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: 2 hours ago).
"Fantastic album that rewards multiple listens. Be Calm is brilliant, I Wanna Be the One has an infectious hop in its step, Light a Roman Candle With Me is perfected love pop and The Gambler is an excellent use of gospel choirs" Reply
"Below the Heavens by Blu and Exile is in my opinion the greatest album of all time. With songs like "Show Me the Good Life" and "In Remembrance" its easy to see why." Reply
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2007
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"Frankly, I don't know what Lambchop could have done best than Nixon (and particularly "Up with People") to get some love. Delicious orchestral country-soul is one of the best LPs of the 00s, try it." Reply
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Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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"Released on the same day as, Alice, blood money, is the least accessible of the two(for casual fans, if indeed, there are any?), and is probably the more consistent and successful of the two. It features some of Waits' best latter day songs. Misery is the river of the world, God's away on busines..." [+] Reply
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2002
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"This is one of my favourite albums. I can get completely lost in it. My favourites are "The Great Disappointment" and "...But Home is Nowhere." "Synesthesia" and "Now The World" whilst good tracks, for me, don't really fit in the album. They are more like the songs that play in the credits once t..." [+] Reply
"Good glam rock/electroclash/nu-disco album. Best 10 songs average is 85,8/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "Mary" and "Return to Oz" both 90/100, followed by "Laura", "Take your mama", "Comfortably numb" and "It can't come quickly enough" all 85/100. All other songs - these d..." [+] Reply
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Eastwood | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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"This guy knows how to put an indie folk rock song together with many witty twists of phrase. Opener "fiery crash", one of the highlights on the album, is aptly apocryphal, stating "G force is twisting the faith with superstition / A fatal premonition / You know you've got to envision / The fiery ..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The best Moby album, under - rated and a brilliant follow up to Play. "One of these Mornings" is simply stunning. This album will grow and grow on you. It may not bite you like Play did but each song will reach out and touch you with every listen. After all these years, this still comes out to play" Reply
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Jasperjames | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This album has an incredible brooding atmosphere - really unlike any other work that Wilson has produced. Significant other is one of my favourite songs of all time. Harmony Korine and Insurgentes the others stand outs for me." Reply
"Conjures that sense of being permanently trapped in a grey and barren mindscape- with only the futile yearn for lost loves and trying to fix un-mendable past mistakes keeping him alive. One of the bleakest albums ever recorded, it's surprising how compelling it's utter hopelessness can be- a skin..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 103 | 10% | |
| 2001 | 101 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 110 | 11% | |
| 2003 | 112 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 86 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 111 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 102 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 101 | 10% | |
| 2008 | 87 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 101 | 10% |
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| Radiohead | 5 | 0% | |
| Bright Eyes | 5 | 0% | |
| The Black Keys | 5 | 0% | |
| Opeth | 5 | 0% | |
| Wilco | 5 | 0% | |
| Animal Collective | 5 | 0% | |
| Dream Theater | 5 | 0% | |
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219 | 22% | |
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| Best Artists of the 2020s | |
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| 1. Black Country, New Road | |
| 2. The Strokes | |
| 3. Charli XCX | |
| 4. Little Simz | |
| 5. Magdalena Bay | |
| 6. Fontaines D.C. | |
| 7. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 8. Big Thief | |
| 9. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | |
| 10. The Smile |
