September 29, 2009

Pitchfork's top albums of the decade

This week, Pitchfork is counting down their top 200 albums of the decade, or in other words, a countdown of 199 albums until Kid A. And I agree, Kid A rightly deserves the top spot, for it was for all intents and purposes, the top album of this decade (and most other decades). The problem is that the other three albums Radiohead released this decade are in all likelihood in the top 100 (like the Kid A prediction, I'm speculating, but am pretty damn sure they will be there) as well. In principle, I agree that these albums could probably blow away any album in the top 100, if not the top ten, but where is the critical value in a list like this? Doesn't this simply show what the Pitchfork staff's favorite band is? If you really want to determine the best albums of the decade in a valuable, evaluative way, limit each band to one album, and pick a top ten. We know that Radiohead is really awesome. But we also want to know what else is really awesome.

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