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).
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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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"This album is literally perfect. The album has a very nice California vibe that is carried throughout its entirety and Dark Blue is among my favorite songs in existence. This is a true piano rock album and it is incredibly well done. Perfectly done."  Reply
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"I can only imagine how agonising the wait for a new album would've been for Kraftwerk fans (then again, it's been 13 years since "tour de france soundtracks" to the present day), but Kraftwerk certainly met all expectations with this highly energetic album. Filled with both playful and sublime me..."  [+]  Reply
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"A thoroughly, and at times willfully, strange effort from Devendra Banhart and a motley cast of artists from his loose collective of freak folk artists, Cripple Crow is probably Banhart's strongest effort (though I'd give honorable mentions to What Will We Be and Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon)..."  [+]  Reply
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"I got 7 of Sleater-Kinney's albums in one fell swoop a few years ago and this is the one I always come back to. It has a relentless energy that drives it on until just when you're starting to feel a little punch drunk it wraps you up in the beautifully delicate closer "The Swimmer". I was very su..."  [+]  Reply
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2000
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"This is Staind's best and it isn't very close Standout tracks and singles like Fade, Its Been Awhile, Outside, Epiphany are great songs and are better than the usual alt/grunge songs Staind offers. Even the lesser songs on this record are better than their other offerings. Waste, Open Your Eyes a..."  [+]  Reply
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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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