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).
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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.
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2003
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"It's taken a long time for me to form an opinion of this album. I've tried to really like it, and I should. But something has always felt slightly amiss and I couldn't work out what. The opening couple of tracks are great. It's when your three quarters through that you start to lose interest. The..."  [+]  Reply
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"I don't know if I can call "Formed a Band" the greatest song ever produced, but it's definitely the second greatest Really has there ever been an album that felt so infinitely ecstatic simply to be itself?"  Reply
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"How could there be no comments for this underground classic?!? This record is something that if you are ready to dive in to it will take you to whole other worlds! It's a new genre that these dudes created in general, but especially here on their debut. Just listen to it and be ready to be impres..."  [+]  Reply
- Mercury | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (1 helpful | 1 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.
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