By the time I realized I had misunderstood this request, it was too late and I was committed. So, instead of providing a list of my top 25 albums from the past 25 years, I have provided a list of my top album by year from 2000-2024 :)-. To me, top is not necessarily the best album to have come out that year (although it can be)…it is the album that I truly listened to the most that year, or that helped me survive that time period, or that made me cry or dance the most (or both, at the same time), or that soundtracks my most profound and poignant memories during that year of my life. Within each year, there are many, many more favorites. But these albums are the ones I have on vinyl, the ones I request to be buried with me when I go – for they are as much a part of me as my very bones. Music = life. <3
| Rank | Artist | Album | Label | Release Year |
| 1 | Radiohead | Kid A | Parlophone | 2000 |
| 2 | The Faint | Danse Macabre | Saddle Creek | 2001 |
| 3 | Interpol | Turn on the Bright Lights | Matador | 2002 |
| 4 | The Unicorns | Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone | Caterpillar | 2003 |
| 5 | Mirah | C’mon Miracle | K Recods | 2004 |
| 6 | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | Matador | 2005 |
| 7 | The Knife | Silent Shout | Rabid | 2006 |
| 8 | Blonde Redhead | 23 | 4AD | 2007 |
| 9 | Crystal Castles | Self-Titled | Lies / Last Gang | 2008 |
| 10 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It’s Blitz | Interscope | 2009 |
| 11 | Caribou | Swim | Merge | 2010 |
| 12 | PJ Harvey | Let England Shake | Island | 2011 |
| 13 | Beach House | Bloom | Sub Pop | 2012 |
| 14 | Blood Orange | Cupid Deluxe | Domino | 2013 |
| 15 | TR/ST | Joyland | Arts & Crafts | 2014 |
| 16 | Julia Holter | Have you in my Wilderness | Domino | 2015 |
| 17 | Moderat | III | Monkeytown | 2016 |
| 18 | Slowdive | Self-Titled | Dead Oceans | 2017 |
| 19 | Beach House | 7 | Sub Pop | 2018 |
| 20 | Julia Jacklin | Crushing | Polyvinyl | 2019 |
| 21 | Nation of Language | Introduction, Presence | Self-Released | 2020 |
| 22 | Still Corners | The Last Exit | Wrecking Light | 2021 |
| 23 | HAAi | Baby We’re Ascending | Mute | 2022 |
| 24 | MØAA | Jaywalker | We Were Never Boring | 2023 |
| 25 | Marika Hackman | Big Sigh | Chrysalis Records | 2024 |
