DJ Top Ten Of The Decade Lists

It's the end of the year and our DJs have picked their Top 10 Albums of The Decade. Check out their picks below, and check out what you the listeners voted as the Top 90.3 of 2008 as played on the 2008 Top 90.3 Countdown New Year's Eve day.

Also, make sure to check out what our DJ's picked for their Top Albums of 2009!

John Richards

1. Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge) [2004]
2. Kid A by Radiohead (Capitol) [2000]
3. Meadowlands by The Wrens (Absolutely Kosher) [2003]
4. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2005]
5. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino) [2009]
6. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (DFA) [2007]
7. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Ros (Fat Cat/ Smekkleysa) [2000]
8. Alligator by The National (Beggars Banquet) [2005]
9. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [2008]
10. Turn On the Bright Lights by Interpol (Matador) [2002]

Kevin Cole

1. Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge) [2004]
2. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós (Fat Cat/ Smekkleysa) [2000]
3. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2005]
4. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (DFA) [2007]
5. Stankonia by OutKast (La Face) [2000]
6. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [2008]
7. I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons (Secretly Canadian) [2005]
8. Kala by M.I.A. (Interscope) [2007]
9. Boys and Girls in America by The Hold Steady (Vagrant) [2006]
10. The Meaning Of 8 by Cloud Cult (Rebel Group) [2007]

Cheryl Waters

Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge) [2004]
Kid A by Radiohead (Capitol) [2000]
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2005]
Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (DFA) [2007]
Everything All the Time by Band of Horses (Sub Pop) [2006]
The Rook by Shearwater (Matador) [2008]
Summer in Abaddon by Pinback (Touch and Go) [2004]
You In Reverse by Built To Spill (Warner Brothers) [2006]
Apologies To the Queen Mary by Wolf Parade (Sub Pop) [2005]
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (Nonesuch) [2002]

Jon Kertzer

1. Made in Medina by Rachid Taha (Algeria/France) (Ark 21/ Universal France) [2000]
2. Mouffou by Salif Keita (Mali) (Decca) [2002]
3. Specialist in All Styles by Orchestra Baobab (Senegal) (World Circuit/Nonesuch) [2002]
4. Congo Life by Kekele (Congo) (Stern's Africa) [2003]
5. Egypt by Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) (Nonesuch) [2005]
6. Who Is This America? by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (USA/Nigeria) (Ropeadope) [2004]
7. Dimanche a Bamako by Amadou and Miriam (Mali) (Nonesuch) [2005]
8. Boulevard d'independence by Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestre (Mali) (World Circuit/Nonesuch) [2006]
9. Segu Blue by Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba (Mali) (out/here) [2007]
10. Tres Tres Fort by Staff Benda Bilili (Congo) (Crammed Discs) [2009]

Larry Rose

1. Neon Golden by The Notwist (Domino) [2002]
2. Internal Wrangler by Clinic (Domino) [2000]
3. Yellow House by Grizzly Bear (Warp) [2006]
4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (Nonesuch) [2002]
5. The Renaissance by Q-Tip (Universal Motown) [2008]
6. The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse (Epic) [2000]
7. Tres Cosas by Juana Molina (Domino) [2004]
8. New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War by Erykah Badu (Universal Motown) [2008]
9. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo (Matador) [2000]
10. Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030 (75 Ark) [2000]

DJ Shannon

1. The Last Broadcast by Doves (Heavenly/ Capitol) [2002]
2. Keep Your Eyes Ahead by The Helio Sequence (Sub Pop) [2008]
3. Cedars by Clearlake (Domino) [2003]
4. Anytown Graffiti by Pela (Great Society) [2007]
5. The Meadowlands by The Wrens (Absolutely Kosher) [2003]
6. Asleep in the Back by Elbow (V2) [2001]
7. Frengers by Mew (Sony) [2003]
8. Z by My Morning Jacket (ATO) [2005]
9. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys (Domino) [2006]
10. Descended Like Vultures by Rogue Wave (Sub Pop) [2005]

DJ El Toro

1. Kid A by Radiohead (Capitol) [2000]
2. I Am a Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons (Secretly Canadian) [2005]
3. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol) [2007]
4. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2005]
5. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (Universal) [2007]
6. Stankonia by OutKast (LaFace) [2000]
7. Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge) [2004]
8. Standing in the Way of Control by The Gossip (Kill Rock Stars) [2006]
9. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (Nonesuch) [2002]
10. World of Arthur Russell by Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz) [2004]

Chilly

1. Kala by M.I.A. (Interscope) [2007]
2. Mclusky Do Dallas by Mclusky (Too Pure) [2002]
3. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsytem (DFA) [2007]
4. Dear Science by TV on the Radio (DGC/ Interscope) [2008]
5. Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah (Sony) [2000]
6. The Unseen by Quasimoto (Stones Throw) [2000]
7. Late Registration by Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella) [2005]
8. You're a Woman, I'm a Machine by Death From Above 1979 (Last Gang/Vice) [2004]
9. The Blueprint by Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella) [2001]
10. The Body the Blood the Machine by The Thermals (Sub Pop) [2006]

Don Slack

1. Late Registration by Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella) [2005]
2. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady (Vagrant) [2008]
3. Mountain Soul by Patty Loveless (Epic) [2001]
4. Stankonia by Outkast (LaFace) [2000]
5. The Dirty South by Drive-By Truckers (New West) [2004]
6. Kala by M.I.A. (Interscope) [2007]
7. White Blood Cells by The White Stripes (Sympathy For The Record Industry) [2001]
8. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert (Sony) [2007]
9. Love and Theft by Bob Dylan (Columbia) [2001]
10. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case (Anti-) [2006]

Michele Myers

1. Verve Remixed (series) by Various Artists (Verve) [2002, 2003, 2005, 2008]
2. White People by Handsome Boy Modeling School (Elektra) [2004]
3. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (Republic) [2006]
4. Everybody Got Their Something by Nikka Costa (Virgin) [2001]
5. The Mouse and The Mask by Dangerdoom (Epitaph) [2005]
6. Joao Voz E Violao by Joao Gilberto (Polygram) [2000]
7. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (DFA) [2007]
8. Standing In The Way of Control by Gossip (Kill Rock Stars) [2006]
9. Glitter and Doom Live by Tom Waits (Anti) [2009]
10. Richest Man In Babylon by Thievery Corporation (ESL) [2002]

Kid Hops

1. Champion in the Arena 1976-1977 by Jackie Mittoo (Blood & Fire) [2003]
2. Congo Ashanti by The Congos (Indigo / Blood & Fire) [2003]
3. On Bond Street by Bitty McLean (Peckings) [2004]
4. Firehouse Revolution: King Tubby's Productions in the Digital Era 1985-1989 by V/A (Pressure Sounds) [2001]
5. In a Rub-a-Dub Style by Bim Sherman meets Horace Andy and U.Black (Original Music) [2008]
6. Music is the Rod by Garnet Silk (VP) [2004]
7. Ba Ba Boom! Musically Intensified Festival Songs by V/A (Trojan) [2004]
8. Randy's 50th Anniversary by V/A (17 North Parade) [2008]
9. Too Bad by Buju Banton (Gargamel) [2006]
10. The Hits by Mr. Vegas (Greensleeves) [2008]

Quilty 3000

1. Her Majesty the Decemberists by The Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars) [2003]
2. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2005]
3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (WB) [2002]
4. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek) [2005]
5. Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge Records) [2004]
6. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [2008]
7. Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie (Barsuk) [2003]
8. Oh, Inverted World by The Shins (Sub Pop) [2001]
9. Elephant by The White Stripes (V2) [2003]
10. Figure 8 by Elliott Smith (Dreamworks) [2000]

Mel

1. Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu (Motown) [2000]
2. The Last Broadcast by Doves (Heavenly/ Capitol) [2002]
3. Building Nothing Out of Something by Modest Mouse (Up Records) [2000]
4. Andorra by Caribou (Merge) [2007]
5. Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 by Jill Scott (Hidden Beach) [2000]
6. LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem (DFA) [2005]
7. Faded Seaside Glamour by Delays (Rough Trade) [2004]
8. You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts) [2002]
9. Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2004]
10. Before the Dawn Heals Us by M83 (Mute) [2005]

Hannah Levin

Kid A by Radiohead (Capitol) [2000]
Funeral by Arcade Fire (Rough Trade/Merge) [2004]
Songs For the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age (Interscope) [2002]
Keep on Your Mean Side by The Kills (Domino Records) [2003]
Mclusky Do Dallas by Mclusky (Too Pure) [2002]
Decoration Day by Drive-By Truckers (New West) [2003]
Blacklisted by Neko Case (Bloodshot) [2002]
The Woods by Sleater-Kinney (Sub Pop) [2005]
Young Criminals Starvation League by Bobby Bare Jr. (Bloodshot) [2002]
Separation Sunday by Hold Steady (French Kiss) [2005]

John Gilbreath

1. Good & Evil Sessions by Blue Series Continuum (Thirsty Ear) [2004]
2. Boom Bop by Jean-Paul Bourelly (Jazz Magnet) [2001]
3. Footprints Live by Wayne Shorter (Verve) [2002]
4. Dusk by Andrew Hill (Palmeto) [2000]
5. Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman (Harmolodic) [2006]
6. Which Way is East by Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins (ECM) [2002]
7. Nu-Bop by Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear) [2003]
8. Vu-tet by Cuong Vu (Artist Share) [2008]
9. These are the Vistas by The Bad Plus (Columbia) [2004]
10. Junk Magic by Craig Taborn (Thirsty Ear) [2006]

DJ Alex

1. Kid A by Radiohead (Capitol) [2000]
2. Donuts by J Dilla (Stones Throw) [2006]
3. Neon Golden by The Notwist (Domino) [2003]
4. Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030 (75 Ark) [2000]
5. Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge) [2004]
6. One Word Extinguisher by Prefuse 73 (Warp) [2003]
7. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2005]
8. Untrue by Burial (Hyperdub) [2007]
9. ( ) by Sigur Ros (Fat Cat) [2002]
10. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective (Domino) [2009]

DJ Shani

1. Funeral by Arcade Fire (Merge) [2004]
2. Person Pitch by Panda Bear (Paw Tracks) [2007]
3. The Smell of Our Own by Hidden Cameras (Sanctuary) [2003]
4. Alligator by The National (Beggars) [2005]
5. No Shouts, No Calls by Electrelane (Too Pure) [2007]
6. Sapphie by Richard Youngs (Jagjaguwar) [2000]
7. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out by Yo La Tengo (Matador) [2000]
8. The Noise Made By People by Broadcast (Warp) [2000]
9. Oh You're So Silent, Jens by Jens Lekman (Secretly Canadian) [2005]
10. The Complete Guide to Insufficiency by David Thomas Broughton (Plug Research) [2005]

Rachel

1. The Argument by Fugazi (Dischord) [2001]
2. Figure 8 by Elliott Smith (Kill Rock Stars) [2000]
3. Beautiful Bird by The Lights (Bop Tart) [2003]
4. Icky Baby by The Intelligence (In the Red) [2005]
5. The Milk Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom (Drag City) [2004]
6. They Were Wrong, So We Drowned by The Liars (Mute) [2004]
7. Arular by M.I.A. (XL) [2005]
8. Future Sex Love Sounds by Justin Timberlake (Jive) [2006]
9. Blood Visions by Jay Reatard (In the Red) [2006]
10. Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie (Atlantic) [2003]

Brian Foss

1. Kill M.O.T.O. by M.O.T.O. (Criminal IQ) [2003]
2. Tyrades by Tyrades (Broken Rekids) [2003]
3. Boredom And Terror by The Intelligence (Narnack) [2004]
4. Bangers Versus Fuckers by Coachwhips (Narnack) [2003]
5. Fast Metabolism CDr by Tyvek (What's Your Rupture?) [2007]
6. LP 2 by Carbonas (Raw Deluxe) [2006]
7. Useless And Modern by FM Knives (Broken Rekids) [2002]
8. Spells by Kent 3 (Dirtnap / Burn Burn Burn) [2000]
9. A-Frames 1 by A-Frames (S-S / Dragnet) [2002]
10. The Spits 1 by The Spits (Nickle & Dime) [2000]

DJ Mr. West

1. Here's to Shutting Up by Superchunk (Merge) [2001]
2. I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons (Secretly Canadian) [2005]
3. Volta by Björk (One Little Indian) [2007]
4. Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie (Barsuk) [2003]
5. Guitar Romantic by Exploding Hearts (Dirtnap) [2003]
6. Hope for Men by Pissed Jeans (Sub Pop) [2007]
7. So What's Left Now by Observers (Vinyl Warning) [2004]
8. I Am Your City by Playing Enemy (Hawthorne St.) [2005]
9. FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake (Jive) [2006]
10. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne (Cash Money) [2008]

Nick Turner

1. Salvation on the Knees by Born Dead Icons (Partners in Crime) [2003]
2. 2 by A-Frames (SS) [2003]
3. Tania by Sex Vid (Dom America) [2007]
4. Sexless/No Sex by Iron Lung (Prank) [2008]
5. Blood Visions by Jay Reatard (In The Red) [2006]
6. Earth Ball Sports Tournament by Paintbox (HG Fact) [2001]
7. EPs/ Tape by Mentally Challenged (Deerhealer/Painkiller) [2008]
8. Under the Ashes by Framtid (Crust War) [2002]
9. Demonstrations in Micronesia by Vaz (Thin the Herd) [2000]
10. II by The Carnival (Krypta) [2004]

Larry Mizell Jr.

1. Voodoo by D'Angelo (Cheeba Sound/Virgin) [2000]
2. 2001 by Dr. Dre (Aftermath/Interscope) [1999]
3. Fantastic Damage by El-P (Definitive Jux) [2002]
4. The Body, the Blood, the Machine by The Thermals (Sub Pop) [2006]
5. The Eminem Show by Eminem (Aftermatch/Shady/Interscope) [2002]
6. The Blueprint by Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella) [2001]
7. The Headphone Masterpiece by Cody Chesnutt (Ready Set Go) [2002]
8. Beauty And The Beat by Edan (Lewis Recordings) [2005]
9. Nigga Please by Ol Dirty Bastard (Elektra) [1999]
10. Streets Iz A Mutha by Kurupt (Artemis) [1999]

DJ Riz

1. Akron/ Family & Angels of Light by Akron/ Family & Angels of Light (Young God Records) [2005]
2. Martes/ Utopia by Murcof (Static Discos) [2005]
3. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Kranky) [2000]
4. Yellow House by Grizzly Bear (Warp) [2006]
5. Stankonia by OutKast (LaFace) [2000]
6. Michigan by Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty) [2003]
7. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by Flaming Lips (Warner Brothers) [2002]
8. Vespertine by Bjork (One Little Indian) [2001]
9. Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu (Motown) [2000]
10. Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape by Meshell Ndegeocello (Maverick) [2002]

DJ Tim

1. 23 by Blonde Redhead (4AD) [2007]
2. i by The Magnetic Fields (Nonesuch Records) [2004]
3. You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts) [2003]
4. Tender Buttons by Broadcast (Warp) [2005]
5. Inches by Les Savy Fav (Frenchkiss) [2004]
6. One Bedroom by The Sea and Cake (Thrill Jockey) [2003]
7. Kala by M.I.A. (XL) [2007]
8. Dig, Lazarus, Dig! by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Mute Records) [2008]
9. Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins (Sub Pop) [2003]
10. Talkie Walkie by Air (EMI) [2004]

Marji Makers

1. Blacklisted by Neko Case (Bloodshot) [2002]
2. Electric Sweat by The Mooney Suzuki (Gammon) [2002]
3. Voodoo by D'Angelo (Cheeba Sound) [2000]
4. The Best Little Secrets Are Kept by Louis XIV (Atlantic) [2005]
5. Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs (Third Man/V2) [2006]
6. Jacksonville City Nights by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals (Lost Highway) [2005]
7. Rubber Factory by Black Keys (Fat Possum) [2004]
8. Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (Team Love) [2006]
9. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (Island) [2006]
10. As I Am by Alicia Keys (J) [2007]

Masa

1. Yura Yura Teikoku No Memai by Yura Yura Teikoku (MIDI Inc.) [2003]
2. The Opiates by Anywhen (Clearspot Germany / Samadhisound) [2001 / 2008 Re-issued]
3. Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen (Subliminal Sounds) [2004]
4. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas by Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas (Eskimo Recordings) [2005]
5. Todd Terje Remixes (94 Track Bootleg Comp) by Various Artists (Bootleg) [1999 - 2009]
6. B12 Records Archive 1990-2005 Volume 1~7 by Various Artists (B12) [1990 - 2005]
7. A Hitech Jazz Compilation by UR Presents Galaxy 2 Galaxy (Submerge Recordings) [2005]
8. Humming Moon Drip by OLAibi (PSC) [2006]
9. The Legendary Adventures of a Filter King by 69 (aka Carl Craig) (Planet E) [1991 - 2009 Re-Issue]
10. Chasm by Sakamoto Ryuuichi (KAB America) [2004]

DJ Ashley

1. Weekends of Sound by 764-Hero (Up) [2000]
2. Youth Novels by Lykke Li (Atlantic) [2008]
3. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop) [2008]
4. The Power Out by Electrelane (Beggars Banquet) [2004]
5. 2001 by Dr. Dre (Aftermath) [1999]
6. Good Bad Not Evil by Black Lips (Vice) [2007]
7. Ghosts of the Great Highway by Sun KiIl Moon (Jet Set Records) [2003]
8. In Rainbows by Radiohead (ATO) [2007]
9. Vivian Girls by Vivian Girls (In The Red Records) [2008]
10. The Audience Is Listening by Cut Chemist (Warner Brothers) [2006]

Nate

1. Animals (disc 2) by Minilogue (Cocoon) [2008]
2. Demon Days by Gorillaz (Virgin) [2005]
3. Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030 (75 Ark) [2000]
4. Kid A by Radiohead (Capitol) [2000]
5. Speaking Of Now by Pat Metheny Group (Warner Bros.) [2002]
6. The Underwater Adventure Hop Secret Treasure by Secret Frequency Crew (Counterflow) [2001]
7. Never, Never, Land by UNKLE (Global Underground) [2003]
8. The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox (Definitive Jux) [2001]
9. Wilco by Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch) [2002]
10. Talkie Walkie by Air (Astralwerks) [2004]

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