The Great Albums of the 2000’s
This list is all of the great albums i have heard in rock, in the ten year span of 2000-2009.
No limit on number.
2009 edition – 164 entries
2013 edition – 224 entries
2017 edition – 268 entries
new! = new addition
up – moved up the list since last time
down – moved down the list since last time
italics – 5 star albums
regular font – 4 ½ star albums
1.Funeral – The Arcade Fire
2.Return to Cookie Mountain – TV on the Radio
3.Trust – Low
4.The Cold Vein – Cannibal Ox
5.Gallowbraid’s Park – The Fiery Furnaces
6.The Great Eastern – The Delgados
7.Third – Portishead
8.Here Come the Miracles – Steve Wynn
9.Wilderness- Archer Prewitt
10.Boxer – The National
11.Electric Version – The New Pornographers
12.Each One Teach One – Oneida
13.Girls Can Tell – Spoon
14.Ys – Joanna Newsom
15.Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
16.The Sunset Tree – The Mountain Goats
17.The Argument – Fugazi
18.The Meadowlands – The Wrens
19.If We Can’t Trust the Doctors – Blanche
20.Rated R – Queens of the Stone Age
21.The Woods – Sleater Kinney
22.Un Dia – Juana Molina new!
23.Rated O – Oneida
24.Leaves Turn Inside You – Unwound
25.In Advance of a Broken Arm – Marnie Stern
26.Ascenseur Ouvert – Kingsbury Manx
27.Strawberry Jam – Animal Collective
28.Rubber Factory – The Black Keys
29.Allegory of Hearing – Roy Montgomery
30.Treny – Jacaszek new!
31.Let the Light In – Shannon Wright
32.Cast of Thousands – Elbow
33.Phrenology – The Roots new!
34.Things We Lost in the Fire – Low
35.Transcendental Blues – Steve Earle
36.La Foret – Xiu Xiu
37.Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
38.Is This It – The Strokes
39.Birds Make Good Neighbors – The Rosebuds up
40.Kill the Moonlight – Spoon
41.The Anomaly – DJ Logic new!
42.Our Love to Admire – Interpol down
43.Anthem of the Moon – Oneida
44.Whatever You Love You Are – Dirty Three new!
45.Hazards of Love – The Decemberists
46.Stars of the Lid – Tired Sounds of new!
47.Southern Rock Opera – Drive By Truckers
48.Internal Wrangler – Clinic
49.Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts – M83
50.It’s a Wonderful Life – Sparklehorse new!
51.For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver down
52.Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers – The National
53.The Coast is Never Clear- Beulah
54.Walk it Off – Tapes N Tapes
55.The Last Broadcast – The Doves up
56.Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes – TV on the Radio
57.Mass Romantic – The New Pornographers
58.Window City – Fiery Furnaces down
59.Red Dirt Girl – Emmylou Harris
60.Garden Ruin – Calexico
61.Z – My Morning Jacket
62.All My Friends are Funeral Singers – Califone
63.The Boxing Mirror – Alejandro Escovedo
64.The Slow Wonder – A.C. Newman
65.Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
66.Ancient Melodies of the Future – Built to Spill
67.The Spell – Black Heart Procession
68.Hate – The Delgados new!
69.Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! – Godspeed You Black Emperor
70.Blueberry Boat – The Fiery Furnaces
71.Boys and Girls in America – The Hold Steady
72.You Forgot it In People – Broken Social Scene down
73.Mirrored – Battles
74.Hell Hath No Fury – Clipse up
75.My Music @ Work – The Tragically Hip
76.Directions to See a Ghost – The Black Angels new!
77.The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face – Man Man new!
78.One Beat – Sleater Kinney
79.You are Free – Cat Power
80.Tallahassee – The Mountain Goats
81.This is it and I am It – Marnie Stern
82.Apologies to the Queen Mary – Wolf Parade
83.Friend or Foe – Menomena
84.Sharpen Your Teeth – Ugly Cassonova
85.The Ecstatic – Mos Def up
86.Drums not Dead – Liars
87.Bows and Arrows – The Walkmen
88.The Creek Drank the Cradle – Iron and Wine
89.Hour of the Bewilderbeast – Badly Drawn Boy
90.Echoes – The Rapture
91.Visiter – Dodos up
92.Oh, Inverted World – The Shins down
93.Jessica Bailiff – Jessica Bailiff
94.Bitte Orcha – Dirty Projectors
95.April – Sun Kil Moon
96.Proof of Youth – The Go! Team new!
97.Knife Play – Xiu Xiu
98.Ceaders – Clearlake
99.Toxicity – System of a Down new!
100.Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not – The Arctic Monkees
101.Liars – s/t
102.How Will You? – Azita
103.The Moon and Antarctica – Modest Mouse
104.Blessing and a Curse – Drive by Truckers
105.Lullibies to Paralyze – Queens of the Stone Age
106.Fields of the Sun – Comets on Fire
107.Purling Hiss – s/t new!
108.Amsterdam – Lofty Pillars
109.Ritual of Hearts – Maquiladora
110.Noble Beast – Andrew Bird
111.Fox Confessor Brings the Flood – Neko Case new!
112.Translations – Sylvie Lewis
113.Come Across the River – Heather Duby new!
- Coastal – s/t new!
115.Some Echoes – Aloha
116.The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn – Cocorosie
117.Crossing Dragon Bridge – Steve Wynn
118.Up in Flames – Caribou (Manitoba) up
119.Crystal Castles – s/t new!
120.Marry Me – St. Vincent
121.Up the Bracket – The Libertines Come Across the River – Heather Duby new!
122.Rock it to the Moon – Electrelane
123.Aztec Discipline – Kingsbury Manx
124.Chutes too Narrow – The Shins
125.The Shepherd’s Dog – Iron and Wine
126.Alternative to Love- Branden Benson
127.Feels – Animal Collective
128.Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands say Yeah
129.Three – Black Heart Procession
130.Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float – The Drones new!
131.It Still Moves – My Morning Jacket
132.Blinking Lights and Other Observations – The Eels
133.Turn off the Bright Lights – Interpol
134.Onoffon – Mission of Burma
135.The College Dropout – Kanye West new!
136.Memories of Another World – Alcest new!
137.Where You Go I Go Too – Lindstrom new!
138.I and Love and You – The Avett Bros. down
139.Low Kick and Hard Bop – Solex
140.Gulag Orkestar – Beirut
141.Roomsound – Califone
142.Bacholor Number 2 – Amiee Mann
143.Lullaby for Liquid Pig – Lisa Germano new!
144.Feast of Wire – Calexico
145.The Glands – The Glands
146.Sermon on Exposition Blvd – Rickie Lee Jones
147.Sybris – Sybris
148.Witchcraft Rebellion – Old Time Relijun
149.Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished – Animal Collective
150.Cathedral – Castanets
151.Carried to Dust – Calexico up
152.A Paper Gift – Motion Picture
153.Lateralus – Tool
154.You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See – Girls Against Boys new!
155.Over the Sun – Shannon Wright
156.Bacholor Number 2 – Amiee Mann
157.Heron King Blues – Califone
158.I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – El-P
159.Here Comes the Indian – Animal Collective
160.The Mysterious Production of Eggs – Andrew Bird
161.Los Angeles – Flying Lotus new!
162.Rejoicing in the Hands – Devendra Banhart
163.For Carnation – s/t new!
164.Castaways and Cutouts – The Decemberists
165.Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon up
166.All Hail West Texas – Mountain Goats
167.Gutter Tactics – Dalek
168.Fur and Gold – Bat for Lashes
169.The Back Room – The Editors
170.Ghosts of the Great Highway – .Sun Kil Moon
171.Last Exit – Junior Boys
172.Hail to the Thief – Radiohead
173.From Chaos – 311 new!
174.Bang Bang Rock ‘n Roll – Art Brut
175.Maroon – Barenaked Ladies
176.Midnight Boom – The Kills
177.Black Eyes – s/t
178.Vivian Girls – s/t new!
179.Ole! Tarantula – Robyn Hitchcock
180.Tangos and Tanturms – Sylvie Lewis
181.Like Her – Volebeats
182.Source Tags and Codes- ..And you Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead up
183.The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
184.Endless Summer – Fennez
185.Kingdom of Rust – Doves
186.Dear Science – TV On the Radio
187.Neon Golden – Notwist new!
188.Blacklisted – Neko Case
189.Thickfreakness – The Black Keys
190.Dig Lazarus Dig – Nice Cave
191.Comets on Fire – s/t
192.The World Won’t End – Pernice Brothers new!
193.There is No Enemy – Built to Spill down
194.Lost Souls – The Doves up
195.Harmony – Gordon Lightfoot new!
196.Busted Stuff – Dave Matthews
197.The Seldom Seen Kid – Elbow
198.BRMC – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club new!
199.Ghosts of the Great Highway – Sun Kil Moon
200.Universal Audio – Delgados
201.45:33 – LCD Soundsystem up
202.White Pony – Deftones new!
203.Dyed in the Wool – Shannon Wright
204.Leviathan – Mastadon new!
205.Field Songs – Mark Lanegan new!
206.Devotion – Beach House
207.Alligator – The National
208.De Stijl – White Stripes
209.Gypsy Freedom – Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice down
210.Blackwater Park – Opeth new!
211.Our Endless Numbered Days – Iron & Wine
212.Since I Left You – Avalanches
213.Fleet Foxes – s/t up
214.Mapmaker – Parts and Labor
215.A Piece of What You Need – Teddy Thompson
216.Real Gone – Tom Waits
217.White Ladder – David Gray
218.holy fuck – lp
219.Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers up
220.DIA – Amen Dunes
221.Sea Change – Beck
222.Weather Systems – Andrew Bird
223.Veckatimest – Grizzly Bear
224.Seperation Sunday – The Hold Steady
225.Ha Ha Sound – Broadcast
226.Quicksand/Candlesnakes – Califone
227.The Universe Will Provide – Mike Kenally
228.The Milk Eyed Mender – Joanna Newsom
229.First Impressions on Earth – The Strokes up
230.Everything is Good Here/ Please Come Home – Angels of Light new!
231.Secret Wars – Oneida
232.American Idiot – Green Day new!
233.From the Filthy Tongues of Gods and Griots – Dalek
234.Murray Street – Sonic Youth
235.All is Dream – Mercury Rev
236.Life on other Planets – Supergrass
237.Illinios – Sufjan Stevens
238.Deathconsciousness – Have a Nice Day new!
239.Thunder, Lightning, Strike – The Go! Team
240.That’s Your Fire – Aloha down
241.Writer’s Block – Peter, Bjorn, and John
242.Avatar – Comets on Fire
243.The Big Come Up – The Black Keys
244.Pound for Pound – Royal Trux
245.At Mount Zoomer – Wolf Parade up
246.Hypnotic Underworld – Ghost
247.A Bigger Bang – The Rolling Stones
248.Crooked Fingers – s/t new!
249.A Weekend in the City – Bloc Party
250.Furnace Room Lullaby – Neko Case new!
251.Bromst – Dan Deacon
252.Attack and Release – The Black Keys down
253.Ladybird – Shit and Shine new!
254.A Man Under the Influence – Alejandro Escavedo
255.Burnside on Burnside – R.L. Burnside new!
256.Street Horsing – Fuck Buttons new!
257.Serena Maneesh – s/t new!
258.A Promise – Xiu Xiu
259.Under an Hour – Menomena
260.Heavy Ghost – DM Smith
261.Workout Holiday – White Denim new!
262.The Dirty South – The Drive By Truckers new!
263.The Universe Will Provide – Mike Kenally
264.Late Registration – Kanye West new!
265.Hospice – The Antlers
266.A Certain Trigger – Maximo Park
267.Non Stop Je Te Pile Deux – We are Wolves
268.LCD Soundsystem – s/t
