The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s

"This new millenium was very cool." ---SorboFTW circa 2011

The 2000s brought the most pure variety of music as technology made access to records more prevalent and encouraged artists to promote their music in a completely new way. This decade, as a result, might be the most confusing for critics. It has become progressively harder to claim albums as classics, to enforce just how influential a certain album actually was, or really take the fun out of listening to music. These are simply the records we dig the most, hopefully the truest reflection of the most personal decade ever anywhere.

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44. Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty (2007)

43. Ricardo Villalobos - Fizheur Zieheuer (2006)

42. Sonic Youth - Murray Street (2002)

41. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

40. Negura Bunget - OM (2006)

39. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas (2002)

38. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh (2008)

37. Converge - Jane Doe (2001)

36. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)

35. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise (2005)

34. Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)

33. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters (2007)

32. Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs (2004)

31. Primordial - To the Nameless Dead (2007)

30. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

29. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)

28. Agalloch - The Mantle (2002)

27. Melechesh - Emmisaries (2006)

26. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)

25. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

24. Gris - Il était une forêt... (2007)

23. Tom Waits - Orphans (2006)

22. Jens Lekman - Night Falls over Kortedala (2007)

21. Isis - Oceanic (2002)

20. The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)

19. Liars - Drums Not Dead (2006)

18. Scott Walker - The Drift (2004)

17. The Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

16. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)

15. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007)

14. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (2007)

13. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)

12. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Side (2002)

11. Deerhunter - Microcastle (2008)

10. J Dilla - Donuts (2006)

9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists (2000)

8. Sunn O))) - Black One (2005)

7. Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)

6. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (2000)

5. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

4. Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)

3. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

2. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)