100 Best Albums of the 2000s
by Rolling Stone (2011) 
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 2000s.
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100 Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 13 | 13% | |
| 2001 | 14 | 14% | |
| 2002 | 14 | 14% | |
| 2003 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2005 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2006 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2007 | 10 | 10% | |
| 2008 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2009 | 2 | 2% |
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| Kanye West | 4 | 4% | |
| Radiohead | 4 | 4% | |
| Coldplay | 3 | 3% | |
| Kings Of Leon | 3 | 3% | |
| U2 | 3 | 3% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
| TV On The Radio | 2 | 2% | |
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Other 2000s decade charts
A total of 22 charts from recognised sources are available for 2000s, with the 3 most prominent highlighted below. Additionally, there are 845 user submitted charts covering this period.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Albums of the 2000s | Rolling Stone | 2000s decade chart | 2011 | |
| The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s | Pitchfork | 2000s decade chart | 2009 | |
| Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s | New Music Express | 2000s decade chart | 2009 | |
Other charts by Rolling Stone
A total of 45 charts from Rolling Stone are available; the 3 most recent of this type are highlighted below.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| 100 Best Albums of the 2010s | Rolling Stone | 2010s decade chart | 2019 | |
| 100 Best Albums of the 2000s | Rolling Stone | 2000s decade chart | 2011 | |
| 100 Best Albums of the Nineties | Rolling Stone | 1990s decade chart | 2010 | |
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pantoffeljoscha 07/05/2015 14:56 | #145178
Well, generally not a bad chart, but for me to much repetitions. I can understand that Radiohead has to appear not only once, but to list every album of Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Bruce Springsteen is a little bit too much for me. That makes the list look like chart of a fan and not of journalists. And please: Sufjan Stevens Illinois on 78?? Come on, guys! I am a big Sufjan fan, but serious: from the musical point of view (instrumentation, melodies, arragement) it is worse than 77 other albums in the 2000s? Objectively speeking. Worse than Stadium Arcadium???
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ledemoncleaner 08/10/2015 16:29 | #147454
ledemoncleaner 08/10/2015 16:29 | #147454
Just as bad as the 90s chart. The top 10 isn't too bad but like the 90's chart there's just as many baffling choices. All That You Can't Leave Behind and The Rising (I even really like the Rising, too) in the top 15? Amnesiac over In Rainbows? Tha Carter III is in the top 40 (hell, it shouldn't even be here)? No Line on The Horizon, considered by many to be the worst U2 album, is on the list? Illinois and For Emma, Forever Ago aren't even in the top half of the list? Stadium Arcadium is on the list? This is the same the RHCP album that had two big singles and a bunch of "meh" songs, right? Again, some good choices here, but most of them are overshadow by some absolutely maddening ones.
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Dakalicious 02/27/2017 13:58 | #186454
Here's a list of great albums that Rolling Stone put behind "Tha Carter III" by Lil Wayne that should NOT be behind "Tha Carter III" by Lil Wayne:
. Discovery (Daft Punk)
. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (P.J. Harvey)
. Late Registration (Kanye West)
. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Arctic Monkeys)
. Toxicity (System Of A Down)
. Parachutes (Coldplay)
. Illinois (Sufjan Stevens)
They put ILLINOIS by Sufjan Stevens behind Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne! That alone is enough to bring this list down. Also, Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós was released in 1999... why is it on this list?
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makerofbuckets TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/23/2014 04:20 | #129921
makerofbuckets TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/23/2014 04:20 | #129921
Only Rolling Stone would put a modern day Dylan album that high.
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Space-Dementia 08/08/2015 23:36 | #147361
Space-Dementia 08/08/2015 23:36 | #147361
It's not a bad list, but first of all, these guys need to stop obsessing over Bob Dylan, and second of all, is it really fair to say that Oracular Spectacular and a lot of other albums are better than In Rainbows? Really?
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