2000s

Top 20

1. In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007)
2. Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
3. Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004)
4. Is This It - The Strokes (2001)
5. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005)
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys (2006)
8. Madvillainy - Madvillain (2004)
9. Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol (2002)
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2000)
11. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay (2002)
12. Sound Of Silver - LCD Soundsystem (2007)
13. Elephant - The White Stripes (2003)
14. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002)
15. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver (2007)
16. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008)
17. Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age (2002)
18. Discovery - Daft Punk (2001)
19. Amnesiac - Radiohead (2001)
20. Boxer - The National (2007)

2000

• Kid A - Radiohead
• Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse
• Since I Left You - The Avalanches
• Parachutes - Coldplay
• The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
• Stankonia - OutKast
• Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - PJ Harvey
• White Pony - Deftones
• Relationship Of Command - At The Drive-In
• Voodoo - D'Angelo
• Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
• Rated R - Queens Of The Stone Age
• Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
• Dopethrone - Electric Wizard
• All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
• The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy
• And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out - Yo La Tengo
• De Stijl - The White Stripes
• Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams

2001

• Is This It - The Strokes
• Discovery - Daft Punk
• Amnesiac - Radiohead
• Vespertine - Björk
• Lateralus - Tool
• Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
• The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones
• Toxicity - System Of A Down
• White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
• The Blueprint - Jay-Z
• Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
• Gorillaz - Gorillaz
• Blackwater Park - Opeth
• Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound
• No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• "Love And Theft" - Bob Dylan
• Drukqs - Aphex Twin
• Jane Doe - Converge
• Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World
• The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox

2002

• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
• Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
• A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
• Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
• Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
• You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
• Sea Change - Beck
• ( ) [Svigaplatan] - Sigur Rós
• By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada
• In Absentia - Porcupine Tree
• Up The Bracket - The Libertines
• The Eminem Show - Eminem
• American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
• Original Pirate Material - The Streets
• O - Damien Rice
• Audioslave - Audioslave
• The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
• Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
• Neon Golden - The Notwist

2003

• Elephant - The White Stripes
• Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
• Absolution - Muse
• Room On Fire - The Strokes
• Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
• Give Up - The Postal Service
• Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
• The Magnolia Electric Co. - Songs: Ohia
• De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta
• Fever To Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Explosions In The Sky
• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
• Michigan - Sufjan Stevens
• Meteora - Linkin Park
• Ghosts Of The Great Highway - Sun Kil Moon
• Quebec - Ween
• Velocity : Design : Comfort - Sweet Trip
• The Black Album - Jay-Z
• Fallen - Evanescence
• Deja Entendu - Brand New

2004

• Funeral - Arcade Fire
• Madvillainy - Madvillain
• American Idiot - Green Day
• The College Dropout - Kanye West
• Hot Fuss - The Killers
• Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
• Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
• Antics - Interpol
• Mm.. Food - MF DOOM
• The Milk-Eyed Mender - Joanna Newsom
• Hopes And Fears - Keane
• Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
• Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
• A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
• Sung Tongs - Animal Collective
• Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge - My Chemical Romance
• Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
• The Libertines - The Libertines
• Leviathan - Mastodon

2005

• Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
• Demon Days - Gorillaz
• Late Registration - Kanye West
• Takk... - Sigur Rós
• Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
• I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
• Alligator - The National
• X&Y - Coldplay
• Feels - Animal Collective
• Deadwing - Porcupine Tree
• I Am A Bird Now - Antony & The Johnsons
• Plans - Death Cab For Cutie
• Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta
• Mezmerize - System Of A Down
• Z - My Morning Jacket
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
• Aerial - Kate Bush
• Picaresque - The Decemberists
• The Woods - Sleater-Kinney
• Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes

2006

• Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
• Ys - Joanna Newsom
• Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
• Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
• The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
• Donuts - J Dilla
• The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New
• 10,000 Days - Tool
• Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Sam's Town - The Killers
• Silent Shout - The Knife
• The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
• The Eraser - Thom Yorke
• Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio
• Continuum - John Mayer
• The Life Pursuit - Belle And Sebastian
• The Trials Of Van Occupanther - Midlake
• Modern Times - Bob Dylan
• FutureSex,LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
• Yellow House - Grizzly Bear

2007

• In Rainbows - Radiohead
• Sound Of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
• For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
• Boxer - The National
• Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
• Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
• Oracular Spectacular - MGMT
• Untrue - Burial
• Graduation - Kanye West
• Fear Of A Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
• Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective
• Person Pitch - Panda Bear
• Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - of Montreal
• Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
• Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
• Kala - M.I.A.
• Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
• We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
• † [Cross] - Justice (FR)
• Into The Wild (Music For The Motion Picture) - Eddie Vedder

2008

• Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
• Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
• Third - Portishead
• Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay
• Deathconsciousness - Have A Nice Life
• Dear Science - TV On The Radio
• The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
• 808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West
• Microcastle - Deerhunter
• Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
• Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust - Sigur Rós
• Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
• The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
• Consolers Of The Lonely - The Raconteurs
• Devotion - Beach House
• Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill - Grouper
• La Ley Innata - Extremoduro
• Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie
• The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets
• Day & Age - The Killers

2009

• Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
• Hospice - The Antlers
• XX - The xx
• Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
• The Resistance - Muse
• Lungs - Florence + The Machine
• Humbug - Arctic Monkeys
• Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
• It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
• Man On The Moon: The End Of Day - Kid Cudi
• Fever Ray - Fever Ray
• Crack The Skye - Mastodon
• Actor - St. Vincent
• Primary Colours - The Horrors
• Embryonic - The Flaming Lips
• Brand New Eyes - Paramore
• Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
• The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga