Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 by 
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Produced by T-Bone Burnett. This is more than a soundtrack. This is a group of exceptional artists paying homage to a lost musical style: the world of old-timey. T-Bone Burnett was the right man for this job, bringing in the likes of Norman Blake, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris...the lineup is astounding, and the performances are legendary. For me, the best non-performance film soundtrack ever made. This is what got me into playing things other than just rock. A phenomenal album.
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2000
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Produced by Kevin Shirley. After so many years away from truly rocking with Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page returns with a band that can keep up with him...The Black Crowes. Not all of the thunder of Zep is back, but there's enough of it. And even though Chris Robinson is clearly no Robert Plant, the real star of the show is Page. And Page delivers. The monster riffs, the crazy solos are all here, and all of the great songs are still very much intact, thank you very much. The tour was short lived, but at least someone got it all down for us to hear.
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Produced by Billy Bragg and Wilco. The second in a series of albums with lyrics written by the legendary Woody Guthrie, Bragg and Wilco continue the great revival of Guthrie's work they started with Volume 1. This edition is a bit darker, which is what makes it so endearing. It's still just as much fun, with Natalie Merchant singing "I Was Born" and the timelessness of songs like "Joe DiMaggio's Done It Again" and "Airline To Heaven". Bragg and Wilco, it turns out, work exceptionally well together.
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Produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy. There would be no alt-country without Steve Earle, and the career of Steve Earle would be incomplete without Transcendental Blues. This is simply a joy of an album that circles around the romping centerpiece, "The Galway Girl". Earle, on his ninth album, still has it in spades...his songwriting has not faded one but, and his feel for what he does has not lost an ounce of passion. This is a must have Steve Earle album...and you must have Steve Earle albums.
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2000 – REPRISE
Produced By NICKY RYAN
1. A Day Without Rain
2. Wild Child
3. Only Time
4. Tempus Vernum
5. Deora Ar Mo Chroi
6. Flora’s Secret
7. Fallen Embers
8. Silver Inches
9. Pilgrim
10. One By One
11. Lazy Days
New Age music has pretty much zero impact on the world of popular music, unless it’s made by Irish artist Enya. She’d had a sizeable hit in 1988 with “Orinoco Flow”, and her albums are always big sellers. In 2000, Enya hit it big again with the single “Only Time”, which paved the way for A Day Without Rain to sell over 15 million copies. For a New Age album. It was helped out tremendously by the single becoming a sort of a theme song used by all of the news networks showing the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. And it’s a pretty terrific song with everything there is to love about Enya…airy, moody and lovely music as a backdrop to her sweet vocals. But even though the song became a massive hit (it was also used on Friends), the album itself is another story.
This is Enya’s biggest selling album, by quite a bit. Outside of “Only Time”, the only other track that seems to have any life in it is “Wild Child”…otherwise, A Day Without Rain is what you would expect from most New Age discs…pretty, unremarkable background music. You could easily hear this album in an elevator, and you would have no idea because it blends into the walls so easily. This is almost the equivalent of musical white noise. Which is too bad, because it really is lovely sounding…there just isn’t any substance to keep it from slipping into the background. Enya has made more than a living making this music…she’s made herself an international star. Her best songs are worth hearing. This album, unfortunately, doesn’t hold up. [First added to this chart: 04/12/2023]
Produced By NICKY RYAN
1. A Day Without Rain
2. Wild Child
3. Only Time
4. Tempus Vernum
5. Deora Ar Mo Chroi
6. Flora’s Secret
7. Fallen Embers
8. Silver Inches
9. Pilgrim
10. One By One
11. Lazy Days
New Age music has pretty much zero impact on the world of popular music, unless it’s made by Irish artist Enya. She’d had a sizeable hit in 1988 with “Orinoco Flow”, and her albums are always big sellers. In 2000, Enya hit it big again with the single “Only Time”, which paved the way for A Day Without Rain to sell over 15 million copies. For a New Age album. It was helped out tremendously by the single becoming a sort of a theme song used by all of the news networks showing the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. And it’s a pretty terrific song with everything there is to love about Enya…airy, moody and lovely music as a backdrop to her sweet vocals. But even though the song became a massive hit (it was also used on Friends), the album itself is another story.
This is Enya’s biggest selling album, by quite a bit. Outside of “Only Time”, the only other track that seems to have any life in it is “Wild Child”…otherwise, A Day Without Rain is what you would expect from most New Age discs…pretty, unremarkable background music. You could easily hear this album in an elevator, and you would have no idea because it blends into the walls so easily. This is almost the equivalent of musical white noise. Which is too bad, because it really is lovely sounding…there just isn’t any substance to keep it from slipping into the background. Enya has made more than a living making this music…she’s made herself an international star. Her best songs are worth hearing. This album, unfortunately, doesn’t hold up. [First added to this chart: 04/12/2023]
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2000-FREE FALLS
Produce By RAFE VAN HOY & BILLY BURNETTE
1. Are You With Me Baby
2. Believe What You Say
3. To Get Next To You
4. Didn’t Start Livin’
5. What A Woman Feels
6. Life And Death
7. Can’t Get Over You
8. Highway Of Love
9. Gimme You
10. Too Much Information
11. Love Me Back
12. The Edge Of Love
13. (Can’t Stop) Got A Little Rock In My Shoe
Billy Burnette has maybe not done it all, but he’s definitely done more of it than most. Child prodigy, sideman, solo artist, hired gun, actor…you name it, Billy’s probably been there. The son of rock legend Dorsey Burnette, Billy grew up learning to play with the Rock & Roll Trio, then later with Ricky Nelson’s band. He recorded his first album at the age of eleven, and began songwriting in his late teens. He had country hits as a solo artist in the 70’s, then joined Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo in 1981. While becoming a top shelf country songwriter, he continued his solo career, then joined Fleetwood Mac in 1987, a band he’s been with on and off over the years. He’s played in the touring bands of Bob Dylan and John Fogerty, and as part of a country duo with Bekka Bramlett. He’s had a triple bypass, and is one of the most sought after musicians of his time. Oh…and he also has a genre named after him. The 1953 song “Rockabilly Blues” by his father took it’s name from Billy and his cousin Rocky.
And through it all, Burnette, has still managed a solid solo career. And in the middle of that, in 2000, he released Are You With Me Baby, an absolute gem of a rockabilly album. It didn’t go far, being that it was rockabilly in the year 2000, but the energy and quality warrant this being revisited. The songs are all Burnette originals, with the exception of “Believe What You Say”, which was written by his late father and uncle, to whom the album is dedicated. The band is small and powerful, and the material is first rate…and it’s delivered as it should be with the expertise of Burnette, who shows here that he has never forgotten where he came from. Are You With Me Baby was never going to be a big hit, and it does indeed sound dated…but it’s also a great tribute to the music of Burnette’s childhood, and serves as a reminder that there is still great rockabilly out there. [First added to this chart: 10/14/2012]
Produce By RAFE VAN HOY & BILLY BURNETTE
1. Are You With Me Baby
2. Believe What You Say
3. To Get Next To You
4. Didn’t Start Livin’
5. What A Woman Feels
6. Life And Death
7. Can’t Get Over You
8. Highway Of Love
9. Gimme You
10. Too Much Information
11. Love Me Back
12. The Edge Of Love
13. (Can’t Stop) Got A Little Rock In My Shoe
Billy Burnette has maybe not done it all, but he’s definitely done more of it than most. Child prodigy, sideman, solo artist, hired gun, actor…you name it, Billy’s probably been there. The son of rock legend Dorsey Burnette, Billy grew up learning to play with the Rock & Roll Trio, then later with Ricky Nelson’s band. He recorded his first album at the age of eleven, and began songwriting in his late teens. He had country hits as a solo artist in the 70’s, then joined Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo in 1981. While becoming a top shelf country songwriter, he continued his solo career, then joined Fleetwood Mac in 1987, a band he’s been with on and off over the years. He’s played in the touring bands of Bob Dylan and John Fogerty, and as part of a country duo with Bekka Bramlett. He’s had a triple bypass, and is one of the most sought after musicians of his time. Oh…and he also has a genre named after him. The 1953 song “Rockabilly Blues” by his father took it’s name from Billy and his cousin Rocky.
And through it all, Burnette, has still managed a solid solo career. And in the middle of that, in 2000, he released Are You With Me Baby, an absolute gem of a rockabilly album. It didn’t go far, being that it was rockabilly in the year 2000, but the energy and quality warrant this being revisited. The songs are all Burnette originals, with the exception of “Believe What You Say”, which was written by his late father and uncle, to whom the album is dedicated. The band is small and powerful, and the material is first rate…and it’s delivered as it should be with the expertise of Burnette, who shows here that he has never forgotten where he came from. Are You With Me Baby was never going to be a big hit, and it does indeed sound dated…but it’s also a great tribute to the music of Burnette’s childhood, and serves as a reminder that there is still great rockabilly out there. [First added to this chart: 10/14/2012]
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2000-BLOODSHOT
Produced By ETHAN JOHNS
1. (Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey)
2. To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
3. My Winding Wheel
4. AMY
5. Oh My Sweet Carolina
6. Bartering Lines
7. Call Me On Your Way Back Home
8. Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains)
9. Come Pick Me Up
10. To Be The One
11. Why Do They Leave
12. Shakedown On 9th Street
13. Don't Ask For The Water
14. In My Time Of Need
15. Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)
Heartbreaker is the debut album from Ryan Adams after the fall of Whiskeytown. And it could be his best. Adams is a prolific guy, and he does have a tendancy to let his lesser material onto his albums. In that regard, Heartbreaker is his strongest. There really isn't any filler here...just great songs. With help from Kim Richey, Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch, Adams and his songs shine from start to finish. If you haven't been properly introduced to Adams yet, this is where you want to start.
"To Be Young" and "Come Pick Me Up" are highlights, but you really can't go wrong with any of it. This is Ryan Adams at his best, and his most consistent. [First added to this chart: 04/12/2012]
Produced By ETHAN JOHNS
1. (Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey)
2. To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
3. My Winding Wheel
4. AMY
5. Oh My Sweet Carolina
6. Bartering Lines
7. Call Me On Your Way Back Home
8. Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains)
9. Come Pick Me Up
10. To Be The One
11. Why Do They Leave
12. Shakedown On 9th Street
13. Don't Ask For The Water
14. In My Time Of Need
15. Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)
Heartbreaker is the debut album from Ryan Adams after the fall of Whiskeytown. And it could be his best. Adams is a prolific guy, and he does have a tendancy to let his lesser material onto his albums. In that regard, Heartbreaker is his strongest. There really isn't any filler here...just great songs. With help from Kim Richey, Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch, Adams and his songs shine from start to finish. If you haven't been properly introduced to Adams yet, this is where you want to start.
"To Be Young" and "Come Pick Me Up" are highlights, but you really can't go wrong with any of it. This is Ryan Adams at his best, and his most consistent. [First added to this chart: 04/12/2012]
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2000
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Year of Release:
2000
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2000 – PARLOPHONE
Produced By CHRIS ALLISON, COLDPLAY & KEN NELSON
1. Don’t Panic
2. Shiver
3. Spies
4. Sparks
5. Yellow
6. Trouble
7. Parachutes
8. High Speed
9. We Never Change
10. Everything’s Not Lost
Coldplay’s debut album, Parachutes, was one of the more promising debut albums of the new millennium. Alternative rock that relies more on piano than guitar, this band came out of the gate with a mature and polished sound, and enough sales to guarantee the band a solid future. Led by Chris Martin, Coldplay made a solid and splendid debut, powered by the whimsical and inescapable hit “Yellow”. And although the band would exceed this by far with their second album, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and while Martin has said that Coldplay disliked this record a lot…this is still as solid a debut album as you’ll find.
Parachutes isn’t just about “Yellow”. It also includes the excellent tracks “Don’t Panic”, “Shiver” and “Trouble”. “High Speed” is also a high point. And while each of Coldplay’s seven albums since this one has shown a lot of growth…popular with fans and critics or not…there is a lot of charm in how simplistic this debut was. And the truth is, every Coldplay album has reached number one in their native UK, but you’ll find many who still point to Parachutes as their favorite. It’s a great starting point for the band…but it’s also not to be taken lightly. For me, not their greatest…but still a great listen, and well worth hearing as it’s the foundation of what was to come. [First added to this chart: 11/10/2012]
Produced By CHRIS ALLISON, COLDPLAY & KEN NELSON
1. Don’t Panic
2. Shiver
3. Spies
4. Sparks
5. Yellow
6. Trouble
7. Parachutes
8. High Speed
9. We Never Change
10. Everything’s Not Lost
Coldplay’s debut album, Parachutes, was one of the more promising debut albums of the new millennium. Alternative rock that relies more on piano than guitar, this band came out of the gate with a mature and polished sound, and enough sales to guarantee the band a solid future. Led by Chris Martin, Coldplay made a solid and splendid debut, powered by the whimsical and inescapable hit “Yellow”. And although the band would exceed this by far with their second album, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and while Martin has said that Coldplay disliked this record a lot…this is still as solid a debut album as you’ll find.
Parachutes isn’t just about “Yellow”. It also includes the excellent tracks “Don’t Panic”, “Shiver” and “Trouble”. “High Speed” is also a high point. And while each of Coldplay’s seven albums since this one has shown a lot of growth…popular with fans and critics or not…there is a lot of charm in how simplistic this debut was. And the truth is, every Coldplay album has reached number one in their native UK, but you’ll find many who still point to Parachutes as their favorite. It’s a great starting point for the band…but it’s also not to be taken lightly. For me, not their greatest…but still a great listen, and well worth hearing as it’s the foundation of what was to come. [First added to this chart: 11/10/2012]
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2000
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7,396
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| Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes | 1 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 1 | 2% | |
| Modest Mouse | 1 | 2% | |
| King Sunny Adé | 1 | 2% | |
| Billy Bragg & Wilco | 1 | 2% | |
| Martha Redbone | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 chart changes
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| Down 1 from 47th to 48th The Essential Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan |
| Down 1 from 48th to 49th Greatest Hits 1990-1999: A Tribute To A Work In Progress by The Black Crowes |
| Down 1 from 49th to 50th Tragic Epilogue by Anti-Pop Consortium |
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