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Alright, as we near the end of this first Y2K decade, it's time to take a look back at all the best Albums that have been released in the last 40+ years.

I'll start off this extensive research with 2000, up until 2009. I'll then go back to 1980, all the way up to 1999, to then wrap things up with the 70s and before.

I'll be choosing my Top 25 Albums for each year; an ordered Top 10, and ~15 others worth mentioning. I'm also considering the live albums and EPs (~5), but they have their own section since songs on these have usually been released on official releases. The final result will be a Top 1000 for Official Albums, and Top ~250 for Live/EP albums.

These are general rankings of how I see them today, and based on my Last.FM songs playcounts (2005-now) put through the formula:

Total Sum of each Album's Song's (running time X playcount)
DIVIDED BY
Album's Total Running Time

Thanks to MediaMonkey and its amazing scripting abilities…

Albums 2000 - 2009 - Continued...

60.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Master and Everyone (2003)

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59.PJ Harvey – Uh Huh Her (2004)

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58.Sparklehorse – It's A Wonderful Life (2001)

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57.Fever Ray – Fever Ray (2009)

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56.Martin Grech – Open Heart Zoo(2002)

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55.Róisín Murphy – Ruby Blue (2005)

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54.The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)

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53.Air – 10 000 Hz Legend (2001)

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52.PJ Harvey – White Chalk (2007)
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Sun 5 Oct – AIR Close Up Tour '08 Riga

Franči.. ģībstu. :)
Air koncerts bija foršs. Lai arī Sapņu fabrika nav mana iecienītā kā vieta (tautas bija par daudz), tomēr koncerts bija foršs, man patika.
Air trio (vārdus nezinu, piedodiet) – viens pie sintezatoriem, otrs pie ģitāras un sintezatoriem un trešais pie bungām – tā labi pavilka līdzi. Izskatījās, ka pašiem arī patika.
Tika spēlētas dziesmas gan no Moon Safari, gan no 10 000 Hz Legend un Talkie Walkie, gan arī slavenākā tēma no The Virgin Suicides. Pārējais droši vien bija no Pocket Symphony, to vēl neesmu dzirdējis.
Patika, ka viss patiešām tika spēlēts dzīvajā (vismaz man tā likās), nebija Apple kompīša uz skatuves, kas nodarbotos ar semplu atskaņošanu.
Nebiju iedomājies, ka sintezatora taustiņus varētu pielīmēt ar skoču, lai skaņa turpina skanēt. :)

Par Air uzzināju, kad mani pirms vairākiem gadiem piespieda noklausīties 10 000 Hz Legend. Nu tā – bez izvēles. Jau pēc pirmās dziesmas ar interesi prasīju, kas tie ir. Tā tīrā elektronika aizrāva. …