Pitchfork - The top 20 best records of 2000
| 1 | Radiohead | Kid A |
| 2 | Sigur Rós | Ágaetis byrjun |
| 3 | Modest mouse | The moon & Antarctica |
| 4 | Yo la tengo | And then nothing turned itself inside-out |
| 5 | Godspeed you black emperor! | Levez vos skinny fists comme antennas to heaven! |
| 6 | Grandaddy | The sophtware slump |
| 7 | Microphones | It was hot, we stayed in the water |
| 8 | Les Savy fav | Emor : Rome upside down |
| 9 | Clinic | Internal wrangler |
| 10 | Smog | Dongs of sevotion |
| 11 | King biscuit time | No style (EP) |
| 12 | Gas | Pop |
| 13 | Crooked fingers | Crooked fingers |
| 14 | Super furry animals | Mwng |
| 15 | Enon | Believo! |
| 16 | Sleater-Kinney | All hands on the bad one |
| 17 | Summer hymns | Voice brother and sister |
| 18 | Badly Drawn boy | The hour of bewilderbeast |
| 19 | Two lone swordsmen | Tiny reminders |
| 20 | Jackie-O motherfucker | Fig. 5 |