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Highest Rated Albums of the 2000s

Decade

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Genre

2000s

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

April 23, 2002

Alternative Rock

Score

100

2. Radiohead - Kid A

Radiohead - Kid A

October 2, 2000

Experimental Rock

Score

100

3. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

February 26, 2002

Alternative Rock

Score

100

4. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

February 8, 2000

Score

100

5. D'Angelo - Voodoo

D'Angelo - Voodoo

January 25, 2000

Score

100

6. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica

June 13, 2000

Score

98

7. Luomo - Vocal City

Luomo - Vocal City

May 23, 2000

Score

97

8. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs

October 21, 2002

Score

97

9. Arcade Fire - Funeral

Arcade Fire - Funeral

September 14, 2004

Score

97

10. Luomo - Vocalcity

Luomo - Vocalcity

May 23, 2000

Score

97

11. Iran - Iran

Score

96

12. Mouse on Mars - Idiology

Mouse on Mars - Idiology

April 21, 2001

Score

96

13. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

January 20, 2009

Psychedelic Pop

Score

96

14. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

July 13, 2004

Score

96

15. Kanye West - Late Registration

Kanye West - Late Registration

August 30, 2005

Score

95

16. The Avalanches - Since I Left You

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

November 27, 2000

Score

95

17. Circulatory System - Circulatory System

Circulatory System - Circulatory System

August 28, 2001

Psychedelic Rock

Score

95

18. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

August 22, 2002

Post-Punk Revival

Score

95

19. OutKast - Stankonia

OutKast - Stankonia

October 31, 2000

Score

95

20. The Wrens - The Meadowlands

The Wrens - The Meadowlands

September 9, 2003

Score

95

21. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America

October 3, 2006

Score

94

22. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Panda Bear - Person Pitch

March 20, 2007

Score

94

23. Joanna Newsom - Ys

Joanna Newsom - Ys

November 14, 2006

Score

94

24. Madvillain - Madvillainy

Madvillain - Madvillainy

March 23, 2004

Score

94

25. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner

Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner

July 21, 2003

Score

94

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2000.

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