best albums of the 00′s

I like sad bastards that play guitar.

Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
The Strokes – Is This It
Josh Rouse – Nashville
Sparklehorse – It’s a Wonderful Life
Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Blur – Think Tank

Any of these could’ve made the list on any other day:
Gillian Welch – Time (the revelator)
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
Beck – Sea Change
Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s – The Dust of Retreat
The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America
Ryan Adams – Cold Roses
Stephen Malkmus – Pig Lib
Bruce Springsteen – Magic

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