re: Happy New Years Music Board Challenge: The Strokes vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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In 2003, Is This It was ranked at number seven in NME's editorial staff list of the 100 Best Albums,[71] while Rolling Stone included it at number 199 in its special updated issue of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[72] In 2005, Spin placed it at number 100 in its list of the 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005,[73] while Stylus included it at number four in its list of the Top 50 Albums of 2000–2005.[64] In 2006, Is This It was ranked at number 48 by The Observer in the publication's list of The 50 Albums That Changed Music,[66] while Mojo featured it at number 33 in its list of 100 Modern Classics, 1993–2006.[74] In 2007, Q included the record at number 21 in its editorial staff list of the 21 Albums That Changed Music.[75] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked it at number 34 in its list of the 100 Best Albums, 1983–2008.[76]
In 2009, Is This It was ranked as the best record of the 2000s by NME, ahead of The Libertines' Up the Bracket,[77] and at number two by Rolling Stone, behind Radiohead's Kid A, in their respective lists decided by the publications' staff and music industry members.[65] FACT placed it at number two behind Burial's Untrue in its editorial list of the 100 Best: Albums of the Decade,[63] while Billboard featured it at number three in its critics' picks of the 20 Best Albums of the 2000s.[78] The same year, The Observer included Is This It at number four in its Albums of the Decade list,[61] while Uncut ranked it at number five in its list of The 150 Greatest Albums Of The 21st Century.[79] The Times placed it at number six in its list of The 100 Best Pop Albums of the Noughties,[80] while Pitchfork Media featured it at number seven in its staff list of The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.[70] In 2010, Stylus ranked Is This It at number six in its list of the Top Albums of the previous decade.[81] The record is included in both The Guardian's "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die" and the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[60][82]

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