#459 Best Album of 2001: Week #6 Wrap-Up

WEEZER (YELLOW ALBUM)

        May 2, 2026

#459 Best Album of 2001: Week #6 Wrap-Up

        Hey folks!
Tenacious D, this isn’t you advancing in the tournament, this is just a tribute. (The album that’s advancing doesn’t actually sound anything like your album.) Out on the street, Garbage. WEEZER (YELLOW ALBUM). WORD OF MOUF, you’ve been silenced. Here’s to shutting up, HERE’S TO SHUTTING UP.
The sixth week of the Best Album of 2001 is over! The biggest news is that we had another upset, in that #69 10 000 HZ LEGEND defeated #60 TENACIOUS D by six votes. An upset in the sixties isn’t that remarkable — these albums were basically tied in terms of seed votes — but worth noting anyway, since this usually means a number of people got dinged in the prediction brackets. Furthermore, while matches usually bring out Bluesky posts supporting one album or the other, this one… did not. I think Jessica, below, sums it up pretty well. 
“Today is no more contentious than normal, just that it's a fight about which is worse. Which makes me laugh.”
Perhaps more subtly remarkable was that #28 I GET WET’s win over #101 BEAUTIFUL GARBAGE was only by 17 votes. This is almost an exact replay of last week’s Bob Dylan/Wu-Tang Clan match, where #20 “LOVE AND THEFT” defeated #109 IRON FLAG by only 18 votes. Historically-speaking, that’s some massive overperformance by two 100-seeds. Is everything okay with the seed voters? I’m a little worried about TOXICITY and THE COLD VEIN, honestly. 

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
On Monday, #69 Air, 10 000 HZ LEGEND defeated #60 Tenacious D, TENACIOUS D, 114-108-3. (225 total votes, +6)
On Tuesday, #28 Andrew W.K., I GET WET defeated #101 Garbage, BEAUTIFUL GARBAGE, 113-96-5. (214 total votes, +17)
On Wednesday, #37 Röyksopp, MELODY A.M. defeated #92 Weezer, WEEZER (GREEN ALBUM), 126-81-2. (209 total votes, +45)
On Thursday, #12 Fugazi, THE ARGUMENT defeated #117 Ludacris, WORD OF MOUF, 155-30-1. (186 votes, +125)
On Friday, #53 Lucinda Williams, ESSENCE defeated #76 Superchunk, HERE'S TO SHUTTING UP, 95-75-1. (171 total votes, +20)
NEXT WEEK’S MATCHES
Monday, May 4th: #21 Le Tigre, FEMINIST SWEEPSTAKES vs. #108 k., NEW PROBLEMS.
Tuesday, May 5th: #44 The Beta Band, HOT SHOTS II vs. #85 Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, GLOBAL A GO-GO.
Wednesday, May 6th: #2 The Strokes, IS THIS IT vs. #127 Ryan Adams, GOLD.
Thursday, May 7th: #63 Pete Yorn, MUSICFORTHEMORNINGAFTER vs. #66 Shakira, LAUNDRY SERVICE.
Friday, May 8th: #31 The Dismemberment Plan, CHANGE vs. #98 De La Soul, AOI: BIONIX.
We currently have Designated Cheerleaders for IS THIS IT… and that’s it. If you’d like to send one in for any of the other albums, or even for IS THIS IT, write it up and send it to kentmbeeson@hey.com. Thanks!
Tomorrow, look for a newsletter announcing the future years and future path of the Best Album Brackets! 
Best,
Kent

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