The Best Album of 1989
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The Best Album of 1989 is Pixies, DOOLITTLE. Coming in early 2026: The Best Album of 2001!
Bracket: https://challonge.com/bestalbumof1989
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Bracket: https://challonge.com/bestalbumof1989
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/kentmbeeson.
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#396 The Road to 2001, Week #1
Hey folks! We have seven weeks before we begin nominating albums for the Best Album of 2001 tournament, so this is the time for you, and especially me, to...
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New newsletter! Here’s the first 2001 check-in, featuring the 2001 albums I’ve heard in the last week. PLUS: my (current as of today) full list of 2001 rankings! Keep listening to 2001 albums, the seven weeks will fly by!
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So a record company has to put it out or...?
No streamers are acceptable in the tournament?
No streamers are acceptable in the tournament?
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
So a record company has to put it out or...?
No streamers are acceptable in the tournament?
No streamers are acceptable in the tournament?
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I made a playlist of highlights from the heavy 2001 albums I will be recommending with more detail and structure tomorrow, figured I'd share it. This excludes "Seamless" by American Head Charge, not on streaming. Also lacks the super obvious stuff
I made a playlist of highlights from the heavy 2001 albums I will be recommending with more detail and structure tomorrow, figured I'd share it. This excludes "Seamless" by American Head Charge, not on streaming. Also lacks the super obvious stuff
2001 Heavy Sampler
open.spotify.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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I made a playlist of highlights from the heavy 2001 albums I will be recommending with more detail and structure tomorrow, figured I'd share it. This excludes "Seamless" by American Head Charge, not on streaming. Also lacks the super obvious stuff
I made a playlist of highlights from the heavy 2001 albums I will be recommending with more detail and structure tomorrow, figured I'd share it. This excludes "Seamless" by American Head Charge, not on streaming. Also lacks the super obvious stuff
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"Liking" this for Kylie!
(But I will definitely cast a vote for Love and Theft, too)
(But I will definitely cast a vote for Love and Theft, too)
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Liking" this for Kylie!
(But I will definitely cast a vote for Love and Theft, too)
(But I will definitely cast a vote for Love and Theft, too)
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“True, only a fraction of the potential rock audience (and we can debate the exact number) has access to the Internet. But the point is that the artists said, "Here is a finished work that we would like you to listen to."
That’s good enough for me”
Not for me.
That’s good enough for me”
Not for me.
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“True, only a fraction of the potential rock audience (and we can debate the exact number) has access to the Internet. But the point is that the artists said, "Here is a finished work that we would like you to listen to."
That’s good enough for me”
Not for me.
That’s good enough for me”
Not for me.
pictures you can hear
Me, talking to a group of History Day kids: So, here are five pieces of research material about the Wilco album YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. We’re going to talk about whether these are primary, secondary, or tertiary sources.
Kid: My dad likes that album.
Kid: My dad likes that album.
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
pictures you can hear
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Me, talking to a group of History Day kids: So, here are five pieces of research material about the Wilco album YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. We’re going to talk about whether these are primary, secondary, or tertiary sources.
Kid: My dad likes that album.
Kid: My dad likes that album.
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Me, talking to a group of History Day kids: So, here are five pieces of research material about the Wilco album YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. We’re going to talk about whether these are primary, secondary, or tertiary sources.
Kid: My dad likes that album.
Kid: My dad likes that album.
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The 1st day the album was made available, Wilco's site got something like 50K hits. Wilco was never a huge selling band, so for a band that had typically sold "only" around 200,000-300,000 copies of an album up to that point, the # of streams from that level of traffic was, um, not insubstantial.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The 1st day the album was made available, Wilco's site got something like 50K hits. Wilco was never a huge selling band, so for a band that had typically sold "only" around 200,000-300,000 copies of an album up to that point, the # of streams from that level of traffic was, um, not insubstantial.
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On their website
wilcoworld.net/music/yankee...
wilcoworld.net/music/yankee...
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Wilco release - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -
wilcoworld.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
On their website
wilcoworld.net/music/yankee...
wilcoworld.net/music/yankee...
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A glaring omission and others I’d add
**Love And Theft (Bob Dylan)**
-Rockin’ The Suburbs (Ben Folds)
-Fever (Kylie Minogue)
-Morning View (Incubus)
-Tenacious D S/T
**Love And Theft (Bob Dylan)**
-Rockin’ The Suburbs (Ben Folds)
-Fever (Kylie Minogue)
-Morning View (Incubus)
-Tenacious D S/T
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A glaring omission and others I’d add
**Love And Theft (Bob Dylan)**
-Rockin’ The Suburbs (Ben Folds)
-Fever (Kylie Minogue)
-Morning View (Incubus)
-Tenacious D S/T
**Love And Theft (Bob Dylan)**
-Rockin’ The Suburbs (Ben Folds)
-Fever (Kylie Minogue)
-Morning View (Incubus)
-Tenacious D S/T
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May I interest you in my favourite album of 2001:
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
May I interest you in my favourite album of 2001:
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I’m going to start annoying you about this one now:
Antibalas - Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1
youtu.be/v7-mT16eX4U?...
Antibalas - Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1
youtu.be/v7-mT16eX4U?...
Antibalas - Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1 (Full Album 2001)
YouTube video by Strictly Good Tunes
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’m going to start annoying you about this one now:
Antibalas - Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1
youtu.be/v7-mT16eX4U?...
Antibalas - Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1
youtu.be/v7-mT16eX4U?...
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DeRogatis, 12/30/01 Sun-Times, names YHF album of the year, says:
'It's telling of the state of the music industry circa 2001 that the most extraordinary album out of the hundreds that I heard this year was rejected by the artists' label and available only as a free download via the Internet.'
'It's telling of the state of the music industry circa 2001 that the most extraordinary album out of the hundreds that I heard this year was rejected by the artists' label and available only as a free download via the Internet.'
The Best Rock Albums of 2001
www.jimdero.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
DeRogatis, 12/30/01 Sun-Times, names YHF album of the year, says:
'It's telling of the state of the music industry circa 2001 that the most extraordinary album out of the hundreds that I heard this year was rejected by the artists' label and available only as a free download via the Internet.'
'It's telling of the state of the music industry circa 2001 that the most extraordinary album out of the hundreds that I heard this year was rejected by the artists' label and available only as a free download via the Internet.'
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Some other goodies from 2001 for your consideration and listening pleasure:
- Reinventing Music by Atom & His Package
- Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes by Propagandhi
- Dizzy Spells by The Ex
- Global a Go-Go by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
- The Argument by Fugazi
- Reinventing Music by Atom & His Package
- Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes by Propagandhi
- Dizzy Spells by The Ex
- Global a Go-Go by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
- The Argument by Fugazi
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Some other goodies from 2001 for your consideration and listening pleasure:
- Reinventing Music by Atom & His Package
- Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes by Propagandhi
- Dizzy Spells by The Ex
- Global a Go-Go by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
- The Argument by Fugazi
- Reinventing Music by Atom & His Package
- Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes by Propagandhi
- Dizzy Spells by The Ex
- Global a Go-Go by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
- The Argument by Fugazi
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I wanna find the one person who is all, "His best is clearly FAST CARS, DANGER, FIRE AND KNIVES"
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I wanna find the one person who is all, "His best is clearly FAST CARS, DANGER, FIRE AND KNIVES"
It’s coming!
Kent: at this point you should maybe do a poll asking people which year they think YHF should be eligible. Something like that? There’s a lot of back and forth here.
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s coming!
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Kent: at this point you should maybe do a poll asking people which year they think YHF should be eligible. Something like that? There’s a lot of back and forth here.
December 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Kent: at this point you should maybe do a poll asking people which year they think YHF should be eligible. Something like that? There’s a lot of back and forth here.
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Everything should have rules!
My stance is: If @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's rules state that it is eligible in multiple years but can only run in one, and enough people nominate it to get into 2001, it should be in 2001 and thus be ineligible for 2002.
My stance is: If @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's rules state that it is eligible in multiple years but can only run in one, and enough people nominate it to get into 2001, it should be in 2001 and thus be ineligible for 2002.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Everything should have rules!
My stance is: If @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's rules state that it is eligible in multiple years but can only run in one, and enough people nominate it to get into 2001, it should be in 2001 and thus be ineligible for 2002.
My stance is: If @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social's rules state that it is eligible in multiple years but can only run in one, and enough people nominate it to get into 2001, it should be in 2001 and thus be ineligible for 2002.
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To be honest, though, given how little the things he's preachin' about come up in the music of white rock bands, I'm less bothered by all the speechifying than I am by, say, Christian-era Dylan or all the Randian nonsense in the lyrics to otherwise perfectly good Rush songs.
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
To be honest, though, given how little the things he's preachin' about come up in the music of white rock bands, I'm less bothered by all the speechifying than I am by, say, Christian-era Dylan or all the Randian nonsense in the lyrics to otherwise perfectly good Rush songs.
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Do they, or are they obligated to promote it that way for the record company?
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Do they, or are they obligated to promote it that way for the record company?
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Here's Jim DeRogatis writing glowingly about the record (which he assures the reader isn't due to be released by Warner Bros. until September) in the Chicago Sun-Times in July of 2001 because the band was doing an "unofficial launch" of the album on the 4th of July.
www.jimdero.com/News2001/New...
www.jimdero.com/News2001/New...
Wilco Gears Up for "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
www.jimdero.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Here's Jim DeRogatis writing glowingly about the record (which he assures the reader isn't due to be released by Warner Bros. until September) in the Chicago Sun-Times in July of 2001 because the band was doing an "unofficial launch" of the album on the 4th of July.
www.jimdero.com/News2001/New...
www.jimdero.com/News2001/New...
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Wilco consider it a 2002 release
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Wilco consider it a 2002 release
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I say that when in doubt, go with the earliest release.
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I say that when in doubt, go with the earliest release.
When you’re running a best album bracket, you’re going to have some rat feces in there.
In looking back through some of the post brackets, I did see at least 1 album which competed in 2 years. Not sure how it happened.
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
When you’re running a best album bracket, you’re going to have some rat feces in there.
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In looking back through some of the post brackets, I did see at least 1 album which competed in 2 years. Not sure how it happened.
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In looking back through some of the post brackets, I did see at least 1 album which competed in 2 years. Not sure how it happened.
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If we get to 2018, you can have Pig, Pig Destroyer, and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If we get to 2018, you can have Pig, Pig Destroyer, and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs