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 | ![](images/albums/37695.jpg-thumbl) | Old Man Gloom Seminar III: Zozobra
2001, sludge metal |
99 | ![](images/albums/16817.jpg-thumbl) | Stars of the Lid The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
2001, ambient
Favorite Track: Requiem for Dying Mothers, Part 2 |
98 | ![](images/albums/22029.jpg-thumbl) | Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II
2007, post-hardcore/alt rock
FT: Firebreather |
97 | ![](images/albums/11154.jpg-thumbl) | Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You
2001, art rock
FT: Scarlette |
96 | ![](images/albums/36434.jpg-thumbl) | Silversun Pickups Swoon
2009, alt rock
FT: The Royal We |
95 | ![](images/albums/22857.jpg-thumbl) | Tim Hecker Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
2001, ambient
FT: The Work of Art in the Age of Cultural Overproduction |
94 | ![](images/albums/5042.jpg-thumbl) | Kayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
2006, experimental metal
FT: Gemini Becoming the Tripod |
93 | ![](images/albums/10122.jpg-thumbl) | Toby Driver In the L..L..Library Loft
2005, experimental
FT: Kandu vs. Corky (Horrorca) |
92 | ![](images/albums/11807.jpg-thumbl) | Neurosis A Sun That Never Sets
2001, post-metal
FT: Stones from the Sky |
91 | ![](images/albums/7317.jpg-thumbl) | Thursday A City By the Light Divided
2006, post-hardcore
FT: At This Velocity |
90 | ![](images/albums/15025.jpg-thumbl) | Oceansize Music for Nurses
2004, progressive rock
FT: One Out of None |
89 | ![](images/albums/24625.jpg-thumbl) | Nadja Radiance of Shadows
2007, drone metal
FT: Now I Am Become Death |
88 | ![](images/albums/43863.jpg-thumbl) | Defeater Lost Ground
2009, hardcore
FT: Singin' New York Town |
87 | ![](images/albums/4056.jpg-thumbl) | pg.99 Document #8
2001, emotional hardcore
FT: In Love with an Apparition |
86 | ![](images/albums/43398.jpg-thumbl) | Pyramids with Nadja Pyramids with Nadja
2009, experimental drone metal
FT: Into the Silent Waves |
85 | ![](images/albums/6346.jpg-thumbl) | Boards of Canada Geogaddi
2002, electronic
FT: Music Is Math |
84 | ![](images/albums/35397.jpg-thumbl) | Thou Peasant
2008, sludge/doom metal
FT: Burning Black Coals and Dark Memories |
83 | ![](images/albums/41668.jpg-thumbl) | Kidcrash Snacks
2009, emotional hardcore
FT: Grim Collections |
82 | ![](images/albums/25512.jpg-thumbl) | Tim Hecker Harmony in Ultraviolet
2006, ambient
FT: Radio Spiricom |
81 | ![](images/albums/24621.jpg-thumbl) | Nadja Touched
2003, drone metal
FT: Flowers of Flesh |
80 | ![](images/albums/31666.jpg-thumbl) | Zoe Keating One Cello x 16: Natoma
2005, neoclassical
FT: Legions (Reverie) |
79 | ![](images/albums/11078.jpg-thumbl) | Oceansize Everyone Into Position
2005, progressive rock
FT: A Homage to a Shame |
78 | ![](images/albums/5488.jpg-thumbl) | Boris Boris At Last -Feedbacker-
2003, drone metal
FT: Part III |
77 | ![](images/albums/13354.jpg-thumbl) | mewithoutYou Brother, Sister
2006, post-hardcore
FT: Nice and Blue, Pt. 2 |
76 | ![](images/albums/7147.jpg-thumbl) | Oceansize Effloresce
2003, progressive rock
FT: Massive Bereavement |
75 | ![](images/albums/18742.jpg-thumbl) | Nadja Thaumogenesis
2007, drone metal |
74 | ![](images/albums/3361.jpg-thumbl) | Ampere All Our Tomorrows End Today
2005, emoviolence
FT: Woodlawn |
73 | ![](images/albums/2365.jpg-thumbl) | City of Caterpillar City of Caterpillar
2002, emotional hardcore
FT: A Little Change Could Go a Long Ways |
72 | ![](images/albums/21735.jpg-thumbl) | Radiohead In Rainbows
2007, alt rock
FT: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi |
71 | ![](images/albums/5733.jpg-thumbl) | mewithoutYou A to B: Life
2002, post-hardcore
FT: Gentlemen |
70 | ![](images/albums/38672.jpg-thumbl) | Kaospilot Shadows
2009, emotional hardcore
FT: Weak Hands May Equal Firm Valor |
69 | ![](images/albums/24081.jpg-thumbl) | Intronaut Null
2006, progressive metal
FT: Fragments of Character |
68 | ![](images/albums/36170.jpg-thumbl) | Mastodon Crack the Skye
2009, progressive metal
FT: Oblivion |
67 | ![](images/albums/18310.jpg-thumbl) | Neurosis Given to the Rising
2007, post-metal
FT: Origin |
66 | ![](images/albums/96.jpg-thumbl) | Radiohead Amnesiac
2001, alternative/electronic
FT: Pyramid Song |
65 | ![](images/albums/23331.jpg-thumbl) | The Angelic Process Weighing Souls With Sand
2007, doomgaze
FT: Dying in A Minor |
64 | ![](images/albums/41289.jpg-thumbl) | Krallice Dimensional Bleedthrough
2009, experimental black metal
FT: Dimensional Bleedthrough |
63 | ![](images/albums/22709.jpg-thumbl) | Ampere/Daitro Split
2007, emotional hardcore
FT: La Substance et la Matiere |
62 | ![](images/albums/14803.jpg-thumbl) | Orchid Orchid
2002, emoviolence
FT: Loft Party |
61 | ![](images/albums/27569.jpg-thumbl) | The Blue Letter Prima Facie
2007, emotional hardcore
FT: This Window Is Made of One Way Glass |
60 | ![](images/albums/6982.jpg-thumbl) | Burst Origo
2005, progressive metal
FT: Mercy Liberation |
59 | ![](images/albums/1640.jpg-thumbl) | At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
2000, post-hardcore
FT: Arcarsenal |
58 | ![](images/albums/3498.jpg-thumbl) | Sigur Ros Takk...
2005, post-rock
FT: Saeglopur |
57 | ![](images/albums/3016.jpg-thumbl) | Botch An Anthology of Dead Ends
2002, mathcore
FT: Japam |
56 | ![](images/albums/5734.jpg-thumbl) | mewithoutYou Catch For Us the Foxes
2004, post-hardcore
FT: Four Letter Word (Pt. Two) |
55 | ![](images/albums/26006.jpg-thumbl) | Torche Meanderthal
2008, sludge rock
FT: Fat Waves |
54 | ![](images/albums/21684.jpg-thumbl) | Architect All Is Not Lost
2007, metalcore
FT: Sic Semper Tyrannis |
53 | ![](images/albums/25851.jpg-thumbl) | Majority Rule Interview With David Frost
2001, emotional hardcore
FT: Progress of Elimination |
52 | ![](images/albums/28736.jpg-thumbl) | Loma Prieta Last City
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: Trilogy 2 (Planar Analysis) |
51 | ![](images/albums/10741.jpg-thumbl) | Venetian Snares Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
2005, breakcore
FT: Szamar Madar |
50 | ![](images/albums/34874.jpg-thumbl) | Fever Ray Fever Ray
2009, electronic
FT: Keep the Streets Empty for Me |
49 | ![](images/albums/24499.jpg-thumbl) | Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness
2008, doomgaze
FT: Earthmover |
48 | ![](images/albums/30683.jpg-thumbl) | Intronaut Prehistoricisms
2008, progressive metal
FT: Any Port |
47 | ![](images/albums/12456.jpg-thumbl) | The Knife Silent Shout
2006, electronic
FT: Like a Pen |
46 | ![](images/albums/28907.jpg-thumbl) | U.S. Christmas Eat The Low Dogs
2008, psychedelic doom metal
FT: The Scalphunters |
45 | ![](images/albums/3041.jpg-thumbl) | ISIS Celestial
2000, post-metal
FT: Celestial (The Tower) |
44 | ![](images/albums/4511.jpg-thumbl) | Envy A Dead Sinking Story
2003, emotional hardcore
FT: Chain Wandering Deeply |
43 | ![](images/albums/16062.jpg-thumbl) | Battle Of Mice A Day of Nights
2006, post-metal
FT: Bones in the Water |
42 | ![](images/albums/11608.jpg-thumbl) | Rosetta The Galilean Satellites
2005, post-metal
FT: Au Pays Natal/Sol |
41 | ![](images/albums/10199.jpg-thumbl) | Cult of Luna Somewhere Along the Highway
2006, post-metal
FT: Finland |
40 | ![](images/albums/29211.jpg-thumbl) | Nadja The Bungled and the Botched
2008, drone metal
FT: Absorbed in You |
39 | ![](images/albums/36341.jpg-thumbl) | Ulcerate Everything Is Fire
2009, technical death metal
FT: Everything Is Fire |
38 | ![](images/albums/22236.jpg-thumbl) | Orchid Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!
2000, emoviolence
FT: ...And the Cat Turned to Smoke |
37 | ![](images/albums/13780.jpg-thumbl) | Joanna Newsom Ys
2006, baroque folk
FT: Only Skin |
36 | ![](images/albums/43922.jpg-thumbl) | Maths Descent
2009, emotional hardcore
FT: To Be Frozen |
35 | ![](images/albums/3186.jpg-thumbl) | Funeral Diner The Underdark
2005, emotional hardcore
FT: We All Have Blood on Our Hands |
34 | ![](images/albums/35458.jpg-thumbl) | ISIS Wavering Radiant
2009, post-metal
FT: Hall of the Dead |
33 | ![](images/albums/523.jpg-thumbl) | Glassjaw Worship and Tribute
2002, post-hardcore
FT: Tip Your Bartender |
32 | ![](images/albums/40402.jpg-thumbl) | Sailboats Demo
2003, emotional hardcore
FT: behind trees |
31 | ![](images/albums/20057.jpg-thumbl) | Breather Resist Charmer
2004, metalcore
FT: Amphetamine Praise |
30 | ![](images/albums/27898.jpg-thumbl) | Off Minor Some Blood
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: Everything Explicit |
29 | ![](images/albums/20364.jpg-thumbl) | Daitro Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes
2005, emotional hardcore
FT: Nous Sommes d'Ici |
28 | ![](images/albums/33469.jpg-thumbl) | Samothrace Life's Trade
2008, doom metal
FT: Awkward Hearts |
27 | ![](images/albums/2343.jpg-thumbl) | Off Minor Innominate
2004, emotional hardcore
FT: Cadaveric |
26 | ![](images/albums/11609.jpg-thumbl) | ISIS In the Absence of Truth
2006, post-metal
FT: Not in Rivers, But in Drops |
25 | ![](images/albums/29116.jpg-thumbl) | Burst Lazarus Bird
2008, progressive metal
FT: We Watched the Silver Rain |
24 | ![](images/albums/6215.jpg-thumbl) | Envy All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
2001, emotional hardcore
FT: Farewell to Words |
23 | ![](images/albums/29882.jpg-thumbl) | Capsule (US) Blue
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: Cobalt Connection |
22 | ![](images/albums/3508.jpg-thumbl) | Modern Life Is War Witness
2005, hardcore
FT: The Outsider (AKA Hell Is For Heroes Pt I) |
21 | ![](images/albums/2419.jpg-thumbl) | Cult of Luna Salvation
2004, post-metal
FT: Echoes |
20 | ![](images/albums/22861.jpg-thumbl) | Rosetta Wake/Lift
2007, post-metal
FT: Monument |
19 | ![](images/albums/1845.jpg-thumbl) | The Mars Volta Frances the Mute
2005, progressive rock
FT: Cassandra Gemini |
18 | ![](images/albums/30232.jpg-thumbl) | United Nations United Nations
2008, emotional hardcore
FT: The Shape of Punk That Never Came |
17 | ![](images/albums/23778.jpg-thumbl) | Kashiwa Daisuke Program Music I
2007, electronic
FT: Stella |
16 | ![](images/albums/2517.jpg-thumbl) | dredg El Cielo
2002, art rock
FT: Triangle |
15 | ![](images/albums/1206.jpg-thumbl) | Neurosis The Eye of Every Storm
2004, post-metal
FT: The Eye of Every Storm |
14 | ![](images/albums/19740.jpg-thumbl) | Kidcrash Jokes
2007, emotional hardcore
FT: Life Was Real. Vital. Urgent. Important. / Bum Guts |
13 | ![](images/albums/10964.jpg-thumbl) | Off Minor The Heat Death of the Universe
2003, emotional hardcore
FT: Punch for Punch |
12 | ![](images/albums/930.jpg-thumbl) | Converge You Fail Me
2004, metalcore
FT: Last Light |
11 | ![](images/albums/1677.jpg-thumbl) | Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo
2004, progressive hardcore
FT: Non-Objective Portrait of Karma |
10 | ![](images/albums/66.jpg-thumbl) | The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium
2003, progressive rock
FT: Drunkship of Lanterns |
9 | ![](images/albums/19264.jpg-thumbl) | Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline
2007, ambient
FT: Another Ballad for Heavy Lids |
8 | ![](images/albums/223.jpg-thumbl) | ISIS Oceanic
2002, post-metal
FT: Carry |
7 | ![](images/albums/472.jpg-thumbl) | Kayo Dot Choirs of the Eye
2003, experimental metal
FT: The Antique |
6 | ![](images/albums/4043.jpg-thumbl) | Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World
2005, progressive hardcore
FT: Paper Tigon |
5 | ![](images/albums/226.jpg-thumbl) | Radiohead Kid A
2000, alternative/electronic
FT: How to Disappear Completely |
4 | ![](images/albums/1325.jpg-thumbl) | ISIS Panopticon
2004, post-metal
FT: So Did We |
3 | ![](images/albums/18099.jpg-thumbl) | The Pax Cecilia Blessed Are The Bonds
2007, progressive metal
FT: the Progress |
2 | ![](images/albums/1518.jpg-thumbl) | Converge Jane Doe
2001, metalcore
FT: Distance and Meaning |
1 | ![](images/albums/1511.jpg-thumbl) | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2000, post-rock
FT: Sleep |
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