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Best minimalism 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 minimalism albums of the 2000s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive cover№ 1Variation VIIIWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  1. 2Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation VIIWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  2. 3Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation VIWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  3. 4Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation VWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  4. 5The Bells coverSomewhere NearbyNils Frahm · The Bells
  5. 6The Bells coverIt Was Really, Really GreyNils Frahm · The Bells
  6. 7The Bells coverPeter Is Dead in the PianoNils Frahm · The Bells
  7. 8The Bells coverMy ThingsNils Frahm · The Bells
  8. 9The Bells coverSmall MeNils Frahm · The Bells
  9. 10The Bells coverOver There, It's RainingNils Frahm · The Bells
  10. 11The Bells coverDown DownNils Frahm · The Bells
  11. 12The Bells coverDedication, LoyaltyNils Frahm · The Bells
  12. 13The Bells coverSaid and DoneNils Frahm · The Bells
  13. 14The Bells coverI Would Like to ThinkNils Frahm · The Bells
  14. 15The Bells coverIn the Sky and on the GroundNils Frahm · The Bells
  15. 16Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverThe Great Western RoadDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  16. 17Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverSpeechlessDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  17. 18Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverIneluctableDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  18. 19Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverThe LodgerDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  19. 20Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverBastardDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  20. 21Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverDirty HairDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  21. 22Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverWarm SheetsDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  22. 23Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverInexorableDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  23. 24Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverSex on the DocksDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  24. 25Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverHaitian Fight SongDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  25. 26Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverLocks & BargesDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  26. 27Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverCanal LifeDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  27. 28Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverSeaside SmokesDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  28. 29Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverMnemonic DiscordanceDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  29. 30Lead Us Not Into Temptation coverBody in a RiverDavid Byrne · Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  30. 31Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverAkhnaten: Dance (Act II Scene III)Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  31. 32Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverAkhnaten: PreludePhilip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  32. 33Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverViolin Concerto: III.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  33. 34Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverViolin Concerto: II.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  34. 35Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverViolin Concerto: I.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  35. 36Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverCompany: IV.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  36. 37Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverCompany: III.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  37. 38Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverCompany: II.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  38. 39Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company coverCompany: I.Philip Glass · Violin Concerto / Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten / Company
  39. 40Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation IVWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  40. 41Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation IIIWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  41. 42Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation IIWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive
  42. 43Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive coverVariation IWilliam Basinski · Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive

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