Top 5 albums of the 21st century?

Radiohead -- Kid A
Sufjan Stevens -- Illinoise
The Strokes -- Is This It
Ryan Adams -- Cold Roses
Charles Bradley -- Changes

 

My Top 5:
The Cramps - Fiends Of Dope Island
The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' The Note
Blackberry Smoke - Little Piece Of Dixie
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter
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Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Prince - The Rainbow Children
John Spencer Blues Explosion - Plastic Fang
Brian Setzer - Nitro Burnin' Fun Daddy
Lou Reed - Ecstacy
Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill
White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade
The Fireman - Electric Arguments

 

In release order:

Gillian Welch ‎– Time (The Revelator) - 2001
Jason Isbell ‎– Southeastern - 2013
Sturgill Simpson ‎– Metamodern Sounds In Country Music - 2014
Rosanne Cash ‎– The River & The Thread - 2014
Jason Isbell ‎– Something More Than Free - 2015​

 

Joanna Newsom -Ys
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - Amnesiac

 

Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta
Leviathan - Mastodon
Want Two - Rufus Wainwright
Iowa - Slipknot
Amnesiac - Radiohead

(bubbling under: Sea Change - Beck, White Blood Cells - The White Stripes, Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)

 

The Black Keys - El Camino
The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
The Rosebuds - Loud Planes Fly Low
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
The Killers - Hot Fuss

 

Whenever I think of a thread starter, I automatically figure 15 people thought of if before me. So I do a search...
I don't have many thread's

 

I just get deja vu most of the time.

 

I'll play again as it changes
Front Line Assembly-Echogenetic, 2013
The Ocean Blue-Ultramarine, 2013
Monaco-S/T, 2000
Covenant-Northern Light, 2002
Rotersand-Welcome To Goodbye, 2005

 

In chronological order:-

Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
Bloody Hollies - Who To Love..Trust..Kill
Johnny Dowd - No Regrets
Ming City Rockers - MCR

 

Beyond Good & Evil
The Cult
2001

This is not a compilation album. It is one great hark rock album.

 

1. Log 22 - Bettie Serveert
2. Kid A - Radiohead
3. Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
4. Witch Mountain - Mobile of Angels
5. Post Pop Depression - Iggy Pop

 

Hark rock? I thought you referred to real rock'n'roll. Beasts of Bourbon.

The Beasts Of Bourbon - Beyond Good & Evil - The Best Of The Beasts Of Bourbon

 

Smile
Love And Theft
Is This It

 

Hard to choose, I agree with others listing Radiohead and Arcade Fire, but consider:

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Feist - Metals
Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
Grimes - Visions
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way

 

Kettel and secede- When can
Bvdub- Born in Tokyo
dino jr- Farm
bon iver- for emma or 22 a million
Radiohead- in rainbows

 

Tim Hecker - Radio Amor
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Deathspell Omega - Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, maledicti, in ignem aesternum
Converge - Jane Doe

Honorable Mentions:

Radiohead - Kid A
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Tim Hecker - Haunt Me
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

 

1. Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase
2. Beck - Sea Change
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Elton John - Songs From The West Coast
5. Graham Parker - Deepcut To Nowhere

 

I never realized there were so many Radiohead fans on this board before reading this thread.

 

Tool-Lateralus
Morten Harket-Brother
ASG-Blood Drive
King Dude-Fear
Truckfighters-V
Wino & Conny Ochs-Heavy Kingdom(Honorable Mention)
Wino-Adrift (Honorable Mention)

 

Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- Cold Roses (limiting myself to one here)
the Postal Service- Give Up
Bon Iver- Bon Iver
The Arcade Fire

To new to rate:
Bleachers- Gone Now
The War on Drugs- A Deeper Understanding
Haim- something to Tell You
Carseat Headrest- Teens of Denial
Ryan Adams- Prisoner

 

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
Beck - Morning Phase
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
The War on Drugs - Depper Understanding

I just couldn't get it down to 5!!!!

 

1. Gang Gang Dance—Eye Contact
2. The White Stripes—White Blood Cells
3. Kendrick Lamar—To Pimp a Butterfly
4. Father John Misty—Pure Comedy
5. Agalloch—Marrow of the Spirit

It was tough to get it down to five!

 

Wilco- Ghost Is Born or YHF
Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely
Dylan- Love and Theft
Bowie-Blackstar
White Stripes Icky Thump

 

A Tribe Called Quest- we got it from here
Kendrick Lamar- To pimp a butterfly
sun kil moon - benji
kamasi washington- epic
D'angelo- black messiah
arcade fire- funeral
Father John Misty-honey bear

off the top of my head....