Major music site Soribada chose the top 100 best albums of the 2000’s and began revealing a bit of the list each day since September 30th. The list will run for a total of 100 days until finally revealing the full list on January 14, 2011.
Soribada stated, “We chose these albums with 39 music professionals including music critics, journalists, composers and writers, that work with major music magazine, ‘100 Beat.‘”
The CEO of Soribada, Yang Jung Hwan, continued, “Music reflects the life style of its generation and holds so much more meaning in its content. We believe that this list is a necessity not only to look back at the memories of the past 10 years but to advance the current music market and to hopefully predict the future. In order to fulfill such meaning, Soribada has agreed to participate in the project in finding the top 100 albums of the first ten years.”
As of October 7th, ranks 71 through 100 have been revealed.
100. Jang Giha and Faces – “Living Without Trouble” (2009)
99. Nastyona – “Bye Bye My Sweet Honey” (2004)
98. Gumx – “What’s Been Up?” (2003)
97. Kim Chang Wan Band – “Bus” (2009)
96. The Moonshiners – “White Book of Escapades” (2009)
95. Shadow Palace – “Shadow Palace” (2007)
94. Mustangs – “The Mustangs” (2006)
93. Underwear Band – “Cruise Ship of Love” (2003)
92. Go Chan Yong – “After 10 Years Absence” (2006)
91. Rhyme Attack & Mild Beat – “Message from Underground” (2006)
90. Method – “Spiritual Reinforcement” (2009)
89. Im In Geon – “The Tree That Became A Piano” (2004)
88. Mohave – “Machine Kid” (2003)
87. Raphael Saadiq – “The Way I See It” (2008)
86. Oh Ji Eun – “Ji Eun” (2007)
85. Swallow – “Aresco” (2005)
84. T – “As Time Goes By” (2001)
83. Seo Taiji – “I’m An Utraman” (2000)
82. Na Yoon Seon – “Memory Lane” (2007)
81. Malo – “The Loss of Cherry Blossoms” (2003)
80. Delispice – “D” (2001)
79. Taeyang – “HOT” (2008)
78. Miyeon & Park Jae Cheon – “Queen & King” (2005)
77. Jo Kyu Chan – “Guitology” (2005)
76. TrioLogue – “Speak Low” (2005)
75. Julia Hart – “Light Breath” (2001)
74. Huckleberry Finn – “Illusion… My Disillusionment” (2007)
73. Song Young Ju – “Love Never Falls” (2009)
72. Epik High – “Map of the Human Soul” (2003)
71. Kim Chang Ki – “The Esthetics of Falling” (2000)
Survey participants:
Kang Il Kwon (Editor in chief of webzine “Dreamer”), Kim Kyung Jin (Pop music critic), Kim Kwang Hyun (Editor in chief of “Jazz People”), Kim Do Hoon (Journalist Cine21), Kim Bong Hyun (Pop music critic), Kim Yang Su (Artist, pop music critic), Kim Young Jin (Writer for webzine “Wave”), Kim Young Hyuk (Sony BMG), Kim Yun Ha (Pop music critic), Kim Ja Ga (Pop music critic), Kim Jung Wee (Pop music critic), Kim Hak Seon (Editor in chief of webzine “See”), Kim Hyun Joon (Jazz music critic), Na Do Won (Pop music critic), Moon Jung Ho (Writer for webzine “See”), Park Eun Seok (Pop music critic), Park Jung Yong (Pop music critic), Bae Sun Tak (Writer for “Music Camp”), Seo Sung Duk (Writer for webzine “See”), Seo Jung MIn Kap (Writer for webzine “See”), Song Myung Ha (Pop music critic), Ye Dong Hyun (Writer for webzine “Dreamer”), Yoo Jung Hoon (Director of “Music Land” contents), Yoon Ho Jun (Writer for webzine “Music Tastes Y”), Lee Kyung Jun (Pop music critic), Lee Min Hee (Pop music critic), Lee Tae Hoon (Online business team for “Scent Music”), Lee Ho Young (Pop music critic), Jo Il Dong (Writer for webzine “Music Tastes Y”), Cha Woo Jin (Writer for webzine “Wave”), Choi Kyu Yong (Pop music critic), Choi Min Woo (Editor in chief of webzine “Wave”), Choi Sung Woo (Writer for webzine “Wave”), Choi Ji Seon (Pop music critic), Choi Ji Ho (Writer for webzine “Music Tastes Y”), Hyung Yun Sun (Planning team for Soribada)
It was somewhat unexpected that the first solo entrant of Big Bang is Taeyang. Compared with G-dragon or T.O.P, who openly show their individual impressions and dynamic energy, Taeyang has had a relatively docile image. But the moment [HOT] was released, we could recognize his long patience and step by step preparations. He looked like he had been preparing everything to be an entertainer – not only the album, but also embracing songs that are not easy, perfecting his performance, and developing a muscular visual.
Thanks to that, at the time this album was released, Taeyang came into the spotlight [in a manner] that is close to a syndrome. His star quality has been proven as not Big Bang’s Taeyang but Taeyang himself. For example, Taeyang was practically perfect in the music video of ‘Look Only At Me’, but apart from the visual, the perfection of the album itself was worth it on its own merits. Except for the intro, the five songs were flawless enough for each to be released as a single. It is a 2-year old album, but still sounds polished even now, and it has every element that an Urban R&B record should possess.
Taeyang’s [HOT] is a vivid example that shows the result when a singer’s clear vision and approach to reach his goals merge with his personal talent and appropriate training. Such cases are usually discovered among foreign idol stars. Justin Timberlake was so, and Usher was so too. They have showed great results from not only for their star quality but also on [the quality] of their albums themselves. On the other hand, Korean idols have not been like that. A bunch of them were of half buried [unknown] members and half good-looking poster children, and after the groups have broken up, they would often disappear without ever having done activities. This is because they themselves haven’t been prepared. They might have done hard work in their own ways, but not all hard-workers mean they’re doing well. They can’t reach good results without goals and direction. [HOT] is an album that clearly proves what Taeyang was going for and what preparations he has had to achieve that. In that way, for listeners as well as Taeyang, [HOT] is an album that has showed, that well-prepared idols who have existed just in foreign countries, are possible in Korea, too.
DASSS SOOOO GREAT!!!!!!! SUCK IT HATERS!!!!!!!! AAAHHHHAAA!!!!!!!!!!! YESSS HE IS AND HE WILL BE FOREVER THE BEEEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAEYANG always VIP*.*
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