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 56,000 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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Leaving Through The Window

Something Corporate

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992.

Made Of Bricks

Kate Nash

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992

Overall Rank:

5,719

Average Rating:

72 (59 votes)

Comments:

993.

Memento Mori

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994

Overall Rank:

5,727

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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995.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

231

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996.

A Beautiful Lie

30 Seconds To Mars

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Live In London
Live

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

Blackfield II

Blackfield

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998

Overall Rank:

5,748

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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999.

Prairie Wind

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

230

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1000.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

230

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Rank in 2000s:

1,000

Overall Rank:

5,761

Average Rating:

78 (62 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	109	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	99	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	217	22%
	55	6%
	35	4%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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