All Songs Considered
The 50 Most Important Recordings Of The Decade: A-C
All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade begins with composer John Adams and runs through Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
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- On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams
- Funeral by Arcade Fire
- These Are the Vistas by The Bad Plus
- Dangerously in Love by Beyonce
- For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
- Untrue by Burial
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Dangerously in Love by Beyonce
- On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams
- Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective
- Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective
- Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective
- On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams
- In the Heart of the Moon by Ali Farka Toure/Toumani Diabate









