Pitchfork Media's "Top 20 Albums of 2000"

2000 was an exceptionally good year for music, possibly the best since I first started Pitchfork in 1995. Typically, we end the year with a list of the 10 best records, but this year, even narrowing it down to 20 didn’t come easily. There were tons of great bands we wanted to mention—there just wasn’t room.

We compiled this list using the same system we’ve always used, which involves getting a list of each writer’s 20 favorite albums of the year, and, based on a geekish points system, totaling up the final list. Here’s what we came up with.
—Ryan Schreiber

Send to Printer Pitchfork Media's "Top 20 Albums of 2000" 2000 was an exceptionally good year for music, possibly the best since I first started Pitchfork in 1995. Typically, we end the year with a list of the 10 best records, but this year, even narrowing it down to 20 didn’t come easily. There were tons of great bands we wanted to mention—there just wasn’t room. We compiled this list using the same system we’ve always used, which involves getting a list of each writer’s 20 favorite albums of the year, and, based on a geekish points system, totaling up the final list. Here’s what we came up with. —Ryan Schreiber
	1.		Kid A by Radiohead
	2.		Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
	3.		The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
	4.		And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
	5.		Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You Black Emperor
	6.		The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
	7.		It Was Hot We Stayed in the Water by The Microphones
	8.	?	Emor by Les Savy Fav
	9.		Internal Wrangler by Clinic
	10.		Dongs of Sevotion by Smog
	11.		No Style by King Biscuit Time
	12.		Pop by Gas
	13.		Crooked Fingers by Crooked Fingers
	14.		Mwng by Super Furry Animals
	15.		Believo! by Enon
	16.		All Hands on the Bad One by Sleater-Kinney
	17.		Voice Brother & Sister by Summer Hymns
	18.		The Hour of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
	19.		Tiny Reminders by Two Lone Swordsmen
	20.		Fig. 5 by Jackie-O Motherfucker
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