2001 in music.

Radiohead's Kid A won 2000. Let's see who wins 2001.

Billboard chart-topping albums of 2001:
The Beatles - 1 (cont. from 2000)
Jennifer Lopez - J. Lo
Shaggy - Hot Shot (cont. from 2000)
Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
2Pac - Until the End of Time
Various Artists - Now! Vol. 6
Janet Jackson - All For You
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Tool - Lateralus
Staind - Break the Cycle
Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
D12 - Devil's Night
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
NSYNC - Celebrity
Various Artists - Now! Vol. 7
Maxwell - Now
Aaliyah - Aaliyah
System of a Down - Toxicity
Jay Z - The Blueprint
Ja Rule - Pain is Love
Various Artists - God Bless American: Benefit for the Twin Towers Fund (jesus christ lol)
DMX - The Great Depression
Michael Jackson - Invincible
Britney Spears - Britney
Garth Brooks - Scarecrow
Creed - Weathered

Billboard chart-topping singles of 2001:
Destiny's Child - Independent Woman (cont. from 2000)
Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (cont. from 2000)
Outkast - Ms. Jackson (cont. from 2000)
Joe - Stutter
Crazy Town - Butterfly (cont. from 2000)
Shaggy - Angel
Janet Jackson - All for You
Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink - Lady Marmalade
Usher - U Remind Me
Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
Alicia Keys - Fallin
Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real
Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
Usher - U Got it Bad
Nickelback - How You Remind Me

What are your top three albums for 2001? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be:
1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. The Strokes - Is This It
3. Radiohead - Amnesiac

What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later?

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remainder of the top 15:
4. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
5. Weezer - Weezer (Green)
6. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
7. Converge - Jane Doe
8. Jay Z - The Blueprint
9. System of a Down - Toxicity
10. Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera
11. Fugazi - The Argument
12. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
13. Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
14. The Microphones - The Glow pt. 2
15. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

honorable mentions:
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Bjork - Vespertine (could be higher, only got to it this week. loved it though)
Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
Daft Punk - Discovery
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth…
Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down
Garth Brooks - Scarecrow
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Mogwai - Rock Action
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter
Rilo Kiley - Take Offs and Landings
Rise Against - The Unraveling
Rocket from the Crypt - Group Sounds
Ryan Adams - Gold
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Slayer - God Hates Us All
Slipknot - Iowa
Sparklehorse - It’s a Wonderful Life
Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-La Dee Da
Superchunk - Here’s to Shutting Up
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Thursday - Full Collapse
Tool - Lateralus
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia

stuff to check out:
Aaliyah - Aaliyah
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
The Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Destiny’s Child - Survivor
Elbow - Asleep in the Back
Entombed - Morning Star
Ja Rule - Pain is Love
Janet Jackson - All for You
Jim O’Rourke - Insignificance
Lucinda Williams - Essence
Maxwell - Now
Mercury Rev - All is Dream
Missy Elliott - Miss E… So Addictive
No Doubt - Rock Steady
Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler

 

Some reaaaaal good stuff in there.

 

Keeps being said but what an outrageous year.

 

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Top 3 album ever imo

2. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2

Maybe too long but what an achievement. I think I Want Wind to Blow is one of the great album openers ever, the way it explodes in the second half is such a peak music moment for me.

3. Radiohead - Amnesiac

Third best Radiohead album

tough to have to leave out the photo album which I think is top 3 death cab. Oh Inverted World is a fun pick too but a clear step down from these others. Very easy too 5 for me, though.

 

1. Slipknot - Iowa
2. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
3. Thursday - Full Collapse

4. Blink 182 - TOYPJ
5. Jay Z - The Blue Print
6. Death Cab for Cutie - Photo Album
7. System of a Down - Toxicity
8. Eve - Scorpion
9. Converge - Jane Doe
10. Foxy Brown - Broken Silence

 

yeah the bloat of the microphones album holds it back for me but if i made top 10 songs from this year it’d probably have two

 

1. The Strokes - Is This It?
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Radiohead - Amnesiac
4. DCFC - The Photo Album
5. Spoon - GCT

 

what in the actual fuck, Spotify - they have YHF labeled as 2002. As soon as I saw your #1, I had to check my playlists and make the change. Wild.

 

Some big classics from '01.

 

1. Kamelot - Karma
2. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
3. Radiohead - Amnesiac

Karma is a pretty perfect power metal album with some of my favourite vocals in all of music. The title track is a highlight with a phenomenal chorus and the closing Elizabeth trilogy is a great distillation of everything I love about the band, depicting the descent into madness of Elizabeth Bathory. One of my favourite endings to any album.

The Glow Pt. 2 is Phil Elverum's masterpiece, filled with fantastic songwriting exploring loss and the confrontation of it. Some of my favourite lyrics ever written are on here and the mix of acoustic guitars, delicate vocals and the occasional blasts of noise and distortion perfectly represent the emotions the album takes you through. It's an album that I grow more appreciation for every time I revisit it.

Amnesiac isn't quite on the same level as Kid A for me but it's honestly not that far off, probably a top 3 Radiohead record for me. Filled with fantastic songs like "Pyramid Song", "Knives Out" and my personal favourite; "Life in a Glass House".

Honourable mentions;

4. Muse - Origin of Symmetry; I miss this version of Muse, some fantastic songs on here. Huge hooks, great vocals, noisy and energetic. "New Born" and "Bliss" in particular are everything I want from this band.

5. Opeth - Blackwater Park; Surprised at how much I've grown to love this album since I'm not the biggest fan of harsh vocals like this but the songwriting is so good and the softer sections with the clean vocals really opened up the album to me.

6. John Mayer - Room for Squares; Doesn't quite hit the heights he would on later albums and it's a bit inconsistent but I still think it's a pretty great debut album filled with catchy tunes and clever songwriting.

7. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album; Probably my least favourite of Death Cab's great period but there's still a lot to love on here, especially in the back half. It's just got a bit of a weak start for me.

8. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American; Great pop rock record with some ace singles. "Sweetness" never gets old for me. A few songs I don't care for hold it back from being higher for me.

9. Tenacious D - Tenacious D; I've cooled off a lot on this over the years but I still enjoy it a lot and genuinely love Jack Black's voice.

10. maudlin of the Well - Bath; This has so many cool, creative moments musically that I can appreciate but never really comes together as a whole for me. The vocals can be pretty hit or miss.

Thought I'd give doing write ups a go since I always appreciate and enjoy reading them from those that do. I just find it hard to really eloquently describe or explain what I like about music, haha. This should give me good practice though!

 

Both are technically true. The band streamed the album on their website in 2001, but it didn't have an official retail release until 2002.

 

1. Bjork - Vespertine
2. Converge - Jane Doe
3. Incubus - Morning View

 

Somehow missed Vespertine. Wouldn't quite crack my top 3 but should be high on my HM. Beautiful album.

 

Damn, didn’t realize Full Collapse was 2001. I’d have that around where I have OIW. Also honorable mention for American Nightmare - Background Music. I’m not a huge hardcore fan, but that’s probably my favorite album in the genre.

 

Ah Ok interesting - I should've scrolled through the Wiki page a bit more to read that. I wasn't quite cool enough to be listening to Wilco actively in '02, but I remember a few older friends talking about "Jesus, Etc" and such, and I came around on them just a few years later.

 

1. Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
2. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
3. Weezer - Green

Lot of good stuff this year!
Aaliyah
Ja Rule
Death Cab
The Shins

 

I've never got on board with Amnesiac. I'll give it another go some time this week.

 

some weeks it’s my favorite of theirs. the morning bell version on it blows the kid a version out of the water

 

I'd say the other way round. I don't really like the lethargy of the Amnesiac version.

 

I always look forward to Mondays for these threads now! These early 2000s are fun because I can really tell that I was a child who only listened to 10 albums a year.

1. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

• This album, much like Clarity, has unraveled itself for me over time. As a child, I only loved the first half, but as an adult I've been fortunate enough to discover back-half bangers like Get It Faster and Cautioners.

2. Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary

• Not my favorite of theirs anymore, but I think it was when I was a kid. They broaden both lyrically and musically on this album but the Dan songs provide enough emotional backbone to give it some weight.

3. Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler

• One of the most influential albums of all time for my childhood. Loved the hits and the sense of humor the band had in their music and videos. Learned what an abortion is because of this song.

Honorable mentions:
Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (Solid album, lyrics are a bit juvenile for it to be an all-timer for me.)

Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Albarn would perfect the formula on the next two albums, but this is a great place to start. I get a shot of nostalgia straight to the vein whenever I hear the opening chords to 5/4.)

Tenacious D - Tenacious D (This was a college discovery for me. Their secret weapon is how fucking good at guitar Kyle is.)

Weezer - Green Album (Loved this album when I was young because I didn't wait 6 years for 28 minutes of music. Still some great power-pop. I hate Crab though.)

Relient K - The Anatomy of the Tongue In Cheek (Half killer, lots of filler. But they start to get it right here. Pressing On, Sadie Hawkins, Failure to Excommunicate, etc. all hint at the band's future.)

Rx Bandits - Progress (This album is just a ton of fun.)

System of a Down - Toxicity (Great album that is notable not only for the songwriting craft and overall energy, but also for the insane/improbable commercial success.)

Finally, 2001 blessed us with this:

 

1. Thursday - Full Collapse
2. Jay Z - The Blueprint
3. The Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl
4. The Strokes - Is This It
5. Mogwai - Rock Action

Cursive's Burst and Bloom came out this year and it's still an incredible EP.

 

I'm carrying the torch for Amnesiac as much as anyone but this is a bridge too far for me

 

sorry i’m brave and correct

 

They're both great but I prefer the Kid A version.