Aughts Redux

Three years ago, in April of 2010, I owned 15 albums from the aughts (2000-2009). I made a list of those favorites, and kicked off a series of 'best of decade' posts.

Here, then, is an updated list. (For the record I so far only own one album from the teens, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by Kanye West, released in 2010.)

1.      Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, PJ Harvey (2000)

2.      Is This It?, The Strokes (2001)

3.      Elephant, The White Stripes (2003)

4.      Discovery, Daft Punk (2001)

5.      Fan Dance, Sam Phillips (2001)

6.      Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case (2006)

7.      Sea Change, Beck (2002)

8.      The Crane Wife, The Decemberists (2006)

9.      Neon Bible, Arcade Fire (2007)

10.  The College Dropout, Kanye West (2004)

11.  Congotronics, Konono No 1 (2004)

12.  Kala, M.I.A. (2007)

13.  Largo, Brad Mehldau (2002)

14.  Smile, Brian Wilson (2004)

15.  Tanto Tempo, Bebel Gilberto (2000)

16.  Don’t Give Up On Me, Solomon Burke (2002)

17.  Kid A, Radiohead (2000)

18.  Original Pirate Material, The Streets (2002)

19.  Arepa 3000, Los Amigos Invisibles (2000)

20.  Illinois, Sufjan Stevens (2005)

21.  We Are Three, Joi (2000)

22.  Proxima Estacion: Esperanza, Manu Chao (2001)

23.  American Idiot, Green Day (2004)

24.  Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, M83 (2003)

25.  Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down, R. L. Burnside (2000)

Runners-up:

26.  Who Is Jill Scott, Words and Sounds Vol. 1, Jill Scott (2000)

27.  Nocturne, Charlie Haden (2001)

28.  Mama’s Gun, Erykah Badu (2000)

29.  The Bandwagon: Live at the Village Vanguard, Jason Moran (2003)

30.  Moffou, Salif Keita (2003)

31.  The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (2000)

32.  Modern Times, Bob Dylan (2006)

33.  Stankonia, Outkast (2000)