By decade
Albums grouped by the era that produced them.
Best albums of the 2000s
Guitars came back, then laptops took over. The last decade where an album could still feel like an event everyone showed up for.
Best albums of the 1990s
The decade that could not decide what it was: grunge, Britpop, trip-hop, the golden age of hip-hop, all elbowing each other for room.
About by decade lists
Every list here is ranked the same way as the rest of TakeRank: two albums appear side by side, you pick a favourite, and an Elo rating settles the order over time. The difference is scope - a list only ever ranks its own albums against each other, so the result stays focused instead of being diluted by the whole database.
If nothing here is quite what you are after, make your own. A list becomes votable the moment it has two albums on it, and other people can start contributing rankings straight away.