Rising to the bait like a gullible yet agile young salmon, I think that's a depressing roll-call. I'm sure Paul Morley read that OMM honours list first and then wrote his article :)

(Great article, BTW, especially the ending.)

Most polls are pathetic exercises, solely designed to engender a response. For me, the Q magazine album of the year is priceless - Kasabian apparently released the best record in 2009. Jesus wept.

Posted By carry_grant on 30 Nov 2009 11:39 AM
For me, the Q magazine album of the year is priceless - Kasabian apparently released the best record in 2009. Jesus wept.

Oh, Q long ago settled for the same demographic as 'Top Gear'.

Anyway, Paul Morley's article is my favourite article of the decade AND there'll be a French Letter 'best of' for 2009 and the decade. I'm so post-modern :)

More decade-reviewing from the Guardian: very interesting articles by Simon Reynolds and Alexis Petridis, both of whom are always worth reading.

Posted By aidan on 07 Dec 2009 09:36 AM
More decade-reviewing from the Guardian: very interesting articles by Simon Reynolds and Alexis Petridis, both of whom are always worth reading.

Haven't read Simon Reynolds yet but Mr. Petridis is spot on; the music that made it 'big' in 2009 ain't that different from what was topping charts at the start of the decade. The noughties were devoid of a trailblazer.

He also made us all a mixtape :) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/07/end-of-decade-mixtape 

Posted By jan on 07 Dec 2009 03:59 PM

The noughties were devoid of a trailblazer.  

Hark! Did someone call for me? Only three weeks to go - are you ready with your cowbell, missus?  :)

I agree with Petridis - you could imagine this year's best albums (St Vincent, The Antlers, Grizzly Bear...) not sounding out of place in 2000 - or even earlier. And Daft Punk's 'Discovery' still seems to be setting the agenda for chart electronica/dancefloor/R n'B.

Simon Reynolds has a great point re: how the blogosphere might have made the music community more diffuse and fragmented rather than bringing us together as a global family. Still, it seems the overwhelming consensus is for 'Funeral' as the best/most important album of the '00s.