Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective, Wilco and The White Stripes.

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Blackbird

Alter Bridge

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

234

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Rank in 2000s:

991

Overall Rank:

5,693

Average Rating:

73 (83 votes)

Comments:

992.

Siempre Es Hoy

Gustavo Cerati

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993.

One Of The Boys

Katy Perry

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993

Overall Rank:

5,698

Average Rating:

57 (111 votes)

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994.

Intimacy

Bloc Party

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994

Overall Rank:

5,703

Average Rating:

69 (175 votes)

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995.

Prairie Wind

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

Master And Everyone

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

233

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997.

Here Comes The Indian

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Gallowsbird's Bark

The Fiery Furnaces

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999.

I'll Sleep When You're Dead

El-P

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999

Overall Rank:

5,724

Average Rating:

78 (63 votes)

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1000.

Surprise

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

232

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Rank in 2000s:

1,000

Overall Rank:

5,727

Average Rating:

72 (55 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	103	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	109	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	109	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	221	22%
	53	5%
	33	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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Best Albums of 2002
1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
2. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
3. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
5. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
6. You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene
7. Sea Change by Beck
8. ( ) [Svigaplatan] by Sigur Rós
9. By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Geogaddi by Boards Of Canada
11. In Absentia by Porcupine Tree
12. Up The Bracket by The Libertines
13. The Eminem Show by Eminem
14. American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
15. Original Pirate Material by The Streets
16. O by Damien Rice
17. Audioslave by Audioslave
18. The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
19. Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
20. Neon Golden by The Notwist