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The Oughts: Pitchfork vs. Rolling Stone

By The Beachwood Oughts Affairs Desk

A comparison.

Pitchfork's Top 20 Albums of the Oughts.

20. Turn on the Bright Lights, Interpol

19. Kill the Moonlight, Spoon

18. Late Registration, Kanye West

17. Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem

16. Illinois, Sufjan Stevens

15. Silent Shout, The Knife

14. Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective

13. Stankonia, OutKast

12. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes

11. Supreme Clientele, Ghostface Killah

10. Since I Left You, The Avalanches

9. Person Pitch, Panda Bear

8. Agaetis Byrjun, Sugar Ros

7. This Is It, The Strokes

6. The Moon & Antarctica, Modest Mouse

5. The Blueprint, Jay-Z

4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco

3. Discovery, Daft Punk

2. Funeral, Arcade Fire

1. Kid A, Radiohead

Rolling Stone's Top 20 Albums of the Oughts

20. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

19. White Blood Cells, The White Stripes

18. Oracular Spectacular, MGMT

17. Sea Change, Beck

16. Stankonia, OutKast

15. The Rising, Bruce Springsteen

14. The Black Album, Jay-Z

13. All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2

12. Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem

11. Love and Theft, Bob Dylan

10. The College Dropout, Kanye West

9. Kala, M.I.A.

8. Modern Times, Bob Dylan

7. The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem

6. Funeral, Arcade Fire

5. Elephant, The White Stripes

4. The Blueprint, Jay-Z

3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco

2. Is This It, The Strokes

1. Kid A, Radiohead

Pitchfork's 20 Best Songs of the Oughts

20. "The Rat," The Walkmen

19. "Ignition (Remix)," R. Kelly

18. "Blind," Hercules and Love Affair

17. "Heartbeat," Annie

16. "House of Jealous Love," The Rapture

15. "Heartbeats," The Knife

14. "99 Problems," Jay-Z

13. "Losing My Edge," LCD Soundsystem

12. "Hey Ya!," OutKast

11. "Crazy," Gnarls Barkley

10. "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)," Arcade Fire

9. "My Girls," Animal Collective

8. "Idioteque," Radiohead

7. "Get Ur Freak On," Missy Elliott

6. "Maps," Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5. "One More Time," Daft Punk

4. "Crazy in Love," Beyonce featuring Jay-Z

3. "Paper Planes," M.I.A.

2. "All My Friends," LCD Soundsystem

1. "B.O.B.," OutKast

Rolling Stone's 20 Best Songs of the Oughts

20. "Cry Me A River," Justin Timberlake

19. "Jesus Walks," Kanye West

18. "Since U Been Gone," Kelly Clarkson

17. "Mississippi," Bob Dylan

16. "Last Nite," The Strokes

15. "Hurt," Johnny Cash

14. "Get Ur Freak On," Missy Elliott

13. "In Da Club," 50 Cent

12. "Lose Yourself," Eminem

11. "Time To Pretend," MGMT

10. "Stan," Eminem

9. "Beautiful Day," U2

8. "Rehab," Amy Winehouse

7. "Maps," Yeah Yeah Yeahs

6. "Seven Nation Army," The White Stripes

5. "Paper Planes," M.I.A.

4. "Hey Ya!," OutKast

3. "Crazy In Love," Beyonce featuring Jay-Z

2. "99 Problems," Jay-Z

1. "Crazy," Gnarls Barkley

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