Honorable Mentions

As mentioned earlier, making a best albums of the 2000's list was painstaking and difficult as there were many albums I wanted to include and couldn't find room for. The fact that these albums did not make the list should not detract from the fact that they too are great. I have here a short list of records released this past decade that missed the countdown by a narrow margin.

M. Ward
Post-War
[Merge/4AD; 2006]

Girls
Album
[True Panther Sounds; 2009]

Morrissey
You Are The Quarry
[Sanctuary/Attack; 2003]

Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
[Wichita; 2005]

Tegan And Sara
The Con
[Vapor/Sire/London; 2007] 














The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema
[Mint/Matador/P-Vine; 2005]

Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped
[Geffen/Interscope; 2006]

St. Vincent
Actor
[4AD; 2009]

Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
[Nonesuch; 2004]

Pearl Jam
Binaural
[Epic; 2000]

Rob Swift
Sound Event
[Tableturns; 2002]

Dinosaur Jr
Beyond
[Fat Possum; 2007]

Gorillaz
Gorillaz
[Parlophone/Virgin; 2001]

She & Him
Volume One
[Merge/Double Six; 2008]

Oasis
Don't Believe The Truth
[Big Brother; 2005]

2 Many DJs
As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
[Play It Again Sam; 2003]