Graham's 2001 Top Ten (Top 10 albums of the year 2001)

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Product:	Top 10 albums of the year 2001
Date:	09/01/02 (72 review reads)
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Advantages: I have listened to thousands of albums in my long and pointless life

Disadvantages: I am a disturbed individual whose opinions cannot be trusted

1 Moldy Peaches - Moldy Peaches
Dismissed as a novelty by some who like their music po-faced and whiny, the New York duo's debut was a breath of individuality. The lyrics are hilarious, touching and frequently filthy, the music is raw, exuberant and singalong catchy.
Sample line: 'It's hard to be a garbage man when a sailor stole my glove.'

2 Aereogramme - A Story in White
Appreciated by few, the debut by this hairy Scottish trio stayed in my CD draw for most of October. Sad, quiet songs suddenly turn LOUD and MENTAL and feature some of the best guitar tones I've heard in years.

3 Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
My secret pop crush, Life Without Buildings have been criminally ignored in end of year polls so it's up to me, single-handedly, to give them a mention! Singer Sue Tompkins splutters and propels evocative but elusive poetry over music that transcends mere 'indie' by being informed by a wide range of influences.

4 Mercury Rev - All is Dream
Initially underwhelming, but growing on me all the time, Mercury Rev have been at the top of the game for a decade now and anticipation was enormous for this album (in my house). Ambitious, sweeping, cinematic, and unique.

5 White Stripes - White Blood Cells
If there is room in your heart for music that, um, kicks ass, and does it with humour and intelligence, rather than with petulance and misguided anger, then this is a long sentence that I don't know how to end, and the White Stripes are great fun and will survive the hype. Note to nu-metal bands - this band rolls as well as rocks.

6 Papa M - Whatever, Mortal
I never got to hear Leonard Cohen's long-awaited 2001 album so this will have to act in its place as it evokes Len's 70s albums (this is a good thing, by the way). At a radical tangent from their previous post-rock instrumental behaviour, Papa M does indeed sing real songs.

7
Hamell On Trial - Choochtown
The title track is as funny and complex as a series of the Sopranos. Ed Hamell is a foul-mouthed folk-rocker with a punk attitude and plenty to say for himself. It can be quite irritating at times, he doesn't sound like a happy man.

8 Radiohead - Amnesiac
This album won me over after years of dismissing them as po-faced and whiny. A soundtrack to disaffection and yearning, it just about summed up my summer, thanks for asking.

9 The Fall - Are You Are Missing Winner
It's The Fall, and that for me is enough reason for a top ten placing. Triumphs in spite of - or perhaps because of - an almost contemptuous attitude towards presentation, production and professionalism.

10 Aphex Twin - druqKs
The first four tracks are called Jynweythek Ylow, Vordhosbn, Kladfvgbung Micshk, and Omgyjya Switch 7. Some of it is like classical piano, some of it make your ears hurt, there are 2CDs and it goes on forever. He frightens me but I sink into it.

Other 2001 albums I could have included: Mull Historical Society, Low, The Silver Mt. Zion, Strokes, Tortoise, Stephen Malkmus, von Bondies, Ben Folds, Mark Kozelek, Mogwai...

Let me know if you vaguely share my taste - G :-)

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