Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s by Exist-en-ciel 
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Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Pop Rock
8.8/10
Track selection: Secret World (live)
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1. Red Rain 9
2. More Than This 8.5
3. Secret World 9.5
4. Games Without Frontiers 9
5. Mercy Street 8.5
6. Darkness 8.5
7. Digging in the Dirt 9.5
8. Don't Give Up 8.5
9. The Tower That Ate People 8.5
10. Growing Up 8.5
11. San Jacinto 8.5
12. Solsbury Hill 9
13. Sledgehammer 8.5
14. Signal to Noise 9
15. In Your Eyes 9
16. Come Talk to Me 8.5
17. Shock the Monkey 8.5
18. Biko 9 [First added to this chart: 08/27/2022]
8.8/10
Track selection: Secret World (live)
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1. Red Rain 9
2. More Than This 8.5
3. Secret World 9.5
4. Games Without Frontiers 9
5. Mercy Street 8.5
6. Darkness 8.5
7. Digging in the Dirt 9.5
8. Don't Give Up 8.5
9. The Tower That Ate People 8.5
10. Growing Up 8.5
11. San Jacinto 8.5
12. Solsbury Hill 9
13. Sledgehammer 8.5
14. Signal to Noise 9
15. In Your Eyes 9
16. Come Talk to Me 8.5
17. Shock the Monkey 8.5
18. Biko 9 [First added to this chart: 08/27/2022]
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Chamber Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Progressive Folk
8.6/10
Track selection: Sawdust & Diamonds
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1. Emily 8.5
2. Monkey & Bear 8.5
3. Sawdust & Diamonds 9
4. Only Skin 8.5
5. Cosmia 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/13/2022]
8.6/10
Track selection: Sawdust & Diamonds
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1. Emily 8.5
2. Monkey & Bear 8.5
3. Sawdust & Diamonds 9
4. Only Skin 8.5
5. Cosmia 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/13/2022]
Year of Release:
2006
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Rank Score:
8,789
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Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog
8.6/10
10 Genesis 1970-1975 favorite songs:
1. The Cinema Show (1973)
2. Supper's Ready (1972)
3. The Musical Box (1971)
4. Firth of Fifth (1973)
5. In the Cage (1974)
6. The Fountain of Salmacis (1971)
7. The Return of the Giant Hogweed (1971)
8. Carpet Crawlers (1974)
9. Watcher of the Skies (1972)
10. Stagnation (1970)
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• Trespass (1970) 8.6
1. Looking for Someone 8.5
2. White Mountain 8.5
3. Visions of Angels 8
4. Stagnation 9
5. Dusk 8.5
6. The Knife 9
• Nursery Cryme (1971) 8.8
7. The Musical Box 9.5
8. For Absent Friends 8
9. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 9.5
10. Seven Stones 8.5
11. Harold the Barrel 8.5
12. Harlequin 8.5
13. The Fountain of Salmacis 9.5
• Foxtrot (1972) 8.8
14. Watcher of the Skies 9.5
15. Time Table 8
16. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
17. Can-utility and the Coastliners 9
18. Horizons 8.5
19. Supper's Ready 9.5
• Selling England by the Pound (1973) 8.8
20. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 9
21. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8.5
22. Firth of Fifth 9.5
23. More Fool Me 8
24. The Battle of Epping Forest 9
25. After the Ordeal 8.5
26. The Cinema Show 9.5
27. Aisle of Plenty 9
• The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) 8.6
28. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9
29. Fly on a Windshield 9
30. Broadway Melody of 1974 8.5
31. Cuckoo Cocoon 8.5
32. In the Cage 9.5
33. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging 8.5
34. Back in N.Y.C. 9
35. Hairless Heart 8.5
36. Counting Out Time 8.5
37. Carpet Crawlers 9.5
38. The Chamber of 32 Doors 8.5
39. Lilywhite Lilith 8.5
40. The Waiting Room 9
41. Anyway 8.5
42. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 8.5
43. The Lamia 8.5
44. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats 8.5
45. The Colony of Slippermen 9
46. Ravine 8
47. The Light Dies Down on Broadway 8.5
48. Riding the Scree 8.5
49. In the Rapids 8.5
50. It 8.5
• Extra tracks 7.8
51. Happy the Man 8
52. Twilight Alehouse 8.5
53. Shepherd (BBC) 7.5
54. Pacidy (BBC) 7.5
55. Let Us Now Make Love (BBC) 7.5
56. Going Out to Get You (Demo) 7.5
57. Provocation (Demo) 8
58. Frustation (Demo) 8
59. Manipulation (Demo) 8
60. Resignation (Demo) 8 [First added to this chart: 08/27/2022]
8.6/10
10 Genesis 1970-1975 favorite songs:
1. The Cinema Show (1973)
2. Supper's Ready (1972)
3. The Musical Box (1971)
4. Firth of Fifth (1973)
5. In the Cage (1974)
6. The Fountain of Salmacis (1971)
7. The Return of the Giant Hogweed (1971)
8. Carpet Crawlers (1974)
9. Watcher of the Skies (1972)
10. Stagnation (1970)
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• Trespass (1970) 8.6
1. Looking for Someone 8.5
2. White Mountain 8.5
3. Visions of Angels 8
4. Stagnation 9
5. Dusk 8.5
6. The Knife 9
• Nursery Cryme (1971) 8.8
7. The Musical Box 9.5
8. For Absent Friends 8
9. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 9.5
10. Seven Stones 8.5
11. Harold the Barrel 8.5
12. Harlequin 8.5
13. The Fountain of Salmacis 9.5
• Foxtrot (1972) 8.8
14. Watcher of the Skies 9.5
15. Time Table 8
16. Get 'Em Out by Friday 8.5
17. Can-utility and the Coastliners 9
18. Horizons 8.5
19. Supper's Ready 9.5
• Selling England by the Pound (1973) 8.8
20. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 9
21. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 8.5
22. Firth of Fifth 9.5
23. More Fool Me 8
24. The Battle of Epping Forest 9
25. After the Ordeal 8.5
26. The Cinema Show 9.5
27. Aisle of Plenty 9
• The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) 8.6
28. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 9
29. Fly on a Windshield 9
30. Broadway Melody of 1974 8.5
31. Cuckoo Cocoon 8.5
32. In the Cage 9.5
33. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging 8.5
34. Back in N.Y.C. 9
35. Hairless Heart 8.5
36. Counting Out Time 8.5
37. Carpet Crawlers 9.5
38. The Chamber of 32 Doors 8.5
39. Lilywhite Lilith 8.5
40. The Waiting Room 9
41. Anyway 8.5
42. Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist 8.5
43. The Lamia 8.5
44. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats 8.5
45. The Colony of Slippermen 9
46. Ravine 8
47. The Light Dies Down on Broadway 8.5
48. Riding the Scree 8.5
49. In the Rapids 8.5
50. It 8.5
• Extra tracks 7.8
51. Happy the Man 8
52. Twilight Alehouse 8.5
53. Shepherd (BBC) 7.5
54. Pacidy (BBC) 7.5
55. Let Us Now Make Love (BBC) 7.5
56. Going Out to Get You (Demo) 7.5
57. Provocation (Demo) 8
58. Frustation (Demo) 8
59. Manipulation (Demo) 8
60. Resignation (Demo) 8 [First added to this chart: 08/27/2022]
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Art Rock, Electronic, Experimental Rock
8.5/10
Tracks selection: Idioteque & Kid A
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1. Everything in Its Right Place 8.5
2. Kid A 9
3. The National Anthem 8.5
4. How to Disappear Completely 8.5
5. Treefingers 8
6. Optimistic 8.5
7 In Limbo 8.5
8. Idioteque 9
9. Morning Bell 8.5
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack 8.5
11. Hidden track 8 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
8.5/10
Tracks selection: Idioteque & Kid A
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1. Everything in Its Right Place 8.5
2. Kid A 9
3. The National Anthem 8.5
4. How to Disappear Completely 8.5
5. Treefingers 8
6. Optimistic 8.5
7 In Limbo 8.5
8. Idioteque 9
9. Morning Bell 8.5
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack 8.5
11. Hidden track 8 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
2000
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Rank Score:
44,464
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Art Rock, Alternative Rock, Electronic
8.5/10
Tracks selection: All I Need & Reckoner
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1. 15 Step 8.5
2. Bodysnatchers 8.5
3. Nude 8.5
4. Weird Fishes / Arpeggi 8.5
5. All I Need 9
6. Faust Arp 8
7. Reckoner 9
8. House of Cards 8
9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 8.5
10. Videotape 8.5 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
8.5/10
Tracks selection: All I Need & Reckoner
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1. 15 Step 8.5
2. Bodysnatchers 8.5
3. Nude 8.5
4. Weird Fishes / Arpeggi 8.5
5. All I Need 9
6. Faust Arp 8
7. Reckoner 9
8. House of Cards 8
9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 8.5
10. Videotape 8.5 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
2007
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Rank Score:
45,825
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Art Pop, Electronic, Trip Hop
8.4/10
Track selection: All Is Full of Love
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1. All Is Full of Love 9
2. Hyperballad 9.5
3. Human Behaviour 8.5
4. Joga 8.5
5. Bachelorette 8.5
6. Army of Me 8.5
7. Pagan Poetry 8.5
8. Big Time Sensuality 8
9. Venus as a Boy 8.5
10. Hunter 8.5
11. Hidden Place 8.5
12. Isobel 8.5
13. Possibly Maybe 8
14. Play Dead 8
15. It's in Our Hands 8 [First added to this chart: 10/19/2022]
8.4/10
Track selection: All Is Full of Love
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1. All Is Full of Love 9
2. Hyperballad 9.5
3. Human Behaviour 8.5
4. Joga 8.5
5. Bachelorette 8.5
6. Army of Me 8.5
7. Pagan Poetry 8.5
8. Big Time Sensuality 8
9. Venus as a Boy 8.5
10. Hunter 8.5
11. Hidden Place 8.5
12. Isobel 8.5
13. Possibly Maybe 8
14. Play Dead 8
15. It's in Our Hands 8 [First added to this chart: 10/19/2022]
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Art Rock, Progressive Rock
8.4/10
Tracks selection: The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix) & Downside Up (Live)
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1. Solsbury Hill 9
2. Shock the Monkey 8.5
3. Sledgehammer 8.5
4. Don't Give Up 8.5
5. Games Without Frontiers 9
6. Big Time 8
7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 8
8. Growing Up (Tom Lord-Alge Mix) 8
9. Digging in the Dirt 9.5
10. Blood of Eden 8.5
11. More Than This 8.5
12. Biko 8.5
13. Steam 8.5
14. Red Rain 9
15. Here Comes the Flood 8.5
16. San Jacinto 8.5
17. No Self-Control 8
18. Cloudless 8
19. The Rhythm of the Heat 8
20. I Have the Touch 9
21. I Grieve 8.5
22. D.I.Y. 8
23. A Different Drum 8.5
24. The Drop 8
25. The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix) 8.5
26. Lovetown 8
27. Father, Son 8.5
28. Signal to Noise 8.5
29. Downside Up (Live) 8.5
30. Washing of the Water 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/08/2022]
8.4/10
Tracks selection: The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix) & Downside Up (Live)
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1. Solsbury Hill 9
2. Shock the Monkey 8.5
3. Sledgehammer 8.5
4. Don't Give Up 8.5
5. Games Without Frontiers 9
6. Big Time 8
7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 8
8. Growing Up (Tom Lord-Alge Mix) 8
9. Digging in the Dirt 9.5
10. Blood of Eden 8.5
11. More Than This 8.5
12. Biko 8.5
13. Steam 8.5
14. Red Rain 9
15. Here Comes the Flood 8.5
16. San Jacinto 8.5
17. No Self-Control 8
18. Cloudless 8
19. The Rhythm of the Heat 8
20. I Have the Touch 9
21. I Grieve 8.5
22. D.I.Y. 8
23. A Different Drum 8.5
24. The Drop 8
25. The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix) 8.5
26. Lovetown 8
27. Father, Son 8.5
28. Signal to Noise 8.5
29. Downside Up (Live) 8.5
30. Washing of the Water 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/08/2022]
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Indie Rock, Chamber Pop, Art Pop
8.4/10
Tracks selection: Rebellion (Lies) & Wake Up
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1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 8.5
2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) 8.5
3. Une année sans lumière 8
4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) 8.5
5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) 8
6. Crown of Love 8
7. Wake Up 9
8. Haïti 8.5
9. Rebellion (Lies) 9
10. In the Backseat 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/28/2022]
8.4/10
Tracks selection: Rebellion (Lies) & Wake Up
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1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) 8.5
2. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) 8.5
3. Une année sans lumière 8
4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) 8.5
5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) 8
6. Crown of Love 8
7. Wake Up 9
8. Haïti 8.5
9. Rebellion (Lies) 9
10. In the Backseat 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/28/2022]
Year of Release:
2004
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Rank Score:
36,050
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Art Pop, Electronic, Ambient Pop
8.4/10
Track selection: Unison
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1. Hidden Place 8.5
2. Cocoon 8.5
3. It's Not Up to You 8.5
4. Undo 8.5
5. Pagan Poetry 8.5
6. Frosti 8
7. Aurora 8.5
8. An Echo, a Stain 8
9. Sun in My Mouth 8
10. Heirloom 8.5
11. Harm of Will 8
12. Unison 9.5 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
8.4/10
Track selection: Unison
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1. Hidden Place 8.5
2. Cocoon 8.5
3. It's Not Up to You 8.5
4. Undo 8.5
5. Pagan Poetry 8.5
6. Frosti 8
7. Aurora 8.5
8. An Echo, a Stain 8
9. Sun in My Mouth 8
10. Heirloom 8.5
11. Harm of Will 8
12. Unison 9.5 [First added to this chart: 08/25/2022]
Year of Release:
2001
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Rank Score:
9,442
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IDM, Downtempo, Ambient
8.4/10
Track selection: Kid for Today
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1. Kid for Today 8.5
2. Amo Bishop Roden 8.5
3. In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country 8.5
4. Zoetrope 8 [First added to this chart: 01/07/2025]
8.4/10
Track selection: Kid for Today
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1. Kid for Today 8.5
2. Amo Bishop Roden 8.5
3. In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country 8.5
4. Zoetrope 8 [First added to this chart: 01/07/2025]
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2001 | 10 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 10 | 10% | |
| 2003 | 16 | 16% | |
| 2004 | 11 | 11% | |
| 2005 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2006 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2007 | 10 | 10% | |
| 2008 | 7 | 7% | |
| 2009 | 9 | 9% |
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| Radiohead | 7 | 7% | |
| Björk | 5 | 5% | |
| Peter Gabriel | 4 | 4% | |
| The National | 3 | 3% | |
| The Microphones | 3 | 3% | |
| Joanna Newsom | 3 | 3% | |
| Animal Collective | 2 | 2% | |
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