National Public Radio (NPR) har kåret de 50 viktigste utgivelsene fra det siste tiåret, uavhengig av sjanger. ‘All Songs Considered’ inneholder utgivelser som har vært med på å forandre de musikalske spillereglene og som har vært spesielt innflytelsesrike og historisk viktige.

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The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi battles the pink robots

“In the follow-up to the lushly arranged critical favorite The Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips went even grander in scale in 2002, composing the post-apocalyptic concept album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Amidst soaring guitars, synth-driven soundscapes and thunderous drums, singer Wayne Coyne contemplates cosmic existentialism, loneliness and despair in uncertain times. Yoshimi revels in joyful exuberance and unmistakable positivity: “Do You Realize??” functions as the band’s unofficial theme song — and Oklahoma’s official state rock song — telling us that “life goes fast” and encouraging everyone to stop and appreciate all the little things.” — Mike Katzif

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Green Day – American Idiot

“Who would have predicted that the band behind an album called Dookie would return a decade later with a provocative examination of an America bloated by greed, junk food and prescription medications? American Idiot was released in 2004, and its title alone said a lot about the band’s view of America’s status in the world. On the surface, at least, it’s a concept record that tells the story of “Jesus of Suburbia,” an American everyman oblivious to his self-destructive life. Regardless of its intentions, American Idiot remains one of the decade’s fiercest and most ambitious rock records.” — Robin Hilton

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Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

“Sometimes a band gets lucky and captures exactly what it intended on a record. And sometimes, as happened here with Wilco, the process of recording triggers profound creative change, dislodging old patterns and opening up new ways of thinking. Wilco starts with terrifically trenchant, earnest songs about the redemptive powers of love and music (and love of music), and then builds wildly idiosyncratic layered accompaniments to suit them. Since the release of 2002′s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco’s guitar-based instrumental backdrops have become bolder and at times thrillingly ambitious, even as its songs have grown both more straightforward and more cryptic. This album contains the seeds for all that stuff, and then some. — Tom Moon”