Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s by Mercury

Okay, continuing my updates on my charts, here is my totally updated 2000-2009 chart. Some great great stuff right here.

As always I love recommendations so if you think of something you think I would love based off what you see here or know about me, please do drop a comment and let me know.

Okay, peace.
-Ryan

• Chart updated: 07/23/2022 21:45
• (Created: 03/26/2013 22:59).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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1. (3) 2

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 

 Wilco

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[First added to this chart: 03/26/2013]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,637 charts

Rank Score:

20,591

Rank in 2002:

1

Rank in 2000s:

6

Overall Rank:

48

Average Rating:

 85 (1,914 votes)

Comments:

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2. (1) 1

Time (The Revelator) 

 Gillian Welch

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[First added to this chart: 04/17/2015]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

1,327

Rank in 2001:

21

Rank in 2000s:

207

Overall Rank:

1,319

Average Rating:

 77 (197 votes)

Comments:

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3. (4) 1

Heartbreaker 

 Ryan Adams

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[First added to this chart: 03/26/2013]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

316 charts

Rank Score:

1,679

Rank in 2000:

21

Rank in 2000s:

163

Overall Rank:

1,056

Average Rating:

 77 (390 votes)

Comments:

19

4. (2) 2

Prowler In The Yard 

 Pig Destroyer

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[First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

268

Rank in 2001:

94

Rank in 2000s:

884

Overall Rank:

5,014

Average Rating:

 73 (25 votes)

Comments:

3

5. (14) 9

Crack The Skye 

 Mastodon

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2021]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

258 charts

Rank Score:

1,701

Rank in 2009:

13

Rank in 2000s:

161

Overall Rank:

1,042

Average Rating:

 80 (358 votes)

Comments:

15

6. (5) 1

Leviathan 

 Mastodon

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[First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,237

Rank in 2004:

23

Rank in 2000s:

221

Overall Rank:

1,402

Average Rating:

 82 (299 votes)

Comments:

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7. (6) 1

The Magnolia Electric Co. 

 Songs: Ohia

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[First added to this chart: 04/11/2015]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

278 charts

Rank Score:

3,334

Rank in 2003:

9

Rank in 2000s:

87

Overall Rank:

541

Average Rating:

 82 (270 votes)

Comments:

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8. (7) 1

Mama's Gun 

 Erykah Badu

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[First added to this chart: 01/17/2021]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

1,524

Rank in 2000:

22

Rank in 2000s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,165

Average Rating:

 78 (205 votes)

Comments:

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9. (8) 1

Everything Is Fire 

 Ulcerate

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[First added to this chart: 11/16/2021]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

43

Rank in 2009:

444

Rank in 2000s:

4,320

Overall Rank:

22,572

Average Rating:

 75 (11 votes)

Comments:

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10. (9) 1

You Forgot It In People 

 Broken Social Scene

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[First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

614 charts

Rank Score:

6,154

Rank in 2002:

6

Rank in 2000s:

46

Overall Rank:

291

Average Rating:

 83 (692 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%
2000	12	12%
2001	15	15%
2002	8	8%
2003	13	13%
2004	6	6%
2005	7	7%
2006	15	15%
2007	10	10%
2008	9	9%
2009	5	5%

Artist	Albums	%
Kanye West	4	4%
Mastodon	4	4%
The White Stripes	3	3%
Erykah Badu	2	2%
Death Cab For Cutie	2	2%
Bob Dylan	2	2%
Joe Henry	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	82	82%
	5	5%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 9 from 14th to 5th Crack The Skye by Mastodon
Up 2 from 3rd to 1st Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
Up 1 from 4th to 3rd Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

Biggest fallers
Down 2 from 2nd to 4th Prowler In The Yard by Pig Destroyer
Down 1 from 1st to 2nd Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
Down 1 from 5th to 6th Leviathan by Mastodon

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80/100	03/25/2023 03:48	mickilennial	718	77/100
75/100	03/14/2023 10:14	Moondance	454	84/100
95/100	03/14/2023 08:42	ssteve	207	92/100
100/100	09/02/2021 23:18	Rhyner	1,382	99/100
100/100	09/02/2021 19:28	DJENNY	4,409	100/100

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From Mercury 03/14/2023 14:05

Yeah that is wild. That’s due to a great majority of my favorite albums being from the US in this decade. Also country AMERICAna generally mostly comes from US and I like that stuff a good deal.

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From Moondance 03/14/2023 10:20

With 82 albums from the US, I feel like something is seriously missing here.

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From CrunchyFrog 09/01/2021 13:09

I love how your list has albums I love as well as albums I've never heard of.

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From Johnnyo 09/01/2021 09:00

Great chart. Outstanding top 4.

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80/100

From Larcx13 02/09/2021 17:51

Nice to see A Long Hot Summer elsewhere than my own charts.

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85/100

From platus 09/30/2017 07:23

Nice one, Mercury!

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From Lgk21 09/29/2017 22:19

Really great representation of the decade. I agree with your number one, Heartbreaker, as being the best album produced in those ten years, what a great record.

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From louisjwyatt 09/29/2017 17:43

Aside from the fact that I'm not really a fan of the Strokes, I'm loving this chart! Heartbreaker is a great No. 1 pick, and I think Photo Album is Death Cab's most underrated release. Lots of great stuff here. Also nice to see Unwound represented.

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100/100

From panapsal 09/29/2017 17:34

100/100 for Josh Ritter

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From HoldenM 09/29/2017 09:41

STILL SAD I CAN'T RANK THIS HIGHER.

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