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1960's: 1. The Beatles: (The White Album) 2. The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet & Let It Bleed 3. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited 4. Sam Cooke: Night Beat 5. Neil Young: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 6. The Byrds: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 7. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country 8. Jeff Beck: Truth 9. Van Morrison: Astral Weeks 10. Moby Grape

1970's 1. The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street & Sticky Fingers 2. Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story 3. Big Star: #1 Record 4. The Velvet Underground: Loaded 5. Television: Marquee Moon 6. Neil Young: On The Beach & American Stars 'n Bars 7. George Harrison: All Things Must Pass 8. Elvis Costello: This Year's Model 9. The Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head 10. Gram Parsons: GP/Grievous Angel

Heavy Changes' top albums for year 2000: 1. The Waxwings: Low To The Ground 2. R.L. Burnside: Wish I Was In Heaven Sittin Down 3. The Mayflies USA: The Pity List 4. The Jayhawks: Smile 5. Neil Young: Silver & Gold 6. Beachwood Sparks 7. The Byrds: Live At The Fillmore 8. The Blessed Light Band: For Love And Preservation 9. Superdrag: In The Valley Of Dying Stars 10.North Mississippi All-Stars: Shake Hands With Shorty

Top reissues of 2000: 1. Gimme Indie Rock 2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (box set) 3. Robert Nighthawk: Live On Maxwell Street 1964 4. Matthew Sweet: Time Capsule 5. The Flying Burrito Brothers: Hot Burritos!

Listed below are my top 10 albums by decade.  For inclusionary purposes I may list multiple albums by one artist if I couldn't narrow it to one.  I will be adding other lists soon...

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Heavy Changes' top albums for year 2001: 1. The Strokes: Is This It 2. Guided By Voices: Isolation Drills 3. The Clientele: Suburban Light 4. January: I Heard Myself In You 5. Stephen Malkmus 6. The Young Fresh Fellows: Because We Hate You 7. Built To Spill: Ancient Melodies Of The Future 8. You Am I: Dress Me Slowly 9. Luna: Live 10.Henry Gray: Plays Chicago Blues

Ric Menck's top albums for year 2001: 1. The Strokes: Is This It 2. The White Stripes: De Stijl 3. Beachwood Sparks: Once We Were Trees 4. The Tyde: Once 5. Wiskey Biscuit: Zig Zag 6. Bob Dylan: Love And Theft 7. George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (re-issue) 8. The Action: Rolled Gold (re-issue) 9. (tie) Spiritualized: Let It Come Down/ Delta: Slippin' Out 10.Steve Wynn: Here Come The Miracles

Heavy Changes' top re-issues of 2001: 1. The Velvet Crush: A Single Odessey/ In The Presence Of Greatness 2. Dinosaur Jr.: Ear Bleedin' Country 3. Buffalo Springfield box set 4. Buddy Guy: Collected 5. The Dream Syndicate: The Days Of Wine And Roses

Ric has provided his own unique brand of commentary for his best of 2001.  To view Ric's comments, click here or visit parasol.com.

1980's 1. The Stone Roses 2. Galaxie 500: Today 3. R.E.M.: any of the IRS albums 4. Dinosaur Jr.: Bug 5. The Feelies: The Good Earth 6. The Smiths: The World Won't Listen 7. Scruffy The Cat: Tiny Days 8. Billy Bragg: Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 9. New Order: Technique 10.The Psychedelic Furs: Book Of Days