LISTED: 30 Best Albums of the Last Decade (2000 - 2009)
*As the year 2010 is about to draw its curtain close, it is the time of the year (of any year) for many music sites and blogs to come up with a top list of albums of the year. Yes indeed the year 2010 has seen many interesting releases worthy of at least a top 20 list. But here at The Genuine Mind Zine we decided to do things a bit different and take a look at some of the best (of the best) releases throughout the last decade. This may not be the most comprehensive list around, lack of hip hop records for one, but all the albums listed here are indeed the most precious of last decade's precious gems.
13. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Sometimes what makes this life beautiful (or at least bearable, to some) is when we are able to sit down and retrospect what we have gone through and done so far. It is that moment of startling clarity which is no less magical than when you first fell in love - it is a moment when we are completely at ease with ourselves and the world around us, and are aware of little things that are as significant as those that can be seen. I'm spewing nonsensical thoughts here but this is how Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism sounds like.
It's a very poetic (no, poignant) album. It feels like eating the Choclairs - you have the hard candy shell on the outside and the warm, melt chocolate oozing in the inside. It warms you on the inside and tugs at your heart. It is an album for the romantics, for those who are in and out of love - it is an album that celebrates the cause of what brings us together as a species. I am running out of proper words to explain this album really because you only have to listen to the album in order to properly appreciate it. But I'll sign off with one word though to pretty much sum up what this album sounds and feels like when I listen to it: brilliant.
Go and buy it now and listen to it, and you'll understand what romantic is.
*As the year 2010 is about to draw its curtain close, it is the time of the year (of any year) for many music sites and blogs to come up with a top list of albums of the year. Yes indeed the year 2010 has seen many interesting releases worthy of at least a top 20 list. But here at The Genuine Mind Zine we decided to do things a bit different and take a look at some of the best (of the best) releases throughout the last decade. This may not be the most comprehensive list around, lack of hip hop records for one, but all the albums listed here are indeed the most precious of last decade's precious gems.
13. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
Sometimes what makes this life beautiful (or at least bearable, to some) is when we are able to sit down and retrospect what we have gone through and done so far. It is that moment of startling clarity which is no less magical than when you first fell in love - it is a moment when we are completely at ease with ourselves and the world around us, and are aware of little things that are as significant as those that can be seen. I'm spewing nonsensical thoughts here but this is how Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism sounds like.
It's a very poetic (no, poignant) album. It feels like eating the Choclairs - you have the hard candy shell on the outside and the warm, melt chocolate oozing in the inside. It warms you on the inside and tugs at your heart. It is an album for the romantics, for those who are in and out of love - it is an album that celebrates the cause of what brings us together as a species. I am running out of proper words to explain this album really because you only have to listen to the album in order to properly appreciate it. But I'll sign off with one word though to pretty much sum up what this album sounds and feels like when I listen to it: brilliant.
Go and buy it now and listen to it, and you'll understand what romantic is.
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