‘Rolling Stone’ ranks Radiohead’s ‘Kid A,’ The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ among best albums of 21st century

Rolling Stone has unveiled the list of what it thinks are the best albums of the 21st century so far.

Radiohead‘s 2000 record Kid A comes in at #2, behind only Beyoncé‘s 2016 opus Lemonade at #1. Rolling Stone writes that Kid A “foresaw a darker 21st century, one marked by fear, loneliness, dislocation, and technological advancements that only divide us further.”

“[Twenty-five] years later, there’s near-universal sentiment that Kid A is not only a towering achievement by the greatest band of its time, but also a warning call that went completely unheeded,” the mag declares.

The next-highest-ranking rock album is The Strokes‘ 2001 debut, Is This It, at #10, which Rolling Stone says “gave the rock scene a much-needed hotness infusion.”

Other albums in the top 25 include Fiona Apple‘s The Idler Wheel… (2012) at #13, The White Stripes Elephant (2003) at #14, Lana Del Rey‘s Norman F****** Rockwell! (2019) at #15 and Lorde‘s Melodrama (2017) at #25.

For the full list, visit RollingStone.com.