Best Albums of the 2000s
Explore the best albums of the 2000s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 61,000 charts
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"The companion album to, want one, is a darker and more moody record. Kicking off with, Agnus Dei, an atmospheric track based on a Turkish prayer or something. The one you love, is probably the most conventional number here, while, peach trees, has that kind of sweet brooding that Wainwright does ..." Reply
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"I hear the potential. B+ The Blast, Memories Live, Expansion Outro (Four Women), Eternalists, Too Late, Good Mourning" Reply
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"Truly amazing how they can try so many different things on and still make it unequivocally their own. I think that's the hallmark of all the greats." 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
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"Not their best by a hundred stretches, but this album gets a lot more hate than is due. I'm a big fan of a lot of the tracks. Sure, they never made another License to Ill or Paul's Boutique, but I'd argue that this is their third best." Reply
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"A fine album made only finer due to contributions from James Taylor and Van Morrison. A bit of a dropoff from my personal favorite Knopfler album, Golden Heart, but still quite good, and better than anything he's done since, in this listener's opinion." Reply
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"I can't really get a handle on how well (or how poorly) this album has aged over the last ten years. It was one of my favorite albums, and I've probably put tens if not hundreds of spins on it since its release. But I think I've played it maybe twice in the last two years or so. I know how my per..." Reply
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2001
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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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"Quite possibly the best ep ever or at least my favorite. Contains some of their best songs ever." Reply
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"Probably my least favorite Nightwish album - I feel it was a slight step back from Oceanborn. It's still good, though. Most of the songs are in that 80-85 "good" range, but very few (Wishmaster, Dead Boy's Poem) take it to the next level. Crownless is kind of annoying and comes across as mediocre..." Reply
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Best Albums of the 2000s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2000 | 103 | 10% | |
| 2001 | 101 | 10% | |
| 2002 | 108 | 11% | |
| 2003 | 110 | 11% | |
| 2004 | 87 | 9% | |
| 2005 | 107 | 11% | |
| 2006 | 100 | 10% | |
| 2007 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2008 | 87 | 9% | |
| 2009 | 105 | 11% |
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| Bruce Springsteen | 6 | 1% | |
| Animal Collective | 6 | 1% | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | 5 | 1% | |
| Porcupine Tree | 5 | 1% | |
| The White Stripes | 5 | 1% | |
| Radiohead | 5 | 1% | |
| Dream Theater | 5 | 1% | |
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56 | 6% | |
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Best Albums of the 2000s chart changes
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Best Ever
Artists
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The Beatles
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Radiohead
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Pink Floyd
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David Bowie
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Bob Dylan
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Led Zeppelin
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Arcade Fire
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Neil Young
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Nirvana
