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).
"Sort of channeling late-80s British alt-rock, falling somewhere between The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Stone Roses. Good, in a jangly guitar sort of way." Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2009
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"Modest Mouse's leftovers are better than the "real" albums of 95% of the artists out there." Reply
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40footwolf | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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"Totally brilliant, there is not one bad song here. The fact that it has come in for harsh criticism and is generally undervalued is more a reflection on listeners than the band themselves. If you like poncey, girlie-whirlie, indie schmindie that couldn't rock it's way out of a paper bag don't bot..." [+] Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2008
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""Sadly, the rest of the album doesn't hold up to that standard... Killing is another good song on here though." You contradicted yourself in the space of one sentence! Anyway on the album: One of the first of the great 00's Dance-punk revival, Rapture proved that screaming while shaking yo ass wa..." [+] Reply
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2003
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739
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"Criminally underrated. This is what pop albums should sound like and this is what smart producers should be doing with sampling. They make good videos too. Check out Junior Kickstart where they somehow manage to turn NYC into the world's largest Ms. Pac Man maze. Outstanding." Reply
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ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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738
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"This is beautiful. Lets your soul drift to the far out reaches of space. Without a care in the world." Reply
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2006
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733
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"A great blend of fun, playful tunes along with much more sobering, mature work. Ben Folds is much more cohesive here than on his other albums, bringing pop and much more rock to the album overall. Start with this album if you're getting into him. The Luckiest is a freakin legendary song. Best Tra..." [+] Reply
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2001
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731
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"Whatever, it's cool . At the end of the day, it still has Aqueous Transmission so I guess I'll be defending this one until I die." Reply
- ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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730
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"Tom waits orphans, subtitled, brawlers, bawlers and bastards, is a 3cd collection of unreleased and new songs. Brawlers, gives over to the more rock/blues material, while, bawlers, is for the ballads, and, bastards, to the more obscure stuff such as spoken word, instrumental and even jokes. The f..." [+] Reply
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2006
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728
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"The title track is honestly one of the best songs I've ever heard. Fantastic album to go along with it, but I could listen to that song forever." Reply
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Hayden | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 37 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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