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Top Albums of the 2000s

19. The Strokes - Is This It

Forgot about these guys, didn’t you?  I know I did, at least until I started making this list.  The band that launched a thousand NME favorites seemed to come out of nowhere and suddenly was all over modern rock radio, flanked by Limp Bizkit and Creed.  Suddenly every teenager was listening to a garage rock band fronted by Lou Reed Jr.  And it was good.  Simple, driving rock songs with great hooks.  They followed up with too-similar records, but hell, it’s a good sound, so they certainly could do worse.  Other Highlights: “Last Nite,” “New York City Cops,” “Someday”