50. Spoon – Kill the Moonlight (2002)
49. Luomo – Vocalcity (2000)
48. Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies (2006)
47. Antony & the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now (2005)
46. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (2006)
45. Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)
44. Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
43. The xx – xx (2009)
42. Cat Power – You Are Free (2003)
41. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
40. Broadcast – Haha Sound (2003)
39. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)
38. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak (2008)
37. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell (2003)
36. Joanna Newsom – Ys (2006)
35. William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops (2002)
34. Lil Wayne – Da Drought 3 (2007)
33. Missy Elliott – Miss E…So Addictive (2001)
32. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine (2005)
31. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
30. Fennesz – Endless Summer (2001)
29. Fugazi – The Argument (2001)
28. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
27. The Microphones – The Glow, Pt. 2 (2001)
26. Kanye West – The College Dropout (2004)
25. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
24. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
23. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
22. Panda Bear – Person Pitch (2007)
21. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (2007)
20. M.I.A. – Kala (2007)
19. Kanye West – Late Registration (2005)
18. Aaliyah – Aaliyah (2001)
17. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
16. OutKast – Stankonia (2000)
15. The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)
14. The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2000)
13. Erykah Badu – Mama’s Gun (2000)
12. Björk – Vespertine (2001)
11. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
10. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
9. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele (2000)
8. Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)
7. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
6. Burial – Untrue (2007)
5. J Dilla – Donuts (2006)
4. Jay-Z – The Blueprint (2001)
3. D’Angelo – Voodoo (2000)
2. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)
1. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
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