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Best of the 2000s: Top 100 Albums of the Decade, 100-81

Sep 14, 2009, 3:32pm The Rawking Refuses To Stop!

Photos/illustration by David Greenwald Dear Friends, It is with great joy, pride and excitement that I present to you this week The Rawking Refuses To Stop! 's Top 100 Albums of the Decade. In 1998, with Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" atop the VH1 music video charts, I began taking music seriously. (I also became a man. Ask my rabbi.) In 2002, my first pieces of music criticism - and my first year-end list - were published. To say things have changed tremendously since then [...]

• Bill Callahan - Eid Ma Clack Shaw
• Boat Club - warmer climes
• Calexico - Not Even Stevie Nicks ...
• Camera Obscura - let's get out of this country
• Centro-Matic - Patience For The Ride
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - In This Home On Ice
• Guided By Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy
• John Vanderslice - Pale Horse
• Midlake - Roscoe
• Morning Recordings - Your Light Has Never Shown
• Phoenix - Long Distance Call
• Ravens & Chimes - January
• Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
• The Long Winters - Stupid
• The Walkmen - The Rat

Artist:	Bill Callahan
Title:	Eid Ma Clack Shaw
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	02 Eid Ma Clack Shaw.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Boat Club
Title:	warmer climes
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	02 -- boat club -- warmer climes.mp3
Bitrate:	206 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Calexico
Title:	Not Even Stevie Nicks ...
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	calexico - 06 - not even stevie nicks.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Camera Obscura
Title:	let's get out of this country
Link Text:	mp3
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Bitrate:	212 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Centro-Matic
Title:	Patience For The Ride
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	03 - Patience For The Ride.mp3
Bitrate:	225 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Title:	In This Home On Ice
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	10-clap_your_hands_say_yeah-in _this_home_on_ice.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Guided By Voices
Title:	Chasing Heather Crazy
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	03 Chasing Heather Crazy.mp3
Bitrate:	279 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	John Vanderslice
Title:	Pale Horse
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	01 Pale Horse.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Midlake
Title:	Roscoe
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	01 - Roscoe.mp3
Bitrate:	203 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Morning Recordings
Title:	Your Light Has Never Shown
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	03 Your Light Has Never Shown.mp3
Bitrate:	188 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Phoenix
Title:	Long Distance Call
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	04 long distance call.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Ravens & Chimes
Title:	January
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	02 January.mp3
Bitrate:	216 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Sufjan Stevens
Title:	Chicago
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	09-Chicago.mp3
Bitrate:	209 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	The Long Winters
Title:	Stupid
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	08-the_long_winters-stupid.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	The Walkmen
Title:	The Rat
Link Text:	mp3
File Name:	02-the_walkmen-the_rat-esc.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

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