Best Albums of 2000

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2000 year summaryThe best artists of 2000 were Radiohead, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Modest Mouse, The Avalanches, Coldplay, Eminem, OutKast, PJ Harvey, Deftones and At The Drive-In.

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Kid A

Radiohead

"I am just going to throw this out there: In my opinion, this album is a VERY strong candidate for the title "Greatest Album of All Time." I used to say to my friends back when I first got really into Kid A that when I listened to this album, I felt like I was being "saturated with truth." I suppo..." Reply

- kryptos006 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 13

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,252 charts

Rank Score:

38,531

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89 (4,513 votes)

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

"I'm starting to get addicted to this...I think it could be in my top 10 soon...if not number 1... The thing I like best about this is that as calculated as it is, as methodical as every guitar prick and drum beat is, there's still tons of imperfections present. The soft-buildup-crescendo-loud dyn...""I'm starting to get addicted to this...I think it could be in my top 10 soon...if not number 1... The thing I like best about this is that as calculated as it is, as methodical as every guitar prick and drum beat is, there's still tons of imperfections present. The soft-buildup-crescendo-loud dynamic is fairly formulaic, but it works here because of how they pull them off. In Sleep it's not just a buildup, or a crescendo, but a smorgasbord of horns and all kinds of instruments. From the opening note until the peak there's a constant sound that's holding your attention. In Static it threatens to explode...and then doesn't. Even after three or four listens I still expected the guitars to get louder at that one part (too lazy and tired to look up when it is). By the time the final movement roles around it's as if the musicians know we're onto them. After several minutes of droning and in near silence, it just gets louder, no buildup, no warning. And there's no set mood given off (except for the beginning of Storm, that part's pretty triumphant). Post rock that gives off a creepy or dark vibe is sometimes fun, but music that leaves the mood to the listener tends to work more often. Scaruffi complains that the spoken word parts and interludes seem to have no purpose, and he's right. But why does that matter? You're in a desert of noise, you start to hear voices, and what do they say? They tell you not listen to the people trying to wash your windows. There's such a sense of mystery there that it really draws you in and makes you think. The second spoken word part is genius - like I said earlier, the mood of the album typically feels neutral, but as you hear the speaker say "and when you see the face of God you will die" chills run down your spine, no matter how the music previously made you feel. Sometimes when bands throw in spoken parts they seems like they're trying too hard to shock you *cough* Swans *cough* In this case you're flying through an ocean of noise, trying to get back to reality, but all you can catch are little glimpses of people's thoughts as you fly by. I don't think any of that made any sense. TLDR, it's a great album that demands more attention than many instrumental pieces. I hate the word epic, because this is not striving to be grand or entrancing, it's striving to make you feel." Reply

babyBlueSedan | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 14

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,122 charts

Rank Score:

11,827

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86 (1,355 votes)

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The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

"Great album of social isolation and the trappings of humanity and the barrenness of existence and all heavenly points in-between. the moon & antarctica starts off with "3rd planet" where Isaac Brock starts with "Everything that keeps me together is falling apart / I've got this thing that I consi...""Great album of social isolation and the trappings of humanity and the barrenness of existence and all heavenly points in-between. the moon & antarctica starts off with "3rd planet" where Isaac Brock starts with "Everything that keeps me together is falling apart / I've got this thing that I consider my only art of fucking people over" then sings "the universe is shaped exactly like the earth. if you go straight long enough, you'll end up where you were." That's a great encapsulation of how the mundanity of our lives is set against a grander picture, with an explanation somewhere out there in nothingness. Yes, my interpretation, further illustrated on track #3 (one of the first 2 tracks i heard) "dark center of the universe", where brock starts off confronting someone's disapproval with "I might disintegrate into the thin air, if you'd like / I'm not the dark center of the universe, like you thought" and contains a lot of fun quotes like "it took a lot of work to be the ass that i am / and i'm pretty damn sure that anyone can / easily, equally f*ck you over" and "Everyone's life ends, but no one ever completes it / Dry or wet ice, they both melt and you're equally cheated" and "If you can't see the thin air than why the hell should you care?" "tiny cities made of ashes" is nihilist fun, with quotes like "I just got a message that said "Yeah, hell has frozen over" / I Got a phone call from the Lord sayin' "Hey boy, get a sweater. Right now!"" and "I'm wearin' myself a t-shirt that says "The world is my ashtray" / Our hearts pump dust and our hair's all grey" This album is perfectly sequenced as you can easily guess at the overall premise by consecutive song titles alone: "3rd planet", "gravity rides everything", "dark center of the universe", "tiny cities made of ashes" and "a different city" which describes a city "with no friends or family" where "rust is a fire / and our blood oxidizes". Post/apocalyptic millennium fever. "the cold part" of the whole world is represented by Antarctica, "this bone bleached part of the world". Flies gather around all of us and on "the stars are projectors" (the other of the first 2 songs i first heard, this one via cmj) "In the last second of life, they're gonna show you how / How they run this show, sure, run it into the ground" where "God is a woman and the woman is / An animal that animals man, and that's you " showing life as "a math equation" asking "where do circles begin?", wrapping back to the futile cycle of life mentioned earlier. I love how this song stretches out sounding like a self-eating spiral at the end. This song and album carry a strong intertwined intelligence and philosophy. Isaac Brock sings in tongues throughout the album, possibly singing about the absurdity of religion's second life singing "And I'm sitting outside by my mudlake / Waiting for the pack to take me away / And right after I die / The dogs start floating up towards the glowing sky / Now they'll receive their rewards". There is a minor 2-song lull ("lives" sounds like it starts over -- a rebirth?) between "i came as a rat" ("It takes a long time, but God dies too / But not before he'll stick it to you") and "what people are made of" (which ends with the albums theme bluntly stated "the one thing you taught me bout human beings was this / They ain't made of nothin but water and shit"), but on a 15 song album the physicist is due for his prune juice break. There are atmospherics like the backing vocals on "the cold part" that we just won't hear as powerfully again." Reply

paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 9

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2000

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1,032 charts

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8,437

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"At the party, we couldn't help but notice that the DJ had no attention span." Reply

meccalecca | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 9

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2000

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860 charts

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7,485

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"Criticize Coldplay's other albums all you want, but I'll defend this one to the death. This is a beautiful, reflective piece of work that never fails to move me in one way or another, like some sort of idyllic sepia-toned landscape. It is also full of tastefully understated moments like We Never ..." Reply

SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 8

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,013 charts

Rank Score:

7,114

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215

Average Rating:

78 (1,741 votes)

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The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

"Some of the pop references date this album and it is much more silly than The Eminem Show which I prefer over this. Can't deny the effect it had on pop culture. Can't deny his word play and linguistics. Even if the topics are now seen as immature now, they were rule benders and breakers at the ti..." Reply

- Edwarda85 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 6

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

848 charts

Rank Score:

5,015

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331

Average Rating:

78 (1,345 votes)

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Stankonia

OutKast

"Their first three were all pretty consistent albums I rated 8,8, and 8.5 respectively. However, this one its like they forgot to cut out the weaker tracks. An album with such great tracks in the first half has no reason to lag so much towards the end. Would have challenged Aquemini as their best ..." Reply

travelful | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 3

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

733 charts

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4,982

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334

Average Rating:

80 (910 votes)

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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

"An awesome record, one of the best of the 2000's. This is love turned me on to her (like so many people I think in my generation.) The whole album is awesome, but does lose some steam halfway through then picks back up. Because of that, I consider this her second best compared to To Bring You My ..." Reply

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2000

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744 charts

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4,785

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"An incredibly impressive experimental change of direction for an alternative metal band of its time. Several undeniable classics such as Passenger, Change (In the House of Flies), Pink Maggit and Digital Bath master the sense of eeriness and metal brilliance. Definitely the high point of Deftones..." Reply

wenny | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 6

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

431 charts

Rank Score:

3,751

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448

Average Rating:

80 (570 votes)

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Relationship Of Command

At The Drive-In

"That voice ... so annoying Shame because the music has some real quality Shouting just isn't my thing" Reply

- Kstoclet | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 4

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

446 charts

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3,609

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466

Average Rating:

78 (554 votes)

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Best Albums of 2000 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	14	1%
King Crimson	6	1%
Grateful Dead	3	0%
Jason Molina	3	0%
Current 93	3	0%
Royal Trux	2	0%
植松伸夫 [Nobuo Uematsu]	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	440	44%
	207	21%
	38	4%
	37	4%
	31	3%
	26	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	899	90%
Yes	101	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	964	96%
Yes	36	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Best Albums of 2000 chart changes

Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month
Up 13 from 105th to 92nd Wishmaster by Nightwish
Up 6 from 85th to 79th Blur: The Best Of by Blur
Up 4 from 98th to 94th Excuses For Travellers by Mojave 3

Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month
Down 4 from 95th to 99th Faith And Courage by Sinéad O'Connor
Down 3 from 63rd to 66th Whatever You Love, You Are by Dirty Three
Down 3 from 93rd to 96th Perdition City by Ulver

New entries New entries in top 100 since last month
Up 13 from 105th to 92nd Wishmaster by Nightwish

Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month
Down 27 from 91st to 118th Brushfire Fairytales by Jack Johnson

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