20 rock albums that, in my opinion, made the Bush II years not completely suck

Among my all-time favorite albums, here are the ones that were released in the Oughts

Death Cab for Cutie....................................."Transatlanticism"
Elf Power..................................................."Back to the Web"
Jimmy Eat World........................................."Bleed American"
The Music................................................."Welcome to the North"
Neko Case................................................."Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
Rise Against..............................................."Sufferer & the Witness"
System of a Down......................................."Toxicity"
Abdel Wright..............................................."Abdel Wright"

 

Really, dude, you like "Sufferer and the Witness" more than "Siren Song Of The Counter Culture"? I don't think "Sufferer" really hits its stride until about the eighth song, "The Approaching Curve." After that, it gets really good. But "Siren" is really, really strong all the way through. Of course, that's just me. "Bleed American" is great, too.

 

How old are you? I ask this only because I've found people who like that type of music tend to be around the 20-26 range. Factor in the relatively old school television, and my guess is you're 25. I call that "the great age."

 

Mmm. Fair enough. IMO, that Thermals album covers the same territory and cuts some of the fat off the delivery. But to each his own, of course.

 

Well, yes, but see- I think there's more activism there than you're admitting. I find that whole Liars' album very political, but only in the abstract.

 

DUUUUUUDE!

 

Nice logo.

 

Going with 20 from my personal collection from the Dubya years ...

Audioslave, Audioslave
Dave Matthews Band, Everyday
Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
Beck, The Information
Foo Fighters, One By One
Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand
Green Day, American Idiot
Killers, Hot Fuss
Linkin Park, Meteora
Mars Volta, Frances The Mute
Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth
Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam
Raconteurs, Broken Boy Soldiers
Radiohead, In Rainbows
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
Strokes, Is This It?
Tool, 10,000 Days
U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
Weezer, Green Album
White Stripes ... any CD, really

 

I own all but four of those albums (DMB, NIN, Audioslave, Linkin Park). You have excellent taste, sir.

 

Much gracious, Trey. As do you!

 

Every one a them years included, with an extra for good measure.

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) – Wilco
2. It Still Moves (2003) – My Morning Jacket
3. Sea Change (2002) – Beck
4. Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots (2002) – The Flaming Lips
5. Oh, Inverted World (2001) – The Shins
6. At Dawn (2001) – My Morning Jacket
7. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005) – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8. Person Pitch (2007) – Panda Bear
9. Shootenanny! (2003) – Eels
10. Plans (2005) – Death Cab For Cutie
11. Rubber Factory (2004) – The Black Keys
12. White Pepper (2000) – Ween
13. Oracular Spectacular (2008) – MGMT
14. Z (2005) – My Morning Jacket
15. Chutes Too Narrow (2003) – The Shins
16. Yellow House (2006) – Grizzly Bear
17. Bump (2000) – John Scofield
18. Alligator (2006) – The National
19. Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) – Iron and Wine
20. Youth & Young Manhood (2003) – Kings of Leon
21. Separation Sunday (2005) – The Hold Steady

 

My musical tastes are too mainstream for most of the albums listed here.

The only ones I'd even heard of were Green Day's and the Boss's.