End of The Decade

The end of the decade is always a time of reflection and lots of lists. There is also always that little controversy among some people about whether this is indeed the actual end of a decade because some people insist that of course there never was a year zero therefore if you count back then the decades actually end in 10, 20, 30 etc. and we have another year left in this decade.

Be that as it may... everyone conveniently groups decades in the familiar format that we all refer to as the 50s or the 90s no matter what the subject is.

In music we've always had strong opinions about our music decades. The 60s invokes a certain sense of what the decade sounded like just as the 80s brings up a totally different picture. We all have our favorites from the different decades and this decade that recently came to an end is no different. Sometimes it takes a while for a decade to come into focus but everyone rushes to put out their list of favorite albums at the end of the decade.

I thought it was interesting that the number one album of the decade for both Rolling Stone and Pitchfork was... Radiohead's Kid A.


Rolling Stone Top 100 Albums of the Decade

Pitchfork Top 200 Albums of the Decade

And I thought those two were opposites but I guess it really was the critics choice. On average it was the top album of the decade among critics in general.

Metacritic Best Albums of the Decade Roundup