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





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1 55 Arcade Fire
Funeral
2004
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2 56 The Strokes
Is This It
2001
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3 78 Radiohead
Kid A
2000
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4 105 Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2002
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5 106 The White Stripes
Elephant
2003
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6 115 Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
2005
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7 154 OutKast
Stankonia
2000
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8 157 Radiohead
In Rainbows
2007
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9 158 LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver
2007
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10 174 Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
2004
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11 184 The White Stripes
White Blood Cells
2001
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12 191 Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP
2000
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13 197 TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain
2006

14 225 The Streets
Original Pirate Material
2002
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15 238 Kanye West
The College Dropout
2004
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16 240 Jay-Z
The Blueprint
2001
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17 252 Antony and The Johnsons
I Am a Bird Now
2005
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18 254 OutKast
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
2003
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19 263 Portishead
Third
2008
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20 278 Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
2008
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21 287 Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2006

22 311 Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
2002
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23 321 M.I.A.
Arular
2005
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24 325 Joanna Newsom
Ys
2006
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25 328 Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
2007
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26 338 Coldplay
A Rush of Blood to the Head
2002
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27 340 M.I.A.
Kala
2007
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28 363 The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2002
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29 365 TV on the Radio
Dear Science
2008
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30 369 Dizzee Rascal
Boy in da Corner
2003
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31 370 Primal Scream
Xtrmntr
2000
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32 380 Interpol
Turn On the Bright Lights
2002
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33 388 PJ Harvey
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2000
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34 414 Panda Bear
Person Pitch
2007

35 419 The Libertines
Up the Bracket
2002
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36 421 Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
2006
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37 425 The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow
2003
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38 431 Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
2007
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39 437 Bob Dylan
Love and Theft
2001
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40 442 Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
2008
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41 444 The Knife
Silent Shout
2006
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42 449 LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
2005
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43 451 Brian Wilson
SMiLE
2004
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44 454 The Avalanches
Since I Left You
2000
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45 471 The National
Boxer
2007
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46 479 Burial
Untrue
2007

47 503 Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker
2000
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48 504 Radiohead
Amnesiac
2001
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49 510 Kanye West
Late Registration
2005
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50 513 Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
2004
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51 516 Björk
Vespertine
2001
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52 522 Radiohead
Hail to the Thief
2003
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53 527 Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica
2000
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54 535 Coldplay
Parachutes
2000
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55 539 Cat Power
The Greatest
2006
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56 547 Daft Punk
Discovery
2001
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57 553 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
2004
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58 564 Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It in People
2002
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59 566 Bob Dylan
Modern Times
2006
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60 568 At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
2000
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61 585 The Streets
A Grand Don't Come for Free
2004
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62 598 MGMT
Oracular Spectacular
2007
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63 599 Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
2005
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64 600 Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
2006
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65 609 Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2005
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66 627 Madvillain
Madvillainy
2004
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67 634 D'Angelo
Voodoo
2000
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68 649 Battles
Mirrored
2007
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69 654 Ghostface Killah
Fishscale
2006
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70 656 Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2000
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71 657 Beck
Sea Change
2002
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72 659 System of a Down
Toxicity
2001
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73 677 Deerhunter
Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
2008
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74 682 The Libertines
The Libertines
2004
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75 684 Queens of the Stone Age
Rated R
2000
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76 691 Cat Power
You Are Free
2003

77 710 N.E.R.D.
In Search of…
2001
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78 712 Boards of Canada
Geogaddi
2002
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79 728 The Notwist
Neon Golden
2002
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80 736 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
2008
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81 741 Devendra Banhart
Rejoicing in the Hands
2004
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82 751 Hot Chip
The Warning
2006
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83 763 Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
2000
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84 774 Missy Elliott
Miss E… So Addictive
2001
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85 775 Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose
2004
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86 777 Blur
Think Tank
2003
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87 781 Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever to Tell
2003
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88 793 Spoon
Kill the Moonlight
2002
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89 797 The Postal Service
Give Up
2003
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90 817 Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around
2002
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91 838 Clipse
Hell Hath No Fury
2006

92 847 Sleater-Kinney
The Woods
2005
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93 848 Justice

2007
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94 852 The Rapture
Echoes
2003
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95 866 Gorillaz
Demon Days
2005
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96 868 Santogold
Santogold
2008
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97 870 Johnny Cash
American III: Solitary Man
2000
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98 871 The Hold Steady
Boys and Girls in America
2006
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99 872 Green Day
American Idiot
2004
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100 880 Scott Walker
The Drift
2006

101 894 TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2004
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102 896 Badly Drawn Boy
The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2000
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103 903 Röyksopp
Melody A.M.
2001
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104 908 Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair
2008
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105 910 Liars
Drum's Not Dead
2006
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106 915 Grandaddy
The Sophtware Slump
2000
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107 916 Animal Collective
Strawberry Jam
2007
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108 930 Feist
The Reminder
2007
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109 931 Four Tet
Rounds
2003
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110 933 …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Source Tags & Codes
2002
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111 937 Gillian Welch
Time (The Revelator)
2001
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112 938 My Morning Jacket
Z
2005
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113 950 The Microphones
The Glow, Pt. 2
2001

114 956 The Mars Volta
De-Loused in the Comatorium
2003
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115 959 My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves
2003
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116 960 Tom Waits
Real Gone
2004
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117 962 Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2007
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118 965 Death Cab for Cutie
Transatlanticism
2003
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119 976 Morrissey
You Are the Quarry
2004
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120 978 Justin Timberlake
FutureSex/LoveSounds
2006
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121 979 Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
2005
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122 981 Animal Collective
Feels
2005

123 982 The Strokes
Room On Fire
2003
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124 987 Cut Copy
In Ghost Colors
2008
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125 989 U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind
2000
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126 999 Sigur Rós
Takk…
2005
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127 1000 Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid
2008
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128 1002 Sigur Rós
Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust
2008
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129 1011 Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill
2004
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130 1012 J Dilla aka Jay Dee
Donuts
2006
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131 1018 Lambchop
Nixon
2000
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132 1029 The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan
2005
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133 1036 Jay-Z
The Black Album
2003
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134 1045 Ryan Adams
Gold
2001
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135 1051 Interpol
Antics
2004
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136 1058 Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III
2008
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137 1062 Tom Waits
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
2006
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138 1064 The Roots
Phrenology
2002
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139 1068 Ghostface Killah
Supreme Clientele
2000
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140 1079 Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
2004
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141 1081 Rufus Wainwright
Want One
2003
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142 1091 Sigur Rós
( )
2002
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143 1094 Solomon Burke
Don't Give Up On Me
2002
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144 1103 50 Cent
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2003
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145 1107 Kanye West
Graduation
2007
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146 1111 Erykah Badu
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
2008
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147 1112 Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary
2005
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148 1120 PJ Harvey
White Chalk
2007
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149 1126 Super Furry Animals
Rings Around the World
2001
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150 1140 Norah Jones
Come Away with Me
2002
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151 1141 Calexico
Feast of Wire
2003
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152 1146 Fennesz
Endless Summer
2001
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153 1150 Modest Mouse
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
2004
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154 1151 The Dandy Warhols
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
2000
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155 1157 Common
Be
2005
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156 1169 The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
2006
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157 1176 The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema
2005
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158 1177 The Darkness
Permission to Land
2003
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159 1178 Fugazi
The Argument
2001
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160 1193 The Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers
2006
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161 1209 Gorillaz
Gorillaz
2001
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162 1213 Damien Rice
O
2002
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163 1216 Eminem
The Eminem Show
2002
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164 1228 Wilco
Sky Blue Sky
2007
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165 1229 M83
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
2003
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166 1245 Cannibal Ox
The Cold Vein
2001
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167 1247 Muse
Origin of Symmetry
2001
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168 1248 The Hold Steady
Stay Positive
2008
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169 1249 No Age
Nouns
2008
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170 1256 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2005

171 1260 Sleater-Kinney
One Beat
2002
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172 1268 Common
Like Water for Chocolate
2000
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173 1278 The National
Alligator
2005

174 1280 The Bug
London Zoo
2008
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175 1286 Sonic Youth
Murray Street
2002
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176 1295 The Good, the Bad and the Queen
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
2007
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177 1301 DJ Shadow
The Private Press
2002
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178 1310 Beirut
Gulag Orkestar
2006
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179 1321 Missy Elliott
Under Construction
2002
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180 1325 Junior Boys
So This Is Goodbye
2006
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181 1330 Basement Jaxx
Rooty
2001
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182 1348 Madonna
Music
2000
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183 1349 Grinderman
Grinderman
2007
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184 1359 Elliott Smith
Figure 8
2000
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185 1364 The Field
From Here We Go Sublime
2007

186 1366 Björk
Medulla
2004
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187 1367 Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
2007
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188 1369 M83
Saturdays = Youth
2008
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189 1376 Kate Bush
Aerial
2005
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190 1382 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
2007
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191 1390 Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
2006
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192 1419 Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2006
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193 1446 Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare
2007
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194 1449 M. Ward
Post-War
2006
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195 1450 The White Stripes
Icky Thump
2007
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196 1460 Grizzly Bear
Yellow House
2006
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197 1476 Glasvegas
Glasvegas
2008
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198 1478 Hot Chip
Made in the Dark
2008
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199 1479 Bright Eyes
Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil,
Keep Your Ear to the Ground

2002
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200 1483 Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow
2005
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