Pitchfork: Best Albums of the 2000s

Kid A

Radiohead (2000)

Funeral

Arcade Fire (2004)

Discovery

Daft Punk (2001)

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco (2002)

The Blueprint

JAY-Z (2001)

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse (2000)

Is This It

The Strokes (2001)

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós (1999)

Person Pitch

Panda Bear (2007)

Since I Left You

The Avalanches (1999)

Supreme Clientele

Ghostface Killah (2000)

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes (2001)

Stankonia

Outkast (2000)

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective (2009)

Silent Shout

The Knife (2006)

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens (2005)

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem (2007)

Late Registration

Kanye West (2005)

Kill the Moonlight

Spoon (2002)

Turn On the Bright Lights

Interpol (2002)

In Rainbows

Radiohead (2007)

Kala

M.I.A. (2007)

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene (2002)

Fever to Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)

Madvillainy

Madvillain (2004)

Endless Summer

Fennesz (2001)

Sung Tongs

Animal Collective (2004)

The College Dropout

Kanye West (2004)

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver (2007)

Geogaddi

Boards of Canada (2002)

Return To Cookie Mountain

TV on the Radio (2006)

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes (2008)

Rooty

Basement Jaxx (2001)

Amnesiac

Radiohead (2001)

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2017 Remaster)

Spoon (2017)

Original Pirate Material

The Streets (2002)

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

Yo La Tengo (2000)

It's Never Been Like That

Phoenix (2006)

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Boredoms (1999)

Alligator

The National (2005)

Untrue

Burial (2007)

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear (2009)

Vocalcity (20th Anniversary Re-Master)

Luomo (2020)

Voodoo

D’Angelo (2000)

The Argument

Fugazi (2001)

Chutes Too Narrow (20th Anniversary Remaster)

The Shins (2003)

The Milk-Eyed Mender

Joanna Newsom (2004)

Separation Sunday

The Hold Steady (2005)

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons & ANOHNI (2005)

Microcastle

Deerhunter (2008)

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend (2008)

Hell Hath No Fury

Clipse (2006)

Internal Wrangler

Clinic (2000)

Arular

M.I.A. (2005)

Feels

Animal Collective (2005)

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors (2009)

Echoes

The Rapture (2003)

From Here We Go Sublime

The Field (2007)

Hearts of Oak

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (2003)

Guitar Romantic

The Exploding Hearts (2003)

In Ghost Colours

Cut Copy (2007)

Boy In da Corner

Dizzee Rascal (2003)

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

of Montreal (2007)

Boys and Girls in America

The Hold Steady (2006)

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2017)

Donuts

J Dilla (2006)

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips (2002)

Robyn

Robyn (2005)

Drums Not Dead

Liars (2006)

Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lake State (Deluxe Version)

Sufjan Stevens (2003)

Third

Portishead (2008)

One Beat (Remastered)

Sleater-Kinney (2002)

The Glow, Pt. 2

The Microphones (2001)

Elephant

The White Stripes (2003)

Fishscale (Expanded Edition)

Ghostface Killah (2006)

Last Exit

Junior Boys (2004)

Miss E... So Addictive

Missy Elliott (2001)

Nouns

No Age (2008)

FutureSex/LoveSounds

Justin Timberlake (2006)

Suburban Light

The Clientele (2000)

The Warning

Hot Chip (2006)

Sea Change

Beck (2002)

Ys

Joanna Newsom (2006)

Rings Around the World

Super Furry Animals (2000)

Pop

Gas (2000)

The Life Pursuit

Belle and Sebastian (2006)

Graduation

Kanye West (2007)

The Meadowlands

Wrens (2002)

Apologies to the Queen Mary

Wolf Parade (2005)

The Black Album

JAY-Z (2004)

Mass Romantic

The New Pornographers (2000)

Vespertine

Björk (2001)

Radio Soulwax presents As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 (DJ Mix)

2manydjs (2002)

Mclusky Do Dallas

Mclusky (2002)

Yellow House

Grizzly Bear (2006)

Girls Can Tell

Spoon (2001)

Change

The Dismemberment Plan (2001)

You Are Free

Cat Power (2003)

Da Drought 3

Lil Wayne (2007)

Source Tags & Codes

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead (2002)

Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (2004)

The Sunset Tree

The Mountain Goats (2005)

Piracy Funds Terrorism

M.I.A.

Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition)

The Postal Service (2003)

Mirrored

Battles (2007)

Up In Flames (Special Edition)

Caribou (2003)

Justice

Justice (2007)

Murray Street

Sonic Youth (2002)

Everything All the Time

Band of Horses (2026)

Boxer (Live in Brussels)

The National (2007)

Saturdays = Youth

M83 (2008)

The Reminder (Deluxe Version)

Feist (2007)

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem (2005)

Purple Haze

Cam'ron (2003)

Oh, Inverted World

The Shins (2001)

KOMPAKT Legacy Mix: Immer 1, Michael Mayer (DJ Mix)

Michael Mayer (2002)

Things We Lost In the Fire

Low (2000)

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band (2001)

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem (2000)

The Tyranny of Distance

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (2001)

Haha Sound

Broadcast (2003)

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams (2000)

Rounds

Four Tet (2003)

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

PJ Harvey (1999)

Thought for Food (Remastered)

The Books (2002)

Leviathan

Mastodon (2004)

The Woods (Bonus Track Version)

Sleater-Kinney (2005)

Any Other City

Life Without Buildings (2014)

A Grand Don't Come for Free

The Streets (2004)

We Got It 4 Cheap (Vol. 2) [feat. Re-Up Gang]

Clipse (2004)

Neon Golden

The Notwist (2002)

Hercules and Love Affair

Hercules and Love Affair (2008)

New Amerykah, Pt. 1 (4th World War)

Erykah Badu (2008)

Songs for the Deaf

Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

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Sigur Rós (2002)

Weirdo Rippers

No Age (2007)

The Creek Drank the Cradle

Iron & Wine (2002)

Up the Bracket

The Libertines (2002)

Nine Times Times That Same Song

Love Is All (2006)

Dear Science

TV on the Radio (2008)

Blacklisted

Neko Case (2002)

Xtrmntr

Primal Scream (2000)

Picaresque

The Decemberists (2005)

I Get Wet

Andrew W.K. (2001)

Blueberry Boat

The Fiery Furnaces (2004)

Z

My Morning Jacket (2005)

King

T.I. (2006)

DJ‐Kicks: Erlend Øye

Erlend Øye (2008)

A New Chance

The Tough Alliance (2007)

Twin Cinema

The New Pornographers (2005)

Bows + Arrows

The Walkmen (2004)

The Cold Vein (Remixed by 3: 33)

Cannibal Ox (2013)

The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom (Night Falls Over Kortedala)

Jens Lekman (2007)

The Pretty Toney Album

Ghostface (2004)

Lord Willin'

Clipse (2002)

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party (2005)

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt (2003)

Destroyer’s Rubies

Destroyer (2006)

Night Ripper

Girl Talk (2006)

Cryptograms

Deerhunter (2007)

No Way Down - EP

Air France (2008)

The W

Wu-Tang Clan (2000)

Uproot

DJ /rupture (2008)

ROME (Written Upside Down) - EP

Les Savy Fav (2000)

Alcachofa

Villalobos (2003)

Insignificance

Jim O’Rourke (2001)

Anniemal

Annie (2004)

Roots and Crowns

Califone (2006)

Like Water For Chocolate

Common (2000)

Fevers and Mirrors

Bright Eyes (2000)

Thunder, Lightning, Strike

The Go! Team (2004)

Shine a Light

Constantines (2003)

Bodily Functions

Herbert (2001)

Black Sheep Boy

Okkervil River (2005)

Tallahassee

The Mountain Goats (2002)

Total 3

Various Artists (2001)

The Noise Made By People

Broadcast (2000)

Tha Carter II

Lil Wayne (2004)

Let's Get Out of This Country

Camera Obscura (2006)

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (2004)

The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Andrew Bird (2005)

Mastered by Guy at the Exchange

Max Tundra (2002)

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys (2006)

Ok Cowboy

Vitalic (2005)

The Fix

Scarface (2002)

The Body, the Blood, the Machine

The Thermals (2006)

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

Stars of the Lid (2001)

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83 (2003)

Multiply

Jamie Lidell (2005)

Figure 8

Elliott Smith (2000)

Talkie Walkie

Air (2004)

Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

Art Brut (2018)

Rejoicing in the Hands

Devendra Banhart (2004)

We Love Life

Pulp (2001)

The Letting Go

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (2006)

The Disintegration Loops (Remastered)

William Basinski (2002)

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer (2007)

Akuma No Uta

Boris (2005)

Apple O’

Deerhoof (2003)

Blood Visions

Jay Reatard (2006)