As noted yesterday, Pitchfork has started their countdown to the number one album of the 2000’s. Some have asked for my predictions on who will be on which album will receive the top honors. It’s always fun to poke at Pitchfork’s brain and to predict what they will do. I actually sometimes am very accurate at guessing their rankings for new albums. Anyways, this is a list of albums that I predict that Pitchfork will have as their top 10.
This list is in no particular order, and will only include albums released from 2000-2008, as there have been no 2009 albums on the list so far. My guess is that they are saving these for their annual Top 50 Albums list in December. So, without further ado, get your betting pencils ready and we’ll see how right or wrong I am come Friday.
Radiohead: Kid A
Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Arcade Fire: Funeral
The Avalanches: Since I Left You
Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
The Strokes: Is This It
Animal Collective: Feels
Outkast: Stankonia
I will probably be wrong on several of these, but let me know what you think. All of these are great albums, regardless their finishing spot.
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The only disagreement I would have is I think Panda Bear’s Person Pitch will sneak on. Is there a rule about only one album per band in their top 500? If not, I don’t see Kid A being the only Radiohead album in there.
Pretty good predictions though.
So stoked that Stankonia is one of your predictions.
Now that the Dirty Projectors and Grizzly Bear have shown up on the top 100, do you think Animal Collective will be in the top 20? Also, I would be surprised if Stankonia beat out The Blueprint or Late Registration; both of those albums seem to have more going for them here in my opinion.
I think they re pretty accurate