Number 9 album of the decade

David Crowder Band has been crafting unique worship songs for a while now, but their best album, A Collision, came out in 2005. DCB's first album, Can You Hear Us, was full of heartfelt worship songs and David's vocals added a sense of vulnerability not often found in worship music. Illuminate was an album of evolution. Remedy is DCB's most consistent album and this year's Church music is the dance worship album we all needed, but didn't know that we needed. A Collision has nuclear payloads for "epicness" as the album goes from worship to bluegrass to rock to an interview. I can't tell you how many times this album spun on my CD player, but it never get old.

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10 Favorite 2000-2009. Number: 10 Illinois-Sufjan Stevens

So I'm going to tell you my favorite albums of the last decade over the next few weeks. I hope you find something new. Sufjan Stevens' epic quest to record an album for each state may never come to fruition, but his second album in the adventure is a masterpiece. It is heralded by many to be the best album of the decade and it's fantastic. For me this album was a grower; I'll probably like it more at the end of the next decade than I do now. When I first heard it, it was different, weird and awkward, but now this album is what I pick up when I'm tired of all my music. As many times as I've listened to Illinois it never get's old. It's always fresh. If you choose to listen to this, do yourself a favor and listen to this album on headphones. There are so many intricacies to the music, you'll be blown away.

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens