I'm unsure if we're ever going to be able to top last week's "Thursday Discussion" post, because that was definitely one of the highlights of the feature for me. However, it's a new day - and that means we aim big. Since we've been having a lot of fun with the "nostalgia-tinged" posts of the past few weeks, I decided to stay on that track. And since we've been having a lot of good discussions around the "2001-2003" era of music, I think that's where I'll start this week's list. I am picking my top 10 albums from that time frame. Basically, I consider every single one of these records a classic and a "must own" - and looking at it now: holy hell what a great time for music. I think what I'm most shocked about is how many albums I ended up having to leave out. These are my stranded-on-an-island, top of the top, can't live without albums from this era.
Check 'um out - let me know what you think (and if you've never been exposed to these before, you should probably get on that). And, of course, head to the replies to add your own list of your favorite albums released from 2001-2003 (Wikipedia does a good job of letting you know original release dates). Oh, and I made a conscious decision to not include any of the albums from the DTR roster since we covered that in such detail last week. This is for the other albums that showed up around that time. Also, over the past few years I've discovered a lot of other music that was released around this period; however, I'm not including albums I wasn't actively listening to when they came out. Have to put a few rules on myself - otherwise I'd lose my mind.
Do you remember where you were when you first heard these?
1) Brand New - Deja Entendu (June 17th, 2003)
2) Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends (March 26th, 2002)
3) Cursive - The Ugly Organ (March 4th, 2003)
4) Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil.. (August 13th, 2002)
5) Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave (May 6th, 2003)
6) Saves the Day - Stay What You Are (July 10th, 2001)
7) Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary (April 3rd, 2001)
8) Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (June 12th, 2001)
9) Thursday - Full Collapse (April 10th, 2001)
10) Thrice - Illusion of Safety (February 5th, 2002)
PS: If any of you have a good idea for a "Thursday Discussion" - please hit me up (either via email, PM, or twitter) and I'll add it to my ever growing evernote document. And for those that saw my tweet about this being to 2004, sorry - typo. Just adding that date puts Say Anything, JEW, Midtown, Name Taken, and countless others in the mix ... damn. Maybe next week we do the next 4 years or something.
PPS: Having to leave "Ocean Ave." off this list killed me.
Deja Entendu was such a perfect combination of so many things at the right time, I don't think anything has come close to replicating what that record accomplished when it was released. People might say it's not the "best" Brand New album, but there was something magical about that point in time when that album came out.
I was alot younger back then, but here is mine:
During Those Years
All Killer, No Filler-Sum 41
The Young and the Hopeless-Good Charlotte
Sticks and Stones-New Found Glory
Does This Look Infected-Sum 41
The All-American Rejects-The All-American Rejects
Start Static-Sugarcult
A few years later, I discovered Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday, Take This To Your Grave by Fall Out Boy, and the first Hawthorne Heights album.
Amazing list! I very much look forward to all of your "Thursday Discussions" especially lately because you make me forget I'm 28 for a few minutes while I read my thoughts from your brain.
Although not nearly as successful, I also think Something Corporate's Leaving Through the Window makes a fine honorable mention.
Although I'm slightly biased, I would also say The Used kind of had a similar effect that Thursday had - in a sense that not as many people were aware of what kind of sound the music scene could develop into.
Amazing list! I very much look forward to all of your "Thursday Discussions" especially lately because you make me forget I'm 28 for a few minutes while I read my thoughts from your brain.
I was alot younger back then, but here is mine:
During Those Years
All Killer, No Filler-Sum 41
The Young and the Hopeless-Good Charlotte
Sticks and Stones-New Found Glory
Does This Look Infected-Sum 41
The All-American Rejects-The All-American Rejects
Start Static-Sugarcult
A few years later, I discovered Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday, Take This To Your Grave by Fall Out Boy, and the first Hawthorne Heights album.
I originally had that AAR album in my top 30 or so I had to whittle this down from...
Although this generation didn't have an impact on me at the time (I was 8-10 years old haha) I came to love AFI's Sing the Sorrow. It was one of the first albums I listened to with any form of screaming on it (Death of Seasons) and when I first listened to it around age 14-15 it was a completely different experience for me. So many different styles, speeds, and songwriting techniques blew this out of the water for me. Arguably, this album led me to Silverstein's Discovering the Waterfront a little bit later, which completely changed the direction my musical tastes went to this day.
This is almost too hard to do; these two years (2002-2003) made up arguably the two best years of my life in a lot of ways, music being a big part of that.
For starters, all of Jason's list (minus Blink) is definitely up for consideration, especailly TBS, Brand New, and Bright Eyes.
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