RA begins its week-long look back at the past decade with our list of the finest long players.

yay for avalanches!

und am siebten tag...ruhte ricardo
PRAISE THE LORD!!!

nice list

Isolees "We are Monster" should be in the top ten.

Can`t undertand how Daft Punk made to number 4.

Nice list.

i really dont see much value in doing something like this.

agreed.

Daft punk homework ? anybody ?

Good work metro area at number 02 but no 01 is questionable, not a great poll really. Pointless exercise.

im little bit dissapointed about low place of This Bliss by Pantha du prince...

i commend the effort in putting together such an exhaustive list though it's tough to grab attention with such a plethora of names in one list.

that was released in 97

Surprise on the 1st place... you're in big trouble )

Anyway Chrisdisco already said my thought.

P.S. Something from Vector Lovers shold be in, imo.

Stop ranking!!!!

justce and mylo? really?
other than that.. an okayish list

+1

i was scrolling down.. arrived at the top 10 and wondered where the fuck is alcachofa?
it is #1 for me also, but didnt expect to find it there..

how come that fever ray is higher than dj sprinkles? i thought the same ppl were voting in both polls(decade and 2009-year-end).

Alcachofa?

Regardless of the accused exclusions and misplacements of the masses, the write ups are thoughtful and on-point.

mmmm

Finally a chart, which contains every album it should! (incl, röyksopp, mylo, schnauss) I don't agreee with some positions (for example: alcachofa) , but overall it's a good list !!!

interesting list.

Sasha - AirDrawnDaggar. One of the best start to finish journeys ever made.

This list is a decent example of the amount of great electronic music that came out in the 2000s.

I should have got a date check on...

The list came out nicely overall besides one horrible ranking:

49. Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season [echospace [detroit], 2007]

How the hell did that fall out so low? For me top 3 for sure... Too bad!

just occurred to me.. where is lulu rouge - bless you ?

anyway it is just a list.....

Nice list, dont always appreciate ranking but this list seems to have ALL the essentials regardless of rank.

Yeah, would have been nice to see that one up in the top ten, but I'm sure the nu-dub techno haters will be aggrieved it's even in there in the first place.

On the topic whether these kinds of charts are worth their salt, I'd say they are (even if consensus is impossible) simply because they expose great music to fresh ears. How many of RA's readers will know about William Basinski, or Alva Noto, or Vladislav Delay, or Fennesz, or even Rhythm & Sound for that matter? Not all of them, that's for sure.

Yes, the list gets more and more predictable as it goes on, and seeing the likes of Drexciya and Monolake ranked so low is certainly grating, but then, look where Convextion came - 17th! Pretty special no, considering what a low profile he keeps? And what's the harm in a few more people discovering one of the great techno producers of our day?

(My main gripe is that Burial's debut ranked lower than Untrue - sorry, but that's simply not on!)

Always like lists like these so I can catch up on stuff I didn't know yet. The James Holden and Nathan Fake I found to be unlistenable though..

Dominik Eulberg's Heimische Gefilde deserves to be in the list.

Interesting list. Not sure how necessary it was but it made for a good read, and in some cases, reminder of some highlights of the decade. Definitely don't agree on some of the standings though...... and am wondering where is DJ Shadow's "The Private Press"?

Villalobos this, Villalobos that. Yawn!!! ?

aaaaa ... can't handle all those lists anymore !

05 - lsd sounsystem - 38 - kid A ?????

nonsense

The 2009 best of list doesn't quite sync with the best of decade list. As someone previously pointed out, DJ Sprinkles got top billing in 2009 - Fever Ray # 2. In this list, Fever Ray ranks higher (24 vs 30) ?!? How does that work?
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Lists are great for groceries.

i've always preferred a cluster approach to best album lists (even on RA we have artists working in vastly different idioms) so these numbers are a little irrelevant, but the list has more or less the essentials of the decade. good show.

I dont know how people can 'see no value' in any list which tunes you in to potentially very good music you have not heard before. Or have you given repeat listens to all one hundred albums listed in this article and already made up your own mind?

The Coldest Season should have been in the top 10, in the top 5 as far as I'm concerned, right next to Burial & Rhythm & Sound. Didn't this album come out on Modern Love?

Its not entirely electronic but why isn't Thom Yorke's "The Eraser" listed here? This album is genius, an innovative hybrid of so many types of music. I think an album like this one will go on to influence music for the next 20 years.

agreed. traum had some solid releases in the first 3/4 of the decade as well.

It was unexpected, although I kinda predicted it that Alcachofa would be the nr. 1 Album. But too bad Joris Voorn's Future History didn't make the list!

And for the people who are againt the lists: I love the lists. This is for me a way to explore new music/artists!

Isolée's wearemonster should be up way higher!

And where was Minilogue's Animals? Definitely one of the top 100 electronic albums of the last decade.

Where's all the albums I like? It's a disgrace they don't have all the albums I like.

agreed.

All the albums YOU like?! Don't be ridiculous. Where's all the albums I like?!

I've started to gather the first 50 records of this selection as a Discogs list http://www.discogs.com/lists/RA-Poll-Top-100-albums-of-the-00s/10659.

Entertainment?

i like ricky v, but I wouldnt put that at 1 - I much prefer the Sei Es Drum triple that he released with Farenzer House on it.

Tarot Sport I've been caning - fucking marvellous.

Marvellous is a word I will be using more and more this year.

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me no likey this list
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but seriously, how the fuck does Booka Shade - Movements make it on there at #8 while False - 2007 is totally absent? I mean it's not my top 10, not even my top 100, but I was surprised by some of the omissions.
Glad Alcachofa is at the top.
Oh, and Justice? GTFO.

ooo, can't wait to explore this list of albums! a bunch of these were not on my radar.

however, a lot of what i like is on your list. some of them are: Vespertine..listened to this cd so much it's busted...Metro Area, can't get enough of them...Ricardo Villalobos-Thé Au Harem d'Archimède still sends shivers up my spine...The Knife-Silent Shout, was a convert after hearing Marble House...The Junior Boys, fell in love with them while listening to Last Exit (wait, why is Last Exit not on your list?!)....Fennesz, yes it's very bewitching indeed as you said...and how can i forget Recloose, Cardiology is the jams, and i never get bored of it.

that's my two-cents to yours.

@hugh grant
Where's all the albums I like? It's a disgrace they don't have all the albums I like.

Genius

Too weird Minilogue isn't in here, really. Probably the only thing i'm missing in this list at the moment.

hahaha... what a dull selection, kinda between mixmag and wire, or between juno and beatport. get real, this is pathetic...