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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Mass Romantic 

 The New Pornographers

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

163 charts

Rank Score:

562

Rank in 2000:

50

Rank in 2000s:

465

Overall Rank:

2,754

Average Rating:

 78 (171 votes)

Comments:

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Vespertine 

 Björk

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

9,623

Rank in 2001:

4

Rank in 2000s:

26

Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

 83 (970 votes)

Comments:

58

93.

As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 

 2 Many DJs

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

196

Rank in 2002:

128

Rank in 2000s:

1,183

Overall Rank:

6,571

Average Rating:

 76 (30 votes)

Comments:

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94.

Mclusky Do Dallas 

 Mclusky

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

562

Rank in 2002:

46

Rank in 2000s:

466

Overall Rank:

2,755

Average Rating:

 77 (95 votes)

Comments:

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95.

Yellow House 

 Grizzly Bear

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Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

235 charts

Rank Score:

1,250

Rank in 2006:

17

Rank in 2000s:

219

Overall Rank:

1,391

Average Rating:

 77 (320 votes)

Comments:

15

96.

Girls Can Tell 

 Spoon

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

497

Rank in 2001:

54

Rank in 2000s:

524

Overall Rank:

3,031

Average Rating:

 79 (185 votes)

Comments:

6

97.

Change 

 The Dismemberment Plan

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 2001:

83

Rank in 2000s:

779

Overall Rank:

4,446

Average Rating:

 78 (87 votes)

Comments:

5

98.

You Are Free 

 Cat Power

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Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

1,178

Rank in 2003:

28

Rank in 2000s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,476

Average Rating:

 79 (230 votes)

Comments:

6

99.

Da Drought 3 

 Lil Wayne

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Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

64

Rank in 2007:

331

Rank in 2000s:

3,155

Overall Rank:

16,878

Average Rating:

 63 (35 votes)

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100.

Source Tags & Codes 

 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

937

Rank in 2002:

30

Rank in 2000s:

292

Overall Rank:

1,799

Average Rating:

 76 (217 votes)

Comments:

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The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%
2000	13	13%
2001	14	14%
2002	12	12%
2003	11	11%
2004	6	6%
2005	9	9%
2006	13	13%
2007	11	11%
2008	6	6%
2009	3	3%

Artist	Albums	%
Kanye West	3	3%
Spoon	3	3%
Radiohead	3	3%
Animal Collective	3	3%
Jay-Z	2	2%
Grizzly Bear	2	2%
Sufjan Stevens	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	61	61%
	15	15%
	6	6%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
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Other 2000s decade charts

Listed below are 16 charts from recognised sources for 2000s. There are also 810 user submitted charts covering this period.

• The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2000s by The A.V. Club (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• CoS Top of the Decade: The Albums by Consequence of Sound (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s by FACT (2000s decade chart) (published 2010)
• FM4 Heroes of The Zeroes by FM4 (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
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• BEST OF 2001-2010: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2000s decade chart) (published 2011)
• Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s by New Music Express (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• The 50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009) by Paste (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s by Pitchfork (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• Die 100 besten Alben der 2000er Jahre by Popkultur.de (2000s decade chart) (published 2021)
• 100 Best Albums of the 2000s by Rolling Stone (2000s decade chart) (published 2011)
• Best of the Aughts: Albums by Slant Magazine (2000s decade chart) (published 2010)
• 250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 00er by Sounds (DE) (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• StuBru albums of 2000s by StuBru (2000s decade chart) (published 2017)
• Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009 by Tiny Mix Tapes (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)
• Uncut's Albums of 2000s by Uncut (2000s decade chart) (published 2009)

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Decade charts

• The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)
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Overall charts

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85/100	11/11/2023 06:36	Purplepash	1,303	88/100
65/100	12/11/2020 08:01	pjohnsongolf	273	89/100
35/100	11/11/2020 13:06	Larcx13	1,090	86/100
100/100	07/27/2020 14:39	Timestarter	114	90/100
75/100	03/15/2020 18:48	Boltzmann	250	79/100

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From Boltzmann 03/15/2020 18:51

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

Like #1 and #2

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2017 21:27

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

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2017 21:25

Here's where it's okay

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From DommeDamian 12/17/2017 21:24

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

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From calsper 04/20/2015 11:38

Great chart from a powerful source of music knowledge!

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From gon2bed 02/07/2015 14:55

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

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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From fdistani 12/05/2013 21:46

yoshimi is top 10 material

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From EyeKanFly 06/30/2013 14:52

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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