The year 2000 saw debut albums by Coldplay, Ryan Adams, The Distillers, 3 Doors Down, Dashboard Confessional, Nine Days A New Found Glory, Good Charlotte and many more. Some of these were groups that would set the tone for a new style of rock and roll that merged elements of punk, rock, and metal. Younger teen music fans loved these bands. Still, there was plenty of music for older rock fans who grew up in the 60s and 70s with really strong releases by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and the long-awaited return of Steely Dan who released their first studio album in twenty years. U2 returned to their mid-80s sound after their trio of 90s albums that crossed many musical genres. And of course our old friend Sammy Hagar once again delivered another in-your-face heavy-duty rock and roll album that did not disappoint.
# 50 – The Night – Morphine
# 49 – Freak Magnet – Violent Femmes
# 48 – The Secret Language of Birds – Ian Anderson
# 47 – Engines Of Creations /Additional Creations – Joe Satriani
# 46 – Covenant – UFO
# 45 – Gung Ho – Patti Smith
# 44 – Magica – Dio
# 43 – Ecstasy – Lou Reed
# 42 – Veni Vidi Vicious – The Hives
# 41 – Return Of Saturn – No Doubt
# 40 – Down Here – Tracy Bonham
# 39 – All Hands on the Bad One – Sleater-Kinney
# 38 – Smile – The Jayhawks
# 37 – De Stijl – The White Stripes
# 36 – V – Spock’s Beard
# 35 – Heartbreaker – Ryan Adams
# 34 – New Found Glory – New Found Glory
# 33 – Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage
# 32 – The Madding Crowd – Nine Days
# 31 – Chinese Work Songs – Little Feat
# 30 – My Favorite Headache – Geddy Lee
# 29 – Infest – Papa Roach
# 28 – Mad Season -Matchbox Twenty
# 27 – Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant – Belle & Sebastian
# 26 – Good Charlotte – Good Charlotte
# 25 – Righteous Love – Joan Osbourne
# 24 – Parachutes – Coldplay
# 23 – Get Over It – Mr. Big
# 22 – Crush – Bon Jovi
# 21 – We Are Motörhead –Motörhead
# 20 – Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water – Limp Bizkit
# 19 – Life’ll Kill Ya – Warren Zevon
# 18 – The Better Life – 3 Doors Down
# 17 – Sailing to Philadelphia – Mark Knopfler
# 16 – Transcendental Blues – Steve Earle
# 15 – Brave New World – Iron Maiden
# 14 – the ConstruKction of light – King Crimson
# 13 – Binaural – Pearl Jam
# 12 – The Distillers – The Distillers
# 11 – Riding with the King – Eric Clapton and B.B. King
# 10 – Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park
# 9 – Warning – Green Day
# 8 – Inside Job – Don Henley
# 7 – You’re the One – Paul Simon
# 6 – Ten 13 – Sammy Hagar
# 5 – Kid A – Radiohead
# 4 – Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
# 3 – Lightbulb Sun – Porcupine Tree
# 2 -Two Against Nature – Steely Dan
# 1 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind – U2
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