Top Albums of 2001
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
34
 The Strokes Is This It Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
2
124
 Jay-Z The Blueprint Hip Hop
3
173
 The White Stripes White Blood Cells Alternative Rock, Garage Rock Revival
4
218
 Daft Punk Discovery French House
5
382
 Bob Dylan "Love and Theft" Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
6
450
 Björk Vespertine Art Pop, Electronic, Progressive Pop
7
508
 Radiohead Amnesiac Electronic, Experimental Rock
8
673
 System of a Down Toxicity Alternative Metal
9
809
 Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator) Americana, Contemporary Folk
10
826
 Fennesz Endless Summer Glitch
11
856
 Missy Elliott Miss E... So Addictive Pop Rap
12
868
 The Microphones The Glow, Pt. 2 Indie Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Psychedelic Folk
13
941
 Cannibal Ox The Cold Vein Abstract Hip Hop
14
1175
 Fugazi The Argument Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
15
1251
 Röyksopp Melody A.M. Downtempo
16
1280
 The Shins Oh, Inverted World Indie Pop
17
1321
 Spoon Girls Can Tell Indie Rock
18
1346
 Ryan Adams Gold Alt-Country, Pop Rock
19
1417
 Gorillaz Gorillaz Trip Hop
20
1428
 Super Furry Animals Rings Around the World Neo-Psychedelia, Progressive Pop
21
1443
 Muse Origin of Symmetry Alternative Rock
22
1448
 Tool Lateralus Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock
23
1594
 Low Things We Lost in the Fire Slowcore
24
1741
 Basement Jaxx Rooty Dance-Pop, House
25
1801
 Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
26
1828
 Sparklehorse It's a Wonderful Life Indie Pop, Indie Rock
27
1897
 Aaliyah Aaliyah Contemporary R&B, Pop
28
1924
 Rufus Wainwright Poses Chamber Pop, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
29
2031
 Unwound Leaves Turn Inside You Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
30
2117
 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part Singer/Songwriter
31
2123
 The Dismemberment Plan Change Indie Rock
32
2174
 Gotan Project La revancha del tango Electrotango
33
2190
 Herbert Bodily Functions House, Nu Jazz
34
2212
 Noir Désir Des Visages des Figures Alternative Rock
35
2240
 Mogwai Rock Action Post-Rock
36
2333
 Air 10,000 Hz Legend Downtempo
37
2366
 Prefuse 73 Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives Glitch Hop
38
2422
 Aphex Twin Drukqs IDM
39
2461
 Spiritualized Let It Come Down Neo-Psychedelia
40
2465
 Jim O'Rourke Insignificance Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock
41
2485
 Weezer Weezer ["The Green Album"] Alternative Rock, Power Pop
42
2569
 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club B.R.M.C. Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock
43
2595
 Manu Chao ...próxima estación... Esperanza Latin Alternative
44
2604
 Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera Alt-Country, Southern Rock
45
2613
 cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
46
2618
 Liars They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top Dance-Punk, Noise Rock
47
2669
 Kylie Minogue Fever Dance-Pop, Electro-Disco
48
2757
 Pulp We Love Life Britpop
49
2763
 No Doubt Rock Steady Pop Rock
50
2823
 Lucinda Williams Essence Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
51
2838
 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Tyranny of Distance Indie Rock

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Roots Manuva Run Come Save Me UK Hip Hop
Jimmy Eat World Bleed American Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Kings of Convenience Quiet Is the New Loud Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Mercury Rev All Is Dream Neo-Psychedelia
New Order Get Ready Alternative Rock
Stephen Malkmus Stephen Malkmus Indie Rock
Elbow Asleep in the Back Art Rock, Indie Rock
Opeth Blackwater Park Progressive Metal
Andrew W.K. I Get Wet Hard Rock
Guided by Voices Isolation Drills Indie Rock
Nacho Vegas Actos inexplicables Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Hood Cold House Post-Rock
Felix Da Housecat Kittenz and Thee Glitz Electroclash
Circulatory System Circulatory System Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Converge Jane Doe Mathcore
Tinariwen The Radio Tisdas Sessions Tishoumaren
Astrud Gran fuerza Indie Pop, Indietronica, Synthpop
Leonard Cohen Ten New Songs Singer/Songwriter, Sophisti-Pop
Slipknot Iowa Nu Metal
Nick Lowe The Convincer Singer/Songwriter
The Other People Place Lifestyles of the Laptop Café Deep House, Detroit Techno
Mary J. Blige No More Drama Contemporary R&B
Destiny's Child Survivor Contemporary R&B
The Soundtrack of Our Lives Behind the Music Indie Rock
Taraf de Haidouks Band of Gypsies L?ut?reasc?
My Morning Jacket At Dawn Indie Rock
Starsailor Love Is Here Britpop
The Coup Party Music Conscious Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Ease Down the Road Alt-Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez Cachaito Afro-Cuban Jazz
Ash Free All Angels Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Macy Gray The ID Contemporary R&B
Zero 7 Simple Things Downtempo
The Moldy Peaches The Moldy Peaches Anti-Folk, Indie Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
The Beta Band Hot Shots II Indietronica
R.E.M. Reveal Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Ed Harcourt Here Be Monsters Dream Pop, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Turin Brakes The Optimist LP Folk Pop, Indie Pop
Travis The Invisible Band Britpop
Baaba Maal Missing You (Mi Yeewnii) Mbalax
Pernice Brothers The World Won't End Indie Pop, Power Pop
Jason Moran Black Stars Avant-Garde Jazz