Albums of the Decade
State’s albums of the decade – The Top Ten
And so we arrive at State’s ten finest albums from 2000 to 2009. An amazing six debut releases feature, including our highest polling record from this year. There’s also one of the decade’s most potentially exciting band’s final roll of the dice, the record that revitalised the Irish singer songwriter, a cult classic plus,…
State’s albums of the decade – 20 to 11
Three Irish albums make it in to our penultimate count down, one from a new name, one from an old name and one from a name that was only with us for a frustratingly short while. Elsewhere there’s a strong European and American feel, with only a loud mouth from Birmingham representing for the…
State’s albums of the decade – 30 to 21
As we approach the business end of our albums of the decade poll, some of the major names of the past ten years make their first appearance alongside some less familiar faces. There’s a string showing from one of the most acclaimed Irish albums of recent years, a hip-hop classic and one of the…
State’s albums of the decade – 40 to 31
Round two of our great noughties album round up finds another suitably eclectic selection from the State team, taking in hip-hop, pop punk, dubstep, Americana, dance and plain old rock. Spanning the years from 2000 right up till this the past twelve months, consider their selections and let us know what you think below.…
State’s albums of the decade – 50 to 41
When we asked for the collected wisdom of the State writers for their choices for the albums of the decade, little did we expect such a bewilderingly wide ranging response. In total, there were votes for around 250 albums – which says a lot for both that collected wisdom and the decade itself. Here…
