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: 3 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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2000
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"Having listened to this album a number of times, I finally get it. Disturbing, angry, quizzical, otherworldly, fascinating, funny, and very very beautiful. And Robert's voice floating over it all, haunting, wavering and honest. It's every bit as good as "Rock Bottom" if not better."  Reply
- mozzmozz | 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.
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"Very laid back acoustic sort of album. It wouldn't come as a surprise if this was recorded on a cold and grey beach like the one on the album cover. Boat Behind and Peacetime Resistance are both great but most of the others sound a bit too plain for me."  Reply
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"Most of it is usual RnB/Pop filler, but I doubt many could have predicted in 2003 how important those 4 singles would go on to be. The sound of the early noughties, and a full showcase of Timberlakes singing talent."  Reply
- DeusExMackia | 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.
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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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"Another great recent band who brought this stunning debut album - a stoner mix of straight up rock, a little bit of rock and some blues. Wucan and Bright Lights are stand outs."  Reply
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"This is undoubtedely their finest work to date. "Moonshine" at nearly 7 minutes long is glorious! "Love Pollution" and the single "Just The Way I'm Feeling" are also great"  Reply
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