The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s
by Pitchfork (2009)

Pitchfork is an American online music publication. These are their best albums of 2000s.
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Kid A 

 Radiohead

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,214 charts

Rank Score:

42,337

Rank in 2000:

1

Rank in 2000s:

2

Overall Rank:

9

Average Rating:

 89 (4,462 votes)

Comments:

562

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,891 charts

Rank Score:

34,263

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,662 votes)

Comments:

401

3.

Discovery 

 Daft Punk

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,048 charts

Rank Score:

9,996

Rank in 2001:

3

Rank in 2000s:

19

Overall Rank:

139

Average Rating:

 83 (1,428 votes)

Comments:

88

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 

 Wilco

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,678 charts

Rank Score:

17,162

Rank in 2002:

1

Rank in 2000s:

6

Overall Rank:

61

Average Rating:

 85 (1,962 votes)

Comments:

173

5.

The Blueprint 

 Jay-Z

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

535 charts

Rank Score:

3,345

Rank in 2001:

10

Rank in 2000s:

85

Overall Rank:

521

Average Rating:

 78 (726 votes)

Comments:

37

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The Moon & Antarctica 

 Modest Mouse

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,022 charts

Rank Score:

8,823

Rank in 2000:

3

Rank in 2000s:

26

Overall Rank:

166

Average Rating:

 84 (1,270 votes)

Comments:

96

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Is This It 

 The Strokes

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,467 charts

Rank Score:

28,494

Rank in 2001:

1

Rank in 2000s:

4

Overall Rank:

24

Average Rating:

 86 (3,031 votes)

Comments:

277

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Ágætis Byrjun 

 Sigur Rós

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Year of Release:

1999*

Appears in:

1,406 charts

Rank Score:

15,008

Rank in 1999:

1

Rank in 1990s:

14

Overall Rank:

80

Average Rating:

 86 (1,717 votes)

Comments:

139

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Person Pitch 

 Panda Bear

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Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

511 charts

Rank Score:

3,542

Rank in 2007:

12

Rank in 2000s:

80

Overall Rank:

489

Average Rating:

 81 (652 votes)

Comments:

38

10.

Since I Left You 

 The Avalanches

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

838 charts

Rank Score:

7,730

Rank in 2000:

4

Rank in 2000s:

32

Overall Rank:

198

Average Rating:

 82 (944 votes)

Comments:

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The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s composition

Country	Albums	%
	60	60%
	15	15%
	6	6%
	5	5%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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There are 22 charts from recognised sources for 2000s (3 are listed below). There are also 835 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Greatest Albums of the 2000s	Ultimate Record Collection (Magazine)	2000s decade chart	2024
Los 35 mejores discos de la década de los 2000	Esquire España	2000s decade chart	2023
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The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s	Pitchfork	2010s decade chart	2019
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The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s	Pitchfork	1990s decade chart	2022
Top 100 Albums of the 1990s	Pitchfork	1990s decade chart	2003
Top 100 Albums of the 1980s	Pitchfork	1980s decade chart	2002
The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s	Pitchfork	1980s decade chart	2018
Top 100 Albums of the 1970s	Pitchfork	1970s decade chart	2004
Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	Pitchfork	1960s decade chart	2017

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
85/100  !	11/11/2023 06:36	Purplepash	1,689	88/100
65/100  !	12/11/2020 08:01	pjohnsongolf	272	89/100
35/100  !	11/11/2020 13:06	Larcx13	1,145	86/100
100/100  !	07/27/2020 14:39	Timestarter	114	90/100
75/100  !	03/15/2020 18:48	Boltzmann	247	79/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 15.8.

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From Boltzmann 03/15/2020 18:51 | #248769

Imagine calling Pitchfork a "powerful source of music knowledge".
Okay chart though, it's what you would expect from Pitchfork.

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From Timbo1564 01/18/2020 02:23 | #246951

Like #1 and #2

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2017 21:27 | #203404

Here's where it's okay. But...MMLP??

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2017 21:25 | #203403

Here's where it's okay

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2017 21:24 | #203402

We got the same kinda 2000-taste. Respect!!!!!!!

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From calsper 04/20/2015 11:38 | #139891

Great chart from a powerful source of music knowledge!

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From gon2bed 02/07/2015 14:55 | #134291

Love 9 of the albums, so quite good but no Massive Attack, Muse or coldplay, they have great albums.

Great they have Radiohead but not too much else to latch onto.

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From 9999 09/12/2014 23:28 | #121842

Well, I disagree with several choices (Yoshimi is criminally underrated and Kid A wouldn't be my number one), but you can't deny the strenght of the chart as a whole.

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90/100

From fdistani 12/05/2013 21:46 | #96449

yoshimi is top 10 material

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From EyeKanFly 06/30/2013 14:52 | #80119

This is definitely a pretty solid chart. I can't decide if I like this or NME better. Like NME, the order of the albums bothers me a little, but overall the album selection is nice. However, I'm a little inclined to tilt toward the NME list because Pitchfork has no Muse :(

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