10 Perfect Albums That Defined The 2000s

10. Demon Days - Gorillaz

After going through 2 decades at this point, MTV was starting to look waaay too artificial for its own good. Though you still had bands that were decent strutting their stuff on TRL, you could tell that the whole thing went from a cool artsy music channel to a pop culture machine. If you wanted to make some commentary on what was going on there, sometimes it takes a little animation to get under the noses of the higher ups.

Fresh off of riding the Britpop hype train with Blur, Damon Albarn's second installment with Gorillaz was made with the intention of proving that their first effort wasn't a fluke. Hooking up with Danger Mouse as a producer, this is a much more artistic statement than the zany sounds of Clint Eastwood, going for a long slow journey through the night, all while exploring a different demon every step of the way.

As sunshine-y as this record might feel at times, the lyrical content is a lot more nuanced than before. Compared to the amazing visuals on screen, the whole mission behind these songs are showing just how cold and calculated everything was becoming in the wake of the Iraq War. Then again, in a world that seemed like it was aching to go to war, it's nice to have an album that made you want to dance. Of all the scary things happening in reality, it's almost ironic that we got a natural slice of life from a cartoon.