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 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe 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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991.

The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety

toe (JP)

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

Live In London
Live

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994.

Around The Sun

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994

Overall Rank:

5,688

Average Rating:

64 (188 votes)

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995.

Blackfield II

Blackfield

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995

Overall Rank:

5,697

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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996.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996

Overall Rank:

5,704

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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997.

The Process Of Belief

Bad Religion

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999.

Prairie Wind

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Down In Albion

Babyshambles

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	88	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	217	22%
	54	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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