Top 100 best albums

[patrick bateman]

of the past decade...

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1144

some really really good music in this big list!

[ParanoidDancer]

Nice to see that they included 'the avalanches' at #7. Essential but sometimes overlooked album if you ask me.

[wax works]

Preferred FACT magazines list, but some awesome stuff on both.

[Del]

I remember Alcachofa blew me away when it was first released. What an awesome album

[ParanoidDancer]

I remember Alcachofa blew me away when it was first released. What an awesome album

I agree. Well deserved to be in the top spot as far as dance music goes. Also the description by RA takes you back to the first few time you heard it:

"For now" meant that there were ever-so-slight concessions to the masses. You would never hear the desiccated voice of "Easy Lee" nor would things ever get quite as easy as "Dexter" in a Villalobos track ever again. But the particular genius of Alcachofa is that you only realized that things like "Easy Lee" and "Dexter" were anthems after you listened to them for the second, third or 15th time. It's a nearly impossible trick, making tracks that kept you dancing but which still give up new secrets each time that you hear them. Seven years later, we're still hearing things. – Todd L. Burns

Villa's greatest achievement. (so far?)

[Themis]

yeah maybe, also the fabric mix was really something wonderful

why it doesnt count as album?

[shypht]

Easy Lee is one of my all around least-favorite tracks. Any time I download a set and hear that song, it makes me cringe.

I find it odd, that for all of the other amazing tracks he has - Easy Lee is the one most people seem to go off about, but it rubs me the wrong way to no end.

[patrick bateman]

15. The Other People Place - Lifestyles of the Laptop Café

Love this one!