Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s by 
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Produced by Kevin Shirley. After so many years away from truly rocking with Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page returns with a band that can keep up with him...The Black Crowes. Not all of the thunder of Zep is back, but there's enough of it. And even though Chris Robinson is clearly no Robert Plant, the real star of the show is Page. And Page delivers. The monster riffs, the crazy solos are all here, and all of the great songs are still very much intact, thank you very much. The tour was short lived, but at least someone got it all down for us to hear.
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Produced By DAVID BRIGGS & NEIL YOUNG
1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's A World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child
For the most part, I'm not a big fan of "lost" tracks. But it's different when an artist like Neil Young makes live recordings from his private archives public. Live At Massey Hall was recorded during Young's Journey Through The Past Solo Tour in 1971 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The album features only Young on guitar and piano, and is an amazingly well played set. Young has said that this should have been the record that came out between After The Gold Rush and Harvest, but he opted for a studio release.
Many of the songs here had yet to see record yet (all of the Harvest tracks, plus some others that surfaced on later albums). "Bad Fog Of Loneliness" is heard on record for the first time here, and "Dance Dance Dance" turned out to be an early version of "Love Is A Rose". In all, Massey Hall is a great record, well with the 34 year wait.
This is the second in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series. Thanks for sharing, Neil! [First added to this chart: 12/05/2011]
Produced By DAVID BRIGGS & NEIL YOUNG
1. On The Way Home
2. Tell Me Why
3. Old Man
4. Journey Through The Past
5. Helpless
6. Love In Mind
7. A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold Suite
8. Cowgirl In The Sand
9. Don't Let It Bring You Down
10. There's A World
11. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
12. The Needle And The Damage Done
13. Ohio
14. See The Sky About To Rain
15. Down By The River
16. Dance Dance Dance
17. I Am A Child
For the most part, I'm not a big fan of "lost" tracks. But it's different when an artist like Neil Young makes live recordings from his private archives public. Live At Massey Hall was recorded during Young's Journey Through The Past Solo Tour in 1971 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The album features only Young on guitar and piano, and is an amazingly well played set. Young has said that this should have been the record that came out between After The Gold Rush and Harvest, but he opted for a studio release.
Many of the songs here had yet to see record yet (all of the Harvest tracks, plus some others that surfaced on later albums). "Bad Fog Of Loneliness" is heard on record for the first time here, and "Dance Dance Dance" turned out to be an early version of "Love Is A Rose". In all, Massey Hall is a great record, well with the 34 year wait.
This is the second in the Neil Young Archives Performance Series. Thanks for sharing, Neil! [First added to this chart: 12/05/2011]
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2007
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Produced by Karina Benznicki & Eli Cane. Recorded live in Chicago in 2005, this is a great document of everything that makes Wilco a great band. So many great songs from so many great albums...this two disc album could have easily been stretched to four without ever getting dull. The audience is stoked, particularly for winning tracks like "Via Chicago", "Jesus, Etc.", and "Misunderstood". A positively great performance by one of the greatest bands of our time. A must have live album.
[First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]
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2009-REPRISE
Produced By JAMES PLUTA, JOHN MCDERMOTT & SCOOTER WEINTRAUB
1. Had To Cry Today
2. Low Down
3. Them Changes
4. Forever Man
5. Sleeping In The Ground
6. Presence Of The Lord
7. Glad
8. Well All Right
9. Double Trouble
10. Pearly Queen
11. Tell The Truth
12. No Face, No Name, No Number
1. After Midnight
2. Split Decision
3. Rambling On My Mind
4. Georgia On My Mind
5. Little Wing
6. Voodoo Chile
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Dear Mr. Fantasy
9. Cocaine
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood go way back. After the breakup of Cream in 1968, coinciding with Winwood’s departure from The Spencer Davis Group, the two joined forces to form the first really major supergroup in Blind Faith. It didn’t last long, as the Blind Faith tour ended up being loaded with Cream songs because the band didn’t have a lot of material to draw from, forcing Clapton to leave for solo (and Delaney & Bonnie) pastures. But the Blind Faith album did show us one thing…Clapton and Winwood work very well together. This show, recorded in 2008, is the first full show featuring the two together in almost 40 years, and it features some really great moments. Surprisingly, only 9 of the album’s 21 tracks are original: 7 from Winwood and only two from Clapton (JJ Cale out wrote Clapton here, 3 to 2). But there are songs from the entire spectrum of both men’s careers, with the exception of Cream and The Spencer Davis Group.
Blind Faith songs are, of course, prominent, but there’s also material from Traffic, Derek & The Dominos, and the solo careers of both. Lots of blues, and even a two song tribute to Jimi Hendrix. “Rambling On My Mind” is Clapton by himself, while “Georgia On My Mind” features just Winwood. The biggest highlights are the Blind Faith numbers “Can’t Find My Way Home” and “Presence Of The Lord”, one of Clapton’s best songs. The only real issue is that between the two, the overall song list could have been much better. Also, you’ll be much better served to have the companion DVD (mine does not). Having some of their better known material (for instance, “Layla” and “Back In The High Life”) would make this set, at over two hours long, much easier to deal with in a single setting. Songs like (both by Cale) “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” (the encore?) are much too common fare from Clapton, who has a large selection of better material to choose from. If you’re a fan of both, this will do nicely, and the playing is exceptional. Just better material and about 20 minutes off the top would make it so much better. [First added to this chart: 10/13/2019]
Produced By JAMES PLUTA, JOHN MCDERMOTT & SCOOTER WEINTRAUB
1. Had To Cry Today
2. Low Down
3. Them Changes
4. Forever Man
5. Sleeping In The Ground
6. Presence Of The Lord
7. Glad
8. Well All Right
9. Double Trouble
10. Pearly Queen
11. Tell The Truth
12. No Face, No Name, No Number
1. After Midnight
2. Split Decision
3. Rambling On My Mind
4. Georgia On My Mind
5. Little Wing
6. Voodoo Chile
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Dear Mr. Fantasy
9. Cocaine
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood go way back. After the breakup of Cream in 1968, coinciding with Winwood’s departure from The Spencer Davis Group, the two joined forces to form the first really major supergroup in Blind Faith. It didn’t last long, as the Blind Faith tour ended up being loaded with Cream songs because the band didn’t have a lot of material to draw from, forcing Clapton to leave for solo (and Delaney & Bonnie) pastures. But the Blind Faith album did show us one thing…Clapton and Winwood work very well together. This show, recorded in 2008, is the first full show featuring the two together in almost 40 years, and it features some really great moments. Surprisingly, only 9 of the album’s 21 tracks are original: 7 from Winwood and only two from Clapton (JJ Cale out wrote Clapton here, 3 to 2). But there are songs from the entire spectrum of both men’s careers, with the exception of Cream and The Spencer Davis Group.
Blind Faith songs are, of course, prominent, but there’s also material from Traffic, Derek & The Dominos, and the solo careers of both. Lots of blues, and even a two song tribute to Jimi Hendrix. “Rambling On My Mind” is Clapton by himself, while “Georgia On My Mind” features just Winwood. The biggest highlights are the Blind Faith numbers “Can’t Find My Way Home” and “Presence Of The Lord”, one of Clapton’s best songs. The only real issue is that between the two, the overall song list could have been much better. Also, you’ll be much better served to have the companion DVD (mine does not). Having some of their better known material (for instance, “Layla” and “Back In The High Life”) would make this set, at over two hours long, much easier to deal with in a single setting. Songs like (both by Cale) “After Midnight” and “Cocaine” (the encore?) are much too common fare from Clapton, who has a large selection of better material to choose from. If you’re a fan of both, this will do nicely, and the playing is exceptional. Just better material and about 20 minutes off the top would make it so much better. [First added to this chart: 10/13/2019]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2001 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2002 | 9 | 9% | |
| 2003 | 7 | 7% | |
| 2004 | 12 | 12% | |
| 2005 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 13 | 13% | |
| 2007 | 15 | 15% | |
| 2008 | 4 | 4% | |
| 2009 | 10 | 10% |
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| Drive-By Truckers | 5 | 5% | |
| Gomez | 3 | 3% | |
| Son Volt | 3 | 3% | |
| Lucero | 3 | 3% | |
| The White Stripes | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jayhawks | 2 | 2% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
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70 | 70% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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 100/100  | 09/10/2024 19:52 |  Larcx13 | | 86/100 |
| 80/100 | 01/20/2021 22:27 | Juneof44 | | 83/100 |
| 100/100 | 01/20/2021 21:06 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 100/100 | 07/27/2020 14:43 |  Timestarter | | 90/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/06/2020 22:53 | matterhornrider | | 92/100 |
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From Larcx13 09/10/2024 19:53
Larcx13 09/10/2024 19:53
I love this chart for the descriptions as well as the amount of music for me to discover.
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95/100
From LankyLen 10/07/2019 01:13
nice list. Love the DBT love!!
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OreoPanda 07/12/2018 22:49
OreoPanda 07/12/2018 22:49
When I think of the 2000s, I think of punk, post-grunge, and alternative rock. That's almost nonexistent here, or at least ones that I like. I hate country, so we clearly have very different tastes but I don't care. There are some good ones like Green Day, The Killers, Weezer, Modest Mouse, Gorillaz etc., but that's few and far between. Overall, pretty boring and flat.
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100/100
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buzzdainer 10/05/2016 20:18
buzzdainer 10/05/2016 20:18
I couldn't agree more with your decision to list Cold Roses at #1, as it's definitely the album from the 2000s that has meant the most to me. Just a fantastic rock album, bringing together elements that remind me of much of the rock that I loved in the seventies: Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones especially. I also love Funeral (I know everyone does, but it's for good reason), The Dirty South, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and many others from your list. Tons of great Americana here--a fantastic list.
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80/100
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greatson 03/28/2015 11:20
greatson 03/28/2015 11:20
well done!
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75/100
From eyal91 03/12/2015 19:42
I also prefer the American cover of Is This It.
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85/100
From maverick470 03/12/2015 18:06
Great chart, love the alt-country feel. Ryan Adams' catalogue is very underrated so good to see the representation here.
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90/100
From manurock 03/12/2015 16:33
I haven't listened to many of the albums so I can't judge completely. However your comments are great, you are a Jayhawks fan like me (I wish we lived in that world where everyone loved RDM), you include other artists and bands I like like Wilco (Being There is great), Muse (you must include OOS!) or The Shins and I see no album I dislike so congrats for the chart.
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95/100
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samistake2ice 03/12/2015 13:20
samistake2ice 03/12/2015 13:20
Man this chart is awesome. 23 albums in common with mine, but i love more than half of the albums on this chart. Never could quite get in to Gomez, maybe hes due for an other listen. Also, havent listened to most of the later stuff by older artists. Anyway, great list!
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85/100
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HoldenM 03/12/2015 08:08
HoldenM 03/12/2015 08:08
A ton I need to go find and hear.
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