McQ's Favorite Albums Of 2001

Highest Recommends

1.     Lateralus – Tool

Strong Recommends

2.     Is This It – The Strokes

3.      White Blood Cells – The White Stripes

4.     Amnesiac – Radiohead

Solid Recommends

5.  The Blueprint – Jay-Z

6.  Endless Summer – Fennesz

7.  Gold – Ryan Adams

8.  Discovery – Daft Punk

9.  Toxicity – System Of A Down

Mild Recommends

10.  Asleep In The Back – Elbow

11.  The Invisible Band – Travis

12.  Gorillaz 

13.  Reveal – REM

2001 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Hear 

10,000 Hz Legend - Air
Aaliyah
All Is Dream - Mercury Rev
Bleed American - Jimmy Eat World
Bodily Functions - Herbert
B.R.M.C. - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Change - The Dismemberment Plan
cLOUDDEAD
Des Visages Des Figures - Noir Desir
Drukqs - Aphex Twin
Essence - Lucinda Williams
Fever - Kylie Minogue
Get Ready - New Order
Girls Can Tell - Spoon
In Search Of... - Nerd
Insignificance - Jim O'Rourke
It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse
La revancha del tango - Gotan Project
Leaves Turn Iniside You - Unwound
Let It Come Down - Spiritualized
Love And Theft - Bob Dylan
Melody A.M. - Royksopp
Miss E...So Addictive - Missy Misdemeanor Elliot
No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
...proxima estacion...Esperanza - Manu Chao
Quiet Is The New Loud - Kings Of Convenience
Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals
Rock Action - Mogwai
Rock Steady - No Doubt
Rooty - Basement Jaxx
Run Come Save Me - Roots Manuva
Songs In A Minor - Alicia Keys
Southern Rock Opera - Drive By Truckers
Stephen Malkmus
The Argument - Fugazi
The Cold  Vein - Cannibal Ox
The Glow Pt. 2 - The Microphones
The Tyranny Of Distance - Ted Leo And The Pharmacists
They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top - Liars
Things We Lost In The Fire - Low
Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives - Prefuse 73
Vespertine - Bjork
Weezer (The Green Album)