Best Albums of the 2000s
Explore the best albums of the 2000s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"My college roommate and I decided that we were sick of hearing about Radiohead and how great they were, and to allow us to be fully educated in our dislike of Radiohead we decided that we should only listen to Radiohead for one week. After one week we would be able to definitively say that Radioh..." [+] Reply
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2007
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"Listening to Kid A sucks you into a world of black skies, pixelated snow-capped mountains, fires, mutated bears, dinosaurs and all sorts of amazing shit" Reply
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2000
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39,427
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"Preceding their huge Grammy win with Suburbs, this is Arcade Fire's true masterpiece. Emotionally strong and relevant, supported by beautiful instrumental arrangement. This album rocked my world when I first sat through it." Reply
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2004
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32,416
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"This album was hyped as bringing back rock n roll. I don't know that it ever left, but it certainly was an extremely influential album, as the number of "The" bands skyrocketed after this one hit. Equal credit must also be extended to The White Stripes, for sure. This has been on regular rotation..." [+] Reply
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drivebytornado | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +18 votes (18 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2001
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27,283
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"This album is a little overhyped. Yes, it has great songs.; yes, the production is good and the orchestration well done; but it has a lot of problems. To start there's a massive amount of filler here. Half of the tracks are filler and whoever says anything else is not being realistic. The first h..." [+] Reply
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2005
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19,421
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"Not a single weak song on it. Not a single instrument out of place. Not a single production mistake. Not a single line that Tweedy doesn't inflect like if he really cared about his art. It's complex at every level, but it doesn't feel challenging because the music invites you to appreciate it lik..." [+] Reply
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2002
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16,350
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"Overrated as heck, every track is solid though, but that doesn't make a great album in my book. Also there is no peak song so... The lyrics for me are, for the most part, below average, but the music is great. Might be alone on that one though, because people seem to love the lyrics. Lyrics aren'..." [+] Reply
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2006
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15,737
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"Easily one of the best albums I've listened to. If you have difficulty getting into it like I did the first time, take a break from it and come back later, like I did. It ended up being one of my greatest decisions." Reply
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BigPoppa93 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2004
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"A modern classic. Part Television, and as is often noted, part-Joy Division. Not a bad combination of influences. It's probably less 'important' than Is This It in the history of the early 2000s indie-revival, but in my opinion this is the better album. Darker, more mysterious. Leif Erikson in pa..." [+] Reply
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2002
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12,877
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"I won't rest until this album is ranked higher than Parachutes." Reply
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koner1 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +20 votes (23 helpful | 3 unhelpful)
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2000
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 102 | 10% | |
| 2001 | 101 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 109 | 11% | |
| 2003 | 111 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 88 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 107 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 100 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 88 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 103 | 10% |
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| Bruce Springsteen | 6 | 1% | |
| Animal Collective | 6 | 1% | |
| Modest Mouse | 5 | 0% | |
| The Black Keys | 5 | 0% | |
| The Decemberists | 5 | 0% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 5 | 0% | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 5 | 0% | |
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548 | 55% | |
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221 | 22% | |
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56 | 6% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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