The Best Albums of 2000

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Best of Rock Albums

    8/10
  1. Spring Heel Jack: Disappeared (Thirsty Ear)
  2. Dirty 3: Whatever You Love You Are (Touch & Go)
  3. Roy Montgomery: The Allegory of Hearing (Drunken Fish)
  4. Acid Mothers Temple: La Novia (Eclipse)
    7.5/10
  5. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (Columbia)
  6. Animal Collective: Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished (Animal)
  7. Godspeed You Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists (Kranky)
  8. Songs:Ohia: Ghost Tropic (Secrety Canadian)
  9. Quasimoto: The Unseen
  10. Bohren & der Club of Gore: Sunset Mission (Wonder)
  11. Ulver: Perdition City (Jester)
  12. Shalabi Effect: Shalabi Effect (Alien 8)
  13. Nicolai Dunger: Blind Blemished Blues (Hot Stuff)

  14. 7/10
  15. Racebannon: First There Was Emptiness (Level Plane)
  16. Pinetop Seven: Bringing Home The Last Great Strike (Truckstop)
  17. Comets On Fire: Comets on Fire (COF)
  18. Demolition Squad: Hit It (Psychotropic)
  19. Morphine: The Night (Dreamworks)
  20. Blectum From Blechdom: The Messy Jesse Fiesta (Deluxe)
  21. Steffen Basho-Junghans: Song of the Earth (Sublingual)
  22. Storm & Stress: Under Thunder And Fluorescent Light (Touch & Go)
  23. Annette Peacock: An Acrobat's Heart (ECM)
  24. For Carnation (Touch & Go)
  25. Alastair Galbraith: Cry (Emperor Jones)
  26. Mojave 3: Excuses For Travellers (4AD)
  27. Aesop Rock: Float (Mush)
  28. David Grubbs: The Spectrum Between (Drag City)
  29. Milk Cult: Project M-13 (0 To 1)
  30. Black Heart Procession: 3 (Touch & Go)
  31. Sin Ropas: Three Cherries (Perishable)
  32. Fontanelle: Fontanelle (Kranky)
  33. Pan American: 360 Business 360 Bypass (Kranky)
  34. Avalanches: Since I Left You (Modular)
  35. Maquiladora: White Sands (Lotushouse)
  36. Calexico: Hot Rail (Quarterstick)
  37. Vibracathedral Orchestra: Versatile Arab Chord Chart (VHF)
  38. Radian: TG11 (Rhiz)
  39. Delgados: The Great Eastern (Chemikal Underground)
  40. L'Altra: Music Of A Sinking Occasion (Aesthetics)
  41. Arab On Radar: Soak The Saddle (Skin Graft)
  42. The Danubians (Cuneiform)
  43. Bent Leg Fatima (File 13)
  44. Clinic: Internal Wrangler (Domino)
  45. Shivaree: I Oughtta Give You A Shot In The Head For Making Me Live In This Dump (Capitol)
  46. Arto Lindsay: Prize (Righteous Babe)
  47. Isis: Celestial (Escape Artist)
  48. Kid 606: Down With The Scene (Ipecac)
  49. P'taah: Compressed Light (Ubiquity)
  50. Electric Wizard: Dopethrone (MUsic Cartel)
  51. Doves: Lost Souls (Heavenly)
  52. Mum: Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is Ok (Thule)
  53. Shipping News: Very Soon And In Pleasant Company (Quarterstick)
  54. Lou Reed: Ecstasy (Reprise)
  55. Sunn O))): Zero Zero Void (Rise Above)
  56. Otomo Yoshihide: Anode (Tzadik)
  57. Mermen: The Amazing California Health And Happiness Road Show (Source)
  58. Jackie-O Motherfucker: Magick Fire Music (Ecstatic Peace)
  59. Cursive: Domestica (Saddle Creek)
  60. A Silver Mt Zion: He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms (Constellation)
  61. Datach'i: We Are Always Well Thank You (Caipirinha)
  62. Joan Of Arc: The Gap (Jade Tree)
  63. Aloha: That's Your Fire (Polyvinyl)
  64. Joseph Arthur: Come To Where I'm From (Virgin)
  65. Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious (Burning Heart)
  66. Discordance Axis: The Inalienable Dreamless (Hydra Head)
  67. Bright Eyes: Fevers And Mirrors (Saddle Creek)
  68. Dysrhythmia: Contradiction (Self-released)
  69. Deftones: White Pony (Maverick)
  70. Steve Earle: Transcendental Blues (Artemis)
  71. Komet : Rausch (12k)
  72. Soulfly: Primitive (Roadrunner)
  73. Damien Jurado: Ghost Of David (Subpop)
  74. Ora: Amalgam (Edition)
  75. Rollerball: Bathing Music (Road Cone)
  76. Blackalicious: Nia (Mo'Wax)
  77. Emmylou Harris: Red Dirt Girl (Elektra)
  78. Max Tundra: Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be (Domino)
  79. Immolation: Close to a World Below (Metal Blade)
  80. Absurd Minds: Deception (Scanner)
  81. Evanescence : Origin (Bigwig)
  82. We: Decentertainment (Liquid Sky)
  83. Philip Jeck: Vinyl Coda I-III (Intermedium)

Songs
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  1. Spring Heel Jack: Wolfing
  2. Clinic: Return of Evil Bill
  3. Mojave 3: In Love With A View
  4. Pinetop Seven: And The Dog Longed To Be A Horse
  5. Comets On Fire: The Way Down
  6. Emmylou Harris: Bang the Drum Slowly
  7. Clinic: Second Foot Stomp
  8. Tom Waits: Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
  9. Mandible Chatter: The Dust Blows Back
  10. 6ths: Just Like A Movie Star
  11. Modest Mouse: The Stars Are Projectors
  12. 6ths: You You You You You
  13. Looper: Money Hair
  14. Willard Grant Conspiracy: Christmas In Nevada
  15. Smog: Dress Sexy At My Funeral
  16. Blonde Redhead: This Is Not
  17. Cash Audio: Who Killed The Blues
  18. 6ths: The Dead Only Quickly Decay
  19. Venetian Snares: Fire Is The Devil
  20. Volapuk: Valse Chinoise
  21. Hannah Marcus: Darling How Are You
  22. Minus 5: Lies Of The Living Dead
  23. Mojave 3: Got My Sunshine
  24. Queens Of The Stone Age: Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
  25. Radiohead: The National Anthem
  26. Racebannon: Goteamgonethegreenlightgunfight
  27. Murder City Devils: I'll Come Running
  28. Clinic: The Second Line
  29. Vue Vue: Girl
  30. Gluecifer: Get The Horn
  31. Lambchop: The Petrified Florist
  32. Bright Eyes: The Calender Hung Itself
  33. Sin Ropas: Redtooth
  34. Boss Hog: Itchy & Scratchy
  35. Datach'i: Uma is Dead
  36. Add N To (X): Plug Me In
  37. Eat Static: Mondo A Go-Go
  38. Calexico: Ballad Of Cable Hogue
  39. Minus 5: The Little Black Egg
  40. Damon & Naomi: The New World
  41. Black Heart Procession: Waterfront
  42. Everclear: Learning How To Smile
  43. Amon Tobin: Chocolate Lovely
  44. Converge: Homewrecker
  45. David Thomas: Clouds Of You
  46. Rollerball: DJ Tecate
  47. Lambchop: The Butcher Boy
  48. Panamerican: Code
  49. Bright Eyes: Something Vague
  50. Add N To (X): Brothel Charge
  51. Cursive: Shallow Means Deep Ends
  52. Willard Grant Conspiracy: Christmas In Nevada
  53. Arab on Radar: 10-1-98
  54. Sixteen Horsepower: Clogger
  55. Avalanches: Frontier Psychiatrist
  56. Skull Control: Mater Dolores
  57. Zeke: Let's Get Drugs
  58. Marilyn Manson: The Fight Song
  59. New Pornographers: The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism
  60. Lenny Kravitz: Again
  61. Goldfrapp: Lovely Head
  62. Joseph Arthur: Exhausted
  63. Marilyn Manson: The Death Song
  64. Max Tundra: Ink Me
  65. U2: Beautiful Day
  66. Madlib: Come on Feet
  67. La Celestina
  68. Absurd Minds: Deception
  69. Edan: You Suck
  70. B. Fleischmann: Chad F the Tick and Sax Mix
  71. Ed Harcourt: He's Building A Swamp
  72. Sole: Bottle of Humans
  73. Linkin Park: One Step Closer
  74. My Morning Jacket: Just Because I Do
  75. L'Altra: Motorme
  76. Nicolai Dunger: Blemished Blues
  77. Komet : Licht
  78. We: Afrique

Extended compositions
  1. Acid Mothers Temple: La Novia
  2. Shalabi Effect: Aural Florida
  3. Nicolai Dunger: Talking Blues
  4. Steve Roach: Cave Dwellers
  5. Dirty 3: I Offered It Up To The Stars
  6. Otomo Yoshihide: Anode
  7. MIMEO: Electric Table
  8. Nobukazu Takemura: Souvenir In Chicago
  9. Cheer-Accident: Trading Balloons
  10. Vibracathedral Orchestra: TB Radio From A Shady District
  11. Storm & Stress: Meet Me In The Place...
  12. Species Being: Track 4
  13. Shalabi Effect: Aural Florida (Approach)
  14. Acid Mothers Temple: Acid Heart Mother
  15. A Silver Mt Zion: Lonely As The Sound of Lying On The Ground
  16. Mojave 3: My Life In Art
  17. Six Organs of Admittance: Journey Through Sankuan Pass
  18. Tarentel: Searching for Things
  19. Steven Smith: Tableland
  20. Gravitar: Rocket To Dearborn
  21. For Carnation: Tales
  22. Takemura: Souvenir In Chicago
  23. Angel In Heavy Syrup: Voyage
  24. Joan Of Arc: Your Impersonation
  25. Maquiladora: Bueno Mis Amigos
  26. Arovane: The Storm
  27. Laika: Widows' Weed
  28. A Silver Mt Zion: Blown-Out Joy
  29. Animal Collective: Alvin Row
  30. Michael Hall: I Wish I Was A Mole
  31. Primal Scream: Swastika Eyes
  32. Sun City Girls: Rotation Flotation
  33. Troum: Mirrored In You (Dedicated To Martyn Bates)
  34. Ulver: Hallways of Always
  35. Caspar Brotzmann: Indians
  36. Nile: The Dream Of Ur
  37. Steffen Basho-Junghans: Song Of The Earth
  38. Dysrhythmia: Earthquake
  39. Grandaddy: He's Simple
  40. Philip Jeck: Vinyl Coda II
  41. Electric Wizard: Weird Tales
  42. Circle: Stimulance
  43. Vladislav Delay: Huone
  44. MIMEO: Electric Table
  45. Early Day Miners: In These Hills
  46. Gas: Pop 7
  47. Immolation: Close to a World Below
  48. Ayreon: Dawn Of A Million Souls
  49. Moodymann: The Thief That Stole My Sad Days
  50. Bohren & der Club of Gore: Nightwolf
  51. Evanescence: Eternal
  52. Porcupine Tree : Russia On Ice
  53. Jackie-O Motherfucker: The Cage
  54. Vibracathedral Orchestra: Japan Banjo
  55. Songs Ohia: Not Just A Ghost's Heart
  56. Liquid Mind: Unity
  57. Blectum From Blechdom: Cosmic Carwash
  58. Ulan Bator: Let Go Ego
  59. Bride Of No No: At The Stranglehold Ballet
  60. Shalabi Effect: Return to Wake Island
  61. Nicolai Dunger: Starblues and a Wild Evening
  62. Ashera: Colour Glow

Best of Jazz 2000

    8/10
  1. Spring Heel Jack: Disappeared
    7.5/10
  2. Marty Ehrlich: Malinke's Dance
    7/10
  3. Guillermo Gregorio: Faktura
  4. Joe Maneri: Going To Church
  5. Myra Melford: Dance Beyond the Color
  6. Andrew Hill: Dusk
  7. Dave Douglas: El Trilogy
  8. Nels Cline: Destroy All Nels Cline
  9. Free Radicals: Our Lady of Eternal Sunny Delights
  10. Splattercell: OAH
  11. New Orchestra: Inscape
  12. Steve Turre: In The Spur of the Moment
  13. Joshua Redman: Passage of Time
  14. David Murray: Octect Plays
  15. Bill Frisell: Ghost Town
  16. 33.3: Plays Music
  17. George Lewis: Endless Shout
  18. William Parker: Painter's Spring
  19. Bill Dixon: Papyrus
  20. David Berkman: Communication Theory
  21. Greg Osby: The Invisible Hand
  22. Bobo Stenson: Trio Serenity
  23. Acoustic Alchemy: The Beautiful Game
  24. Leo Smith: Golden Quartet
  25. Clark Terry: One on One
  26. Sonny Rollins: This Is What I Do

Best-sellers
  1. N Sync: No Strings Attached (10 millions)
  2. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (8 millions)
  3. Britney Spears: Oops (8 millions)
  4. Creed: Human Clay (6.5 millions)
  5. Santana: Supernatural (6 millions)
  6. Nelly: Country Grammar (5 millions)
  7. Beatles: 1 (5 millions)
  8. Backstreet Boys: Black & Blue (4 millions)


2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Best of the 1960's Best of the 1970's Best of the 1980's Best of the 1990's Best of the 2000's