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 54,000 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	4,396	229,100	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,320	215,284	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,365	209,546	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,682	184,305	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,682	204,869	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,816	190,059	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,962	170,801	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,145	240,976	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,201	144,218	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,387	142,790	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,956	1,931,949

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

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Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

642 charts

Rank Score:

4,172

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

425

Average Rating:

80 (956 votes)

Comments:

72.

Safe Mode: On

By The Way

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

587 charts

Rank Score:

4,117

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

431

Average Rating:

76 (1,062 votes)

Comments:

73.

Give Up

The Postal Service

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

530 charts

Rank Score:

4,077

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

438

Average Rating:

79 (677 votes)

Comments:

74.

Person Pitch

Panda Bear

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

487 charts

Rank Score:

3,948

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

450

Average Rating:

81 (639 votes)

Comments:

75.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Phoenix

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

586 charts

Rank Score:

3,930

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

452

Average Rating:

79 (870 votes)

Comments:

76.

Alligator

The National

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

491 charts

Rank Score:

3,893

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

458

Average Rating:

80 (714 votes)

Comments:

77.

Relationship Of Command

At The Drive-In

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

420 charts

Rank Score:

3,784

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

79 (526 votes)

Comments:

78.

White Pony

Deftones

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

402 charts

Rank Score:

3,777

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

475

Average Rating:

81 (531 votes)

Comments:

79.

De-Loused In The Comatorium

The Mars Volta

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

459 charts

Rank Score:

3,626

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

495

Average Rating:

78 (658 votes)

Comments:

80.

In Absentia

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

404 charts

Rank Score:

3,623

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

498

Average Rating:

81 (587 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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