Favorite Records of 2001

SEE ALSO, MY FAVOURITE SINGLES OF 2001

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[01] THE STROKES

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IS THIS IT

Jams: "Someday" / "Alone, Together" / "New York City Cops"

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[02] RADIOHEAD

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AMNESIAC

Jams: "Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box" / "Pyramid Song" / "Like Spinning Plates"

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[03] UNWOUND

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LEAVES TURN INSIDE YOU

Jams: "Demons Sing Love Songs" / "Scarlette" / "Treachery"

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[04] THE MICROPHONES

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THE GLOW PT. 2

Jams: "The Glow Pt. 2" / "I Want the Wind to Blow" / "I Am Bored"

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[05] DAFT PUNK

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DISCOVERY

Jams: "Crescendolls" / "Verdis Quo" / "Something About Us"

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[06] BJÖRK

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VESPERTINE

Jams: Heirloom" / "Unison" / "Undo"

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[07] THE WHITE STRIPES

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WHITE BLOOD CELLS

Jams: "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" / "The Same Boy You've Always Known" / "I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman"

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[08] FENNESZ

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ENDLESS SUMMER

Jams: "Caecilia" / "Endless Summer" / "A Year In A Minute"

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[09] LOW

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THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE

Jams: "Sunflower" / "Whitetail" / "In Metal"

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[10] BASEMENT JAXX

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ROOTY

Jams: "Romeo" / "Get Me Off" / "Where's Your Head At"

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[11] CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Jams: "Lovely Universe" / "Yesterday's World" / "Joy"

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[12] THE BETA BAND

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HOT SHOTS II

Jams: "Squares" / "Dragon" / "Broke"

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[13] BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB

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B.R.M.C.

Jams: "Red Eyes and Tears" / "Love Burns" / "Rifles"

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[14] JIM O'ROURKE

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INSIGNIFICANCE

Jams: "Get a Room" / "Insignificance" / "Good Times"

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[15] THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN

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CHANGE

Jams: "Sentimental Man" / "Face of the Earth" / "Ellen & Ben"

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[16] FUGAZI

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THE ARGUMENT

Jams: "Epic Problem" / "Cashout" / "Strangelight"

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[17] DNTEL

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LIFE IS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES

Jams: "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan" / "Anywhere Anyone" / "Why I'm So Unhappy"

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[18] LIFE WITHOUT BUILDINGS

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ANY OTHER CITY

Jams: "Juno" / "P.S. Exclusive" / "Philip"

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[19] JAY-Z

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THE BLUEPRINT

Jams: "Takeover" / "Izo (H.O.V.A.)" / "Song Cry"

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[20] MERCURY REV

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ALL IS DREAM

Jams: "The Dark is Rising" / "Lincoln's Eyes" / "Tides of the Moon"

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[21] THE SHINS - Oh, Inverted World ===== Key Track: "Caring is Creepy"

[22] STEREOLAB - Sound Dust ===== Key Track: "Captain Easychord"

[23] PREFUSE 73 - Vocal Studies & Uprock Narratives ===== Key Track: "Nuno"

[24] SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Rings Around the World ===== Key Track: "Juxtaposed With U"

[25] MISSY ELLIOT - Miss E... So Addictive ===== Key Track: "Get Ur Freak On"

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[26] TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS - The Tyranny of Distance ===== Key Track: "Timorous Me"

[27] YANN TIERSEN - Amelie Soundtrack ===== Key Track: "Guilty"

[28] HERBERT - Bodily Functions ===== Key Track: "Nuno"

[29] CANNIBAL OX - The Cold Vein ===== Key Track: "Iron Galaxy"

[30] RADIOHEAD - I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings ===== Key Track: "Like Spinning Plates"

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[31] AALIYAH - Aaliyah ===== Key Track: "We Need a Resolution"

[32] AESOP ROCK - Labor Days ===== Key Track: "Daylight"

[33] STARS OF THE LID - The Tired Sound of Stars of the Lid ===== Key Track: "Requiem For Dying Mothers Pt. 2"

[34] RED HOUSE PAINTERS - Old Ramon ===== Key Track: "Wop-A-Din-Din"

[35] AUTECHRE - Confield ===== Key Track: "Pen Expers"

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[36] PULP - We Love Life ===== Key Track: "Sunrise"

[37] SPOON - Girls Can Tell ===== Key Track: "Everything Hits at Once"

[38] TIM HECKER - Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again ===== Key Track: "Ghost Writing (Part 1)"

[39] DESTROYER - Streethawk; A Seduction ===== Key Track: "The Sublimation Hour"

[40] RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Poses ===== Key Track: "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"

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[41] SPARKLEHORSE - It's a Wonderful Life ===== Key Track: "Piano Fire (feat. PJ Harvey)"

[42] BOBBY CONN - The Golden Age ===== Key Track: "A Taste of Luxury"

[43] HOOD - Cold House ===== Key Track: "You Show No Emotion At All"

[44] TOOL - Lateralus ===== Key Track: "The Grudge"

[45] LALI PUNA - Scary World Theory ===== Key Track: "Bi-Pet"

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[46] WEEZER - The Green Album ===== Key Track: "Island in the Sun"

[47] MANITOBA / CARIBOU - Start Breaking My Heart ===== Key Track: "Dundas, Ontario"

[48] AIR - 10,000 Hz. Legend ===== Key Track: "Electronic Performers"

[49] MOGWAI - ROCK ACTION ===== Key Track: "Take Me Somewhere Nice"

[50] TORTOISE - Standards ===== Key Track: "Seneca"

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[51] STEPHEN MALKMUS - Stephen Malkmus ===== Key Track: "Deado"

[52] JULIE DOIRON - Désormais ===== Key Track: "Faites De Beaux Rêves"

[53] EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die... ===== Key Track: "Have You Passed Through This Night?"

[54] CONSTANTINES - The Constantines ===== Key Track: "Young Offenders"

[55] GILLIAN WELCH - Time (The Revelator) ===== Key Track: "Time (The Revelator)"

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[56] LES SAVY FAV - Go Forth ===== Key Track: "Tragic Monsters"

[57] VARIOUS - Kompact Total 3! ===== Key Track: "Jürgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie"

[58] HAYDEN - Skyscraper National Park ===== Key Track: "Dynamite Walls"

[59] APHEX TWIN - Drukqs ===== Key Track: "54 Cyrmu Beats"

[60] ANDREW W.K. - I Get Wet ===== Key Track: "Party Hard"

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[61] FOUR TET - Pause ===== Key Track: "No More Mosquitos"

[62] A SILVER MT. ZION - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upwards ===== Key Track: "Could've Moved Mountains..."

[63] cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD ===== Key Track: "Apt. A (1) (feat. Illogic)"

[64] SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Toxicity ===== Key Track: "Chop Suey!"

[65] VARIOUS - Hedwig and the Angry Inch OST ===== Key Track: "Origin of Love"

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[66] BOB DYLAN - Love and Trust ===== Key Track: "Po' Boy"

[67] MOUSE ON MARS - Idiology ===== Key Track: "Catching Butterflies with Hands"

[68] MY MORNING JACKET - At Dawn ===== Key Track: "Lowdown"

[69] MY VITRIOL - Finelines ===== Key Track: "Grounded"

[70] TELEFON TEL AVIV - Fahrenheit Fair Enough ===== Key Track: "Lotus Above Water"

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[71] YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Master EP ===== Key Track: "Bang"

[72] FRIDGE - Happiness ===== Key Track: "Cut Up Piano and Xylophone"

[73] N.E.R.D. - In Search Of... ===== Key Track: "Lap Dance"

[74] BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLIE - Ease Down the Road ===== Key Track: "Careless Love"

[75] GORILLAZ - Gorillaz ===== Key Track: "Clint Eastwood"

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[75] GUIDED BY VOICES - Isolation Drills ===== Key Track: "Glad Girls"

[77] NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - No More Shall We Part ===== Key Track: "As I Sat Sadly By Her Side"

[78] DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - THE PHOTO ALBUM ===== Key Track: "Photo Booth"

[79] BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - Feel Good Lost ===== Key Track: "Passport Radio"

[80] MATMOS - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure ===== Key Track: "Memento Mori"

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[81] BUILT TO SPILL - Ancient Melodies of the Future ===== Key Track: "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss"

[82] KYLIE - Fever ===== Key Track: "Can't Get You Out of My Head"

[83] SQUAREPUSHER - Go Plastic ===== Key Track: "My Red Hot Car"

[84] AEREOGRAMME - A Story in White ===== Key Track: "Careless Love"

[85] THE FAINT - Danse Macabre ===== Key Track: "Call Call"

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[86] LOST SOUNDS - Black Wave ===== Key Track: "Soon the Tomb"

[87] SET FIRE TO FLAMES - Sings Reign Rebuilder === Key Track: "3 Steal Compass / Drive North / Disappear"

[88] DANIELSON - Fetch the Compass Kids ===== Key Track: "Rallying the Dominos"

[89] SILVER JEWS - Bright Flight ===== Key Track: "Slow Education"

[90] FANTOMAS - The Director's Cut ===== Key Track: "Rosemary's Baby (Krzysztof Komeda)"

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[91] OPETH - Blackwater Park ===== Key Track: "The Drapery Falls"

[92] PINBACK - Blue Screen Life ===== Key Track: "Offline PK"

[93] THE FRAMES - For the Birds ===== Key Track: "What Happens When the Heart Just Stops"

[94] ROYKSOPP - Melody A.M. ===== Key Track: "Eple"

[95] MIRAH - Advisory Committee ===== Key Track: "Cold Cold Water"

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[96] CONVERGE - Jane Doe ===== Key Track: "Concubine"

[97] DIRTBOMBS === Key Track: "Chains of Love"

[98] MUSE - Origin of Symmetry ===== Key Track: "Plug-in Baby"

[99] SUPERSILENT - 5 ===== Key Track: "5.1"

[100] PLAID - Double Figure ===== Key Track: "Silversum"

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