Pitchfork's AOTYs of the 2000s

[@Pixiesforever7]

Thom Yorke kicking himself for not calling it Kid S

[@Gabriel071293]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@Garradouken]

god this is extremely funny

[@Shade.85]

💀

[@chan_martin]

Thank God he didn't call it Kid F

[@creativemusicchannelplaceh8207]

preach brother

[@nickfiscella9267]

Anthony has really changed since the Pitchfork review. It was sad watching him balled up in the fetal position, crying & apologizing to Pitchfork here

[@thath09]

Lol. Lots of ppl on YT not aware that the Pitchfork review was not real and was a joke 🥴

[@Noirlore]

These jokes are so lame

[@ervin7178]

@@thath09 it’s not a fucking joke to me, I’m not gonna let pitchfork publish slander about my close personal friend althony rightano

[@yt.lilsantee]

Nothing has ever been the same since "the incident"

[@8thFurno]

He’s a changed man now. He’s in a new era of his career.

[@JemaKnight]

Listening to Illinois was always such an experience. After so many years, it's a nostalgic experience. It's like getting to relive the memories of a summer vacation you had as a kid, every emotional high and low. There's really nothing quite like it.

[@almosthelpless9374]

It's really hard to pick an album of the year for 2007. In Rainbows, Sound of Silver, Untrue, Strawberry Jam, Person Pitch, and For Emma Forever Ago are all classics.

[@BrofUJu]

For Emma was 2007? Holy crap I'm old

[@gabrielfleisner870]

I would also add Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes, which came out in 2007.

[@andrewr3169]

@@BrofUJu self released in 2007 and then Jajaguwar re-released it officially in 2008 on a much larger scale.

[@vansdan.]

glad people are repping Burial. dubstep was done dirty

[@iamgroot2448]

Is oracular spectacular not a contender?

[@fortheloveofmusicandphilosophy]

Songs for the deaf is by far the album from 2002 that has held up the best. The production on that album is just on another level, let alone how catchy the songs still are 20 years later

[@p0werfu11]

Love Songs for the Deaf, love Turn on the Bright Lights, but this year was so stacked with great rock records: You Forgot It In People, In Absentia, ( ), Lil Beethoven

[@1992AJL]

I only just learnt it's the same producer/engineer as the prime Good Charlotte albums, if you go back and listen the production is unnecessarily good.

[@That1svini]

I personally think Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the best from that year that album is just so beautiful.

[@wilatti3450]

Yeah but yankee hotel foxtrot is just too good. One of the best albums of all time, despite what fantano might believe

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

Geogaddi is AOTY worthy

[@jamiestonks]

turn on the bright lights at b tier is an issue we need to discuss anthony

[@Whyforthememes]

yes

[@justinmacdonald6289]

yes

[@pauljeffreymusic]

For 2001, apart from The Microphones, Opeth's Blackwater Park should have been mentioned, it blew every one away, not just in the metal world but all genres of music.

[@tylersquanto8938]

Meh, there were better metal albums that came out that year like Jane Doe, Lateralus, Toxicity, and Iowa

[@HueHuewitt]

your taste inmusic is superb, sir I commend you

[@shemsuhor8763]

>toxicty >iowa Better than BWP Lol Lmao even

[@Luxalim]

​@@tylersquanto8938 All of those albums have absolutely nothing on Blackwater Park

[@whym6438]

It's Pitchfork in the 2000s, they're never going to acknowledge that a prog metal album even exists, never mind it being better than their AOTY. The sole exception is if it's a Mastodon album.

[@rzk4176]

Vespertine by Björk was the album of the year in 2001, maybe even the album of the decade.

[@artforbagels5039]

unfortunately Pitchfork gave Vespertine a score of 7.2 😒

[@turboshazed7370]

It's an easy 10 BUT DAFT PUNK DISCOVERY

[@LumiNyte]

Tbf 2001 had too many amazing albums

[@davidc246]

I think fleet Foxes deserved at least A, just because helplessness blues is better doesn't make it less of a great debut. Comparing it to a later album that didn't exist yet is a bit weird in the context of the video imo.

[@davidmattox1308]

Felt like he rated them all in present context, like the Funeral tier. Talked a lot about how various albums aged well/poorly

[@CL2-]

@@davidmattox1308 Yes but in the case of Fleet Foxes he just talked about how he likes their other album more, not that it necessarily aged poorly. I don't think comparison to other works from the artist should be part of the tier list criteria.

[@zackzallie8735]

@@davidmattox1308 I feel like the only one whose still love Funeral. Fantastic album.

[@retropilgrim]

​@@zackzallie8735you're with me. One of my fav albums of all time

[@andyblanton6570]

It's an incredible debut if you buy the vinyl version which comes with Sun Giant. As it stands, it's really good, but not great.

[@Amouroso]

Oh this a fantastic way to continue this style of video! Love love love these tier list videos so much. Here’s to many many more! Thanks for all the content Anthony + Editors!

[@luizarthurbrito]

Agreed

[@base4yrface]

Love the feist pfp

[@geoffreym4772]

I actually like the more classic, maybe even archaic sort of take on folk that the self-titled Fleet Foxes album had, as compared to Helplessness Blues. That's not to say I like it better, but it's a tough call. And I love them both for very different reasons. Plus, it seems a little unfair to look into the future and judge an AotY on that grounds. lol

[@slamkos]

you should do a tier list for the best albums per year from RYM, tonytano.

[@obsidianman50]

Praising Radiohead albums like Kid A has become so typical that its basic in music communities to the point that underrating Kid A because liking it is basic, is basic

[@anabell7184]

it happens... that jonathan ross interview with jonny and thom, you can see how uncomfortable thom is with the fact that ross is overpraising kid a.

[@eliasmg9144]

Basic

[@eliotkersten2073]

I call it The Dark Side of the Moon-effect

[@mimic6494]

So if you praise it you're basic if you don't praise it you're still basic?

[@iceyroo]

@@anabell7184 it deserves all the praise, one of the best albums of all time

[@christopherrroth6043]

MPP is such an unbelievable record but I feel like I can't enjoy it without being accused of being a complete poser so thanks Anthony for making me feel validated

[@UndercoverNormie]

Just tell them what your favorite AC albums are in order 😆 People talking shit probably don't even know.

[@DerpASherpa117]

I heard "My Girls" for the first time on a League of Legends twitch stream of all places and was instantly hooked. I listened to MPP immediately afterwards and went into Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished and QUICKLY pulled back. I dipped my toes more daintily into Feels and Strawberry Jam and really felt the groove they were going for. I still think Feels, SJ and Sung Tongs are peak AnCo along with STGSTV, which I of course, re-listened to later on and had a much better appreciation of it. AnCo remains my favorite band and I got into them precisely because of MPP. It's their most accessible album BY FAR, but it made a fan out of me while Feels and Strawberry Jam made me a believer.

[@Newmoonbyelliott]

Illinois is such an amazing album

[@Revnoir29871]

Definitely brilliant yep

[@kylefoley6745]

Just heard it for the first time today. Beautiful Album

[@thekeywitness]

2000 -- The Avalanches - Since I Left You 2001 -- The Strokes - Is This It? 2002 -- Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 2003 -- The New Pornographers - Electric Version 2004 -- Madvillain - Madvillainy 2005 -- Spoon - Gimme Fiction 2006 -- TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain 2007 -- LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 2008 -- TV on the Radio -- Dear Science 2009 -- Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist

[@frajoladellagato]

Can’t argue with any of these!

[@razzledcroaker3678]

Good list! You had me until Grizzly Bear. Veckatamist has some great tracks, but it's also pretty front loaded, with a few weaker tracks towards the end that drag it down for me. Idk who else would go there, tho. Bat For Lashes, Girls, or Antlers are up there for me, but I might just stick with Animal Collective. Edit - I'd also sub out NP for Ween's Quebec. Freaking love that album to death.

[@waz3128]

2000 - At The Drive In - Relationship of Command 2001 - The Strokes - Is this It 2002 - The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me is Gone 2003 The Rapture - Echoes 2004 - Animal Collective - Sung Tongs 2005 - Smog - A river aint too much to love 2006 - Grizzly Bear - Yellowhouse 2007 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 2008 - Portishead - Third 2009 - Animal collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

[@johnnycatsup]

2000 -- Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump 2001 -- Circulatory System - s/t 2002 -- The Notwist - Neon Golden 2003 -- Broadcast - Haha Sound 2004 -- Air - Talkie Walkie 2005 -- Deerhoof - The Runners Four 2006 -- Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther 2007 -- Okkervil River - The Stage Names 2008 -- ** pitchfork got this right ** 2009 -- Bibio - Vignetting the Compost

[@YesNo-yl6ws]

@@johnnycatsupman you have some amazing taste, you got any more recommendations? 😅

[@jasonkh4]

Burial’s Untrue is one of the greatest albums ever, not just of 2007

[@riffrangler]

W, very underrated

[@doloreshaze-ji4jw]

Yes

[@itsPonkulz]

@@riffrangler Definitely not underrated. It's getting much praise and it's well deserved.

[@th3giv3r]

2005 had Sleater-Kinney, The Woods, and Bloc Party, Silent Alarm as well, but SS is solid

[@danielgray65]

Silent Alarm might be my favorite album of the entire decade, but I still would give AOTY to Illinoise, it's just musical perfection and groundbreaking in every possible way. But yeah, Bloc Party is fucking amazing, Matt Tong on drums fuckin BROUGHT IT on their first two albums.

[@therealninjastar]

@@danielgray65Silent Alarm is my second favorite album right behind AM’s Whatever People Say I Am, nothing beats that for me

[@grasseaterrr]

MY album of the years for the 2000s decade. 2000: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2001: The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones 2002: Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age 2003: Velocity: Design: Comfort. - Sweet Trip 2004: Madvillainy - Madvillain 2005: Pink - Boris 2006: Donuts - J Dilla 2007: Untrue - Burial (sorry In Rainbows) 2008: Hi everyone, Nice to meet you. We Are Midori - Midori 2009: World is Yours - MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS

[@Mickey_Barho]

Yes, Mass of Fermenting Dregs. And I'm also agree with almost all your choices :)

[@randomvideoposter1000]

midori w

[@williammoyle1385]

I love how Fantano subtly roasts Wilco whenever he can 😂 Unsubscribed

[@thisaintnoparty]

Foxtrot, specifically. Someone that loved that album must have hurt him.

[@GadBoDag]

A heavy metal drummer stole his girl

[@Sport87ywhvifcc11]

positive, encouraging statement contradictory negative statement please laugh

[@dpage446]

​@@Sport87ywhvifcc11 quirky meta reply

[@gab2876]

⁠@@dpage446 calling out quirky meta reply reply

[@richteffekt]

2000 Relationship of Command - At the drive in 2001 tied: Lateralus - Tool / Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound 2002 Tied: El Cielo - Dredg / Original Pirate Material - The Streets 2003 - Effloresce - Oceansize 2004 - The Libertines / College Dropout 2005 - The Back Room -Editors 2006 - Whatever People Say I am (...) - Arctic Monkeys 2007 - Neon Bible - Arcade Fire 2008 - The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow 2009 - Crack The Skye - Mastodon

[@YesNo-yl6ws]

Great picks

[@danielgray65]

That Arctic Monkeys album fuckin slapped... that and Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me for 2006 Hip Hop was Food and Liquor by Lupe Fiasco... one of the best debut albums in hip hop history... Lupe is a fucking alien on the mic

[@SwitchbIade]

Good takes except for neon bible

[@em.roseee]

2000 - lysflath 2001 - discovery 2002 - songs for the deaf 2003 - velocity comfort design 2004 - madvilliany 2005 - illinois 2006 - the black parade 2007 - in rainbows 2008 - deathconsciousness 2009 - mpp

[@themaddestvillain-g4q]

Can’t wait for Fantano to rank Pitchfork’s AOTY’s of the 90s

[@-Scrapper-]

Shoo

[@lopezfan24]

Same. 1890’s music is so underrated.

[@no-vk2qe]

​@@lopezfan24 Jay Z js a rapper from the 1890s btw

[@kebab_boi]

Bro I see you in every music ig comment section lmao

[@echosmyron1278]

How would that work? They deleted whatever 90s lists they made from their archives. I think that they only ever published a small list in 1999.

[@basehead617]

Really wish you did the last few years of the 90s as those were also epic years for Pitchfork

[@Progger11]

My personal fave of 2001 is Tool's Lateralus, but the Microphones album is a close second. I also really liked Behind The Music from that same year, my personal favorite Soundtrack of Our Lives record.

[@burkeysreviews]

Solid choice. Blackwater Park for me!

[@Journeyman2585]

​@@burkeysreviewsDamn, I forgot that also came out in '01. What a good year for music.

[@km606x]

i wouldve chose either chose that or jane doe for 2001, but definitely switched out interpol for qotsa for 2002

[@philippboetcher9959]

The rapture were amazing, crazy energy, them and the Walkmen were both super energetic driven albums, genre defying!

[@UndercoverNormie]

That's what I'm saying. I used to love both of those albums

[@ashtheviking5007]

I always felt like the rapture was a bit of a ripoff of public image ltd. Felt the same about Interpol and gang of four. 🤷

[@Brandonhatesmayo]

2009 was a big music for me graduating highschool and I do love MPP.

[@justbaz7471]

I’m surprised that Deathconsciousness by Have A Nice Life didn’t get a mention for 2008, it’s one of the greatest albums of all time imo and stands out from all the other sounds at the time

[@SquidoKiddo]

I'm with ya there, great album

[@merely_aida]

+++

[@hugjass6585]

i like that album a lot but i also feel like it didn't age well

[@waspswarm870]

​@hugjass6585 what about it didn't age well to you im genuinely curious because i think it holds up as an all time great

[@ghxztpxppglv33]

@@hugjass6585it aged very well lmfao most blackgaze copies it

[@Poetic9]

Illinoise = 10! Would love to see a Sufjan worst to best, Anthony.

[@kvothe9933]

Although I do prefer suburbs that feeling of listening to the overwhelming opening of funerals is unbeatable

[@bothquickanddead]

​@@kvothe9933 I also love their live energy at this time - with some members literally putting on helmets during songs like "Laika" to play percussion on everything on-stage, including each others' said helmets

[@matthewchrist9082]

Bluish still puts me on a beach in a dream

[@ldjkfg]

Even though I'm a fan of 90% of the albums you pointed out from 2007 I still think person pitch is the best that year and actually the best animal collective album. Guess it's just the dub and sunshine pop fan in me.

[@deangoranites2609]

Hearing him grill it like that was killing me inside lol

[@Ultamik3y]

AOTY 2002 is undoubtably Geogaddi by Boards of Canada for me

[@ryandeeken1554]

that was pitchfork's #8 album for that year

[@Felldohswrath]

Illinois is one of my all time favorite records of all time. I've been listening to it since I was 14 and it's music has evolved with me and my experiences, and I credit that album to why I am so into experimental and avant-garde music nowadays (well, that and Mr. Bungle as well lol).

[@GoodByeSkyHarborLive]

is it really an experimental album?

[@Felldohswrath]

@@GoodByeSkyHarborLive Oh absolutely, just listen to track 3 or track 2, they are absolutely experimental

[@jwht8424]

Fantano putting Illinois in the S category kept me subscribed.

[@anotherbookreview9903]

MPP and Silent Shout both sound really really good. Ditto FF.

[@llllemomn]

mine: 2000 - kid a 2001 - is this it 2002 - yankee hotel foxtrot 2003 - dead cities, red seas, lost ghosts 2004 - madvillainy 2005 - arular 2006 - harmony in ultraviolet 2007 - person pitch 2008 - microcastle/weird era cont. 2009 - merriweather post pavilion

[@WiloPolis03]

Fantano dunking on Person Pitch, finally another opinion I can put excessive and copious amounts of energy into hating!

[@BrofUJu]

Dude I just checked this out, wtf is the production on this album? Just sounds absolutely awful.

[@alydanilo4229]

The Glow Pt. 2 is an dreadful beautiful album. Everybody would have to listening to it. It is too incredible.

[@ciaran1988]

Surprised 'You Forgot It In People' wasn't given a mention.

[@pinkraven4402]

I encourage everyone to listen to "Korova Milky Bar" from 2002 by a Polish band Myslovitz. It's a very beautiful and sad alt rock album with immaculate production. Seriously, give it a try as no one outside Poland would probably find it on purpose

[@Hopesfallout]

Thank you for reminding me of Myslovitz. Spent a student exchange week in eastern Poland in the second half of the 2000s and remember how all the hip kids would recommend Myslovitz, totally forgot about them.

[@pinkraven4402]

@@Hopesfallout My pleasure!

[@noralie3295]

great reccomendation thank u

[@gamingfoxxy88]

artur rojek my beloved

[@pinkraven4402]

@@noralie3295 avec plaisir ❤️

[@max-beckett]

Anthony *finally* talking at length about Illinois has made this a wonderful start to the day 🥰

[@max-beckett]

(There was that video on another channel he’d recorded talking about it, but that was deleted years ago so this is all I’ve got xxx)

[@MichaelTurner856]

​@@max-beckett yay!

[@CaldoV1]

This is the closest we're getting to a classic review 😔

[@max-beckett]

@@CaldoV1 agreed 😭

[@Price_of_Fame]

I keep requesting it for a patreon review but it gets ignored even when it got the most upvotes one time ;_;

[@thespymachine0]

I've been watching you since you first started, and being reminded of that Fever Ray pick for 2009 AOTY just brought me back. Fantastic album. I'm so happy that you're still doing this stuff today.

[@josephpickard3108]

The fear that Ryan Dombal instilled in bands was very real. The AA Gill of college critics

[@UndercoverNormie]

Wow man, I haven't thought of The Microphones in a looooong time. That was a fantastic album kind of in the same territory as The Books - The Lemon of Pink. Meanwhile, I just listened to that Rapture album literally yesterday. I agree I don't like it as much as I did as a twacked out teenager but liked it much in the same vain as Chk Chk Chk, Cut Copy, and all the other dancy bands at the time. Interpol over QotSA Songs for the Deaf is ridiculous. Enough on that. I would give Strawberry Jam AOTY long before Person Pitch. I like Panda, but I never understood the insanely high reviews back then. Fleet Foxes debut, I never stop listening to it. I never get tired of their albums or performances. And Merriweather is a no-brainer. Let the normies into the Animal Collective universe. Pretty good takes from the Meloness.

[@awesomecool9260]

2000: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water 2001: Creed - Withered 2002: Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless 2003: Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary 2004: Chingy - Powerballin' 2005: Nickelback - All the Right Reasons 2006: Plain White T's - Every Second Counts 2007: Kid Rock - Rock n Roll Jesus 2008: Soulja Boy - iSouljaBoyTellem 2009: Papa Roach - Metamorphosis

[@aryamanparashar3238]

Based

[@TreelessPlain]

MPP was the one for me. It came out during my junior year of high school. It’s the one that opened my eyes to all the amazing current music I was missing out on. It truly changed my brain chemistry.

[@GentlemanJunkie95]

00 Kid A - Radiohead 01 Lateralus - Tool 02 Songs Fort The Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age 03 The War in Errorism - Nofx (yes, really) 04 Miss Machine - Dillinger Escape Plan 05 Demon Days - Gorillaz 06 Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 07 Fear of a blank Planet - Porcupine Tree 08 Third - Portishead 09 Crack the Skye - Mastodon

[@andy0905]

El único tipo con cerebro

[@michaelluciano1980]

Room on Fire a much better album for the 2003 pick. Also, good news for people who love bad news is a great pick for 2004. Float on was on the radio constantly and beloved by everybody.

[@SIDEKICKDUSTY]

Those are both definitely standouts for those years for me, too. I was surprised at the absence of mentions for Joanna Newsom (I vaguelly recalled her not being aoty on pitchfork, but Ys is a strong contender for album of the decade for me) and Jens Lekman, whose most celebrated output was during the 00s and I thought I remembered pitchfork being a big booster for (Night Falls Over Kortedala was the big one for me, but iirc You're So Silent, Jens was super popular)

[@trashguitarplayer]

good news is so sleeped on. i know that they went into a more mainstream route with the record, but is still incredibly solid and good times is such a killer closer

[@michaelluciano1980]

The rapture definitely has some Bangerz - house of jealous lovers is a great track. But if I had to choose between that or Reptilia? You already know.

[@ciaranwright4361]

Pitchfork at the time far to hipster to choose the modest mouse album, kind of agree with them though, deep cuts are kind of annoying on that album

[@echosmyron1278]

Yuck, Modest Mouse really started their creative downfall with that album.

[@aschemusicreations]

It's a shame Panda Bear gets shit on so much for the production style, because the ideas behind his music and the craft of what he does is incredible. If he were produced by Dre he'd be a household name.

[@joaquin5929]

As if animal collective aren’t like the most popular “indie alternative” band on the internet.

[@bronzeageperfumer5494]

That Arcade Fire is great and I can see why it’s their pick but I feel like the 2004 AOTY is From A Basement On The Hill

[@sammo2560]

Wild that they gave Echoes AOTY over either of Ben Gibbards projects from 2003

[@TectonicImprov]

Between Transatlanticism, Give Up, and even the Home EP, dude was absolutely on fucking fire in 03.

[@blinddig7525]

i discovered illinois because of this video and it's album art changed something inside of me

[@RicoSeattle]

I am so glad you mentioned Terrifyer by Pig Destroyer!!! I deeply appreciate that Melon!

[@anatoly7382]

Turn On The Bright Lights cover is one of the best album covers imo. I used to think that it's a giant bilboard in the NYC and it was giving me a unique vibe with the music. It's like Unknown Pleasures but instead of sadness it gives you a tiny hope in the end. And then I get that's a screen in the London Cinema. Still amazing album though

[@diabeticgorilla6996]

due to my fear of bright red rectangles, i have got to disagree

[@chan_martin]

Red is scary color so me no like

[@armannasr3681]

if you blur your eyes, the cover looks like Radiohead - Amnesiac lol

[@CL2-]

@@armannasr3681 This is what happens when you listen to too much Radiohead 💀

[@stuartdunlop8834]

15:43 - You made me jump and nearly made me throw my breakfast across the room, thinking there was an impostor in the house. Kudos to you, sir.

[@vincentbatten4686]

I found out about Radiohead because I confused them for the talking heads and bought OK Computer and Kid A. Best mistake of my life.

[@kruggyy]

Too many heads in music

[@shemsuhor8763]

I have that Animal Collective album cuz Sputnik ranked it giga high yeaes ago and I thought I'd order it and give it a shot. Never really "got it". But it was interesting. Haven't listened to it in probably 7 years at least. Might have to spin it.

[@masemoney666]

did you give it a spin? it's a real grower. i think it's just wonderful.

[@jakefewx6503]

Love the tier lists! It would be awesome to see you make a top 5-10 albums list from each year of the 2000’s and hear your thoughts on how they have aged since their release.

[@petermahler853]

Here’s mine: 2000: Lift your skinny fists 2001: Discovery 2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2003: Give Up 2004: Madvillainy 2005: Illinois 2006: Donuts 2007: In Rainbows 2008: Deathconcsiousness 2009: Merriweather Post Pavilion

[@billymessenger3982]

That's a good one!!

[@becklanda.3642]

who hurt you

[@archieglover5481]

2000: since I left you

[@vb2388]

My List 2000: KID A (Radiohead) 2001: Vespertine (Björk) 2002: Geogaddi (BoC) 2003: Elephant (White Stripes) 2004: Madvillany (Madvillain) 2005: Illinois (Sufjan Stevens) 2006: 10,000 Days (TOOL) 2007: In Rainbows (Radiohead) 2008: Dragging A Dead Deer.. (Grouper) 2009: Merriweather Post.. (AnCo)

[@Jacob-hv7jz]

W skinny fists

[@fourseasons4105]

What my personal picks would be: 2000- Eminem- Marshall Mathers LP 2001- Opeth- Blackwater park 2002- Meshuggah- Nothing 2003- Dream theater- Train of thought 2004- Kanye West- The college dropout 2005- Gorillaz- Demon days 2006- Celtic frost- Monotheist 2007- Between the buried and me- Colors 2008- Enslaved- Vertebrae 2009- Mastodon- Crack the Skye

[@AlexMenaVideos]

would love for you to do a classics review on Turn On The Bright Lights, i wanna hear what else you have to say about the album 21 years later

[@oogi14]

Was fun hearing pitch forks anime of the year!

[@dinkusoninkus]

I’d love a ranking of animal collective albums

[@basic_chain]

Seconded

[@MeMe-sv9rr]

Thirded

[@devilbhrothesavage2807]

Fourded

[@averytubesock]

Fiveded

[@boydston]

farted

[@pf887]

OH MY GOD I CANT BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT ABOUT PERSON PITCH MELON. JESUS. THIS IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO GET OVER.

[@_in_the_third_grade2101]

i agree w your editor dude, person pitch is one of the best albums on here! 2007 was just nutty, untrue or SJ or kala would all also be some of my favorite things on on here. but person pitch has grown so much on me over the years, i think that album is really special

[@32kuba32]

In rainbows !!

[@strawberryfrogforever]

Merriweather Post Pavilion was the soundtrack to many of my college acid trips, have a spiritual loving for that album. I'll still never forget hearing the intro to Also Frightened and absolutely FEELING that song and just melting. Really couldn't get into their other albums (as full projects, found singles that a did like) but Merriweather Post Pavilion I'll throw on and listen full through any day

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

Always fun to hear Anthony talk about music from prior to his reviewing days

[@grandaddy0807]

I agree with the list. I missed The Microphones so going to check that out. Only thing I'd maybe change is swap Kid A and Illinoise. As a major Interpol fan I was also surprised they got AOTY, was a strong year of music.

[@eeeeeeeeeddddd]

KID A IS S TIER STOP UNDERRATING PERFECT ALBUMS

[@tameimpala37]

TotBL is a devastating record.

[@oweb7754]

that person pitch opinion is criminal

[@epicjake354]

Turn on the bright lights has been growing on me immensely recently. I love the way the guitar playing sounds across the thing with how atmospheric it is

[@ehvyn3661]

Absolutely agree! PDA's ending where it continuesly plays a b over and over with reverb feels cold as hell, but as they add in more instruments and fill the space it becomes such a warm yet atmospheric track. In my honest opinion it's the best track on the album!

[@epicjake354]

@@ehvyn3661 PDA is one of my favorites but I think my top 3 are Say Hello to the Angels, Leif Erikson and Untitled, although I also really love Obstacle 1 and NYC

[@Scott_Silver]

Fleet Foxes plus the EP that proceeded it are S tier, but you are right about Panda Bear should have been Sound of Silver or In Rainbows

[@MaxMax-zo9vq]

While I agree that those two albums are better, Perfect Pitch is still an amazing record and he ranked it way too low.

[@Scott_Silver]

@@MaxMax-zo9vq Yeah Person Pitch is amazing definitely agree. The fact that Person Pitch and Strawberry Jam came out the same year is insane.

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Keep making these tier list videos!!! I love them!!! I want a Beatles tier list next!!!

[@standardbrah]

2004 should go to MCR's three cheers (my favorite by them) or kanye

[@pauljeffreymusic]

Phil is a force to be reckoned with. He is probably the most authentic and incredible songwriter today.

[@zachcaton8064]

How is there no mention for Vespertine or Discovery in 2001?? I really like The Glow, pt 2 but idk how it could possibly be an S tier when those two albums absolutely sweep it

[@blargghkip]

He has a huge The Glow bias (I get it tbh), watch his classics review. Tbh he probably saw the name and stopped thinking about other albums from that year

[@lrba5524]

i don't think the point of this video was to name every great album that came out that year. i think if he agrees that an album was aoty, there's no where to put it besides S.

[@jorgeortega6806]

'absolutely sweep it' is an exaggeration, c'mon

[@SwitchbIade]

Glow Pt.2 is better than everything björk put out.

[@samindumadusanka3149]

​@@SwitchbIadeNo

[@RoweReviews]

love this idea, its fun hearing your thoughts on older albums

[@k____b]

Merry Christmas melon.

[@thisaintnoparty]

Merry Christmas Post Pavillion

[@paulphoenix1669]

ah man, absolutely love that you mentioned Pig Destroyer's Terrifyer. Wish you'd talk about heavy music more often ❤

[@paulphoenix1669]

@timeskew6197 Her lips are wet with venom, her posture serpentine, she'll touch my arm, flowers grow there, poison and obscene

[@NickyStikes]

I used to think Arcade Fire’s “Funeral” sounded like an Indy Celine Deon album, I still do, but I used to too.

[@jeremyc9593]

Okay, Mitch

[@billhicks8]

is because Celine Deon = dramatic? because I can't see it going any deeper than that

[@jdixon390]

I don't understand how Pitchfork can give Wilco a 10 and not give it album of the year? Personally though Kid A, Person Pitch and MPP are S Tier

[@nickmoss2046]

It wasn't even the only 10 they gave that year lol. Source Tags & Codes by Trail of Dead got one too.

[@Andlovethebomb]

“And I’m a freaking Blood Brothers fan”

[@RecRoomPlays]

I don't really have a definitive list for each year between 00-09, but I know that my pick for 2006 is easily Underoath's "Define the Great Line". Absolutely revolutionary post-hardcore/metalcore album. A lot of people prefer the sound of the previous album "They're Only Chasing Safety", but it's a way more basic pop-punk/post-hardcore project, Spencer's harsh vocals aren't nearly as refined, it's less experimental across the board. DtGL is the apex of their career, and a pivotal piece in the history of post-hardcore as a genre like Refused's "The Shape of Punk to Come" imo.

[@jinxie1080]

Giving it a listen at the moment and it's pretty damn great! If you loved Shape of Punk To Come then I can't recommend "It's Me God" by Breach, one of the greatest post-hardcore releases ever made. Their swan song Kollapse is absolutely wonderful too and veers right into post-metal

[@syltnyckel]

I was 15 years of age at the release of DtGL and it was a gamechanger for me. Didn't think I'd ever see it being mentioned in these parts of the internet

[@theyreMineralsMarie]

Can't believe you mentioned Wolves in the Throne Room. I feel so seen.

[@DanDhaniels]

Kid A and MPP = both exceed the S tier 😛

[@Jukeyhammy]

Here is mine: 2000- Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven 2001- DrukQs 2002- Yoshimi battles the pink robots 2003- Velocity : design : comfort 2004- Madvillainy 2005- Illinois 2006- Back to black 2007- Untrue 2008- Deathconciousness 2009- Merriweather post pavilion

[@adamauxier4035]

I think the thing you gotta understand about Kid A was that it was the closing of the coffin lid on the Boy Band/Rap-Rock-Korn era. Thats why old guys love it so much. It shut that whole chapter

[@MoonSafariFilms]

Since I Left You and Deltron 3030 are definitely contenders for 2000.

[@nowhereweareagain]

2000 is one of the heaviest years ever in terms of classic albums. Somewhere between 5 and 10 albums came out that are absolutely essential to their genres.

[@danielgray65]

That Deltron3030 album is straight genius, wish more hip hop albums were made with concepts like that... what an exhausting but amazing experience.

[@damiankarras]

Fleet Foxes is a masterpiece

[@CoffeeReviews]

This list had some of my personal favorites from the decade, but the Glow Pt. II stands alone as my all-time favorite. The album really epitomizes the feel of the Pacific Northwest. It's dark, moody and, often times, hopeless. It doesn't offer any happiness, but rather the reality of a debilitating loss.

[@victorthiago5115]

please do the 90's too! loved this video melon

[@Ducaso]

I agree with your assessment of Echoes all this time later. I’d go so far to say that it’s just fine.

[@paulsmithee9783]

Deloused in the Comatorium is another 2003 option….

[@kidrenegade8525]

14:14 holy shot he’s right, in 2007 you had Neon Bible, FWN, Oracular Spectacular, HFAYTD? Ga Ga Ga Ga, Wincing the Night away, Graduation

[@Em4gdn1m]

2000: Kid A 2001: Is This It 2002: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2003: Give Up 2004: Funeral 2005: Illinoise 2006: The Black Parade 2007: In Rainbows 2008: Third 2009: Actor

[@rateeightx]

Good list, But the album's actually called "Illinois", Simply with the the text "Sufjan Stevens invites you to come on feel the Illinoise!" on the cover. Unsubscribed.

[@isaacm4159]

Good list

[@nu-metalfan2654]

You have terrible taste in music, Kid A okay the rest is just a big NO.

[@yvngdashdance656]

slandering Person Pitch is crazy but yeah in retrospect it's supposed to be Untrue

[@garrettmckellar]

Funeral is almost solely responsible for the decade long trend of whoa-oh indie rock choruses.

[@jorgekech]

nah Kid A was responsible

[@biglmaowski6509]

nah Kid B was responsible

[@vegamode8706]

@@jorgekech ... huh?

[@jorgekech]

@@vegamode8706 Kid A was the most important album of 2000s ..

[@vegamode8706]

@@jorgekech Right, I just don't think it had any influence at all on the whoa-oh indie rock chorus trend. Radiohead never used that. I agree with the original comment which is that Arcade Fire started that trend. Particularly with "Wake Up"

[@Electrohead92]

I’d be curious to see your thoughts on all the albums that Pitchfork gave a perfect 10 upon release. Some choices are pretty interesting like Source Tags & Codes.

[@lukeizabelle2131]

I don't agree that today 20 years after, Funeral by Arcade Fire sounds dated. I've listened to it lately which I haven't done for many years and I was suprised how much I liked it more than I used to do in the past. For me it is a modern classic and the music is timeless

[@drcider5255]

I agree. I hadn't listened to it ever until yesterday and even if the mixing on the vocals was a bit spotty and the lyrics weren't exactly mind blowing, the hugely varied, and grand sonic palette more than made up for in my opinion. As much as Madvillainy calls into question the "album of the year" title, Funeral is worthy of at least A tier I think.