Top Ten Rock Albums Of Each Year - 2000-2009

Criteria: These albums were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, originality, and acclaim from critics and musicians.

2000
  1. Stankonia - OutKast
  2. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
  3. Kid A - Radiohead
  4. All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
  5. Like Water For Chocolate - Common
  6. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
  7. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams
  8. Parachutes - Coldplay
  9. Voodoo - D'Angelo
10. Music - Madonna

2001
1. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
2. Is This It - The Strokes
3. Songs In A Minor - Alicia Keys
4. Toxicity - System Of A Down
5. Lateralus - Tool
6. Miss E...So Addictive - Missy Elliot
7. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
8. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
9. Amnesiac - Radiohead
10. No More Drama - Mary J. Blige

2002
1. Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
2. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
3. Phrenology - The Roots
4. Under Construction - Missy Elliot
5. Missundaztood - Pink
6. The Eminem Show - Eminem
7. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
8. Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
9. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
10. The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

2003
1. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
2. Elephant - The White Stripes
3. The Diary Of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys
4. Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
5. The Black Album - Jay-Z
6. Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
7. Meteora - Linkin Park
8. De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta
9. Elephunk - The Black Eyed Peas
10. Chicken-N-Beer - Ludacris

2004
1. American Idiot - Green Day
2. The College Dropout - Kanye West
3. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
4. SMiLE - Brian Wilson
5. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
6. Funeral - Arcade Fire
7. A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
8. Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
9. The Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
10. Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine

2005
1. Late Registration - Kanye West
2. The Emancipation Of Mimi - Mariah Carey
3. Be - Common
4. X&Y - Coldplay
5. Mezmerize - System Of A Down
6. Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
7. Demon Days - Gorillaz
8. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
9. Guero - Beck
10. Arlur - M.I.A.

2006
1. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
2. Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I Am Not - Arctic Monkeys
3. Modern Times - Bob Dylan
4. Game Theory - The Roots
5. Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
6. Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
8. Food & Liquor - Lupe Fiasco
9. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
10. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse

2007
1. In Rainbows - Radiohead
2. Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
3. Icky Thump - The White Stripes
4. Graduation - Kanye West
5. Wincing The Night Away - The Shins
6. Kala - M.I.A.
7. American Gangster - Jay-Z
8. Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams
9. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
10. Alright, Still - Lily Allen

2008
1. The Fame - Lady Gaga
2. Tha Carter, Vol. III - Lil Wayne
3. Only by the Night - Kings of Leon
4. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
6. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
7. 808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West
8. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
9. Paper Trail - T.I.
10. Death Magnetic - Metallica

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2000-2007 is from Robs 2000s Albums list.
2008 is from Brian.

I still need 2009.
Here are some albums to chose from:

Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective
Veckitamest - Grizzly Bear
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z
XX - The XX
Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Primary Colours - The Horrors
Middle Cyclone - Neko Case
BLACKsummers'night - Maxwell
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II - Raekwon
No Line on the Horizon - U2
21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
Tarot Sport - Fuck Buttons
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

This album is #1 for 2009 at Rate Your Music:

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

2009 was awesome

1-Animal Collective-Meriwether Post Pavilion
2-Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3-The XX-XX
4-Flaming Lips-Embryonic
5-Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
6-Wilco-Wilco (the album)
7-Yeah Yeah Yeahs-It's Blitz
8-Mastadon-Crack the Skye
9-Franz Ferdinand-Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
10-Grizzly Bear-Veckatimest
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-The Dead Weather-Horehound
-The-Dream-Love Vs. Money
-Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
-Dave Matthews Band-Big Whiskey & The GrooGrux King
-Mumford & Sons-Sigh No More
-Pearl Jam-Backspacer
-Muse-The Resistance
-Blakroc-Blakroc
-Florence and the Machine-Lungs
-Jay-Z-The Blueprint 3
-Kid Cudi-Man on the Moon: The End of Day
-Avett Brothers-I And Love and You
-U2-No Line on the Horizon
-Bruce Springsteen-Working On A Dream
-Green Day-21st Century Breakdown
-Sonic Youth-The Eternal
-Neko Case-Middle Cyclone

Here's my stab at the 2009 list, going by popularity and acclaim:
1. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
2. Lungs - Florence + The Machine
3. Embryonic - The Flaming Lips
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
5. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II Pt. II - Raekwon
6. Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons
7. Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen
8. Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne and Brian Eno
9. xx - The XX
10. The Resistance - Muse

Number one has to be The E.N.D. by Black Eyed Peas. Over 12 million copies sold, huge radio airplay, already having a significant influence on other artists.

I don't know anything about this album, but I see it's very low rated on Rate Your Music (1.82 out of 5.00 with over 600 ratings) and it's not even listed on acclaimedmusic.net, which lists over 50 albums from 2009.

Apparently this is a huge album with the general public, but the critics and the hard core music fans hate it. Sounds like the Grease soundtrack.

For other 2009 pop albums, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" had some decent reviews, but i'm not sure how "country" it is. It's definitely more pop rock influence than previous crossover country records, like Shania Twain's "Come On Over" and contains quite a few songs that cannot be called "country" by any stretch. Maybe a Top 10 album?

Florence + the Machine's "Lungs" is definitely a shoe in for the Top 10. Massive critical acclaim, good sales, some influence and it had surprisingly high pop success for what is basically an indie rock record.

are you serious? Aside from I Gotta Feeling that album was utter shit. For a pop album what about Love vs Money? I know alot of people on here love the album and it got good reviews, idk about airplay and album sales but that means nothing nowadays considering the junk stations play.

Sorry, but the criteria isn't "albums that are most enjoyed by the posters here". It's "immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, originality, and acclaim from critics and musicians" This album is definitely number one in popularity and very high in influence. It's pretty high in impact, too. You can't ignore popularity just because you don't like what's popular. What album scores better, overall, on the criteria?

Love Vs. Money (by The-Dream) certainly seems like a worthy contender for the list.

but The End got zero acclaim, actually most reviews pegged it as an atrocious album. The album has no lasting appeal.

Chicken Sandwich, Acclaim is only one of the criterion. Granted its an important criterion, its just not the only one.

Here's a list I made with most of the albums suggested
1. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
2. Lungs - Florence + The Machine
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
4. Fearless - Taylor Swift
5. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II - Raekwon
6. Embryonic - The Flaming Lips
7. Love vs. Money - The-Dream
8. XX - The xx
9. The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas
10. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons

If there's a major problem with "The E.N.D." being here (personally I think its awful, but personal opinion doesn't matter with DDD lists), it could be replaced by something else. Looking at the other 2009 albums, that's either gonna be "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" by David Byrne & Brian Eno or "The Resistance" by Muse.

I don't think its a great album but The Resistance was a better album than the END in alot of ways

That's a ridiculous exaggeration. It certainly got a good deal of negative reviews, but it got positive reviews from Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, among others. Robert Christgau called it "wondrous" and gave it an A. And as much as "lasting" can apply to an album that's three years old, its appeal has lasted. It still gets plenty of airplay and dance-floor play.

This means nothing, Rolling Stone also gave Nickelback's Dark Horse a 3.5 review and that album is genuinely terrible. Rolling Stone isn't a very good arbiter of album quality.

There needs to be Mastodon on there for one of those years. The Blackening by Machine head could be on the 2007 list but I don't know if it meets the criteria. It was highly praised though as one of the very best metal albums of the decade.