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 (14)
  22. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (aka Will Oldham) (USA) (13)
    Ida (USA) (13)
    Labradford (USA) (13)
    Lamb (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 #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) (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" (Kranky) (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 #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 Earm 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 Bittova (17)
    Louise Rhodes (Lamb) (17)
  12. Julie Tippetts (15)
    Lisa Germano (15)
    Windy Weber (Windy and 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 #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 Stolte (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 #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 #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) (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 #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 #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/JBK/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 Zero) (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 #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.

(COL - 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)
  3. Tim Bowness (England) (M: No-Man/Henry Fool/Darkroom)
  4. Simon Kean (England) (M: Shallow End Swimming/Ulcerate)
  5. Mark Halloran (England) (M: Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia...)
  6. Geir Larzen (Norway) (CR: Monster Magazine)
  7. Guy Manning (England) (M: Manning)
  8. Brian John Mitchell (USA) (CR, M: Remora)
  9. Brett Rubin (USA) (M: Athalia)
  10. Jürgen De Blonde (Belgium) (M: de Portables)
  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)
  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)
  22. Mike Ezzo (USA/Japan) (CR: Exposé, M: Rain Of Thought)
  23. Yuri Chernenok (Latvia) (COL, STORE: M.S.M.)
  24. Enrique Jardines (USA) (M: 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)
  29. Sven Schmidt (Germany) (M: Sfumato)
  30. Shawn Persinger (USA) (M: Boud Deun)
  31. Aaron Coleman (USA) (CR: Almost Cool)
  32. Mónica Garrido (Spain) (MAN: Foehn Records)
    Natalia de Jesss (Spain) (MAN: Foehn Records)
    David Crespo (Spain) (P: Foehn Records, M: Balago)
  33. Jeff Melton (USA) (CR: Exposé)
  34. Michael Chamy (USA) (CR: The Dallas Observer/Pop Culture Press/The Austin Chronicle)
  35. Bruno Wong (Hong Kong) (REC: TeleRAN Records)
  36. Christian Bekhuis (The Netherlands) (RADIO: ProgWereld)
  37. Jãnis Zilde (Latvia) (STORE: MDaile, M: Satellites lv/Kuba)
  38. Nick Lejejs (USA) (M: Upsilon Acrux)
  39. Gert Cuppen (The Netherlands) (COL)
  40. Gandalf (Austria) (CR)
  41. Árni Viðar Thorarinsson (Iceland) (CR, M, STORE: Hljómalind)
  42. John Mullane (Canada) (M: In-Flight Safety)
  43. Chad Hutchinson (USA) (CR: Ghostland/North East Art Rock Festival)
  44. Denis Arsenin (Latvia) (M: Olive Mess)
  45. Stephane Fougere (France) (CR: Traverses)
  46. Thomas Fivian (Switzerland) (M: Ad` Absurdum)
  47. Arnaud Lemoine (France) (M: For The Chosen Few)
The Green Dolphin's Poll #9 was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis on January 17th, 2002.

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