Best Albums of the 2000s
Explore the best albums of the 2000s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts
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"The spaceship unexpectedly came in contact with a friendly group of extraterrestrial lifeforms." Reply
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meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I saw Earth live at the release of 2014's Primitive and Dealy. When they played a song from The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (the title track iirc), Dylan Carlson introduced it: "This is a song off our most popular album...though still not a hit. It was also our most popular with the ladie..." Reply
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"This is another of the Bootleg Series from Mr. Dylan. Consisting of material from his later albums. Some if it's great some not so much. It's still interesting to listen to though." Reply
"The crystal clear sound and production is one of the highlights on this brilliant live document. Superior to Before The Flood and one of the must haves from the Bootleg Series." Reply
"Quite possibly the best ep ever or at least my favorite. Contains some of their best songs ever." Reply
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"Agree extremely underrated." 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
"All the ducks are swimming in the water... Brilliant!" Reply
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LadyGodiva | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Borrowing heavily from the Bristol rave scene, the East London grime scene and the dub poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson, London Zoo is an abrasive, claustrophobic assault of harsh percussion, heavy sub-bass and aggressive West Indian patois that was surprising as much for its' brash, unrelenting at..." Reply
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 102 | 10% | |
| 2001 | 100 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 110 | 11% | |
| 2003 | 110 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 86 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 107 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 100 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 89 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 104 | 10% |
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| Bruce Springsteen | 6 | 1% | |
| Animal Collective | 6 | 1% | |
| The Black Keys | 5 | 1% | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 5 | 1% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 5 | 1% | |
| The White Stripes | 5 | 1% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 1% | |
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548 | 55% | |
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221 | 22% | |
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57 | 6% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of the 2000s chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 85th to 81st |
Up 3 from 68th to 65th |
Up 2 from 74th to 72nd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 47th to 49th |
Down 2 from 64th to 66th |
Down 2 from 73rd to 75th |
