Playlistapalooza

The Decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings
Published: November 16, 2009

John Adams “On the Transmigration of Souls”
Song: On the Transmigration of Souls

Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavillion”
Song: My Girls

Arcade Fire “Funeral”
Song: Wake Up

The Bad Plus “These Are the Vistas”
Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Beyoncé “Dangerously in Love”
Song: Crazy in Love

Bon Iver “For Emma, Forever Ago”
Song: Skinny Love

Bright Eyes “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning”
Song: We Are Nowhere and It’s Now

Burial “Untrue”
Song: Archangel

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “Clap Your Hands Say Yeah”
Song: Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood

Kelly Clarkson “Breakaway”
Song: Since U Been Gone

Coldplay “A Rush of Blood to the Head”
Song: God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

Danger Mouse “Grey Album”
Song: 99 Problems

Death Cab for Cutie “Transatlanticism”
Song: Transatlanticism

The Decemberists “The Crane Wife”
Song: The Island/Come and See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel the Drowning

Eminem “Marshall Mathers LP”
Song: The Real Slim Shady

The Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”
Song: Do You Realize??

Osvaldo Golijov “La Pasión Segun San Marcos (Saint Mark’s Passion)”
Song: Por Que

Green Day “American Idiot”
Song: American Idiot

Iron & Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days”
Song: Passing Afternoon

Jay-Z “The Blueprint”
Song: Izzo (H.O.V.A.)

Norah Jones “Come Away with Me”
Song: Don’t Know Why

Juanes “Fijate Bien”
Song: Fijate Bien

LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
Song: North American Scum

Lil Wayne “Tha Carter III”
Song: A Milli

Little Brother “The Listening”
Song: The Listening

M.I.A “Kala”
Song: Paper Planes

Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble “Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet”
Song: Blue Little Flower

Mastodon “Leviathan”
Song: Blood and Thunder

Harry McClintock “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Song: Big Rock Candy Mountain

Jason Moran “Black Stars”
Song: Skitter In

OutKast “Stankonia”
Song: Ms. Jackson

Brad Paisley “5th Gear”
Song: Ticks

Panda Bear “Person Pitch”
Song: Bros

Robert Plant/Alison Krauss “Raising Sand”
Song: Please Read the Letter

The Postal Service “Give Up”
Song: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

Radiohead “In Rainbows”
Song: Nude

Radiohead “Kid A”
Song: Everything in Its Right Place

Shakira “Fijación Oral, Vol. 1”
Song: Tortura

The Shins “Garden State Soundtrack”
Song: New Slang

Sigur Rós “()”
Song: [Untitled Track 1]

Britney Spears “In The Zone”
Song: Toxic

Sufjan Stevens “Illinoise”
Song: Chicago

The Strokes “Is This It”
Song: Last Nite

The Swell Season “Once: Music from the Motion Picture”
Song: Falling Slowly

Ali Farka Touré/Toumani Diabate “In the Heart of the Moon”
Song: Naweye Toro

TV on the Radio “Return to Cookie Mountain”
Song: I Was A Lover

Kanye West “College Dropout”
Song: Jesus Walks

The White Stripes “White Blood Cells”
Song: Fell in Love with a Girl

Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
Song: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

Amy Winehouse “Back to Black”
Song: Rehab

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The Playlists do not include the albums from Bright Eyes, Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, Radiohead’s “In Rainbows”, Sufjan Stevens, all songs from Kanye West or the Garden State Soundtrack which are not available with the Zune Pass, but may all be purchased on the Zune Marketplace.