| Bland
Whitley, Atlanta, Georgia
1.
Beck - "Sea Change"
2.
Neko Case - "Blacklisted"
3.
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
4.
Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Behind the Music"
5.
Ron Sexsmith - "Cobblestone Runway"
6.
The Roots - "Phrenology"
7.
Alejandro Escovedo - "By the Hand of the Father"
8.
Brendan Benson - "Lapalco"
9.
Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi"
10.
Rosie Thomas - "When We Were Small"
Randall
J. Stephens, Gainesville, Florida
1.
Brendan Benson - "Lapalco"
2.
Badly Drawn Boy - "Have You Fed the Fish?"
3.
Super Furry Animals - "Rings Around the World"
4.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Behind the Music"
5.
Radar Brothers - "And the Surrounding Mountains"
6.
Of Montreal - "Aldhils Arboretum"
7.
Elf Power - "Creatures"
8.
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
9.
The Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
10.
The Apples in Stereo - "Velocity of Sound"
Honorable
mentions: Augie March - "Strange Bird," Phantom Planet - "The Guest," Damien
Jurado and Gathered in Song - "I Break Chairs," Rialto - "Night on Earth,"
Beck - "Sea Change," George Harrison - "Brainwashed"
Chris
M. Short, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1.
Cinerama - "Torino"
2.
The Streets - "Original Pirate Material"
3.
Super Furry Animals - "Rings Around the World"
4.
Enon - "High Society"
5.
Paul Westerberg - "Stereo/Mono"
6.
Badly Drawn Boy - "Have You Fed The Fish?"
7.
Doves - "The Last Broadcast"
8.
Coldplay - "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
9.
Interpol - "Turn the Bright Lights On"
10.
Badly Drawn Boy - "About A Boy" (soundtrack)
Honorable
Mentions:
The
Apples in Stereo - "Velocity of Sound," Brendan Benson - "Lapalco," The
Church - "After Everything Now This," Creeper Lagoon - "Remember the Future"
EP, Elf Power - "Creatures," Guided By Voices - "Universal Truths &
Cycles," Hot Hot Heat - "Make Up the Breakdown," Idlewild - "The Remote
Part," The Raveonettes - "Whip It On," Ron Sexsmith - "Cobblestone Runway"
P.
J. Osborne, DeKalb, Illinois
1.
Spoon - "Kill the Moonlight" (Merge)
2.
Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
3.
Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Behind the Music"
4.
Enon - "High Society"
5.
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
6.
Ugly Casanova - "Sharpen Your Teeth"
7.
Sleater Kinney - "One Beat"
8.
White Stripes - "White Blood Cells"
9.
Sonic Youth - "Murray Street"
10.
Boas - "Mansion"
Others:
Stereo Total - "Musique Automatique," Starside Eight - "Goodnight Noises
Everywhere," Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Machine" EP, Guided by Voices "Universal
Truths and Cycles," SUNTAN "S/T" EP
Amy
Stortz Miller, Kansas City, Missouri
1.
Hot Hot Heat - "Make up the Breakdown"
2.
Suede - "A New Morning"
3.
Doves - "The Last Broadcast"
4.
Cinerama - "Torino"
5.
The Raveonettes - "Whip It On"
6.
Enon - "High Society"
7.
The Delgados - "Hate"
8.
Badly Drawn Boy - "Have you fed the fish?"
9.
Interpol - "Turn on the Bright Lights"
10.
The Apples in Stereo - "Velocity of Sound"
Honorable
Mentions:
Elf
Power - "Creatures," Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head," Augie March
- "Strange Bird," The Promise Ring - "Wood/Water," Neko Case - "Blacklisted,"
Of Montreal "Aldhils Arboretum," The Decemberists - "Castaways & Cutouts,"
Gogogoairheart - "Exitheuxa," Sahara Hotnights - "Jennie Bomb," Brendon
Benson - "Lapalco"
Jared
Miller, Kansas City, Missouri
1.
Cinerama - "Torino"
2.
Doves - "The Last Broadcast"
3.
Hot Hot Heat - "Make Up the Breakdown"
4.
Super Furry Animals - "Rings Around the World"
5.
Enon - "High Society"
6.
Coldplay - "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
7.
Ivy - "Guestroom"
8.
The Decembrists - "Castaways and Cutoffs"
9.
The Promise Ring - "Wood/Water"
10.
Six by Seven - "The Way I Feel Today"
Dan
MacIntosh, Bellflower, California
1.
Steve Earle - "Jerusalem"
2.
Beck - "Sea Change"
3.
Paul Westerberg - "Stereo/Mono"
4.
India.Arie - "Voyage To India"
5.
Buddy Miller - "Midnight And Lonesome"
6.
The Sadies - "Stories Often Told"
7.
Dixie Chicks - "Home"
8.
Pedro The Lion - "Control"
9.
The Vines - "Highly Evolved"
10.
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
Mark
Teel, Olathe, Kansas
1.
Bruce Springsteen - "The Rising"
2.
Atmosphere - "God Loves Ugly"
3.
Tom Waits - "Alice"
4.
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
5.
Sigur Ros - "( )"
6.
Beck - "Sea Change"
7.
J-Live - "All of the Above"
8.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Behind the Music"
9.
El-P - "Fantastic Damage"
10.
Eels - "Souljacker"
David
Froystad, Bølandet, Norway
1.
Johnny Cash - "Man Comes Around"
2.
Loch Ness Mouse - "Key West"
3.
Belle & Sebastian - "Storytelling"
4.
Serena Maneesh - "Fixxations"
5.
Viva Voce/Soul-Junk - Split EP
6.
Maria Solheim - "Behind Closed Doors"
7.
Derri Daugherty - "A Few Unfinished Songs"
8.
Other Desert Cities - s/t
9.
Half-Handed Cloud - "We Haven't Just Been Told, We Have Been Loved"
10.
Jim Stärk - "Ten Songs And Hey Hey"
Bobby
Cave, Olathe, Kansas
1.
Jets to Brazil - "Perfecting Loneliness"
2.
Hot Hot Heat - "Make Up the Breakdown"
3.
Super Furry Animals - "Rings Around the World"
4.
The Doves - "Last Broadcast"
5.
Phantom Planet - "The Guest"
6.
Promise Ring - "Wood/Water"
7.
Coldplay - "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
8.
Brendan Benson - "Lapalco"
9.
Ben Kweller - "Sha Sha"
10.
Ok Go - S/T
Honorable
Mentions:
Ash
- "Free All Angels"
The
Vines - "Highly Evolved"
The
Apples in Stereo - "Velocity of Sound" (might be the best summer record
that didn't come out during the summer EVER), Interpol - "Turn on the Bright
Lights," Ryan Adams - "Demolition," Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the
Pink Robots," Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
Scott
Hatch, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
1.
Múm - "Finally We Are No One"
2.
Destroyer - "This Night"
3.
The Polyphonic Spree - "Beginning Stages Of"
4.
Low - "Trust"
5.
Gybe - "Yanqui U.X.O."
6.
Early Day Miners - "Let Us Garlands Bring"
7.
Yume Bitsu - "The Golden Vessyl of Sound"
8.
Gloria Record - "Start Here"
9.
Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
10.
Sigur Ros - "( )"
Matt
Ehrhorn, Overland Park, Kansas
1.
Cinerama - "Torino"
2.
The Doves - "The Last Broadcast"
3.
Coldplay - "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
4.
Promise Ring - "Wood/Water"
5.
Super Furry Animals - "Rings Around the World"
6.
Gene - "Libertine"
7.
Bruce Springsteen - "The Rising"
8.
Paul Westerberg - "Stereo/Mono"
9.
Interpol - "Turn on the Bright Lights"
10.
Low - "Trust"
Mark
Grover, Kansas City, Missouri
1.
Cinerama - "Torino"
2.
Phantom Planet - "The Guest"
3.
Jets to Brazil - "Perfecting Loneliness"
4.
Coldplay - "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
5.
Badly Drawn Boy - "Have you Fed the Fish Today"
6.
Super Furry Animals - "Rings Around the World"
7.
Apples in Stereo - "Velocity of Sound"
8.
Bruce Springsteen - "The Rising"
9.
Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
10.
Sloan - "Pretty Together"
Josh
Baze, Olathe, Kansas
1.
Augie March - "Strange Bird"
2.
Idlewild - "The Remote Part"
*3
Gene - "Libertine" US Release with 6 bonus tracks
3.
Ron Sexsmith - "Cobblestone Runway"
*4
Eels - "Souljacker"
4.
Cinerama - "Torino"
5.
The The - "45 RPM: The Singles of The The"
6.
Darren Hanlon - "Hello, Stranger"
7.
Mason Jennings - "Century Spring"
8.
Bjork - "Family Tree Box Set"
9.
The Libertines - "What A Waster" ep
10.
Elvis Costello - "When I Was Cruel"
Honorable
Mentions:
Interpol
- "Turn On The Bright Lights," Johnny Cash - "When The Man Comes To Town:
American Recording IV," Elbow - "Asleep in the Back" (US release), Coldplay
- "A Rush of Blood To The Head"
*Placed
on this list, though I bought the import versions in late 2001.
Check
out Tidal Wave's previous top 10 lists:
Best
of 2001
Best
of 1997
Best
of 1996
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