Best Albums of the 2000s

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26.

The Moon & Antarctica 

 Modest Mouse

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"Happymeal has obviously not noticed the album is in the top 100 by now. While we wait patiently for his excited comment, I'll take the time to express my own love for the album. This is the kind of sound that takes you completely by surprise. And no, not in some flashy or strange way, but in the ...""Happymeal has obviously not noticed the album is in the top 100 by now. While we wait patiently for his excited comment, I'll take the time to express my own love for the album. This is the kind of sound that takes you completely by surprise. And no, not in some flashy or strange way, but in the subtlest way possible. Right from the beginning, you feel a connection to the album, a sort of obligation to sit down and listen to what the album has to offer. The part where the album first takes you by surprise is not when the drums start beating harder or when the guitar lick becomes more frantic. It's that first silence. Right at the beginning of 3rd Planet. It gives you just that moment to reflect on the single lyric spoken to begin the album. 3rd Planet in general is a great song - actually, the first three songs are all amazing, but in my opinion, they are not the best the album has to offer. The songs that take that award are much more sparse and floyd-y. Actually, I'm surprised I hardly see any love for The Cold Part around here. I knew on my first listen that it was a masterpiece, and it's the lowest rated on the album! Perhaps I'm the one at fault, and not the 40-odd other people rating the tracks, but I think the reason I like this album so much is because it's *not* the kind of thing you sing along to. No other album in my collection compels me to sit and listen and think as much as this does. Besides, of course, Demon Days, but that's a story for another time. Anyway, I was getting to my favourite song from the album. As much as I love The Cold Part, The Stars Are Projectors blows it out of the water. It's the longest, most intricate, most complex, most emotionally charged song on the whole album and one of my favourites of all time. I don't know how it is on the original release, but I have the remastered edition at home and the production is perfect, as with the rest of the album. And if I'm going to mention production, I have to mention the flow. This is an ALBUM at heart, and is best enjoyed as a whole. The way most songs end with an idea from the next song is amazing, and makes the whole thing an experience difficult to pin down. In fact, the album is too great for one to comprehend in the first few gos. It's yet another reason I think it's so fantastic: I can tell that I do not fully comprehend it yet. I doubt I ever will, with it's poetry and mystery and subtle, minute details, and every time I listen to it I get something different out of it. I have stopped thinking of words to describe the experience of hearing Modest Mouse's Magnum Opus. It's impossible to write this comment in one session, the album is that awesome. So let me finish with this. It is a thinker's album. If you do not want to pay full attention and give back in effort what it gives you in beauty you will never enjoy this as much as you can. Simply writing this review has elevated my appreciation for it. Actually, I'm going to go update my chart now. Have fun listening, and understand you will spend a great amount of time interpreting, imagining, understanding, and enjoying this masterwork."  [+]  Reply

- sageamagoo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (11 helpful | 1 unhelpful) 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:

2000

Appears in:

1,026 charts

Rank Score:

8,562

Rank in 2000:

3

Rank in 2000s:

26

Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

 83 (1,280 votes)

Comments:

96

62.

Good News For People Who Love Bad News 

 Modest Mouse

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"Why had nobody told me about Modest Mouse before I joined this site? Why people why? As someone who plays guitar and dabbles in songwriting I listen to a lot of music and think "If I was more focused I could've written this", then you hear someone with a natural gift like Isaac Brock and think "W...""Why had nobody told me about Modest Mouse before I joined this site? Why people why? As someone who plays guitar and dabbles in songwriting I listen to a lot of music and think "If I was more focused I could've written this", then you hear someone with a natural gift like Isaac Brock and think "Why bother?" The variety of songs is such that on first listen I thought it sounded like a compilation of different bands, a feeling enhanced by Brock's ability to go from a cute little Doug Martsch/Wayne Coyne kind of voice to a big shouty Frank Black voice with apparent ease. On subsequent listens as the songs settled in my mind and I became comfortable with the reality that there was only 1 vocalist and not 2 or 3 as I'd first thought I realised I was in the prescence of a special talent. The one question mark that hangs in my head is how calculated the songs are. Has Brock set out to write a Pixies song, a Built to Spill song, a Tom Waits song etc? But if he has what the hell? if you're good enough to write songs like those people go for it. Propelled by the infectiousness of Float On, Bury Me With It and Dancehall (which should come with a medical warning: Do not consume in a public place as IT WILL MAKE you jump around like an idiot) I feel like this album is on an inexorable path towards my top 100 chart and it's gonna take some stopping."  [+]  Reply

- Mr November | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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:

679 charts

Rank Score:

4,157

Rank in 2004:

7

Rank in 2000s:

62

Overall Rank:

398

Average Rating:

 80 (979 votes)

Comments:

47

172.

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank 

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"One of the best albums of the 2000's, Modest Mouse puts out their third classic in a row. The most common criticism for this album is that no track really stand out, but I beg to differ. This album contains two of the greatest songs MM ever recorded, The Parting of the Sensory and Missed the Boat...""One of the best albums of the 2000's, Modest Mouse puts out their third classic in a row. The most common criticism for this album is that no track really stand out, but I beg to differ. This album contains two of the greatest songs MM ever recorded, The Parting of the Sensory and Missed the Boat. While the lyricism in this album doesn't quite reach The Moon & Antarctica levels, it's still far superior to the songwriting of most artists. It's a solid album all the way through, and the first six songs really stand out. The second half is weaker, but Education, Little Motel, and Spitting Venom are all very entertaining. Spitting Venom is the longest track on the album, but its good all the way through, but it isn't as great as say The Stars Are Projectors."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

309 charts

Rank Score:

1,497

Rank in 2007:

19

Rank in 2000s:

172

Overall Rank:

1,162

Average Rating:

 77 (494 votes)

Comments:

32

363.

Building Nothing Out Of Something 
Compilation

 Modest Mouse

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"Modest Mouse's leftovers are better than the "real" albums of 95% of the artists out there."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

739

Rank in 2000:

41

Rank in 2000s:

363

Overall Rank:

2,220

Average Rating:

 81 (226 votes)

Comments:

6

977.

Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks 

 Modest Mouse

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"Quite possibly the best ep ever or at least my favorite. Contains some of their best songs ever."  Reply

- ExTeaSea | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) 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:

2001

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

241

Rank in 2001:

96

Rank in 2000s:

977

Overall Rank:

5,664

Average Rating:

 74 (87 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%
2000	102	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	109	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	110	11%
2006	99	10%
2007	91	9%
2008	88	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Animal Collective	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	546	55%
	222	22%
	55	6%
	40	4%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	18	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%