List by @riffiter
Best albums of the 2000s
Twenty albums that defined the 2000s — indie's golden run, rap's auteur turn, and the decade the internet changed listening.
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Kid ARadiohead · 20002000 · a rock band abandons rock and wins
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StankoniaOutKast · 20002000 · Southern rap's technicolor peak
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Is This ItThe Strokes · 20012001 · garage rock's restart button
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The BlueprintJay-Z · 20012001 · soul samples and total confidence
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DiscoveryDaft Punk · 20012001 · filter-house euphoria
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Yankee Hotel FoxtrotWilco · 20022002 · Americana taken apart and rebuilt
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Turn On the Bright LightsInterpol · 20022002 · post-punk revival's high point
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ElephantThe White Stripes · 20032003 · two people, maximum noise
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FuneralArcade Fire · 20042004 · indie learns to sound enormous
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Madvillainy InstrumentalsMadvillain · 20042004 · underground rap's cult classic
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The College DropoutKanye West · 20032004 · the producer steps to the mic
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IllinoisSufjan Stevens · 20052005 · orchestral folk as state history
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Back to BlackAmy Winehouse · 20062006 · retro soul with a modern wound
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotArctic Monkeys · 20062006 · the fastest-selling British debut, deservedly
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Sound of SilverLCD Soundsystem · 20072007 · dance music that knows it's aging
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UntrueBurial · 20072007 · late-night London as a sound
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KalaM.I.A. · 20072007 · global pop with no borders
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For Emma, Forever AgoBon Iver · 20072008 · a cabin, a falsetto, a new folk standard
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Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes · 20082008 · harmony-rich pastoral revival
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Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective · 20092009 · psychedelic pop's digital bloom