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60 31Knots
71 The Academy Is...
53 The Airborne Toxic Event
79 Alias
66 All That Remains
77 Theresa Andersson
75 Annuals
76 Apollo Sunshine
47 The Automatic
79 Azeda Booth
75 Joan Baez
84 Bajofondo
56 David Banner
77 Black Affair
74 Black Kids
79 Blitzen Trapper
74 Bodies Of Water
71 Brazilian Girls
72 Brightblack Morning Light
66 The Broken West
50 Buckcherry
79 Lindsey Buckingham
90 The Bug
56 Caesars
78 Calexico
70 Glen Campbell
70 Brendan Canning
74 Castanets
63 Cats In Paris
74 The Chemical Brothers
65 Cold War Kids
69 Alice Cooper
69 Nikka Costa
79 Rodney Crowell
63 CSS
67 Miley Cyrus
46 Dandy Warhols
65 Kimya Dawson
72 Dead Confederate
72 Death Vessel
82 Deerhoof
78 Delta Spirit
79 Damien Dempsey
79 Ani DiFranco
58 DJ Khaled
66 The Donkeys
72 Dr. Dog
80 DragonForce
78 The Duhks
77 Dungen
91 Bob Dylan
73 Brian Eno + David Byrne
66 Everlast
62 The Faint
67 The Fiery Furnaces
63 Ben Folds
64 iForward, Russia!
72 Friendly Fires
71 Fujiya & Miyagi
65 The Game
74 Inara George With Van Dyke Parks
74 Giant Sand
79 Girl Talk
83 Glasvegas
61 Golden Animals
64 Mike Gordon
68 Gym Class Heroes
77 GZA
66 Neil Halstead
72 Juliana Hatfield
61 Hawthorne Heights
81 High Places
77 High Places
73 Zach Hill
85 The Hold Steady
78 Jolie Holland
83 David Holmes
81 Horse Feathers
68 Howling Hex
58 Jennifer Hudson
71 Human Highway
70 Ice Cube
66 Ida Maria
68 Jack's Mannequin
69 Jaguar Love
73 James
81 Jamey Johnson
70 Jonas Brothers
78 Damien Jurado
84 Kasai Allstars
62 Keane
89 B.B. King
65 Kings Of Leon
67 Ladyhawke
77 Lambchop
74 Ray LaMontagne
54 Levellers
74 Jenny Lewis
76 Lykke Li
82 Lindstrom
59 The Little Ones
57 LL Cool J
60 Lloyd
60 The Lord Dog Bird
81 Patty Loveless
75 John Mellencamp
69 Mercury Rev
78 Metallica
71 Metronomy
74 Mirah
75 Mogwai
68 Monkey
64 Motorhead
66 Mugison
78 Nico Muhly
75 Murs
84 The Music Tapes
71 Nas
65 Nelly
50 New Kids On The Block
77 The New Year
85 Randy Newman
80 Ne-Yo
57 Nightmares On Wax
65 The Nightwatchman
78 Nine Inch Nails
62 Noah And The Whale
67 Oasis
75 Conor Oberst
79 Okkervil River
77 Old Crow Medicine Show
80 One Day As A Lion
75 Oneida
73 Joan Osborne
75 Oxford Collapse
85 Paavoharju
78 Amanda Palmer
65 Parenthetical Girls
89 Aaron Parks
73 Lee "Scratch" Perry
51 Kellie Pickler
70 Pivot
58 Plain White T's
89 Plush
78 The Pretenders
64 Primal Scream
52 Pussycat Dolls
75 Ra Ra Riot
62 Re-Up Gang
62 Rex The Dog
69 Rise Against
77 Roots Manuva
71 Darius Rucker
72 The Rumble Strips
81 Raphael Saadiq
57 Sam Champion
73 Scars On Broadway
58 Secret Machines
81 Pete Seeger
68 The Shaky Hands
39 Shwayze
58 Jessica Simpson
69 Slipknot
73 Solange
59 Spinto Band
65 Rick Springfield
65 Staind
47 Stereo MC's
72 Stereolab
83 Marnie Stern
71 The Stills
61 The Streets
73 The Subways
83 Sugarland
70 Matthew Sweet
75 T.I.
72 Robin Thicke
71 Thievery Corporation
77 Irma Thomas
79 Tindersticks
71 Tittsworth
90 Shugo Tokumaru
74 Emiliana Torrini
67 James Jackson Toth
72 Randy Travis
70 Tricky
88 TV On The Radio
78 The Uglysuit
92 Underoath
56 UNKLE
61 David Vandervelde
77 Chad VanGaalen
71 The Verve
75 Vivian Girls
78 Volcano!
68 Loudon Wainwright III
81 The Walkmen
66 Ben Weaver
83 The Week That Was
77 Paul Weller
75 Lucinda Williams
75 Michelle Williams
70 Brian Wilson
76 Wire
63 XX Teens
59 Yo Majesty
72 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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