De/an/cade 100: Favorite Albums of the 2000s
I've spent the past couple years checking out albums from the 2000s I'd overlooked and revisiting the albums I dug. Now, I've finalized a ranked list of my 100 favorite albums of that decade. This was the decade in which I came of age musically, and it still is, and will likely remain, my favorite decade for music. |
100 | | Old Man Gloom Seminar III: Zozobra
2001, sludge metal |
99 | | Stars of the Lid The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
2001, ambient
Favorite Track: Requiem for Dying Mothers, Part 2 |
98 | | Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II
2007, post-hardcore/alt rock
FT: Firebreather |
97 | | Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You
2001, art rock
FT: Scarlette |
96 | | Silversun Pickups Swoon
2009, alt rock
FT: The Royal We |
95 | | Tim Hecker Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
2001, ambient
FT: The Work of Art in the Age of Cultural Overproduction |
94 | | Kayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
2006, experimental metal
FT: Gemini Becoming the Tripod |
93 | | Toby Driver In the L..L..Library Loft
2005, experimental
FT: Kandu vs. Corky (Horrorca) |
92 | | Neurosis A Sun That Never Sets
2001, post-metal
FT: Stones from the Sky |
91 | | Thursday A City By the Light Divided
2006, post-hardcore
FT: At This Velocity |
90 | | Oceansize Music for Nurses
2004, progressive rock
FT: One Out of None |
89 | | Nadja Radiance of Shadows
2007, drone metal
FT: Now I Am Become Death |
88 | | Defeater Lost Ground
2009, hardcore
FT: Singin' New York Town |
87 | | pg.99 Document #8
2001, emotional hardcore
FT: In Love with an Apparition |
86 | | Pyramids with Nadja Pyramids with Nadja
2009, experimental drone metal
FT: Into the Silent Waves |
85 | | Boards of Canada Geogaddi
2002, electronic
FT: Music Is Math |
84 | | Thou Peasant
2008, sludge/doom metal
FT: Burning Black Coals and Dark Memories |
83 | | Kidcrash Snacks
2009, emotional hardcore
FT: Grim Collections |
82 | | Tim Hecker Harmony in Ultraviolet
2006, ambient
FT: Radio Spiricom |
81 | | Nadja Touched
2003, drone metal
FT: Flowers of Flesh |
80 | | Zoe Keating One Cello x 16: Natoma
2005, neoclassical
FT: Legions (Reverie) |
79 | | Oceansize Everyone Into Position
2005, progressive rock
FT: A Homage to a Shame |
78 | | Boris Boris At Last -Feedbacker-
2003, drone metal
FT: Part III |
77 | | mewithoutYou Brother, Sister
2006, post-hardcore
FT: Nice and Blue, Pt. 2 |
76 | | Oceansize Effloresce
2003, progressive rock
FT: Massive Bereavement |
75 | | Nadja Thaumogenesis
2007, drone metal |
74 | | Ampere All Our Tomorrows End Today
2005, emoviolence
FT: Woodlawn |
73 | | City of Caterpillar City of Caterpillar
2002, emotional hardcore
FT: A Little Change Could Go a Long Ways |
72 | | Radiohead In Rainbows
2007, alt rock
FT: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi |
71 | | mewithoutYou A to B: Life
2002, post-hardcore
FT: Gentlemen |
70 | | Kaospilot Shadows
2009, emotional hardcore
FT: Weak Hands May Equal Firm Valor |
69 | | Intronaut Null
2006, progressive metal
FT: Fragments of Character |
68 | | Mastodon Crack the Skye
2009, progressive metal
FT: Oblivion |
67 | | Neurosis Given to the Rising
2007, post-metal
FT: Origin |
66 | | Radiohead Amnesiac
2001, alternative/electronic
FT: Pyramid Song |
65 | | The Angelic Process Weighing Souls With Sand
2007, doomgaze
FT: Dying in A Minor |
64 | | Krallice Dimensional Bleedthrough
2009, experimental black metal
FT: Dimensional Bleedthrough |
63 | | Ampere/Daitro Split
2007, emotional hardcore
FT: La Substance et la Matiere |
62 | | Orchid Orchid
2002, emoviolence
FT: Loft Party |
61 | | The Blue Letter Prima Facie
2007, emotional hardcore
FT: This Window Is Made of One Way Glass |
60 | | Burst Origo
2005, progressive metal
FT: Mercy Liberation |
59 | | At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
2000, post-hardcore
FT: Arcarsenal |
58 | | Sigur Ros Takk...
2005, post-rock
FT: Saeglopur |
57 | | Botch An Anthology of Dead Ends
2002, mathcore
FT: Japam |
56 | | mewithoutYou Catch For Us the Foxes
2004, post-hardcore
FT: Four Letter Word (Pt. Two) |
55 | | Torche Meanderthal
2008, sludge rock
FT: Fat Waves |
54 | | Architect All Is Not Lost
2007, metalcore
FT: Sic Semper Tyrannis |
53 | | Majority Rule Interview With David Frost
2001, emotional hardcore
FT: Progress of Elimination |
52 | | Loma Prieta Last City
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: Trilogy 2 (Planar Analysis) |
51 | | Venetian Snares Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
2005, breakcore
FT: Szamar Madar |
50 | | Fever Ray Fever Ray
2009, electronic
FT: Keep the Streets Empty for Me |
49 | | Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness
2008, doomgaze
FT: Earthmover |
48 | | Intronaut Prehistoricisms
2008, progressive metal
FT: Any Port |
47 | | The Knife Silent Shout
2006, electronic
FT: Like a Pen |
46 | | U.S. Christmas Eat The Low Dogs
2008, psychedelic doom metal
FT: The Scalphunters |
45 | | ISIS Celestial
2000, post-metal
FT: Celestial (The Tower) |
44 | | Envy A Dead Sinking Story
2003, emotional hardcore
FT: Chain Wandering Deeply |
43 | | Battle Of Mice A Day of Nights
2006, post-metal
FT: Bones in the Water |
42 | | Rosetta The Galilean Satellites
2005, post-metal
FT: Au Pays Natal/Sol |
41 | | Cult of Luna Somewhere Along the Highway
2006, post-metal
FT: Finland |
40 | | Nadja The Bungled and the Botched
2008, drone metal
FT: Absorbed in You |
39 | | Ulcerate Everything Is Fire
2009, technical death metal
FT: Everything Is Fire |
38 | | Orchid Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!
2000, emoviolence
FT: ...And the Cat Turned to Smoke |
37 | | Joanna Newsom Ys
2006, baroque folk
FT: Only Skin |
36 | | Maths Descent
2009, emotional hardcore
FT: To Be Frozen |
35 | | Funeral Diner The Underdark
2005, emotional hardcore
FT: We All Have Blood on Our Hands |
34 | | ISIS Wavering Radiant
2009, post-metal
FT: Hall of the Dead |
33 | | Glassjaw Worship and Tribute
2002, post-hardcore
FT: Tip Your Bartender |
32 | | Sailboats Demo
2003, emotional hardcore
FT: behind trees |
31 | | Breather Resist Charmer
2004, metalcore
FT: Amphetamine Praise |
30 | | Off Minor Some Blood
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: Everything Explicit |
29 | | Daitro Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes
2005, emotional hardcore
FT: Nous Sommes d'Ici |
28 | | Samothrace Life's Trade
2008, doom metal
FT: Awkward Hearts |
27 | | Off Minor Innominate
2004, emotional hardcore
FT: Cadaveric |
26 | | ISIS In the Absence of Truth
2006, post-metal
FT: Not in Rivers, But in Drops |
25 | | Burst Lazarus Bird
2008, progressive metal
FT: We Watched the Silver Rain |
24 | | Envy All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
2001, emotional hardcore
FT: Farewell to Words |
23 | | Capsule (US) Blue
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: Cobalt Connection |
22 | | Modern Life Is War Witness
2005, hardcore
FT: The Outsider (AKA Hell Is For Heroes Pt I) |
21 | | Cult of Luna Salvation
2004, post-metal
FT: Echoes |
20 | | Rosetta Wake/Lift
2007, post-metal
FT: Monument |
19 | | The Mars Volta Frances the Mute
2005, progressive rock
FT: Cassandra Gemini |
18 | | United Nations United Nations
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: The Shape of Punk That Never Came |
17 | | Kashiwa Daisuke Program Music I
2007, electronic
FT: Stella |
16 | | dredg El Cielo
2002, art rock
FT: Triangle |
15 | | Neurosis The Eye of Every Storm
2004, post-metal
FT: The Eye of Every Storm |
14 | | Kidcrash Jokes
2007, emotional hardcore
FT: Life Was Real. Vital. Urgent. Important. / Bum Guts |
13 | | Off Minor The Heat Death of the Universe
2003, emotional hardcore
FT: Punch for Punch |
12 | | Converge You Fail Me
2004, metalcore
FT: Last Light |
11 | | Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo
2004, progressive hardcore
FT: Non-Objective Portrait of Karma |
10 | | The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium
2003, progressive rock
FT: Drunkship of Lanterns |
9 | | Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline
2007, ambient
FT: Another Ballad for Heavy Lids |
8 | | ISIS Oceanic
2002, post-metal
FT: Carry |
7 | | Kayo Dot Choirs of the Eye
2003, experimental metal
FT: The Antique |
6 | | Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World
2005, progressive hardcore
FT: Paper Tigon |
5 | | Radiohead Kid A
2000, alternative/electronic
FT: How to Disappear Completely |
4 | | ISIS Panopticon
2004, post-metal
FT: So Did We |
3 | | The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds
2007, progressive metal
FT: the Progress |
2 | | Converge Jane Doe
2001, metalcore
FT: Distance and Meaning |
1 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2000, post-rock
FT: Sleep |
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