Greatest Rock Albums 2000s
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 1:57 pm
Criteria: These Rock Albums of the 2000s were chosen for their Popularity, Influence, and Musical Impact. (This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' or live albums.)
Edited By: Lew, Rob
Last Updated: 2017-04-24
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1. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) - Eminem
2. Stankonia (2000) - OutKast
3. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) - OutKast
4. The Blueprint (2001) - Jay-Z
5. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead
6. American Idiot (2004) - Green Day
7. The College Dropout (2004) - Kanye West
8. Elephant (2003) - The White Stripes
9. All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) - U2
10. FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) - Justin Timberlake
11. Is This It (2001) - The Strokes
12. Come Away With Me (2002) - Norah Jones
13. Songs In A Minor (2001) - Alicia Keys
14. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002) - Coldplay
15. The Fame (2008) - Lady Gaga
16. Back To Black (2006) - Amy Winehouse
16. The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005) - Mariah Carey
17. Late Registration (2005) - Kanye West
18. Tha Carter III (2008) - Lil Wayne
19. Lungs (2009) - Florence + the Machine
20. Phrenology (2002) - The Roots
21. Toxicity (2001) - System Of A Down
22. Under Construction (2002) - Missy Elliot
23. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004) - U2
24. The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003) - Alicia Keys
25. I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008) - Beyoncé
26. Lateralus (2001) - Tool
27. Missundaztood (2002) - Pink
28. Miss E...So Addictive (2001) - Missy Elliot
29. St. Elsewhere (2006) - Gnarls Barkley
30. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 50 Cent
31. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) - Animal Collective
32. The Eminem Show (2002) - Eminem
33. The Black Album (2003) - Jay-Z
34. Like Water For Chocolate (2000) - Common
35. Confessions (2004) - Usher
36. The Blueprint 3 (2009) - Jay-Z
37. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) - Wilco
38. Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I Am Not (2006) - Arctic Monkeys
39. Hail To The Thief (2003) - Radiohead
40. 19 (2008) - Adele
41. Only by the Night (2008) - Kings of Leon
42. White Blood Cells (2001) - The White Stripes
43. Viva La Vida (2008) - Coldplay
44. Songs For The Deaf (2002) - Queens Of The Stone Age
45. Hybrid Theory (2000) - Linkin Park
46. SMiLE (2004) - Brian Wilson
47. Be (2005) - Common
48. X&Y (2005) - Coldplay
49. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002) - The Flaming Lips
50. Modern Times (2006) - Bob Dylan
51. Gorillaz (2001) - Gorillaz
52. Game Theory (2006) - The Roots
53. Heartbreaker (2000) - Ryan Adams
54. Amnesiac (2001) - Radiohead
55. Franz Ferdinand (2004) - Franz Ferdinand
56. The E.N.D. (2009) - Black Eyed Peas
57. XX (2009) - The xx
58. In Rainbows (2007) - Radiohead
59. Get Behind Me Satan (2005) - The White Stripes
60. Broken Boy Soldiers (2006) - The Raconteurs
61. Mezmerize (2005) - System Of A Down
62. Demon Days (2005) - Gorillaz
63. Funeral (2004) - Arcade Fire
64. Illinois (2005) - Sufjan Stevens
65. No More Drama (2001) - Mary J. Blige
66. Aaliyah (2001) - Aaliyah
67. Stillmatic (2001) - Nas
68. Neon Bible (2007) - Arcade Fire
69. Stadium Arcadium (2006) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
70. Icky Thump (2007) - The White Stripes
71. Parachutes (2000) - Coldplay
72. Paper Trail (2008)- T.I.
73. Green Album (2001) - Weezer
74. Love and Theft (2001) - Bob Dylan
75. A Ghost Is Born (2004) - Wilco
76. The Rising (2002) - Bruce Springsteen
77. Vespertine (2001) - Björk
78. Vampire Weekend (2008) - Vampire Weekend
79. By The Way (2002) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
80. Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004) - Modest Mouse
81. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) - Phoenix
82. Music (2000) - Madonna
83. Voodoo (2000) - D'Angelo
84. Sea Change (2002) - Beck
85. Meteora (2003) - Linkin Park
86. Busted Stuff (2002) - Dave Matthews Band
87. Food & Liquor (2006) - Lupe Fiasco
88. Guero (2005) - Beck
89. The Rubber Factory (2004) - The Black Keys
90. Pearl Jam (2006) - Pearl Jam
91. 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - Green Day
92. Arlur (2005) - M.I.A.
93. De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta
94. The Moon and Antarctica (2000) - Modest Mouse
95. Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) - Iron & Wine
96. Quality Control (2000) - Jurassic 5
97. The Breakthrough (2005) - Mary J. Blige
98. Graduation (2007) - Kanye West
99. Relationship of Command (2000) - At the Drive In
100. Hot Fuss (2004) - The Killers
101. Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) - Interpol
102. Wincing The Night Away (2007) - The Shins
103. Black Holes And Revelations (2006) - Muse
104. Feels Like Home (2004) - Norah Jones
105. Hell Hath No Fury (2006) - Clipse
106. Medulla (2004) - Björk
107. In Your Honor (2005) - Foo Fighters
108. R (2000) - Queens of the Stone Age
109. Daughtry (2006) - Daughtry
110. The Tipping Point (2004) - The Roots
111. Miss Machine (2004) - The Dillenger Escape Plan
112. Kala (2007) - M.I.A.
113. Elephunk (2003) - The Black Eyed Peas
114. Rock Steady (2001) - No Doubt
115. Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - T.V. On The Radio
116. Musicology (2004) - Prince
117. The Resistance (2009) - Muse
118. American Gangster (2007) - Jay-Z
119. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000) - PJ Harvey
120. Fishscale (2006) - Ghostface Killah
121. Funhouse (2008) - Pink
122. Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004) - Jill Scott
123. Genius Loves Company (2004) - Ray Charles
124. ( ) (2002) - Sigur Ros
125. Chicken-N-Beer (2003) - Ludacris
126. BLACKsummers'night (2009) - Maxwell
127. Make Believe (2005) - Weezer
128. The Argument (2001) - Fugazi
129. Rather Ripped (2006) - Sonic Youth
130. Room On Fire (2003) - The Strokes
131. Morning View (2001) - Incubus
132. Antics (2004) - Interpol
133. Real Gone (2004) - Tom Waits
134. Hypnotize (2005) - System Of A Down
135. Chutes Too Narrow (2003) - The Shins
136. 3121 (2006) - Prince
137. In Search of... (2002) - N.E.R.D.
138. The Black Parade (2006) - My Chemical Romance
139. Absolution (2003) - Muse
140. 8701 (2001) - Usher
141. A Time To Love (2005) - Stevie Wonder
142. Los Lonely Boys (2004) - Los Lonely Boys
143. God's Son (2002) - Nas
144. White Pony (2000) - Deftones
145. 10,000 Days (2006) - Tool
146. Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) - Nas
147. The Grand Pecking Order (2001) - Oysterhead
148. The Headphone Masterpiece (2002) - Cody ChesnuTT
149. Blackwater Park (2001) - Opeth
150. Breakaway (2004) - Kelly Clarkson
151. Scissor Sisters (2004) - Scissor Sisters
152. One of the Boys (2008) - Katy Perry
153. Oracular Spectacular (2008) - MGMT
154. 808s & Heartbreak (2008) - Kanye West
155. Sonic Nurse (2004) - Sonic Youth
156. Silent Alarm (2005) - Bloc Party
157. Gold (2001) - Ryan Adams
158. Two Against Nature (2000) - Steely Dan
159. Frances The Mute (2005) - The Mars Volta
160. Up The Bracket (2002) - The Libertines
161. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2 (2009) - Raekwon
162. Year Zero (2007) - Nine Inch Nails
163. Mer De Noms (2000) - A Perfect Circle
164. Easy Tiger (2007) - Ryan Adams
165. The Ecstatic (2009) - Mos Def
166. The Libertines (2004) - The Libertines
167. Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) - Arctic Monkeys
168. Fever (2001) - Kylie Minogue
169. Thirteenth Step (2003) - A Perfect Circle
170. One by One (2002) - Foo Fighters
171. From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - Fall Out Boy
172. Songs About Jane (2002) - Maroon 5
173. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007) - Modest Mouse
174. Strawberry Jam (2007) - Animal Collective
175. Justified (2002) - Justin Timberlake
176. Origin of Symmetry (2001) - Muse
177. Alright, Still (2007) - Lily Allen
178. Sigh No More (2009) - Mumford & Sons
179. Embryonic (2009) - The Flaming Lips
180. Fleet Foxes (2008) - Fleet Foxes
180. Lost Souls (2000) - Doves
181. Fallen (2003) - Evanescence
182. The Sweet Escape (2006) - Gwen Stefani
183. Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) - The Hives
184. Fever to Tell (2003) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
185. The Crane Wife (2006) - The Decemberists
186. Back to Bedlam (2004) - James Blunt
187. Musicforthemorningafter (2001) - Pete Yorn
188. The Soul Sessions (2003) - Joss Stone
189. The Woods (2005) - Sleater-Kinney
Edited By: Lew, Rob
Last Updated: 2017-04-24
https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums00s.html
1. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) - Eminem
2. Stankonia (2000) - OutKast
3. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) - OutKast
4. The Blueprint (2001) - Jay-Z
5. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead
6. American Idiot (2004) - Green Day
7. The College Dropout (2004) - Kanye West
8. Elephant (2003) - The White Stripes
9. All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) - U2
10. FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006) - Justin Timberlake
11. Is This It (2001) - The Strokes
12. Come Away With Me (2002) - Norah Jones
13. Songs In A Minor (2001) - Alicia Keys
14. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002) - Coldplay
15. The Fame (2008) - Lady Gaga
16. Back To Black (2006) - Amy Winehouse
16. The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005) - Mariah Carey
17. Late Registration (2005) - Kanye West
18. Tha Carter III (2008) - Lil Wayne
19. Lungs (2009) - Florence + the Machine
20. Phrenology (2002) - The Roots
21. Toxicity (2001) - System Of A Down
22. Under Construction (2002) - Missy Elliot
23. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004) - U2
24. The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003) - Alicia Keys
25. I Am...Sasha Fierce (2008) - Beyoncé
26. Lateralus (2001) - Tool
27. Missundaztood (2002) - Pink
28. Miss E...So Addictive (2001) - Missy Elliot
29. St. Elsewhere (2006) - Gnarls Barkley
30. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003) - 50 Cent
31. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) - Animal Collective
32. The Eminem Show (2002) - Eminem
33. The Black Album (2003) - Jay-Z
34. Like Water For Chocolate (2000) - Common
35. Confessions (2004) - Usher
36. The Blueprint 3 (2009) - Jay-Z
37. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) - Wilco
38. Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I Am Not (2006) - Arctic Monkeys
39. Hail To The Thief (2003) - Radiohead
40. 19 (2008) - Adele
41. Only by the Night (2008) - Kings of Leon
42. White Blood Cells (2001) - The White Stripes
43. Viva La Vida (2008) - Coldplay
44. Songs For The Deaf (2002) - Queens Of The Stone Age
45. Hybrid Theory (2000) - Linkin Park
46. SMiLE (2004) - Brian Wilson
47. Be (2005) - Common
48. X&Y (2005) - Coldplay
49. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002) - The Flaming Lips
50. Modern Times (2006) - Bob Dylan
51. Gorillaz (2001) - Gorillaz
52. Game Theory (2006) - The Roots
53. Heartbreaker (2000) - Ryan Adams
54. Amnesiac (2001) - Radiohead
55. Franz Ferdinand (2004) - Franz Ferdinand
56. The E.N.D. (2009) - Black Eyed Peas
57. XX (2009) - The xx
58. In Rainbows (2007) - Radiohead
59. Get Behind Me Satan (2005) - The White Stripes
60. Broken Boy Soldiers (2006) - The Raconteurs
61. Mezmerize (2005) - System Of A Down
62. Demon Days (2005) - Gorillaz
63. Funeral (2004) - Arcade Fire
64. Illinois (2005) - Sufjan Stevens
65. No More Drama (2001) - Mary J. Blige
66. Aaliyah (2001) - Aaliyah
67. Stillmatic (2001) - Nas
68. Neon Bible (2007) - Arcade Fire
69. Stadium Arcadium (2006) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
70. Icky Thump (2007) - The White Stripes
71. Parachutes (2000) - Coldplay
72. Paper Trail (2008)- T.I.
73. Green Album (2001) - Weezer
74. Love and Theft (2001) - Bob Dylan
75. A Ghost Is Born (2004) - Wilco
76. The Rising (2002) - Bruce Springsteen
77. Vespertine (2001) - Björk
78. Vampire Weekend (2008) - Vampire Weekend
79. By The Way (2002) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
80. Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004) - Modest Mouse
81. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009) - Phoenix
82. Music (2000) - Madonna
83. Voodoo (2000) - D'Angelo
84. Sea Change (2002) - Beck
85. Meteora (2003) - Linkin Park
86. Busted Stuff (2002) - Dave Matthews Band
87. Food & Liquor (2006) - Lupe Fiasco
88. Guero (2005) - Beck
89. The Rubber Factory (2004) - The Black Keys
90. Pearl Jam (2006) - Pearl Jam
91. 21st Century Breakdown (2009) - Green Day
92. Arlur (2005) - M.I.A.
93. De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta
94. The Moon and Antarctica (2000) - Modest Mouse
95. Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) - Iron & Wine
96. Quality Control (2000) - Jurassic 5
97. The Breakthrough (2005) - Mary J. Blige
98. Graduation (2007) - Kanye West
99. Relationship of Command (2000) - At the Drive In
100. Hot Fuss (2004) - The Killers
101. Turn On The Bright Lights (2002) - Interpol
102. Wincing The Night Away (2007) - The Shins
103. Black Holes And Revelations (2006) - Muse
104. Feels Like Home (2004) - Norah Jones
105. Hell Hath No Fury (2006) - Clipse
106. Medulla (2004) - Björk
107. In Your Honor (2005) - Foo Fighters
108. R (2000) - Queens of the Stone Age
109. Daughtry (2006) - Daughtry
110. The Tipping Point (2004) - The Roots
111. Miss Machine (2004) - The Dillenger Escape Plan
112. Kala (2007) - M.I.A.
113. Elephunk (2003) - The Black Eyed Peas
114. Rock Steady (2001) - No Doubt
115. Return To Cookie Mountain (2006) - T.V. On The Radio
116. Musicology (2004) - Prince
117. The Resistance (2009) - Muse
118. American Gangster (2007) - Jay-Z
119. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000) - PJ Harvey
120. Fishscale (2006) - Ghostface Killah
121. Funhouse (2008) - Pink
122. Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004) - Jill Scott
123. Genius Loves Company (2004) - Ray Charles
124. ( ) (2002) - Sigur Ros
125. Chicken-N-Beer (2003) - Ludacris
126. BLACKsummers'night (2009) - Maxwell
127. Make Believe (2005) - Weezer
128. The Argument (2001) - Fugazi
129. Rather Ripped (2006) - Sonic Youth
130. Room On Fire (2003) - The Strokes
131. Morning View (2001) - Incubus
132. Antics (2004) - Interpol
133. Real Gone (2004) - Tom Waits
134. Hypnotize (2005) - System Of A Down
135. Chutes Too Narrow (2003) - The Shins
136. 3121 (2006) - Prince
137. In Search of... (2002) - N.E.R.D.
138. The Black Parade (2006) - My Chemical Romance
139. Absolution (2003) - Muse
140. 8701 (2001) - Usher
141. A Time To Love (2005) - Stevie Wonder
142. Los Lonely Boys (2004) - Los Lonely Boys
143. God's Son (2002) - Nas
144. White Pony (2000) - Deftones
145. 10,000 Days (2006) - Tool
146. Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) - Nas
147. The Grand Pecking Order (2001) - Oysterhead
148. The Headphone Masterpiece (2002) - Cody ChesnuTT
149. Blackwater Park (2001) - Opeth
150. Breakaway (2004) - Kelly Clarkson
151. Scissor Sisters (2004) - Scissor Sisters
152. One of the Boys (2008) - Katy Perry
153. Oracular Spectacular (2008) - MGMT
154. 808s & Heartbreak (2008) - Kanye West
155. Sonic Nurse (2004) - Sonic Youth
156. Silent Alarm (2005) - Bloc Party
157. Gold (2001) - Ryan Adams
158. Two Against Nature (2000) - Steely Dan
159. Frances The Mute (2005) - The Mars Volta
160. Up The Bracket (2002) - The Libertines
161. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2 (2009) - Raekwon
162. Year Zero (2007) - Nine Inch Nails
163. Mer De Noms (2000) - A Perfect Circle
164. Easy Tiger (2007) - Ryan Adams
165. The Ecstatic (2009) - Mos Def
166. The Libertines (2004) - The Libertines
167. Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) - Arctic Monkeys
168. Fever (2001) - Kylie Minogue
169. Thirteenth Step (2003) - A Perfect Circle
170. One by One (2002) - Foo Fighters
171. From Under the Cork Tree (2005) - Fall Out Boy
172. Songs About Jane (2002) - Maroon 5
173. We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (2007) - Modest Mouse
174. Strawberry Jam (2007) - Animal Collective
175. Justified (2002) - Justin Timberlake
176. Origin of Symmetry (2001) - Muse
177. Alright, Still (2007) - Lily Allen
178. Sigh No More (2009) - Mumford & Sons
179. Embryonic (2009) - The Flaming Lips
180. Fleet Foxes (2008) - Fleet Foxes
180. Lost Souls (2000) - Doves
181. Fallen (2003) - Evanescence
182. The Sweet Escape (2006) - Gwen Stefani
183. Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) - The Hives
184. Fever to Tell (2003) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
185. The Crane Wife (2006) - The Decemberists
186. Back to Bedlam (2004) - James Blunt
187. Musicforthemorningafter (2001) - Pete Yorn
188. The Soul Sessions (2003) - Joss Stone
189. The Woods (2005) - Sleater-Kinney