Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 38,000 greatest album charts.

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2000s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2000	2,804	412,998	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,851	364,990	Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain adult content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images. Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,923	366,898	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th) by Wilco
2003	3,282	315,775	Elephant (73rd) by The White Stripes
2004	3,180	376,413	Funeral (9th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,419	327,028	Illinois (55th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,558	307,018	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (46th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,622	453,216	In Rainbows (12th) by Radiohead
2008	3,794	256,703	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,895	266,981	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	33,328	3,448,021

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Animal Collective, Wilco and Sufjan Stevens.

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Album

Artist

11.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	976 charts
Rank in 2007:	2	Rank Score:	26,942
Rank in 2000s	11	Overall Rank:	92
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,241 votes)
Comments: 94 comments

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12.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,062 charts
Rank in 2002:	4	Rank Score:	26,142
Rank in 2000s	12	Overall Rank:	95
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,391 votes)
Comments: 91 comments

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13.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:	2009	Appears in:	902 charts
Rank in 2009:	1	Rank Score:	25,691
Rank in 2000s	13	Overall Rank:	98
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,348 votes)
Comments: 144 comments

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14.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	1,114 charts
Rank in 2001:	2	Rank Score:	25,582
Rank in 2000s	14	Overall Rank:	99
Average Rating: 82/100 (2,098 votes)
Comments: 172 comments

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15.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	988 charts
Rank in 2007:	3	Rank Score:	23,757
Rank in 2000s	15	Overall Rank:	105
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,725 votes)
Comments: 128 comments

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16.

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	840 charts
Rank in 2000:	2	Rank Score:	23,551
Rank in 2000s	16	Overall Rank:	106
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,008 votes)
Comments: 86 comments

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17.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	867 charts
Rank in 2000:	3	Rank Score:	23,032
Rank in 2000s	17	Overall Rank:	110
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,041 votes)
Comments: 84 comments

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18.

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:	2008	Appears in:	968 charts
Rank in 2008:	1	Rank Score:	22,795
Rank in 2000s	18	Overall Rank:	111
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,316 votes)
Comments: 75 comments

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19.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	862 charts
Rank in 2007:	4	Rank Score:	22,095
Rank in 2000s	19	Overall Rank:	114
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,099 votes)
Comments: 63 comments

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20.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	789 charts
Rank in 2003:	2	Rank Score:	21,049
Rank in 2000s	20	Overall Rank:	121
Average Rating: 79/100 (1,406 votes)
Comments: 93 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	97	10%
2002	99	10%
2003	111	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	102	10%
2006	102	10%
2007	106	11%
2008	100	10%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Muse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	229	23%
	60	6%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	20	2%
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