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[chris121580]

Interesting list. A lot of people will be upset about Kid A not getting any love including me but I think that's a really solid top 5. I'm also not on board with Vampire Weekend and Beyonce being on the list. Too soon to determine whether those albums should be on this type of list. Interested to hear other people's opinions on this.

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201408/21-best-albums-of-the-21st-century\

For those who don't want to click:

1. Kanye West - MBDTF
2. The Strokes - Is This It
3. Outkast - Stankonia
4. Daft Punk - Discovery
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. D'Angelo - Voodoo
7. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
8. The White Stripes - Elephant
9. JT - Future Sex/Love Sounds
10. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
11. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
12. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
13. Beck - Sea Change
14. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
15. Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - We're New Here
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
17. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
18. Beyonce - Beyonce
19. J. Dilla - Donuts
20. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
21. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

 

[collige]

Could be worse. Could be a lot better too.

I have no idea why people like Sea Change though. Terrible, boring album imo.

Edit: Voodoo and Stankonia shouldn't be on there because they came out in 2000. I'm surprised at no Untrue too.

 

[PapaJustify]

MBDTF is my favorite Kanye album, but I don't think it should be #1 in this list. Otherwise some great picks.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I think I'd go Aquemini over Stankonia, but I understand why they picked it.

 

[Ultima_5]

oh man i forgot that strokes album. they put out alot of crap afterwards

 

[Angelus Errare]

Praise Yeezus, may his reign be forever glorious.

 

[Shaffield]

#2 through #5 are perfect.
that's the wrong VW album for the list though.

and I get that they probably didn't wanna put two Daft Punk albums on there, but RAM deserves a spot too.

 

[Kyzer]

Channel Orange is kinda high on there. Good album but not up there with Is This It and Discovery chill.

 

[chris121580]

#2 through #5 are perfect.
that's the wrong VW album for the list though.

That's what I thought as well. Their debut is still their best

 

[Sulik2]

No Velvet Revolver or Tron Soundtrack. Epic fail.

 

[studyguy]

Frank Ocean gettin it. Whaaat?

Where my new album?

 

[StuBurns]

The last one is the best though.

 

[wenis]

I'm.... I'm actually not going to argue this one. Considering cultural/social relevancy and the sound influence in the latest music these all feel right. Maybe the rankings are off, but dropping those I don't have much of an issue with the list.

 

[Lkr]

no kid a?
mbdtf is fine at #1, but no kid a? at all?

 

[Tucah]

Order aside (and I pretty much agree with the top five anyway), that's a very, very solid list.

 

[K.Sabot]

That's a ... very GQ list at least.

 

[omgkitty]

Came in expecting shit and see this:

5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

 

[chris121580]

I've never even heard that Gil Scott Heron/Jamie XX album but I'm going to check it out today

 

[SoulClap]

I think I'd go Aquemini over Stankonia, but I understand why they picked it.

Aquemini was released in '98.

Stankonia should not be above Supreme Clientele either.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Surprised to see Were New Here on the list. I love the album but it got overshadowed big time by James Blake's debut.

 

[Screenboy]

No Kendrick Lamar GKMC = fail

 

[Grakl]

Well, the top 10 isn't too bad.

 

[Systemwarrior]

No Kendrick Lamar GKMC = fail

Agreed.

 

[Anth0ny]

Correct #1.

 

[toastyToast]

Nice to see Supreme Clientele in the top 10. Or even mentioned

smh at MBTDF

 

[Haloid1177]

Lol Elephant is only eighth yeah okay.

 

[tim.mbp]

Voodoo came out in 2000 though.

 

[Halcyon]

Good to see strokes and daft punk.

This is probably my favorite all around album though but it's just my personal taste.

 

[Mobius 1]

I don't recognize any of those.

 

[Skiptastic]

I'm mildly surprised to find that I'm okay with this list.

 

[Currygan]

godawful list, but that's GQ proper

 

[sqwarlock]

2. The Strokes - Is This It
3. Outkast - Stankonia
4. Daft Punk - Discovery
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
6. D'Angelo - Voodoo
12. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
14. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Those are the albums on that list that I've listened to and enjoyed. Not too surprised by that, since music tastes are so subjective. There's others on the list that I've listened to, but they'd never break into my personal "top" list.

I will say that I'm surprised at the overall quality of this list though.

 

[GorillaJu]

Pretty decent list. Safe but has some worthy inclusions for sure.

 

[blackflag]

Wtf arcade fire - funeral not even on the list...should be #1

 

[Cheddahz]

this list is pretty much perfect (also, shoutouts to the fact that we're new here was mentioned)

 

[AlexMogil]

J Dilla has a legacy. It's nice to see.

 

[Ultima_5]

wheres the modest mouse

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

This is the first one of these lists posted here that actually has some stuff I listen to, bravo.

FutureSex should be top 5 though, it's that good.

 

[mltplkxr]

Came in expecting shit and see this:

5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Me too. I'm really glad to see an LCD Soundsystem album on that list, in the top 5 no less. I'm suprised Fever to Tell is there though. Great album but I'm sure there are others more deserving of being on a top 21.

 

[hydruxo]

Really a pretty decent list.

 

[bennywhatever]

This should really be called "Top 21 Albums that had Songs on Top 40 Stations," because it's missing some amazing rock, folk, bluegrass, etc albums.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Aquemini was released in '98.

Huh.

Well, shit. Why the hell are we rating albums in a century that's pretty much just started?

 

[equippedwithtowel]

No Funeral, Kid A, The Moon & Antartica, Madvillany, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Boxer or Yankee Foxtrot Hotel ....

Well that's one way to make a list.

Top 5 is solid tho.

Also Elephant over White Blood Cells and Chanel Orange in the top 10...

 

[andymcc]

Why is Kid A not on here?

I'll never understand the love for White Stripes or Libertines.

 

[EloquentM]

I mean MBDTF is good, but it's not even the best ye album.

 

[BlackGhost]

Glad Channel Orange made it, amazing album. One of my favorites in a long time

 

[iamalegionnaire]

Why is Kid A not on here?

Kid A came out in 2000 right? Since it says 21st century, they must only be counting albums released 2001 and beyond. It's the only way to excuse such an omission!

 

[RP912]

I see dilla and ghostface on the list....I'm actually ok with this

 

[tim.mbp]

Is 21 not cool enough for GQ?

 

[Bjomesphat]

What do people see in that Vampire Weekend album?