Because, you know, the Kaiser stole the zero. Best of lists are designed to piss off everyone that didn’t write them. That’s why they crack me up. Also, fair warning, I hate it when people say the decade is ending when there’s still a year left in it. That said: these are my favorite albums of the years that start with “2-0-0” Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse Big Swing Face by Bruce Hornsby Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco Wincing the Night Away by The Shins Egypt by Youssou N’Dour Lost in Space by Aimee Mann Pig Lib by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Want One by Rufus Wainwright Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse Back to Black by Amy Winehouse Love is Hell by Ryan Adams Two Against Nature by Steely Dan Kid A by Radiohead Sailing to Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler Is this it? by The Strokes Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case Devils and Dust by Bruce Springsteen These are my favorite songs from the same time period: “1234” by Feist “Man of Constant Sorrow” by The Soggy Bottom Boys “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” by Kylie Minogue “Why Georgia” by John Mayer “This Tornado Loves You” by Neko Case “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” by The Darkness “Edith and the Kingpin” by Tina Turner and Herbie Hancock “My Wife Thinks You’re Dead” by Junior Brown “Jesus Walks” by Kanye West “Mississippi” by Bob Dylan “Señorita” by Justin Timberlake “Up With People” by Lambchop “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley “Hey Ya” by Outkast