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Highest Rated Rock Albums of the 2000s
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Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
September 11, 2001
Singer-Songwriter
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Folk Rock
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Blues Rock
Score
100
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2
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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream
January 27, 2009
Pop Rock
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Heartland Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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3
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Beck - Sea Change
September 24, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
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Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Score
100
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4
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Nirvana - Live at Reading
November 3, 2009
Grunge
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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5
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Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
July 30, 2002
Heartland Rock
Score
100
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6
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Bruce Springsteen - Magic
October 2, 2007
Pop Rock
,
Heartland Rock
Score
100
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7
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The Beach Boys - The Very Best of the Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer
June 10, 2003
Surf Pop
,
Surf Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
100
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8
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Bob Dylan - Modern Times
August 29, 2006
Singer-Songwriter
,
Blues Rock
Score
100
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9
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Mick Jagger - Goddess in the Doorway
November 19, 2001
Rock
Score
100
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10
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The White Stripes - Elephant
April 1, 2003
Garage Rock Revival
,
Alternative Rock
,
Blues Rock
Score
100
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11
.
U2 - No Line on the Horizon
March 3, 2009
Pop Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
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12
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Damon & Naomi - The Earth Is Blue
February 22, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
100
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13
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Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
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14
.
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: the Soundtrack
August 30, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
15
.
Neil Young - Silver & Gold
April 25, 2000
Acoustic Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
June 7, 2005
Blues Rock
,
Alternative Rock
,
Garage Rock Revival
Score
90
Source →
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Music
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17
.
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
October 9, 2001
Indie Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Midwest Emo
Score
90
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18
.
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
September 12, 2006
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Patti Smith - Gung Ho
March 21, 2000
Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
September 5, 2005
Blues Rock
,
Rock & Roll
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify
21
.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
March 4, 2008
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Mick Jagger - The Very Best of Mick Jagger
October 1, 2007
Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
23
.
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
April 26, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
,
Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Café Tacvba - Cuatro Caminos
July 1, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Bright Eyes - There Is No Beginning to the Story
May 6, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Folk Rock
,
Alt-Country
,
Folk
Score
90
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