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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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  1. 1Kid A coverKid ARadiohead · 20002000 · a rock band abandons rock and wins5.0
  2. 2Stankonia coverStankoniaOutKast · 20002000 · Southern rap's technicolor peak
  3. 3Is This It coverIs This ItThe Strokes · 20012001 · garage rock's restart button5.0
  4. 4The Blueprint coverThe BlueprintJay-Z · 20012001 · soul samples and total confidence
  5. 5Discovery coverDiscoveryDaft Punk · 20012001 · filter-house euphoria5.0
  6. 6Yankee Hotel Foxtrot coverYankee Hotel FoxtrotWilco · 20022002 · Americana taken apart and rebuilt
  7. 7Turn On the Bright Lights coverTurn On the Bright LightsInterpol · 20022002 · post-punk revival's high point
  8. 8Elephant coverElephantThe White Stripes · 20032003 · two people, maximum noise
  9. 9Funeral coverFuneralArcade Fire · 20042004 · indie learns to sound enormous
  10. 10Madvillainy Instrumentals coverMadvillainy InstrumentalsMadvillain · 20042004 · underground rap's cult classic
  11. 11The College Dropout coverThe College DropoutKanye West · 20032004 · the producer steps to the mic
  12. 12Illinois coverIllinoisSufjan Stevens · 20052005 · orchestral folk as state history
  13. 13Back to Black coverBack to BlackAmy Winehouse · 20062006 · retro soul with a modern wound4.5
  14. 14Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not coverWhatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotArctic Monkeys · 20062006 · the fastest-selling British debut, deservedly4.5
  15. 15Sound of Silver coverSound of SilverLCD Soundsystem · 20072007 · dance music that knows it's aging
  16. 16Untrue coverUntrueBurial · 20072007 · late-night London as a sound
  17. 17Kala coverKalaM.I.A. · 20072007 · global pop with no borders
  18. 18For Emma, Forever Ago coverFor Emma, Forever AgoBon Iver · 20072008 · a cabin, a falsetto, a new folk standard
  19. 19Fleet Foxes coverFleet FoxesFleet Foxes · 20082008 · harmony-rich pastoral revival
  20. 20Merriweather Post Pavilion coverMerriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective · 20092009 · psychedelic pop's digital bloom4.5

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