| Best Albums of 2001 |
| 1 | The Shins | Oh, Inverted World |
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| 2 | Jim White | No Such Place |
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| 3 | Herman Düne | They Go to the Woods |
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| 4 | Atmosphere | Lucy Ford |
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| 5 | Pinback | Blue Screen Life |
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| 6 | Gillian Welch | Time (the Revelator) |
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| 7 | Noahjohn | Had a Burning |
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| 8 | Mountain Goats | All Hail West Texas |
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| 9 | I Am Kloot | Natural History |
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| 10 | Extra Glenns | Martial Arts Weekend |
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| 11 | Múm | Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK |
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| 12 | Ladytron | 604 |
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| 13 | David Thomas & Two Pale Boys | Surf's Up |
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| 14 | Lovage | Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By |  |
| 15 | Spoon | Girls Can Tell |
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| 16 | Beulah | The Coast is Never Clear |
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| 17 | The Moldy Peaches | The Moldy Peaches |  |
| 18 | Sparklehorse | It's a Wonderful Life |
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| 19 | Arnold | Bahama |
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| 20 | Ed Harcourt | Here Be Monsters |
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| 21 | Low | Things We Lost in the Fire |
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| 22 | Papa M | Whatever Mortal |
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| 23 | Four Tet | Pause |
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| 24 | Mull Historical Society | Loss |
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| Best Albums of 2000 | Best Albums of 2002 |