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: 3 hours ago).
"These guys are crazy awesome. The way Omar Rodríguez-López writes and thinks is very reminiscent of Robert Fripp/King Crimson, but the music comes at you full force like Bad Brains or Fugazi. De-Loused in the Comatorium might be their most accomplished and realized work, though I do go back and f..." [+] Reply
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teague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2003
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"The Beach Boys smoke a water bong before the big surfing competition. Mike Love drowns." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +21 votes (22 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2007
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3,425
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"Scariest listen of my life. Ending with Magic Window was the most nerve-racking couple minutes ever, even after multiple listens. This album is the epitome of an underrated masterpiece" Reply
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imnotanotter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2002
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3,385
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"I like the one song where the one guys screams and the other guys raps." Reply
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2000
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3,323
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"haha.. i'd love to see a guy of 60+ cruising down the street with h to the izzo blaring out the stereo, rapping along.. ..seriously though, good choice." Reply
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telefunker | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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3,316
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"Why does this album get shat on so much? I always thought this was their magnum opus before looking online to see really what people thought. It's such a solid record, it has a really cool alternative space rock sound to it, very dramatic. It's fantastic." Reply
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2005
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3,238
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"This album is incredibly underrated. It takes everything that I love anout hil hop and uses it in some of the most interestings ways possible. The first thing that I want to talk about is how diverse MF DOOM can be, while also sounding incredibly consistent. He relentlessly spits energetic and hi..." [+] Reply
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2004
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3,232
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"Wow, where has this album been my whole life. This was a band my friends always talked about in the early 2k's but I never gave a chance. over 10 years later I listened to this album finally and I am blown away." Reply
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2002
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3,148
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"I remember the first time I put on the album I turned it up pretty loud and the horns on Starlings scared the shit out of me... ahaha. FANTASTIC record. Heard it once and fell in love immediately." Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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3,097
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"seriously? "fall out boyish"??? what a horrible thing to say. i dont hear it." Reply
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The Gollux | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2008
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 9 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 | 90 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 101 | 10% |
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| Death Cab For Cutie | 5 | 0% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 5 | 0% | |
| The White Stripes | 5 | 0% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 0% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 0% | |
| Dream Theater | 5 | 0% | |
| Wilco | 5 | 0% | |
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548 | 55% | |
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219 | 22% | |
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55 | 5% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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25 | 2% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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