Top 53 Music Albums of 2000
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2000 – E-SQUARED
Produced By STEVE EARLE & RAY KENNEDY

1. Transcendental Blues
2. Everyone’s In Love With You
3. Another Town
4. I Can Wait
5. The Boy Who Never Cried
6. Steve’s Last Ramble
7. The Galway Girl
8. Lonelier Than This
9. Wherever I Go
10. When I Fall
11. I Don’t Want To Lose You Yet
12. Halo ‘Round The Moon
13. Until The Day I Die
14. All My Life
15. Over Yonder (Jonathan’s Song)

Steve Earle has released sixteen studio albums since his debut in 1986. Transcendental Blues is his ninth record, and has remained one of his most popular efforts. The album is highlighted by a very strong first half, although it does tail off significantly over the last eight tracks. But the first seven songs here make it worth having. Even though the last half is flawed, the first half is everything that’s great about Steve Earle: great songs, great guitars, and a guy having an incredibly great time doing what he loves to do…making music. The last eight tracks here aren’t terrible, but it’s hard to live up to the excellence of songs like “Everyone’s In Love With You”, “Another Town”, and “The Boy Who Never Cried”. And especially after the genius of the title track or the all out fun of “The Galway Girl”…well, I guess it’s tough to keep that up for 15 songs.

Earle’s band is, as usual, exceptional. Drummer Will Rigby of the dB’s is featured, as is the great Irish musician Sharon Shannon, who adds some nice accordion work on “The Galway Girl”. The better songs here add to Earle’s legacy as an alt-country legend and leading light, and the first half of this album should definitely be heard. There aren’t many albums of Earle’s that are clunkers…in fact, outside of maybe a poorly recorded live album from the early 90’s during his heroin days, Earle’s recorded output has been consistent and overall very good. Because it’s so uneven, this album doesn’t rank as one of his best, but it really is hard to go wrong with any album by Steve Earle. Especially those first seven songs…Really good stuff from an artist who has a strong, solid and entertaining body of work. This is just good, fun, well played alt-country by one of the masters of the genre.
[First added to this chart: 04/13/2012]
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2000
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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.
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[First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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2000 – LAFACE / ARISTA
Produced By EARTHTONE III, ORGANIZED NOIZE & CARL MO

1. Intro
2. Gasoline Dreams (Feat. Khujo)
3. I’m Cool (Interlude)
4. So Fresh, So Clean
5. Ms. Jackson
6. Snappin’ & Trappin’ (Feat. Killer Mike & J-Sweet)
7. D.F. (Interlude)
8. Spaghetti Junction
9. Kim & Cookie (Interlude)
10. I’ll Call B4 I Cum (Feat. Gangsta Boo & Eco)
11. B.O.B.
12. Xplosion (Feat. B-Real)
13. Good Hair (Interlude)
14. We Luv Deez Hoez (Feat. Backbone & Big Gipp)
15. Humble Mumble (Feat. Erykah badu)
16. Drinkin’ Again (Interlude)
17. ?
18. Red Velvet
19. Cruisin’ In The ATL (Interlude)
20. Gangsta Shit (Feat. Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone & T-Mo)
21. Toilet Tisha
22. Slum Beautiful (Feat. Cee-Lo)
23. Pre-Nump (Interlude)
24. Stankonia (Stanklove) (Feat. Big Rube & Sleepy Brown)

For me, the best albums of hip hop are the ones that take chances. Not just beats and raps, but real musical excursions that challenge the listener and that contain lots of sonic rewards. This is the main reason why I am such a fan of Outkast. Big Boi and Andre 3000 aren’t afraid to make music that not only blurs the lines of traditional genres, but also the lines that listeners tend to draw when listening to music. This is a hip hop album. It’s also a very interesting journey. It’s like a psychedelic prog album from the seventies, with a pop sensibility from the nineties and hip hop beats rolled into one neat little package. Stankonia is downright fun to listen to…you never know what you’re getting next.

Also, unlike a lot of hip hop artists who become one hit wonders, Outkast proves here that they can have multiple hits and an entire album to hold your attention. “B.O.B.” and “Ms. Jackson” were hits for this duo, but it’s on “So Fresh, So Clean” that their ability to craft a catchy track really blossoms…consider it the father of “Hey Ya”. What makes Stankonia and Outkast so refreshing and enduring is that they have ideas…lots of them…and they aren’t afraid to put them on record. This is a trippy excursion…kind of like the Dark Side Of The Moon of hip-hop. Not perfect, but wildly entertaining and fun. Which counts for a hell of a lot.
[First added to this chart: 10/17/2020]
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2000
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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]
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2000
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2001-AFTERMATH
VARIOUS PRODUCERS

1. Public Service Announcement 2000
2. Kill You
3. Stan (w/Dido)
4. Paul (Skit)
5. Who Knew
6. Steve Berman
7. The Way I Am
8. The Real Slim Shady
9. Remember Me?
10. I’m Back
11. Marshall Mathers
12. Ken Kaniff (Skit)
13. Drug Ballad
14. Amityville
15. B**** Please
16. Kim
17. Under The Influence
18. Criminal

I picked this up years ago as part of my ongoing quest to try and understand and appreciate hip hop. The first half of this album completely got me…floored by the quality and entertainment value of the lyrics, the energy, and the honesty. The backing tracks are better played than I would have expected, and Eminem makes it all work. “Kill You”, “Stan”, “Who Knew”, “The Way I Am”…all superbly written, and “The Real Slim Shady” maybe the catchiest hip hop song of all time.

And then, there’s the second half. Eminem’s lyrics degenerate quickly into simply trying to shock his listeners: depictions of murder, lots of really dark and disturbing lyrics, subject matter not suitable for anyone, really. Nowhere near as catchy, nowhere near as much fun as the first half. Which is a shame, because this album was well on its way to being really exceptional. Instead, listen to the first half, skip the second, and understand that underneath all of the shock tactics and 8th grade humor, this guy has a real talent when he puts his mind to it. Maybe it's just me not getting it...but I'm working on it.
[First added to this chart: 08/09/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 03/25/2013]
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2000 – UNIVERSAL
Produced By RALPH SALL & RICHIE ZITO

1. Change Your Mind
2. Back Porch
3. Thank You
4. Champagne High
5. Beautiful Thing
6. Surreal
7. Shame On Me
8. Your Winter
9. Strange Cup Of Tea
10. Save Me
11. Give In
12. Out There
13. Elvis
14. Fortress

Sister Hazel is a southern rock band based on geographical origin only. Hailing from Tom Petty’s hometown of Gainesville, Florida, this band owes its success more to taking on the sound of the California band Counting Crows than anything else. In 1997, they had their biggest hit from their second album …Somewhere More Familiar with “All For You”, which marked the band’s early peak. Fortress is the follow up to that album, and it’s more of the same. It’s pop alt rock, no more and no less. The songs are upbeat, the harmonies are fine, the writing is average, and singer Ken Block does his best to not be annoying. Since “All For You”, Sister Hazel has settled into being average at best, a status they have parlayed into enough of a career to survive.

“All For You” got them a soundtrack song in “Change Your Mind” from Bedazzled. It’s as good as Fortress gets. “Beautiful Thing” and “Champagne High” were failed singles, and they were soon relegated to the “also rans” bin. They have since released seven more albums, each with not a lot to recommend them and no hits to speak of. Fortress was their one chance to back up a big hit with a winner of an album, but this is not that winner. They will always be known as that band that sounded like Counting Crows, were a bit better than Deep Blue Something, and were never quite as good as you think they were. Sister Hazel’s music falls into the same category, song to song, album to album…average and nothing more than that.
[First added to this chart: 04/19/2024]
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2000
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[First added to this chart: 09/21/2012]
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2000
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[First added to this chart: 11/03/2012]
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Top 53 Music Albums of 2000 composition

Artist Albums %


Gomez 2 4%
Radiohead 1 2%
Doves (UK) 1 2%
Nine Days 1 2%
Steve Earle 1 2%
Led Zeppelin 1 2%
Kirsty MacColl 1 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 27 51%
United Kingdom 14 26%
Canada 4 8%
Mixed Nationality 4 8%
Nigeria 1 2%
Sweden 1 2%
Australia 1 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 45 85%
Yes 8 15%
Live? Albums %
No 52 98%
Yes 1 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 51 96%
Yes 2 4%

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