Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s
by Onater

My Top 10 songs of the 2000s
10. Joanna Newsom - Bridges And Balloons (The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004)
9. Broken Social Scene - It's All Gonna Break (Broken Social Scene, 2005)
8. Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002)
7. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (Funeral, 2004)
6. Joanna Newsom - Peach Plum Pear (The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004)
5. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (Sound Of Silver, 2007)
4. Animal Collective - Fireworks (Strawberry Jam, 2007)
3. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia (Ys, 2006)
2. Joanna Newsom - Sawdust And Diamonds (Ys, 2006)
1. Joanna Newsom - Only Skin (Ys, 2006)

• Chart updated: 03/23/2019 08:15
• (Created: 10/25/2016 07:17).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Ys 

 Joanna Newsom

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"And if the love of a woman or two, dear, couldn't move you to such heights, then all I can do is do, my darling, right by you."

I came scarily close to never giving this album a chance. When I first started listening to it, within the first few seconds I stopped it and went to listen to something else because I hated her voice and didn't think I'd be able to put up with it for a whole hour. Then I changed my mind again and decided to just listen to the whole thing, whether I like it or not. Now it's in my top 10, and she's one of my favourite singers. I'd say I made the right choice. Only Skin is particularly incredible: I legitimately sometimes find myself amazed that that track even exists.

Favourite Tracks: Only Skin, Emily, Sawdust And Diamonds [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

778 charts

Rank Score:

8,577

Rank in 2006:

2

Rank in 2000s:

27

Overall Rank:

174

Average Rating:

 82 (855 votes)

Comments:

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven 

 Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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"Because when you see the face of God, you will die, and there will be nothing left of you, except the God-man, the God-woman, the heavenly man, the heavenly woman the heavenly child."

I'm not poetic enough to describe this album. It's like the remains of the universe at the end, after all has been said and done. Just nothingness stretching out in every direction as the final echoes of everything that once was finally fade out. I've only listened to it start to finish 4 times because of how much it requires you to put into it, but those 4 times were more than enough to bring it up this high. Also, it is well known that this album only has 4 tracks, so, for favourite tracks, I've chosen the named track sections.

Favourite Tracks: Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven, Gathering Storm / Il Pleut À Mourir (+Clatters Like Worry), She Dreamt She Was A Bulldozer She Dreamt She Was Alone In An Empty Field, Chart #3 [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,114 charts

Rank Score:

13,007

Rank in 2000:

2

Rank in 2000s:

10

Overall Rank:

91

Average Rating:

 86 (1,332 votes)

Comments:

107

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Funeral 

 Arcade Fire

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"I carved your name across my eyelids. You pray for rain, I pray for blindness."

Like being eight years old and waking up to run to the window in awe on the first snow day of the year.

Favourite Tracks: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies), Crown Of Love, In The Backseat, Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,891 charts

Rank Score:

34,359

Rank in 2004:

1

Rank in 2000s:

3

Overall Rank:

15

Average Rating:

 88 (3,661 votes)

Comments:

401

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Illinois 

 Sufjan Stevens

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"Tuesday night at the Bible study, we lift our hands and pray over your body, but nothing ever happens."

This is an album that is inseparable from my memories of it: I first listened to it during what would have to have been the best week of my life, and it will always bring me back to that.

Favourite Tracks: Casimir Pulaski Day, The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us!, Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland Illinois, Come On! Feel The Illinoise!, Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!, John Wayne Gacy Jr. [First added to this chart: 03/01/2017]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,662 charts

Rank Score:

20,359

Rank in 2005:

1

Rank in 2000s:

5

Overall Rank:

43

Average Rating:

 86 (1,911 votes)

Comments:

169

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Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished 

 Avey Tare & Panda Bear

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"It's hard to just kiss our childhood games goodbye."

Favourite Tracks: Penny Dreadfuls, Alvin Row, Spirit They've Vanished, April And The Phantoms, Chocolate Girl [First added to this chart: 07/09/2017]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

1,263

Rank in 2000:

26

Rank in 2000s:

203

Overall Rank:

1,351

Average Rating:

 78 (326 votes)

Comments:

25

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Turn On The Bright Lights 

 Interpol

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"Yours is the only version of my desertion that I could ever subscribe to. That is all that I can do."

Favourite Tracks: Obstacle 1, Untitled, PDA, Say Hello To The Angels, Hands Away, NYC [First added to this chart: 03/04/2017]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,291 charts

Rank Score:

13,167

Rank in 2002:

2

Rank in 2000s:

9

Overall Rank:

90

Average Rating:

 84 (1,622 votes)

Comments:

128

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 

 Wilco

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"You were right about the stars; each one is a setting sun."

Favourite tracks: Jesus Etc, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Poor Places, Radio Cure, Ashes Of American Flags [First added to this chart: 10/27/2016]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,679 charts

Rank Score:

17,215

Rank in 2002:

1

Rank in 2000s:

6

Overall Rank:

60

Average Rating:

 85 (1,962 votes)

Comments:

173

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You Forgot It In People 

 Broken Social Scene

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"Used to be one of the rotten ones, and I liked you for that."

The string of songs from Looks Just Like The Sun to Cause = Time is pretty much perfect. Not to say the rest of the album isn't excellent too, because it is.

Favourite Tracks: Cause = Time, Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl, Looks Just Like The Sun, Almost Crimes, Pacific Theme, Pitter Patter Goes My Heart [First added to this chart: 01/29/2017]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

639 charts

Rank Score:

5,521

Rank in 2002:

6

Rank in 2000s:

45

Overall Rank:

311

Average Rating:

 82 (710 votes)

Comments:

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9. (12) 3

The Milk-Eyed Mender 

 Joanna Newsom

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"This is unlike the story it was written to be, I was riding its back when it used to ride me. We were galloping manic to the mouth of the source, we were swallowing panic in the face of its force."

While not as ambitious and epic as Ys, The Milk Eyed Mender feels like a sweeter, more sincere album.

Favourite Tracks: Peach Plum Pear, Bridges And Balloons, Sprout And The Bean, Clam Crab Cockle Cowrie, Sadie [First added to this chart: 11/26/2016]

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

332 charts

Rank Score:

2,629

Rank in 2004:

10

Rank in 2000s:

102

Overall Rank:

657

Average Rating:

 80 (375 votes)

Comments:

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10. (14) 4

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out 

 Yo La Tengo

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"And the song said, let's be happy. I was happy. It never made me happy before."

Favourite Tracks: Everyday, Cherry Chapstick, Our Way to Fall, Last Days of Disco, You Can Have It All, Night Falls on Hoboken [First added to this chart: 05/14/2018]

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

1,717

Rank in 2000:

19

Rank in 2000s:

152

Overall Rank:

1,013

Average Rating:

 79 (339 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition

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	16	16%
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95/100  !	02/10/2018 03:19	kadupheming	158	93/100
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