Doug's Top 60 albums of the decade

This wasn't easy and I tried to make it 50 but ended up with 60... My criteria for the most part was mostly based on simply what I thought was the best and what I listened to the most (when I wasn't listening to Zeppelin, Hendrix, Marley, or the Stones etc.). I kind of tried to put them in order but the order isn't exact. I didn't want to overrepresent too many bands either unless I was forced to. For example Echo And The Bunnymen released 3 great albums in the 2000's but I just couldn't justify putting all three of them on the list, whereas there was absolutely no denying all three of the last three Gov't Mule albums. These clearly aren't the only great albums of the decade, just thought it would be fun to put a list together of some of my favorites. Enjoy...

1. Gov't Mule - High & Mighty

2. Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later

3. The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere

4. The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' The Note

5. Black Sabbath (Heaven And Hell) - The Devil You Know

6. New Order - Get Ready

7. The White Stripes - De Stijl

8. The Church - Untitled #23

9. The Greyb0y Allstars - What Happened To Television?

10. Wolfmother - Wolfmother

11. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

12. Prince - The Slaughterhouse

13. The Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs

14. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

15. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

16. Gov't Mule - Deja Voodoo

17. Tool - Lateralus

18, Radiohead - Kid A

19. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

20. Porcupine Tree - The Incident

21. Slayer - Christ Illusion

22. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

23. Gov't Mule - By A Thread

24. The Church - Forget Yourself

25. Beck - The Information

26. Tool - 10,000 Days

27. Early Man - Closing In

28. Dio - Magica

29. Noctorum - Offer The Light

30. Pearl Jam - Backspacer

31. Beck - Sea Change

32. Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip

33. Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri La-Di-Da

34. The White Stripes - Icky Thump

35. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely

36. R.E.M. - Accelerate

37. Ice Cube - Raw Footage

38. Foo Fighters - One By One

39. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

40. Metallica - Death Magnetic

41. Echo And The Bunnymen - Siberia

42. Spirit Caravan - Jug Fulla Sun

43. Tom Petty - Highway Companion

44. Prince - 3121

45. Beck - Modern Guilt

46. Jane's Addiction - Strays

47. The Cure - Bloodflowers

48. Queens Of The Stone Age - R

49. John Mellencamp - Cuttin' Heads

50. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue

51. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times

52. The Church - Uninvited, Like The Clouds

53. Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe

54. The Derek Trucks Band - Songlines

55. New Order - Waiting For The Sirens' Call

56. Nada Surf - Let Go

57. Filter - The Amalgamut

58. Paul Westerberg - Mono/Stereo

59. Ace Frehley - Anomaly

60. Brad - Welcome To Discovery Park