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Highest Rated Albums of the 2000s

Decade
Source
Genre
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

1.

D'Angelo - Voodoo
January 25, 2000
Neo-Soul
Score
100
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2.

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
February 8, 2000
Hip Hop
Score
100
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3.

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
February 26, 2002
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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4.

Radiohead - Kid A
October 2, 2000
Experimental Rock
Score
100
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5.

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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6.

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
June 13, 2000
Indie Rock
Score
98
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7.

Luomo - Vocal City
May 23, 2000
Microhouse
Score
97
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8.

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
October 21, 2002
Ambient
Score
97
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9.

Luomo - Vocalcity
May 23, 2000
Electronic
Score
97
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10.

Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Indie Rock
Score
97
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11.

Iran - Iran
Score
96
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12.

Mouse on Mars - Idiology
April 21, 2001
IDM
Score
96
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13.

The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
July 13, 2004
Art Pop
Score
96
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14.

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
January 20, 2009
Psychedelic Pop
Score
96
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15.

The Wrens - The Meadowlands
September 9, 2003
Indie Rock
Score
95
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16.

OutKast - Stankonia
October 31, 2000
Hip Hop
Score
95
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17.

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
August 22, 2002
Post-Punk Revival
Score
95
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18.

Circulatory System - Circulatory System
August 28, 2001
Psychedelic Rock
Score
95
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19.

The Avalanches - Since I Left You
November 27, 2000
Electronic
Score
95
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20.

Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30, 2005
Hip Hop
Score
95
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21.

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
November 21, 2000
Neo-Soul
Score
94
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22.

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
May 23, 2000
Hip Hop
Score
94
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23.

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
Ambient
Score
94
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24.

Fennesz - Endless Summer
July 3, 2001
Glitch
Score
94
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25.

Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
July 21, 2003
Grime
Score
94
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2000.
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