Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of 2000's

If there is anything more exciting to me than "year-end" lists, it's "decade-end" lists. I'm probably 10-times more excited about "best of the decade" lists than "best of the year" lists. That's mathematics.

Here's Pitchfork's top 20 albums of the decade:




20 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights [Matador, 2002]
19 Spoon - Kill The Moonlight [Merge, 2002]
18 Kanye West - Late Registration [Roc-A-Fella, 2002]
17 LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver [EMI/DFA, 2007]
16 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty, 2005]
15 The Knife - Silent Shout [Mute/Rabid, 2006]
14 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion [Domino, 2009]
13 OutKast - Stankonia [La Face, 2000]
12 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells [Sympathy For The Record Industry, 2001]
11 Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele [Sony, 2000]
10 The Avalanches - Since I Left You [Modular/Interscope, 2000]
09 Panda Bear - Person Pitch [Paw Tracks, 2007]
08 Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun [Smekkleysa; 2000]
07 The Strokes - Is This It [RCA, 2001]
06 Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica [Epic, 2000]
05 Jay-Z - The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella, 2001]
04 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch, 2002]
03 Daft Punk - Discovery [Virgin, 2001]
02 Arcade Fire - Funeral [Merge, 2004]
01 Radiohead - Kid A [Capitol, 2000]

I own all of these. A+ job by me there.

Here is a longer list of their top 200 albums of the decade. I own 144 of these. This makes me feel better about myself.