top 100 albums 2000-2009

In the process of attempting to build some type of official "TMK canon" of the bands we are most likely to write about / the bands that matter vs the ones who are simply over-hyped and not worth attention... (seriously, who trusts Pitchfork anymore?)

This was quickly and hastily thrown together, so there's a good chance that some key records are missing, but whatever... Time for our super-slow unveil... Because no one asked for it... And here they is, them records that kicked some ass...

100. Handsome Boy Modelling School “So How’s Your Girl” (1999/2000)
99. Wolf Parade “At Mount Zoomer” (2008)
98. Missy Elliott “Miss E So Addictive” (2001)
97. Kanye West “The College Dropout” (2004)
96. Broken Social Scene “You Forgot It In People” (2002)
95. Clipse “Lord Willin’” (2002)
94. Radiohead “Hail to the Thief” (2003)
93. Beck “Sea Change” (2002)
92. Belle and Sebastian “Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant” (2000)
91. Ween “White Pepper” (2000)

90. The Mars Volta “De-Loused in the Comatorium” (2003)
89. Junior Boys “Last Exit” (2004)
88. Brian Wilson “Smile” (2004)
87. Desert Sessions “Vol. 7 & 8” (2001)
86. Hot Chip “Coming On Strong” (2004/2005)
85. The Get Up Kids “Something To Write Home About” (1999/2000)
84. Coldplay “Parachutes” (2000)
83. Shellac “1000 Hurts” (2000)
82. DJ Burn One & Pill “4180: The Prescription” (2009)
81. Le Tigre “Le Tigre” (1999/2000)

80. Secret Machines “Ten Silver Drops” (2006)
79. Yo La Tengo “I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass” (2006)
78. Thom Yorke “The Eraser” (2006)
77. Outkast “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” (2003)
76. No Doubt “Return of Saturn” (2000)
75. D’Angelo “Voodoo” (2000)
74. Sufjan Stevens “Illinois” (2005)
73. The Flaming Lips “Embryonic” (2009)
72. Kanye West “808s and Heartbreak” (2008)
71. T.I. “King” (2006)

70. Ben Kweller “Sha Sha” (2002)
69. Slipknot “Slipknot” (1999/2000)
68. Liars “They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top” (2001)
67. The Exploding Hearts “Guitar Romantic” (2003)
66. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists “Hearts of Oak” (2003)
65. Wilco “A Ghost Is Born” (2004)
64. Boris & Michio Kurihara “Rainbow” (2007)
63. The Unicorns “Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone” (2003)
62. Boards of Canada “Geogaddi” (2002)
61. Yo Majesty “Yo” (2006)

60. Laura Cantrell “Not the Tremblin’ Kind” (2000)
59. Kylie Minogue “Fever” (2001/2002)
58. Radiohead “Amnesiac” (2001)
57. Clipse “Hell Hath No Fury” (2006)
56. Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK “Now Listen!” (2001)
55. Lil Wayne “Tha Carter III” (2008)
54. Beak> “Beak>” (2009)
53. Black Dice “Repo” (2009)
52. Cut Copy “In Ghost Colors” (2008)
51. The Avalanches “Since I Left You” (2000)

50. Elliott Smith “Figure 8” (2000)
49. Jay-Z “The Black Album” (2003)
48. The Shins “Oh, Inverted World” (2001)
47. Silversun Pickups “Carnavas” (2006)
46. Interpol “Turn On the Bright Lights” (2002)
45. Mclusky “Mclusky Do Dallas” (2001/2002)
44. Wire “Send” (2003)
43. Queens of the Stone Age “Songs for the Deaf” (2002)
42. Pinback “Summer in Abaddon” (2004)
41. The Fall “Country on the Click/The Real New Fall LP” (2003/2004)

40. Wolf Parade “Apologies to the Queen Mary” (2005)
39. The Dismemberment Plan “Change” (2001)
38. Outkast “Stankonia” (2000)
37. Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American/Jimmy Eat World” (2001)
36. The Arcade Fire “Funeral” (2004)
35. Jay-Z “The Blueprint” (2001)
34. TV on the Radio “Return to Cookie Mountain” (2006)
33. Of Montreal “The Sunlandic Twins” (2005)
32. Grandaddy “The Sophtware Slump” (2000)
31. The Strokes “Is This It” (2001)

30. The White Stripes “White Blood Cells” (2001)
29. Andrew WK “I Get Wet” (2002)
28. The Darkness “Permission to Land” (2003)
27. Deftones “White Pony” (2000)
26. Modest Mouse “The Moon and Antarctica” (2000)
25. Yo La Tengo “And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out” (2000)
24. Justin Timberlake “Justified” (2002)
23. The Shins “Chutes Too Narrow” (2003)
22. Elliott Smith “From a Basement on the Hill” (2004)
21. PJ Harvey “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea” (2000)

20. Sigur Ros “Agaetis Byrjun” (1999/2000)
19. Spoon “Gimme Fiction” (2005)
18. Japandroids “Post-Nothing” (2009)
17. Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” (2001/2002)
16. Death from Above 1979 “You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine” (2004)
15. Phoenix “It’s Never Been Like That” (2006)
14. Electric Wizard “Dopethrone” (2000)
13. Aphex Twin “Drukqs” (2001)
12. C.S.S. “Cansei de ser Sexy” (2005/2006)
11. At-The-Drive-In “Relationship of Command” (2000)

10. Radiohead “Kid A” (2000)
9. TV on the Radio “Young Liars” (2003)
8. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead “Source Tags & Codes” (2002)
7. Fugazi “The Argument” (2001)
6. Queens of the Stone Age “Rated R” (2000)
5. N*E*R*D “In Search Of” (2001/2002)
4. Madvillian “Madvilliany” (2004)
3. No Age “Nouns” (2008)
2. System of a Down “Toxicity” (2001)
1. Daft Punk “Discovery” (2001)


-CLOSE CALLS-
Animal Collective "Merriweather Post Pavilion" (2009)
Annie “Anniemal” (2004)
Blink-182 “Blink-182” (2003)
Deltron 3030 “Deltron 3030” (2000)
Dinosaur Jr “Farm” (2009)
Eminem “The Marshall Mathers LP” (2000)
Ghostface Killah “Fishscale” (2006)
Guided By Voices “Isolation Drills” (2001)
Lady Gaga “The Fame/The Fame Monster” (2008/2009)
Low “Things We Lost In The Fire” (2001)
M.I.A. "Kala" (2007)
Muse “Absolution” (2003)
Nas “Stillmatic” (2001)
Neon Indian “Psychic Chasms” (2009)
Panic! At the Disco “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” (2005)
Ringo Deathstarr “Sparkler” (2009)
Sleep “Dopesmoker” (2003)
The Used “The Used” (2002)

Notes: It's not a coincidence that there is only 1 album on this list that was released in 2007, since 2007 was the worst year in the history of popular music. (Edit: We just added "Kala" to the "Close calls" which brings the total to 2, but still... I mean, c'mon...)

Those searching for high placements from the likes of The National, Fleet Foxes, LCD Soundsystem, Joanna Newsom or Battles may consider searching elsewhere, because they did not stand a chance here.

We enjoy The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, New Pornographers, Clinic, etc etc etc... but we don't come back to those records all that often. They weren't forgotten or anything.. but they're just kinda boring in comparison to other stuff.