Best Albums of the 2000s
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"I remember I disliked "Rehab" when it first became ubiqitious on the radio and kind of just ignored her for a while. I listened to the album a few years later and all I needed to hear was "You Know I'm No Good" and there it was: I just instantly thought, hearing the song at the moment and time, s..." Reply
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2006
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7,781
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"This is to Radiohead what Exile on Main Street is to Revolver. It's slightly less perfect, but it's edginess goes and still puts it in a league of it's own. This album isn't overrated. At all." Reply
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Applerill | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (11 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2003
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"There are 9 Australian albums inside the BEA top 500, Tame “Kevin” Impala has three, ACA-DACA has two, Cavey has two leaving one for the unlikely Courtney Barnett from Preston Melbourne and this one which may well be the best of the lot Running in one continuous flow for 60 minutes and featuring ..." Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2000
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"I swear there are so fucking many Muse haters on this website, this album is damn-right amazing." Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (13 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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2001
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"This debut has an uncanny intimate quality to it. As if the band is playing just for you in your own private coffee shop. Tracks one through seven are of high quality. Title track is a throwaway and the songs that follow are relaxing, dreamy, and pleasant enough. A consistent above average releas..." Reply
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2000
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"The lyrics, the music, the vocals, everything is great, sadly the killers never really successfully followed it up" Reply
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hereforashortime | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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7,109
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"@Brad1770 "The greatest 10th album in the history of music" lol bruh there's this unknown album called The White Album by an underground band called The Beatles you should check it out. Plus, how can you make a statement like that then you go and give "The greatest 10th album in the history of mu..." Reply
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2001
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"This album is fine, but man it gets so much better from here." Reply
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2008
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6,569
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"One of those rare albums that when you first get it you need to play it over and over again. Crazy tempo changes, great harmonies, strong lyrical content and moments of soft beauty followed immediately by intense agression. It actually kind of shocked me that this album got so much radio airplay,..." Reply
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Decurso | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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"I have to go against the crowd and state that I find this album much more enjoyable to listen to than Origin of Symmetry and Absolution. I found Origin of Symmetry somewhat flat and I found Absolution too grandiose and rather one-dimensional. By the end of Absolution every song sounded like one b..." Reply
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Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2006
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
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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| Animal Collective | 6 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 6 | 1% | |
| Wilco | 5 | 1% | |
| Bright Eyes | 5 | 1% | |
| Opeth | 5 | 1% | |
| Modest Mouse | 5 | 1% | |
| The Decemberists | 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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18 | 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 3 from 85th to 82nd |
Up 3 from 75th to 72nd |
Up 2 from 94th to 92nd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 83rd to 85th |
Down 1 from 20th to 21st |
Down 1 from 48th to 49th |
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