Best Albums of the 2000s: Q1

We are now 1/4 of the way through the 2000s. This is a thread to post your favorite albums since 2000. Someone will more time than me should take the time to aggregate the lists.

 

I'm sure mine will be almost entirely from the decade of the 2000's but I'll still do this.

 

Hatebreed - Perseverance

 

Here we go. Order is hazy enough as always! Generally skews heavier towards the mid 00s, early 10s, which makes sense.

1. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
2. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
3. There Will be Fireworks - The Dark Dark Bright
4. Bjork - Vespertine
5. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
6. The Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird is Home
7. 65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
8. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
9. There Will Be Fireworks - Summer Moon
10. The National - High Violet
    
    
11. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
12. Tegan and Sara - So Jealous
13. Dessa - Castor, The Twin
14. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
15. Radiohead - Kid A
16. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
17. Sigur Ros - ( )
18. The National - Alligator
19. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
20. Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood of Colour
    
    
21. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
22. Tegan and Sara - The Con
23. The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
24. Friends in America - What It Is To Be
25. Bright Eyes - Lifted
26. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
27. Foreign Television - Cartoon Sun
28. The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
29. Frank Turner - Love Ire and Song
30. The Xcerts - There Is Only You
    
    
31. Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
32. Fugazi - The Argument
33. Florence and the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
34. Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp
35. Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go
36. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
37. Reuben - In Nothing We Trust
38. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
39. POS - Never Better
40. Capsule - Stereo Worxxx
    
    
41. Converge - Jane Doe
42. Mickey Factz - Mickey MauSe
43. MIA - Matangi
44. Saul Williams - Saul Williams
45. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
46. St Vincent - Masseduction
47. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
48. Four Tet - Morning / Evening
49. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
50. Yeule - Serotonin II

That'll do for now. Love making lists...

 

First one that came to mind

 

my first pass without thinking too hard. ranked alphabetically.


adrianne lenker - bright future

alex g - house of sugar

alvvays - blue rev

andy shauf - the party

angel olsen - MY WOMAN

beach house - bloom

big thief - dragon new warm mountain…

bill callahan - sometimes i wish…

bright eyes - im wide awake, it’s morning

courtney barnett - sometimes i sit and think

death cab for cutie - transatlanticism

elliott smith - figure 8

gillian welch - time (the revelator)

hop along - painted shut

japanese breakfast - jubilee

joanna newsom - ys

julien baker - sprained ankle

the microphones - the glow, pt. 2

mitski - be the cowboy

mj lenderman - boat songs

modest mouse - the moon and antarctica

phoebe bridgers - punisher

purple mountains - s/t

silver jews - bright flight

smog - a river ain’t too much to love

songs: ohia - magnolia electric co.

sufjan stevens - carrie and lowell

waxahatchee - saint cloud

wednesday - rat saw god

wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

 

Stuck to one per artist. Alphabetical. First go at 50 important albums from this century to me

Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
Less Than Jake - Anthem (2003)
As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions (2006)
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (2015)
Between the Buried & Me - Colors (2007)
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory (2005)
John Mayer - Continuum (2006)
Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
The Starting Line - Direction (2007)
Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit (2005)
Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux (2008)
Thursday - Full Collapse (2001)
Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004)
A Day To Remember - Homesick (2009)
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000)
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
Converge - Jane Doe (2001)
Tame Impala - Lonerism (2012)
Madvillian - Madvilliany (2004)
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM (2020)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (2016)
Circa Survive - On Letting Go (2007)
Paramore - Paramore (2013)
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Young Thug - So Much Fun (2019)
Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between (2007)
Outkast - Stankonia (2000)
Straylight Run - Straylight Run (2004)
Deaffheaven - Sunbather (2013)
Drake - Take Care (2011)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
The Gaslight Anthem - The 59' Sound (2008)
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation (2013)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)
blink-182 - Untitled (2003)
Thrice - Vheissu (2005)
Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be (2004)
Deftones - White Pony (2000)

 

1. The Hotelier - Goodness

 

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Thrice - The Alchemy Index

 

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Threw 60 albums into the ranker and ended up with this. One album per artist otherwise it would have three Weakerthans and probably both John K. Samson albums in the top 15.

1. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
2. The Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Is There
3. The Wonder Years - Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing
4. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
5. The Menzingers - After the Party
6. The Gaslight Anthem - The ’59 Sound
7. Maxwell Stern - Impossible Sum
8. Thursday - War All the Time
9. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
10. Bleachers - Strange Desire
11. John Mayer - Continuum
12. The Graduate - Anhedonia
13. Into It. Over It. - Intersections
14. Fun. - Some Nights
15. Less Than Jake - Anthem
16. mewithoutYou - Pale Horses
17. Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
18. The 1975 - The 1975
19. The Ataris - So Long Astoria
20. The Format - Dog Problems
21. Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute
22. Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
23. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
24. Fake Problems - Real Ghosts Caught On Tape
25. Laura Stevenson - Wheel

 

I'll be making edits to this. I'm posting it for reference for myself.

2000

• At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
• Coldplay - Parachutes
• Deftones - White Pony
• Nelly Furtado - Woah, Nelly!

2001

• 311 - From Chaos
• Alien Ant Farm - ANThology
• Incubus - Morning View
• Long Beach Dub Allstars - Wonders Of The World
• Thursday - Full Collapse

2002

• dredg - El Cielo
• Finch - What It Is To Burn
• The Get Up Kids - On A Wire
• Grüvis Malt - With The Spirit Of A Traffic Jam
• Minus The Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
• Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends

2003

• Alien Ant Farm - TruANT
• The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
• Nelly Furtado - Folklore
• Thursday - War All The Time

2004

• The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show
• Grüvis Malt - Simon
  
• Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder
• Long Beach Shortbus - Flying Ship Of Fantasy
• Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
• Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be

2005

• 3rd Alley - After School Special
• dredg - Catch Without Arms
• Finch - Say Hello To Sunshine
  
• Kaddisfly - Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You A Unicorn
• Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso
• Secret Lives Of The Freemasons - This Was Built To Make You Dance

2006

• Incubus - Light Grenades
• Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now

2007

• Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain
• Gavin Castleton - For The Love Of Pete
• Kaddisfly - Set Sail The Prairie
  
• Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice
• Say Anything - In Defense Of The Genre

2008

• 3rd Alley - Shiny Shady People
• Dance Gavin Dance - Death Star
• Emarosa - Relativity
• Secret Lives Of The Freemasons - Weekend Warriors

2009

• Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
• Gavin Castleton - Home
• Hrvrd - The Inevitable and I
• Paramore - Brand New Eyes

2010

• Emarosa - Emarosa
• The Forecast - The Forecast
• Gavin Castleton - Won Over Frequency
• Minus The Bear - OMNI

2011

• 3rd Alley - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
• A Lot Like Birds - Conversation Piece
• Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain II
• Eisley - The Valley
• The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules
• Incubus - If Not Now, When?

2012

• Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
• Minus The Bear - Infinity Overhead

2013

• A Lot Like Birds - No Place
• Bad Rabbits - American Love
• CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe
• Hrvrd - From The Bird's Cage
• Paramore - Paramore

2014

• Finch - Back To Oblivion
• Kurt Travis - Everything Is Beautiful
• Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is

2015

• CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
• The Story So Far - The Story So Far
• Turnover - Peripheral Vision

2016

• American Football - LP2
• Bad Rabbits - American Nightmare
• Bilmuri - Jaguar Shark
• Bilmuri - Bilmuri
• Bilmuri - Letters
• Frank Ocean - Blonde
• Kaddisfly - Horses Galloping On Sailboats
• Mom Jeans - Best Buds
• HONNE - Warm On A Cold Night

2017

• Bilmuri - Frame
• Bilmuri - Banana
  
• Sincere Engineer - Rhombithian
• Turnover - Good Nature

2018

• Bilmuri - Solid Chub
• Bilmuri - taco
• Mom Jeans - Puppy Love

2019

• American Football - LP3
• Bilmuri - wet milk
  
• Bilmuri - RICH SIPS
• The Get Up Kids - Problems
• Kurt Travis - There's A Place I Want To Take You

2020

• Bilmuri - Eggy Pocket
• Hot Mulligan - You'll Be Fine

2021

• Bilmuri - 400LB Back Squat
• Sincere Engineer - Bless My Psyche

2022

• Cliffdiver - Exercise Your Demons
• Mom Jeans - Sweet Tooth
• Pool Kids - Pool Kids

2023

• Sincere Engineer - Cheap Grills

2024

• Alien Ant Farm - mANTras
• Bilmuri - American Motor Sports
• Cliffdiver - Birdwatching
• Jakobs Castle - ENTER: THE CASTLE
• The Story So Far - I Want To Disappear

2025

• Winona Fighter - My Apologies To The Chef

 

Radiohead might have released my favorite album of theirs in 1997 with Ok computer but it is followed closely by In Rainbows (2007), my favorite Blink 182 albums were also from the 2000s which are: Take off your pants and jacket, and Untitled. Thrice's gold streak and musical evolution from the illusion of safety (2002) to Beggars (2009) is fucking amazing.

Some other notable choices: Graduation, 808s and heartbreak, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy by Kanye, Miss machine and option paralysis by the dillinger escape plan, Diamond eyes by Deftones, Hybrid theory by Linkin park, Hot damn, From parts unknown, and Low teens by Every time I die, Good kid maad city- Damn by Kendrick, Toxicity by System of a down, the black parade by Mcr, Illuminate by Lydia, the sufferer and the witness by Rise against, the marshall mathers lp by Eminem, Iowa by Slipknot, Bleed american- chase this light by Jimmy eat world, Takk by Sigur ros.

 

Damien Rice - O

 

Attempted to even kinda sorta start this and collapsed halfway through looking at year 2000 so subbing to lurk and judge while not contributing anything of value

 

hmmm gonna try to get a list together for this but might take me while

 

Im slowly working through the years and then I’ll rank

 

the moon and antarctica