Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 greatest album charts.

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2000s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2000	915	186,258	Kid A (9th) by Radiohead
2001	947	171,004	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	975	176,230	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,109	157,118	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,109	183,368	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,196	147,804	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,281	151,010	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,323	218,183	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,310	134,020	Fleet Foxes (88th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,375	137,274	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,540	1,662,271

The best bands of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, The Strokes, Muse, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective, Wilco and Modest Mouse.

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181.

I Am A Bird Now

Antony And The Johnsons

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	72 charts
Rank in 2005:	19	Rank Score:	1,286
Rank in 2000s	181	Overall Rank:	858
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182.

The Back Room

Editors

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	44 charts
Rank in 2005:	20	Rank Score:	1,280
Rank in 2000s	182	Overall Rank:	862
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183.

In Between Dreams

Jack Johnson

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	49 charts
Rank in 2005:	21	Rank Score:	1,264
Rank in 2000s	183	Overall Rank:	873
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184.

Seven Swans

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	49 charts
Rank in 2004:	18	Rank Score:	1,260
Rank in 2000s	184	Overall Rank:	874
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185.

No More Shall We Part

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	46 charts
Rank in 2001:	18	Rank Score:	1,258
Rank in 2000s	185	Overall Rank:	877
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186.

Crack The Skye

Mastodon

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	38 charts
Rank in 2009:	17	Rank Score:	1,257
Rank in 2000s	186	Overall Rank:	879
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187.

Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

Blink-182

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 2001:	19	Rank Score:	1,254
Rank in 2000s	187	Overall Rank:	882
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188.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 2005:	22	Rank Score:	1,239
Rank in 2000s	188	Overall Rank:	891
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189.

Raising Sand

Robert Plant And Alison Krauss

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 2007:	27	Rank Score:	1,232
Rank in 2000s	189	Overall Rank:	895
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190.

Antidotes

Foals

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	42 charts
Rank in 2008:	12	Rank Score:	1,222
Rank in 2000s	190	Overall Rank:	900
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	94	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	94	9%
2004	94	9%
2005	101	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	120	12%
2008	115	12%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Muse	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	569	57%
	228	23%
	58	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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