| 1 | 2000 | Kid A | Radiohead | Album | 4.45 | 29 |
| 2 | 1999 | Ágætis byrjun | Sigur Rós | Album | 4.35 | 28 |
| 3 | 2000 | The Moon & Antarctica | Modest Mouse | Album | 4.45 | 12 |
| 4 | 2000 | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | Yo La Tengo | Album | 3.35 | 3 |
| 5 | 2000 | Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! | Godspeed You Black Emperor! | Album | 4.5 | 4 |
| 6 | 2000 | The Sophtware Slump | Grandaddy | Album | 4.65 | 6 |
| 7 | 2000 | It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water | the Microphones | Album | | 2 |
| 8 | 2000 | ROME (Written Upside Down) | Les Savy Fav | EP | | 1 |
| 9 | 2000 | Internal Wrangler | Clinic | Album | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 2000 | Dongs of Sevotion | Smog | Album | | 4 |
| 11 | 2000 | No Style | King Biscuit Time | EP | | 2 |
| 12 | 2000 | Pop | Gas | Album | 4.75 | 4 |
| 13 | 2000 | Crooked Fingers | Crooked Fingers | Album | | 2 |
| 14 | 2000 | Mwng | Super Furry Animals | Album | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 2000 | Believo! | Enon | Album | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | 2000 | All Hands on the Bad One | Sleater‐Kinney | Album | 4.4 | 7 |
| 17 | 2000 | Voice Brother and Sister | Summer Hymns | Album | | 1 |
| 18 | 2000 | The Hour of Bewilderbeast | Badly Drawn Boy | Album | 3.75 | 6 |
| 19 | 2000 | Tiny Reminders | Two Lone Swordsmen | Album | | 2 |
| 20 | 2000 | Fig. 5 | Jackie-O Motherfucker | Album | | 1 |
