favorite albums 2001

1. the shins - oh, inverted world
2. my vitriol - finelines
3. pj harvey - stories from the city, stories from the sea
4. travis - the invisible band
5. pinback - blue screen life
6. the white stripes - white blood cells
7. le tigre - feminist sweepstakes
8. rainer maria - a better version of me
9. radiohead - amnesiac
10. built to spill - ancient melodies of the future
11. new order - get ready
12. basement jaxx - rooty
13. avalanches - since i left you
14. sing-sing - the joy of sing-sing
15. splashdown - possibilities
16. benett - welcome to the jungle
17. call and response - call and response
18. curve - gift
19. electric soft parade - holes in the wall
20. the beta band - hot shots II
21. the strokes - is this it
22. detroit cobras - life, love and leaving
23. stars - nightsongs
24. tracy and the plastics - musclers guide to videonics
25. the butchies - three
26. rjd2 - your face or your kneecaps
27. rufus wainwright - poses
28. turin brakes - the optimist lp
29. lali puna - scary world theory
30. thestart - shakedown!
31. the siddeleys - slum clearance
32. !!! - !!!
33. ladytron - 604
34. life without buildings - any other city
35. dismemberment plan - change
36. simian - chemistry is what we are
37. girlsareshort - contact kiss
38. autolux - demonstration
39. swell - everybody wants to know
40. tahiti 80 - extra pieces
41. burning brides - fall of the plastic empire
42. goldfrapp - felt mountain
43. the helio sequence - young effectuals
44. freezepop - forever
45. the cranes - future songs
46. brittle stars - garage sale
47. pete yorn - musicforthemorningafter
48. muse - origin of symmetry
49. rilo kiley - takeoffs and landings
50. spoon - girls can tell

honorable mention:

the shermans - happiness is toy-shaped; 14 iced bears - in the beginning; kings of convenience - versus; erase errata - other animals; i am the world trade center - out of the loop; echobelly - people are expensive; r.e.m. - reveal; varnaline - songs in a northern key; kristin hersh - sunny border blue; the superjesus - the jet age; fonda - the strange and the familiar; minus the bear - this is what i know about being gigantic; air - virgin suicides; reindeer section - ya'll get scared now, ya' hear; mouse on mars - idiology; beulah - the coast is never clear; clem snide - the ghost of fashion; marquee moon - television; the walkmen - everyone who pretended to liek me is gone