Kicking the Canon — 2000s Albums

#1 The Marshall Mathers LP

2000

Eminem | Interscope, Aftermath

#1
The Marshall Mathers LP

#2 Kid A

2000

Radiohead | Capitol

#2
Kid A

#3 Stankonia

2000

OutKast | Arista

#3
Stankonia

#4 Voodoo

2000

D'Angelo | Virgin

#4
Voodoo

#5 Since I Left You

2000

Avalanches | Modular

#5
Since I Left You

#6 The Moon & Antarctica

2000

Modest Mouse | Epic

#6
The Moon & Antarctica

#7 Relationship of Command

2000

At the Drive In | Grand Royal, Fearless

#7
Relationship of Command

#8 Country Grammer

2000

Nelly | Universal

#8
Country Grammer

#9 Mama's Gun

2000

Erykah Badu | Motown/Puppy Love

#9
Mama's Gun

#10 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

2000

PJ Harvey | Island

#10
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

#11 Hybrid Theory

2000

Linkin Park | Warner Bros.

#11
Hybrid Theory

#12 Supreme Clientele

2000

Ghostface Killah | Epic, Razor Sharp

#12
Supreme Clientele

#13 Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1

2000

Jill Scott | Hidden Beach

#13
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1

#14 Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

2000

Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Kranky

#14
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

#15 Whoa, Nelly!

2000

Nelly Furtado | Dreamworks

#15
Whoa, Nelly!

#16 White Pony

2000

Deftones | Maverick

#16
White Pony

#17 Like Water for Chocolate

2000

Common | MCA

#17
Like Water for Chocolate

#18 No Strings Attached

2000

N*SYNC | Jive

#18
No Strings Attached

#19 Pop

2000

Gas | Mille Plateaux

#19
Pop

#20 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

2000

Yo La Tengo | Matador

#20
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

#21 Jogos de Armar

2000

Tom Zé | Trama

#21
Jogos de Armar

#22 Dongs of Sevotion

2000

Smog | Drag City

#22
Dongs of Sevotion

#23 This Is What I Do

2000

Sonny Rollins | Milestone

#23
This Is What I Do

#24 Born to Do It

2000

Craig David | Atlantic

#24
Born to Do It

#25 Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

2000

Limp Bizkit | Interscope

#25
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

#26 Mad in Medina

2000

Rachid Taha | Barclay

#26
Mad in Medina

#27 If I Could Only Fly

2000

Merle Haggard | ANTI-, Epitaph

#27
If I Could Only Fly

#28 Tanto Tempo

2000

Bebel Gilberto | Ziriguiboom

#28
Tanto Tempo

#29 Bachelor No. 2, or the Last Remains of the Dodo

2000

Aimee Mann | SuperEgo

#29
Bachelor No. 2, or the Last Remains of the Dodo

#30 Chasin' the Gypsy

2000

James Carter | Atlantic

#30
Chasin' the Gypsy

#30 Chasin' the Gypsy

#1 Miss E... So Addictive

2001

Missy Elliott | The Goldmind, Elektra

#1
Miss E... So Addictive

#2 Discovery

2001

Daft Punk | Virgin

#2
Discovery

#3 Vespertine

2001

Björk | One Little Indian, Elektra

#3
Vespertine

#4 The Blueprint

2001

Jay-Z | Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella

#4
The Blueprint

#5 Is This It?

2001

The Strokes | RCA, Rough Trade

#5
Is This It?

#6 In Search of...

2001

N.E.R.D. | Star Trak, Virgin, EMI

#6
In Search of...

#7 Agaetis Byrjun

2001

Sigur Ros | Fat Cat, Smekkleysa

#7
Agaetis Byrjun

#8 Songs In A Minor

2001

Alicia Keys | J

#8
Songs In A Minor

#9 White Blood Cells

2001

The White Stripes | Sympathy for the Record Company

#9
White Blood Cells

#10 Toxicity

2001

System of a Down | American, Columbia

#10
Toxicity

#11 Jane Doe

2001

Converge | Equal Vision

#11
Jane Doe

#12 Oh, Inverted World

2001

The Shins | Sub Pop

#12
Oh, Inverted World

#13 Time (The Revelator)

2001

Gillian Welch | Acony

#13
Time (The Revelator)

#14 Aaliyah

2001

Aaliyah | Blackground, Virgin American

#14
Aaliyah

#15 Lateralus

2001

Tool | Volcano

#15
Lateralus

#16 Word of Mouf

2001

Ludacris | Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam South

#16
Word of Mouf

#17 Gold

2001

Ryan Adams | Lost Highway

#17
Gold

#18 Love and Theft

2001

Bob Dylan | Columbia

#18
Love and Theft

#19 Fever

2001

Kylie Minogue | Parlophone

#19
Fever

#20 Fan Dance

2001

Sam Phillips | Nonesuch

#20
Fan Dance

#21 Southern Rock Opera

2001

The Drive-by Truckers | Soul Dump

#21
Southern Rock Opera

#22 Pirate's Choice

2001

Orchestra Baobab | Nonesuch

#22
Pirate's Choice

#23 Endless Summer

2001

Fennesz | Mego

#23
Endless Summer

#24 Proxima Estación: Esperanza

2001

Manu Chao | Virgin Records

#24
Proxima Estación: Esperanza

#25 The Moldy Peaches

2001

The Moldy Peaches | Rough Trade

#25
The Moldy Peaches

#26 Cachaito

2001

Orlando Cachaito Lopez | World Circuit

#26
Cachaito

#27 All Killer, No Filler

2001

Sum 41 | Aquarius, Island

#27
All Killer, No Filler

#28 Revancha del Tango

2001

Gotan Project | XL, Ya Basta!

#28
Revancha del Tango

#29 Corridors and Parallels

2001

David S. Ware | AUM Fidelity

#29
Corridors and Parallels

#30 Vertigo

2001

René Marie | Maxjazz

#30
Vertigo

#30 Vertigo

#1 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2002

Wilco | Nonesuch

#1
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

#2 Come Away With Me

2002

Norah Jones | Blue Note

#2
Come Away With Me

#3 The Eminem Show

2002

Eminem | Interscope, Aftermath

#3
The Eminem Show

#4 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

2002

The Flaming Lips | Warner Bros.

#4
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

#5 Sea Change

2002

Beck | Geffen

#5
Sea Change

#6 Songs for the Deaf

2002

Queens of the Stone Age | Interscope

#6
Songs for the Deaf

#7 Turn On the Bright Lights

2002

Interpol | Matador

#7
Turn On the Bright Lights

#8 You Forgot It In People

2002

Broken Social Scene | Paper Bag

#8
You Forgot It In People

#9 Home

2002

The Chicks | Monument, Columbia Nashville

#9
Home

#10 Geogaddi

2002

Boards of Canada | Warp

#10
Geogaddi

#11 A Rush of Blood to the Head

2002

Coldplay | Capitol

#11
A Rush of Blood to the Head

#12 Let Go

2002

Avril Lavigne | Arista

#12
Let Go

#13 American IV: The Man Comes Around

2002

Johnny Cash | Universal

#13
American IV: The Man Comes Around

#14 Songs About Jane

2002

Maroon 5 | Octone

#14
Songs About Jane

#15 Source Tags & Codes

2002

... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | Interscope

#15
Source Tags & Codes

#16 Oceanic

2002

Isis | Ipecac

#16
Oceanic

#17 Tell All Your Friends

2002

Taking Back Sunday | Victory

#17
Tell All Your Friends

#18 ( )

2002

Sigur Ros | MCA, Fatcat

#18
( )

#19 Original Pirate Material

2002

The Streets | 679

#19
Original Pirate Material

#20 Tallahassee

2002

The Mountain Goats | 4AD

#20
Tallahassee

#21 Fantastic Damage

2002

El-P| Definitive Jux

#21
Fantastic Damage

#22 The Fix

2002

Scarface | Def Jam

#22
The Fix

#23 Harnessed the Storm

2002

Drexicya | Tresor

#23
Harnessed the Storm

#24 Raining on the Moon

2002

William Parker | Thirsty Ear

#24
Raining on the Moon

#25 Up the Bracket

2002

The Libertines | Rough Trade

#25
Up the Bracket

#26 The Best of Black Uhuru

2002

Black Uhuru | Island

#26
The Best of Black Uhuru

#27 Tribalistas

2002

Tribalistas | EMI

#27
Tribalistas

#28 Neon Golden

2002

The Notwist | City Slang

#28
Neon Golden

#29 Donde El Corazón Me Lleve

2002

Isabel Pantoja | Mercury

#29
Donde El Corazón Me Lleve

#30 Journey

2002

Na Ying | Warner Music Taiwan

#30
Journey

#30 Journey

#1 Speakerboxxx / The Love Below

2003

OutKast | LaFace, Arista

#1
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below

#2 Boy in Da Corner

2003

Dizzee Rascal | XL

#2
Boy in Da Corner

#3 Elephant

2003

The White Stripes | V2, XL, Third Man

#3
Elephant

#4 In the Zone

2003

Britney Spears | Jive

#4
In the Zone

#5 Fever to Tell

2003

Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Interscope

#5
Fever to Tell

#6 Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2003

50 Cent | G-Unit, Interscope

#6
Get Rich or Die Tryin'

#7 Give Up

2003

The Postal Service | Sub Pop

#7
Give Up

#8 Transatlanticism

2003

Death Cab for Cutie | Barsuk

#8
Transatlanticism

#9 The Disintegration Loops IV

2003

William Basinski | 2062

#9
The Disintegration Loops IV

#10 Chutes Too Narrow

2003

The Shins | Sub Pop

#10
Chutes Too Narrow

#11 The Meadowlands

2003

The Wrens | Absolutely Kosher

#11
The Meadowlands

#12 Elephunk

2003

The Black Eyed Peas | A&M, will.i.am

#12
Elephunk

#13 Rounds

2003

Four Tet | Domino

#13
Rounds

#14 Alcachofa

2003

Ricardo Villalobos | Playhouse

#14
Alcachofa

#15 The Ugly Organ

2003

Cursive | Saddle Creek

#15
The Ugly Organ

#16 Dear Catastrophe Waitress

2003

Belle & Sebastian | Rough Trade

#16
Dear Catastrophe Waitress

#17 The Lemon of Pink

2003

The Books | Tomlab

#17
The Lemon of Pink

#18 The Wind

2003

Warren Zevon | Artemis

#18
The Wind

#18 Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

2003

The Unicorns | Alien8, Rough Trade

#18
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

#20 Dopesmoker

2003

Sleep | Rise Above/The Music Cartel, Tee Pee

#20
Dopesmoker

#21 Cuatro Caminos

2003

Café Tacvba | Universal Music Mexico

#21
Cuatro Caminos

#22 Soviet Kitsch

2003

Regina Spektor | Sire

#22
Soviet Kitsch

#23 Tiny Voices

2003

Joe Henry | ANTI-

#23
Tiny Voices

#24 A Little Deeper

2003

Ms. Dynamite | Interscope

#24
A Little Deeper

#25 Oumou Sangaré

2003

Oumou Sangaré | World Circu

#25
Oumou Sangaré

#26 You Are Free

2003

Cat Power | Matador

#26
You Are Free

#27 Hanapepe Dream

2003

Taj Mahal & the Hulu Blues | Tradition & Moderne, Tone-Cool Records

#27
Hanapepe Dream

#28 Blood Sutra

2003

Vijay Iyer Quartet | Artists House

#28
Blood Sutra

#29 Extended Play: Live at Birdland

2003

Dave Holland Quintet | ECM

#29
Extended Play: Live at Birdland

#30 The Best of the Classic Years

2003

King Sunny Adé | Shanachie

#30
The Best of the Classic Years

#30 The Best of the Classic Years

#1 Funeral

2004

Arcade Fire | Merge

#1
Funeral

#2 Confessions

2004

Usher | Arista

#2
Confessions

#3 Smile

2004

Brian Wilson | Nonesuch

#3
Smile

#4 The College Dropout

2004

Kanye West | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam

#4
The College Dropout

#5 Our Endless Numbered Days

2004

Iron & Wine | Sub Pop

#5
Our Endless Numbered Days

#6 Breakaway

2004

Kelly Clarkson | RCA

#6
Breakaway

#7 Madvillainy

2004

Madvillain | Stones Throw

#7
Madvillainy

#8 American Idiot

2004

Green Day | Reprise

#8
American Idiot

#9 Purple Haze

2004

Cam'ron | Roc-A-Fella

#9
Purple Haze

#10 A Grand Don't Come for Free

2004

The Streets | 679

#10
A Grand Don't Come for Free

#11 Hot Fuss

2004

The Killers | Island

#11
Hot Fuss

#12 Blueberry Boat

2004

The Fiery Furnaces | Rough Trade

#12
Blueberry Boat

#13 Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

2004

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Mute

#13
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

#14 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

2004

U2 | Interscope

#14
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

#15 Barrio Fino

2004

Daddy Yankee | El Cartel

#15
Barrio Fino

#16 Anniemal

2004

Annie | 679

#16
Anniemal

#17 Egypt

2004

Youssou N'Dour | Nonesuch

#17
Egypt

#18 She Like Electric

2004

Smoosh | Pattern 25

#18
She Like Electric

#19 The Milk-Eyed Mender

2004

Joanna Newsom | Drag City

#19
The Milk-Eyed Mender

#20 This Island

2004

Le Tigre | Universal

#20
This Island

#21 Ultravisitor

2004

Squarepusher | Warp

#21
Ultravisitor

#22 More Adventurous

2004

Rilo Kiley | Warner Bros.

#22
More Adventurous

#23 Van Lear Rose

2004

Loretta Lynn | Interscope

#23
Van Lear Rose

#24 Thunder, Lightning, Strike

2004

The Go! Team | Memphis Industries

#24
Thunder, Lightning, Strike

#25 All Time Greatest Hits

2004

The Platters | Mercury

#25
All Time Greatest Hits

#26 The First Twenty Years

2004

Papa Wemba | Stern's Africa

#26
The First Twenty Years

#27 Lonely Runs Both Ways

2004

Alison Krauss and Union Station | Rounder

#27
Lonely Runs Both Ways

#28 Harmony and Abyss

2004

Matthew Shipp | Thirsty Ear

#28
Harmony and Abyss

#29 The Land of the Sun

2004

Charlie Haden | Verve

#29
The Land of the Sun

#30 Dimanche á Bamako

2004

Amadou & Miriam | Nonesuch

#30
Dimanche á Bamako

#30 Dimanche á Bamako

#1 Illinoise

2005

Sufjan Stevens | Asthmatic Kitty/Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade

#1
Illinoise

#2 Late Registration

2005

Kanye West | Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella

#2
Late Registration

#3 The Woods

2005

Sleater-Kinney | Sub Pop

#3
The Woods

#4 Arular

2005

M.I.A. | XL, Interscope

#4
Arular

#5 Confessions on a Dance Floor

2005

Madonna | Warner Bros.

#5
Confessions on a Dance Floor

#6 Demon Days

2005

Gorillaz | Parlophone, Virgin

#6
Demon Days

#7 Extraordinary Machine

2005

Fiona Apple | Epic, Clean Slate

#7
Extraordinary Machine

#8 I Am a Bird Now

2005

Antony & the Johnsons | Secretly Canadian

#8
I Am a Bird Now

#9 Apologies to the Queen Mary

2005

Wolf Parade | Sub Pop

#9
Apologies to the Queen Mary

#10 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

2005

Bright Eyes | Saddle Creek

#10
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

#11 Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

2005

Young Jeezy | Corporate Thugz, Def Jam

#11
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101

#12 The Emancipation of Mimi

2005

Mariah Carey | Island Def Jam

#12
The Emancipation of Mimi

#13 Separation Sunday

2005

The Hold Steady | Frenchkiss

#13
Separation Sunday

#14 From Under the Cork Tree

2005

Fall Out Boy | Island

#14
From Under the Cork Tree

#15 Z

2005

My Morning Jacket | ATO

#15
Z

#16 Frances the Mute

2005

The Mars Volta | Gold Standard Laboratories, Universal, Strummer

#16
Frances the Mute

#17 Aerial

2005

Kate Bush | EMI, Columbia

#17
Aerial

#18 Silent Alarm

2005

Bloc Party | Wichita

#18
Silent Alarm

#19 Feels

2005

Animal Collective | FatCat

#19
Feels

#20 There's More Where That Came From

2005

Lee Ann Womack | MCA Nashville

#20
There's More Where That Came From

#21 Chemistry

2005

Girls Aloud | Polydor

#21
Chemistry

#22 Pink

2005

Boris | DiwphalanxK

#22
Pink

#23 Show You Colour

2005

Cui Jian | JingWen Records

#23
Show You Colour

#24 Monk's Casino

2005

Alexander von Schlippenbach | Intakt

#24
Monk's Casino

#25 Gepinto

2005

Gepe | Quesmasucabeza, Astro Discos, Darla Records

#25
Gepinto

#26 Turn Back the Years: The Essential Collection

2005

Hank Williams | Mercury

#26
Turn Back the Years: The Essential Collection

#27 OK Cowboy

2005

Vitalic | Citizen/Pias

#27
OK Cowboy

#28 Nobody's Darlings

2005

Lucero | Liberty & Lament

#28
Nobody's Darlings

#29 The World of Nat King Cole

2005

Nat King Cole | Capitol

#29
The World of Nat King Cole

#30 One Kiss Can Lead to Another

2005

Various Artists | Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Foun

#30
One Kiss Can Lead to Another

#30 One Kiss Can Lead to Another

#1 Donuts

2006

J Dilla | Stones Throw

#1
Donuts

#2 Back to Black

2006

Amy Winehouse | Island

#2
Back to Black

#3 Modern Times

2006

Bob Dylan | Columbia

#3
Modern Times

#4 Futuresex/Lovesounds

2006

Justin Timberlake | Jive

#4
Futuresex/Lovesounds

#5 Ys

2006

Joanna Newsom | Drag City

#5
Ys

#6 Hell Hath No Fury

2006

Clipse | Jive, Star Trak

#6
Hell Hath No Fury

#7 The Black Parade

2006

My Chemical Romance | Reprise

#7
The Black Parade

#8 Fishscale

2006

Ghostface Killah | Def Jam

#8
Fishscale

#9 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

2006

Arctic Monkeys | Domino

#9
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

#10 The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

2006

Brand New | Interscope, Procrastinate!

#10
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

#11 Return to Cookie Mountain

2006

TV on the Radio | Interscope, Touch and Go

#11
Return to Cookie Mountain

#12 Continuum

2006

John Mayer | Aware, Columbia

#12
Continuum

#13 Blood Visions

2006

Jay Reatard | Fat Possum, In the Red

#13
Blood Visions

#14 The Crane Wife

2006

The Decemberists | Capitol

#14
The Crane Wife

#15 Silent Shout

2006

The Knife | Rabid

#15
Silent Shout

#16 Destroyer's Rubies

2006

Destroyer | Merge

#16
Destroyer's Rubies

#17 My Ghetto Report Card

2006

E-40 | Warner Bros.

#17
My Ghetto Report Card

#18 These Days

2006

Vince Gill | MCA Nashville

#18
These Days

#19 The Greatest

2006

Cat Power | Matador

#19
The Greatest

#20 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

2006

Tom Waits | ANTI-

#20
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

#21 Savane

2006

Ali Farka Touré | World Circuit

#21
Savane

#22 Boys and Girls in America

2006

The Hold Steady | Vagrant

#22
Boys and Girls in America

#23 Sound Grammar

2006

Ornette Coleman | Sound Grammar

#23
Sound Grammar

#24 The Drift

2006

Scott Walker | 4AD

#24
The Drift

#25 Rodrigo y Gabriela

2006

Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO Records

#25
Rodrigo y Gabriela

#26 Esquemas Juveniles

2006

Javiera Mena | MENI

#26
Esquemas Juveniles

#27 Shut Up I Am Dreaming

2006

Sunset Rubdown | Absolutely Kosher

#27
Shut Up I Am Dreaming

#28 Black Cadillac

2006

Rosanne Cash | Capitol

#28
Black Cadillac

#29 All That Is Tied

2006

Ran Blake | Tompkins Square

#29
All That Is Tied

#30 Time Lines

2006

Andrew Hill | Blue Note

#30
Time Lines

#30 Time Lines

#1 Kala

2007

M.I.A. | Interscope

#1
Kala

#2 Untrue

2007

Burial | Hyperdub

#2
Untrue

#3 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

2007

Miranda Lambert | Columbia Nashville

#3
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

#4 Graduation

2007

Kanye West | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam

#4
Graduation

#5 In Rainbows

2007

Radiohead | TBD

#5
In Rainbows

#6 Raising Sand

2007

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Rounder

#6
Raising Sand

#7 Person Pitch

2007

Panda Bear | Paw Tracks

#7
Person Pitch

#8 Love/Hate

2007

The-Dream | Island Def Jam

#8
Love/Hate

#9 Oracular Spectacular

2007

MGMT | Red Ink, Columbia

#9
Oracular Spectacular

#10 Strawberry Jam

2007

Animal Collective | Domino

#10
Strawberry Jam

#11 Riot!

2007

Paramore | Fueled by Ramen

#11
Riot!

#12 Sound of Silver

2007

LCD Soundsystem | Capitol, DFA

#12
Sound of Silver

#13 Blackout

2007

Britney Spears | Jive

#13
Blackout

#14 Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

2007

Spoon | Merge, ANTI-

#14
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

#15 Boxer

2007

The National | Beggars Banquet

#15
Boxer

#16 Under the Blacklight

2007

Rilo Kiley | Warner Bros.

#16
Under the Blacklight

#17 We'll Never Turn Back

2007

Mavis Staples | ANTI-

#17
We'll Never Turn Back

#18 Super Taranta!

2007

Gogol Bordello | SideOneDummy

#18
Super Taranta!

#19 From Here We Go Sublime

2007

The Field | Kompakt

#19
From Here We Go Sublime

#20 Mirrored

2007

Battles | Warp

#20
Mirrored

#21 Night Falls Over Kortedala

2007

Jens Lekman | Secretly Canadian

#21
Night Falls Over Kortedala

#22 Da Draught 3

2007

Lil Wayne | Young Money

#22
Da Draught 3

#23 †

2007

Justice | Downtown, Vice

#23
†

#24 Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

2007

Of Montreal | Polyvinyl

#24
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

#25 Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, & 3

2007

Roscoe Mitchell | ECM

#25
Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, & 3

#26 Children Running Through

2007

Patty Griffin | ATO Records

#26
Children Running Through

#27 Girls' Generation

2007

Girls' Generation | S.M. Entertainment

#27
Girls' Generation

#28 The Con

2007

Tegan and Sara | Sire

#28
The Con

#29 Carsick Cars

2007

Carsick Cars | Maybe Mars

#29
Carsick Cars

#30 Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles

2007

Billie Holiday | Columbia

#30
Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles

#30 Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles

#1 The Carter III

2008

Lil Wayne | Cash Money, Universal Motown

#1
The Carter III

#2 808s and Heartbreak

2008

Kanye West | Roc-a-Fella, Def Jam

#2
808s and Heartbreak

#3 Third

2008

Portishead | Mercury

#3
Third

#4 Vampire Weekend

2008

Vampire Weekend | XL

#4
Vampire Weekend

#5 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

2008

Coldplay | Capitol

#5
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

#6 For Emma Forever Ago

2008

Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar

#6
For Emma Forever Ago

#7 Fearless

2008

Taylor Swift | Big Machine

#7
Fearless

#8 Harps and Angels

2008

Randy Newman | Nonesuch

#8
Harps and Angels

#9 New Amerykah Part One

2008

Erykah Badu | Universal Motown

#9
New Amerykah Part One

#10 Fleet Foxes

2008

Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop

#10
Fleet Foxes

#11 Saint Dymphna

2008

Gang Gang Dance | The Social Registry

#11
Saint Dymphna

#12 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!

2008

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | ANTI-

#12
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!

#13 iSouljaBoyTellem

2008

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | Interscope

#13
iSouljaBoyTellem

#14 Crystal Castles

2008

Crystal Castles | Lies Records

#14
Crystal Castles

#15 Santigold

2008

Santigold | Downtown/Atlantic

#15
Santigold

#16 Alopecia

2008

WHY? | Anticon

#16
Alopecia

#17 Brighter Than Creation's Dark

2008

The Drive-by Truckers | New West

#17
Brighter Than Creation's Dark

#18 Welcome to Mali

2008

Amadou & Mariam | Nonesuch

#18
Welcome to Mali

#19 Deathconsciousness

2008

Have a Nice Life | Enemies List

#19
Deathconsciousness

#20 Game

2008

Perfume | Tokuma

#20
Game

#21 At Carnegie Hall

2008

Buena Vista Social Club | Nonesuch

#21
At Carnegie Hall

#22 Hercules & Love Affair

2008

Hercules & Love Affair | DFA

#22
Hercules & Love Affair

#23 Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective

2008

Philip Glass | Nonesuch

#23
Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective

#24 BCD-2

2008

Basic Channel | Basic Channel

#24
BCD-2

#25 Street Horrrsing

2008

Fuck Buttons | ATP

#25
Street Horrrsing

#26 Remember

2008

BIG BANG | YG

#26
Remember

#27 Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

2008

Grouper | Type

#27
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

#28 To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

2008

Nina Simone | Legacy

#28
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

#29 Slegranza

2008

El Guincho | Young Turks

#29
Slegranza

#30 Season of Changes

2008

Brian Blade Fellowship | Verve

#30
Season of Changes

#30 Season of Changes

#1 The Fame Monster

2009

Lady Gaga | Interscope, Konlive

#1
The Fame Monster

#2 Merriweather Post Pavilion

2009

Animal Collective | Domino

#2
Merriweather Post Pavilion

#3 xx

2009

The xx | Young Turks

#3
xx

#4 It's Blitz!

2009

Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Interscope, DGC

#4
It's Blitz!

#5 The E.N.D.

2009

The Black Eyed Peas | Interscope

#5
The E.N.D.

#6 Rated R

2009

Rihanna | Def Jam

#6
Rated R

#7 Veckatimest

2009

Grizzly Bear | Warp

#7
Veckatimest

#8 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

2009

Raekwon | EMI

#8
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

#9 Brand New Eyes

2009

Paramore | Fueled by Ramen

#9
Brand New Eyes

#10 American Saturday Night

2009

Brad Paisley | Arista Nashville

#10
American Saturday Night

#11 Man on the Moon: The End of the Day

2009

Kid Cudi | GOOD, Universal Motown

#11
Man on the Moon: The End of the Day

#12 Blacksummers'night

2009

Maxwell | Columbia

#12
Blacksummers'night

#13 Bitte Orca

2009

Dirty Projectors | Domino

#13
Bitte Orca

#14 Crack the Skye

2009

Mastodon | Relapse, Reprise

#14
Crack the Skye

#15 Hospice

2009

The Antlers | Frenchkiss

#15
Hospice

#16 Bastard

2009

Tyler, the Creator | Self-released

#16
Bastard

#17 It's Not Me, It's You

2009

Lily Allen | Parlophone

#17
It's Not Me, It's You

#18 Fever Ray

2009

Fever Ray | Rabid

#18
Fever Ray

#19 Midtown 120 Blues

2009

DJ Sprinkles | Mule Musiq

#19
Midtown 120 Blues

#20 The Ecstatic

2009

Mos Def | Downtown

#20
The Ecstatic

#21 Lungs

2009

Florence + the Machine | Island

#21
Lungs

#22 Harmonic Disorder

2009

The Matthew Shipp Trio | Thirsty Ear

#22
Harmonic Disorder

#23 Album

2009

Girls | True Panther Sounds

#23
Album

#24 The Bright Mississippi

2009

Allen Toussaint | Nonesuch

#24
The Bright Mississippi

#25 Manners

2009

Passion Pit | Frenchkiss

#25
Manners

#26 Heartbreaker

2009

G-Dragon | YG

#26
Heartbreaker

#27 BiRd-BrAiNs

2009

Tune-Yards | Marriage

#27
BiRd-BrAiNs

#28 Belief Flies in the Wind

2009

Wang Feng | MusicNationGroup

#28
Belief Flies in the Wind

#29 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

2009

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Slumberland

#29
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

#30 Historicity

2009

Vijay Iver | ACT Music

#30
Historicity

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