Best alternative songs of the 2000s
The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.
Songs from the alternative albums of the 2000s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.
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I Bet You Look Good on the DancefloorArctic Monkeys · I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor4.24.2 avg · 7 ratings
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Bring Me to LifeEvanescence · Fallen4.24.0 avg · 4 ratings
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Riot VanArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not4.14.0 avg · 5 ratings
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Only Ones Who KnowArctic Monkeys · Favourite Worst Nightmare4.13.8 avg · 4 ratings
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When the Sun Goes DownArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not4.03.5 avg · 3 ratings
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LithiumEvanescence · The Open Door4.03.6 avg · 4 ratings
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Snow White QueenEvanescence · The Open Door4.03.7 avg · 5 ratings
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Weight of the WorldEvanescence · The Open Door3.93.3 avg · 5 ratings
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LacrymosaEvanescence · The Open Door3.92.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Hella GoodNo Doubt · Rock Steady2 ratings
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You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at MeArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not2 ratings
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One Day Goodbye Will Be FarewellMorrissey · Years of Refusal2 ratings
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I Haven't Got My StrangeArctic Monkeys · Humbug2 ratings
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Potion ApproachingArctic Monkeys · Humbug2 ratings
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Good EnoughEvanescence · The Open Door2 ratings
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Call Me When You're SoberEvanescence · The Open Door2 ratings
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Sweet SacrificeEvanescence · The Open Door2 ratings
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The View From the AfternoonArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not1 rating
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A Certain RomanceArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not1 rating
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From the Ritz to the RubbleArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not1 rating
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Mardy BumArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not1 rating
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Something Is Squeezing My SkullMorrissey · Years of Refusal1 rating
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505Arctic Monkeys · Favourite Worst Nightmare1 rating
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Hey NowAugustana · Can't Love, Can't Hurt1 rating
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The Golden AgeThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour · Fruit1 rating
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Black CloudMorrissey · Years of Refusal1 rating
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Mama Lay Softly on the RiverbedMorrissey · Years of Refusal1 rating
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A Whole Child AgoBiffy Clyro · Puzzle1 rating
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Imaginary FriendsNada Surf · The Weight Is a Gift1 rating
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In the BackseatArcade Fire · Funeral1 rating
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Wake UpArcade Fire · Funeral1 rating
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Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)Arcade Fire · Funeral1 rating
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Une année sans lumièreArcade Fire · Funeral1 rating
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Dance Little LiarArctic Monkeys · Humbug1 rating
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The Bad ThingArctic Monkeys · Favourite Worst Nightmare1 rating
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If You Were There, BewareArctic Monkeys · Favourite Worst Nightmare1 rating
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Second HeartbeatAvenged Sevenfold · Waking the Fallen1 rating
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My Immortal (album version)Evanescence · Fallen1 rating
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Like YouEvanescence · The Open Door1 rating
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Fluorescent AdolescentArctic Monkeys · Favourite Worst Nightmare
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Going UnderEvanescence · Fallen
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Fake Tales of San FranciscoArctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
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The LetterThe Veils · Sun Gangs
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Dokąd uciekasz?Kult · Salon Recreativo
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Should You ReturnCopeland · You Are My Sunshine
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WarriorYeah Yeah Yeahs · Show Your Bones
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DriveR.E.M. · Live at the Olympia
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Driver 8R.E.M. · Live at the Olympia
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Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)Arcade Fire · Funeral
One great song, one bad album
Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.
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