Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Albums from the 2000s
The Top 200 Albums from the 2000s





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1 34 Arcade Fire
Funeral
2004
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2 45 The Strokes
Is This It
2001
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3 52 Radiohead
Kid A
2000
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4 71 Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2002
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5 101 The White Stripes
Elephant
2003
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6 110 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
2005
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7 127 Radiohead
In Rainbows
2007
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8 128 Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
2009

9 137 LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
2007
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10 165 Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2006

11 168 OutKast
Stankonia
2000
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12 179 Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
2006
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13 183 Jay-Z
The Blueprint
2001
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14 189 Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP
2000
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15 197 The White Stripes
White Blood Cells
2001
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16 206 Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
2004
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17 215 The Streets
Original Pirate Material
2002
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18 217 Kanye West
The College Dropout
2004
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19 218 Antony and The Johnsons
I Am a Bird Now
2005
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20 231 The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2002
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21 237 OutKast
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
2003
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22 249 Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
2008
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23 250 Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
2002
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24 259 Interpol
Turn On the Bright Lights
2002
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25 261 Burial
Untrue
2007

26 265 M.I.A.
Kala
2007
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27 271 Joanna Newsom
Ys
2006
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28 276 PJ Harvey
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2000
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29 279 Portishead
Third
2008
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30 285 TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain
2006

31 299 Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head
2002
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32 301 Dizzee Rascal
Boy in da Corner
2003
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33 302 M.I.A.
Arular
2005
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34 308 Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
2007
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35 310 The Knife
Silent Shout
2006
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36 312 Daft Punk
Discovery
2001
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37 323 Bob Dylan
Love and Theft
2001
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38 335 Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
2009

39 338 TV on the Radio
Dear Science
2008
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40 339 Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
2008
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41 342 The Libertines
Up the Bracket
2002
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42 346 The National
Boxer
2007
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43 357 Panda Bear
Person Pitch
2007

44 362 The Avalanches
Since I Left You
2000
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45 371 Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
2007
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46 387 Radiohead
Amnesiac
2001
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47 388 LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
2005
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48 395 Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2005
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49 399 Madvillain
Madvillainy
2004
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50 401 Björk
Vespertine
2001
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51 403 The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow
2003
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52 405 Beck
Sea Change
2002
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53 414 Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It in People
2002
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54 419 Kanye West
Late Registration
2005
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55 420 Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker
2000
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56 421 Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica
2000
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57 423 Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
2005
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58 437 The XX
XX
2009

59 438 Primal Scream
Xtrmntr
2000
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60 449 Green Day
American Idiot
2004
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61 458 Brian Wilson
SMiLE
2004
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62 464 At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
2000
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63 474 Radiohead
Hail to the Thief
2003
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64 493 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever to Tell
2003
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65 512 Cat Power
The Greatest
2006
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66 513 D'Angelo
Voodoo
2000
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67 515 Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2000
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68 531 The Postal Service
Give Up
2003
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69 536 Sigur Rós
( )
2002
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70 548 Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca
2009

71 549 The Streets
A Grand Don't Come for Free
2004
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72 554 Coldplay
Parachutes
2000
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73 556 The Notwist
Neon Golden
2002
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74 559 Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2009

75 566 MGMT
Oracular Spectacular
2007
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76 578 Bob Dylan
Modern Times
2006
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77 581 My Morning Jacket
Z
2005
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78 584 The National
Alligator
2005

79 586 Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
2006
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80 587 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
2004
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81 597 System of a Down
Toxicity
2001
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82 613 Blur
Think Tank
2003
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83 619 Justin Timberlake
FutureSex/LoveSounds
2006
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84 621 Spoon
Kill the Moonlight
2002
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85 626 Hot Chip
The Warning
2006
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86 633 Boards of Canada
Geogaddi
2002
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87 636 Jay-Z
The Black Album
2003
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88 638 Gorillaz
Demon Days
2005
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89 644 Deerhunter
Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
2008
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90 660 Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
2000
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91 662 Battles
Mirrored
2007
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92 667 Grandaddy
The Sophtware Slump
2000
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93 671 Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
2007
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94 683 Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam
2007
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95 688 Johnny Cash
American III: Solitary Man
2000
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96 689 The Libertines
The Libertines
2004
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97 691 Cut Copy
In Ghost Colors
2008
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98 694 Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
2004
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99 697 Cat Power
You Are Free
2003

100 701 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
2007
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101 705 The Microphones
The Glow, Pt. 2
2001

102 709 Fennesz
Endless Summer
2001
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103 714 Ghostface Killah
Supreme Clientele
2000
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104 717 Missy Elliott
Miss E... So Addictive
2001
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105 718 Death Cab for Cutie
Transatlanticism
2003
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106 719 Fever Ray
Fever Ray
2009

107 720 Liars
Drum's Not Dead
2006
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108 726 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It's Blitz!
2009

109 728 The Rapture
Echoes
2003
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110 732 The Hold Steady
Boys and Girls in America
2006
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111 736 Justice

2007
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112 739 N.E.R.D.
In Search of...
2001
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113 742 Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy
2005
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114 744 Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid
2008
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115 746 Sleater-Kinney
The Woods
2005
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116 749 J Dilla aka Jay Dee
Donuts
2006
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117 761 Queens of the Stone Age
Rated R
2000
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118 771 Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary
2005
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119 777 Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2007
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120 798 Four Tet
Rounds
2003
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121 814 Sigur Rós
Takk...
2005
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122 819 Ghostface Killah
Fishscale
2006
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123 842 The Wrens
The Meadowlands
2003
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124 847 Fuck Buttons
Tarot Sport
2009

125 848 Morrissey
You Are the Quarry
2004
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126 855 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
2008
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127 857 Lily Allen
Alright, Still
2006
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128 862 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Source Tags & Codes
2002
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129 863 Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around
2002
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130 866 The Flaming Lips
Embryonic
2009

131 869 Gillian Welch
Time (The Revelator)
2001
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132 875 Clipse
Hell Hath No Fury
2006

133 884 Elliott Smith
Figure 8
2000
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134 894 Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair
2008
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135 901 Damien Rice
O
2002
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136 908 The Mars Volta
De-Loused in the Comatorium
2003
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137 914 U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind
2000
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138 928 Kanye West
Graduation
2007
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139 931 Feist
The Reminder
2007
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140 935 Animal Collective
Sung Tongs
2004
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141 936 Junior Boys
So This Is Goodbye
2006
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142 939 Animal Collective
Feels
2005

143 946 Cannibal Ox
The Cold Vein
2001
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144 948 Badly Drawn Boy
The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2000
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145 949 The Killers
Hot Fuss
2004
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146 952 Danger Mouse
The Grey Album
2004

147 961 Belle and Sebastian
The Life Pursuit
2006
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148 963 Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill
2004
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149 968 Scott Walker
The Drift
2006

150 976 Santogold
Santogold
2008
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151 986 TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2004
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152 990 Goldfrapp
Felt Mountain
2000
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153 993 Modest Mouse
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
2004
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154 994 Ryan Adams
Gold
2001
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155 996 The Good, the Bad and the Queen
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
2007
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156 998 Tool
Lateralus
2001
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157 1004 Bill Callahan
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
2009

158 1007 Bruce Springsteen
The Rising
2002
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159 1009 Midlake
The Trials of Van Occupanther
2006

160 1016 Norah Jones
Come Away with Me
2002
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161 1024 The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
2006
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162 1032 Fugazi
The Argument
2001
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163 1036 The Field
From Here We Go Sublime
2007

164 1040 Grizzly Bear
Yellow House
2006
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165 1041 Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose
2004
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166 1043 The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema
2005
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167 1044 Sleater-Kinney
One Beat
2002
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168 1048 Röyksopp
Melody A.M.
2001
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169 1049 The Roots
Phrenology
2002
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170 1050 Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III
2008
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171 1053 Devendra Banhart
Rejoicing in the Hands
2004
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172 1056 Lambchop
Nixon
2000
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173 1060 The Strokes
Room On Fire
2003
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174 1074 The Antlers
Hospice
2009

175 1076 Rufus Wainwright
Want One
2003
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176 1084 Luomo
Vocalcity
2000

177 1085 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
2009

178 1089 Erykah Badu
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
2008
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179 1090 Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2006
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180 1096 Beirut
Gulag Orkestar
2006
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181 1100 The Horrors
Primary Colours
2009

182 1114 Super Furry Animals
Rings Around the World
2001
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183 1120 Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II
2009

184 1135 Sigur Rós
Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
2008
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185 1138 Spoon
Girls Can Tell
2001
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186 1153 Wilco
Sky Blue Sky
2007
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187 1156 Burial
Burial
2006

188 1157 Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
2004
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189 1159 Bright Eyes
Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
2002
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190 1164 Sufjan Stevens
Michigan
2003
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191 1171 The Decemberists
Picaresque
2005
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192 1172 Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up On Me
2002
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193 1173 M83
Saturdays = Youth
2008
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194 1178 PJ Harvey
White Chalk
2007
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195 1182 Spoon
Gimme Fiction
2005
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196 1196 Gorillaz
Gorillaz
2001
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197 1197 M83
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
2003
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198 1199 Björk
Medulla
2004
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199 1204 My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves
2003
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200 1205 Interpol
Antics
2004
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