The 2000s was a big turning point in music, most notably for the online revolution and file sharing.
For some it was a tedious era of auto-tuned vocals and indie-driven pop, but thanks to the rock n' roll spirit and traditional recording techniques, great rock and metal was alive and well.
The other major point is that we've all lived through it. It's one thing knowing and respecting the catalogues of the 60s and 70s, but we can't quite connect to those decades in the same way. But the 2000s? That was OUR decade.
Who released the best album of the 2000s? Read on to find out.
10. Gorillaz "Gorillaz" (2001)
Odd that music with a strong hip-hop influence would sneak into a UG top 10, but it earned the votes and therefore its place. Gorillaz and their iconic cartoon branding pushed the concept of what a band could be to the very limits, and producers will learn plenty from this album's flawless engineering and far-reaching influences.
9. Them Crooked Vultures "Them Crooked Vultures" (2009)
It seemed too good to be true: two of modern rock's biggest names and a member of Led Zeppelin recording an album with some of the best hooks in rock history. It certainly didn't sound like a side project - Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones ended up with a record to rival any from their careers.
8. Muse "Origin Of Symmetry" (2001)
Before this album, Muse just seemed like another group of Radiohead wannabes. Perfectly good, a little too emotional, but with no serious future ahead of them. Then this album landed, as if from outer space. From the bombastic driven bass in "New Born" to the Morricone-inspired operatic finale "Megalomania", Muse earned a place in the leagues of great British rock bands.
7. Audioslave "Audioslave" (2002)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden fame united with the Rage Against The Machine backing band. It sounded as you might expect, with wan-shaped riffs, funky grooves and Cornell's crooning vocal signature. Critics derided the band name for being among the most boring of all time, but in the end their music filled a RATM-shaped hole in many rocker's hearts.
6. Mastodon "Crack the Skye" (2009)
In a world where most metal is often recorded with cold, sterile precision, Mastodon's live but pin-sharp recordings stood above the crowd as a template for decent modern metal. But better than that, this album's ambitious concept and awesome songwriting made it one of the best metal releases in recent memory.
5. The White Stripes "Elephant" (2003)
Jack White had proven his blues-writing credentials to the indie crowd, but it was "Elephant" and its run of hit singles that brought his brilliance to mainstream acclaim. Oh, and drummer Meg. Well done Meg.
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium" (2006)
This album became guitarist John Frusciante's swansong; he quit the band soon after, ending the most successful era of the RHCP's career. Curiously, it was supposed to be released as three separate albums, each six months apart, but was instead released as one double album.
3. Queens Of The Stone Age "Songs For The Deaf" (2002)
Prior album "Rated R" could have easily appeared in this top 10, but this darker, heavier release is the one that sticks in mind years later. This clip is of the recent BBC Radio 1 Masterpieces series which plays the album in full and includes plenty of exclusive backstory on the making of the record from the people involved - definitely check it out.
2. System Of A Down "Toxicity"
Media originally called it nu-metal, but the truth is System Of A Down weren't the kind of band you could just fit into a slot like that. In reality, their brand of metal balanced on a knife edge between anger and sheer insanity, with the politics and teenage angst to match.
1. Tool "Lateralus"
What can be said about an album that transcends everything we know about musical ability, mathematics, beauty and our place in the universe? Inspired by the Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio, "Lateralus" hides a secret track listing where every song realigns perfectly. Whatever track order you hear it in, this album will challenge everything you thought about music - and teach you a whole lot more.
Let it be known: UG readers know their sh-t. That's one of the best lists you've ever voted on.
Meanwhile, tell us about your favorite music from the 2000s, and your life stories as a musician in this era. Will it be a decade to remember in the years to come? Let us know why in the comments.
SO happy to see Stadium Arcadium on the list! Hoped for it as I read the article headline. And also the most liked comment haha
Respectable list, putting Tool on 1st.
EDIT: I know it was a poll and stuff, people fairly voted in it, but no Radiohead? I mean, Kid A and In Rainbows kinda shook the music scene in the last decade for a couple of moments, didn't they?
I did. In fact, I listened to all 4 studio albums of them and found a couple of good songs (although overall it's not really my thing in music), I just don't get why people act like they invented the wheel, discovered the fire and so it goes. Just my opinion though.
The ridiculousness of your post is that, if Radiohead got the #1 spot, someone would bitch about that. Opinions are useless, including yours and mine. So, stop being offended because of an opinion-based poll.
Yea, sorry, I thought the comments section was a place reserved with the sole purpose of giving your opinion on the articles.
I'll just stop now, this can go through the whole weekend if I let it go and it's annoying to start a chain of replies based on such a subjective thing like tastes in music... Now, downvotes?
little to no airplay?? theyre on every redneck rock station throughout the country, probably the entire world. for example look at a radio station in Va called fm99. your typical shlock rock station run by idiot jocks...tool is worshipped there.
You obviously don't know that tool DID invent the wheel, discover fire, and alot of other things. BEcause they are just that awesome.
lol just kidding, but they aren't that bad. I'd rather listen to them then Radiohead though. In my opinion, Radiohead only has a couple of good songs, TOOL is just... weird.
"I just don't get why people act like they invented the wheel"
Ya know, a lot of people feel that way about Radiohead.
Either way, if you like it or you don't, it's influence is what got it on it's list. Radiohead put out two good albums, but Schism was to Tool as Creep was to Radiohead. Radiohead didn't have a huge hit like that in the 2000's.
my friend. i would love to take you into a psychedelic, artistic journey. spark up some euphoric Haze or something similar, and go on a trip through Lateralus. check out all their music videos too.
Not sure whether narcissistic about own music taste or just trolling... there is a bunch of great albums by other artists from the last decade, man. Get over it.
iommi600....smh. You make me embarrassed to be a Radiohead fan. Of course Radiohead should have been somewhere on this list, but Lateralus is one of the greatest albums ever made. Hands down. I feel like a Radiohead fan should certainly be able to appreciate what Tool has to offer. Although the genres are different...a lot of the dynamics going on in the music of both bands are actually pretty similar. In my mind, Lateralus and Kid A are on the same playing field. And this is coming from a massive fan of both Tool and Radiohead.
Because half of the angry Tool fans reading through this comments section don't even bother using logical thinking, they just go "OMFG SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE TOOL I MEAN DIE IN FIRE I'M SUCH A BETTER HUMAN BEING THAN YOU ARE I MEAN COME ON WTF DOWNVOTE!!".
A lot of those infamous Tool fans around here. You know the ones that curse and spite someone who doesn't think that Tool are 'the shit'. They're overrated!
The Mars Volta deserve it more than Tool. My argument is useless on here though, Tool is a beloved band amongst all the drunk college jocks. I've heard way more creative stuff from other bands that starve to death.
Yeah, jocks love Tool and the Deftones. I'm not saying Tool is a bad band just that they peaked with Aenima. Lateralus had its moments and 10,000 Days sounded like B-sides from Lateralus. I used to think Tool was amazing back in High school. Mars Volta, while just about as pretentious as Tool, make better music, have more personality, and are more fun to watch live. And not that this actually matters but they have musicians that are better technicality-wise.
Im a fan of both bands but I agree that the Volta really are pretentious as hell. Good but pretentious what with all their 'soundscape' moments. I appreciate a good atmospheric buildup but it doesn't always work out for them
Not saying they should be number one (At the drive-in's "relationship of command" should, which has the same singer and guitarist as Mars Volta), just that they're better than Tool. And yeah I fast-forward through all of their ambient soundscape parts that drone on for LONG periods at a time.
Oh, I wasnt being sarcastic with the "fast-forward" comment. I really do love The Mars Volta. The atmospheric build ups are cool for the first couple of minutes but get annoying when they're placed in the middle of songs. When they are playing the music parts TMV are unstoppable in every aspect. I just wish At the Drive-In still existed as they did in 2000. It's like TMV without the pretentiousness and better songs.
wrong, theyre definitely still around blasting deftone's back to school, their god-awful cover of simple man (not that the original's any better), and tool's "epic masterpiece rosetta stoned brah"
yeah dude ive definitely listened to tool before, probably a lot more than you ever have. I guess I grew out of them. They're amazing if youre still in middle-high school.
Not trolling this time. Just giving my opinion on an overrated band. Even their fans are obnoxious. Always talking about how good Danny Carey is as a drummer. When you ask what makes him so amazing their response is always "Brah, his drumset is HUGE." Newsflash a good drummer doesn't need all of those drums! and of course every Tool fan will write me off by saying "He just doesn't get it"
Imma bit worried about some of the other choices, Demon Days was Gorillaz' best album imo, and Absolution was better than Origin of Symmetry. Other than that, far better than expected.
I prefer 10,000 day but that's just me. I'm just glad tool made number 1, although SOAD is my favorite band of all time, I would put Toxicity over everything.
As many down votes as you're getting, if it were down to me Slipknot's Iowa would be there instead of Audioslave for definite. But this is a poll, not our personal tastes.
Man I love meshuggah for their consistency to release above average albums every time, but non of their stuff ever seems to be worth of greatness, apart from koloss ... and obzen ... and 'nothing' ... ****, i'm doing it again.
No bad albums, but far from the best in my opinion... except for Lateralus, Songs for the Deaf and Crack the Skye, those hands down deserved to be on the list. Should have had more metal on it though.
A top ten list of best albums in a whole decade already has 3 metal albums on it and you think there should be even more? Seriously, other music exists out there.
No, because I don't like their music. Just never understood why everyone thinks they're THAT awesome, like a few songs and they are good, but they're made out to be much more than I can figure out *shrug*
Except that Cornell's voice was shot when Audioslave came out, Morello's riffs were watered down to mediocrity, the whole band just couldn't mesh with Cornell. All the songs sounded so radio-friendly and generic, thus proving that every one should give the whole "super-group" idea a rest. Not even the nostalgia behind Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine could save Audioslave.
i became a huge rage fan over the xmas holidays, and after reading this article I began torrenting audioslave in hopes for something within the same genre and style. After reading these two comments, I'm almost discouraged to even bother uploading the torrent to my itunes aha
Can't really disagree with much on this one. Maybe Audioslave should be nixed for something much better. My vote would be for either White Pony, Thirteenth Step, or A Crow Left of the Murder.
totally didn't of Relationship of Command until you mentioned it. That album is amazing, i can listen to all the way through a million and never get tired of it.
White Blood Cells > De Stijl > Icky Thump > Self Titled > Elephant > Get Behind Me Satan, though if you want to get technical the b-side collection is better than a lot of the album tracks.
De Stijl is absolutely my favorite White Stripes album (And they are my favorite band). After that would be White Blood Cells, then the White Stripes (debut), Elephant, Icky Thump, then Get Behind Me Satan.
Also, to the article writer: Stop being so damn judgemental of Muse and accusing them of being "Radiohead wannabes" before Origin of Symmetry. Who are you to decide that?
It said "seemed". Showbiz era was the time when all the Radiohead comparisons began and were formed so it really was a popular opinion at the time. And Showbiz does really sounds Bend-ish.
The problem was that people didn't drop the accusations after 200 when both bands went in separate directions.
I didn't pick up the implication that they were talking about a decade considering they said 2000s, which implies the whole millennium if i'm not mistaken.
How would you expect the UG Team to compile a Top 100 list in a few days? Plus, then some people would bitch over how their favorite album wasn't upvoted enough. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Lol at all the Radiohead fanboys...get over it
I missed Opeth (Blackwater Park), Gojira (From Mars to Sirius), Ziltoid the Omniscient, The Formation of Damnation
Was just listening to that for the first time in ages yesterday. I forgot just how ****ing heavy that album is. Funeral Portrait blows me away every time.
Absolutely terrible list many bands put out multiple good albums in this time frame better than anything on this lists, no Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Beck, Flaming Lips, Sleater-Kinney, or pretty much any decent band. Pretty much what I would expect from UG though.
Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Beck, Flaming Lips....Very nice bands there. Arcade Fire would be the only band that I'd considering for top 10 with 'The Suburbs'
Tool deserves all the accolades they get. I don't get the hate for audioslave, while the albums aren't the most original, they did put out 3 albums in the span of about 7 years. and self titled has some of the best riffs of the decade.
This list misses "De-loused in the comatorium" by The Mars Volta and "Fear of a Blank Planet" by Porcupine Three.
Anyway, I agree with the numeber one.
Finally some Porcupine Tree in the house, I see two others later.
Defintely Fear of a Blank Planet, what mortal can resist the Alex Lifeson guitar solo on Anesthetize. I think anyone who listens to that will think it belongs on the list, and you will have just found your new favorite band.
Im sorry but you have absolutely no taste in music
moving on, there being no mars volta or radiohead on this really kinda makes it a joke to me. But it was alot better then i expected... which was a bunch of shitty metal bands and classic rock guys milking their careers
Weren't a bunch of these downvoted a few days ago? Seems like there were more nominations listed numerous times with more up votes than a couple of the albums here.
Somebody has to show some love for them instead of being butthurt about the lack of Radiohead or [insert band that has only a couple thousand fans and no songs on the radio]
All you guys are is a bunch of hipsters. All of ya.
The only thing wrong with this list is no Foo Fighters which I would in a heartbeat replace Muse's crap with Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace. Cause the only people I know who knew Muse when their first album came out, are hipsters.
Well lets be honest, this list is about the best albums of the last decade. I don't see why people are making a big stink about albums that didn't really do anything to the world of music. They kind of just happened and that was it. Nobody gets that since A LOT of people like most of the albums listed, that is why they are on the list, and they continue to be butthurt. Why the word popularity isn't understood beats me.
So I complain about people complaining about their favorite albums that nobody knows. At least my argument has something to fall on.
Sometimes popularity doesn't mean best.
Look at this years American Idol season and how many people STILL watch it.
Yet sometimes, good bands have earned it. Not saying great bands don't deserve it, like in 7 years, I'll say Clockwork Angels is one of the best albums of this decade (Unless Rush releases an even better one).
Popularity doesn't mean best, unless you are taking a poll. In this case, "best representative of the 2000's music scene."
Pretty much, but when I say "hipster," I mean "ignorant people" who don't respect that sometimes popular bands are good.
While I too like a lot of nobody bands, and support local music in my area a lot, I understand that popular vote sometimes does mean something too, and respect that sometimes, a talented band becomes popular and I have to acknowledge that they are there and they worked for it. Muse is my example. They didn't get to be where they were at until later hits, because I certainly didn't see them in any media on TV until then. Therefore I don't think their first album did anything to the world of music. However, I like Muse's later releases. Kind of. It's too spacey at parts. Like Radiohead.
So you disagree with most of what I said, then? Ha just kidding. That's fine. Calling everyone a bunch of hipsters was kind of a joke, and I explained what I meant in the other comments.
Also I just really didn't get into Origin of Symmetry.
Probably shouldn't have called it crap, out of respect of other opinions, but I can't change it now.
I loved In Your Honor honestly, but what stands out a lot here to back up why I went with Echoes is simply "The Pretender". Most people I run into at least know that song. It's a badass song and a huge hit.
dude dont get me wrong. "The Pretender" is within the top 3 best songs by the foo fighters its just that album as a whole was lacking. The Pretender just might have been the best Foo Fighters song. I was just a really huge fan of the acoustic disc from In Your Honor, along with the heavier side of ccurse...but yeah The Pretender is a bitchin tune!
The whole album has great songs. My favorite over The Pretender is actually Let It Die, but Chill Out Boys, Your makeup is running, Long Road to Ruin, and Stranger Things Have Happened are all awesome tunes that really bring out who the Foo Fighters are musically.
This argument is somewhat unfair though and I would side with you on In Your Honor because of how much more it does have. The acoustic material is fantastic, and the heavier songs are awesome too. A couple hitting my top 10 list like Best of You and DOA. Hell is a good song too. But if it comes to Best of 2000's, it just isn't as iconic as Echoes to me. The Pretender turned heads that weren't already turned, thus the album was more successful.
haha i downvoted you because i do think muse sucks ass. too much build up and no payoff....congrats muse fans you just purchased an album full of intros!
Agalloch - The Marrow
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Antlers - Hospice
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Justice - Cross
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Radiohead - Kid A
Deathconciousness definitely deserves it, although I feel like there are better EW albums than Dopethrone that have come out in the timeframe this article is referring to.
Seriously though, I was pretty disappointed to not see any of Opeth's albums on this list. Not going to whine all over the Internet about it, but Blackwater Park or Deliverance (Mostly BP though) would have been a great addition instead of Gorillaz or Audioslave, given their musical and songwriting talent and the impact they've had on contemporary rock/metal.
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Machine Head - The Blackening
Behemoth - Demigod
Slipknot - Iowa / not trying to be a metal-only douchebag, but all of these albums are better than some on the list and not being a personal preference, but oh well.
Bit upset to not see 'Kid-A', Gotye's masterpiece 'Like Drawing Blood' or Hilltop Hoods groundbreaking 'The Calling', but I like the list. Mastodon and SOAD were the only let downs for me, but that's because I just don't really like that sort of music. Pleasantly surprised to see Gorrilaz and kind of happy that Tool won. A big fan of Tool but I can't listen to a whole album without being on a road-trip.
My top albums of the 2000's :
Ac/DC - Black Ice
Black Tide - Post Mortem
Alter Bridge - Black Bird
Airbourne - No Guts No Glory
Shinedown - Amaryllis
Big Wreck - Albatross
Megadeth - Th1rt3en
Godsmack - Faceless
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Nickelback - Dark Horses
Slash - Apocalyptic Love
The Darkness - Permission to Land
I can easily just sit and listen to these non-stop, over and over again. If you don't agree, I don't care that much
XD
1.Tool - Lateralus
2.Radiohead - Kid A
3.QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
4.SOAD - Toxicity
5.Tool - 10,000 Days
6.Radiohead - In Rainbows
7.A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
8.Opeth - Blackwater Park
9.A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
10.Deftones - White Pony
So Maynard has contributed to 4 of the 10 best albums of the entire decade in your opinion? Lateralus, sure. Giving those bands that much praise is a bit too much.
I agree with: Gorillaz, Them Crooked Vultures, RHCP, Audioslave, Mastodon, The White Stripes, and QOTSA.
But I honestly think the other 3 aren't all that great.
So replace Muse, Tool, and SOAD with a few of the following and I'll agree with it.
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Priestess - Hello Master
Red Fang - Red Fang
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
ASG - Win Us Over
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey
Electric Wizard - We Live
Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today
Torche - Torche
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush The Insects
Truckfighters - Gravity X
Bathory - Nordland I
Bathory - Nordland II
Sleep - Dopesmoker
or
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antenna's To Heaven
St. Anger.
And before you give me down the road, I'll add that it's the memories associated with the music that makes that album special to me. Although I do love the songs "Dirty Window", "Sweet Amber", and "The Unnamed Feeling".
There could be a lot more albums in here.
Origin of symmetry wasn't so big
Neither was The white stripes album which we all know that was famous because of 1 or maybe 2 songs.
Stadium arcadium wasn't so big.. out of 28 songs I enjoy enjoy few of them and the older stuff was way better..
Missing Opeth, Radiohead and DT in here.
My personal favorite albums from the 2000's would be
~Kezia (Protest the Hero), ~Colors (Between the Buried and Me), ~The Poison (Bullet for My Valentine), ~A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (Panic! At the Disco), ~Iowa (Slipknot),and City of Evil (Avenged Sevenfold). This'll probably get downvotes but i did it partly for my own reflection
The music isn't very progressive, but it's unique for its melodies, interesting lyrics, diverse sounds, and the singer has a pretty strong voice with a good range and really presents the lyrics well. But i only like the first album (AFYCSO). Plus i didn't want the whole list to be metal haha
No American Idiot? Was voted the number 1 album of the 2000's by Rolling Stone readers. It doesn't make the top 10 here but Audioslave does? Pathetic people.
Unless I'm mistaken a general poll of a small group of people who care enough to vote in the poll doesn't really make it a bulletproof scientific theory, right? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, rather than getting pissy about a certain band making/not making this list, I think we can all agree that it's fantastic we have music to listen to. People who are deaf don't get to listen to Pantera, I mean where's the justice in that!
I agree. I think maybe because I was only around 14 or 15 when it came out, but it really changed the music I listened to and opened me up to many different "UG-friendly" artists. However, I still listen to American Idiot from time to time.
Maybe due to the age that I was at the time, but i thought Start Something was an absolute mondster of an album. Every track is awesome. (forget recent events)
Errr Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights, The Strokes - Is This It, Radiohead - Amnesiac, Ryan Adams - Heartbraker, RHCP - By The Way, Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Spiritualized - Let It Come Down are real contenders for me. I guess just too Indie for this site.
I'm just going to say "Alive or Just Breathing" it changed the whole metal scene and pushed metalcore to the forefront. Oh and not having In Rainbows on this list is a crime against humanity.
Was kinda shocked to see TCV but it's an amazing album, so I'm not gonna disagree. Thought Funeral-Arcade Fire would have been on here. Very glad to see that Radiohead not on the list. I think Thom Yorke is one of the biggest piece of trash musicians ever.
If this is the best to come out in ten years, then the music world needs to wake the **** up. Because these albums cant touch any of the classics, and there are some good albums on this list. But really White Stripes. Lets write songs using only three chords the SAME three chords.
Seriously? No Opeth? Ok, maybe they are not popular enough for such a list, but Blackwater Park is better than half of the list (or even more) TOGETHER. If I would make such a list all all Opeth albums since BWP would be on there xD But i agree with SoaD on 2nd place. But again: Where is Mezmerize? And where THE F*** is Machine Head??? Anyone heard of The Blackening? Whatever, it could be worse
Really? Coming from a Audioslave fan, that album isnt deserving to put on that list. And you cant say that "10 Best Albums of 2000" when there is no Kid A or In Rainbows.
Dissapointed by lack of Iron Maiden, their 2000s albums are really underrated. Otherwise, everything as expected, seen much better lists here, but some far worse ones as well.
Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys (the fastest selling british album of all time)
Kid A - Radiohead
American Idiot - Green Day
Toxicity - System Of A Down
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
Hot Fuss - The Killers
Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
Puzzle - Biffy Clyro
Echoes Silence Patience and Grace - Foo Fighters
This list contains ones that have been commented throughout and I think should have been the list, however it is no random order and I'm bored of the people on this site being so narrow minded towards small metal bands without reasoning of why it should be on the best. I love in rainbows, but i think having 2 Radiohead albums is a bit too much and Kid A was a lot more ground breaking therefore earnt a place.
This list is awful. A lot is up to taste, and I'm not going to list 10 extreme metal albums, but come on...Joe Bonamassa? He should be on the list for sure. Regardless of taste he's a great musician.
Muse and System of a down got in because there's a massive 14 year old vote out there. Boring music. In Rainbows or Kid A missed because of these weak bands? Argh.
As for Audioslave, the debut album was just Cornell singing over leftover Rage songs (awesome as that was)... the next album (Out of Exile) was more a collaboration and was really great and should be on here over the debut.
Any real QOTSA knows that Rated R is a far better album than Songs for the Deaf. Lots of Grohl fans (god knows I'm one) voted misguidedly.
Leaving out Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots from The Flaming Lips is criminal, but at least we got #1 right. Lateralus is perfect.
I love both Rated R and Songs for the Deaf, I cannot say which one I like better, they are both extremely good albums.
OT, I'm not sure about Stadium Arcadium or Audioslave, possibly a Foo Fighters album or any Opeth album during that decade.
I came here expecting to see Them Crooked Vultures.
It is here.
I now respect I little more these top 10 lists.
And overall a good list, Songs for the Deaf, Audioslave and Crack The Skye are also featured in the top 10, so even though I don't agree with some entries, I have to say the list is pretty decent.
I really think The Strokes "Is This It" deserved a spot on the list, but of course, I didn't even know UG was doing this poll until after the results came out.
For me music in the 2000's was varied my personal top ten would be this:
10 Gorillaz
9.Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue
8.Deftones- White Pony
7.Protest The Hero- Kezia
6.Circa Survie- Juturna
5. Bad Religion- new maps of hell
4.Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo 1: From Fear through the eyes of madness
3. Incubus- Make Yourself
2. Radiohead- Ok Computer
1. Alexisonfire- Old Crows/ Young Cardinals
I don't know about other people, but I loved Stadium Arcadiums first disc (Jupiter), but I couldn't really get into Mars (disc 2) Toxicity was an awesome album, as well as Lateralus, and I absolutely loved Them Crooked Vultures! TCV needs a new album!
Some of these definitely deserve a spot. QOTSA, Gorillaz, Tool, SOAD for sure...if I were to replace the others with my own list (in no particular order) it would be
Opeth- Blackwater Park
The Strokes- Is This It
Thrice- The Illusion of Safety
Incubus- A Crow Left of the Murder
Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence
I tried to have a mix of successful bands that I like while also adding albums that were sort of iconic in their own genre (Thrice, Opeth, Glassjaw). Either way all these albums were on heavy rotation back in the 2000's when I was in my teens.
I'm pretty alienated by that list, nothing i would listen to at all lol.
Here's what my top 10 would probably be (in no particular order):
1. Bitch Alert - ..rriot (2003)
2. Green Day - Warning (2000)
3. Lars Frederikson and the Bastards - Viking (2004)
4. The Rabble - The New Generation (2008)
5. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall (2009)
6. UK Subs - Universal (2002)
7. The Distillers - The Distillers (2000)
8. The Briefs - Sex Objects (2004)
9. Foo Fighters - One By One (2002)
10. Spinnerette - Spinnerette (2009)
Well this list is ok, I guess. Personally I dont listen to these bands at all. White Stripes and SOAD excluded.
My favorite albums are more by bands that dont make the scene at all. Note that some do make the scene.
The Used-The Used
Escape The Fate-Dying Is Your Latest Fashion
A Day To Remember-For Those Who Have A Heart
Bayside-Bayside
Aiden-Our Gangs Dark Oath
Blink 182-Blink 182
Released at the very end of the decade but still, My number one album of the decade would have to have been
Mumford and Sons-Sigh No More
The album was nothing short of amazing.
Oh and sorry but I have to comment on this..
You said UG readers know their sh*t. I dont agree at all. Not all of us but the vast majority is horrible. The Top 100 tabs is littered with Taylor Swift, Justin Beiber, Maroon 5, One Direction, and more god awful music. Most UG people(NOT ALL) have horrible taste.
"The Die is Cast" - Menace Ruine and "Deathconciousness" - Have a Nice Life deserve to be on the list. So does at least one Om album, although I can't decide which one because all of them are god tier
I hope ultimate guitar plans on fixing this stupid ass comment section. I hate waitin two minutes for them to load so I can type in the box.
No modest mouse? No btbam? No john frusciante? No metal at all. Nothing subpopular. No mgmt? What congratulations is such a great album. It's like 40 years past its time. It's original. None of the 40+ buckethead albums he's released made this either? No animals as leaders? No Devin townsend? Didn't opeth release some material?
On a side note. Stadium arcadium was a great album. I like how it goes from am, abm, gm, f#m to f. Dani California snow Charlie stadium hump.
nice list... few of my favorites:
Godlfesh - Hymns
Down II: A Bustle in your Hedgerow
The Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer
Cobalt - Gin
Man's Gin - Smiling Dogs
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Superjoint Ritual - Use once and Destroy
Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
Waking the Fallen - Avenged Sevenfold
City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold
Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold
Scream Aim Fire - Bullet for my Valentine
Deep Blue - Parkway Drive
Death Magnetic - Metallica
Black Ice - AC/DC
Iowa - Slipknot
Apocalyptic Love - Slash
The '00s were a shitty decade for music even worse than the '90s . I didn't think that was even possible. Everything in this list I either got sick of within the first few months of hearing it or didn't like it at all the first time I heard it.
I have an '87 still looks/runs like new, I'v had it for about 13 years now. I feel sad that you had one and don't anymore, that would eat me up. Hopefully you just sold it and it didn't get totaled or something.
Does Tool deserve to take the #1 spot on this list? No. Is Tool overrated? No, if anything, outside the rock community they are basicly unknown, so I would reckon they are in fact a bit underrated by the general public, and wildly overrated by their diehard fans...
Pretty much every album released in those 10 years and some have been mentioned here. Every body on this site talks about how shitty lists are in general but when they get a chance to decide they all got their opinions and want to partake in making that list. Don't get sucked in.
So i'm pretty sure American Idiot should have made that list.....That album was everywhere, won tons of awards and had a tour that lasted nearly 3 years. It was insane how popular it was. It also rejuvenated a basically dead Green Day. It was without a doubt one of the best albums of the decade.
A pretty decent list. People will of course hate it, but opinions are opinions.
I don't know if this is blasphemy or something, but one of my favorite albums of the 2000s was Vapor Trails. If it wasn't for the awful mix, it would be one of my top 5 Rush albums. Maybe I'm insane.
Quick summary of this thread and every single one like it:
- people making new, "better" lists to replace this one
- people not understanding the concept of a poll and blaming the author
- trolls getting a lot of attention
-"WHERE IS *OTHER BAND*?!"
Then thankfully there's a few people who can comfortably state "good list" even though they don't necessarily agree with it 100%.
It is a good list. Though I feel it does lack a little. Relationship of Command should be here. It was extremely influential. I felt Frances the Mute deserves to be on this list. And I was surprised to not see Modest Mouse. Anyway good list regardless.
Judging by the ratio of 'dislikes' to 'likes', it seems there is a great deal of discontent with the list, even though the users voted for it. Except me, that is - but then I'd have plumped for four Iron Maiden albums, Elephant, and... not sure what else. I don't really like newer music. But I don't like this list either.
No Arctic monkeys?? And what about "Dig out your soul" by Oasis that was an amazing album? I feel like some of these albums where voted by band fanboys, and yes some of these bands like Muse had 2 or 3 good albums COMBINED, but as each on stands individually there kind of just "ok". Also what about Foo Fighters? and anyone remember Death cab for cuties amazing album with "Ill follow you into the dark"?? This list has some good bands on it, but not good albums...
Instead of whining, just post what would have been your top 10 as I will right now:
10. Stadium Arcadium - Chili Peppers
9. Train of Thought - Dream Theater
8. Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu
7. Toxicity - SOAD
6. Issues - Korn
5. The Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta
4. Kid A - Radiohead
3. Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos
2. Crack The Skye - Mastodon
1. Lateralus - Tool
Instead of whining, just post what you would have picked and share with the world. Everyone will be happy (cough..) It is good to know, however, what the results are when you get a broad spectrum. Overall this list gives hope to those who feared the world would be lost to Justin Beiber and Carly Rae Jepsen:
10. Stadium Arcadium - Chili Peppers
9. Train of Thought - Dream Theater
8. Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu
7. Toxicity - System of A Down
6. Issues - Korn
5. The Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta
4. Kid A - Radiohead
3. Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos
2. Crack The Skye - Mastodon
1. Lateralus - Tool
Like they say at the end of American Dad, "Bye, Have a Beautiful Day " V(^o^)V
