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Singles and albums of the decade

After much procrastinating I’ve compiled my favourite singles and albums from the 00s.

Singles:

1. Art Brut – St Pauli (2007)
2. Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine, And You, You Need To Be Nicer (2005)
3. Others – Stan Bowles (2004)
4. (International) Noise Conspiracy – Capitalism Stole My Virginity (2001)
5. Bellatrix – Jediwannabe (2000)
6. Amanda Palmer – Leeds United (2008)
7. Hot Puppies – The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful (2006)
8. Samurai Seven – Lucky Pierre (2002)
9. Coldplay – Shiver (2000)
10. Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist (2001)
11. Manda Rin – DNA (2008)
12. Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome (2009)
13. Mystery Jets – You Can’t Fool Me Dennis (2005)
14. New Young Pony Club – The Bomb (2007)
15. Sons and Daughters – Darling (2008)
16. FM Belfast – Lotus (Killing In The Name) (2008)
17. Young Knives – Counters (2008)
18. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill (2007)
19. Art Brut – Nag Nag Nag Nag (2006)
20. Maximo Park – Apply Some Pressure (2005)
21. Senser – Resistance Now (2009)
22. Madness – Drip Fed Fred (2000)
23. Dead 60s – You’re Not The Law (2004)
24. Data Panik – Cubis (2005)
25. Mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions (2002)
26. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place (2007)
27. Hera Hjartardottir – Feels So Good (2008)
28. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out (2004)
29. WigWam – WigWam (2006)
30. Royksopp – Eple (2001)
31. Mighty Roars – Elvis Lives (2009)
32. Robocop Kraus – Fashion (2003)
33. Hafdis Huld – Ski Jumper (2005)
34. Hot Hot Heat – No Not Now (2003)
35. Rakes – Retreat (2005)
36. British Sea Power – Lights Out For Darker Skies (2008)
37. Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat (2008)
38. Long Blondes – Giddy Stratospheres (2007)
39. Maximo Park – Our Velocity (2007)
40. Doves – There Goes The Fear (2002)
41. Charlatans – Blackened Blue Eyes (2006)
42. Young Knives – The Decision (2005)
43. Bloc Party – Banquet (2005)
44. Silt – In Line (2002)
45. Mike Flowers Pops – Talk (2007)
46. British Sea Power – No Lucifer (2008)
47. Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Heading For A Breakdown (2005)
48. Muse – Time Is Running Out (2003)
49. Fiona Bevan – Moths (2009)
50. Mark B & Blade – Ya Don’t See The Signs (Grant Nicholls remix) (2001)
51. Camera Obscura – French Navy (2009)
52. Kate Bush – Mrs Bartolozzi (2005)
53. Baikonour – Oben Beg mk3 CBC theme (2008)
54. Sultans of Ping – Girlwatchin’ (2007)
55. Silver Sun – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2003)
56. Do Me Bad Things – Time For Deliverance (2004)
57. Spoon – Everything Hits At Once (2001)
58. Foals – Red Socks Pugie (2008)
59. Madness – I Chase the Devil AKA Ironshirt (2005)
60. Rosie and the Goldbug – War Of The Roses (Because You Said So) (2008)
61. Aberdeen City – God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me (2005)
62. Foals – Cassius (2008)
63. Feeder – Buck Rogers (2001)
64. Dandy Warhols – The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers AKA The Ballad Of Sheriff Shorty (2008)
65. Franz Ferdinand – Darts Of Pleasure (2003)
66. Young Knives – Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer) (2006)
67. They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them – The Unstoppable Kite (2007)
68. Klang – L.O.V.E. (2003)
69. Metric – Poster Of A Girl (2006)
70. Art Brut – Direct Hit (2007)
71. Brownies – Dance Romance (2009)
72. Manic Street Preachers feat Nina Persson – Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (2007)
73. Art Brut – Alcoholics Unanimous (2009)
74. Cursor Miner – Library (2004)
75. Gemma Hayes – Hanging Around (2002)
76. Ting Tings – Great DJ (2008)
77. Courtney Love – Mono (2004)
78. Feeder – Just A Day (2001)
79. White Rose Movement – Girls In The Back (2006)
80. Dub Pistols Feat Terry Hall – Problem Is (2003)
81. Animalhouse – Small (2000)
82. Tahiti 80 – Soul Deep (2003)
83. Goldfrapp – Strict Machine (2003)
84. Kirsty MacColl – In These Shoes? (2000)
85. Foo Fighters – Breakout (2000)
86. Joy Formidable – The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade (2009)
87. Jenny Owen Youngs – Hot In Herre (2008)
88. Super Furry Animals – Ysbeidiau Heulog (2000)
89. Cardigans – For What It’s Worth (2003)
90. Girls Against Boys – Basstation (2002)
91. Fighting Cocks – The Little Goats’ Big Night Out (2007)
92. Hot Puppies – Clarinet Town (2008)
93. Rulers Of The Planet – Backbencher (2005)
94. Tunng – Bullets (2007)
95. Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So (2002)
96. Metric – Gold Guns Girls (2009)
97. Fischerspooner – Emerge (2002)
98. Boys In A Band – Black Diamond Train (2008)
99. múm – A Little Bit, Sometimes (2007)
100. Blood Arm – Suspicious Character (2006)

Albums:

1. British Sea Power – The Decline Of British Sea Power (2003)
2. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
3. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
4. Young Knives – Superabundance (2008)
5. Robocop Kraus – They Think They Are The Robocop Kraus (2005)
6. Kate Bush – Aerial (2005)
7. Others – The Others (2005)
8. Gestir – Burtur Fra Toftunum (2006)
9. Cardigans – Long Gone Before Daylight (2003)
10. Long Blondes – Someone To Drive You Home (2006)
11. British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music? (2008)
12. Rulers Of The Planet – In 30 Minutes We Destroy The Earth (2005)
13. Young Knives – Voices Of Animals And Men (2006)
14. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock ‘n’ Roll (2005)
15. Cardigans – Super Extra Gravity (2005)
16. Brownies – Ourknife Yourback (2009)
17. Younger Younger 28s – Soap (2000)
18. Foals – Antidotes (2008)
19. Franz Ferdinand – Tonight (2009)
20. Keane – Hopes And Fears (2004)
21. Couse and the Impossible – The World Should Know (2006)
22. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment (2005)
23. Divine Comedy – Victory For The Common Muse (2006)
24. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger (2005)
25. Hot Puppies – Under The Crooked Moon (2006)
26. Frank and Walters – Glass (2000)
27. Chris T-T – 9 Red Songs (2005)
28. Abdoujaparov – Air Odeon Disco Pub (2002)
29. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (2004)
30. A – Hi-Fi Serious (2002)
31. New Young Pony Club – Fantastic Playroom (2007)
32. Chris T-T – The 253 (2001)
33. Hybrasil – The Monkey Pole (2007)
34. Art Brut – It’s A Bit Complicated (2007)
35. Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007)
36. Jarvis – Jarvis (2006)
37. Elíza – Empire Fall (2007)
38. Abdoujaparov – Cycle Riot History Gang (2007)
39. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better With (2005)
40. Bloc Party – A Weekend In The City (2007)
41. Lemon Jelly – lemonjelly.ky (2000)
42. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
43. Senser – How To Do Battle (2009)
44. Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (2009)
45. Cerys Matthews – Don’t Look Down (2009)
46. They Might Be Giants – The Spine (2004)
47. Bis – Music For A Stranger World (2001)
48. Fighting Cocks – Come And See (2004)
49. My Life Story – Joined Up Talking (2000)
50. Echobelly – Gravity Pulls (2004)
51. Coldplay – Parachutes (2000)
52. Aberdeen City – The Freezing Atlantic (2005)
53. Futureheads – Futureheads (2004)
54. Lovely Eggs – If You Were Fruit (2009)
55. Sigur Ros – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (2008)
56. Frank and Walters – Souvenirs (2005)
57. Stereolab – Chemical Chords (2008)
58. Art Brut – Art Brut vs Satan (2009)
59. Paddy McAloon – I Trawl The Megahertz (2003)
60. (International) Noise Conspiracy – The Cross Of My Calling (2008)
61. Therapy? – Crooked Timber (2009)
62. Divine Comedy – Regeneration (2001)
63. Soft Cell – Cruelty Without Beauty (2002)
64. M J Hibbett and the Validators – Shed Anthems (2004)
65. British Sea Power – Open Season (2005)
66. Samurai Seven – Le Sport (2002)
67. Ting Tings – We Started Nothing (2008)
68. Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads (2008)
69. Chris T-T – Capital (2008)
70. Mystery Jets – Twenty One (2008)
71. Blur – Think Tank (2003)
72. múm – Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy (2007)
73. Fields – Everything Last Winter (2007)
74. Mark Ronson – Version (2007)
75. Jim’s Super Stereoworld – In A Big Flash Car On A Saturday Night (2002)
76. Dead 60s – Dead 60s (2005)
77. MJ Hibbett and the Validators – We Validate! (2006)
78. Others – Inward Parts (2006)
79. Fighting Cocks – Music For Lapdancers (2007)
80. Mystery Jets – Making Dens (2006)
81. Bravery – Bravery (2005)
82. Ooberman – Carried Away (2006)
83. Grates – Gravity Won’t Get You High (2006)
84. Madness – The Dangermen Sessions Vol 1 (2005)
85. Untitled Musical Project – Untitled Musical Project (2007)
86. They Might Be Giants – No! (2002)
87. Twang – Love It When I Feel Like This (2007)
88. Duckworth-Lewis Method – The Duckworth-Lewis Method (2009)
89. Gorillaz – Demon Days (2005)
90. Maximo Park – Our Earthly Pleasures (2007)
91. VHS Or Beta – Night On Fire (2005)
92. Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (2004)
93. ¡Forward, Russia! – Give Me A Wall (2006)
94. Elastica – The Menace (2000)
95. Kasabian – Kasabian (2004)
96. Pure Reason Revolution – Amor Vincit Omnia (2009)
97. B-52’s – Funplex (2008)
98. S*M*A*S*H – Icon (2007)
99. Divine Comedy – Absent Friends (2004)
100. iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt (2007)

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