The GrEEN DoLPHiN's PoLL – 9

Best albums, bands / solo artists & musicians of 2001

Radiohead


B e s t   b a n d s / s o l o   a r t i s t s (260)
  1. Radiohead (UK) (52)
  2. King Crimson (UK/USA) (46)
  3. Low (USA) (45)
  4. Mogwai (UK) (44)
    Sigur Rós (Iceland) (44)
  5. Yes (UK) (43)
  6. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band (Canada) (38)
  7. Porcupine Tree (UK) (36)
  8. Lift To Experience (USA) (32)
  9. No-Man (UK) (29)
  10. Tool (USA) (27)
  11. Björk (Iceland) (26)
  12. Godspeed You Black Emperor! (Canada) (24)
  13. Magma (France) (23)
    Transatlantic (England/Sweden/USA) (23)
  14. Peter Hammill (UK) (22)
    The Flower Kings (Sweden) (22)
  15. Explosions In The Sky (USA) (21)
  16. Djam Karet (USA) (20)
    Muse (UK) (20)
  17. Miriodor (Canada) (19)
  18. Present (Belgium) (18)
  19. Air (France) (17)
    Arab Strap (UK) (17)
  20. Delicate AWOL (UK) (15)
    Henry Fool (UK) (15)
    Mostly Autumn (UK) (15)
    Tortoise (USA) (15)
  21. Boredoms (Japan) (14)
    Hood (UK) (14)
    Sparklehorse (USA) (14)
    Angels Of Light (USA) (14)
  22. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (aka Will Oldham) (USA) (13)
    Ida (USA) (13)
    Labradford (USA) (13)
    Lamb (UK) (13)
    The New Year (USA) (13)
  23. Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) (12)
    Four Tet (UK) (12)
    Jethro Tull (UK) (12)
    One Shot (France) (12)
  24. Billy Mahonie (UK) (11)
    Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic (USA) (11)
    Mice Parade (USA) (11)
    Spiritualized (UK) (11)
    Tarentel (USA) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Bands/Solo Artists of 2001"

Yes: Magnification

Radiohead: Amnesiac

Present: High Infidelity

B e s t   a l b u m s (286)
  1. Yes "Magnification" (Beyond Music/Eagle) (50)
  2. Radiohead "Amnesiac" (Parlophone/Capitol) (47)
  3. Present "High Infidelity" (Carbon 7) (45)
  4. Björk "Vespertine"(Björk Overseas Ltd./One Little Indian Records/Polydor Ltd.) (42)
    Mogwai "Rock Action" (PIAS Recordings/Southpaw Recordings) (42)
  5. Tortoise "Standards" (Thrill Jockey/WARP) (40)
  6. No-Man "Returning Jesus" (Third Stone) (39)
  7. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band "Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Upward" (Constellation) (38)
  8. The Flower Kings "The Rainmaker"(Foxtrot/InsideOut) (32)
    Transatlantic "Bridge Accross Forever" (InsideOut) (32)
  9. Le Orme "Elementi" (Crisler) (30)
    Low "Things We Lost In The Fire" (Kranky) (30)
  10. Fennesz "Endless Summer" (Mego) (29)
    Lift To Experience "The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads" (Bella Union) (29)
    Tool "Lateralus" (Volcano/Dissectional) (29)
  11. Explosions In The Sky "Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live ever" (Temporary Residence) (23)
  12. Muse "Origin Of Symmetry" (Mushroom) (21)
    Sparklehorse "It's A Wonderful Life" (EMI/Capitol) (21)
  13. Ark "Burn The Sun" (Favored Nations) (20)
    Univers Zéro "Crawling Wind" (Cuneiform) (20)
  14. Autechre "Confield" (Warp) (19)
    Hood "Cold House" (Domino/Aesthetics) (19)
    Miriodor "Mekano"(Cuneiform) (19)
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "No More Shall We Part" (Mute) (19)
    Priam "Diffraction" (Musea) (19)
  15. Deadwood Forest "Mellodramatic" (Shroom) (18)
    Labradford "fixed::context" (Blast First/Kranky/Mute) (18)
    Mercury Rev "All Is Dream" (V2) (18)
    Pallas "The Cross & The Crucible" (InsideOut) (18)
    Spiritualized "Let It Come Down" (Arista/BMG) (18)
  16. King Crimson "Heavy ConstruKction" (Discipline Global Mobile) (17)
    La Torre dell'Alchimista "La Torre dell'Alchimista" (Kaliphonia) (17)
    Lamb "What Sound" (Polygram) (17)
    Magma "Trilogie au Trianon (Theusz Hammatahk Trilogie Box)" (Seventh) (17)
  17. Nexus "Metanoia" (Record Runner) (16)
    Porcupine Tree "Recordings" (Snapper Music/K-Scope) (16)
  18. Mice Parade "Mokoondi" (Bubble Core/Fatcat) (15)
    Motorpsycho "Phanerothyme" (Columbia) (15)
    Stars Of The Lid "The Tired Sound Of..." (Kranky) (15)
    The New Year "Newness Ends" (Touch and Go) (15)
  19. Djam Karet "New Dark Age"(Cuneiform) (14)
    Henry Fool "Henry Fool" (Cyclops) (14)
    Prefuse 73 "Vocal Studies And Uprock Narratives" (Warp) (14)
  20. Aphex Twin "Drukqs" (Warp) (13)
    Brian Eno & J. Peter Schwalm "Drawn From Life" (Virgin/Astralwerks) (13)
    Isildurs Bane "MIND Vol. 2 - Live" (Record Heaven) (13)
    One Shot "Vendreti 13" (Soleil Zeuhl) (13)
    Peter Hammill/Sonix "Unsung" (Fie! Records) (13)
  21. Ars Nova "Android Domina" (Made In Japan/Musea) (12)
    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "Ease Down The Road" (Domino) (12)
    Dead Leaves Rising "Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of No One" (Plow City) (12)
    Mostly Autumn "The Last Bright Light" (Cyclops) (12)
    Angels Of Light "How I Loved You" (Young God) (12)
  22. McGill/Manring/Stevens "Addition By Subtraction" (Free Electric Sound/The Laser's Edge) (11)
    Set Fire To Flames "Sings Reign Rebuilder" (Alien8 Recordings) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Albums of 2001"
B e s t   f e m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (129)
  1. Björk (102)
  2. Anja Garbarek (52)
  3. Annie Haslam (Renaissance) (48)
    Mimi Parker (Low) (48)
  4. Heather Findley (Mostly Autumn) (35)
  5. Dagmar Krause (Slapp Happy) (33)
  6. Allison Goldfrapp (Goldfrapp) (32)
    Hope Sandoval (& The Warm Inventions/Mazzy Star) (32)
  7. Joanna Hogg (Iona) (26)
    Magdalena Hagberg (Pär Lindh Project) (26)
  8. Elizabeth Mitchell (Ida) (22)
  9. Tori Amos (20)
  10. Caroline Ross (Delicate AWOL) (19)
    Karla Schickele (Ida/K) (19)
    Polly Jean Harvey (19)
  11. Iva Bittová (17)
    Louise Rhodes (Lamb) (17)
  12. Julie Tippetts (15)
    Lisa Germano (15)
    Windy Weber (Windy & Carl) (15)
  13. Sylvia Erichsen (White Willow) (14)
  14. Christina Murphy (Magenta) (13)
    Shannon Wright (13)
  15. Diamanda Galas (12)
    Stella Vander (Magma) (12)
  16. Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering) (11)
    Joni Mitchell (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Female Vocalists of 2001"
B e s t   m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (153)
  1. Jon Anderson (Yes) (58)
  2. Peter Hammill (54)
  3. David Sylvian (45)
  4. Neal Morse (Spock's Beard/Transatlantic) (39)
    Steve Hogarth (Marillion) (39)
  5. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (34)
    Maynard James Keenan (Tool/A Perfect Circle) (34)
  6. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) (33)
  7. Robert Wyatt (Soupsong/Anja Garbarek/Michael Mantler) (32)
  8. Tim Bowness (No-Man/Henry Fool/Darkroom/Samuel Smiles) (30)
  9. Thom Yorke (Radiohead) (29)
  10. Alan Sparhawk (Low) (28)
  11. Josh T. Pearson (Lift To Experience) (26)
  12. Phil Minton (4 Walls...) (18)
  13. Mike Patton (Fantomas/Tomahawk) (17)
    Peter Gabriel (17)
  14. David Thomas (ex Pere Ubu) (16)
  15. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/Transatlantic) (15)
    Will Oldham (15)
  16. Aidan Moffatt (Arab Strap) (14)
    John Wetton (14)
    Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev) (14)
    Nick Cave (14)
  17. Bill Callahan (Smog) (13)
    Francis Dunnery (13)
  18. Christian Vander (Magma) (12)
    Francesco DiGiacomo (Banco) (12)
  19. Antoine Paganotti (Magma) (11)
    Thierry Zaboitzeff (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Male Vocalists of 2001"
B e s t   g u i t a r   p l a y e r s (169)
  1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) (81)
  2. Steve Howe (Yes) (67)
  3. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/Transatlantic) (53)
  4. David Torn (SPLaTTeRCeLL) (38)
  5. Bill Frisell (34)
  6. Fred Frith (32)
  7. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree/No-Man) (29)
  8. Alan Sparhawk (Low) (26)
  9. Michael Bearpark (Samuel Smiles/Darkroom/Henry Fool) (23)
  10. James MacGaw (One Shot/Magma) (22)
    Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) (22)
  11. Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) (21)
  12. Josh T. Pearson (Lift To Experience) (20)
    Steve Rothery (Marillion) (20)
  13. Adam Jones (Tool) (18)
    Scott McGill (McGill/Manring/Stevens/Scott McGill's Hand Farm) (18)
  14. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) (17)
  15. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (16)
    Agata (Melt Banana) (16)
    Derek Bailey (16)
    G.P. Hall (16)
    Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple/Nishinihon/Mainliner) (16)
  16. Louis Cote (Spaced Out) (15)
  17. Nick Didkovsky (Doctor Nerve/Body Parts) (14)
    Reginald Trigaux (Present) (14)
    Steve Hackett (14)
    Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs/Deep Purple) (14)
  18. Chris Casagrande (Priam) (13)
    Matthew Bellamy (Muse) (13)
  19. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) (12)
    Geoff Farina (Karate) (12)
    Ritchie Blackmore (Blackmore's Night) (12)
    Tony Harn (Lifebox) (12)
  20. Grasshopper (Mercury Rev) (11)
    Jeff Martin (The Tea Party) (11)
    John McLaughlin (Remember Shakti) (11)
    Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) (11)
    Phil Miller (In Cahoots/Absolute Zero) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Guitar Players of 2001"
B e s t   b a s s   p l a y e r s (129)
  1. Tony Levin (King Crimson/California Guitar Trio/Jon Durant) (60)
  2. Pete Trewavas (Marillion/Transatlantic) (48)
  3. Chris Squire (Yes) (47)
  4. Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree/Ex Wise Heads) (42)
  5. Trey Gunn (King Crimson/Trey Gunn Band) (39)
  6. Michael Manring (McGill/Manring/Stevens/Hand Farm) (35)
  7. Dave Holland (31)
  8. Philippe Bussonet (One Shot/Magma) (27)
  9. John Wetton (24)
  10. Graeme Murray (Pallas) (21)
  11. Hisashi Sasaki (Ruins) (19)
    Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings) (19)
  12. Bill Laswell (18)
    Peter Chilvers (Henry Fool/Samuel Smiles) (18)
  13. Doug McCombs (Tortoise) (17)
    Steve Lawson (17)
  14. Charlie Haden (16)
    Justin Chancellor (Tool) (16)
    Mick Karn (Jansen Barbieri Karn) (16)
    Mike Howlett (Gong) (16)
    Percy Jones (16)
  15. Keith Macksoud (Present/5uu's) (15)
    Zak Sally (Low) (15)
  16. Jah Wobble (14)
    Josh Browning (Lift to Experience) (14)
  17. Billy Sheehan (Niacin) (13)
    Dominic Aitchison (Mogwai) (13)
  18. Asahito Nanjo (High Rise/Mainliner) (12)
  19. Eberhard Weber (11)
    John Myung (Dream Theater) (11)
    Mark Beasley (Rothko) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Bass Players of 2001"
B e s t   k e y b o a r d   p l a y e r s (142)
  1. Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree/Jansen Barbieri Karn) (48)
  2. Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) (32)
  3. Neal Morse (Spock's Beard/Transatlantic) (31)
  4. Emmanuel Borghi (Offering/One Shot/Magma) (25)
    Keith Tippett (Mujician) (25)
    Tomas Bodin (The Flower Kings) (25)
  5. Clive Nolan (Arena/Pendragon) (23)
  6. Brian Eno (22)
    Mark Kelly (Marillion) (22)
    Uri Caine (22)
  7. Lars Hollmer (21)
    Stephen Bennett (Henry Fool/La Host/The Fire Thieves) (21)
  8. Pär Lindh (Pär Lindh Project) (20)
  9. Cecil Taylor (19)
    Pierre Chevalier (Present) (19)
  10. Herbie Hancock (18)
    Peter Hammill (18)
  11. Martin Orford (IQ/Jadis) (17)
    Thighpaulsandra (Spiritualized/Julian Cope/Coil/LAMF) (17)
  12. John Herndon (Tortoise) (15)
    Os (Darkroom/Carbon Boy) (15)
  13. William D. Drake (The Sea Nymphs) (13)
  14. Andrew Giddings (Jethro Tull) (12)
    Kit Watkins (12)
    Roger Eno (12)
  15. Rick Wakeman (11)
    Ronnie Brown (Pallas) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Keyboard Players of 2001"
B e s t   d r u m m e r s (159)
  1. Bill Bruford (Earthworks/BLUE) (71)
  2. Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson/Mastica/BPM&M/California Guitar Trio) (56)
  3. Chris Maitland (Porcupine Tree) (47)
    Christian Vander (Magma) (47)
  4. Steve Jansen (No-Man/Jansen Barbieri Karn/Anja Garbarek/David Sylvian) (38)
  5. Danny Carey (Tool) (34)
  6. Dave Kerman (5 uu's/Present/Thinking Plague) (33)
  7. Alan White (Yes) (32)
  8. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/Transatlantic) (30)
  9. Ian Mosley (Marillion) (26)
  10. Doug Scharin (Him/Mice Parade) (25)
    Tatsuya Yoshida (The Ruins/Koenjihyakkei) (25)
  11. John McEntire (Sea And Cake/Tortoise) (23)
  12. Chris Cutler (20)
    Fudge Smith (Pendragon/Henry Fool) (20)
  13. Guigou Chenevier (Volapük/Body Parts) (19)
  14. Vic Stevens (McGill/Manring/Stevens) (18)
  15. Colin Fraser (Pallas) (17)
    Daniel Denis (Univers Zéro) (17)
    Elvin Jones (17)
    Pat Samson (US Maple) (17)
  16. Jack DeJohnette (16)
    Pip Pyle (In Cahoots/Absolute Zero) (16)
  17. Carl Palmer (E.L.P.) (15)
    Dennis Chambers (15)
    Jaime Salazar (The Flower Kings) (15)
  18. Charles Hayward (ex This Heat) (14)
    Martin Bulloch (Mogwai) (14)
    Stewart Copeland (Oysterhead) (14)
  19. Jaki Liebezeit (Club Off Chaos/Solaris/ex-Can) (13)
  20. Damon Che (Don Caballero/Bellini) (12)
    Mick Pointer (Arena) (12)
  21. Daniel Jeand'heur (One Shot) (11)
    Kevlar (Brain Donor) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 9. "Best Drummers of 2001"
T h e  P a r t i c i p a n t s (49) [47 votes]
(Are from 20 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, USA and Wales)
(Co-Collector, Cr-Critic, Rec-Record label, Man-Manager, M-Musician, P-Producer, Radio-Radio show, Store-Record store):

  1. Bas Ickenroth (The Netherlands) (Cr)    Kinda Muzik
  2. Stephen Dohnberg (Canada) (M: White Star Line)    White Star Line
  3. Tim Bowness (England) (M: No-Man, Henry Fool, Darkroom)    No-Man     No-Man     Burning Shed     Henry Fool     Darkroom
  4. Simon Kean (England) (M: Shallow End Swimming, Ulcerate)    Shallow End Swimming     Ulcerate
  5. Mark Halloran (England) (M: Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia...)    Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia...
  6. Geir Larzen (Norway) (Cr)    Monster Magazine
  7. Guy Manning (England) (M: Manning)    Manning
  8. Brian John Mitchell (USA) (Cr, M: Remora)    Remora     Silber
  9. Brett Rubin (USA) (M: Athalia)    Athalia
  10. Jürgen De Blonde (Belgium) (M: de Portables)    de Portables     de Portables     Studiomuscle
  11. Maurice Woestenburg (The Netherlands) (P, VPRO)    De Avonden
  12. Jacob Felix Heule (USA) (Radio)    Breakthrough in Grey Room
  13. Nathan Amundson (USA) (Cr, M: Rivulets)    Rivulets     Pretty Bruises
  14. Dominique Leone (USA) (Cr)   Ground And Sky     Pitchforkmedia.com
  15. Carlos Tavares (Portugal) (Cr)   Guimaraes Art Rock 2002     Progspace
  16. Philip Jackson (Scotland) (Cr)   The Lighthouse Keeper's Journal
  17. Duncan Harris (England) (Cr)
  18. Harm van Baar (The Netherlands) (M)
  19. Dann Chinn (England) (Cr)    The Organ    Progress Forum    Misfit City    This Is Not TV    Avant
  20. Patrick Becker (Switzerland) (Rec)   Galileo Records
  21. Alan Holmes (Wales) (P, M: Ectogram)    Ectogram    Ectogram
  22. Mike Ezzo (USA/Japan) (Cr, M: Rain Of Thought)     Rain Of Thought     Exposé
  23. Yuri Chernenok (Latvia) (Co, Store)
  24. Enrique Jardines (USA) (M: Absolute Zero)   Absolute Zero
  25. Cesar Lanzarini (Brazil) (Man)   Rock Progressivo Brasil
  26. Charles Imperatori (England) (Cr: Progress)   Progress Forum
  27. Luigi Ametta (Italy) (Cr)   No Warning
  28. Aigars Cervinskis (Latvia) (Cr, M: Holy Lamb)   Holy Lamb
  29. Sven Schmidt (Germany) (M: Sfumato)   Sfumato
  30. Shawn Persinger (USA) (M: Boud Deun)   Shawn Persinger
  31. Aaron Coleman (USA) (Cr)   Almost Cool     Almost Cool: Music     Top Albums of 2001: Reader list
  32. Mónica Garrido (Spain) (Man)   Foehn Records
    Natalia de Jesss (Spain) (Man)   Foehn Records
    David Crespo (Spain) (P, M: Balago)   Foehn Records     Balago
  33. Jeff Melton (USA) (Cr)     Exposé
  34. Michael Chamy (USA) (Cr: The Dallas Observer, Pop Culture Press)     The New Rites of Spring     "The Austin Chronicle" archives
  35. Bruno Wong (Hong Kong) (Rec)     TeleRAN Records
  36. Christian Bekhuis (The Netherlands) (Radio)     ProgWereld
  37. Jãnis Zilde (Latvia) (Store, M: Satellites lv, Kuba)   Satellites lv     Satellites lv     Satellites LV
  38. Nick Lejejs (USA) (M: Upsilon Acrux)     Upsilon Acrux     Upsilon Acrux
  39. Gert Cuppen (The Netherlands) (Co)
  40. Gandalf (Austria) (Cr)
  41. Árni Viðar Thorarinsson (Iceland) (Cr, M, Store)     Spur Pópunar     Hljómalind
  42. John Mullane (Canada) (M: In-Flight Safety)    In-Flight Safety
  43. Chad Hutchinson (USA) (Cr)    Ghostland     North East Art Rock Festival
  44. Denis Arsenin (Latvia) (M: Olive Mess)    Olive Mess
  45. Stephane Fougere (France) (Cr)    Traverses
  46. Thomas Fivian (Switzerland) (M: Ad` Absurdum)    Ad` Absurdum
  47. Arnaud Lemoine (France) (M: For The Chosen Few)    Excowboy     For The Chosen Few
This poll was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis, January 17, 2002.

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