Music Year 2000 Year End List Notes

New Albums

Also Rated

These are additional Year 2000 new albums that I've listened to well enough to rate, in approximately declining order.

  1. MC Paul Barman: It's Very Stimulating (Wordsound). B+
  2. Neko Case: Furnace Room Lullaby (Bloodshot). B+
  3. Queens of the Stone Age: Rated R (Interscope). B+
  4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Epic/Razor Sharp). B+
  5. The Go-Betweens: The Friends of Rachel Worth (Jetset). B+
  6. Talib Kweli: Reflection Eternal (Priority). B+
  7. Paul Pena: New Train (Hybrid). B+
  8. Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now (Reprise). B+
  9. Sleater-Kinney: All Hands on the Bad One (Kill Rock Stars). B+
  10. Billy Bragg / Wilco: Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2 (Elektra/Asylum). B+
  11. Marc Ribot: Muy Divertido (Atlantic). B+
  12. Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 2 (Rawkus). B+
  13. Joe Lovano: 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note). B+
  14. Sue Foley: Back to the Blues (Antone's). B+
  15. Amadou et Mariam: Tje Ni Mousso (Polydor). B+
  16. Veruca Salt: Resolver (Beyond). B+
  17. Cheikh Lô: Bambay Gueej (World Circuit/Nonesuch). B+
  18. Chumbawamba: Wysiwyg (EMI). B+
  19. Alvin Youngblood Hart: Start with the Soul (Hannibal). B+
  20. Steve Turre: In the Spur of the Moment (Telarc). B+
  21. Big Pun: Yeeeah Baby (Loud). B+
  22. Kid Koala: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Ninja Tune). B+
  23. M.O.P.: Warriorz (Loud). B+
  24. M2M: Shades of Purple (Atlantic). B+
  25. Steve Lacy / Roswell Rudd: Monk's Dream (Verve). B+
  26. James Talley: Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home (Cimarron). B+
  27. Britney Spears: Oops! ... I Did It Again (Jive). B+
  28. U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind (Interscope). B+
  29. David Sanchez: Melaza (Columbia). B+
  30. Lavay Smith: Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing (Fat Note). B+
  31. Built to Spill: Live (Warner Brothers). B+
  32. Patti Smith: Gung Ho (Arista). B+
  33. Vienna Art Orchestra: Duke Ellington's Sound of Love (TCB). B+
  34. Fatboy Slim: On the Floor at the Boutique (Astralwerks). B+
  35. Ghostface Killah: Supreme Clientele (Epic/Razor Sharp). B
  36. Merle Haggard: Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motorcycle Cowboy (Smith Group/Razor & Tie). B
  37. Quasimoto: The Unseen (Stones Throw). B
  38. Lil' Kim: Notorious KIM (Atlantic). B
  39. Joseph Arthur: Come to Where I'm From (Virgin). B
  40. Radiohead: Kid A (Capitol). B
  41. Eric Clapton / B.B. King: Riding with the King (Warner Brothers). B
  42. Loud Rocks (Loud). B
  43. Guru: Jazzmatazz: Streetsoul (Virgin). B
  44. World Saxophone Quartet: Requiem for Julius (Justin Time). B-
  45. Johnny Bush: Sings Bob Wills (Texas Music Group). B-

Currently Unrated

These are Year 2000 new albums that I have, but have not yet rated.

Wish List

These are Year 2000 new albums that I have not listened to, but which I have some reason to think might be good records. Asterisks indicate varying degrees of personal interest (e.g., *** is something I would definitely buy -- at least used).

Reissues

Also Rated

These are additional Year 2000 reissues that I've listened to well enough to rate, in approximately declining order. Some of these would rank on the main list, but have been sequestered here for various reasons (relatively straight reissues of out-of-print albums, mostly redundant anthologies, including ubiquitous Ken Burns anthologies):
  1. Coleman Hawkins: Ken Burns Jazz (1926-62, Verve). A
  2. Ornette Coleman: Dancing in Your Head (1973-75, Verve). A
  3. Charles Mingus: Ken Burns Jazz (1957-71, Columbia/Legacy). A
  4. Louis Armstrong: Satch Plays Fats (1955, Columbia/Legacy). A
  5. Count Basie: Ken Burns Jazz (1932-57, Verve). A
  6. Thelonious Monk: Ken Burns Jazz (1947-71, Columbia/Legacy). A-
  7. Duke Ellington: Ken Burns Jazz (1925-60, Columbia/Legacy). A-
  8. Louis Armstrong: Ken Burns Jazz (1923-67, Columbia/Legacy). A-
  9. Ornette Coleman: Ken Burns Jazz (1958-75, Columbia/Legacy). A-
  10. John Coltrane: Ken Burns Jazz (1956-67, Verve). A-
  11. Merle Haggard: The Ultimate Collection (1966-83, Hip-O). A-
  12. Sonny Rollins: Ken Burns Jazz (1954-66, Verve). A-
  13. Fletcher Henderson: Ken Burns Jazz (1924-40, Columbia/Legacy). A-
  14. Miles Davis: Ken Burns Jazz (1947-86, Columbia/Legacy). A-
  15. Dancehall 101, Vol. 1 (VP). B+
  16. John Lee Hooker: Detroit 1948-1949 (Atlantic/Savoy). B+
  17. Sidney Bechet: Ken Burns Jazz (1923-47, Columbia/Legacy). B+
  18. Ornette Coleman: Skies of America (1972, Columbia/Legacy). B+
  19. Lester Young: Ken Burns Jazz (1936-57, Verve). B+
  20. Machine Soul: An Odyssey into Electronic Dance Music (Rhino). B+
  21. The Best of Broadside 1961-1988 (Smithsonian/Folkways). B
  22. Sarah Vaughan: Ken Burns Jazz (1944-85, Verve). B-
  23. Ronnie Milsap: 40 #1 Hits (Virgin, 2CD). B-
  24. Jerry Reed: Georgia Sunshine / Oh What a Woman (1971-72, One Way). C+
  25. Jerry Reed: Alabama Wild Man / Explores Guitar Country (1968-69, One Way). C

Currently Unrated

These are Year 2000 reissues that I have, but have not yet rated.

Wish List

These are Year 2000 reissues that I have not listened to, but which I have some reason to think might be good records. Asterisks indicate varying degrees of personal interest (e.g., *** is something I would definitely buy -- at least used); # indicates a CD that I'm unlikely to buy because it duplicates much that I already have, but which is very likely to be great.

Sample Size

The following table was the result of an exercise where I went through years 1990-1999 to build retrospective year-end lists. One thing I wanted to see is how my Year 2000 sampling compared with the sample sizes for previous years. (2000 and 1999 recalculated Apr. 23; other figures from Jan. 2001.)

YearNewRankOldRank
2000 103436126
1999 118329341
1998 1824712541
1997 1553311160
1996 188419443
1995 2075613358
1994 2335614265
1993 2675415187
1992 2436216586
1991 2356416897
1990 2275412172

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