Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s
by 
Arthurknight 
I've recently gone back and updated this as part of a bigger project of properly organising my 2000s collection into year-by-year 100 lists. This was also a vein attempt to feel like I know more about this period of music, since simply put I really don't - but I at least know more now even as I continue to feel like I'm just scratching the surface.
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- Chart updated: 10/23/2022 13:15
- (Created: 02/11/2016 02:43).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"It's all the same shit but they call it clouddead,
I only got two hands and half a head..."
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"It's all the same shit but they call it clouddead,
I only got two hands and half a head..."
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Year of Release:
2001
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612
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"Flies are buzzing 'round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones."
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"Flies are buzzing 'round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones."
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Year of Release:
2000
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42,324
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"I went out last night to forget that
I went out and stared it down
But the moon just stared back at me
And in its light I saw my two feet on the ground."
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"I went out last night to forget that
I went out and stared it down
But the moon just stared back at me
And in its light I saw my two feet on the ground."
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Year of Release:
2001
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7,680
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Year of Release:
2004
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14,302
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Year of Release:
2007
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11,942
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"Maybe this is how all young ideas die,
But they didn't have to die."
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"Maybe this is how all young ideas die,
But they didn't have to die."
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"Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that
Now you're all gone, got your make-up on and you're not coming back."
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"Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that
Now you're all gone, got your make-up on and you're not coming back."
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Year of Release:
2002
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5,509
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"Did you really believe
C'mon, did you really believe
That everyone makes it out?"
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"Did you really believe
C'mon, did you really believe
That everyone makes it out?"
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Year of Release:
2003
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Rank Score:
3,564
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Year of Release:
2003
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2,026
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Year of Release:
2003
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 14 | 14% | |
| 2001 | 17 | 17% | |
| 2002 | 6 | 6% | |
| 2003 | 14 | 14% | |
| 2004 | 7 | 7% | |
| 2005 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 9 | 9% | |
| 2007 | 9 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2009 | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| The Microphones | 3 | 3% | |
| Broadcast | 2 | 2% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 2 | 2% | |
| Animal Collective | 2 | 2% | |
| Songs: Ohia | 2 | 2% | |
| Sweet Trip | 2 | 2% | |
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57 | 57% | |
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18 | 18% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 04/01/2021 14:47 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2017 16:19 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
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From buzzdainer 10/20/2016 00:50 | #177198
buzzdainer 10/20/2016 00:50 | #177198
This is an outstanding 2000s chart, with a nice combination of obvious classics and under-the-radar growers. I love Funeral (I know everyone does, but it's for good reason), Illinois, Sound of Silver, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and lots of your other selections. I'm very intrigued by Unsolved as your #1 pick--I've never heard it, but it's evidently something I need to check out. Thanks for sharing this chart!
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