The Best Albums of 2000

This page last updated on May 3, 2001.

The Top 10 Albums of 2000

1) U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind

2) Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues

3) Paul Simon - You're the One

4) Radiohead - Kid A

5) Eminem -The Marshall Mathers LP

6) Neil Young - Silver & Gold

7) Ratdog - Evening Moods

8) Lou Reed - Ecstasy

9) Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue, Vol II

10) Sarah Harmer - You Were Here

Reissues and Live Albums

1) Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Volume 18

2) Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Volume 19

3) Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks, Volume 16

3) Bruce Hornsby - Here Come the Noisemakers

The Best of the Rest

These releases may not be the cream of the crop for 2000, but each is remarkable in its own right — be they intriguing debuts, welcome returns, fond farewells, brilliant tributes, stunning leaps forward, or just good efforts from consistently creative artists.

Frisbie - The Subversive Sounds of Love

Jerry Garcia/David Grisman/Tony Rice - The Pizza Tapes

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night

Mickey Hart - Spirit into Sound

The Jayhawks - Smile

North Mississippi All Stars - Shake Hands with Shorty

Matthew Ryan - East Autumn Grin

Various Artists - Stolen Roses: Songs of the Grateful Dead

The Wallflowers - Breach

XTC - Wasp Star: Apple Venus, Volume 2