60 Albums 2001

One of my favorite years for music. A great list top to bottom. Picking a album to lead this list was kind of easy with that Strokes album leading the pack. I picked it as my favorite back in 2001 and the decision stands. Lots of great music on this list.

1. The Stokes - Is This It
2. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
3. Lucinda Williams - Essence
4. Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter 
5. Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
6. The Detroit Cobras - Life, Love and Leaving
7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
8. Radiohead - Amnesiac
9. Chris Whitley - Rocket House
10. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
11. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
12. M. Ward - End of Amnesia
13. Ryan Adams - Gold
14. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bravery, Repetition & Noise
15. Built To Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
16. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go
17. R.E.M. - Reveal
18. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
19. The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide In Black
20. Joe Henry - Scar
21. Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under The Influence
22. Mercury Rev - All Is Dream
23. Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
24. Carlos Santana - Divine Light (Reconstructions & Mix Translation by Bill Laswell)
25. Shawn Colvin - Whole New You
26. Kevin Tihista's Red Terror - Don't Breathe A Word
27. Sam Phillips - Fan Dance
28. John Hiatt - The Tiki Bar Is Open
29. The Angels of Light - How I Loved You
30. The Kingsbury Manx - Let You Down
31. Travis - The Invisible Band
32. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
33. Ed Harcourt - Here Be Monsters
34. Del McCoury - Del and the Boys
35. Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea
36. Pinback - Blue Screen Life
37. Jim White - No Such Life
38. Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
39. The Walkabouts - Ended Up A Stranger
40. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease Down The Road
41. Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Bavarian Fruit Bread
42. Whiskeytown - Pneumonia
43. Clem Snide - The Ghost of Fashion
44. Tara Jane O'Neil - In The Sun Lines
45. Nice Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
46. Circulatory System - Circulatory System
47. Tindersticks - Can Our Love
48. Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
49. Bjork - Vespertine
50. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
51. Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs
52. Baby Lemonade - High Life Suite
53. The Warlocks - Rise and Fall
54. Hem - Rabbit Songs
55. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
56. Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera
57. Pulp - We Love Life
58. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Behind the Music
59. Old 97's - Satellite Rides
60. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire

Some more 

• Azure Ray - Azure Ray
• Frank Black & The Catholics - Dog In The Sand
• Duncan Sheik - Phantom Moon
• Kings of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
• The Divine Comedy - Regeneration
• The Green Pajamas - In A Glass Darkly
• Andrew Bird - The Swimming Hour
• Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction
• Mark Lanegan - Field Songs
• David Byrne - Look Into The Eyeball
• Depeche Mode - Exciter
• The Beta Band - Hot Shots II
• Travis - The Invisible Band
• James - Pleased To Meet You
• The Faint - Dance Macabre
• Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life
• Nick Lowe - The Convincer
• Eels - Souljacker
• John Mellencamp - Cuttin' Heads
• Sloan - Pretty Together
• Kings of Convenience - Versus
• Holly Golightly - The Main Attraction
• Weezer - Weezer (Green Album)
• Ray Wylie Hubbard - Eternal and Lowdown
• Ida - The Braille Night
• Ian Hunter - Rant
• Richard Hawley - Late Night Final
• Bardo Pond - Dilate
• Mirah - Advisory Committee

Here are some mixes spotlighting songs from some of these albums...

• Songs 2001 Vol. 1 - Last Night - List 
• Songs 2001 Vol. 2 - Yesterday's World - List 
• Songs 2001 Vol. 3 - Timestretched - List