Best Albums of the 2000s

At the behest, or should I say challenge, of my friend Matthew, I have compiled my extremely personal list of best albums of the 2000s. It would take far too long to put a reason down for why I chose these 50 albums. Some are for extremely personal reasons, and others I really have no reason at all except that I love it and have not stopped playing it. I do realize that a lot of what is on here leans heavily towards the back half of the decade, and in some cases, even this year. In a decades time, I will probably redo this list to adjust for albums that I thought were my favorites but have then lost favor. We shall see. Without further ado, here is my top 50 albums of the 2000s:

1. Bjork - Vespertine



2. Burial - Untrue



3. Hood - Cold House



4. The Avalanches - Since I Left You



5. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights



6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest



7. Deerhunter - Microcastle



8. Antony and The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now



9. The xx - The xx



10. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters



11. Radiohead - Kid A



12. Beck - Sea Change



13. Liars - They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top



14. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR



15. The Strokes - Is This It?



16. McClusky - McClusky Do Dallas



17. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun



18. Annie - Anniemal



19. The Notwist - Neon Golden



20. The Knife - Silent Shout



21. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered



22. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver



23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell



24. Daft Punk - Discovery



25. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi



26. Radiohead - In Rainbows



27. The National - Boxer



28. Res - How I Do



29. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair



30. Robyn - Robyn



31. Portishead - Third



32. TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain




33. Cooper Temple Clause - See Through This And Leave



34. The Streets - Original Pirate Material



35. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner



36. Blonde Redhead - 23



37. Junior Boys - Last Exit



38. Basement Jaxx - Rooty



39. The Clientele - Strange Geometry



40. M83 - Saturdays = Youth



41. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future



42. Madonna - Music



43. Radiohead - Amnesiac



44. David Sylvian - Blemish



45. Autechre - Confield



46. Fugazi - The Argument



47. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead - Source Tag and Codes



48. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm



49. Missy Elliot - Miss E ... So Addictive



50. Clinic - Internal Wrangler