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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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	4,421	228,643	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,330	214,923	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,369	208,924	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,693	184,269	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,694	204,198	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,884	191,176	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,023	170,751	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,152	240,550	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,209	143,978	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,393	142,938	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	48,168	1,930,350

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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761.

Invaders Must Die

The Prodigy

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

328

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

761

Overall Rank:

4,319

Average Rating:

71 (135 votes)

Comments:

762.

Under Rug Swept

Alanis Morissette

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

328

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

762

Overall Rank:

4,321

Average Rating:

71 (94 votes)

Comments:

763.

Sounds Of The Universe

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

328

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

763

Overall Rank:

4,326

Average Rating:

69 (185 votes)

Comments:

764.

More Adventurous

Rilo Kiley

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

327

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

764

Overall Rank:

4,331

Average Rating:

77 (91 votes)

Comments:

765.

To Record Only Water For Ten Days

John Frusciante

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

765

Overall Rank:

4,351

Average Rating:

78 (78 votes)

Comments:

766.

Animals

This Town Needs Guns

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

766

Overall Rank:

4,360

Average Rating:

80 (36 votes)

Comments:

767.

The Body, The Blood, The Machine

The Thermals

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

767

Overall Rank:

4,364

Average Rating:

76 (56 votes)

Comments:

768.

Mmhmm

Relient K

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

768

Overall Rank:

4,376

Average Rating:

75 (55 votes)

Comments:

769.

It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water

The Microphones

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

321

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

769

Overall Rank:

4,393

Average Rating:

79 (114 votes)

Comments:

770.

Free All Angels

Ash

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

320

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

770

Overall Rank:

4,401

Average Rating:

72 (74 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	217	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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