Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s
by craab 
My "best of" is really more accurately described as my "favorite." I do not claim to have heard every good album that should be considered for this chart and I also realize that the music I have heard and enjoyed has been influenced by my cultural location. The chart will change as I listen to more music.
- Chart updated: 11/25/2025 03:45
- (Created: 11/25/2021 03:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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A rock album inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes. Remarkable.
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Johnny Cash was already a legend but the American project brought him to a new level. Thanks Rick Rubin. American I and II were already a huge accomplishment but American III and IV gave were recorded after Cash's health began to decline and so they were something else entirely. They helped the world see the beauty of someone elderly and mortal. American III and IV are a testimony to Cash but also to human dignity. Bowie's Dark Star and Leonard Cohen's You Want it Darker are spiritual descendants to American III and IV.
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2002
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Sufjan made a symphonic masterpiece about a God haunted Midwest.
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2005
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Wilco's best album, though Summer Teeth is a close second.
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2002
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LC comes out of retirement and delivers one of his greatest albums. This was the album that really launched his 21st century run as the rabbi of rock.
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This is an album I discovered because of BEA. Oh my gosh, it is incredible.
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2004
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Red Dirt Girl is not quite at the level of Wrecking Ball but it's very good and deserves to come out of the shadow of WB. I see it as a little more in Emmylou's usual vein but under the influence of what she did on Wrecking Ball. Dave Matthews makes a memorable, and pretty great, guest appearance.
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I wish more music was like this.
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Belle and Sebastian take a little bit more of a straightforward pop turn on this record but it works really well and does not at all feel phony. They are truly one of the greatest bands of the 90s and 00s.
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2006
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The first half of this album is so strong that it makes up for the second half which is inconsistent. With this record Adams established himself as a key songwriter of his generation. He is McCartneyish in the sense that he needs an editor. He tends to prioritize quantity over quality. Still, this is his best record in terms of its peaks - basically side one.
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2000
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2001 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2002 | 9 | 9% | |
| 2003 | 13 | 13% | |
| 2004 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2005 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 12 | 12% | |
| 2007 | 13 | 13% | |
| 2008 | 6 | 6% | |
| 2009 | 6 | 6% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Switchfoot | 4 | 4% | |
| The Hold Steady | 3 | 3% | |
| Sufjan Stevens | 3 | 3% | |
| Ryan Adams | 3 | 3% | |
| Rilo Kiley | 3 | 3% | |
| Lucinda Williams | 3 | 3% | |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 3% | |
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