The official 31 list was born in 2004 but, as it continued on year after year, there was a certain inelegance to the starting year. So we went into the past, reviewed albums released in 2000, and retroactively picked our top 31.
This list may not be 100% accurate to what we listened to at the time. But, it’s close and it’s free. Plus we get to bring some old favorites into the group that had stopped producing music by 2004.
NEWCOMERS
Antony & The Johnsons, Aqua, Barenaked Ladies, Coldplay, Doves, Fatboy Slim, Harvey Danger, Lou Reed, Morcheeba, Neil Young, No Doubt, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Dandy Warhols, The Presidents Of The United States Of America, Ute Lemper, XTC (!)
SECOND-TIMERS
Air, Grandaddy, Radio 4, Simon Stinger
RETURNING FAVORITES
Supergrass, The White Stripes, Josh Rouse, Phoenix, The Ark, The Hives, Joe Jackson, Marianne Faithfull, Robbie Williams, Goldfrapp, Death Cab For Cutie
2000 Playlist
Track by track, with artist
- Playground Love
AIR - River Of Sorrow
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - Cartoon Heroes
AQUA - It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane
THE ARK - The Humour Of The Situation
BARENAKED LADIES - Don’t Panic
COLDPLAY - Bohemian Like You
THE DANDY WARHOLS - Title Track
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Catch the Sun
DOVES - Weapon of Choice
FATBOY SLIM - Utopia
GOLDFRAPP - The Crystal Lake
GRANDADDY - Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
HARVEY DANGER - Hate To Say I Told You So
THE HIVES - Glamour and Pain
JOE JACKSON - Marvin Gaye
JOSH ROUSE
- Paranoid In The Key Of E
LOU REED - Vagabond Ways
MARIANNE FAITHFULL - Be Yourself
MORCHEEBA - Good To See You
NEIL YOUNG - Bathwater
NO DOUBT - If I Ever Feel Better
PHOENIX - Tiny Explosions
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - (No More Room For) Communication
RADIO 4 - Let Love Be Your Energy
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Energy Flow
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - The Last Girl in the World
SIMON STINGER - Moving
SUPERGRASS - The Part You Throw Away
UTE LEMPER - You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
THE WHITE STRIPES - I’m The Man Who Murdered Love
XTC
