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In November, Washington City Paper asked its music writers to compile lists of their 10 favorite releases of the past year. Critics were required to divide a total of 100 points among their selections, awarding no more than 30 points—and no fewer than 1—to each. Any single, EP, album, or box set of old or new music released in any quantity anywhere in the world in 2001 was eligible. Three weeks, 1,800 points, and a 44-way tie for 21st later:
| Brett Anderson | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Rocket to Russia |
Ramones |
Rhino |
25 |
The Argument |
Fugazi |
Dischord |
15 |
Party Music |
The Coup |
Tommy Boy/75 Ark |
14 |
Satellite Rides |
Old 97’s |
Elektra |
10 |
Love and Theft |
Bob Dylan |
Columbia |
9 |
Southern Rock Opera |
Drive-By Truckers |
Soul Dump |
8 |
Neighborhoods |
Olu Dara |
Atlantic |
5 |
Biota Bondo |
Iffy |
Lightyear |
5 |
Is This It |
The Strokes |
RCA |
5 |
Lohio |
Ass Ponys |
Checkered Past |
4 |
| Brent Burton | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Insignificance |
Jim O’Rourke |
Drag City |
17 |
Prowler in the Yard |
Pig Destroyer |
Relapse |
17 |
Vision Creation Newsun |
Boredoms |
Birdman |
14 |
Standards |
Tortoise |
Thrill Jockey |
12 |
Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos |
Various Artists |
Afrostrut |
10 |
Ride the Skies |
Lightning Bolt |
Load |
9 |
Dizzy Spells |
The Ex |
Touch and Go |
8 |
Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time |
Miles Davis |
Sony/Legacy |
7 |
Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980-1985 |
Afrika Bambaataa |
Tommy Boy |
4 |
Lipswitch |
Richard Devine |
Schematic |
2 |
| Richard Byrne | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Facts of Life |
Black Box Recorder |
Jetset |
25 |
Naz Bar |
The Anubian Lights |
Crippled Dick Hot Wax |
10 |
The Best of Fad Gadget |
Fad Gadget |
Mute |
10 |
Everything Scatter/Noise for Vendor Mouth |
Fela Kuti |
MCA |
10 |
Sex O'Clock |
Anita Lane |
Mute |
10 |
Rooty |
Basement Jaxx |
Astralwerks |
7 |
Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
Tom House |
Catamount |
7 |
Long Distance |
Ivy |
Nettwerk |
7 |
Belgrade Coffee Shop Sessions Vol. 1 |
Jazzva/Speed Limit |
Stereo Freeze/B92 |
7 |
Resist |
Kosheen |
Moksha |
7 |
| Jason Cherkis | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Glow, Pt. 2 |
The Microphones |
K |
30 |
The Argument |
Fugazi |
Dischord |
15 |
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives |
Prefuse 73 |
Warp |
15 |
Sound-Dust |
Stereolab |
Elektra |
10 |
Innocence & Despair |
The Langley Schools Music Project |
Bar None |
7 |
Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues |
Charley Patton |
Revenant |
7 |
Tiny Waves Mighty Sea |
Future Pilot AKA |
Domino |
5 |
Cold House |
Hood |
Aesthetics |
5 |
Seasonally Affective: A Piano Magic Retrospective 1996-2000 |
Piano Magic |
Rocket Girl |
4 |
Party Music |
The Coup |
Tommy Boy/75 Ark |
2 |
| Ta-Nehisi Coates | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Blueprint |
Jay-Z |
Roc-A-Fella |
30 |
Mahogany Soul |
Angie Stone |
J |
20 |
Big Boi & Dre Present... |
OutKast |
Arista/La Face |
15 |
Experience: Jill Scott |
Jill Scott |
Epic |
15 |
1st Born Second |
Bilal |
Interscope |
5 |
Expansion Team |
Dilated Peoples |
Capitol |
4 |
Acoustic Soul |
India.Arie |
Motown |
3 |
No More Drama |
Mary J. Blige |
MCA |
3 |
Songs in A Minor |
Alicia Keys |
J |
3 |
Aaliyah |
Aaliyah |
Virgin |
2 |
| Sean Daly | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Blueprint |
Jay-Z |
Roc-A-Fella |
15 |
Weezer |
Weezer |
Geffen |
14 |
Love and Theft |
Bob Dylan |
Columbia |
13 |
God Bless the Go-Go’s |
The Go-Go’s |
Beyond |
12 |
Gold |
Ryan Adams |
Lost Highway |
11 |
The Invisible Band |
Travis |
Sony |
10 |
Amnesiac |
Radiohead |
Capitol |
9 |
Today |
Raul Malo |
Higher Octave |
8 |
Missundaztood |
Pink |
Arista |
6 |
Gorillaz |
Gorillaz |
Virgin |
2 |
| Glenn Dixon | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Time (The Revelator) |
Gillian Welch |
Acony |
15 |
Inside |
Steffen Basho-Junghans |
Strange Attractors Audio House |
10 |
Stephen Malkmus |
Stephen Malkmus |
Matador |
10 |
Neu! |
Neu! |
Astralwerks |
10 |
Satellite Rides |
Old 97’s |
Elektra |
10 |
Leos Janácek: A Recollection |
András Schiff |
ECM New Series |
10 |
Sigur Rós & Steindór Andersen |
Sigur Rós & Steindór Andersen |
Sigur Rós |
10 |
“Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!”: Vintage Fiddle Music, 1927-1935 |
Various Artists |
Old Hat |
10 |
Lamento Borincano (Puerto Rican Lament): Early Puerto Rican Music 1916-1939 |
Various Artists |
Arhoolie |
10 |
Let You Down |
The Kingsbury Manx |
Overcoat |
5 |
| Neil Drumming | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Labor Days |
Aesop Rock |
Def Jux |
10 |
1st Born Second |
Bilal |
Interscope |
10 |
Vespertine |
Björk |
Elektra |
10 |
The Cold Vein |
Cannibal Ox |
Def Jux |
10 |
Gorillaz |
Gorillaz |
Virgin |
10 |
Ascension |
Pep Love |
Hieroglyphics Imperium |
10 |
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives |
Prefuse 73 |
Warp |
10 |
How I Do |
Res |
MCA |
10 |
Run Come Save Me |
Roots Manuva |
Big Dada |
10 |
Wu-Tang Iron Flag |
Wu-Tang Clan |
Loud |
10 |
| Mark Jenkins | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Dream Interpretation: Inside the Dream Syndicate Vol. II |
John Cale |
Table of the Elements |
10 |
Stainless Gamelan: Inside the Dream Syndicate Vol. III |
John Cale |
Table of the Elements |
10 |
Sun Blindness Music |
John Cale |
Table of the Elements |
10 |
Secret Box: The Chills' Rarities, 1980-2000 |
The Chills |
Definitive |
10 |
Heavenly vs. Satan |
Heavenly |
K |
10 |
LiLiPUT |
Kleenex/LiLiPUT |
Kill Rock Stars |
10 |
Neu! 75 |
Neu! |
Astralwerks |
10 |
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire & Beyond |
Various Artists |
Rhino |
10 |
The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip Hop |
Various Artists |
Liaison |
10 |
Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes |
The Velvet Underground |
Polydor |
10 |
| Mike Kanin | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Argument |
Fugazi |
Dischord |
30 |
Seasonally Affective: A Piano Magic Retrospective 1996-2000 |
Piano Magic |
Rocket Girl |
16 |
The Tyranny of Distance |
Ted Leo/Pharmacists |
Lookout! |
12 |
Cold House |
Hood |
Aesthetics |
11 |
Please Smile My Noise Bleed |
Múm |
Morr |
9 |
Group Sounds |
Rocket From the Crypt |
Vagrant |
8 |
Drukqs |
Aphex Twin |
Warp/Sire |
6 |
Insound Tour Support Series Vol. 19 |
The Rapture |
Insound |
4 |
Fire Works |
High Dependency Unit |
Flying Nun |
3 |
Vespertine |
Björk |
Elektra |
1 |
| Michael Little | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Rock Bottom |
The Kiss Offs |
Peek-A-Boo |
25 |
It's a Wonderful Life |
Sparklehorse |
Capitol |
25 |
Bring on the Snakes |
Crooked Fingers |
Warm |
10 |
Let It Come Down |
Spiritualized |
Arista |
10 |
Bravery Repetition & Noise |
Brian Jonestown Massacre |
Bomp! |
5 |
Fetch the Compass Kids |
Danielson Famile |
Secretly Canadian |
5 |
All Is Dream |
Mercury Rev |
V2 |
5 |
Seasonally Affective: A Piano Magic Retrospective 1996-2000 |
Piano Magic |
Rocket Girl |
5 |
Drugs, Sex & Discotheques |
The Prima Donnas |
Peek-A-Boo |
5 |
Acre Thrills |
U.S. Maple |
Drag City |
5 |
| John Murph | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
1st Born Second |
Bilal |
Interscope |
25 |
The Id |
Macy Gray |
Epic |
15 |
The Rainbow Children |
Prince |
NPG |
15 |
Download This |
New Sector Movements |
Main Squeeze/People/Virgin U.K. |
10 |
Curvatia |
Spacek |
Island U.K. |
10 |
Creating Patterns |
4 Hero |
Talkin Loud |
5 |
Loop in Release |
Booster |
Blue Note France |
5 |
Cachaíto |
Orlando “Cachaíto” López |
World Circuit/Nonesuch |
5 |
Symbols of Light (A Solution) |
Greg Osby |
Blue Note |
5 |
Supa Sista |
Ursula Rucker |
!K7 |
5 |
| Christopher Porter | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Owls |
Owls |
Jade Tree |
20 |
Come Play With Me |
Cuong Vu |
Knitting Factory |
15 |
White Blood Cells |
The White Stripes |
Sympathy for the Record Industry |
15 |
Change |
The Dismemberment Plan |
DeSoto |
10 |
Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues |
Charley Patton |
Revenant |
10 |
Amnesiac |
Radiohead |
Capitol |
10 |
Black Stars |
Jason Moran |
Blue Note |
5 |
The Crook of My Arm |
Alisdair Roberts |
Secretly Canadian |
5 |
Everybodys Mouth’s a Book |
Henry Threadgill & Make a Move |
Pi |
5 |
Trojan: A Jamaican Story |
Various Artists |
Trojan |
5 |
| Leonard Roberge | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Seasonally Affective: A Piano Magic Retrospective 1996-2000 |
Piano Magic |
Rocket Girl |
16 |
Magic Time: The Millennium/Ballroom Recordings |
The Millennium |
Sundazed |
14 |
Secret Box: The Chills' Rarities, 1980-2000 |
The Chills |
Definitive |
12 |
Beat Your Crazy Head Against the Sky |
Captain Soul |
Poptones |
10 |
Cold House |
Hood |
Aesthetics |
10 |
Home Is Where It Hurts |
Hood |
Aesthetics |
10 |
Bahama |
Arnold |
Poptones |
9 |
Suburban Crimes of Every Happiness |
Bitter Springs |
Dishy |
8 |
I Believe You Are a Star |
Dimmer |
Columbia New Zealand |
7 |
The Blue Marble |
Sagittarius |
Together/Dreamsville |
4 |
| Joel E. Siegel | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Tuesdays in Chinatown |
Andy Bey |
N-Coded |
10 |
Dem Bones |
Carla Cook |
MaxJazz |
10 |
A Rare Find: Forgotten Gems From the American Popular Songbook |
Justin Hayford |
LML |
10 |
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 |
Billie Holiday |
Columbia/Legacy |
10 |
Vertigo |
René Marie |
MaxJazz |
10 |
Soho Stories |
Ian Shaw |
Milestone |
10 |
Nina Simone & Piano! |
Nina Simone |
RCA |
10 |
I Never Went Away |
Carol Sloane |
Highnote |
10 |
Windflowers: The Songs of Jerome Moross |
Various Artists |
PS Classics |
10 |
Live From Mountain Stage |
Jesse Winchester |
Blue Plate |
10 |
| Joe Warminsky | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Cold Vein |
Cannibal Ox |
Def Jux |
20 |
White Blood Cells |
The White Stripes |
Sympathy for the Record Industry |
20 |
Change |
The Dismemberment Plan |
DeSoto |
15 |
No More Drama |
Mary J. Blige |
MCA |
10 |
Internal Wrangler |
Clinic |
Domino |
10 |
The Argument |
Fugazi |
Dischord |
5 |
Quest for Fire: Firestarter Vol. 1 |
Kardinall Offishall |
MCA |
5 |
Oh, Inverted World |
The Shins |
Sub Pop |
5 |
Is This It |
The Strokes |
RCA |
5 |
Tenacious D |
Tenacious D |
Epic |
5 |
| Pamela Murray Winters | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
The Song Inside |
Sloan Wainwright |
Farkie |
14 |
Drum Hat Buddha |
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer |
Signature Sounds |
13 |
Buddy & Julie Miller |
Buddy & Julie Miller |
HighTone |
13 |
Action Packed: Best of the Capitol Years |
Richard Thompson |
Capitol |
13 |
Last Man on Earth |
Loudon Wainwright III |
Red House |
13 |
Angels & Cigarettes |
Eliza Carthy |
Warner Bros. |
8 |
Poses |
Rufus Wainwright |
DreamWorks |
8 |
Tom Wilson's Planet Love |
Tom Wilson |
Sony Canada |
8 |
Listen, Listen |
Continental Drifters |
Blue Rose |
5 |
Salt Rain |
Susheela Raman |
Narada |
5 |
| Shannon Zimmerman | |||
ALBUM |
ARTIST |
LABEL |
PTS. |
Stephen Malkmus |
Stephen Malkmus |
Matador |
20 |
Blue Boy |
Ron Sexsmith |
spinART |
15 |
Essence |
Lucinda Williams |
Lost Highway |
15 |
Vespertine |
Björk |
Elektra |
10 |
Love and Theft |
Bob Dylan |
Columbia |
10 |
Poses |
Rufus Wainwright |
DreamWorks |
10 |
Right Between the Promises |
Freedy Johnston |
Elektra |
5 |
Is This It |
The Strokes |
RCA |
5 |
Weezer |
Weezer |
Geffen |
5 |
White Blood Cells |
The White Stripes |
Sympathy for the Record Industry |
5 |
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