BRENT'S TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2000:

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1. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2. Radiohead, Kid A
3. Coldplay, Parachutes
4. Travis, The Man Who
5. Neil Young, Silver and Gold
6. Aimee Mann, Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
7. Aimee Mann, Bachelor No. 2
8. Bjork, Selmasongs: Dancer in the Dark
9. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
10. Chappaquiddick Skyline, Chappaquiddick Skyline
11. The Jayhawks, Smile
12. Belle and Sebastian, Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
13. Joseph Arthur, Come To Where I'm From
14. Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues
15. The Dandy Warhols, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
16. David Gray, White Ladder
17. Emmylou Harris, Red Dirt Girl
18. Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne
19. Morphine, The Night
20. Badly Drawn Boy, The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
21. Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R
22. Leona Naess, Comatised
23. Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue, Volume II
24. Air, The Virgin Suicides: Original Motion Picture Score
25. Yo La Tengo, And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

OTHER LISTS:

THE CONSENSUS: TOP 50 OF ALL THE LISTS COMBINED

1. Radiohead, Kid A
2. Outkast, Stankonia
3. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
4. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
5. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
6. D'Angelo, Voodoo
7. Idlewild, 100 Broken Windows
8. Travis, The Man Who
9. Sigur Ros, Aegitis  Byrjun
10. At the Drive-In, Relationship of Command
11. Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker
12. Badly Drawn Boy, The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
13. Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne
14. The Dandy Warhols, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
15. Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R
16. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
17. Coldplay, Parachutes
18. Belle & Sebastian, Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
19. Primal Scream, XTRMNTR
20. Madonna, Music
21. Yo La Tengo, And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
22. Aimee Mann, Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
23. Broadcast, The Noise Made By People
24. Wu-Tang Clan, The W
25. Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues
26. Le Tigre, Le Tigre
27. Elliott Smith, Figure 8
28. Sade, Lovers Rock
29. Marah, Kids in Philly
30. Richard Buckner, The Hill
31. The Jayhawks, Smile
32. Armand Van Helden, Killing Puritans
33. Clem Snide, Your Favorite Music
34. Cat Power, The Covers Record
35. Bjork, Selmasongs: Dancer in the Dark
36. Deftones, White Pony
37. Aimee Mann, Bachelor No. 2
38. The Go-Betweens, The Friends of Rachel Worth
39. Jurassic 5, Quality Control
40. Johnny Cash, American III: Solitary Man
41. Starlight Mints, The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of
42. Green Day, Warning
43. Common, Like Water for Chocolate
44. Chappaquiddick Skyline, Chappaquiddick Skyline
45. Bebel Gilberto, Tanto Tempo
46. Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun
47. Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump
48. Joseph Arthur, Come To Where I'm From
49. Neil Young, Silver and Gold
50. Sleater-Kinney, All Hands on the Bad One

AMAZON.COM'S BEST OF 2000: TOP 20 EDITORS' PICKS

1. Jurassic 5, Quality Control
2. Radiohead, Kid A
3. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, One Endless Night
4. Travis, The Man Who
5. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
6. The Dandy Warhols, Thirteen Tales from the Urban Bohemia
7. Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker
8. Arthur Blythe Trio, Spirits in the Field
9. Richard Buckner, The Hill
10. Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman, Jin Jin/Firefly
11. John Dowland, Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
12. 8 Bold Souls, Last Option
13. Fela Kuti, The Best of Fela Kuti
14. Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne
15. Neil Young, Silver and Gold
16. Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos, Muy Divertido!
17. Paul Birch & The WPA Ballclub, Blue Notes
18. Rancid, Rancid
19. Susana Baca, Eco De Sombras
20. Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R

AMAZON.COM'S BEST OF 2000: TOP 20 CUSTOMERS' PICKS

1. Santana, Supernatural
2. Eric Clapton & B.B. King, Riding with the King
3. Sting, Brand New Day
4. Macy Gray, On How Life Is
5. Steely Dan, Two Against Nature
6. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
7. N Sync, No Strings Attached
8. Britney Spears, Oops!...I Did It Again
9. Paul Simon, You're the One
10. Radiohead, Kid A
11. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
12. The Beatles, The Beatles 1
13. Backstreet Boys, Black and Blue
14. Lenny Kravitz, Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits
15. The Wallflowers, Breach
16. Sade, Lovers Rock
17. Ry Cooder, et al, Buena Vista Social Club
18. Moby, Play
19. Diana Krall, When I Look in Your Eyes
20. Dixie Chicks, Fly

 AMAZON.COM'S TOP 20 MILLENNIUM POLE RESULTS

1. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. The Beatles, The Beatles (The White Album)
3. Backstreet Boys, Millennium
4. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
5. The Beatles, Abbey Road
6. Michael Jackson, Thriller
7. U2, The Joshua Tree
8. Pink Floyd, The Wall
9. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
10. Nirvana, Nevermind
11. Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven: Symphonies # 3 & 9, etc.
12. The Beatles, Revolver
13. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
14. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
15. Pearl Jam, Ten
16. Paul Simon, Graceland
17. Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
18. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
19. Madonna, Ray of Light
20. Radiohead, OK Computer

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SPIN'S 90 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE '90s:

1. Nirvana, Nevermind
2. Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet
3. PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love
4. Beck, Odelay
5. Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
6. Hole, Live Through This
7. Bjork, Post
8. Dr. Dre, The Chronic
9. Radiohead, OK Computer
10. The Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole
11. Nine Inch Nails, The Downward Spiral
12. Beastie Boys, Check Your Head
13. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
14. Tricky, Maxinquaye
15. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing...
16. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
17. Fugees, The Score
18. Nirvana, In Utero
19. U2, Achtung Baby
20. Moby, Play
21. Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out
22. Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
23. Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream
24. Massive Attack, Blue Lines
25. Various Artists, Return of the DJ, Vols. 1 & 2
26. Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
27. The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die
28. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
29. Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind
30. Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, The Supreme Collection, Volume 1
31. Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes
32. A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory
33. Pearl Jam, Ten
34. Cornershop, When I Was Born for the 7th Time
35. Outkast, Aquemini
36. Fugazi, Repeater
37. PJ Harvey, Rid of Me
38. Roni Size/Reprazent, New Forms
39. The Breeders, Last Splash
40. R.E.M., Automatic for the People
41. Sebadoh, Sebadoh III
42. Portishead, Dummy
43. Pulp, Different Class
44. Sinead O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
45. Basement Jaxx, Remedy
46. Stereolab, Emperor Tomato Ketchup
47. L.L. Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out
48. Sublime, Sublime
49. Maldita Vencindad Y Los Hijos Del Quinto Patio, El Circo
50. Air, Moon Safari
51. TLC, Crazysexycool
52. Metallica, Metallica
53. Green Day, Dookie
54. Bikini Kill, Bikini Kill EP
55. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Ragged Glory
56. Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Selected Ambient Works, Vol II
57. Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill
58. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bloodsugarsexmagik
59. Sonny Sharrock, Ask the Ages
60. The Prodigy, Music for the Jilted Generation
61. Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
62. Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
63. Uncle Tupelo, No Depression
64. Built to Spill, There's Nothing Wrong with Love
65. Basehead, Play with Toys
66. Missy Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly
67. Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die
68. Fatboy Slim, You've Come A Long Way, Baby
69. Slint, Spiderland
70. Soundgarden, Superunknown
71. Buena Vista Social Club, Buena Vista Social Club
72. Mary J. Blige, My Life
73. Elliott Smith, Either/Or
74. De La Soul, De La Soul is Dead
75. Steve Earle, I Feel Alright
76. Daft Punk, Homework
77. Boredoms, Super Are
78. Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
79. Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
80. Ice Cube, Amerikkka's Most Wanted
81. Kristin Hersh, Hips and Makers
82. The Orb, The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
83. Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
84. Lisa Germano, Geek the Girl
85. Various Artists, Macro Dub Infection Volume I
86. Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagon
87. Everything But the Girl, Walking Wounded
88. Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
89. Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves
90. Cibo Matto, Viva! La Woman

ROLLING STONE'S 2000 CRITICS PICKS: BEST ALBUMS

1. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
2. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
3. Madonna, Music
4. OutKast, Stankonia
5. D'Angelo, Voodoo
6. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
7. Mark Knopfler, Sailing to Philadelphia
8. Radiohead, Kid A
9. Erykah Badu, Mama's Gun
10. Papa Roach, Infest

SPIN MAGAZINE'S TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2000

1. Your Hard Drive
2. Radiohead, Kid A
3. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
4. D'Angelo, Voodoo
5. At the Drive-In, Relationship of Command
6. Outkast, Stankonia
7. PJ Harvey, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
8. Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R
9. Armand Van Helden, Killing Puritans
10. Le Tigre, Le Tigre
11. Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele
12. Aimee Mann, Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture
13. Sigur Ros, Agaetic Byrjun
14. Capleton, More Fire
15. Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne
16. Mouse on Mars, Niun Nigging
17. Quasimoto, The Unseen
18. Madonna, Music
19. Coldplay, Parachutes
20. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1. Joseph Arthur, Come To Where I'm From
2. U2, All That You Can't Leave Behind
3. Aimee Mann, Bachelor No. 2
4. Travis, The Man Who
5. Patti Smith, Gung Ho
6. Common, Like Water for Chocolate
7. Badly Drawn Boy, The Hour of the Bewilderbeast
8. Johnny Cash, American III: Solitary Man
9. Rinocerose, Installation Sonore
10. Nelly Furtado, Whoa, Nelly!

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