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 53,000 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	4,153	232,784	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,085	216,751	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,162	211,892	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,494	186,103	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,462	208,441	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,965	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,849	173,272	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,010	246,178	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,056	145,706	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,227	144,229	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,166	1,958,320

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

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191.

Blink-182

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,452

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

191

Overall Rank:

1,222

Average Rating:

69 (378 votes)

Comments:

192.

Love And Theft

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

311 charts

Rank Score:

1,430

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

192

Overall Rank:

1,244

Average Rating:

77 (491 votes)

Comments:

193.

The Cold Vein

Cannibal Ox

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,428

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

193

Overall Rank:

1,246

Average Rating:

79 (230 votes)

Comments:

194.

The Meadowlands

The Wrens

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,400

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

194

Overall Rank:

1,260

Average Rating:

79 (227 votes)

Comments:

195.

Common

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

253 charts

Rank Score:

1,390

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

195

Overall Rank:

1,266

Average Rating:

80 (255 votes)

Comments:

196.

Exterminator (XTRMNTR)

Primal Scream

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

232 charts

Rank Score:

1,383

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

196

Overall Rank:

1,271

Average Rating:

76 (313 votes)

Comments:

197.

Our Love To Admire

Interpol

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

229 charts

Rank Score:

1,376

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

197

Overall Rank:

1,273

Average Rating:

75 (428 votes)

Comments:

198.

From A Basement On The Hill

Elliott Smith

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,372

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

198

Overall Rank:

1,278

Average Rating:

80 (326 votes)

Comments:

199.

Lullabies To Paralyze

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,356

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

199

Overall Rank:

1,297

Average Rating:

77 (470 votes)

Comments:

200.

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

230 charts

Rank Score:

1,348

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

200

Overall Rank:

1,304

Average Rating:

77 (273 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	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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