Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
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2000s decade summaryThe best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Wilco and Animal Collective.
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"Rock and roll fans who have yet to delve into the Drive By Truckers' entire catalog have no idea what they are missing. They rock incredibly hard, are alternately smart, funny and righteous, feature multiple talented songwriters, and put on a killer live show."  Reply
- EveryCheapHood | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2008
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2000
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349
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2000
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"I saw play Xiu Xiu play Santa Cruz, (California) this year. It was a pretty small venue/restaurant. Jamie Stewart's performance was unique. It looked like he dreaded playing "I Luv The Valley, Oh !". The Neo-Hippie's all loved that song & sang along. If you ever get a chance to see this band live..."  [+]  Reply
- 247joelnetwork | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2004
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"Great album. If you like DOOM's other works than you shouldn't be disappointed. 'Take Me To Your Leader' has many instrumental tracks on it with TV and movie samples pieced together to tell stories of King Geedorah, a 3 headed monster from space. These are mostly taken from old Godzilla movies, a..."  [+]  Reply
- Lachapelle | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2003
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"Good compilation that could serve as a fantastic introduction to the Beatles. But once you learn to love the albums themselves you don't have much need for this."  Reply
- | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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Top rated album (85/100 - 642 votes)  85 (642 votes)
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2005
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