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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2001
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607
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10/10
"Flies are buzzing 'round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones."
_ [First added to this chart: 05/16/2016]
"Flies are buzzing 'round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones."
_ [First added to this chart: 05/16/2016]
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2000
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39,232
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10/10
"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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2001
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7,142
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10/10
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
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Year of Release:
2004
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13,283
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9.5/10
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
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Year of Release:
2007
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11,417
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9.5/10
"Maybe this is how all young ideas die,
But they didn't have to die."
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
"Maybe this is how all young ideas die,
But they didn't have to die."
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9.5/10
"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."
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
Year of Release:
2002
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5,283
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9.5/10
"Did you really believe
C'mon, did you really believe
That everyone makes it out?"
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
"Did you really believe
C'mon, did you really believe
That everyone makes it out?"
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
Year of Release:
2003
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Rank Score:
3,811
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9.5/10
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
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2003
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1,979
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9.5/10
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
_ [First added to this chart: 02/10/2016]
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2003
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1,131
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Phil Elverum | 3 | 3% | |
| Animal Collective | 3 | 3% | |
| Radiohead | 3 | 3% | |
| Broadcast | 2 | 2% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 2 | 2% | |
| Jason Molina | 2 | 2% | |
| Sweet Trip | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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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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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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