10 GREAT 2000’s Emo Albums (yes, really)
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- Emo music has a strong place in nostalgic minds and hearts. Emo also doesn’t get the credit that the bands and albums deserve. This video looks at 10 GREAT 2000s Emo Albums (yes, really).
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Emo /ˈiːmoʊ/ is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of hardcore punk and post-hardcore from the mid-1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore. The bands Rites of Spring and Embrace, among others, pioneered the genre. In the early-to-mid 1990s, emo was adopted and reinvented by alternative rock, indie rock, punk rock, and pop-punk bands, including Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, Cap'n Jazz, and Jimmy Eat World. By the mid-1990s, Braid, the Promise Ring, and the Get Up Kids emerged from Midwest emo, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the genre. Meanwhile, screamo, a more aggressive style of emo using screamed vocals, also emerged, pioneered by the San Diego bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow. Screamo achieved mainstream success in the 2000s with bands like Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, Story of the Year, Thursday, the Used, and Underoath.
“The 2000s saw the release of several influential emo albums that left a lasting impact on the genre. AFI's "Sing The Sorrow," The Used's "In Love And Death," and Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism" are among the most notable. AFI's "Sing The Sorrow" is a significant album that blends alternative rock, post-hardcore, and emo-pop, receiving critical acclaim. The Used's "In Love And Death" is another iconic album that contributed to the band's success in the emo and post-hardcore scenes. Death Cab For Cutie's "Transatlanticism" is widely regarded as one of the best indie rock and emo albums of the 2000s, showcasing poetic lyricism and an indie sound palette. These albums, along with others from the 2000s, played a pivotal role in shaping the emo genre during that era.” (Perplexity)
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1:56 - AFI - Girls Not Grey
2:59 - Thursday - Full Collapse
4:01 - Story Of The Year - Page Avenue
5:08 - The Used - In Love And Death
6:10 - Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory
7:09 - Matchbook Romance - Voices
8:10 - Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
9:22 - Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
10:26 - Armor For Sleep - What To Do When You Are Dead
11:24 - Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
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AFI is a band that does not get enough credit. They are a very good band with a a great discography.
Agreed! I've been disappointed with their recent output, but they've made so many amazing albums in the past, I still count them among my favorite bands.
people like acting as if AFI fell off either after the Art of Drowning or Decemberunderground, but even their later stuff is some of the best modern post-punk going, they've never done a bad album imo
@@TheFlameBladeWielder I don't think AFI "fell off" after DECEMBERUNDERGROUND. I like Crash Love and love Burials. I don't think The Blood Album or Bodies are bad, either; they just aren't what I personally go to AFI for.
I was first introduced to AFI in high school when Decemberunderground was released. Everytime Miss Murder or Love Like Winter is played, it is like being rewound to then.
They're very first hardcore album was the shit❤ prior to emo days. I wish they would have stayed on that course.
Me: I’ve outgrown Emo.
Also me 2 minutes into this video: UNTIL THE DAY I DIE!!!!!!!!!
It's true. That song has a hold on everyone.
This was once a very maligned genre, but unlike nu metal and butt rock, people who used to like it found that it STILL holds up long after those listeners became adults.
When I went to Riot Fest last year, I was impressed with how many adults that weren't embarrassing were there. Can't say that about some of the 2000s nu metal crowd.
Funny thing is there is a lot of overlap between the three subgenres fanbase wise.
To be fair most people who loathe this stuff were mostly Boomers and Gen X's as they were too old for that stuff and didn't appeal to them like Grunge and Britpop in the 90s and New Wave and Hair Metal in the 80s along with their image and while I don't think this stuff is terrible I can understand some of the criticisms from that subgenre and I'll say some of those critics weren't wrong that this stuff being manufactured rock and whiny (The people who hated this upon release have not changed their view on it, It's just they're not vocal about it anymore as most Boomers have retired meanwhile Gen X are still vocal about their hatred of 00s rock with the exception of the Garage Rock/Post Punk Revival on Twitter/X)
I definitely think The Alkaline Trio's "From Here to Infirmary" deserves a spot on this list.
Good suggestion. Alkaline Trio have a lot to contribute from that time.
My favorite album by my favorite band but I don't think it counts as emo.
The new album is to die for! It reminds me a lot of FHTI honestly
@JessTaylor1313 reminds me more of crimson but completely new a fresh
As an old man, I am perplexed by how in the 2000's pretty much all the alternative rock from pop-punk to post-hardcore to even just pop-rock sometimes somehow all became lumped together and called "emo."
That 'grinds my gears' to an extent, too. It's that "emotional hardcore" was effectively post-hardcore and all the qualifiers are common amongst the bands that can be related to any actual subgenre.
It's true. It ended up being used to describe any band with a dark/alternative style regardless of sound, kind of similar to what happened to Goth. Half the bands associated with the title emo are much more closely related to pop punk than emotional hardcore, the other half are more closely related to metal, metalcore, etc. When someone tells me they listened to emo in high school I always have to ask "So were you a My Chemical Romance emo or a Never Shout Never emo?" because it spans so wide, it's hard to know which style people are talking about lol.
Nirvana / Soundgarden / AIC are p different but makes sense to just call them grunge. Same with SOAD / Slipknot / LP for nu metal. It’s just cultural shorthand
Yeah, that's the thing with subgenres. For example, a lot of modern hardcore would probably honestly be considered metalcore or deathcore due to where a lot of the bands draw their influences and sound but they also don't fit into what modern metalcore and deathcore has evolved into so it's easier to classify them as hardcore. It's easy to lump a whole scene or group of bands that have common fans into the same subgenre even though they sound completely different.
I know they are sometimes lumped into emo, but Thrice’s “The Artist in the Ambulance” is just a masterpiece. Lots of heart, introspective, and power. Dustin does a great job alternating between his croons and screams. Yes it’s more of a hard rock/punk sound (post-hardcore/melodic hardcore), but I think it still holds up today after 20+ years.
Also, I’d like to throw in Finch’s “What It is to Burn” as CD a contender.
I'll add Funeral For a Friend 's Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation, thats a defining emo album for me growing up and pretty much got me into that 2000's emo genre.
Awesome list though, I owned 8 of 10 of these albums, so that makes me happy :D
Good suggestion with FFAF.
Here's mine:
10) The Used - The Used
9) Moneen - Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?
8) Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance
7) Finch - What It Is To Burn
6) Tigers Jaw - Tigers Jaw
5) Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire
4) Saves The Day - Stay What You Are
3) Funeral For A Friend - Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation
2) Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
1) Brand New - Deja Entendu (Brand New's singer is an abuser though, sadly.)
Solid list.
he isnt an abuser, he allegedly spoke to a 15 year old online in 2005 but nothing is confirmed
@@mercado83 so he didn't groom her?
@@pushon10 i just said. they were allegations. they might be true they might not be. but none of the allegations said that he did anything physically with anyone under the age of 18
Yep you're wrong about jesse his accuser was proven to be a cloat chaser and liar and tried to do this to other singers other than jesse
I'd personally say Let It Enfold You is a great 2000s emo album.
Yes or Still Searching
The used and AFI are favorites of mine.
THANK YOU for that Armor for Sleep shout. Incredible album.
With how stressful the world has become in recent years, emo music like everything on this list has become soooo cathartic for me. A lot of my favorites are on here and some that I'm definitely going to revisit.
This is a really good video. Throwing in Matchbook Romance was a very nice touch.
I wish they could have stuck around a bit longer.
@@RockedNet Stories and Alibis is a great album and was in constant rotation when I was 17-19. I actually commented before the Armor For Sleep part. What to do when you're dead is one of my favorite albums of all time in any genre. They were amazing. I'm really hoping I can see them on your since they started again.
Full collapse is a masterpiece i love it so much
Thursday have the juice.
Matchbook Romance's "Monsters" has a nostalgic place in my heart thanks to Guitar Hero III.
Stories and Alibis is far superior!!
I side eyed when I saw the “yes really” but you’re 110% right on the overlooked part, especially Car Underwater and Page Avenue (which I saw played in full recently)
Transatlanticism is a classic, but I'd say it leans more towards indie rock than emo.
Death Cab for Cutie were a brilliant band.
Agreed. And while we are at it, Give Up by The Postal Service is also a great album.
@AlexCeron182 yeah that's a solid record too, for sure.
None of the albums here are emo. They’re all fantastic though.
@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814 that's probably why they are fantastic lol
2 other bands and albums I'd add that haven't been commented yet are:
1) Something Corporate- Leaving Through the Window
2) Senses Fail- Let it Unfold You
Something Corporate is so underrated.
Let it enfold you is an all time album. So damn good.
Oh man, Thursday is such an incredible band. I liked them a lot when I was younger, but their music ages like fine wine. It hits so much different now that I'm older. One of my favorite bands ever!
Sing the Sorrow is my favorite AFI album, still. They've had great songs since then, too, but I still have that album on repeat to this day. I'm really happy you chose this one.
Would love a video on 90s emo!
Page Ave is one of my favorite albums, went to two shows on their 20th anniversary tour of it in 2023
In no sorta order, here's what some of my favs are:
10: Make Yourself Sick - Boys Night Out
9: The Weak's End - Emery
8: Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now - Moneen
7: Stay What You Are - Saves the Day
6: Dream to Make Believe - Armor For Sleep
5: Stories & Alibis - Matchbook Romance
4: Full Collapse - Thursday
3: Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation - Funeral for a Friend
2: Self Titled - The Used
1: Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount - From First to Last
Always loved that Armor for Sleep album. Still give it a lot of play to this day. So on point throughout that it almost feels like a concept album (and I wouldn't be surprised if they said that's what they were going for), but every track works perfectly on its own. (I also still enjoy Boys Night Out's Trainwreck album for similar reasons. Really dark, but also catchy as hell.)
It is actually a concept album!
This might blow your buzz but rewind the cd 30 - 55 seconds next time you listen the whole way through and think about the story being told back to front
Thank you for talking about TBS! They're one of my favorite bands ever! ❤️
Thank you so much for repping my boys Motion City Soundtrack. My teenage years don't have a lot of carryover, but I will forever love MCS.
Full Collapse is such a god damn banger
For me, it would be
The used-self titled
Senses Fail- Let it Unfold You
Taking Back Sunday -Where You Want To Be
Silverstein-Discovering The Waterfront
Alexisonfire-Watch Out
Thursday-Full Collapse
Emery-The Week’s End
Underoath-They’re Only Chasing Safety
The used-In Love and Death
honorable mentions
Story of the Year-Page Avenue
Finch-What It Is to Burn
Great video!
Really good picks!
What a wave of nostalgia! A solid list most of these albums were on heavy rotation on my iPod nano during high school especially The Used In Love & Death album. An honorable mention for me as an essential emo album would be Sense Fail’s Let It Enfold You. Hearing that at 15 blew my mind away and I still play it time to time driving around or at the gym.
I’m SOOOOOOOO happy that you put some respect on Thursday’s and Armor for Sleep’s names. Just saw Thursday play War All the Time the other night, I had a very visceral reaction to it even after all this time. And I’ve been listening to AFS for half my life at this point, and you’re 100% correct in that WTDWYAD still holds up. I got tickets to see them in April with Bayside and Finch, I think this very well has the potential to be one of the greatest shows I’ve ever been to
Amazing content as always.
Motion City Soundtrack is so underrated. they have the Melodies of Jimmy Eat World with the sense of humor of Weezer. Justin writes very mature lyrics that are self aware and honest. Also they remind me of like a 2000s version of the Replacements
Minnesota Represent!!
Great list! I think another good one to put on here is 'Bleed American' by Jimmy Eat World.
Love the video, especially Thursday's inclusion. I'd add one of their occasional tour mates Cursive to the list, personally The Ugly Organ but Domestica seems to be the bigger benchmark for people (and I noticed you stuck mostly to the pop punk/ post hard-core brand since there wasn't anything like Dasboard but I'd add Cursives old label mate and folk emo bright eyes to the conversation too)
Amazing list! Full Collapse is so damn good. I know you can only do 10 but man there are so many good albums from that time period. Honestly think it was the best era of music.
Great list! I’d add:
- Alkaline Trio- From Here To Infirmary
- Samiam - Whatever’s Got You Down
- Something Corporate-Leaving Through The Window
I just saw Thursday last year play Full Collapse.... so great!!
They need a festival with these 10 bands
I'm so glad you recognized Great Romances of the 20th Century, that's my favorite song of all time but I don't really hear people talk about it (TAYF is my favorite album too)
This whole list is era defining. Gonna have to go through some of these albums again
A nice list but I was expecting Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station to make an appearance.
At 35 i can confidently say that 2000s emo is my main jam. Story Of The Year is probably my favorite band theses days.
A City by the Light Divided introduced me to Thursday, and till this day is a front to back listen no skips. It always surprises me how little mention this album gets.
This needed more dashboard confessional
Love afi sing the sorrow and Decemberunderground and the used in love and death is fantastic
I'm so glad you put motion city soundtrack on this list. That album is the best non mcr emo album of the decade
Glad to see Story of the Year’s Page Avenue on this list!!! Criminally underrated band with a pretty solid discography!
For me, So Long, Astoria by The Ataris is one of the best emo adjacent records from that time. Sure the cover of Don Hailey is cool and all but the original material is also amazing.
My list (no particular order)
Dashboard confessional-the places you come to fear the most
Hot rod circuit-sorry about tommrow (underrated)
The get up kids- something to write home about
The impossibles-return (underrated)
Saves the day-stay what your are
Brand new-deja entandu(forgive me)
Sundays best-poised to break(underrated)
Taking back sunday where you want to be (i love dave)
At the drive in- relationship of command
American football- self titled ep
Copeland's Behind The Medicine Tree is criminally underrated and my favorite emo album
Glad you made this. The post hardcore side of the 2000s emo scene always appealed to me more than the emo pop scene and it’s a shame those bands aren’t as well remembered. Post hardcore style emo was my go to for rock music they weren’t as mainstream as the post grunge/alternative metal which dominated rock radio at the time though I’m starting to come around on those bands. 2000s emo/post hardcore is a great intro to get into heavier genres.
Matchbook Romance. Damn good shout!
Was not expecting Armor for sleep to be on this list, definitely gonna dive a little deeper than just “Car Underwater”
Full Collapse is an album that made me fall in love with Emo.
"What To Do When You Are Dead" is one of the most underrated albums of the 2000s no doubt.
just saw Story of The Year on my bday with the meet n greet on Jan 25th they still kick ass live and sound like they do on album
Those vh1 bubbles had me dead, I did start singing before I knew it and had that sun in frosted hair lol
Deja Entendu or The devil and god raging inside of me are missing here IMO
This most have been one hard list to limit to ten. Hell, AFI's inclusion and choice of album was hard enough. Both Sing The Sorrow and DECEMBERUNDERGROUND were ground breaking albums for the genre that are still loved. There was just some great song writing in this era, and its why teens from the era--myself included--were so heavily drawn to it. Great list, and I hope it gets a part two!
AFI is my favorite and of all time and STS is their magnum opus. Not bad for a major label debut.
Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation album by Funeral For A Friend anyone? Their magnum opus imo
Finch definitely deserves a place here
SOTY did a 20th Anniversary tour for Page Avenue, and it was my favorite show of last year. Page Avenue is still one of my favorite albums.
These are good picks but I just want to say, before looking closer, that ring light reflection on the blue picture in the background made me think Wallsocket by Underscores was gonna be on this list somehow 😂
What It Is To Burn by FINCH was a banger of an album
I think all these albums deserve to be here, but I was also hoping for Discovering The Waterfront by Silverstein. Love the recognition for Armor for Sleep though.
Put on Discovering the Waterfront after I saw this one. *cheers*
I recently saw Story of the Year live where they played "Page Avenue" in full. I personally prefer their second album "In the Wake of Determination" since it has them going in a more melodic hardcore/alternative metal direction, but "Page Avenue" is definitely a classic.
I challenge you to do best emo albums of the last 10 years! Its definitely not so easy as emo is much smaller now, but there are a ton of good bands
In Love and Death is one of my favorite albums of all time
It's funny. I started reading a book today about the emo culture throughout the early/mid 2000s called (brace yourself) Where Are Your Boys Tonight? and you end up putting this out the same day. Coincidences sure do happen a bit. Loved that you included Transatlanticism. I'm not even a huge Death Cab fan, but that album in particular is amazing. I saw them play the whole album front-to-back last year for it's 20th anniversary (along with The Postal Service playing Give Up in entirety) and hearing Transatlanticism (the song) was the closest thing I've ever had to religious experience.
For me personally, What It Is to Burn by Finch is a classic in the emo/post hardcore subgenre and somehow extremely underrated. Metallic guitar riffs, powerful vocals from Nate Barcalow and fantastic production for a debut album in the scene. Side note: As great as WIITB is, I think Finch's followup Say Hello to Sunshine is even better.
Afi is my favorite band of all time and I’ve never considered them emo. To me they are a real rock and roll band that constantly change and try new sounds. They could’ve easily kept their sound from Art of Drowning and my favorite album of all time Sing The Sorrow and no one would bat an eye. But that’s not who they are as a band. And I applaud them for it.
Its insane because this is like the really influental stuff to the scene. I love these albums to death, and yeah, also, who DOESNT laugh at a good scene meme? I still crack up if that one video shows up in the right context. "I'm at burger kiiing with my burger queeeen....."
Motion City Soundtrack may be one of the best to ever do it. I love that band.
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me is the best emo album of all time no contest
Thanks for the SotY love, they deserve it!
Didn't really listen to Emo but Thursday was the one band from the genre I enjoy.
Motion City Soundtrack is so damn good, one of my favorite bands ever. Yes holy shit yes
The best part of this video…Let’s go Blues!!
I highly recommend “Where Are Your Boys Tonight?” By Chris Payne. Some of the bands mentioned are in the book and they talk about their experiences in that time.
I will forever love motion city soundtrack
Armor For Sleep are criminally underrated, one of my top five bands ever personally
Almost every single album on here I love, yes love never stopped. Some I was never in to. You missed Thrice though. Ha ha ha. Out of all of theses bands AFI is by far the most underrated, and most amazing band. I have been a fan before Sing The Sorrow. But still remember the huge influence they had before and when that album came out. Every band on this list would not exist or be as good without AFI. The discography they have can't be touched. Yes the sound changed with each album. But I prefer evolved, and matured adding more and more of there influences to the sound that is AFI. Love your videos by the way!
A lot of my favorite albums…I miss the 2000s
Nice list of emocore bands =3. I'll take note to check them out! Screamo/emo doesn't get the attention it deserves. I've been a punk for most of my life and I recognize emos and emo as a sub genre and culture as my little sibling. Emo did come out of punk after all.
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Haven't heard of some of these bands. Page Avenue is my favorite from the list.
Still Searching by Senses Fail would be #11
Not sure how much this counts, but Sunny Day Real Estate's "The Rising Tide" is an absolutely wonderful album by one of the pioneers of Emo
Controversy Loves Company by The Audition and Scary Kids Scaring Kids self titled would be great additions to a list like this
Hey, what's your opinion on ministry and their upcoming album Hopium for the masses?
Saosin and Finch were very good too!
Honorable mention: Senses Fail-Let It Enfold You
In terms of Story of the Year, Page Avenue is great, but the follow-up, In the Wake of Determination, hits different for me.
Fun Story: I was at a concert festival in Indiana and Story of the Year came on and said "everyone in the lawn down in the seats, fuck security they can't stop all of you". The entire packed lawn made their way down and a full on riot started with fights and chairs being pulled up. Apparently back stage Godsmack got mad that they tried to "show them up" and a back stage fight happened. You can still find interviews with the singer of Story talking about it
Nice to see St. Louis boys, Story of the Year
I don't know what you'd take off this list to add this one, but I just wanted to add The Academy Is... Almost Here to the comment suggestions.
This is a great list.
Silence in Black and White- Hawthorne Heights
Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstien
Pretty based list. I enjoy a lot of the albums here.
I’d add any of Brand New’s albums here. Yeah I know Jesse’s nota good person but the music stands tall as some of the best emo music the genre had
As someone who mostly dismissed emo in its prime because of the occasionally whiny singing and fashion style linked to it, I became a big Death Cab fan after the 2000s. Their wllingness to shift their sound frequently and the poetic obscurity of the lyrics reminded me of why I loved R.E.M.