Best of the Aughts

Everybody else is doing it, so why not me? It's list time. Separate posts coming for TV and films.

10 Best Albums:

I listened to less music as the decade wore on, but there's still a few I love.

My Morning Jacket - Live at Bonnaroo (Not released, but available at the link) - Best live album of the decade.

Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady - Name checks my favorite book in the first line, and then gets better.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco - Brilliant. Heard most of it live July 24, 2002, and it was awesome.

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker - I could throw superlatives at it, but know this: I listened to this more than any other album this decade.

Kings of Leon - Only by the Night - Could easily have been Youth and Young Manhood, because both were great.

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - It's so much more than "Hey Ya!"

U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind - When they became the biggest band in the world again.

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around - If for no other reason, and there are several, "Hurt."

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head - It's fashionable to hate, but "Clocks" is undeniable.

White Stripes - Elephant - The decade's best guitar solo: "Ball and Biscuit."