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	922	186,266	Kid A (8th) by Radiohead
2001	953	171,034	Is This It (27th) by The Strokes
2002	981	175,930	A Rush Of Blood To The Head (56th) by Coldplay
2003	1,116	157,562	Elephant (49th) by The White Stripes
2004	1,110	183,542	Funeral (10th) by Arcade Fire
2005	1,203	147,696	Illinois (91st) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	1,285	150,887	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (52nd) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	1,333	218,763	In Rainbows (16th) by Radiohead
2008	1,315	134,008	Fleet Foxes (90th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	1,386	137,419	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	11,604	1,663,106

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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931.

Easy Beat

Dr. Dog

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 2005:	93	Rank Score:	230
Rank in 2000s	931	Overall Rank:	3,433
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932.

From Here We Go Sublime

The Field

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2007:	109	Rank Score:	230
Rank in 2000s	932	Overall Rank:	3,435
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933.

He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...

A Silver Mt. Zion

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 2000:	82	Rank Score:	230
Rank in 2000s	933	Overall Rank:	3,436
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934.

Absynthe Minded

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 2009:	94	Rank Score:	230
Rank in 2000s	934	Overall Rank:	3,441
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935.

Juturna

Circa Survive

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 2005:	94	Rank Score:	230
Rank in 2000s	935	Overall Rank:	3,444
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936.

Playing The Angel

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	17 charts
Rank in 2005:	95	Rank Score:	229
Rank in 2000s	936	Overall Rank:	3,445
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937.

Pleased To Meet You

James

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 2001:	88	Rank Score:	229
Rank in 2000s	937	Overall Rank:	3,451
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938.

Team Sleep

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	6 charts
Rank in 2005:	96	Rank Score:	228
Rank in 2000s	938	Overall Rank:	3,453
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939.

Chopin: Nocturnes & Preludes

Samson François

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 2002:	91	Rank Score:	228
Rank in 2000s	939	Overall Rank:	3,458
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940.

Supersilent

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2003:	93	Rank Score:	227
Rank in 2000s	940	Overall Rank:	3,462
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	83	8%
2001	93	9%
2002	95	10%
2003	96	10%
2004	94	9%
2005	103	10%
2006	104	10%
2007	118	12%
2008	114	11%
2009	100	10%

Band	Albums	%

Animal Collective	7	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	569	57%
	225	23%
	60	6%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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