Rock

Let’s call this a pre-emptive strike, or in the least a kind of Kanye West moment: “Yo Penbo, I’m gonna let you finish but your list is unsatisfactory”. Having not contributed to The Punch’s best albums of the decade I’m going to beat you dear readers to the first critique of the list.

We was robbed

Needless to say the 30 album list chosen by Punch editor David Penberthy, resident critic Dennis Atkins and contributor Alison Piotrowski is full of great and deserved music.

Atkins’ list is limited only to the best albums of 2009.

Thankfully there’s not a lot of cross-over, although both The Strokes and M.I.A get on two lists so maybe they have to be considered artists of the decade.

But as always is the case with these lists it’s the omissions that we seem to look out for more than the choices themselves.

Hip hop’s pretty underrepresented in Penbo and Alison’s decade lists, (no Eminem or Kanye) and whether you like them or not Radiohead probably deserved to make it somewhere - if only for the devout following they’ve inspired amongst so many.

The best indy rock album of the decade (in my opinion) was left off the list entirely: The New Pornographers Electric Version . No Elliot Smith either for you introspective types. 

But probably the best band of the second half of the decade was also left off completely: The Killers. Specifically their second album Sam’s Town which could’ve taken out the title but in the least deserved a mention. I was heartened to learn that the readers of Rolling Stone also thought Sam’s Town ripped-off in the magazine’s list of the decade.

Without further complaining (by me anyway) we give you The Punch’s best albums of the decade.

 

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  • david says:

    09:22am | 04/01/10

    A sad list from all involved. No metal and/or hard rock? Surely the latest KISS album, Sonic Boom, deserves a mention - a fantastic return to form. I wonder if we will be talking about many of the bands/individuals listed by our friends in 35 years time as ‘legends’. Somehow,… Read more »

  • Jim says:

    01:51am | 04/01/10

    Pearl Jam - Backspacer was epic. Not one of the other albums of the last decade can i say i enjoyed more than that one. Unthought Known is the greatest song i have heard in years. Read more »

 

Hit the play button. Enjoy.

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  • Peter of Adelaide says:

    03:15am | 29/11/09

    I think they should at least re-run the Muppet Show once more and based on the response make a new show. It was fun entertainment. Read more »

  • Dan Cass says:

    06:28pm | 27/11/09

    Genius Read more »

 

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