yes.....

What I was looking for at the time was another Pixies record, and it's most certainly NOT a Pixies album. I was going through withdrawal. I ignored the record subsequently for like 10 years.

And I like my keys in prog rock but I have mixed feelings/guilt about them in indie rock at times. Most of the times I just want them to stack guitars and turn em all the way up. Unless, of course, I'm the one playing the keys.

a few more....

ida : will you find me
neko case : furnace room lullaby
pj harvey : stories from the city, stories from the sea
marah : kids in philly
aimee mann : bachelor # 2
giant sand : chore of enchantment
neil young : silver and gold
slaid cleaves : broke down
clem snide : your favorite music
the eels : daises of the galaxy

has anyone mentioned marah - kids in philly yet?

Hey, I've got an idea, SK - replace that Joseph Arthur with Marah Kids In Philly.

i voted sigur ros. i hadn't had an album blow me away like that since the verve's a storm in heaven. that album is single-handedly responsible for my beginning to post on the cmj board and restoring my faith in new music.

I think 2000 was a pretty good year, actually. Not as good as '99 or 2001, but still better than 2003-present.

SpadeKitty -
Please add Marah's new reckid 'If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry' to your future 2005 list.
Go on then....

I went with Kid A, but second would have been 'Other' for Yo La Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out. Heartbreaker and Mass Romantic follow closely.

I'm just not very familiar personally with a lot of the records I included on the list. I've probably only heard 30 records from that year.

Sheegur.

I would've pegged you for a Kid A man

I was going to, but then I realized I've listened to AB more, and I'm trying to be honest with myself on these.

I voted other for Jon Brion "Meaningless"

Other notables not mentioned yet:

Queens of the Stone Age "Rated R"
Webb Brothers "Maroon"
Joe Pernice "Big Tobacco"
Pedro the Lion "Winners Never Quit"
Belle & Sebastian "Fold Your hands..."
Teenage Fanclub "Howdy"
Knife in the Water "Plays One Sound & Others"
Clinic "Internal Wrangler"
Starlight Mints "Dream that Stuff Was Made From"
Femi Kuti "Shoki Shoki"
Jairzinho Oliveira "Dis'ritmia"

I like most of the above more than any of the 10 choices...save maybe White Stripes.

billy, you love those smoking babies. what is that?

Awesome is what it is.

what the hell is yours, andy? a fruit bat?

It's a turkey that someone drew a scary face on. I did a search for "funny turkey picture" or something and this is what I got. It's my Thanksgiving avatar and I believe the picture is called "turkey from hell."

good selections Billy

Don Caballero--American Don

as stated in the other thread, my pick is radiohead, kid a.

also, honorable mentions:
modest mouse- the moon and antarctica
pj harvey- stories from the city, stories from the sea
sigur ros- agaetis byrjun

ok, found it. easier to tell what it is when it's big. i also found my new avatar through the same search!

You know, I've never heard that one. I have II and III but not this one. I really loved that first 7" they put out too, but I can never find that track

ooh! I think you'd dig it SK. It's a good progression from Burns. It's a cleaner recording than some of their earlier works, but there's a LOT more going on in the songs. I find that compared to say, II, AD is not as heavy sound wise, but more heavy musically--just a denser album--if that makes any sense.

What was the name of the 7" you were referring to? It may well be on the Singles Breaking Up comp from '99.