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Hear Me Out: Willie's Top 100 Albums of the '00s

So, Rolling Stone recently published their list of the 100 best albums of the decade, which was as predictable and infuriating as most of the lists we've seen. To their credit, I agreed with about 2/3 of the list between the albums I actually liked and the albums I can't argue with, considering their status within their respective genres (Eminem, Kanye and Jay-Z are going to be included. No getting around it.) Of course, Radiohead's "Kid A" topped the list, as they've been prone to do on many similar lists.

Anyway, after responding to a Facebook post regarding the list, I got to looking through my CD collection. In the course of this, I found a lot of albums that got the shaft, for various reasons. Be they too heavy, too Canadian, and/or just plain too awesome, tons of great albums have been ignored. So, I thought I'd take it upon myself to blow the dust off the old Webhole (if only for a day), and post up a list that I can live with. Because as they say, if you want something done right, include Clutch.



100. DARKER MY LOVE - "2" (2008)
99. KASABIAN - "Kasabian" (2004)
98. MUDVAYNE - "L.D. 50" (2000)
97. TV ON THE RADIO - "Desperate Youth / Blood Thirsty Babes" (2004)
96. THE FLAMING LIPS - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (2002)
95. THE DEARS - "Gang of Losers" (2006)
94. THE HIVES - "Veni Vidi Vicious" (2002)
93. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - "Transatlanticism" (2003)
92. WOLF PARADE - "Apologies to the Queen Mary" (2005)
91. ARCTIC MONKEYS - "Favourite Worst Nightmare" (2007)


90. COLD WAR KIDS - "Robbers and Cowards" (2006)
89. MATT MAYS & EL TORPEDO - "Terminal Romance" (2008)
88. GLASSJAW - "Worship and Tribute" (2002)
87. WINTERSLEEP - "Untitled" (2005)
86. TOADIES - "Hell Below/Stars Above" (2001)
85. DINOSAUR JR. - "Beyond" (2007)
84. FOO FIGHTERS - "One by One" (2002)
83. METRIC - "Live it Out" (2005)
82. BRAND NEW - "Daisy" (2009)
81. WILCO - "Sky Blue Sky" (2007)


80. SPOON - "Gimme Fiction" (2005)
79. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "Fever to Tell" (2003)
78. MUSE - "The Origin of Symmetry" (2001)
77. SILVERSUN PICKUPS - "Carnavas" (2006)
76. THE DECEMBERISTS - "The Crane Wife" (2006)
75. WILCO - "A Ghost is Born" (2004)
74. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - "Stadium Arcadium" (2006)
73. OPETH - "Blackwater Park" (2001)
72. TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS - "Living with the Living" (2007)
71. SPOON - "Kill the Moonlight" (2002)


70. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - "Journal for Plague Lovers" (2009)
69. THE SWORD - "Age of Winters" (2006)
68. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "Mezmerize" (2005)
67. NINE INCH NAILS - "Year Zero" (2007)
66. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - "The '59 Sound" (2008)
65. TORCHE - "Meanderthal" (2008)
64. BEN HARPER & RELENTLESS7 - "White Lies for Dark Times" (2009)
63. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - "Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!" (2008)
62. MY MORNING JACKET - "Evil Urges" (2007)
61. MACHINE HEAD - "The Blackening" (2007)



 60. SILVERSUN PICKUPS - "Swoon" (2009)
59. MODEST MOUSE - "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" (2004)
58. INTERPOL - "Turn On the Bright Lights" (2002)
57. THE FRATELLIS - "Costello Music" (2006)
56. THE TRAGICALLY HIP - "In Between Evolution" (2004)
55. KINGS OF LEON - "Only By the Night" (2008)
54. AGAINST ME! - "New Wave" (2007)
53. PEARL JAM - "Backspacer" (2009)
52. THE HOLD STEADY - "Boys and Girls in America" (2006)
51. THE DANDY WARHOLS - "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia" (2000)



 50. MODEST MOUSE - "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" (2007)
49. THE RACONTEURS - "Consolers of the Lonely" (2008)
48. GREEN DAY - "American Idiot" (2004)
47. THE HOLD STEADY - "Almost Killed Me" (2004)
46. DOWN - "Over the Under" (2007)
45. THE WHITE STRIPES - "Elephant" (2003)
44. KINGS OF LEON - "Youth and Young Manhood" (2003)
43. A PERFECT CIRCLE - "Thirteenth Step" (2003)
42. INTERPOL - "Antics" (2004)
41. RADIOHEAD - "In Rainbows" (2007)



 40. THE STROKES - "Is This It" (2001)
39. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - "Ire Works" (2007)
38. MUSE - "Absolution" (2003)
37. THE WEAKERTHANS - "Reconstruction Site" (2003)
36. A PERFECT CIRCLE - "Mer de Noms" (2000)
35. MASTODON - "Crack the Skye" (2009)
34. JOHN BUTLER TRIO - "Sunrise Over Sea" (2004)
33. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "Era Vulgaris" (2007)
32. MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA - "Mean Everything to Nothing" (2009)
31. THE BLACK KEYS - "Rubber Factory" (2004)



 30. THE MARS VOLTA - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" (2003)
29. BARONESS - "Blue Record" (2009)
28. MODEST MOUSE - "The Moon and Antarctica" (2000)
27. THE ARCADE FIRE - "Funeral" (2004)
26. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - "Decoration Day" (2003)
25. ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD - "Source Tags and Codes" (2002)
24. BLOC PARTY - "Silent Alarm" (2005)
23. LIARS - "They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top" (2002)
22. THE DEADLY SNAKES - "Porcella" (2005)
21. MASTODON - "Blood Mountain" (2006)



 20. JERRY CANTRELL - "Degradation Trip" (2002)
19. THE WHITE STRIPES - "White Blood Cells" (2001)
18. AT THE DRIVE-IN - "Relationship of Command" (2000)
17. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - "The Dirty South" (2004)
16. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "Songs for the Deaf" (2002)
15. THE WHITE STRIPES - "Icky Thump" (2007)
14. CLUTCH - "From Beale Street to Oblivion" (2007)
13. RADIOHEAD - "Kid A" (2000)
12. MASTODON - "Leviathan" (2004)
11. MATTHEW GOOD BAND - "The Audio of Being" (2001)


10. LIARS - "They Were Wrong So We Drowned" (2004)


9. BRAND NEW - "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me" (2006)


8. SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "Toxicity" (2001)


7. THE ARCADE FIRE - "Neon Bible" (2007)

6. WILCO - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2002)


5. THE MARS VOLTA - "Frances the Mute" (2005)


4. ARCTIC MONKEYS - "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (2006)

3. WINTERSLEEP - "Welcome to the Night Sky" (2007)

2. CLUTCH - "Blast Tyrant" (2004)



1. TOOL - "Lateralus" (2001)


That is all. Discuss.
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