Best Albums of the 2000s
Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
"Sometimes I compare this to Blackwater. Absoltely brilliant, poetry, and the epitome of prog in the new century" Reply
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NoeSSS | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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"I have in the mood to listen to this. Good, nothing remarkable" Reply
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2003
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1,180
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"John Darnielle of the mountain goats is the preacher before the dawn, telling intricate, interesting tales of characters giving abandon to hope and hope to hopelessness. As he said in a recent interview (paraphrased), his characters are like a good friend who's also a chronic liar. "The Sunset Tr..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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"The strongest crop of songs he's made since the Smiths ended, the singles Irish Blood, English Heart and First of the Gang to Die are two of my favourite indie rock songs of all time and there are also some great deep cuts on here too" Reply
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2004
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1,171
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"The return of Bruce Dickinson after an eight year break. Brave new world, is easily Iron Maiden's best album since, seventh son. It's epic and ambitious but it doesn't feel overlong or overblown. It doesn't quite have any classic metal anthems that Maiden used to write, in fact it's more proggy t..." [+] Reply
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2000
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1,170
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"Try finding another album with 3 top-rated tracks outside the top 1000!" Reply
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flamingyesdept | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2007
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1,165
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"What a cracking album....I have purposefully waited to comment as it's a unique sounding album and didn't want to judge after just a listen or two. Good quality indie rock which makes me feel similarly to hearing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - not really having heard anything quite like it befor..." [+] Reply
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2005
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"I almost don’t want to give it a high rating, because it might change the 69/100 rating. This is the type of pop album that makes rock purists say “I want to hate this, but it is just so good”. If you can do that, you’ve made a fucking stellar album." Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2006
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1,161
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"The Pretender is great, but the remainder of the songs run on just a tiny bit too long." Reply
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2007
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1,158
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"This album is one ugly beast. I hated it when I first heard it. It's a heck of a lot darker than anything else The Flaming Lips have put out, but they pull it off SO WELL! Very krautrock/noise-rock influenced. It's also surprisingly their funniest lyrically." Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2009
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 23 of 100
Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 102 | 10% | |
| 2001 | 101 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 110 | 11% | |
| 2003 | 112 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 87 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 111 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 99 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 93 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 100 | 10% | |
| 2009 | 101 | 10% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 0% | |
| The Black Keys | 5 | 0% | |
| Dream Theater | 5 | 0% | |
| Bright Eyes | 5 | 0% | |
| Opeth | 5 | 0% | |
| Wilco | 5 | 0% | |
| Animal Collective | 5 | 0% | |
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549 | 54% | |
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219 | 22% | |
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55 | 5% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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