Best Albums of the 2000s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
Best albums by year or decade
Decade:
Year:
2000s decade summaryThe best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Wilco and Animal Collective.
View chart at point in time
 Show this chart as it was on the following date
Share this chart
Collector's summary (top 1,000) Help The maximum rank used by the Collector's Summary is configurable from your profile (top 1,000 is currently selected). Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!
Sort Sort by
Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
309
Rank in 2001:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
309
Rank in 2004:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"If you're going to dismiss the entire genre of oasis-influenced soft rock as trite and appealing only to teen girls, then you're going to probably agree with the low rating of this album. That's not something I can entirely fault you for as there's a lot of crap from this genre and time period th..."  [+]  Reply
- corenfro | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
308
Rank in 2004:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
Rank Score:
308
Rank in 2004:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2008
Appears in:
Rank Score:
306
Rank in 2008:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"My true score would be more of 86, but I rounded up. Very good album that I was surprised had more focus than their other albums. The first half was incredible and the second half (after Canadian Girl) had it's moments. It lost a bit of steam in the last few songs. I'd say if you're a fan of Roy ..."  [+]  Reply
- BrandonC375 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2008
Appears in:
Rank Score:
306
Rank in 2008:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2003
Appears in:
Rank Score:
306
Rank in 2003:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2001
Appears in:
Rank Score:
305
Rank in 2001:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Forget about all the new fans that enjoy the silly new album and take advice from a longtime fan, this is their best album. Attack and Release is their 2nd best. Some great hard rock/blues guitar playing and solid singing going on here.This is some real garage rock!"  Reply
- s8undgarden | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2006
Appears in:
Rank Score:
305
Rank in 2006:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Year of Release:
2008
Appears in:
Rank Score:
303
Rank in 2008:
Rank in 2000s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 1,000. Page 79 of 100

Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Popular  Charts
1. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
2. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2020)
3. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2013)
4. 200 Greatest Albums of All Time by Uncut (2016)
5. 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition by Apple Music (2024)
6. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
7. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
8. Top 100 Albums by ABC (2006)
9. Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts by Spex (2000)
10. The Greatest Rock Albums by uDiscoverMusic (2015)
11. Los 48 mejores discos de la historia by Esquire España (2022)
12. Die 100 besten Platten des Jahrhunderts by Wiener (1999)
13. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
14. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Consequence of Sound (2022)
15. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Melody Maker (2000)
16. Die 20 besten Alben der Geschichte by Musikexpress.de (2011)
17. Die 100 besten Alben der Musikgeschichte by radioeins (2019)
18. Mojo Readers: The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made by Mojo (1996)
19. The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time by Absolute Radio (2012)
20. The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time (1-100) by Paste (2024)