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60 31Knots
71 The Academy Is...
68 Adele
67 The Airborne Toxic Event
70 Alkaline Trio
77 Theresa Andersson
74 Apollo Sunshine
43 The Automatic
79 Joan Baez
84 Bajofondo
56 David Banner
76 The Baseball Project
77 Beck
77 Black Affair
59 Black Ghosts
76 Black Kids
73 Brazilian Girls
90 The Bug
58 Caesars
80 Calexico
70 Glen Campbell
74 Brendan Canning
69 The Charlatans
76 The Chemical Brothers
72 Coldplay
65 Alice Cooper
77 Rodney Crowell
65 CSS
67 Miley Cyrus
44 Dandy Warhols
81 Danny!
68 Kimya Dawson
74 Death Vessel
75 Delta Spirit
79 Damien Dempsey
58 Dirty Pretty Things
72 Dr. Dog
80 DragonForce
78 The Duhks
75 Jakob Dylan
77 Earlimart
77 Brian Eno + David Byrne
83 Alejandro Escovedo
62 The Faint
56 Feeder
65 The Fiery Furnaces
64 iForward, Russia!
61 The Fratellis
69 Fujiya & Miyagi
59 G Love & Special Sauce
65 The Game
74 Inara George With Van Dyke Parks
74 Giant Sand
79 Girl Talk
61 Golden Animals
64 Mike Gordon
42 G-Unit
63 Gym Class Heroes
78 GZA
64 Albert Hammond, Jr.
78 Emmylou Harris
73 Juliana Hatfield
61 Hawthorne Heights
86 Hercules And Love Affair
82 High Places
76 Zach Hill
85 The Hold Steady
63 Vanessa Hudgens
71 Human Highway
77 James Hunter
68 Ice Cube
66 Ida Maria
70 Jaguar Love
76 Joan As Police Woman
81 Jamey Johnson
70 Jonas Brothers
59 Judas Priest
57 Kerli
72 Leila
76 Lykke Li
82 Lil Wayne
82 Lindstrom
72 Little Jackie
60 Lloyd
55 Los Lonely Boys
74 Love As Laughter
85 Patty Loveless
80 Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
76 John Mellencamp
71 The Melvins
71 Men Without Pants
79 Metallica
74 Mirah
63 Alanis Morissette
56 Motley Crue
72 Motorhead
78 Nico Muhly
84 The Music Tapes
54 The Music
71 My Brightest Diamond
70 My Morning Jacket
63 N.E.R.D. [The Neptunes]
71 Nas
79 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
51 New Kids On The Block
85 Randy Newman
57 Nightmares On Wax
78 Nine Inch Nails
75 The Notwist
75 Conor Oberst
52 The Offspring
79 Okkervil River
80 One Day As A Lion
75 Oneida
62 The Orb
75 Oxford Collapse
66 Parenthetical Girls
89 Aaron Parks
42 Katy Perry
74 Lee "Scratch" Perry
72 Plies
73 Robert Pollard
81 Ponytail
64 Primal Scream
78 Ra Ra Riot
48 The Rascals
71 Ratatat
63 Re-Up Gang
71 The Rumble Strips
65 RZA
73 Scars On Broadway
70 Ron Sexsmith
39 Shwayze
81 Sigur Rós
78 Silver Jews
58 Jessica Simpson
70 Slipknot
74 Sloan
79 Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
73 Solange
69 Son, Ambulance
63 Sam Sparro
65 Rick Springfield
65 Staind
47 Stereo MC's
72 Stereolab
71 The Stills
71 The Subways
83 Sugarland
67 Supergrass
67 Matthew Sweet
77 Irma Thomas
84 Teddy Thompson
57 Three 6 Mafia
73 Tilly And The Wall
72 Tittsworth
63 James Jackson Toth
72 Randy Travis
69 Tricky
92 Underoath
58 UNKLE
58 David Vandervelde
71 The Verve
69 Loudon Wainwright III
77 Martha Wainwright
81 The Walkmen
67 The Watson Twins
67 Ben Weaver
81 The Week That Was
77 Paul Weller
76 White Denim
70 Brian Wilson
79 Cassandra Wilson
87 Dennis Wilson
77 Wire
78 Wolf Parade
61 XX Teens
71 Young Jeezy
55 Yung Berg

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

Best Albums of 2000

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database with a minimum of 7 reviews. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end top ten lists provided by various critics and publications.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year

1 Stankonia by OutKast 2000 95
2 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream 2000 90
3 Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann 2000 89
4 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey 2000 88
5 Mass Romantic by The New Pornographers 2000 87
6 Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle 2000 86
7 All Hands On The Bad One by Sleater-Kinney 2000 86
8 Dongs of Sevotion by Smog 2000 85
9 Supermodified by Amon Tobin 2000 85
10 Bow Down To The Exit Sign by David Holmes 2000 84
11 Mwng by Super Furry Animals 2000 84
12 Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven by godspeed you black emperor! 2000 84
13 Nixon by Lambchop 2000 84
14 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo 2000 83
15 I Am Shelby Lynne by Shelby Lynne 2000 83
16 Come to Where I'm From by Joseph Arthur 2000 83
17 Unreasonable Behavior by Laurent Garnier 2000 83
18 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II by Billy Bragg & Wilco 2000 82
19 Mad for Sadness by Arab Strap 2000 82
20 Public Domain: Songs From the Wild Land by Dave Alvin 2000 82
21 Discovery of a World Inside the Moone by The Apples In Stereo 2000 82
22 The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse 2000 82
23 Good Looking Blues by Laika 2000 82
24 Figure 8 by Elliott Smith 2000 81
25 The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy 2000 81
26 The Noise Made By People by Broadcast 2000 81
27 The Covers Record by Cat Power 2000 81
28 Kid A by Radiohead 2000 80
29 Music by Madonna 2000 80
30 All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2 2000 80

 

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Village Voice 2000 Pazz & Jop Poll (a survey of 695 critics)
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1 Stankonia by OutKast
2 Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey
3 Kid A by Radiohead
4 The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
5 I Am Shelby Lynne by Shelby Lynne
6 Voodoo by D'Angelo
7 All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
8 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
9 Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 by Jill Scott
10 All Hands On The Bad One by Sleater-Kinney
Entertainment Weekly (Browne)
1 Come To Where I'm From by Joseph Arthur
2 All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
3 Bachelor No. 2 or, the last remains of the dodo by Aimee Mann
4 The Man Who by Travis
5 Gung Ho by Patti Smith
6 Like Water For Chocolate by Common
7 The Hour of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
8 American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash
9 Installation Sonore by Rinocerose
10 Whoa, Nelly! by Nelly Furtado
Entertainment Weekly (Sinclair)
1 Guest Host by Stew
2 Redysexgo by Marvelous 3
3 Stankonia by OutKast
4 Eat At Whitey's by Everlast
5 Chappaquiddick Skyline by Chappaquiddick Skyline
6 Renegades by Rage Against The Machine
7 Rancid by Rancid
8 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
9 I Am Shelby Lynne by Shelby Lynne
10 Elementary Headcoats: Thee Singles 1990-1999 by Thee Headcoats
Ink Blot
1 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream
2 Bachelor No. 2 or, the last remains of the dodo by Aimee Mann
3 Like Water For Chocolate by Common
4 Stankonia by OutKast
5 Train Of Thought by Reflection Eternal
6 Voodoo by D'Angelo
7 Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 by Jill Scott
8 Kid A by Radiohead
9 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
10 The Hour of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
Los Angeles Times (Consensus)
1 The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
2 Kid A by Radiohead
3 I Am Shelby Lynne by Shelby Lynne
4 Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey
5 All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
6 Stankonia by OutKast
7 Voodoo by D'Angelo
8 Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
9 Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia by The Dandy Warhols
10 Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 by Jill Scott
Mojo
1 American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash
2 Rated R by Queens Of The Stone Age
3 Kid A by Radiohead
4 Bachelor No. 2 or, the last remains of the dodo by Aimee Mann
5 The Great Eastern by The Delgados
6 You're The One by Paul Simon
7 Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
8 The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
9 Little Black Numbers by Kathryn Williams
10 Nixon by Lambchop
Pitchfork
1 Kid A by Radiohead
2 Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
3 The Moon And Antarctica by Modest Mouse
4 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
5 Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed You Black Emperor!
6 The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
7 It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water by Microphones
8 Rome (Written Upside Down) EP by Les Savy Fav
9 Internal Wrangler by Clinic
10 Dongs Of Sevotion by Smog
Select Magazine
1 The Hour of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
2 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream
3 The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
4 Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed You Black Emperor!
5 Parachutes by Coldplay
6 Kid A by Radiohead
7 Nixon by Lambchop
8 The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
9 Madonna by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
10 Lost Souls by Doves
Spin
1 [Your hard drive]
2 Kid A by Radiohead
3 The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
4 Voodoo by D'Angelo
5 Relationship Of Command by At The Drive-In
6 Stankonia by OutKast
7 Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey
8 Rated R by Queens Of The Stone Age
9 Killing Puritans by Armand Van Helden
10 Le Tigre by Le Tigre

 

 

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