#13 Here are the first 121 albums in the Best Album of 2000 tournament!
Hey folks!
This last Tuesday, March 26th, I revealed the first 121 albums entered into the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament on Bluesky. It took about 90m to get through them, and I think a fun time was had by all.
If you missed the announcement, or just wanted a really long web page with everything listed, here it is! These are listed in alphabetical order (solo artists by last name, (in)definite articles ignored, prepositions not), and all titles include links to Spotify (unless noted as YouTube links).
(Note: there will be no alt text for the pictures, which are just the album covers, in this issue of the newsletter.)
The 6ths, HYACINTHS AND THISTLES
Air, ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE FOR THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
Asian Dub Foundation, COMMUNITY MUSIC
At the Drive-In, RELATIONSHIP OF COMMAND
The Avalanches, SINCE I LEFT YOU
Badly Drawn Boy, THE HOUR OF BEWILDERBEAST
Belle & Sebastian, FOLD YOUR HANDS CHILD, YOU WALK LIKE A PEASANT
Björk, SELMASONGS: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 'DANCER IN THE DARK'
Black Box Recorder, THE FACTS OF LIFE (see below for links)
Track 1, “The Art of Driving" (YouTube)
Track 8, “Straight Life” (YouTube)
Blonde Redhead, MELODY OF CERTAIN DAMAGED LEMONS
Boris, FLOOD (YouTube)
Billy Bragg & Wilco, MERMAID AVENUE VOL. II
Bright Eyes, FEVERS AND MIRRORS
Broadcast, THE NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, FURNACE ROOM LULLABY
Johnny Cash, AMERICAN III: SOLITARY MAN
Common, LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Cursive, DOMESTICA aka CURSIVE’S DOMESTICA
The Dandy Warhols, THIRTEEN TALES FROM URBAN BOHEMIA
De La Soul, ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: MOSAIC THUMP
Death Cab for Cutie, WE HAVE THE FACTS AND WE'RE VOTING YES
Del the Funky Homosapien, BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN
The Delgados, THE GREAT EASTERN
Steve Earle, TRANSCENDENTAL BLUES
Eminem, THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP
Explosions in the Sky, HOW STRANGE, INNOCENCE
Fatboy Slim, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE GUTTER AND THE STARS
Ghostface Killah, SUPREME CLIENTELE
The Go-Betweens, THE FRIENDS OF RACHEL WORTH (YouTube)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN
Grandaddy, THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP
The Handsome Family, IN THE AIR
PJ Harvey, STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA
Hot Snakes, AUTOMATIC MIDNIGHT
Kid Koala, CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Les Savy Fav, EMOR: ROME UPSIDE DOWN ep
Aimee Mann, BACHELOR NO. 2 (OR, THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO)
Mclusky, MY PAIN AND SADNESS IS MORE SAD AND PAINFUL THAN YOURS
The Microphones, IT WAS HOT, WE STAYED IN THE WATER
Mirah, YOU THINK IT’S LIKE THIS BUT REALLY IT’S LIKE THIS
Modest Mouse, THE MOON & ANTARCTICA
Mojave 3, EXCUSES FOR TRAVELERS
The Mountain Goats, THE CORONER'S GAMBIT
The New Pornographers, MASS ROMANTIC
Sinéad O’Connor, FAITH AND COURAGE
Peaches, THE TEACHES OF PEACHES
Q and Not U, NO KILL NO BEEP BEEP
Queens of the Stone Age, RATED R
Rage Against the Machine, RENEGADES
Jill Scott, WHO IS JILL SCOTT? WORDS AND SOUNDS VOL. 1
Shellac, 1000 HURTS (YouTube)
Sleater-Kinney, ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE
Sonic Youth, NYC GHOSTS & FLOWERS
Britney Spears, OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN
Steely Dan, TWO AGAINST NATURE
Sunny Day Real Estate, THE RISING TIDE
U2, ALL THAT YOU CANT LEAVE BEHIND
Various Artists, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?: MUSIC FROM A FILM BY JOEL & ETHAN COEN
The Weakerthans, LEFT AND LEAVING
Yo La Tengo, AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE OUT
Neil Young, SILVER & GOLD (YouTube)
At the conclusion of the announcement, I conducted the Guessing Game, wherein everyone gets one chance to guess the top nomination vote getters, in order from 1st to 3rd. The correct answer was as follows:
1st. Radiohead, KID A (68 votes)
2nd. OutKast, STANKONIA (55 votes)
3rd. PJ Harvey, STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA (53 votes)
The winning entry, which arrived within a few minutes, was from @yourbf.bsky.social. They may select any qualifying 2000 album to enter into the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament. (A shout out to @tomewing.bsky.social, who also had the correct entry, but was about 15 seconds too late.)
There are six more slots to fill to complete the Best Album of 2000 tournament roster, as well as the issue of figuring out where and how to do the actual tournament voting. Stay tuned to this newsletter and the official Bluesky account, The Best Album Brackets (@bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social), for further details.
Until next time, thanks!
Kent