Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
Wow! This was a weird year! Every album I though was eligible for this was 1999 which apparently was numbers wise my best year! It may give people a shock to see me not nominate the Smashing Pumpkins "retirement" c.d. "Machina" as my pick. It's a good album (Stand Inside Your Love) but honestly towards the bottom of their catalog IMO! I mean it followed their most brilliant work of "Adore" and as a bowing out I think I had way to high of expectations. Hell, I love everything from "Zeitgeist" to the "Teargarden...." material better. So with the thought process that 2,000 on was about new beginnings and it contained most of the best music I've ever heard I'll nominate adbut album by artist that represents one I'd be huge into in the decade but also one of many folk artist which would represent a genre I was into huge as well!
Ryan Adams-Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams-Heartbreaker