My 10 Favorite Albums of the Decade 2000-2009

10. The Strokes - Is This It? (2000)
A pioneering album, and responsible for the whole wave of guitar bands, some good, quite a few bad, that keep flooding us to this day.

9. Fantômas - The Director's Cut (2001)
Mike Patton, Buzz Osborne, Dave Lombardo and Trevor Dunn playing The Theme from the Godfather and Charade. What else do you want? Shhhhh.

8. The Tears - Here Come the Tears (2005)
When Bernard Butler left the fantastic Suede in 1993, Brett Anderson and Co. managed to release the great Trash. From then on the magic seemed to have disappeared. This album is the logical continuation that never came to be. Thank Brett and Bernard they decided to reunite for this beauty.

7. Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (2001)
A sexy tongue-in-cheek album featuring Dan Nakamura, Jennifer Charles, Mike Patton, Kid Koala, and a cover that mimes Serge Gainsbourg's No. 2 album. How can you not like this?

6. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR (2000)
The best combination of rock and electronic music ever. Oh, and it's noisy as hell, too. This album actually makes me want to destroy things. Oh, and fuck you. Next.

5. Death Breath - Stinking Up the Night (2006)
This is the album that, for me, launched the whole New Wave of Old School Death Metal. Nicke Andersson deserves a statue.

4. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 (2006)
The american issue of this album includes an extra track called Somewhere Between Waking and Sleep. This is how this album feels like. Yes, that's something precious.

3. The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)
In a Hip Hop and Pop dominated world, it was nice to see an album that took guitars to places where guitars were long lost and forgotten. I don't like The Killers. Brandon Flowers can die for all I care. I like this album. Actually, I LOVE it.

2. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
The first time I listened to this album, it sounded like it was out of this world, or like it belonged in a weird decade between the 50s and the 60s, which got lost in time. It makes me feel sad, in a good way. It's fractured, yet beautiful. I'm sad. I want to cry.

1. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)
Pop music has never been this intelligent since Thriller. No need to explain. JT and Timbaland are da shit!

N.