Decade-End Round-Up: Top 35 Garage Albums

Alright gang, welcome to the last of the big Aughts lists. You're probably asking yourself, How come every list this guy comes up with has a different number of items? Because why the hell not? That said, this might be my favorite list out of all the lists I whipped up this December. Any time I feel a twinge of doubt about the status of rock and roll, I will refer back to this list. Call me an optimist, but these are the records I plan on growing old with.


35 Pawn Shoppe Heart, Von Bondies (2004)
34 Truly She Is None Other, Holly Golightly (2003)
33 Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing, Compulsive Gamblers (2000)
32 Spend the Night, Donnas (2002) ▲
31 Good Bad Not Evil, Black Lips (2007)
30 Take A Good Look!, Fleshtones (2008)
29 Our Love Will Change The World, Outrageous Cherry (2005)

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28 Fade Back In, Contrast (2004)
27 Celebration, Thomas Function (2008)
26 Fire, Electric Six (2003) ▲
25 Sky Pilots, Flaming Sideburns (2003)
24 White Blood Cells, White Stripes (2001)
23 The Black and White Album, Hives (2007)
22 Kiss and Tell, Sahara Hotnights (2004)

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21 Consolers of the Lonely, Raconteurs (2008)
20 Veni Vidi Vicious, Hives (2000)
19 The Jim Jones Revue, Jim Jones Revue (2008)
18 The Supreme Genius of..., King Khan & the Shrines (2008) ▲
17 Rentacrowd, Len Price 3 (2007)
16 Icky Thump, White Stripes (2007)
15 Dangerous Magical Noise, Dirtbombs (2003)

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14 Bazooka!, Star Spangles (2003)
13 High Life High Volume, Forty-Fives (2004) ▲
12 Feel Like Hell, Bamboo Kids (2006)
11 Origin, Volume 1, Soundtrack of Our Lives (2005)
10 Is This It?, Strokes (2001)
09 De Stijl, White Stripes (2000)
08 Ultraglide in Black, Dirtbombs (2001)

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07 Tyrannosaurus Hives, Hives (2004)
06 Go, The Go (2003)
05 Electric Sweat, Mooney Suzuki (2002)
04 Time Bomb High School, Reigning Sound (2002) ▲
03 Harder and Harder, Paybacks (2004)
02 Rubber Factory, Black Keys (2004)
01 Elephant, White Stripes (2003)