Comments on: “Paste” Makes A Very Tasteful Illinoise

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:57:28 +0000

@chachwitablog: A bit of both, but if I were them I would err on the side of consistency. I think that ultimately it should be considered a 2004 release – sure, much of it was composed in 1967, but the final track order and the actual recordings date from 2004. In the end it’s not unlike someone re-recording old previously unreleased tracks and calling it a new album (as Neil Young has been known to do) – the one difference here is that we’re very familiar with the backstory.

By: chachwitablog

chachwitablog — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:32:31 +0000

@whoneedslight: Agreed. But You Forgot It In People really, really should have made the cut too. (It is in my top 5 of the decade.) Thierry: Infuriating that it is being excluded now, or infuriating that it was wrongly included on those lists before? I'm honestly not sure where it belongs.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:12:41 +0000

I’m finding the revisionist exclusion of Brian Wilson’s Smile (which everyone reviewed as a new release in ‘04 and included in that year’s top new releases) from all of these Top of the ’00s kind of infuriating.

By: whoneedslight

whoneedslight — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:24:29 +0000

I think The Moon and Antarctica should have made the cut.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:37:22 +0000

@iantenna: The other Feathers, from Miami, is pretty rad. They sound like Stereolab and Can.

By: fre2daa

fre2daa — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:49:38 +0000

I’m psyched about Vespertine being included, even though it being No. 50. It’s my favorite record.

Other thoughts:

- It’s weird seeing Coldplay in these sorts of lists. A rush… is my favorite record of theirs, though.
- Kala is so much better than Arular.
- Damien Rice, more like NO.
- Some people are right: KID A is going-to-bed music. But incredibly beautiful and complex and crazy going-to-bed music. It deserves the praise.

By: iantenna

iantenna — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:52 +0000

devendra and joanna are oddly missing and i know paste must have been huge supporters of that shit in the first half plus of this decade. yes, most of the shit connected to the freak-folk scene SUCKED (i’m looking at you feathers and espers and entrance and like a million others) but devendra and joanna haven’t made a bad album yet. and, for better or worse, that shit defined a huge portion of this decade. there’s no need to pretend it didn’t exist just cause you regret giving a positive review to some 3rd tiered nu-folk bullshit 4 years ago.

By: iantenna

iantenna — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:38:30 +0000

gentleman jesse is such a bizarre leftfield choice. totally mediocre rip on costello/joe jackson/nick lowe, even down to the this year’s model cover ape-ing.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:31:04 +0000

@BradNelson: I'm with you on this, and I so don't like stuff like that very much.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:28:12 +0000

Even Paste only put two women in their top 10. Paste, the magazine that might as well have had Aimee Mann on the cover of every issue from 99-04.

I was actually fine with the list up to #21. Control, Sound of Silver, Night Falls Over Kortedala and Vespertine are all really good, and I liked Up The Bracket enough that I’m glad it’s on there. But the top 20 is not so good, is it?