Times Online: The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6922991.ece

Another slightly Brit-centric list:

1. Kid A - Radiohead
2. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
3. In Rainbows - Radiohead
4. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast
5. Blackout - Britney Spears
6. Is This It - The Strokes
7. Coles Corner - Richard Hawley
8. Elephant - The White Stripes
9. Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
10. The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
11. Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
12. Original Pirate Material - The Streets
13. The College Dropout - Kanye West
14. Made in the Dark - Hot Chip
15. The Letting Go - Bonnie Prince Billy
16. Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
17. Viva la Vida or Death & All His Friends - Coldplay
18. Kala - M.I.A
19. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
20. The Good the Bad & the Queen - The Good the Bad & the Queen
21. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
22. Magic - Bruce Springsteen
23. Alright, Still - Lily Allen
24. Untrue - Burial
25. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
26. Ys - Joanna Newsom
27. Maths + English - Dizzee Rascal
28. The Greatest - Cat Power
29. Confessions on a Dancefloor - Madonna
30 The Ecstatic - Mos Def
31. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
32. Justified - Justin Timberlake
33. Nixon - Lambchop
34. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - P. J. Harvey
35. Funeral - Arcade Fire
36. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
37. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys
38. Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
39. Field Music - Field Music
40. Run Come Save Me - Roots Manuva
41. Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team
42. Smile - Brian Wilson
43. Tender Buttons - Broadcast
44. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
45. Panic Prevention - Jamie T
46. Reality - David Bowie
47. Demon Days - Gorillaz
48. The Information - Beck
49. Up the Bracket - The Libertines
50. Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man
51. Dimanche à Bamako - Amadou & Mariam
52. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen
53. Elegia - Paolo Conte
54. 29 - Ryan Adams
55. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
56. Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
57. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
58. Miss E ... So Addictive - Missy Elliott
59. Beautiful World - Take That
60. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
61. Who is Jill Scott? - Jill Scott
62. Tangle Up - Girls Aloud
63. 10,000Hz - Legend Air
64. Black Holes & Revelations - Muse
65. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
66. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
67. The Blueprint - Jay-Z
68. Vespertine - Björk
69. Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy
70. Looking for a Day in the Night - The Lilac Time
71. Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
72. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
73. A Lick on the Tip of an Envelope yet to be Sent - Circulus
74. Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
75. Lay it Down - Al Green
76. Speech Therapy - Speech Debelle
77. The XX - The XX
78. Chaos & Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney
79. The Radio Tisdas Sessions - Tinariwen
80. Cross - Justice
81. Primary Colours - The Horrors
82. Holy F*** - Holy F***
83. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
84. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
85. Just Beyond the River - James Yorkston & the Athletes
86. Geogaddi - Boards of Canada
87. Candylion - Gruff Rhys
88. Finisterre - Saint Etienne
89. 22 Dreams - Paul Weller
90. Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun
91. Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
92. Youth and Young Manhood - Kings of Leon
93. React or Die - Butcher Boy
94. Tarot Sport - F*** Buttons
95. American III: Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
96. The Transfiguration of Vincent - M. Ward
97. Youth Novels - Lykke Li
98. By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
99. Surprise - Paul Simon
100. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond

Observer Music Monthly's Albums of the Decade (The Guardian)

This is the UK's answer to a Pitchfork list, it would seem.

50 DANGER MOUSE The Grey Album
49 DESTINY'S CHILD Survivor
48 RACHEL UNTHANK AND THE WINTERSET The Bairns
47 THE WHITE STRIPES White Blood Cells
46 THE LIBERTINES Up the Bracket
45 OUTKAST Stankonia
44 ANDY PALACIO & THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE Wátina
43 THE STREETS A Grand Don't Come for Free
42 BADLY DRAWN BOY The Hour of Bewilderbeast
41 SIGUR ROS ( )
40 PJ HARVEY Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
39 AMADOU AND MARIAM Dimanche à Bamako
38 KONONO NO 1 Congotronics
37 BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago
36 JAY-Z The Blueprint
35 ELBOW The Seldom Seen Kid
34 SYSTEM OF A DOWN Toxicity
33 FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand
32 EST Seven Days of Falling
31 MIA Kala
30 THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN The Good, the Bad & the Queen
29 EMINEM The Marshall Mathers LP
28 SUFJAN STEVENS Come on Feel the Illinoise
27 GOTAN PROJECTLa Revancha del Tango
26 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS I Am a Bird Now
25 TOM WAITS Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
24 TV ON THE RADIO Dear Science
23 BOB DYLAN Love and Theft
22 RADIOHEAD In Rainbows
21 KINGS OF LEON Aha Shake Heartbreak
20 LILY ALLEN Alright, Still
19 KANYE WEST Late Registration
18 ALI FARKA TOURE Savane
17 PRIMAL SCREAM Xtrmntr
16 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Songs for the Deaf
15 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Sound of Silver
14 DIZZEE RASCAL Boy in Da Corner
13 JAMIE T Panic Prevention
12 JOHNNY CASH American III: Solitary Man
11 GORILLAZ Demon Days
10 BURIAL Untrue
09 SALIF KEITA Moffou
08 JAY-Z The Black Album
07 THE WHITE STRIPES Elephant
06 AMY WINEHOUSE Back to Black
05 ARCADE FIRE Funeral
04 THE STROKES Is This It
03 ARCTIC MONKEYS Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
02 RADIOHEAD Kid A
01 THE STREETS Original Pirate Material

NPR Music: The 50 Most Important Recordings Of The Decade

In alphabetical order - so you can't just skip ahead to see the Top 10! Looks like they did consider a lot of genres.

01. John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
02. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion
03. The Arcade Fire: Funeral
04. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas
05. Beyonce: Dangerously In Love
06. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
07. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
08. Burial: Untrue
09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: S/T
10. Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway
11. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
12. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album
13. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism
14. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
15. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
16. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
17. Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión Segun San Marcos (Saint Mark's Passion)
18. Green Day: American Idiot
19. Iron And Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days
20. Jay-Z: The Blueprint
21. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me
22. Juanes: Fijate Bien
23. LCD Soundsystem: Sound Of Silver
24. Lil’ Wayne: Tha Carter III
25. Little Brother: The Listening
26. M.I.A.: Kala
27. Yo-Yo Ma: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
28. Mastodon: Leviathan
29. Jason Moran: Black Stars
30. OutKast: Stankonia
31. Brad Paisley: 5th Gear
32. Panda Bear: Person Pitch
33. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
34. The Postal Service: Give Up
35. Radiohead: In Rainbows
36. Radiohead: Kid A
37. Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
38. Sigur Ros: ( )
39. Britney Spears: In The Zone
40. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
41. The Strokes: Is This It
42. The Swell Season: Once Soundtrack
43. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart Of The Moon
44. TV On The Radio: Return To Cookie Mountain
45. Various: Garden State Soundtrack
46. Various: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
47. Kanye West: The College Dropout
48. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
49. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
50. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black

Uncut Magazine's Albums of the Decade

This London music mag tends to focus on more classic rock artists than others, but still makes a good list.

150 - Band of Horses Everything All the Time
149 - Ray Lamontagne Trouble
148 - Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
147 - The Acorn Glory Hope Mountain
146 - Richard Thompson Front Parlour Blues
145 - Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days
144 - Robert Wyatt Comicopera
143 - Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs
142 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell
141 - Rahel Unthank and the Winterset The Bairns
140 - Espers Espers II
139 - Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
138 - Wilco Sky Blue Sky
137 - Elliott Smith From a Basement on a Hill
136 - The Strokes Room on Fire
135 - Willard Grant Conspiracy Regard the End
134 - Radiohead Hail to the Thief
133 - Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
132 - Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark
131 - Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
130 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
129 - Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
128 - Antony and the Johnsons I Am A Bird Now
127 - The Handsome Family In the Air
126 - Neil Young Prairie Wind
125 - The Hold Steady Stay Positive
124 - Brightback Morning Light Brightback Morning Light
123 - Doves The Last Broadcast
122 - Donald Fagen Morph the Cat
121 - Hot Chip The Warning
120 - MGMT Oracular Spectacular
119 - Scritti Politti White Bread, Black Beer
118 - Super Furry Animals Love Kraft
117 - At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
116 - Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
115 - Steven Malkmus & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash
114 - The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely
113 - The Shins Chutes Too Narrow
112 - Beirut The Flying Club Cup
111 - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins Rabbit Furcoat
110 - Steely Dan Everything Must Go
109 - The White Stripes Icky Thump
108 - Comets on Fire Avatar
107 - Paul Westerberg Come Feel Me Tremble
106 - The Go-Betweens The Friends of Rachel Worth
105 - Steely Dan Two Against Nature
104 - Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
103 - Missy Elliott Miss E...So Addictive
102 - The Felice Brothers The Felice Brothers
101 - Neko Case Blacklisted
100 - Jim O'Rourke Insignificance
99 - Babyshambles Down in Albion
98 - The Avalanches Since I Left You
97 - Paul Weller 22 Dreams
96 - Rufus Wainwright Want One
95 - Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump
94 - Devendra Banhart Oh Me Oh My...
93 - The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free
92 - Tom Waits Real Gone
91 - John Cale HoboSapiens
90 - Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning
89 - Neil Young Living With War
88 - The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan
87 - Queens of the Stone Age Rated R
86 - PJ Harvey White Chalk
85 - MIA Arular
84 - David Bowie Heathen
83 - Outkast Stankonia
82 - Drive-By Truckers The Dirty South
81 - Okkervil River The Stage Names
80 - Levon Helm Electric Dirt
79 - Kings of Leon Only By the Night
78 - Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man
77 - Kanye West The College Dropout
76 - Beck Seachange
75 - Gorillaz Demon Days
74 - Elbow Asleep in the Black
73 - Elliott Smith Figure 8
72 - Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl
71 - TV on the Radio Dear Science
70 - The Good, The Bad & The Queen The Good, The Bad & The Queen
69 - Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare
68 - D'Angelo Voodoo
67 - Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther
66 - Jay-Z The Blueprint
65 - Rufus Wainwright Poses
64 - Lift to Experience The Texas-Jerasulem Crossroads
63 - The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang
62 - Ghostface Killah Fishscale
61 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Lyre of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues
60 - Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose
59 - The White Stripes De Stijl
58 - Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
57 - Robert Wyatt Cukooland
56 - Sonic Youth Murray Street
55 - Bjork Vespertine
54 - Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs
53 - Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights
52 - Dizzee Rascal Boy in Da Corner
51 - Warren Zevon The Wind
50 - Cat Power The Greatest
49 - PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
48 - Ry Cooder Chavez Ravine
47 - The National Alligator
46 - Drive-By Truckers Souther Rock Opera
45 - Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me
44 - The Libertines Up the Bracket
43 - The Streets Original Pirate Material
42 - Richmond Fontaine Post to Wire
41 - Bruce Springsteen Magic
40 - Boards of Canada Geogaddi
39 - Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
38 - Ryan Adams Gold
37 - The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers
36 - Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
35 - Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
34 - Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
33 - Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
32 - Calexico Feast of Wire
31 - My Morning Jacket It Still Moves
30 - Sufjan Stevens Illinois
29 - Neil Young Chrome Dreams II
28 - Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf
27 - The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America
26 - Lambchop Nixonland
25 - Radiohead Kid A
24 - Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
23 - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man Out of Season
22 - Blur Think Thank
21 - Joanna Newsom Ys
20 - Amy Winehouse Back to Black
19 - Bruce Springsteen The Rising
18 - Kate Bush Aerial
17 - The White Stripes - Elephant
16 - LCD Soundsytem Sound of Silver
15 - Radiohead In Rainbows
14 - Primal Scream XTRMNTR
13 - Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)
12 - Portishead Third
11 - The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
10 - Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
9 - Ryan Adams Heartbreaker
8 - Bob Dylan Modern Times
7 - The Arcade Fire Funeral
6 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand
5 - The Strokes Is This It
4 - Brian Wilson Smile
3 - Wilco A Ghost is Born
2 - Bob Dylan Love and Theft
1 - The White Stripes White Blood Cells

Pitchfork's The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s

Showing just half the list here, but you get a pretty good idea of their staff's tastes.

1. Radiohead, Kid A
2. Jay-Z, The Blueprint
3. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
4. Outkast, Stankonia
5. The Avalanches, Since I Left You
6. Sigur Ros, Ágætis Byrjun
7. Modest Mouse, The Moon & Antarctica
8. The White Stripes,White Blood Cells
9. Animal Collective, Sung Tongs
10. The Streets, Original Pirate Material
11. Wilco, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
12. Daft Punk, Discovery
13. Madvillain, Madvillainy
14. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
15. Dizzee Rascal, Boy in the Corner
16. The Strokes, Is This It
17. Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun
18. Devendra BanhartRejoicing in the Hands
19. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
20. The Books, The Lemon of Pink
21. Radiohead, Amnesiac
22. The Microphones, The Glow, Pt. 2
23. The Notwist, Neon Golden
24. Boards of Canada, Geogaddi
25. Brian Wilson, SMiLE
26. Fennesz, Endless Summer
27. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot it In People
28. Liars, They Threw Us All In a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top
29. Fugazi, The Argument
30. Clinic, Internal Wrangler
31. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The Tyranny of Distance
32. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
33. Missy Elliot, Under Construction
34. Sufjan Stevens, Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
35. Jay-Z, The Black Album
36. The Streets, A Grand Don't Come for Free
37. Ghostface, The Pretty Toney Album
38. The Rapture, Echoes
39. Radiohead, Hail to the Thief
40. The Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
41. Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
42. Manitoba, Up In Flames
43. Mclusky, Do Dallas
44. Deerhoof, Apple O'
45. The Arcade Fire, Funeral
46. TV on the Radio, Young Liars e.p.
47. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
48. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Source Tags and Codes
49. Lightning Bolt, Wonderful Rainbow
50. Kanye West, The College Dropout
51. Prefuse 75, One Word Extinguisher/Extinguished
52. Max Tundra, Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
53. The Dismemberment Plan, Change
54. Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender
55. Cannibal Ox, The Cold Vein
56. The Postal Service, Give Up
57. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Hearts of Oak
58. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell
59. M.I.A./Diplo, Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1
60. Spoon, Girls Can Tell
61. The Books, Thought for Food
62. Iron & Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle
63. Cat Power, You Are Free
64. Animal Collective, Here Come the Indians
65. Basement Jaxx, Rooty
66. Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash
67. Herbert, Bodily Functions
68. 2 Many DJs, As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Vol. 2
69. Erlend Øye, DJ-Kicks
70. Sonic Youth, Murray Street
71. The Shins, Oh, Inverted World
72. Sleater-Kinney, One Beat
73. Deerhoof, Reveille
74. Aesop Rock, Labor Days
75. M83, Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
76. Missy Elliot, Miss E...So Addictive
77. The Wrens, The Meadowlands
78. The New Pornographers, Mass Romantic
79. The Go! Team, Thunder Lightning Strike
80. Annie, Anniemal
81. Les Savy Fav, Rome (Written Upside Down)
82. King Geedorah, Take Me to Your Leader
83. Prefuse 75, Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives
84. Mu, Afro Finger and Gel
85. Keith Fullerton Whitman, Playthroughs
86. Björk, Medulla
87. Ekkehard Ehlers, Plays
88. Viktor Vaughn, Vaudeville Villain
89. Franz Ferdinand, s/t
90. DJ/Rupture, Minesweeper Suite
91. Yo La Tengo, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
92. The Clientele, Suburban Light
93. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
94. The Strokes, Room on Fire
95. Unwound, Leaves Turn Inside You
96. The Decemberists, Castaways & Cutouts
97. Black Dice, Beaches and Canyons
98. Clipse, Lord Willin'
99. The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone
100. Various Artists, DFA Compilation #2

Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)

A somewhat predictable list considering it's from a Chicago music magazine. A ton of typical alternative/indie albums in this list. Published November 2, 2009.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/the-best-albums-of-the-decade.html

50. Björk: Vespertine [Elektra] 2001
49. Libertines: Up The Bracket [Rough Trade] (2002)
48. Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose [Interscope] (2004)
47. Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not [Domino] (2006)
46. Once: Music From The Motion Picture [Columbia] (2007)
45. Radiohead: In Rainbows [Self-released] (2007)
44. The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music [Lost Highway] (2003)
43. Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala [Secretly Canadian] (2007)
42. Jay-Z: The Blueprint [Roc-A-Fella] (2001)
41. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver [Capitol] (2007)
40. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain [Interscope] (2006)
39. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible [Merge] (2007)
38. Gentleman Jesse: Introducing Gentleman Jesse [Douchemaster] (2008)
37. Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
36. Pedro The Lion: Control [Jade Tree] (2002)
35. Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino] (2009)
34. Various artists: O Brother Where Art Thou? [Mercury] (2001)
33. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head [Capitol] (2002)
32. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots [Warner Bros.] (2002)
31. Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism [Barsuk] (2003)
30. Damien Rice: O [Vector] (2003)
29. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago [Jagjaguwar] (2008)
28. Paul Westerberg: Folker [Vagrant] (2004)
27. Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day [New West] (2003)
26. Over the Rhine: Ohio (2004)
25. Sigur Rós: Med ud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust [XL] (2008)
24. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow [Sub Pop] (2003)
23. Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker [Bloodshot] (2000)
22. The Decemberists: The Crane Wife [Capitol] (2006)
21. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend [XL] (2008)
20. The National: Boxer [Beggars Banquet] (2007)
19. Beck: Sea Change [Interscope] (2002)
18. Amy Winehouse: Back To Black [Universal Republic] (2007)
17. Kanye West: The College Dropout [Roc-A-Fella] (2004)
16. Rufus Wainwright: Want One [Dreamworks] (2003)
15. Patty Griffin: 1000 Kisses [ATO] (2002)
14. The Strokes: Is This It [RCA] (2001)
13. Josh Ritter: The Animal Years [V2] (2006)
12. Spoon: Kill the Moonlight [Merge] (2002)
11. The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America [Vagrant] (2006)
10. M.I.A.: Arular [Interscope] (2005)
9. The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You [Columbia/American] (2009)
8. OutKast: Stankonia [Arista/LaFace] (2000)
7. Gillian Welch: Time (the Revelator) [Acony] (2001)
6. The White Stripes: Elephant [V2] (2003)
5. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning [Saddle Creek] (2005)
4. Radiohead: Kid A [Capitol] (2000)
3. Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge] (2004)
2. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch] (2002)
1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty] (2005)

NME 100 Greatest Albums Of The Decade

A very Brit/Euro-centric list also featuring more uptempo garagey/post-punk/new-wave influenced bands than most (but that's not a bad thing!)

1. The Strokes – 'Is This It'
2. The Libertines – 'Up The Bracket'
3. Primal Scream – 'XTRMNTR'
4. Arctic Monkeys – 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Fever To Tell'
6. PJ Harvey – 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea'
7. Arcade Fire – 'Funeral'
8. Interpol – 'Turn On The Bright Lights'
9. The Streets – 'Original Pirate Material'
10. Radiohead – 'In Rainbows'
11. At The Drive In – 'Relationship Of Command'
12. LCD Soundsystem – 'Sound Of Silver'
13. The Shins – 'Wincing The Night Away'
14. Radiohead – 'Kid A'
15. Queens Of The Stone Age – 'Songs For The Deaf'
16. The Streets – 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'
17. Sufjan Stevens – 'Illinois'
18. The White Stripes – 'Elephant'
19. The White Stripes – 'White Blood Cells'
20. Blur – 'Think Tank'
21. The Coral – 'The Coral'
22. Jay-Z – 'The Blueprint'
23. Klaxons – 'Myths Of The Near Future'
24. The Libertines – 'The Libertines'
25. The Rapture – 'Echoes'
26. Dizzee Rascal – 'Boy in Da Corner'
27. Amy Winehouse – 'Back To Black'
28. Johnny Cash – 'The Man Comes Around'
29. Super Furry Animals – 'Rings Around The World'
30. Elbow – 'Asleep In The Back'
31. Bright Eyes – 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'
32. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – 'Show Your Bones'
33. Arcade Fire – 'Neon Bible'
34. Grandaddy – 'The Sophtware Slump'
35. Babyshambles – 'Down In Albion'
36. Spirtualized – 'Let it Come Down'
37. The Knife – 'Silent Shout'
38. Bloc Party – 'Silent Alarm'
39. Crystal Castles – 'Crystal Castles'
40. Ryan Adams – 'Gold'
41. Wild Beasts – 'Two Dancers'
42. Vampire Weekend – 'Vampire Weekend'
43. Wilco – 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'
44. Outkast – 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'
45. Avalanches – 'Since I Left You'
46. The Delgados – 'The Great Eastern'
47. Brendan Benson – 'Lapalco'
48. The Walkmen – 'Bows and Arrows'
49. Muse – 'Absolution'
50. MIA – 'Arular'
51. The Good, The Bad And The Queen - The Good, The Bad And The Queen
52. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
53. Jamie T - Panic Prevention
54. The Golden Virgins - Songs Of Praise
55. Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
56. My Morning Jacket - Z
57. Outkast - Stankonia
58. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
59. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
60. Green Day - American Idiot
61. The National - Alligator
62. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
63. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
64. The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
65. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
66. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
67. Botch - We Are The Romans
68. The Horrors - Primary Colours
69. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
70. Glasvegas - Glasvegas
71. Brian Wilson - Smile
72. MIA - Kala
73. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
74. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
75. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
76. Capdown - Civil Disobedients
77. Isobel Campbell - Ballad Of The Broken Seas
78. Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
79. Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood
80. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
81. Field Music - Field Music
82. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
83. Laura Marling - Alas, I Cannot Swim
84. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
85. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
86. The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead
87. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
88. Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
89. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
90. Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves
91. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
92. The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
93. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
94. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog
95. Bjork - Vespertine
96. Shellac - Excellent
97. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
98. Gorillaz - Demon Days
99. The Maccabees - Colour It In
100. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular