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1.
Charlie Robison - Step Right Up
April 10, 2001
Score
100
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2.
Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow
January 16, 2001
Country
Score
100
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3.
Ron Sexsmith - Blue Boy
June 5, 2001
Score
100
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4.
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
September 25, 2001
Comedy
Score
100
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5.
The Dictators - D.F.F.D.
October 30, 2001
Score
100
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6.
Cornelius - Point
October 24, 2001
Indietronica
Score
100
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7.
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
August 28, 2001
R&B
Score
100
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8.
Eve - Scorpion
March 6, 2001
Hip Hop
Score
100
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9.
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul
June 26, 2001
Bluegrass
Score
100
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10.
Cyndi Thomson - My World
July 31, 2001
Score
100
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11.
Mystic - Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom
June 19, 2001
Score
100
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12.
Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
July 10, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
100
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13.
Andy Bey - Tuesdays in Chinatown
November 6, 2001
Score
91
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14.
Basement Jaxx - Rooty
June 26, 2001
Electronic
Score
91
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15.
Sylk 130 - Re-Members Only
March 13, 2001
Score
91
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16.
Continental Drifters - Better Day
June 5, 2001
Score
91
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17.
Oh Susanna - Sleepy Little Sailor
May 1, 2001
Score
91
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18.
Semisonic - All About Chemistry
March 13, 2001
Power Pop
Score
91
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19.
Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus
February 13, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
91
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20.
Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
September 25, 2001
Space Rock
Score
91
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21.
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
February 6, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
91
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22.
Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
August 8, 2001
Indie Rock
Score
91
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23.
George Jones - The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001
September 11, 2001
Score
91
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24.
Krayzie Bone - Thug on da Line
August 28, 2001
Score
91
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25.
Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs
October 9, 2001
Singer-Songwriter
Score
91
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Entertainment Weekly awarded albums throughout 2001.
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