I'm glad they didn't rank this based solely on the scores assigned upon release. I think it's pretty evident that the staff as a whole took stock of what albums had held up exceptionally well over the years (e.g. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was ranked number 11 on the '00-'04 list, but here it was number 4...which is much more fitting).
The only albums for which this list isn't "fair" are the recent releases, say those from 2008 and 2009, because they haven't had time to sink in with people like, say, Kid A or YHF or Funeral. Kid A still sounds fresh and exciting and revelatory 10 years later, and that's why it is number 1...however, who knows if something released recently is capable of usurping it. I guess we'll know in 5 years or so after the recent releases have had time to really "sink in."
(For the record, I don't think any recent release is better than Kid A, but that's my opinion. But I'd put Wilco's A Ghost Is Born at number 1, and I don't think it made the list at all. Oh well.)
Pitchfork hated (or at least really disliked) A Ghost Is Born, which I think is a crime; it was my favorite album of the decade. But hey, opinion is opinion, right?
What? Where in the world are you getting THAT comparison?
I thought this was a really good performance. Cornerstone is one of the strongest songs off the album, and it's definitely the best candidate for a single (when one addresses what can make singles successful).
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