There have been a number of fantastic albums over the past decade. Take this list at face value. The title sums it up perfectly. Here are simply 10 of the many albums I have enjoyed over the past 10 years. I have not bothered to number them. That would be foolish. I hate sources that number their lists. They are too absolute and definitive. If you have not had a chance to listen to these, I cannot urge you enough to go to your local record store and check them out.

Enjoy,

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Sufjan Stevens – Come on Feel the Illinoise

Ben Folds – Rockin’ the Suburbs

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists  – The Tyranny of Distance

Jay-Z – The Blueprint

Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism

Something Corporate – Leaving Through a Window

Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers

Talib Kweli – Quality

The Strokes – Is This It

Elliott Smith – Figure 8