Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Albums from the 2000s
The Top 100 Albums from the 2000s





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1 63 The Strokes
Is This It
2001
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2 84 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
2005
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3 87 Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
2004
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4 92 The White Stripes
Elephant
2003
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5 106 The Arcade Fire
Funeral
2004
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6 116 Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2002
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7 119 OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2003
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8 132 Radiohead
Kid A
2000
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9 138 Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP
2000
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10 140 The White Stripes
White Blood Cells
2001
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11 153 M.I.A.
Arular
2005
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12 167 Antony and The Johnsons
I Am a Bird Now
2005
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13 190 OutKast
Stankonia
2000
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14 191 The Streets
Original Pirate Material
2002
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15 200 Brian Wilson
SMiLE
2004
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16 213 Kanye West
College Dropout
2004
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17 223 TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain
2006

18 229 Jay-Z
The Blueprint
2001
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19 274 Kanye West
Late Registration
2005
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20 276 Dizzee Rascal
Boy in da Corner
2003
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21 282 Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head
2002
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22 299 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
2004
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23 301 Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2006

24 305 Bob Dylan
Love and Theft
2001
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25 319 The Streets
A Grand Don't Come for Free
2004
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26 320 Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
2005
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27 334 The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2002
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28 342 LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
2005
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29 350 Interpol
Turn On the Bright Lights
2002
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30 363 Radiohead
Hail to the Thief
2003
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31 364 P J Harvey
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2000
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32 387 Coldplay
Parachutes
2000
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33 402 Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
2002
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34 449 Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose
2004
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35 454 The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow
2003
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36 460 Radiohead
Amnesiac
2001
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37 462 Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
2005
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38 477 Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
2005
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39 481 Björk
Vespertine
2001
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40 482 Primal Scream
Xtrmntr
2000
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41 495 Ghostface Killah
Fishscale
2006
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42 510 Gorillaz
Demon Days
2005
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43 512 Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
2004
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44 517 Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker
2000
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45 520 The Libertines
Up the Bracket
2002
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46 534 …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Source Tags & Codes
2002
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47 539 The Libertines
The Libertines
2004
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48 540 The Avalanches
Since I Left You
2000
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49 542 My Morning Jacket
Z
2005
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50 543 Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
2006
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51 547 Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It in People
2002
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52 555 Sleater-Kinney
The Woods
2005
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53 556 Queens of the Stone Age
R
2000
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54 564 Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
2006
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55 565 Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica
2000
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56 575 U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind
2000
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57 580 Morrissey
You Are the Quarry
2004
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58 583 The Notwist
Neon Golden
2002
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59 595 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
Miss E…So Addictive
2001
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60 601 Interpol
Antics
2004
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61 602 Blur
Think Tank
2003
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62 604 Spoon
Kill the Moonlight
2002
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63 617 Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
2000
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64 618 Elliott Smith
From a Basement on a Hill
2004
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65 622 Madvillain
Madvillainy
2004
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66 632 The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema
2005
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67 640 The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan
2005
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68 641 TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2004
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69 653 At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
2000
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70 654 The Darkness
Permission to Land
2003
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71 655 Beck
Sea Change
2002
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72 667 Bob Dylan
Modern Times
2006
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73 674 Devendra Banhart
Rejoicing in the Hands
2004
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74 676 Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
2004
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75 678 Destroyer
Destroyer's Rubies
2006
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76 691 Modest Mouse
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
2004
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77 698 D'Angelo
Voodoo
2000
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78 701 Björk
Medulla
2004
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79 714 System of a Down
Toxicity
2001
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80 729 Common
Be
2005
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81 732 The Mars Volta
De-Loused in the Comatorium
2003
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82 735 Badly Drawn Boy
The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2000
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83 740 The Roots
Phrenology
2002
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84 762 N.E.R.D.
In Search of…
2001
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85 763 Animal Collective
Feels
2005

86 764 Art Brut
Bang Bang Rock and Roll
2005

87 769 Green Day
American Idiot
2004
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88 776 The Rapture
Echoes
2003
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89 805 Tom Waits
Real Gone
2004
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90 807 Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
Under Construction
2002
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91 815 Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven
2000
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92 850 Norah Jones
Come Away with Me
2002
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93 853 Cat Power
You Are Free
2003

94 855 Spoon
Gimme Fiction
2005
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95 864 The Dandy Warhols
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
2000
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96 871 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever to Tell
2003
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97 872 The Microphones
The Glow, Pt. 2
2001

98 873 The Strokes
Room on Fire
2003
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99 882 Röyksopp
Melody A.M.
2001
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100 884 Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary
2005
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