Best Albums of the 2000s
Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 30 minutes ago).
"This is one of my favourite albums of the 00's. Truly a beautiful and unique experience to listen to from beginning to end. EITS are one of the most underrated bands of our time." Reply
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jqmusiclove | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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2,599
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"I grew up with Gorillaz (starting with Demon Days,) and working backwards has been strange. That album is definitely more accessible, but this isn't Demon Days. It's more ambitious, in that it isn't afraid to try all kinds of different sounds that still work with one another really well. Damon Al..." [+] Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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2,596
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"Intimate, not whiny. Emotional, not overacted. Confident, not self-indulgent. Original, not recycled. Telling, not yelling. That's why this album is so great and the ones that came after it aren't." Reply
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9999 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2002
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2,536
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"A very sad album, but a good listen. He clearly knows he hasn't much time left with some of his song choices - In My Life, We'll Meet Again etc. His voice is clearly going in some of the tracks - In My Life is sung out of tune. Hurt for me is the stand-out track. Very poignant." Reply
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albummaster | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2002
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2,521
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"Released as an Outkast album, it's the Boi on one disc and Andre on the other. And while Andre scored the biggest hit "hey ya!" that everyone from your grandma to your grandson loves, Boi delivers the most consistent goods throughout his disc. Favorites on disc 1 are the hyper-frenetic "ghettomus..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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2,512
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"Getting used to her voice takes a lot of time, but when you do, it's well worth it. (Don't play her in front of your friends unless you want to cop a lot of grief...)" Reply
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eclab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (12 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2004
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2,508
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"Feels like a day in a city ruled by teenaged graffiti artists. It's guitars are wild, the drums are spontaneous in the beginning and Karen O likes the fact that you're breaking the rules and the cops are chasing you. She's like that laid-back, cool girl who joins the gangs who ride motorcycles an..." [+] Reply
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HazeyTwilight | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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2,505
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"I'm a huge Elliott Smith fan and I love this record. However, this is certainly not his best work. There are a lot of excellent songs but there is also a bit of filler, which simply doesn't exist on his earlier albums. The sound is bigger and takes away a bit of the intimacy but it works really w..." [+] Reply
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2000
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2,494
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"i count this as 3rd generation radiohead via piano. The choruses are majestic. The statements are more simple (than radiohead). 4 of the first 5 songs are grand, knockout pop songs -- "somewhere only we know", "this is the last time" ("you fall on me for anything you like"), "bend and break" ("If..." [+] Reply
- paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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2,487
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"A beautiful album, romantic and heartbreaking and extremely powerful for the LGBT community" Reply
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2005
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2,467
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 11 of 100
Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 105 | 11% | |
| 2001 | 102 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 111 | 11% | |
| 2003 | 111 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 88 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 110 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 97 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 88 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 102 | 10% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 0% | |
| Dream Theater | 5 | 0% | |
| Bright Eyes | 5 | 0% | |
| Wilco | 5 | 0% | |
| Opeth | 5 | 0% | |
| Animal Collective | 5 | 0% | |
| The Black Keys | 5 | 0% | |
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555 | 55% | |
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221 | 22% | |
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54 | 5% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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19 | 2% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Neil Young | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. The Velvet Underground | |
| 12. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. R.E.M. | |
| 16. The Beach Boys | |
| 17. Kanye West | |
| 18. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 19. The Cure | |
| 20. Pixies |
