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Top 10 albums of the 00's
very biased, and yes, noticeably skewed toward the first half of the decade. I didn't bother coming up with an order by rank, so we'll proceed alphabetically by artist...

The Decline of British Sea Power by British Sea Power
top tracks: Carrion, The Lonely, Blackout

Parachutes by Coldplay
top tracks: Don't Panic, Sparks, Trouble

Discovery by Daft Punk
top tracks: Face to Face, Aerodynamic, One More Time

O by Damien Rice
top tracks: Cannonball, Older Chests, Eskimo, Delicate

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
top tracks: Fight Test, Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell, Do You Realize??, All We Have is Now

Gorillaz by Gorillaz
top tracks: Clint Eastwood, Sound Check (Gravity), Slow Country

Antics by Interpol
top tracks: Evil, C'mere, Slow Hands

Give Up by The Postal Service
top tracks: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, Nothing Better, Such Great Heights

Hail to the Thief by Radiohead
top tracks: A Punch Up at a Wedding (No No No No No No No No), There There (The Boney King of Nowhere), 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)

( ) by Sigur Rós
top tracks: track 1, track 3, track 4

I'm not saying so much that nothing good has come out since midway through the decade... but that nothing better has.