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	4,440	227,931	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,355	214,112	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,379	208,243	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,662	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,702	203,436	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,902	190,365	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,081	171,096	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,282	240,003	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,248	143,507	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,405	142,387	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,498	1,924,742

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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Ghost Reveries

Opeth

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

1,147

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

241

Overall Rank:

1,511

Average Rating:

81 (217 votes)

Comments:

242.

You Are Free

Cat Power

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

1,147

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

242

Overall Rank:

1,512

Average Rating:

79 (233 votes)

Comments:

243.

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

1,141

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

243

Overall Rank:

1,518

Average Rating:

73 (429 votes)

Comments:

244.

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You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

205 charts

Rank Score:

1,136

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

244

Overall Rank:

1,522

Average Rating:

77 (263 votes)

Comments:

245.

Because Of The Times

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

242 charts

Rank Score:

1,130

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

245

Overall Rank:

1,529

Average Rating:

73 (465 votes)

Comments:

246.

Cease To Begin

Band Of Horses

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

1,128

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

246

Overall Rank:

1,530

Average Rating:

76 (241 votes)

Comments:

247.

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Panic! At The Disco

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

1,121

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

247

Overall Rank:

1,540

Average Rating:

66 (262 votes)

Comments:

248.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

293 charts

Rank Score:

1,118

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

248

Overall Rank:

1,543

Average Rating:

70 (712 votes)

Comments:

249.

Them Crooked Vultures

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

233 charts

Rank Score:

1,118

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

249

Overall Rank:

1,545

Average Rating:

75 (376 votes)

Comments:

250.

All Hail West Texas

The Mountain Goats

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

163 charts

Rank Score:

1,112

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

250

Overall Rank:

1,550

Average Rating:

78 (178 votes)

Comments:

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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	86	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Wilco	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	219	22%
	53	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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