Dave’s Faves: #1 Albums in the 2000s

Dave’s Faves: #1’s: 2000-2009

These were my personal #1 albums during the 2000s. Check out my #1 albums from other decades here. 2000: Jan. 1: Eurythmics Peace (2 wks) Jan. 15: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Looking Forward (2 wks) Jan. 29: Shannon Curfman Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions (2 wks) Feb. 12: Crowded House Afterglow (2 wks) Feb. 26: Tracy Chapman Telling Stories (3 wks) Mar. 18: Tim Finn Say It Is So (3 wks) Apr. 8: Lou Reed Ecstasy (2 wks) Apr. 22: Pink Floyd Is There Anybody Out There? (2 wks) May 6: Roger Waters Flickering Flame (2 wks) May 20: Pearl Jam Binaural (2 wks) June 3: Don Henley Inside Job (2 wks) June 17: Eric Bazilian The Optimist (2 wks) July 1: Eric Clapton & B.B. King Riding with the King (3 wks) July 22: The Black Crowes & Jimmy Page Live at the Greek (2 wks) Aug. 5: aha Minor Earth Major Sky (3 wks) Aug. 26: Peter Gabriel Ovo: Millennium Show (3 wks) Sept. 16: The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Jimi Hendrix Experience (2 wks) Sept. 30: The Hives Veni Vedi Vicious (2 wks) Oct. 14: Keb’ Mo’ The Door (1 wk) Oct. 21: Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man (1 wk) Oct. 28: Toni Childs The Ultimate Collection (1 wk) Nov. 4: U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind (5 wks) Nov. 18: The Beatles 1 (5 wks) 2001: Jan. 1: Kevin Gilbert The Shaming of the True (8 wks) Mar. 10: Amy Ray Stag (1 wk) Mar. 17: Neil Finn One Nil (2 wks) Mar. 31: Bruce Springsteen Live in New York City (3 wks) Apr. 21: Roland Orzabal Tomcats Screaming Outside (2 wks) May 5: Fish Fellini Days (3 wks) May 26: Marillion Anoraknophobia (3 wks) June 16: Glenn Tilbrook The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook (3 wks) July 7: The White Stripes White Blood Cells (4 wks) Aug. 4: Prince Very Best of (2 wks) Aug. 18: John Hiatt Anthology (1 wk) Aug. 25: The Strokes Is This It (4 wks) Sept. 22: Bob Dylan Love and Theft (1 wk) Sept. 29: Tori Amos Strange Little Girls (3 wks) Oct. 20: Tim Finn Feeding the Gods (2 wks) Nov. 3: Various Artists Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute (2 wks) Nov. 17: Simple Minds Neon Lights (1 wk) Nov. 24: Tracy Chapman Collection (1 wk) Dec. 1: Madonna GHV2 (1 wk) Dec. 8: The Cure Greatest Hits (1 wk) Dec. 15: Sting All This Time (2 wks) Dec. 29: Neil Finn et al 7 Worlds Collide (3 wks) 2002: Jan. 19: Pink M!ssundaztood (4 wks) Feb. 16: Kaviar The Kaviar Sessons (2 wks) Mar. 2: Alanis Morissette Under Rug Swept (3 wks) Mar. 23: Indigo Girls Become You (2 wks) Apr. 6: aha Lifelines (2 wks) Apr. 20: Sheryl Crow C’mon, C’mon (3 wks) May 11: Del Amitri Can You Do Me Good? (4 wks) June 8: Eric Bazilian A Very Dull Boy (2 wks) June 22: David Bowie Heathen (3 wks) July 13: Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way (1 wk) July 20: David Baerwald Here Comes the New Folk Underground (2 wks) Aug. 3: Bruce Springsteen The Rising (4 wks) Aug. 31: Berlin Voyeur (1 wk) Sept. 7: Boston Corporate America (1 wk) Sept. 14: The Vines Highly Evolved (2 wks) Sept. 28: Elvis Presley 30 #1 Hits (1 wk) Oct. 5: The Rolling Stones Forty Licks (1 wk) Oct. 12: Peter Gabriel Up (3 wks) Nov. 2: Nirvana Nirvana: Greatest Hits (1 wk) Nov. 9: U2 Best of 1990-2000 (1 wk) Nov. 16: Tori Amos Scarlet’s Walk (2 wks) Nov. 30: Pearl Jam Riot Act (2 wks) Dec. 14: Terence Trent D’Arby Greatest Hits (1 wk) Dec. 21: Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around (1 wk) Dec. 28: The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2 wks) 2003: Jan. 11: Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2 wks) Jan. 25: Alanis Morissette Feast on Scraps (2 wks) Feb. 8: Del Amitri The Best of: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection (1 wk) Feb. 15: Rush The Spirit of Radio: Greatet Hits (1 wk) Feb. 22: Styx Cyclorama (4 wks) Mar. 22: Chris Difford I Didn’t Get Where I Am (3 wks) Apr. 12: Bangles Doll Revolution (2 wks) Apr. 26: The White Stripes Elephant (4 wks) May 24: Fleetwood Mac Say You Will (2 wks) June 7: John Mellencamp Trouble No More (2 wks) June 21: Bob Walkenhorst The Beginner (4 wks) July 19: Sinéad O’Connor Collaborations (2 wks) Aug. 2: Marillion Best of (1 wk) Aug. 9: Yes The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary (2 wks) Aug. 23: Brad Delp & Barry Goudreau Delp and Goudreau (3 wks) Sept. 13: Seal Seal IV (1 wk) Sept. 20: David Bowie Reality (2 wks) Oct. 4: Sting Sacred Love (3 wks) Oct. 25: Lyle Lovett My Baby Don’t Tolerate (3 wks) Nov. 15: Eagles Very Best of (2 wks) Nov. 29: R.E.M. In Time: The Best of 1988-2003 (1 wk) Dec. 6: Bruce Springsteen The Essential (2 wks) Dec. 20: Robert Plant Sixty Six to Timbuktu (1 wk) Dec. 27: Pearl Jam Lost Dogs: Rarities and B Sides (1 wk) 2004: Jan. 3: Tori Amos Tales of a Librarian (1 wk) Jan. 10: The Strokes Room on Fire (2 wks) Jan. 24: Jet Get Born (2 wks) Feb. 7: Various Artists 50 First Dates soundtrack (1 wk) Feb. 14: Melissa Etheridge Lucky (2 wks) Feb. 28: Indigo Girls All That We Let In (2 wks) Mar. 13: Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand (2 wks) Mar. 27: Guns N’ Roses Greatest Hits (1 wk) Apr. 3: Eric Clapton Me and Mr. Johnson (1 wk) Apr. 10: Tears for Fears Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (3 wk) May 1: Uncle Devil Show A Terrible Beauty (2 wks) May 15: Marillion Marbles (4 wks) June 12: Fish Field of Crows (3 wks) July 3: Glenn Tilbrook Transatlantic Ping Pong (2 wks) July 17: Rush Feedback (1 wk) July 24: Van Halen Best of Both Worlds (1 wk) July 31: Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters (2 wks) Hot Fuss (2 wks) Aug. 28: The Finn Brothers Everyone Is Here (4 wks) Sept. 25: Alan Parsons A Valid Path (2 wks) Oct. 9: Keb’ Mo’ Peace…Back by Popular Demand (1 wk) Oct. 16: Green Day American Idiot (3 wks) Nov. 6: Live Awake: The Best of (1 wk) Nov. 13: Seal Best: 1991-2004 (1 wk) Nov. 20: Michael Jackson The Ultimate Collection (1 wk) Nov. 27: Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 (1 wk) Dec. 4: Nirvana With the Lights Out (1 wk) Dec. 11: U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (4 wks) 2005: Jan. 8: The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 (1 wk) Jan. 15: KT Tunstall Eye to the Telescope (3 wks) Feb. 5: Bright Eyes I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2 wks) Feb. 19: Bloc Party Silent Alarm (3 wks) Mar. 12: Tori Amos The Beekeeper (3 wks) Apr. 2: The Bravery The Bravery (2 wks) Apr. 16: aha The Definitive Singles Collection (1 wk) Apr. 23: Amy Ray Prom (1 wk) Apr. 30: Bruce Springsteen Devils & Dust (2 wks) May 14: Styx Big Bang Theory (4 wks) June 11: Robert Plant Mighty Rearranger (2 wks) June 25: Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill – Acoustic (1 wk) July 2: The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan (4 wks) July 30: Various Artists Different Strokes by Different Folks (3 wks) Aug. 20: Johnny Cash The Legend of… (2 wks) Sept. 3: Eric Clapton Back Home (1 wk) Sept. 10: The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang (3 wks) Oct. 1: Fish Bouillabaisse (2 wks) Oct. 15: Sheryl Crow Wildflower (2 wks) Oct. 29: Journey Generations (1 wk) Nov. 5: Melissa Etheridge The Road Less Traveled (1 wk) Nov. 12: Berlin 4Play (3 wks) Dec. 3: aha Analogue (2 wks) Dec. 17: Eurythmics Ultimate Collection (2 wks) Dec. 31: Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits (2 wks) 2006: Jan. 14: The Strokes First Impression of Earth (3 wks) Feb. 4: Terence Trent D’Arby Do You Love Me Like You Say: The Very Best of (1 wk) Feb. 11: Kenny Rogers 21 Number Ones (1 wk) Feb. 18: Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006) (4 wks) Mar. 18: Prince Ultimate (2 wks) Apr. 1: Foreigner The Definitive Collection (1 wk) Apr. 8: The Vines Vision Valley (2 wks) Apr. 22: The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (1 wk) Apr. 29: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers Vol. 1 (1 wk) May 6: Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (3 wks) May 27: Pearl Jam Pearl Jam (3 wks) June 17: Various Artists Cars soundtrack (4 wks) July 15: Sandi Thom Smile, It Confuses People (2 wk) July 29: Fish Return to Childhood (5 wks) Sept. 2: Bob Dylan Modern Times (2 wks) Sept. 16: Asia The Definitive Collection (1 wk) Sept. 23: Marillion Smoke/Mirrors (3 wks) Oct. 14: Tori Amos A Piano: The Collection (1 wk) Oct. 21: The Killers Sam’s Town (2 wks) Nov. 4: Tim Finn Imaginary Kingdom (2 wks) Nov. 18: The Who Endless Wire (4 wks) Dec. 16: U2 U218: Singles (2 wks) Dec. 30: Amy Winehouse Back to Black (4 wks) 2007: Jan. 27: John Mellencamp Freedom’s Road (4 wks) Feb. 24: Mika Life in Cartoon Motion (3 wks) Mar. 17: Tommy Shaw & Jack Blades Influence (2 wks) Mar. 31: Curt Smith Halfway Pleased (2 wks) Apr. 14: Marillion Somewhere Else (3 wks) May 5: Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare (2 wks) May 19: Tori Amos American Doll Posse (1 wk) May 26: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova as The Swell Season Once soundtrack (3 wks) June 16: Various Artists Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (3 wks) July 7: Dennis DeYoung One Hundred Years from Now (3 wks) July 28: The White Stripes Icky Thump (1 wk) Aug. 4: Crowded House >Time on Earth (3 wks) Aug. 25: Lyle Lovett It’s Not Big, It’s Large (1 wk) Sept. 1: Marillion Family/Friends (1 wk) Sept. 8: Fish 13th Star (3 wks) Sept. 22: Hooters Time Stand Still (3 wks) Oct. 20: Eddie Vedder Into the Wild soundtrack (2 wks) Nov. 3: Various Artists Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (3 wks) Nov. 24: Bruce Springsteen Magic (3 wks) Dec. 15: Justin Currie What Is Love For? (3 wks) 2008: Jan. 5: Eagles Long Road Out of Eden (5 wks) Feb. 9: Adele 19 (2 wks) Feb. 23: Michael Jackson Thriller: 25th Anniversary Reissue (2 wks) Mar. 8: Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static (2 wks) Mar 22: Sheryl Crow Detours (3 wks) Apr. 12: Chris Difford The Last Temptation of Chris (3 wks) May 3: Asia Phoenix (2 wks) May 17: Barenaked Ladies Snack Time! (3 wks) June 7: Alanis Morissette Flavors of Entanglement (2 wks) June 21: Journey Revelation (2 wks) July 5: Peter Gabriel Big Blue Ball (2 wks) July 19: John Mellencamp Life, Death, Love and Freedom (4 wks) Aug. 16: Amy Ray Didn’t It Feel Kinder (1 wk) Aug. 23: Toni Childs Keep the Faith (3 wks) Sept. 13: Chris Cornell The Roads We Choose: A Retrospective (1 wk) Sept. 20: The Gaslight Anthem The ’59 Sound (3 wks) Oct. 11: Kings of Leon Only by the Night (2 wks) Oct. 25: Marillion Happiness Is the Road (2 wks) Nov. 1: Tim Finn The Conversation (2 wks) Nov. 22: The Poilce Certifiable (2 wks) Dec. 6: Marillion Early Stages (2 wks) Dec. 20: Melissa Etheridge A New Thought for Christmas (1 wk) Dec. 27: Sheryl Crow Home for Christmas (1 wk) 2009: Jan. 3: Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy (3 wks) Jan. 24: Bruce Springsteen & the Street Band Greatest Hits (2009) (1 wk) Jan. 31: Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream (4 wks) Feb. 28: Glenn Tilbrook Pandemonium Ensues (3 wks) Mar. 21: U2 No Line on the Horizon (5 wks) Apr. 25: Indigo Girls Poseidon and the Bitter Bug (1 wk) May 2: Pearl Jam Ten: Deluxe Edition (1 wk) May 9: Eric Wooflson The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was (3 wks) May 30: Green Day 21st Century Breakdown (2 wks) June 13: Tori Amos Abnormally Attracted to Sin (1 wk) June 20: Don Henley Very Best of (1 wk) June 27: aha Foot of the Mountain (2 wks) July 11: Bob Walkenhorst & Jeff Porter No Abandon (4 wks) Aug. 8: Florence + the Machine Lungs (1 wk) Aug. 15: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers Vol. 2 (1 wk) Aug. 22: Various Artists Woodstock: 40 Years On - Back to Yasgur's Farm (2 wks) Sept. 5: Eric Wooflson Edgar Allan Poe: A Musical (1 wk) Sept. 12: Neil Finn et al The Sun Came Out (2 wks) Sept. 26: Tim Finn North, South, East, West…Anthology (1 wk) Oct. 3: Kevin Gilbert Nuts and Bolts (4 wks) Oct. 31: Pearl Jam Backspacer (2 wks) Nov. 4: Marillion Less Is More (2 wks) Nov. 28: Lyle Lovett Natural Forces (2 wks) Dec. 12: Sting If on a Winter’s Night… (2 wks) Dec. 26: Tori Amos Midwinter Graces (2 wks) First posted 8/8/2021; last updated 2/5/2022.