Decade-End List: 100 Best Albums of the 00's

I started this endeavor hoping to make a list of the "50 Best Albums of the Decade;" however, when I had finished the list, I just couldn't live with some of the important works that I had left out. After a lot of thought, and a lot of time spent switching up the order, I have finally constructed a list of albums that I can stand behind and defend.

This decade is difficult define so soon after it's conclusion, but I am certain that after the trends and gimmicks of the 00's fade away, it will be these works that will stand the test of time.

100. Secret Machines: Now Here is Nowhere
99. Of Montreal: Hissing Fuana, Are You the Destroyer?
98. Neko Case: Middle Cyclone
97. The National: Boxer
96. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova: Once
95. Neil Young: Prairie Wind
94. Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped
93. The Gaslight Anthem: The ’59 Sound
92. Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
91. Coldplay: Parachutes
90. T.V on the Radio: Dear Science
89. Animal Collective: Feels
88. Antony and the Johnsons: I am a Bird Now
87. Say Anything: Is a Real Boy
86. Modest Mouse: Good New for People Who Love Bad News
85. Tokyo Police Club: Elephant Shell
84. St. Vincent: Actor
83. My Morning Jacket: Z
82. Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American
81. Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
80. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
79. Band of Horses: Everything All the Time
78. Ben Kweller: Sha Sha
77. The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious
76. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album
75. Wilco: A Ghost is Born
74. John Mayer: Continuum
73. Girls: Album
72. Bruce Springsteen: Magic
71. The New Pornographers: Mass Romantic
70. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
69. Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand
68. The Walkmen: Bows + Arrows
67. Girl Talk: Night Ripper
66. Belle and Sebastian: The Life Pursuit
65. PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
64. Bob Dylan: Modern Times
63. Outkast: Stankonia
62. MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
61. Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha
60. Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
59. Feist: The Reminder
58. Peter Bjorn and John: Writer’s Block
57. Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun
56. Johnny Cash: American III: Solitary Man
55. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
54. Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
53. M.I.A: Kala
52. Coldplay: Viva La Vida
51. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
50. Cat Power: You Are Free
49. Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca
48. Alicia Keys: Songs in A Minor
47. Radiohead: In Rainbows
46. U2: All That You Can’t Leave Behind
45. The Libertines: Up the Bracket
44. Jay-Z: The Blueprint
43. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
42. Stars: Set Yourself on Fire
41. Sonic Youth: Murray Street
40. LCD Soundsystem: Sounds of Silver
39. Lil’ Wayne: The Carter III
38. Elliot Smith: Figure 8
37. Bright Eyes: Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
36. The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
35. Coldplay: A Rush of Blood to the Head
34. The Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
33. Beck: Sea Change
32. Spoon: Kill the Moonlight
31. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
30. The Shins: Oh, Inverted World
29. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
28. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
27. Broken Social Scene: You Forgot it in People
26. Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
25. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
24. New Pornographers: Electric Version
23. Bruce Springsteen: The Rising
22. Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
21. The Killers: Hot Fuss
20. Brian Wilson: Smile
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell
18. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
17. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
16. Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarctica
15. Kanye West: The College Dropout
14. Andrew Bird: Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
13. The Postal Service: Give Up
12. The Decemberists: Castaways and Cutouts
11. The Strokes: Is This It?
10. Sufjan Stevens: Come On, Feel the Illinoise!
09. The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America
08. Radiohead: Kid A
07. The White Stripes: Elephant
06. Green Day: American Idiot
05. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
04. Bob Dylan: Love and Theft
03. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
02. Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights
01. Arcade Fire: Funeral

There they are. The 100 Best Albums of the 00's. Hopefully, future generations will look back upon this decade and find the quality music that defined it.