Best Albums of 2001

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121.

Know Your Enemy 

 Manic Street Preachers

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"Good alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 81,2/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Solid album without highs and lows. Best songs are "Ocean spray" and "The year of purification" both 85/100, followed by "Found that soul", "So why so sad", "Let Robeson sing", "Wattsville blues" and...""Good alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 81,2/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Solid album without highs and lows. Best songs are "Ocean spray" and "The year of purification" both 85/100, followed by "Found that soul", "So why so sad", "Let Robeson sing", "Wattsville blues" and "His last painting" all 80/100. Other songs in the region of 70-75/100. Notable are the count of 16 tracks and the album lenght of 75 min."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

193

Rank in 2001:

121

Rank in 2000s:

1,166

Overall Rank:

6,776

Average Rating:

 70 (139 votes)

Comments:

8

122.

Regeneration 

 The Divine Comedy

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""Resurrection" definitely belongs among the best Divine Comedy albums. The production is clearly better than on the previous Setanta releases Setanta; not least thanks to producer Nigel Godrich who has created a much more modern "Britpop" sound. Unfortunately the album was more an artistic succes..."""Resurrection" definitely belongs among the best Divine Comedy albums. The production is clearly better than on the previous Setanta releases Setanta; not least thanks to producer Nigel Godrich who has created a much more modern "Britpop" sound. Unfortunately the album was more an artistic success than a commercial one. Great catchy songs like "Perfect Love Song" and "Love What You Do" appear strong enough to follow up on previous singles successes as "National Express" and "Generation Sex. " In any event, there are plenty of fine songs in the best Hannon style. Besides the aforementioned the bluesy "Bad Amassador" stands out. Also the quiet melodic "Mastermind" is a clear favorite. Some numbers almost have Radiohead-feel about them - best of those is "Dumb er Down""  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

192

Rank in 2001:

122

Rank in 2000s:

1,174

Overall Rank:

6,796

Average Rating:

 76 (56 votes)

Comments:

3

123.

From Here To Infirmary 

 Alkaline Trio

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

189

Rank in 2001:

123

Rank in 2000s:

1,185

Overall Rank:

6,878

Average Rating:

 73 (36 votes)

Comments:

0

124.

Jessico 

 Babasónicos

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

188

Rank in 2001:

124

Rank in 2000s:

1,191

Overall Rank:

6,912

Average Rating:

 74 (63 votes)

Comments:

6

125.

Driving Rain 

 Paul McCartney

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"A very obscure album for McCartney standards. Overall is good with some good tracks and some less interesting ones. I can't help to think that it would be really good if the tracklist was cut from 16 to 10 or 11 tracks. Albums got really long in the cd era and I don't think that was a good thing ...""A very obscure album for McCartney standards. Overall is good with some good tracks and some less interesting ones. I can't help to think that it would be really good if the tracklist was cut from 16 to 10 or 11 tracks. Albums got really long in the cd era and I don't think that was a good thing at all. My personal favourites are Heather and Rinse the raindrops."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

187

Rank in 2001:

125

Rank in 2000s:

1,197

Overall Rank:

6,951

Average Rating:

 72 (76 votes)

Comments:

7

126.

Pleased To Meet You 

 James

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"The first four tracks used to overshadow everything else on here for me, but a couple of them ('Space' and 'Junkie') are probably now among my favourite songs of all time and some of the others are a lot better than I used to give them credit for. Closing track 'Alaskan Pipeline' is probably the ...""The first four tracks used to overshadow everything else on here for me, but a couple of them ('Space' and 'Junkie') are probably now among my favourite songs of all time and some of the others are a lot better than I used to give them credit for. Closing track 'Alaskan Pipeline' is probably the best one to be found on the second half."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

186

Rank in 2001:

126

Rank in 2000s:

1,200

Overall Rank:

6,972

Average Rating:

 74 (50 votes)

Comments:

6

127.

Magnification 

 Yes

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"Probably the best of their latter day stuff! Just very solid all through."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

182

Rank in 2001:

127

Rank in 2000s:

1,225

Overall Rank:

7,123

Average Rating:

 68 (64 votes)

Comments:

1

128.

I Get Wet 

 Andrew W.K.

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"Alright. Unless you are 18 years old and still think it is cool that you threw up last Friday night yet got up to have another round, this is NOT material for anyone's top 50 list. It also has to be said that this album is really just the same song put on repeat 12 times. Now, in Andy's defense i...""Alright. Unless you are 18 years old and still think it is cool that you threw up last Friday night yet got up to have another round, this is NOT material for anyone's top 50 list. It also has to be said that this album is really just the same song put on repeat 12 times. Now, in Andy's defense it has to be said that he DID in fact learn three chords, and he plays those three chords with one hell of a conviction and belts out his pubescent lyrics seemingly don't giving a shit what people think. The conclusion is that this is one helluva catchy little album that, at the same time, nobody will be sorry for missing. I like it a lot, but it is proof of how sad a musical year 2001 was, that I can not name one single album from that year that I'd rather listen to than this one."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 2001:

128

Rank in 2000s:

1,245

Overall Rank:

7,194

Average Rating:

 70 (112 votes)

Comments:

7

129.

Watching Angels Mend 

 Alex Lloyd

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"A classic dawning of the 21st century Australian songwriters album."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 2001:

129

Rank in 2000s:

1,247

Overall Rank:

7,196

Average Rating:

 76 (11 votes)

Comments:

1

130.

Pneumonia 

 Whiskeytown

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""When you need someone to be there for you, I won't be one who will help you out" cries a heart-broken Ryan Adams on Pneumonia's twangy opener, "The ballad of Carol Lynne". Whiskeytown was an alt-country band and, sonically, this album is heavier on the "alt" than any of their previous efforts (T..."""When you need someone to be there for you, I won't be one who will help you out" cries a heart-broken Ryan Adams on Pneumonia's twangy opener, "The ballad of Carol Lynne". Whiskeytown was an alt-country band and, sonically, this album is heavier on the "alt" than any of their previous efforts (Timmy Stinson of The Replacements and James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins make appearances), though the country influences still ring strong and define the mood of the album. The melancholic purr of the slide guitar and the cry of Caitlin Cary's violin (Cary also delivers superb backing vocals on many songs) do much to underscore Adams' lonesome, sorrowful rasp. Adams, only in his mid-twenties, sounds like an old man beaten down by an unsatisfying life of failed romances, cigarettes, and escapist alcoholism. "sometimes I wish I were deaf, then I wouldn't hear the words you say the words you say under your breath", he weeps on "Under your breath", a mid-album highlight. Engaging throughout, Pneumonia finishes with its best track, "bar lights", a barstool vignette sung to a catchy violin part over a harmony of guitar and bass. The song fizzles out into a genuine scene of playful studio chatting and laughing, which ends appropriately with Adams telling his band "alright, I'm going to the bar, fuck this". A few minutes of silence is followed the sound of the band warming up and bantering about steel drums, which leads into a stellar hidden track, shrouded in honesty, which begins with "to be evil is to be scared, withholding all the things to sacred to be shared", builds up to the climax, shouted by the full band "L-O-V-E is gonna be the death of me" and ends quietly with "I'm not evil; I'm just scared". The two songs combine into a single ten-minute track. The whole thing evokes a strong feeling of intimacy, which is perhaps the most appealing element of the album. For the entirety of the album, the listener is effectively transported into the abandoned church in which Pneumonia was (quite appropriately) recorded, and on the last track, Whiskeytown takes this a step further; for a few minutes the listener feels like a member of the band. Whiskeytown isn't just the music you listen to when you're sad, they're also some of your closest friends. You could discuss all of your most personal problems over a few drinks these people, because they have shared everything about themselves with you. All this makes Pneumonia feel like a pure country album, even if the sound is more rock oriented than Stranger's Almanac or Faithless Street. It's a triumphant finale for perhaps the finest band of the alt-country movement."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 2001:

130

Rank in 2000s:

1,248

Overall Rank:

7,211

Average Rating:

 74 (60 votes)

Comments:

7

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Best Albums of 2001 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	15	2%
King Crimson	3	0%
Prince	2	0%
Rammstein	2	0%
Pearl Jam	2	0%
Mogwai	2	0%
高柳昌行 [Masayuki Takayanagi] ・ 阿部薫 [Kaoru Abe]	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	464	46%
	179	18%
	42	4%
	41	4%
	37	4%
	27	3%
	26	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	931	93%
Yes	69	7%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%