Pitchfork's AOTYs of the 2000s 

Thom Yorke kicking himself for not calling it Kid S

Anthony has really changed since the Pitchfork review. It was sad watching him balled up in the fetal position, crying & apologizing to Pitchfork here

Songs for the deaf is by far the album from 2002 that has held up the best. The production on that album is just on another level, let alone how catchy the songs still are 20 years later

It's really hard to pick an album of the year for 2007. In Rainbows, Sound of Silver, Untrue, Strawberry Jam, Person Pitch, and For Emma Forever Ago are all classics.

Listening to Illinois was always such an experience. After so many years, it's a nostalgic experience. It's like getting to relive the memories of a summer vacation you had as a kid, every emotional high and low. There's really nothing quite like it.

Praising Radiohead albums like Kid A has become so typical that its basic in music communities to the point that underrating Kid A because liking it is basic, is basic

turn on the bright lights at b tier is an issue we need to discuss anthony

Oh this a fantastic way to continue this style of video! Love love love these tier list videos so much. Here’s to many many more! Thanks for all the content Anthony + Editors!

For 2001, apart from The Microphones, Opeth's Blackwater Park should have been mentioned, it blew every one away, not just in the metal world but all genres of music.

I think fleet Foxes deserved at least A, just because helplessness blues is better doesn't make it less of a great debut. Comparing it to a later album that didn't exist yet is a bit weird in the context of the video imo.

2000 -- The Avalanches - Since I Left You 2001 -- The Strokes - Is This It? 2002 -- Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 2003 -- The New Pornographers - Electric Version 2004 -- Madvillain - Madvillainy 2005 -- Spoon - Gimme Fiction 2006 -- TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain 2007 -- LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 2008 -- TV on the Radio -- Dear Science 2009 -- Grizzly Bear - Veckatimist

2000: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water 2001: Creed - Withered 2002: Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless 2003: Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary 2004: Chingy - Powerballin' 2005: Nickelback - All the Right Reasons 2006: Plain White T's - Every Second Counts 2007: Kid Rock - Rock n Roll Jesus 2008: Soulja Boy - iSouljaBoyTellem 2009: Papa Roach - Metamorphosis

Can’t wait for Fantano to rank Pitchfork’s AOTY’s of the 90s

Illinois is such an amazing album

I love how Fantano subtly roasts Wilco whenever he can 😂 Unsubscribed

Vespertine by Björk was the album of the year in 2001, maybe even the album of the decade.

you should do a tier list for the best albums per year from RYM, tonytano.

MY album of the years for the 2000s decade. 2000: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2001: The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones 2002: Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age 2003: Velocity: Design: Comfort. - Sweet Trip 2004: Madvillainy - Madvillain 2005: Pink - Boris 2006: Donuts - J Dilla 2007: Untrue - Burial (sorry In Rainbows) 2008: Hi everyone, Nice to meet you. We Are Midori - Midori 2009: World is Yours - MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS

MPP is such an unbelievable record but I feel like I can't enjoy it without being accused of being a complete poser so thanks Anthony for making me feel validated

00 Kid A - Radiohead 01 Lateralus - Tool 02 Songs Fort The Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age 03 The War in Errorism - Nofx (yes, really) 04 Miss Machine - Dillinger Escape Plan 05 Demon Days - Gorillaz 06 Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 07 Fear of a blank Planet - Porcupine Tree 08 Third - Portishead 09 Crack the Skye - Mastodon

I actually like the more classic, maybe even archaic sort of take on folk that the self-titled Fleet Foxes album had, as compared to Helplessness Blues. That's not to say I like it better, but it's a tough call. And I love them both for very different reasons. Plus, it seems a little unfair to look into the future and judge an AotY on that grounds. lol

Burial’s Untrue is one of the greatest albums ever, not just of 2007

2000 Relationship of Command - At the drive in 2001 tied: Lateralus - Tool / Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound 2002 Tied: El Cielo - Dredg / Original Pirate Material - The Streets 2003 - Effloresce - Oceansize 2004 - The Libertines / College Dropout 2005 - The Back Room -Editors 2006 - Whatever People Say I am (...) - Arctic Monkeys 2007 - Neon Bible - Arcade Fire 2008 - The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow 2009 - Crack The Skye - Mastodon

I've been watching you since you first started, and being reminded of that Fever Ray pick for 2009 AOTY just brought me back. Fantastic album. I'm so happy that you're still doing this stuff today.

Turn on the bright lights has been growing on me immensely recently. I love the way the guitar playing sounds across the thing with how atmospheric it is

Really wish you did the last few years of the 90s as those were also epic years for Pitchfork

mine: 2000 - kid a 2001 - is this it 2002 - yankee hotel foxtrot 2003 - dead cities, red seas, lost ghosts 2004 - madvillainy 2005 - arular 2006 - harmony in ultraviolet 2007 - person pitch 2008 - microcastle/weird era cont. 2009 - merriweather post pavilion

Anthony *finally* talking at length about Illinois has made this a wonderful start to the day 🥰

Neighborhood #1 alone makes Funeral deserve an A Tier atleast

Illinois is one of my all time favorite records of all time. I've been listening to it since I was 14 and it's music has evolved with me and my experiences, and I credit that album to why I am so into experimental and avant-garde music nowadays (well, that and Mr. Bungle as well lol).

Shitting on Funeral is a trendy take these days but I think it's deeply moving and wonderfully constructed. The fact that it's "aged poorly" in relation to the zeitgeist is more of an indictment of the zeitgeist than on the record itself lol

Bluish still puts me on a beach in a dream

2005 had Sleater-Kinney, The Woods, and Bloc Party, Silent Alarm as well, but SS is solid

Can we just appreciate how genuinely impressive anthony's enclyopaedic knowledge of music from all genres and eras is

Funeral is almost solely responsible for the decade long trend of whoa-oh indie rock choruses.

I’m surprised that Deathconsciousness by Have A Nice Life didn’t get a mention for 2008, it’s one of the greatest albums of all time imo and stands out from all the other sounds at the time

Illinoise = 10! Would love to see a Sufjan worst to best, Anthony.

Here’s mine: 2000: Lift your skinny fists 2001: Discovery 2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2003: Give Up 2004: Madvillainy 2005: Illinois 2006: Donuts 2007: In Rainbows 2008: Deathconcsiousness 2009: Merriweather Post Pavilion

Love the tier lists! It would be awesome to see you make a top 5-10 albums list from each year of the 2000’s and hear your thoughts on how they have aged since their release.

I found out about Radiohead because I confused them for the talking heads and bought OK Computer and Kid A. Best mistake of my life.

I’d love a ranking of animal collective albums

2000: Kid A 2001: Is This It 2002: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2003: Give Up 2004: Funeral 2005: Illinoise 2006: The Black Parade 2007: In Rainbows 2008: Third 2009: Actor

S - Kid A, Illinois, Funeral; A - The Glow Pt. II; B - Merriwether Post Pavilion, Person Pitch, Fleet Foxes; C - Turn On the Bright Lights, Silent Shout; D - Echoes

Surprised 'You Forgot It In People' wasn't given a mention.

Merriweather Post Pavilion was the soundtrack to many of my college acid trips, have a spiritual loving for that album. I'll still never forget hearing the intro to Also Frightened and absolutely FEELING that song and just melting. Really couldn't get into their other albums (as full projects, found singles that a did like) but Merriweather Post Pavilion I'll throw on and listen full through any day

Always fun to hear Anthony talk about music from prior to his reviewing days

The rapture were amazing, crazy energy, them and the Walkmen were both super energetic driven albums, genre defying!

What my personal picks would be: 2000- Eminem- Marshall Mathers LP 2001- Opeth- Blackwater park 2002- Meshuggah- Nothing 2003- Dream theater- Train of thought 2004- Kanye West- The college dropout 2005- Gorillaz- Demon days 2006- Celtic frost- Monotheist 2007- Between the buried and me- Colors 2008- Enslaved- Vertebrae 2009- Mastodon- Crack the Skye

that person pitch opinion is criminal

My personal fave of 2001 is Tool's Lateralus, but the Microphones album is a close second. I also really liked Behind The Music from that same year, my personal favorite Soundtrack of Our Lives record.

2009 was a big music for me graduating highschool and I do love MPP.

i discovered illinois because of this video and it's album art changed something inside of me

I am so glad you mentioned Terrifyer by Pig Destroyer!!! I deeply appreciate that Melon!

Fantano putting Illinois in the S category kept me subscribed.

Putting Funeral in B tier hurt me way more than it should have

Keep making these tier list videos!!! I love them!!! I want a Beatles tier list next!!!

AOTY 2002 is undoubtably Geogaddi by Boards of Canada for me

My AOTY for each year of the 2000’s 2000 - Relationship of Command 2001 - Toxicity 2002 - Turn on the Bright Lights 2003 - Elephant 2004 - College Dropout 2005 - Extraordinary Machine 2006 - Back to Black 2007 - In Rainbows 2008 - 808s 2009 - Man on the Moon: End of the Day

How is there no mention for Vespertine or Discovery in 2001?? I really like The Glow, pt 2 but idk how it could possibly be an S tier when those two albums absolutely sweep it

Kid A isn’t a S-tier album Melon?!?!

ah man, absolutely love that you mentioned Pig Destroyer's Terrifyer. Wish you'd talk about heavy music more often ❤

I used to think Arcade Fire’s “Funeral” sounded like an Indy Celine Deon album, I still do, but I used to too.

MPP and Silent Shout both sound really really good. Ditto FF.

would love for you to do a classics review on Turn On The Bright Lights, i wanna hear what else you have to say about the album 21 years later

2000 - lysflath 2001 - discovery 2002 - songs for the deaf 2003 - velocity comfort design 2004 - madvilliany 2005 - illinois 2006 - the black parade 2007 - in rainbows 2008 - deathconsciousness 2009 - mpp

“And I’m a freaking Blood Brothers fan”

I encourage everyone to listen to "Korova Milky Bar" from 2002 by a Polish band Myslovitz. It's a very beautiful and sad alt rock album with immaculate production. Seriously, give it a try as no one outside Poland would probably find it on purpose

Persons Pitch hate is nuts

2000: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! 2003: Sufjan Stevens - Michigan 2006: J Dilla - Donuts 2007: Radiohead - In Rainbows 2008: Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

KID A IS S TIER STOP UNDERRATING PERFECT ALBUMS

Fantano dunking on Person Pitch, finally another opinion I can put excessive and copious amounts of energy into hating!

The fear that Ryan Dombal instilled in bands was very real. The AA Gill of college critics

Fantano making an effort to namedrop an obscure 2000s album barely anymore has heard before, expecting us to nod our heads like we know what he's talking about

The Glow Pt. 2 is an dreadful beautiful album. Everybody would have to listening to it. It is too incredible.

Even though I'm a fan of 90% of the albums you pointed out from 2007 I still think person pitch is the best that year and actually the best animal collective album. Guess it's just the dub and sunshine pop fan in me.

For me it's: S - The Glow, Kid A, Funeral A - MPP, Person Pitch B - Illinois,Turn On The Bright Lights, Fleet Foxes C - Echoes, Silent Shout

TotBL is a devastating record.

This was a good video purely because I like hearing nice things said about Sufjan Stevens

As someone more into prog and metal, my picks would be: 2000 - Godspeed You ! Black Emperor - Lift your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven 2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park or Maudlin of the well - Bath/Leaving your Body Map 2002 - Agalloch - The Mantle or Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane 2003 - Kayo Dot - Choir of the Eye 2004 - Isis - Panopticon 2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries 2006 - Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway 2007 - Radiohead - In Rainbows or Betweent he Buried and Me - Colors 2008 - Dir en Grey - Uroboros 2009 - Ulcerate - Everything is Fire or The Antlers - Hospice

I don't agree that today 20 years after, Funeral by Arcade Fire sounds dated. I've listened to it lately which I haven't done for many years and I was suprised how much I liked it more than I used to do in the past. For me it is a modern classic and the music is timeless

MPP was the one for me. It came out during my junior year of high school. It’s the one that opened my eyes to all the amazing current music I was missing out on. It truly changed my brain chemistry.

Personal list: 2000: Radiohead - Kid A 2001: Daft Punk - Discovery 2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2003: Microphones - Mount Eerie 2004: Kanye West - The College Dropout 2005: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 2006: J Dilla - Donuts 2007: Radiohead - In Rainbows 2008: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 2009: Paramore - Brand New Eyes

Sonic Youth tier list when

You are stepping on my balls with the Fleet Foxes B-tier Anthony

I love the fact that we are at a point where we can discuss the possibility of MCR’s Three Cheers being AOTY in 2004 due to its contribution to culture and music for the next few years. Gone are the days of “But they wear eyeliner, so they suck!”

TOTBL has straightforward songs, but it's definitely not a straightforward album.

It's a shame Panda Bear gets shit on so much for the production style, because the ideas behind his music and the craft of what he does is incredible. If he were produced by Dre he'd be a household name.

Deloused in the Comatorium is another 2003 option….

15:43 - You made me jump and nearly made me throw my breakfast across the room, thinking there was an impostor in the house. Kudos to you, sir.

love this idea, its fun hearing your thoughts on older albums

2000 - LYSF 2001 - Vespertine 2002 - Yanqui UXO 2003 - Radio Amor 2004 - Madvilliany 2005 - Mezmerize 2006 - Harmony In Ultraviolet 2007 - In Rainbows 2008 - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill 2009 - Brand New Eyes

Illinois is in my top 3 fav albums of all time, full of emotions both happy and sad, it really takes you through the state of Illinois where alot of diferent sounds and themes take place. From placing you in a small rural town with a story like on Casmir Pulaski Day, to taking you into Chicago where youre surrounded by all the noise(pun intended) on tracks like come on feel the illinoise. This album is definitely a undoubtable 10, for anyone here who has not listened to it you must.

Wild that they gave Echoes AOTY over either of Ben Gibbards projects from 2003

i agree w your editor dude, person pitch is one of the best albums on here! 2007 was just nutty, untrue or SJ or kala would all also be some of my favorite things on on here. but person pitch has grown so much on me over the years, i think that album is really special

Illinois at S is a massive W

Kid A and MPP = both exceed the S tier 😛

The Person Pitch SLANDER, I cannot STAND for it

I think the thing you gotta understand about Kid A was that it was the closing of the coffin lid on the Boy Band/Rap-Rock-Korn era. Thats why old guys love it so much. It shut that whole chapter

I don't understand how Pitchfork can give Wilco a 10 and not give it album of the year? Personally though Kid A, Person Pitch and MPP are S Tier

man, black eyed peas for every single year! those guys really dominated