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: 1 hour ago).
"I totally agree with you,Bork. It's not bad. It's all listeanable, but you're right. There are no interesting songs here. Really,there's nothing essential of theirs after Pinkerton. Rivers Cuomo decided medocre was the artistic height he was willing to reach for from here on." Reply
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Mr. Shankly | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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1,120
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"The only album I've heard by the band thus far. Atlantic is fantastic, but the rest is just a tad too poppy for me. Still good, though. EDIT: I'm getting into this album alot more now; the songs are well constructed and the keyboards and electronics add a nice atmosphere to it. It's definitely in..." [+] Reply
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sageamagoo | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2006
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1,118
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"In addition to "The Funeral", the last 3 tracks are also phenomenal with "Monsters" being one of my favorite songs EVER! With those 4 amazing tracks, the rest of the songs could've been a collection of fart noises and I still would have loved this album. Luckily for the listener the other tracks ..." [+] Reply
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2006
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"Ryan Adams may be a pretentious prick, but the man can write a song, no question about it. When he's not putting out multiple albums per year, and focuses, albums like this can happen. This sounded great right when it came out, I ranked this #5 in my 2002 rankings originally, and it only sounds b..." [+] Reply
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drivebytornado | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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1,113
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"Most underrated album of 2009 next to Fantasies by Metric. Does this website or do the people on it have something against catchy modern alternative pop/rock music? Because this stuff is actually really good if you drop the preconceptions and just give it a chance. I don’t think there’s a single ..." [+] Reply
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2009
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1,111
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"His timing just matches mine. Everything I hear by Eels just seems to change at the right time. a neww instrument adds a bit and it just feels right to me." Reply
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lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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1,107
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"I love Kieran Ebden's positive-vibed, light-infused down tempo electronica. It makes for a nice contrast to his sometimes collaborator, Burial, who has a darker, broodier downtempo feel. As such they make for a perfect yin-yang album collection to simply chill out to depending on your mood. Round..." [+] Reply
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Strangel | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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1,102
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"This is a refreshing album. Songs like "Modern World", "Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts" and "I'll Believe Anything" are memorable and very catchy." Reply
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CanadianGuy | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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1,101
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"Fantastic album by the Keys, easily one of their best. Some of their best songs are on here, and there isn't a bad song in the bunch. By this point they had developed into one of the best rock bands in the business." Reply
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Mike43 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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1,098
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"NIN are a hell of a band (it’s a bit more complex than that) but they can be pretty hard to get into. Trent Reznor’s style of dark, swirling thumping music is fantastic and doesn’t really have a good comparison (perhaps later Radiohead and Marilyn Manson) but it’s easy to get lost or disintereste..." [+] Reply
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Captain Spacker | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 25 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 | 86 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 111 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 98 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 88 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 101 | 10% |
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| Dream Theater | 5 | 1% | |
| Bright Eyes | 5 | 1% | |
| Opeth | 5 | 1% | |
| Wilco | 5 | 1% | |
| The Black Keys | 5 | 1% | |
| Animal Collective | 5 | 1% | |
| Modest Mouse | 5 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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548 | 55% | |
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219 | 22% | |
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55 | 6% | |
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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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