Too Many Lists! Pt. 1 (Decade)

Okay. So it's now December, which means the best of the year and best of the decade lists are coming out left and right. It's getting hard to keep up. In this post, I'm running through a few best of the decade lists. I'll just give you the top 5, my thoughts, and a link or two. (The lists are from: Rolling Stone, Newcity, Entertainment Weekly, and Lee Ranaldo.)

Rolling Stone (Albums)

Overall: A little heavy on the Springsteen, but a surprisingly decent enough list from a garbage publication.

5. The White Stripes--Elephant

I would've chosen a different album by the same group.

4. Jay-Z--The Blueprint

Eh.

3. Wilco--Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Eh x2.

2. The Strokes--Is This It

Fine. I'll take it.

1. Radiohead--Kid A

Surprise, surprise.

Rolling Stone (Songs)

Overall: It's hard to argue with many of the selections, but it's a predictably generic list.

5. M.I.A.--Paper Planes

A little overrated.

4. Outkast--Hey Ya!

No complaints.

3. Beyonce--Crazy In Love

A little overrated.

2. Jay-Z--99 Problems

I think I've made my lack of appreciation for him clear.

1. Gnarls Barkley--Crazy

The best song of the decade? No, but close enough.

Newcity (Albums)

Overall: A good list, but a questionable top 5.

5. Yo La Tengo--And Then Nothing...

Certainly very good, but not top 5 good.

4. Radiohead--In Rainbows

This is definitely my least favorite Radiohead album.

3. Crooked Fingers--Crooked Fingers

Never heard it.

2. Sleater-Kinney--All Hands On The Bad One

Never heard this one specifically, but I'm not a huge fan of the group.

1. The Mountain Goats--The Sunset Tree

See above.

Entertainment Weekly (Albums)

Overall: It's a kinda scattered array of popular music. In other words, I don't agree much with it.

5. Bob Dylan--Love And Theft

It's a fine album, but I'm not sure about this...

4. Outkast--Stankonia

Nothing wrong here.

3. Radiohead--Kid A

Hey. It's not #1.

2. Jay-Z--The Blueprint

Whatever.

1. Kanye West--The College Dropout

Just what Kanye needs: an unwarranted ego boost.

Lee Ranaldo (Albums)

Overall: I saw this here. It's actually quite surprising, judging by the music that Lee makes.

3. Bill Callahan--Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle

Haven't heard. Smog is decent.

2. Cat Power--You Are Free

I'm not sure about her.

1. Bob Dylan--Love And Theft

Refer to what I said about this a few lines up.

I might stop posting decade lists after this. Unless The Wire comes out with one.