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Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Albums of the Decade

10. Dec, 2009 0 Comments

The most important music of the ’00s as chosen by more than 100 artists, critics and industry insiders. Each voter was asked to list his or her 25 favorite albums and songs of the past decade, in order of importance. Ballots were tabulated and weighted according to a methodology developed by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, under the supervision of the editors of Rolling Stone.

100. 10 New Songs, Leonard Cohen
99. Almost Killed Me, The Hold Steady
98. Return to Cookie Mountain, TV on the Radio
97. Sky Blue Sky, Wilco
96. Original Pirate Material, The Streets
95. Songs in A Minor, Alicia Keys
94. Up the Brackett, The Libertines
93. Unearthed, Johnny Cash
92. For Emma, Forever Ago, Bon Iver
91. Veni Vidi Vicious, The Hives
90. Dimanche a Bamako, Amadou & Miriam
89. Hail to the Thief, Radiohead
88. Smile, Brian Wilson
87. St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley
86. Give Up, The Postal Service
85. Viva la Vida, Coldplay
84. The Eminem Show, Eminem
83. Attack & Release, The Black Keys
82. Rated R, Queens of the Stone Age
81. Gold, Ryan Adams
80. Youth and Young Manhood, Kings of Leon
79. Electric Version, The New Pornographers
78. Illinois, Sufjan Stevens
77. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, Yo La Tengo
76. (), Sigur Rós
75. Neon Bible, Arcade Fire
74. Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
73. Parachutes, Coldplay
72. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand
71. Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep your Eart to the Ground, Bright Eyes
70. The Woods, Sleater-Kinney
69. Under Construction, Missy Elliott
68. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2
67. Vespertine, Björk
66. I Am a Bird Now, Antony & the Johnsons
65. Próxima Estación Esperanza, Manu Chao
64. Time the Relevator, Gillian Welch
63. 808s and Heartbreak, Kanye West
62. American III: Solitary Man, Johnny Cash
61. Oh, Inverted World, The Shins
60. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
59. Turn on the Bright Lights, Interpol
58. The Grey Album, Danger Mouse
57. Transatlanticism, Death Cab for Cutie
56. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
55. Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
54. Come Away With Me, Norah Jones
53. Only by the Night, Kings of Leon
52. Arular, M.I.A.
51. Kill the Moonlight, Spoon
50. I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, Bright Eyes
49. Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple
48. Dear Science, TV on the Radio
47. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
46. FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
45. Graduation, Kanye West
44. Toxicity, System of a Down
43. Hot Fuss, The Killers
42. Figure 8, Elliott Smith
41. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, Arctic Monkeys
40. Late Registration, Kanye West
39. Aha Shake Heartbreak, Kings of Leon
38. Heartbreaker, Ryan Adams
37. Get Rich or Die Tryin’, 50 Cent
36. No Line on the Horizon, U2
35. Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, PJ Harvey
34. Speakerboxx/The Love Below, Outkast
33. Discovery, Daft Punk
32. Tha Carter III, Lil’ Wayne
31. Z, MyMorning Jacket
30. In Rainbows, Radiohead
29. Ágaetis Byrjun, Sigur Rós
28. Fever to Tell, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
27. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips
26. The Greatest, Cat Power

25. Amnesiac, Radiohead

24. Magic, Bruce Springsteen

23. Voodoo, D’Angelo

22. American Idiot, Green Day

21. A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay

20. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes

19. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

18. Oracular Spectacular, MGMT

17. Sea Change, Beck

16. Stankonia, Outkast

15. The Rising, Bruce Springsteen

14. The Black Album, Jay-Z

13. All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2

12. Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem

11. Love and Theft, Bob Dylan

10. The College Dropout, Kanye West

9. Kala, M.I.A.

8. Modern Times, Bob Dylan

7. The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem

6. Funeral, Arcade Fire

5. Elephant, The White Stripes

4. The Blueprint, Jay-Z

3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco

2. Is This It, The Strokes

1. Kid A, Radiohead

MODS – I know there have been a lot of “Best (number) Albums/Songs of the Decade” posts recently, but I went back and checked through everything posted today (this article was posted on RS’s website today) and did the google search and no one’s posted this specific list yet. Since Rolling Stone reaches a wider audience then a lot of the other people making these lists, I thought ONTD members might be interested.

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