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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.

Goldie Lookin Chain - ASBO 4 Life'
April 6, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

DJ Clue - The Professional 2
February 27, 2001
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead
June 23, 2009
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Eve - Scorpion
March 6, 2001
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music
March 20, 2000
Electronic
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

The Strokes - Is This It
August 27, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
January 23, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Whitehouse - Cruise
March 16, 2001
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

9.

The Sleepy Jackson - The Sleepy Jackson
February 24, 2003
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

10.

Finley Quaye - Vanguard
January 9, 2001
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Sunshine Anderson - Your Woman
April 17, 2001
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP
March 5, 2001
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

13.

Har Mar Superstar - You Can Feel Me
October 22, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

14.

Clearlake - Lido
March 26, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

15.

Shitdisco - Kingdom of Fear
April 16, 2007
Dance Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

16.

The For Carnation - The For Carnation
April 4, 2000
Slowcore
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Behind the Music
February 12, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

India Arie - Acoustic Soul
March 27, 2001
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Redman - Malpractice
May 22, 2001
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Scarface - The Last of a Dying Breed
October 3, 2000
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Martyn - Great Lengths
April 20, 2009
Dubstep
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Aberfeldy - Young Forever
August 1, 2004
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
January 28, 2003
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

24.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down the Road
March 19, 2001
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

25.

Engineers - Engineers
March 7, 2005
Dream Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2000.
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