#42 Best Album of 2000: The Seeds
Hey folks!
This newsletter is going to be big enough as it is, so no real introduction. Here are the 128 seeds in the upcoming Best Album of 2000 tournament. Each album cover should have a link to the album on Spotify (or YouTube). More information coming up on Monday.
THE SEEDS
Seed #128 Compulsive Gamblers, CRYSTAL GAZING LUCK AMAZING (9 seed votes/6 nomination votes)
Seed #127 Moloko, THINGS TO MAKE AND DO (9 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #126 Hannah Marcus, BLACK HOLE HEAVEN (11 seed votes/1 nomination vote)
Seed #125 The Fall, THE UNUTTERABLE (11 seed votes/7 nomination votes)
Seed #124 Nelly, COUNTRY GRAMMAR (12 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #123 Michael Penn, MP4 (DAYS SINCE A LOST TIME ACCIDENT) (13 seed votes/5 nomination votes)
Seed #122 NSYNC, NO STRINGS ATTACHED (13 seed votes/7 nomination votes)
Seed #121 A Silver Mt. Zion, HE HAS LEFT US ALONE BUT SHAFTS OF LIGHT SOMETIMES GRACE THE CORNER OF OUR ROOMS... (13 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #120 Gas, POP (13 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #119 Green Day, WARNING (13 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #118 Cursive, DOMESTICA (14 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #117 Sheena Ringo, SHŌSO STRIP (14 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #116 Nina Nastasia, DOGS (14 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #115 Rage Against the Machine, RENEGADES (14 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #114 Don Caballero, AMERICAN DON (14 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #113 Animal Collective, SPIRIT THEY’RE GONE, SPIRIT THEY’VE VANISHED (14 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #112 Les Savy Fav, EMOR: ROME UPSIDE DOWN ep (15 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #111 Juana Molina, SEGUNDO (15 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #110 Black Box Recorder, THE FACTS OF LIFE (15 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #109 Steely Dan, TWO AGAINST NATURE (15 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #108 Kid Koala, CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (15 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #107 Calexico, HOT RAIL (15 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #106 Mojave 3, EXCUSES FOR TRAVELERS (15 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #105 Boris, FLOOD (15 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #104 Saint Etienne, SOUND OF WATER (15 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #103 The Weakerthans, LEFT AND LEAVING (15 seed votes/18 nomination votes)
Seed #102 Ween, WHITE PEPPER (15 seed votes/18 nomination votes)
Seed #101 Sinéad O’Connor, FAITH AND COURAGE (16 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #100 Songs: Ohia, GHOST TROPIC (16 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #99 Hot Snakes, AUTOMATIC MIDNIGHT (16 seed votes/15 nomination votes)
Seed #98 Isis, CELESTIAL (17 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #97 Quasimoto, THE UNSEEN (17 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #96 The Cure, BLOODFLOWERS (17 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #95 Del the Funky Homosapien, BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN (18 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #94 Sugababes, ONE TOUCH (18 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #93 Lou Reed, ECSTASY (18 seed votes, 10 nomination votes)
Seed #92 Erin McKeown, DISTILLATION (18 seed votes, 10 nomination votes)
Seed #91 The Handsome Family, IN THE AIR (18 seed votes, 10 nomination votes)
Seed #90 Kittie, SPIT (18 seed votes, 11 nomination votes)
Seed #89 The Clientele, SUBURBAN LIGHT (18 seed votes, 15 nomination votes)
Seed #88 Goldfrapp, FELT MOUNTAIN (18 seed votes, 21 nomination votes)
Seed #87 Explosions in the Sky, HOW STRANGE, INNOCENCE (19 seed votes, 11 nomination votes)
Seed #86 A Perfect Circle, MER DE NOMS (19 seed votes, 14 nomination votes)
Seed #85 Wu-Tang Clan, THE W (19 seed votes, 17 nomination votes)
Seed #84 Linkin Park, HYBRID THEORY (19 seed votes/19 nomination votes)
Seed #83 Q and Not U, NO KILL BEEP BEEP (20 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #82 Dead Prez, LET’S GET FREE (20 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #81 Kylie Minogue, LIGHT YEARS (20 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #80 The Sea & Cake, OUI (20 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #79 Mirah, YOU THINK IT’S LIKE THIS BUT REALLY IT’S LIKE THIS (20 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #78 The Delgados, THE GREAT EASTERN (20 seed votes/24 nomination votes)
Seed #77 Mclusky, MY PAIN AND SADNESS IS MORE SAD AND PAINFUL THAN YOURS (21 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #76 De La Soul, ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: MOSAIC THUMP (21 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #75 Asian Dub Foundation, COMMUNITY MUSIC (21 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #74 Electric Wizard, DOPETHRONE (21 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #73 !!!, !!! (22 seed votes/6 nomination votes)
Seed #72 Destroyer, THIEF (22 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #71 Sunny Day Real Estate, THE RISING TIDE (22 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #70 Songs: Ohia, THE LIONESS (22 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #69 Emmylou Harris, RED DIRT GIRL (22 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #68 Sonic Youth, NYC GHOSTS & FLOWERS (22 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #67 Britney Spears, OOPS!… I DID IT AGAIN (22 seed votes/15 nomination votes)
Seed #66 Idlewild, 100 BROKEN WINDOWS (22 seed votes/16 nomination votes)
Seed #65 Eels, DAISIES OF THE GALAXY (22 seed votes/16 nomination votes)
Seed #64 Mary Timony, MOUNTAINS (23 seed votes/9 nomination votes)
Seed #63 U2, ALL THAT CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND (23 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #62 Björk, SELMASONGS: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ‘DANCER IN THE DARK’ (23 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #61 The Jayhawks, SMILE (23 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #60 The Go-Betweens, THE FRIENDS OF RACHEL WORTH (23 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #59 Steve Earle, TRANSCENDENTAL BLUES (23 seed votes/15 nomination votes)
Seed #58 The Microphones, IT WAS HOT, WE STAYED IN THE WATER (23 seed votes/17 nomination votes)
Seed #57 Smog, DONGS OF SEVOTION (23 seed votes/25 nomination votes)
Seed #56 Neil Young, SILVER & GOLD (24 seed votes/10 nomination votes)
Seed #55 Jill Scott, WHO IS JILL SCOTT? WORDS AND SOUNDS VOL. 1 (24 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #54 Common, LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (24 seed votes/13 nomination votes)
Seed #53 The Mountain Goats, THE CORONER'S GAMBIT (24 seed votes/15 nomination votes)
Seed #52 Lambchop, NIXON (24 seed votes/15 nomination votes)
Seed #51 Madonna, MUSIC (24 seed votes/15 nomination votes)
Seed #50 Coldplay, PARACHUTES (24 seed votes/25 nomination votes)
Seed #49 Fatboy Slim, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE GUTTER AND THE STARS (25 seed votes/11 nomination votes)
Seed #48 The 6ths, HYACINTHS AND THISTLES (25 seed votes/16 nomination votes)
Seed #47 Deftones, WHITE PONY (25 seed votes/19 nomination votes)
Seed #46 Sade, LOVERS ROCK (25 seed votes/19 nomination votes)
Seed #45 Cat Power, THE COVERS RECORD (26 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #44 Morphine, THE NIGHT (26 seed votes/12 nomination votes)
Seed #43 Elastica, THE MENACE (26 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #42 Ryan Adams, HEARTBREAKER (26 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #41 Doves, LOST SOULS (27 seed votes/26 nomination votes)
Seed #40 The Apples in Stereo, THE DISCOVERY OF A WORLD INSIDE THE MOONE (28 seed votes/8 nomination votes)
Seed #39 The Dandy Warhols, 13 TALES FROM URBAN BOHEMIA (28 seed votes/17 nomination votes)
Seed #38 Warren Zevon, LIFE’LL KILL YA (29 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #37 Jurassic 5, QUALITY CONTROL (29 seed votes/23 nomination votes)
Seed #36 Eminem, THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP (29 seed votes/25 nomination votes)
Seed #35 Blonde Redhead, MELODY OF CERTAIN DAMAGED LEMONS (30 seed votes/20 nomination votes)
Seed #34 Primal Scream, XTRMNTR (31 seed votes/31 nomination votes)
Seed #33 Death Cab for Cutie, WE HAVE THE FACTS AND WE’RE VOTING YES (32 seed votes/19 nomination votes)
Seed #32 Bright Eyes, FEVERS AND MIRRORS (32 seed votes/23 nomination votes)
Seed #31 Shellac, 1000 HURTS (33 seed votes/16 nomination votes)
Seed #30 Billy Bragg & Wilco, MERMAID AVENUE VOL. II (37 seed votes/16 nomination votes)
Seed #29 Johnny Cash, AMERICAN III: SOLITARY MAN (37 seed votes/21 nomination votes)
Seed #28 Peaches, THE TEACHES OF PEACHES (37 seed votes/22 nomination votes)
Seed #27 At the Drive-In, RELATIONSHIP OF COMMAND (37 seed votes/30 nomination votes)
Seed #26 Clinic, INTERNAL WRANGLER (38 seed votes/28 nomination votes)
Seed #25 Badly Drawn Boy, THE HOUR OF BEWILDERBEAST (38 seed votes/30 nomination votes)
Seed #24 Broadcast, THE NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE (38 seed votes/33 nomination votes)
Seed #23 The Hives, VENI VEDI VICIOUS (39 seed votes/22 nomination votes)
Seed #22 Queens of the Stone Age, RATED R (39 seed votes/29 nomination votes)
Seed #21 Ghostface Killah, SUPREME CLIENTELE (40 seed votes/23 nomination votes)
Seed #20 Erykah Badu, MAMA'S GUN (41 seed votes/26 nomination votes)
Seed #19 Deltron 3030, DELTRON 3030 (42 seed votes/35 nomination votes)
Seed #18 Air, ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE FOR THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (43 seed votes/23 nomination votes)
Seed #17 Various Artists, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?: MUSIC FROM A FILM BY JOEL & ETHAN COEN (44 seed votes/14 nomination votes)
Seed #16 Grandaddy, THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP (45 seed votes/33 nomination votes)
Seed #15 Aimee Mann, BACHELOR NO. 2 (OR, THE LAST REMAINS OF THE DODO) (46 seed votes/32 nomination votes)
Seed #14 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, FURNACE ROOM LULLABY (47 seed votes/26 nomination votes)
Seed #13 Belle & Sebastian, FOLD YOUR HANDS CHILD, YOU WALK LIKE A PEASANT (47 seed votes/29 nomination votes)
Seed #12 D’Angelo, VOODOO (47 seed votes/35 nomination votes)
Seed #11 Godspeed You! Black Emperor, LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN (48 seed votes/39 nomination votes)
Seed #10 Elliott Smith, FIGURE 8 (54 seed votes/42 nomination votes)
Seed #9 The Avalanches, SINCE I LEFT YOU (55 seed votes/33 nomination votes)
Seed #8 The White Stripes, DE STIJL (57 seed votes/35 nomination votes)
Seed #7 Modest Mouse, THE MOON & ANTARCTICA (58 seed votes/42 nomination votes)
Seed #6 Sleater-Kinney, ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE (59 seed votes/35 nomination votes)
Seed #5 Yo La Tengo, AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE OUT (62 seed votes/49 nomination votes)
Seed #4 Radiohead, KID A (71 seed votes/68 nomination votes)
Seed #3 The New Pornographers, MASS ROMANTIC (72 seed votes/46 nomination votes)
Seed #2 PJ Harvey, STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA (74 seed votes/53 nomination votes)
Seed #1 OutKast, STANKONIA (78 seed votes/55 nomination votes)
