Best albums of the '00s: the critics' lists

Best albums of the decade

From Bon Iver to Spoon to M.I.A.: Metromix picks our 40 top...

Keith N. Dusenberry, National Associate Music Producer:

1. Spoon, 'Girls Can Tell'
2. The White Stripes, 'De Stijl'
3. The Strokes, 'Is This It'
4. Jay-Z, 'The Blueprint'
5. Modest Mouse, 'The Moon & Antarctica'
6. M.I.A., 'Arular'
7. Mclusky, 'Mclusky Do Dallas'
8. LCD Soundsystem, 'Sound of Silver'
9. Kanye West, 'Late Registration'
10. Daft Punk, 'Discovery'

Andy Hermann, National Entertainment Producer:

1. The White Stripes, ‘Elephant’
2. Badly Drawn Boy, ‘The Hour of Bewilderbeast’
3. Lemon Jelly, ‘Lost Horizons’
4. Spoon, ‘Gimme Fiction’
5. Arctic Monkeys, ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’
6. LCD Soundsystem, ‘Sound of Silver’
7. Doves, ‘Lost Souls’
8. The Raconteurs, ‘Consolers of the Lonely’
9. Beck, ‘Guero’
10. Kings of Leon, ‘Aha Shake Heartbreak’

Adam McKibbin, National Community Producer:

1. Sleater-Kinney, ‘One Beat’
2. Okkervil River, ‘Black Sheep Boy’
3. PJ Harvey, ‘Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea’
4. Carissa’s Wierd, ‘You Should Be at Home Here’
5. The Knife, ‘Silent Shout’
6. The Wrens, ‘Meadowlands’
7. Shearwater, ‘Rook’
8. Liars, ‘Drum’s Not Dead’
9. Ellen Allien & Apparat, ‘Orchestra of Bubbles’
10. My Morning Jacket, ‘Z’

Kirk Miller, Lead Producer, Metromix New York:

1. Green Day, ‘American Idiot’
2. Jimmy Eat World, ‘Bleed American’
3. Eminem, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’
4. The Avalanches, ‘Since I Left You’
5. Muse, ‘Black Holes and Revelations’
6. Editors, ‘An End Has a Start’
7. Against Me, ‘New Wave’
8. Arcade Fire, ‘Funeral’
9. At the Drive-In, ‘Relationship of Command’
10. The Killers, ‘Hot Fuss’

Matt Pais, Music Producer, Metromix Chicago:

1. Bon Iver, 'For Emma, Forever Ago'
2. Radiohead, 'Kid A'
3. Arctic Monkeys, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
4. Wilco, 'A Ghost is Born'
5. Jay-Z, 'The Blueprint'
6. TV on the Radio, 'Dear Science'
7. Sleater-Kinney, 'One Beat'
8. D'Angelo, 'Voodoo'
9. The National, 'Boxer'
10. (tie) The Mars Volta, 'Bedlam in Goliath'/At the Drive-In, 'Relationship of Command'

Tamara Palmer, National Music Writer:

1. OutKast, ‘Speakerboxx/The Love Below’
2. Bjork, ‘Vespertine’
3. Kanye West, ‘Late Registration’
4. The Avalanches, ‘Since I Left You’
5. Radiohead, ‘Kid A’
6. D’Angelo, ‘Voodoo’
7. M.I.A., ‘Arular’
8. Justin Timberlake, ‘FutureSex/LoveSounds’
9. Aaliyah, ‘Aaliyah’
10. Jamie Lidell, ‘Multiply’

Matt Rodbard, Music Producer, Metromix New York:

1. The Strokes, 'Is This It'
2. Sufjan Stevens, 'Illinois'
3. Girl Talk, 'Feed the Animals'
4. Spoon, 'Kill the Moonlight'
5. LCD Soundsystem, 'Sound of Silver'
6. Animal Collective, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'
7. Exploding Hearts, 'Guitar Romantic'
8. Wilco, 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'
9. Cut Copy, 'In Ghost Colours'
10. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, 'Hearts of Oak'

Scott Thill, National Music Writer:

1. El-P, ‘Fantastic Damage’
2. Sleater-Kinney, ‘The Woods’
3. The Mars Volta, ‘De-Loused in the Comatorium’
4. The White Stripes, ‘Elephant’
5. DJ Shadow, ‘The Private Press’
6. Pinback, ‘Summer in Abaddon’
7. Autolux, ‘Future Perfect’
8. Modest Mouse, ‘The Moon & Antarctica’
9. Mogwai, ‘Mr. Beast’
10. Metric, ‘Live It Out’