29 (2005)
Everybody Knows (2007)
Easy Tiger (2007)
Cardinology (2008)