The 3. 00 Best Albums of the Past 3. Years 1. 98. 5 2. SPIN hit a milestone this year our 3. To celebrate, we caught up with some of the artists behind our past picks for Album of the Year, held a readers poll, reminisced with former staffers, and now, weve ranked the 3. Drawing on ballots from more than a dozen contributors, the editors whittled a roster of just under 1,0. Before we get started, some ground rules To prevent certain artists from having a stranglehold on the countdown Radiohead and Kanye West come to mind immediately, we decided that no single act could have more than three entries on the list studio albums were eligible, of course, as were EPs and live albums compilations qualified only if the songs featured were most closely associated with said collection. Accounting for and arguing over 3. Dont be afraid to let us know which picks you agree with, either. And with that3. Green Day, American IdiotReprise, 2. Green Day Mk. II was kicked off in earnest by a concept album that both legitimized the trios long simmering Who infatuation and provided them with a worthy blockbuster of Whos Next proportions. Like most great concept albums, the singles are some of the worst things on here The flag waving 8. Are We the Waiting and the crunching Kinks power pop of Extraordinary Girl are each worth a thousand walks down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. ANDREW UNTERBERGER2. Parquet Courts, Sunbathing AnimalWhats Your Rupture, 2. In which Americas next great underground rock band has itself a stretch and leans into the light, expanding their wire taut and Wire derived post punk ca chunk in directions both Dylanesque Dear Ramona and Nuggets mining Ducking and Dodging. Its no Faustian bargain for mainstream acceptance, though the Denton via Brooklyn heavies are too busy ripping off Faust Shes Rolling to engage with such quandaries. ANDREW UNTERBERGER2. Ice Cube, Ameri. KKKas Most WantedPriority, 1. What happens when the West Coasts preeminent firebrand joins forces with the East Coasts premier sonic architects a middle finger as mission statement, fattened with tightly packed funk rips. Ameri. KKKas Most Wanted caught Ice Cube fresh off of his split with N. W. A, trolling his critics see The Nigga Ya Love to Hate, and basking in a new partnership with Public Enemys go to production team, the Bomb Squad. This here is a dream team up done right the kind of fanboy wish fulfillment that should make the knuckleheads behind DC vs. Marvel ashamed of themselves. KYLE MCGOVERN2. 97. Gorillaz, Demon DaysVirgin, 2. Cartoons are often unfairly pushed to the kiddy corner, but the animated members of Gorillaz rejected that ignorance with their sophomore album. Tackling depression and the dumbing down of culture via the De La Soul collab Feel Good Inc., Damon Albarns post Blur supergroup was ready to be taken seriously and, in its own sly way, be serious. 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East. WestWarner Bros., 1. Before Kid A changed what electronic fused alt rock could do, Trent Reznor wasnt the only one who could craft a bulletproof album with pretty hate machines. With highlights aplenty from Shirley Manson I am a wolf but I like to wear sheeps clothing and her pet producers processed guitar droids, this very 1. DAN WEISS2. 92. Usher, Looking 4 MyselfRCA, 2. J Dilla Drum Samples' title='J Dilla Drum Samples' />Ushers seventh LP feeds off its flirtations with EDM and modern pop producers like Swedish House Mafia, Diplo, and will. Lead single Climax is the most stunning four minutes of Ushers career and a true song of the decade contender, but the Luke Steele featuring title track is Looking 4 Myself at its most definitive introspective, unexpected, and hurtling headlong into euphoria. ANDREW UNTERBERGER2. The Hold Steady, Separation SundayFrenchkiss, 2. A word drunk sermon also buzzed on more than a few PBRs and carafes of sacramental wine a concept album length parable populated by hoodrats and sleazebags, aging scenesters and used up fringe dwellers, pushers and prey a redemption tale that answers Catholic guilt with classic rock riffs that could powder the empties in any small town dive. In short how a resurrection really feels. KYLE MCGOVERN2. 90. Tori Amos, Little EarthquakesAtlantic, 1. In its own way as influential and important as any of the more commercially impactful early 9. Tori taking on would be stalkers and would be saviors alike and letting them all know that making her come doesnt make them Jesus. The singer songwriter confessional had never felt this confrontational before, or thanks to Toris shockingly successful efforts to weaponize her piano the way Jimmy Page did his guitar this stadium ready. ANDREW UNTERBERGER2. The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When Were GoneAlien. The ramshackle swan song of a mythical Montreal unit with ties to Arcade Fire and a dozen spinoffs most notably Islands, this quintessentially aughties quirk bomb is jammed with squelchy folk, lo fi pop, deep grooves, and cute lyrics about the sort of ghosts youd want to eat ice cream with. Also a plot point in How I Met Your Mother. CHRIS MARTINS2. 88. Tyler, the Creator, GoblinOdd Future, 2. Welcome ish proof that the artistic desire to offend isnt limited to white privilege though it does seem like a sausage fest. Odd Futures fearless leader turned the rap game into 4chan here, rhyming skillfully about not just raping pregnant women but accepting blowjobs from Michael Jackson, taking pink Xanies in all over print panties, and wanting to be the reason all lesbians hate dick.