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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