Day 50: Best Albums of 2000s

As a celebration of my 50th blog post I figured it was time to do something meaningful....ahem, riight. Anyway, since it seems everyone is doing this, and I have a tradition of rating the top albums of the year, I figured I'm due for a compilation of the best albums of the 2000s. I'm sure this is going to be somewhat contraversial, but here it is nonetheless. Please let me know if there are any glaring mistakes in this, or albums I forgot to include. Anyway, here we go...enjoy.

Honorable Mentions

Fancy Footwork - Chromeo

The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers

It's Never Been Like That - Phoenix

Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine

The Life Pursuit - Belle & Sebastian

The Lillywhite Sessions - Dave Matthews Band

Cold Roses - Ryan Adams

The Slim Shady LP - Eminem

Everything All the Time - Band of Horses

Cease to Begin - Band of Horses

Demon Days - Gorillaz

O' Brother Where Art Thou? Soundtrack - Various Artists

Top 50 Albums of the 2000s

50. Cease to Begin - Band of Horses

49. Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian

48. The Stage Names/The Stand Ins (Sequel Albums) - Okkervil River

47. Mass Romantic - New Pornographers

46. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party

45. Discovery - Daft Punk

44. Viva La Vida and All His Friends - Coldplay

43. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

42. Stankonia - Outkast

41. Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse

40. Alligator - The National

39. Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

38. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

37. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes

36. Give Up - The Postal Service

35. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins

34. Plans - Death Cab for Cutie

33. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon

32. Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn

31. Antics - Interpol

And now for the top 30 Albums of the Decade....

30. Stay Positive - The Hold Steady

29. The Eraser - Thom Yorke

28. The Blueprint - Jay-Z

27. Wincing The Night Away - The Shins

26. Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

25. Sky Blue Sky - Wilco

24. Boxer - The National

23. You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene

22. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

21. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

20. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay

19. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

18. ( ) - Sigur Ros

17. The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse

16. Gold - Ryan Adams

15. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists

14. Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady

13. Elephant - The White Stripes

12. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

11. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

10. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

9. Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

8. Is This It? - The Strokes

7. In Rainbows - Radiohead

6. Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem

5. Agaetis Byjurn - Sigur Ros

4. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

3. Kid A - Radiohead

2. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

1. Funeral - Arcade Fire