100 Best Albums of the 2000s by Rolling Stone (2011)

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Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 2000s.
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Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,158 charts

Rank Score:

51,204

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Average Rating:

89 (4,358 votes)

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Is This It

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,409 charts

Rank Score:

33,070

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Average Rating:

86 (2,958 votes)

Comments:

273

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,639 charts

Rank Score:

20,591

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Average Rating:

85 (1,914 votes)

Comments:

172

The Blueprint

Jay-Z

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

512 charts

Rank Score:

3,488

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Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,466 charts

Rank Score:

12,907

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Overall Rank:

111

Average Rating:

83 (2,104 votes)

Comments:

128

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,828 charts

Rank Score:

41,611

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Average Rating:

88 (3,600 votes)

Comments:

400

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

801 charts

Rank Score:

6,144

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Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,122

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Rank in 2000s:

250

Overall Rank:

1,548

Average Rating:

76 (398 votes)

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Kala

M.I.A.

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,057

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Rank in 2000s:

137

Overall Rank:

870

Average Rating:

76 (507 votes)

Comments:

10.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

869 charts

Rank Score:

9,296

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Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

83 (1,395 votes)

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100 Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	13	13%
2001	14	14%
2002	14	14%
2003	11	11%
2004	11	11%
2005	8	8%
2006	8	8%
2007	10	10%
2008	8	8%
2009	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%

Kanye West	4	4%
Radiohead	4	4%
Coldplay	3	3%
Kings Of Leon	3	3%
U2	3	3%
Jay-Z	2	2%
The White Stripes	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	68	68%
	13	13%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
	3	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

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Listed below are 16 charts from recognised sources for 2000s. There are also 811 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published
The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2000s	The A.V. Club	2000s decade chart	2009
CoS Top of the Decade: The Albums	Consequence of Sound	2000s decade chart	2009
The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	FACT	2000s decade chart	2010
FM4 Heroes of The Zeroes	FM4	2000s decade chart	2009
Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2000s	Gorilla vs. Bear	2000s decade chart	2009
BEST OF 2001-2010: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts	laut	2000s decade chart	2011
Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 2000s	New Music Express	2000s decade chart	2009
The 50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)	Paste	2000s decade chart	2009
The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s	Pitchfork	2000s decade chart	2009
Die 100 besten Alben der 2000er Jahre	Popkultur.de	2000s decade chart	2021
100 Best Albums of the 2000s	Rolling Stone	2000s decade chart	2011
Best of the Aughts: Albums	Slant Magazine	2000s decade chart	2010
250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 00er	Sounds (DE)	2000s decade chart	2009
StuBru albums of 2000s	StuBru	2000s decade chart	2017
Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009	Tiny Mix Tapes	2000s decade chart	2009
Uncut's Albums of 2000s	Uncut	2000s decade chart	2009

Year charts

Title	Source	Type	Published
The 100 Best Albums of 2023	Rolling Stone	2023 year chart	2023
Top 100 Music Albums of 2022	Rolling Stone	2022 year chart	2022
The 50 Best Albums of 2021	Rolling Stone	2021 year chart	2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2020	Rolling Stone	2020 year chart	2020
50 Best Albums of 2019	Rolling Stone	2019 year chart	2019
50 Best Albums of 2018	Rolling Stone	2018 year chart	2018
50 Best Albums of 2017	Rolling Stone	2017 year chart	2017
50 Best Albums of 2016	Rolling Stone	2016 year chart	2016
50 Best Albums of 2015	Rolling Stone	2015 year chart	2015
50 Best Albums of 2014	Rolling Stone	2014 year chart	2014
50 Best Albums of 2013	Rolling Stone	2013 year chart	2013
Best Albums of 2006	Rolling Stone	2006 year chart	2006
Best Albums of 2005	Rolling Stone	2005 year chart	2005

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published
100 Best Albums of the 2010s	Rolling Stone	2010s decade chart	2019
100 Best Albums of the 2000s	Rolling Stone	2000s decade chart	2011
100 Best Albums of the Nineties	Rolling Stone	1990s decade chart	2010
100 Best Albums of the Eighties	Rolling Stone	1980s decade chart	1989

Overall charts

Title	Source	Published
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	2003
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	2005
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	2012
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	2020

[Rolling Stone was founded in 1967.]

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From 0129114 07/23/2020 20:22

lots of people seem upset that the ordering is very poor, as well as many strange inclusions. However, overall this list is very strong i find it includes many of the best records of the 2000s (even if they are stupidly ordered), and the strange additions are sometimes very pleasant (see Manu Chao). Overall, its actually very good compared to other lists they have made

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guzguzgarbit 10/13/2019 16:12

Reading the comments, I thought this was some immature teenagers chart. And then I realised it was Rolling Stones'. It looks like a weird patchwork of everything that were popular in 2010...

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From JSpaceman 08/07/2019 03:54

Rolling Stone has to Rolling Stone. Surprised they couldn’t shoehorn more Springsteen and Dylan in the top 30

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From FloydMJ 07/09/2019 11:50

Bob Dylan at 8th and 11th - I wasn't even aware of these.

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From Granny-Smith 02/22/2019 14:53

This chart make me very sad

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From hailey 12/10/2018 15:34

yikes :(

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9999 06/14/2018 15:28

Jesus Christ. Some of these choices are plain bizarre. Some thoughts:

-I really like the fact that they included The Marshall Mathers LP and Kala in the top 10, because I really love them and I think they've kind of got lost in the shuffle.

-Lil fucking Wayne? Seriously?

-Look, I liked 50 Cent when I was a teenager, but even then I would have found his placement on this list a bit of a stretch.

-Bruce Springsteen has released some pretty great albums, none of them released during this decade. Same can be said about U2.

-Waaaay too much Kanye. Late registration and The college dropout I can get on board with, but Graduation is where I draw the line.

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From gibson 05/11/2018 00:08

Pretty boring, no metal or prog, still includes Bob Dylan and a bunch of others that are past their time.

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From tk421ucopy 05/08/2018 20:33

Whatever.

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Luciano1962 03/07/2018 10:01

???

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