Critics' Best 100 Albums of 2001
  
Listed below are the 100 most critically acclaimed albums of 2001. This list is based on 63 end-of-year magazine/webzine polls and is calculated using 'elaborate'
mathematical formulas!
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best records of 2001. Albums linked in gray will take you to a
MetaCritic or All Music Guide page and albums linked in
pink are recommended by Jumping Fences and will link to our Best
of 2001 pages.
1. The Strokes - Is This It
2. Radiohead - Amnesiac
3. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
4. Bjork - Vespertine
5. Bob Dylan - Love And Theft
6. Ryan Adams - Gold
7. Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive
8. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
9. N*E*R*D - In Search Of...
10. Mercury Rev - All Is Dream
11. New Order - Get Ready
12. Weezer - Weezer [Green Album]
13. Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
14. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
15. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
16. Daft Punk - Discovery
17. Sparklehorse - It'S A Wonderful Life
18. Lucinda Williams - Essence
19. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
20. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
21. System Of A Down - Toxicity
22. Air - 10,000 Hz Legends
23. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
24. Tool - Lateralus
25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
26. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
27. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
28. Basement Jaxx - Rooty
29. Pulp - We Love Life
30. Fugazi - The Argument
31. Royksopp - Melody A.M.
32. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
33. Manu Chao - Proxima Estacion: Esperanza
34. Mogwai - Rock Action
35. Nick Lowe - The Convincer
36. Turin Brakes - The Optimist Lp
37. Ed Harcourt - Here Be Monsters
38. Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
39. Travis - The Invisible Band
40. Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus
41. Zero - 7 Simple Things
42. Elbow - Asleep In The Back
43. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
44. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Ease Down The Road
45. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
46. The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches
47. The Pernice Brothers - The World Won'T End
48. Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz And Thee Glitz
49. Starsailor - Love Is Here
50. Macy Gray - The Id
51. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
52. Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
53. Aphex Twin - Drukqs
54. R.E.M. - Reveal
55. Andrew Wk - I Get Wet
56. Dismemberment Plan - Change
57. Slipknot - Iowa
58. Ash - Free All Angels
59. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
60. I Am Kloot - Natural History
61. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
62. Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
63. Various Artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
64. Joe Henry - Scar
65. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
66. Destiny'S Child - Survivor
67. Stina Nordenstam - This Is
68. Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
69. Bilal - 1St Born Second
70. The Coup - Party Music
71. Gorky'S Zygotic Mynci - How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart
72. The Beta Band - Hot Shots Ii
73. The Charlatans - Wonderland
74. Jaheim - Ghetto Love
75. Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter
76. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Behind The Music
77. Squarepusher - Go Plastic
78. Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs
79. Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
80. Zoot Woman - Living In A Magazine
81. Blumfeld - Testament Der Angst
82. My Vitriol - Finelines
83. T.O.K. - My Crew, My Dawgs
84. Fennesz - Endless Summer
85. Built To Spill - Ancient Melodies Of The Future
86. Clem Snide - The Ghost Of Fashion
87. Jim White - No Such Place
88. Incubus - Morning View
89. Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human
90. Bubba Sparxx - Dark Days, Bright Nights
91. Herbert - Bodily Functions
92. Hood - Cold House
93. The Eels - Souljacker
94. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
95. Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
96. Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul
97. The Faint - Danse Macabre
98. International Noise Conspiracy - A New Morning, Changing Weather
99. Rodney Crowell - The Houston Kid
100. Dominique A - Auguri
The above list was compiled from the 2001 critics' polls of the following 63 magazines/web-zines> NME,Rock'sBack Pages, BigO, Blender, Spin,Uncut,Magnet,Nojesguiden,MusikExpress, GermanRolling Stone, Pitchfork,CMJ, Visions,LesInrockuptibles, EOnline, RollingStone, LATimes, LiveDaily/City Search, Mojo,Q,PlayLouder, Babylon,Spex, Intro, VH1,Aftonbladet, Rock De Lux, Iguana,NewTimes LA, Expressen,The Face, Launch,Panorama,Technikart,Rocksound,Ink Blot,MondoSonoro, Alternative Press, Zundfunk,Kinda Muzik,Eye,Basement-Life,Magic!,Delusionsof Adequacy, Unpop,PopMatters, PopNews, WashingtonCity Paper, Billboard,AllMusic Guide, VillageVoice, Rock& Rap, Audiogalaxy,Music-Critic,Drownedin Sound, SoundsXP,Liberation,OOR,Lostat Sea, Sonic, Heaven,Natt& Dag and Zailor.In total, 25 polls came from the USA, 9 from Britain, 6 from Germany, 6 from France, 4 from Sweden, 3 from Spain,3 from the Netherlands, 3 from Norway. 1 from Greece, 1 from Singapore, 1from Canada and 1 from all over the place (Rock& Rap's Fifth Annual International Music Writers Poll).
Many thanks to Henrik Franzon for bringing to our attention many of the lists used! Also thanks to Xavier Valioņo for providing us with the Rock De Lux and Iguana lists. Please visit Julian's Rocklist Site to view many of the above magazines' full end-of-year lists. Additionally, go here for the full German lists and here for the French ones. Also, check out Henrik's AcclaimedMusic site for more great lists.
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