Before we begin looking ahead in 2010, the entire month of January will be devoted to looking back; back at the last ten years (and maybe even beyond) and determining just what the hell was so great about it anyway, before we go making any more rash decisions in the new decade…
That being said, BME is going to kick it all off with a week long look at the 100 greatest albums of the last ten years. This list is by no means all inclusive. In fact it is highly exclusive, as it merely represents the top (roughly) ten percent of all the albums that have been released in the previous decade, that are either currently or have at one time been in my possession. This may seem like an arduous undertaking, to sift through over 1000 records which are all equally valid and essentially decent artistic undertakings (with a few exceptions), but it was made infinitely easier once the decision to include a whole slew of superlative subcategories to assuage the guilt of personally cutting a few favorites from The List. So while at first 100 seemed like too many, now 1000 seems like nowhere near enough, but 2010 is just beginning and it doesn’t look like we’re going to run out of anything to listen to (or talk about) any time soon.
Will 2010 be the year that Hip Hop finally decides to kill the vocoder effect, or will it be the other way around? Will Lenny Kravitz join up with Aerosmith (as rumored) and drive one more nail into the coffin of Rock and Roll? Will we see a retro return to analog sound? Until 2010 grows a pair and stars defining itself, what say we all relax and bask in the warming glow of nostalgia for the extremely recent past. Tune in tomorrow.
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