As the oh so popularly-dubbed “noughties” come to a close, sweet nostalgia is seeping into the air and intoxicating those who had their fair share of interests vested in and ignited by the past decade. Polictics, wars, finances and natural disasters have ravaged our lands and become the most revisted events listed in mainstream media’s “farewell to the noughties” lists.

But art has also rippled across the surface of these devastating atrocities, infusing colour into bleak circumstances by inspiring much-needed social commentary and becoming that special, positive place that we all need to turn to sometimes.

This is the way that I see music; not as a commodity that is adored for it’s chart-topping success then forgotten the instant it plummets, but as something that is so precious it stands the test of time, something that can be revisted and reinterpreted, but most importantly, it’s that special place that understands you like no one or anything else does. Music is a universal creature; but the profound effect that takes place within our psyche each time we chuck on our favourite song is entirely individual. Those songs that make you believe it was written entirely for you, they’re the ones I’m talking about.

The “noughties” have provided me with an ample supply of songs that will forever be kept in my Itunes’ “My Tunes” playlist, top shelf in my CD rack and sheltered lovingly in a cool, dark place in my ever-growing vinyl collection.

So without further adieu, here are your writer’s Albums of the Decade:

2000 Queens Of The Stone Age Rated R

2001 Millionaire Outside The Simian Flock

2002 Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights

2003 Muse Absolution

2004 John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea

2005 The Mars Volta Frances The Mute

2006 The Strokes First Impressions Of Earth

2007 Xavier Rudd Food In The Belly

2008 The Presets Apocalypso

2009 Karnivool Sound Awake

What were your Albums of the Decade? We’d love to hear from you so drop us a line below!

- Carley Hall