Top 77 Albums of 2001

  ARTIST ALBUM LABEL
1  Strokes, The  Is This It  RCA
2  Weezer  Weezer  Interscope
3  Spoon  Girls Can Tell  Merge
4  Low  Things We Lost In The Fire  Kranky
5  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  s/t  Virgin
6  Radiohead  Amnesiac  Capitol
7  White Stripes, The  White Blood Cells  Sympathy For The Record Industry
8  Jimmy Eat World  Bleed American  Dreamworks
9  Gorillaz  s/t  Virgin
10  Sigur Ros  Agætis Byrjun  Fat Cat
11  Atmosphere  Lucy Ford E.P.  Rhyme Sayers
12  Built To Spill  Ancient Melodies Of The Future  Warner Brothers
13  Dismemberment Plan, The  Change  DeSoto
14  Malkmus, Stephen  s/t  Matador
15  Death Cab For Cutie  The Photo Album  Barsuk
16  Björk  Vespertine  Elektra
17  Idlewild  100 Broken Windows  Capitol
18  Faint, The  Danse Macabre  Saddle Creek
19  Beulah  The Coast Is Never Clear  Velocette
20  BS 2000  Simply Mortified  Grand Royal
21  Adams, Ryan  Gold  Lost Highway/Island
22  Reiley, Ike  Salesmen And Racists  Universal
23  Fugazi  The Argument  Dischord
24  Yorn, Pete  Music For The Morning After  Columbia
25  Chao, Manu  Proxima Estacion: Esperanza  Virgin
26  Escovedo, Alejandro  A Man Under The Influence  Bloodshot
27  Sparklehorse  It's A Wonderful Life  Capitol
28  Beta Band  Hot Shots II  Astralwerks
29  Kid Dakota  So Pretty  (self-released)
30  Ivy  Long Distance  Nettwerk
31  Otis, Shuggie  Inspiration Information  Luaka Bop
32  Red House Painters  Old Ramon  Sub Pop
33  Pepe Deluxé  Super Sound  Emperor Norton
34  Iffy  Biota Bondo  Foodchain
35  Old 97's  Satellite Rides  Elektra
36  New Pornographers, The  Mass Romantic  Mint
37  Mallman, Mark & Vermont  s/t  Guilt Ridden Pop
38  Dylan, Bob  Love And Theft  Columbia
39  Black Box Recorder  The Facts Of Life  Jetset
40  Divorcee  Lovesick  (self-released)
41  Clem Snide  The Ghost Of Fashion  spinART
42  Hersh, Kristin  Sunny Border Blue  4AD
43  Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds  No More Shall We Part  Reprise/ Mute
44  Guided By Voices  Isolation Drills  TVT
45  Low + Dirty Three  In The Fishtank Vol. 7  Konkurrent
46  Air  10,000 HZ Legend  Astralwerks
47  Handsome Family, The  Twilight  Carrot Top
48  Folds, Ben  Rockin' The Suburbs  Epic
49  Soulstice  Illusion  Om
50  They Might Be Giants  Mink Car  Restless
51  Shins, The  Oh, Inverted World  Sub Pop
52  Kings Of Convenience  Quiet Is The New Loud  Astralwerks
53  Leo, Ted/ Pharmacists  The Tyranny Of Distance  Lookout!
54  Sloan  Pretty Together  Murder
55  Spiritualized  Let It Come Down  Arista
56  Hicks, Dylan  Alive With Pleasure  No Alternative
57  Superchunk  Here's To Shutting Up  Merge
58  Autumns, The  Le Carillon  Absalam
59  Cafeteria  Knee Deep  Backburner
60  Mercury Rev  All Is Dream  V2
61  Franti, Michael & Spearhead  Stay Human  Six Degrees
62  Kuti, Femi  Fight To Win  MCA
63  Rainer Maria  A Better Version Of Me  Polyvinyl
64  Honeydogs, The  Here's Luck  Palm Pictures
65  Rival Schools  United By Fate  Island
66  Gossip, The  That's Not What I Heard  Kill Rock Stars
67  Whiskeytown  Pneumonia  Lost Highway
68  Moldy Peaches, The  s/t  Rough Trade/ Sanctuary
69  (International) Noise Conspiracy, The  A New Morning, Changing Weather  Epitaph
70  Push Kings, The  Feel No Fade  Le Grand Magistery
71  Azure Ray  s/t  WARM
72  Black-Eyed Snakes, The  It's The Black-Eyed Snakes  Chair-Kicker's Music
73  Call And Response  s/t  Kindercore/ Emperor Norton
74  Etienne De Crecy  Tempovision  V2
75  Walker Kong  There Goes The Sun  Magic Marker
76  Work Of Saws  Motivation And Watertower Grammar  Thick Furniture
77  R.E.M.  Reveal  Warner Brothers