2001 Poll Results

By theajaysharma January 29, 2002

The 2001 poll results have been calculated and we finally have the results here online. We broadcasted most of these results over the Indieshop a few weeks ago and you can listen to the archived broadcast here. For those of you that want to visit the good 'ol days, then you can check out all of our past poll results here.

Top 5 Artists of the Year
Rank	Artist
1	Strokes
2	Radiohead
3	Sigur Ros
4	New Order
5	Curve

Top 50 Albums
Rank	Artist	Album
1	Strokes	Is This It?
2	Radiohead	Amnesiac
3	Spiritualized	Let It Come Down
4	Travis	The Invisible Band
5	BRMC	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
6	Gorillaz	Gorillaz
7	Charlatans	Wonderland
8	Super Furry Animals	Rings Around the World
9	Pulp	We Love Life
10	New Order	Get Ready
11	Starsailor	Love Is Here
12	Bjork	Vespertine
13	Sigur Ros	Agaetis Byrjun
14	Mercury Rev	All Is Dream
15	Ash	Free All Angels
16	Beta Band	Hot Shots II
17	Avalanches	Since I Left You
18	Elbow	Asleep In The Back
19	Idlewild	100 Broken Windows
20	Rufus Wainwright	Poses
21	Daft Punk	Discovery
22	Pernice Brothers	The World Won't End
23	Ladytron	604
24	Curve	Gift
25	Mogwai	Rock Action
26	White Stripes	White Blood Cells
27	JJ72	JJ72
28	Stereophonics	Just Enough Education to Perform
29	Weezer	Weezer
30	Manic Street Preachers	Know Your Enemy
31	Shins	Oh, Inverted World!
32	Faint	Danse Macabre
33	My Vitrol	Finelines
34	Arnold	Bahama
35	Remy Zero	The Golden Hum
36	Stereolab	Sound-Dust
37	Divine Comedy	Regeneration
38	Gene	Libertine
39	Rialto	Night On Earth
40	Placebo	Black Market Music
41	Air	10,000 Hz Legend
42	Ocean Colour Scene	Mechanical Wonder
43	Sparklehorse	It's A Wonderful Life
44	Trembling Blue Stars	Alive to Every Smile
45	Pete Yorn	Musicforthemorningafter
46	Death Cab For Cutie	The Photo Album
47	Jimmy Eat World	Bleed American
48	Ian Brown	Music of the Spheres
49	Tenacious D	Tenacious D
50	Basement Jaxx	Rooty

Top 25 Other Releases (Reissues, Soundtracks, Compilations, etc.)
Rank	Artist	Album
1	Ride	OX4 (Box Set)
2	Radiohead	I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
3	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass
4	Echo And The Bunnymen	Crystal Days
5	Cure	Greatest Hits
6	Love	Forever Changes
7	House of Love	Peel Sessions
8	Of Montreal	The Early 4 Track Recordings
9	Various	Nuggets II
10	Dead Can Dance	1981-1998
11	Peter Murphy	Alive Just For Love
12	Joy Division	Heart And Soul
13	Kinks	BBC Sessions
14	Morrissey	Best Of
15	Pet Shop Boys	Very
16	Shuggie Otis	Inspiration Information
17	Smashing Pumpkins	Rotten Apples
18	Unbelievable Truth	Misc. Music
19	Neu!	Neu! '75
20	Pet Shop Boys	Please
21	Soundtrack	Vanilla Sky
22	Various	Intertwined: Hope This Helps
23	Gene	As Good as it Gets
24	Ministry Of Sound	The Annual 2002
25	Pet Shop Boys	Actually

Top 50 Songs
Rank	Artist	Song
1	New Order	Crystal
2	Dandy Warhols	Bohemian Like You
3	Strokes	Last Nite
4	Pulp	Trees
5	Starsailor	Good Souls
6	Super Furry Animals	Juxtaposed With U
7	Ian Brown	Fear
8	Basement Jaxx	Where's Your Head At?
9	Radiohead	I Might Be Wrong
10	Daft Punk	Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
11	Spiritualized	Out of Sight
12	Of Montreal	Penelope
13	Music	Take the Long Road and Walk It
14	BRMC	Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll
15	Curve	Perish
16	Travis	Sing
17	Belle And Sebastian	I'm Waking Up to Us
18	Charlatans	A Man Needs to be Told
19	Avalanches	Frontier Psychiatrist
20	Elbow	Powder Blue
21	Of Montreal	Penelope
22	Remy Zero	Save Me
23	Spiritualized	Stop Your Cryin'
24	Radiohead	Pyrmaid Song
25	Strokes	Hard To Explain
26	Strokes	NYC Cops
27	South	Paint the Silence
28	Travis	Flowers in the Window
29	Ash	Burn baby Burn
30	Mercury Rev	Nite and Fog
31	Mogwai	2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
32	White Stripes	Hotel Yorba
33	Ladytron	Playgirl
34	Ryan Adams	New York, New York
35	Spiritualized	Don't Just Do Something
36	Starsailor	Alcoholic
37	Travis	Side
38	White Strips	Fell In Love With A Girl
39	Belle and Sebastian	Jonathan David
40	Haven	Let it Live
41	Mogwai	My Father, My King
42	Old 97's	Designs On You
43	Radiohead	Knives Out
44	Divine Comedy	Perfect Lovesong
45	Radiohead	Cuttooth
46	BRMC	Rifles
47	Strokes	Modern Age
49	Pulp	Weeds
50	Squarepusher	My Red Hot Car

Top 15 Bands
Rank	Artist	Last Years Spot
1	Radiohead	1
2	Charlatans	6
3	Pulp	7
4	Spiritualized	10
5	Blur Belle And Sebastian	2
6	Suede	4
7	Travis	9
8	Belle and Sebastian	3
9	Super Furry Animals	12
10	Oasis	3
11	Sigur Ros	new
12	Gene	new
13	Strokes	new
14	Primal Scream	8
15	BRMC	new
16	New Order	new
17	Coldplay	new
18	Placebo	new
19	The Cure	new
20	The Dandy Warhols	15

Top 20 North American Bands
Rank	Artist
1	BRMC (tie)
1	Strokes (tie)
3	Dandy Warhols
4	Mercury Rev
5	Weezer
6	R.E.M
7	Red House Painters
8	Yo La Tengo
9	Grandaddy
10	Faint
11	Flaming Lips
12	Low
13	Rufus Wainwright
14	White Stripes
15	Pernice Brothers
16	Pete yorn
17	Of Montreal
18	Built To Spill
19	Death Cab For Cutie
20	Remy Zero

Top 20 Dance/Electronic Artists
Rank	Artist
1	Avalanches
2	Basement Jaxx
3	Chemical Brothers
4	Daft Punk
5	Fatboy Slim
6	DJ Shadow
7	Underworld
8	Paul Oakenfold
9	Aphex Twin
10	Moby
11	Dimitri From Paris
12	David Holmes
13	Derrick Carter
14	Kid Koala
15	Orbital
16	Paul Van Dyk
17	Squarepusher
18	Air
19	Massive Attack
20	Orb

Live Act of the Year
Rank	Artist
1	Radiohead
2	Sigur Ros
3	Spiritualized
4	(International) Noise Conspiracy
5	Charlatans
6	Elekibass
7	The Faint
8	New Order
9	Strokes
10	Pernice Brothers

Disappointment of the Year
Rank	Artist	Album
1	Pulp	We Love Life
2	Spiritualized	Let It Come Down
3	Strokes	Is This It
4	Depeche Mode	Exciter
5	Charlatans	Wonderland
6	Travis	The Invisible Band
7	Air	10,000 Hz Legend
8	Manic Street Preachers	Know Your Enemy
9	Bjork	Vespertine
10	Radiohead	Amnesiac

Discovery of the Year
Rank	Artist
1	BRMC
2	White Stripes
3	Strokes
4	Starsailor
5	Hives
6	JJ72
7	Beachwood Sparkes
8	Remy Zero
9	The Faint
10	Murry the Hump

Brightest Hope for the Future
Rank	Artist
1	The Music
2	Starsailor
3	Suede's new album
4	Elekibass
5	The Sunshine Fix
6	Elbow
7	The Hives
8	Interpol
9	My Favorite
10	Koala

Best Album Artwork/Packaging of the Year
Rank	Artist	Album
1	Spiritualized	Let It Come Down (Ltd. Ed.)
2	Radiohead	Amnesiac (Ltd. Ed.)
3	Super Furry Animals	Rings Around The World
4	Of Montreal	Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies
5	Strokes	Is This It? (UK Version)
6	Gorillaz	Gorillaz
7	Divine Comedy	Regeneration
8	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	How I Longed To Feel That Summer In My Heart
9	Muse	Origin of Symmetry
10	Ride	OX4 (Box Set)

Video of the Year
Rank	Artist	Album
1	Gorillaz	Clint Eastwood
2	Sigur Ros	Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa
3	Gorillaz	10/2000
4	Basement Jaxx	Where's Your Head At?
5	Avalanches	Frontier Psychiatrist
6	Bjork	Pagan Poetry
7	Radiohead	Knives Out
8	Travis	Sing
9	New Order	Crystal
10	Strokes	Last Nite