Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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	4,143	232,564	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,066	216,216	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	211,777	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,451	185,859	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,448	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,657	193,093	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,834	173,510	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,997	246,913	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,031	145,871	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,300	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,957	1,958,551

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

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191.

Blink-182

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,463

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

191

Overall Rank:

1,213

Average Rating:

69 (380 votes)

Comments:

192.

Love And Theft

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

310 charts

Rank Score:

1,445

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

192

Overall Rank:

1,226

Average Rating:

77 (489 votes)

Comments:

193.

The Cold Vein

Cannibal Ox

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,436

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

193

Overall Rank:

1,235

Average Rating:

79 (230 votes)

Comments:

194.

The Meadowlands

The Wrens

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,409

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

194

Overall Rank:

1,253

Average Rating:

79 (227 votes)

Comments:

195.

Common

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

253 charts

Rank Score:

1,406

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

195

Overall Rank:

1,254

Average Rating:

80 (255 votes)

Comments:

196.

Exterminator (XTRMNTR)

Primal Scream

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

232 charts

Rank Score:

1,390

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

196

Overall Rank:

1,262

Average Rating:

76 (313 votes)

Comments:

197.

Our Love To Admire

Interpol

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

229 charts

Rank Score:

1,385

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

197

Overall Rank:

1,264

Average Rating:

75 (428 votes)

Comments:

198.

From A Basement On The Hill

Elliott Smith

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,380

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

198

Overall Rank:

1,271

Average Rating:

80 (325 votes)

Comments:

199.

Lullabies To Paralyze

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

250 charts

Rank Score:

1,355

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

199

Overall Rank:

1,290

Average Rating:

77 (467 votes)

Comments:

200.

The Last Broadcast

Doves (UK)

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

192 charts

Rank Score:

1,354

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

200

Overall Rank:

1,293

Average Rating:

76 (214 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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