Scott's Picks for Best Albums of the 2000s
| # | Album | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fox Confessor Brings the Flood | Neko Case | 2006 |
| 2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | U2 | 2004 |
| 3 | Viva la Vida | Coldplay | 2008 |
| 4 | Middle Cyclone | Neko Case | 2009 |
| 5 | Alligator | The National | 2005 |
| 6 | The Rising | Bruce Springsteen | 2002 |
| 7 | Hey Ma | James | 2008 |
| 8 | Prospekt's March EP | Coldplay | 2008 |
| 9 | Challengers | New Pornographers | 2007 |
| 10 | Boxer | The National | 2007 |
| 11 | Eyes Open | Snow Patrol | 2006 |
| 12 | Tenacious D | Tenacious D | 2001 |
| 13 | Life in Slow Motion | David Gray | 2005 |
| 14 | Love is Hell | Ryan Adams | 2003 |
| 15 | Be Set Free | Langhorne Slim | 2009 |
| 16 | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | David Byrne & Bryan Eno | 2008 |
| 17 | Twin Cinema | New Pornographers | 2005 |
| 18 | The Life Pursuit | Belle and Sebastian | 2006 |
| 19 | Magic | Bruce Springsteen | 2007 |
| 20 | Plans | Death Cab for Cutie | 2005 |
| 21 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | U2 | 2001 |
| 22 | X&Y | Coldplay | 2005 |
| 23 | White Ladder | David Gray | 2000 |
| 24 | A Hundred Million Suns | Snow Patrol | 2008 |
| 25 | A Rush of Blood to the Head | Coldplay | 2002 |
| 26 | Poses | Rufus Wainwright | 2002 |
| 27 | The Stage Names | Okkervil River | 2007 |
| 28 | American Idiot | Green Day | 2004 |
| 29 | Hot Fuss | The Killers | 2004 |
| 30 | No Line on the Horizon | U2 | 2009 |
Scott's Picks for Best Songs of the 2000s
| # | Song | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm An Animal | 2009 | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
| 2 | Life In Technicolor II | 2008 | Coldplay | Prospekt's March EP |
| 3 | Chocolate | 2004 | Snow Patrol | Final Straw |
| 4 | Go Places | 2007 | The New Pornographers | Challengers |
| 5 | Apartment Story | 2007 | The National | Boxer |
| 6 | This Tornado Loves You | 2009 | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
| 7 | At Last | 2006 | Neko Case | Fox Confessor Brings The Flood |
| 8 | Yellow | 2006 | Coldplay | Parachutes |
| 9 | The Scientist | 2002 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| 10 | Yahweh | 2004 | U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb |
| 11 | The Needle Has Landed | 2006 | Neko Case | Fox Confessor Brings The Flood |
| 12 | City Of Blinding Lights | 2004 | U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb |
| 13 | Viva La Vida | 2008 | Coldplay | Viva La Vida |
| 14 | Start a War | 2007 | The National | Boxer |
| 15 | Death And All His Friends | 2008 | Coldplay | Viva La Vida |
| 16 | Walk On | 2000 | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind |
| 17 | Whiteboy | 2008 | James | Hey Ma |
| 18 | Sons & Daughters | 2006 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife |
| 19 | People Got A Lotta Nerve | 2009 | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
| 20 | Sing Me Spanish Techno | 2005 | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema |
| 21 | Crack The Shutters | 2008 | Snow Patrol | A Hundred Million Suns |
| 22 | The Sound of Settling | 2003 | Death Cab for Cutie | Transatlanticism |
| 23 | Fix You | 2005 | Coldplay | X&Y |
| 24 | Magpie To The Morning | 2009 | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
| 25 | Hey Ma | 2008 | James | Hey Ma |
| 26 | Very Loud | 2005 | Shout Out Louds | Howl Howl Gaff Gaff |
| 27 | I Wish I Was the Moon | 2002 | Neko Case | Blacklisted |
| 28 | Loneliness | 2003 | Annie Lennox | Bare |
| 29 | Clocks | 2002 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| 30 | Glass Of Water | 2008 | Coldplay | Prospekt's March EP |
| 31 | Challengers | 2007 | The New Pornographers | Challengers |
| 32 | Speed Of Sound | 2005 | Coldplay | X&Y |
| 33 | Maybe Sparrow | 2006 | Neko Case | Fox Confessor Brings The Flood |
| 34 | Stolen | 2006 | Dashboard Confessional | Dusk and Summer |
| 35 | The One I Love | 2005 | David Gray | Life In Slow Motion |
| 36 | Go Sadness | 2005 | Shout Out Louds | Howl Howl Gaff Gaff |
| 37 | Star Witness | 2006 | Neko Case | Fox Confessor Brings The Flood |
| 38 | Miracle Drug | 2004 | U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb |
| 39 | Karen | 2005 | The National | Alligator |
| 40 | The Crane Wife 3 | 2006 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife |
| 41 | Magnificent | 2009 | U2 | No Line On The Horizon |
| 42 | Everybody Learns From Disaster | 2009 | Dashboard Confessional | Alter The Ending |
| 43 | Your Heart Is an Empty Room | 2005 | Death Cab For Cutie | Plans |
| 44 | Miami | 2002 | Counting Crows | Hard Candy |
| 45 | All These Things That I've Done | 2004 | The Killers | Hot Fuss |
| 46 | Dark Road | 2007 | Annie Lennox | Songs of Mass Destruction |
| 47 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | 2004 | Green Day | American Idiot |
| 48 | Are We The Waiting | 2004 | Green Day | American Idiot |
| 49 | My Rights Versus Yours | 2007 | The New Pornographers | Challengers |
| 50 | Stranger Into Starman | 2008 | Aimee Mann | @#%&*! Smilers |
| 51 | Land of Dreams | 2009 | Langhorne Slim | Be Set Free |
| 52 | Falling Slowly | 2007 | Soundtrack | Once |
| 53 | Glass, Concrete & Stone | 2004 | David Byrne | Grown Backwards |
| 54 | Fake Palindromes | 2005 | Andrew Bird | The Mysterious Production of Eggs |
| 55 | I Don't Feel Like Dancin' | 2006 | Scissor Sisters | Ta Dah |
| 56 | Everything That Happens | 2008 | David Byrne and Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today |
| 57 | For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea | 2006 | Belle & Sebastian | The Life Pursuit |
| 58 | American Girls | 2002 | Counting Crows | Hard Candy |
| 59 | When You're Falling | 2005 | Afro Celt Sound System | Volume 3: Further In Time |
| 60 | I Need to Wake Up | 2006 | Melissa Etheridge | An Inconvenient Truth |
| 61 | Babylon | 2000 | David Gray | White Ladder |
| 62 | Fake Empire | 2007 | The National | Boxer |
| 63 | On Almost Any Sunday Morning | 2008 | Counting Crows | Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings |
| 64 | Act Of The Apostle | 2006 | Belle & Sebastian | The Life Pursuit |
| 65 | Driving Sideways | 2000 | Aimee Mann | Bachelor No. 2 |
| 66 | Chasing Cars | 2006 | Snow Patrol | Eyes Open |
| 67 | Fast Cars | 2004 | U2 | |
| 68 | Streets Of Fire | 2005 | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema |
| 69 | Sunday Morning | 2006 | Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs | Under The Covers Vol. 1 |
| 70 | Soul Chaser | 2005 | Caesars | Paper Tigers |
| 71 | Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk | 2002 | Rufus Wainwright | Poses |
| 72 | Somewhere Only We Know | 2004 | Keane | Hopes and Fears |
| 73 | Keep The Car Running | 2007 | Arcade Fire | Neon Bible |
| 74 | Nuclear | 2001 | Ryan Adams | Demolition |
| 75 | How Far We've Come | 2007 | Matchbox Twenty | Exile On Mainstream |
| 76 | Bright Lights | 2002 | Matchbox Twenty | More Than You Think You Are |
| 77 | The Dark Of The Matinee | 2004 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand |
| 78 | Cold Days From the Birdhouse | 2007 | The Twilight Sad | Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters |
| 79 | Gospel | 2007 | The National | Boxer |
| 80 | Yer Wrong | 2009 | Langhorne Slim | Be Set Free |
| 81 | I and Love and You | 2009 | Avett Brothers | I and Love and You |
| 82 | Fire On The Mountain | 2009 | Rob Thomas | Cradlesong |
| 83 | Girls In Their Summer Clothes | 2007 | Bruce Springsteen | Magic |
| 84 | I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight | 2009 | U2 | No Line On The Horizon |
| 85 | Unless It's Kicks | 2007 | Okkervil River | The Stage Names |
| 86 | So Damn Lucky | 2003 | Dave Matthews | Some Devil |
| 87 | The Promise | 2007 | Sea Wolf | Leaves In The River |
| 88 | It's Not Your Birthday Anymore | 2009 | Morrissey | Years Of Refusal |
| 89 | The Tower of Learning | 2002 | Rufus Wainwright | Poses |
| 90 | Magic | 2007 | Bruce Springsteen | Magic |
| 91 | Take Your Mama | 2004 | Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters |
| 92 | Father, Son | 2000 | Peter Gabriel | OVO |
| 93 | Wake Up | 2004 | Arcade Fire | Funeral |
| 94 | Chicago | 2005 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois |
| 95 | Baby Seat | 2000 | Barenaked Ladies | Maroon |
| 96 | Downside Up | 2000 | Peter Gabriel | OVO |
| 97 | Easy Silence | 2006 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way |
| 98 | Wanderlust | 2004 | R.E.M. | Around The Sun |
| 99 | Aftermath | 2004 | R.E.M. | Around The Sun |
| 100 | Keep Me In Your Heart | 2003 | Warren Zevon | The Wind |
