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Favorite Songs of the 2000s (Chronological)

Decade Rating: 3.68. Ranked  # 5 / 7.

5 songs per year, starting from 2000.

2000

    1) D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel?)  ||  Neo-Soul

    2) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep  ||  Post-Rock, Drone, Experimental Rock

    3) Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet  ||  Indie Rock

    4) The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist  ||  Plunderphonics, Experimental Hip Hop, Trip Hop

    5) Radiohead - In Limbo  ||  Electronic, Experimental Rock, Art Rock

2001

    1) Akira Yamaoka - Promise (Reprise)  ||  Video Game Music, Dark Ambient

    2) The Microphones - The Moon  ||  Psychedelic Folk, Indie Folk  

    3) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - As I Sat Sadly by Her Side  ||  Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter

    4) Anathema - A Fine Day  ||  Progressive Rock, Art Rock

    5) Fugazi - Cashout  ||  Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock

2002

    1) Tom Waits - Alice  ||  Vocal Jazz, Singer/Songwriter

    2) Low - (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace  ||  Slowcore

    3) Sigur Rós - Untitled #8  ||  Post-Rock    

    4) Interpol - Obstacle 1  ||  Post-Punk Revival

    5) Frou Frou - Psychobabble  ||  Indietronica, Downtempo, Art Pop

2003

    1) Xiu Xiu - Apistat Commander  ||  Experimental Rock

    2) Radiohead - 2 + 2 = 5  ||  Alternative Rock, Art Rock

    3) The Knife - Pass This On  ||  Synthpop

    4) Akira Yamaoka - Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me  ||  Dark Ambient

    5) Denali - Normal Days  ||  Indie Rock

2004

    1) Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)  ||  Indie Rock, Chamber Pop

    2) Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear  ||  Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Freak Folk

    3) Madvillain - Meat Grinder  ||  Abstract Hip Hop

    4) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O Children  ||  Art Rock, Alternative Rock

    5) Flunk - Six Seven Times  ||  Trip Hop, Downtempo

2005

    1) Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers  ||  Noise Rock, Indie Rock

    2) Dälek - Distorted Prose  ||  Industrial Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop

    3) David Thomas Broughton - Unmarked Grave  ||  Avant-Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    4) The Drones - The Freedom in the Loot  ||  Punk Blues

    5) Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day  ||  Indie Pop, Chamber Pop

2006

    1) Joanna Newsom - Sawdust & Diamonds  ||  Contemporary Folk, Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    2) The Knife - Marble House  ||  Synthpop

    3) Acoustic Ladyland - Red Sky  ||  Jazz Rock

    4) Lisa Papineau - Call Me Frenchy  ||  Downtempo, Trip Hop

    5) J Dilla - Workinonit  ||  Instrumental Hip Hop

2007

    1) Ulver - EOS  ||  Dark Ambient

    2) The Birthday Massacre - Red Stars  ||  Industrial Rock, Darkwave, Synthpop

    3) Radiohead - Nude  ||  Dream Pop, Art Rock

    4) LCD Soundsystem - New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down  ||  Dance-Punk, Alternative Dance, Indietronica

    5) PJ Harvey - Dear Darkness  ||  Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter

2008

    1) Grouper - Heavy Water / I'd Rather be Sleeping  ||  Psychedelic Folk, Ambient

    2) Portishead - We Carry On  ||  Krautrock, Electronic, Experimental Rock

    3) Have a Nice Life - Hunter  ||  Post-Punk, Shoegaze

    4) Deerhunter - Twilight at Carbon Lake  ||  Shoegaze, Indie Rock

    5) Blue Sky Black Death - Movements  ||  Trip Hop

2009

    1) Mount Eerie - Through the Trees  ||  Avant-Folk

    2) Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart  ||  Art Pop, Darkwave

    3) Bruno Coulais - Exploration  ||  Film Soundtrack, Cinematic Classical

    4) The Brave Little Abacus - It's A Lot. It's Seamless.  ||  Midwest Emo, Experimental Rock

    5) Soap&Skin - Fall Foliage  ||  Darkwave, Singer/Songwriter

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