As you might have seen yesterday in my best of the decade list, I LOVE Beulah. I'm such a sucker for Miles Kurosky's songwriting, and sadly, I didn't discover my love for Beulah until after their demise as a band. Every time I put on The Coast Is Never Clear, I wonder what it would have been like to see Beulah, and I always make some comment that they're one of the bands I would travel back in time to see if I could (also on that list - Elvis Costello in 1977-80 and REM 1980-84). And now, though it's not a Beulah reunion, it's good enough for me, Miles Kurosky is coming out with a new record this year titled The Desert of Shallow Effects, AND he's going to be playing with a full band in Seattle at the Tractor on April 10th!

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{Long Winters photo by Trickshot Photography}

Because I'm some kind of masochist and a total nerd, I've been slaving over this list, keeping it brief (harder than you'd think!) at my favorite 20 albums of the decade without duplicating a band (even harder). Side note: I've probably forgotten something I really, really love, so let's just call this how I feel right this minute. These are the albums I know every note and breath of by heart and I love as complete albums with all of my soul. These are albums that in my humble opinion have no skipable track and are works of beauty in their entirety. I'd also like to point out that these are my favorite albums, as I tend to shy away from calling them "the best", as really, it's just my opinion, and who am I to tell you that you're wrong for not liking these records? (Though, if you catch me in a potentially altered state, I may completely negate that and call any number of these THE GREATEST of all time and call you wrong to your face if you disagree.) I digress. Here they are!

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