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Highest Rated Albums of the 2000s
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1.
Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music
March 20, 2000
Electronic
Score
100
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2.
Eve - Scorpion
March 6, 2001
Hip Hop
Score
100
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3.
Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead
June 23, 2009
Score
100
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4.
DJ Clue - The Professional 2
February 27, 2001
Score
100
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5.
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
January 23, 2006
Indie Rock
Score
100
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6.
The Strokes - Is This It
August 27, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
100
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7.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Beware
March 17, 2009
Folk
Score
90
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8.
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
April 21, 2009
Indie Pop
Score
90
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9.
The Horrors - Primary Colours
May 5, 2009
Post-Punk
Score
90
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10.
Silversun Pickups - Swoon
April 14, 2009
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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11.
Bowerbirds - Upper Air
July 7, 2009
Indie Folk
Score
90
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12.
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
September 8, 2009
Indie Rock
Score
90
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13.
Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell
May 4, 2004
Indie Rock
Score
90
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14.
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
April 18, 2007
Alternative Rock
Score
90
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15.
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
February 22, 2000
Indie Rock
Score
90
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16.
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
September 18, 2007
Indie Rock
Score
90
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17.
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
March 6, 2007
Indie Rock
Score
90
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18.
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
June 19, 2007
Garage Rock
Score
90
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19.
My Morning Jacket - Z
October 4, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
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20.
Coldplay - X&Y
June 7, 2005
Pop Rock
Score
90
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21.
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
July 21, 2003
Grime
Score
90
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22.
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
May 18, 2004
Hip Hop
Score
90
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23.
Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Indie Rock
Score
90
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24.
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
October 19, 2004
Folk
Score
90
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25.
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
March 9, 2004
Indie Rock
Score
90
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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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