Good idea. Disclaimer: As with every "best of year/decade/etc" list, music discovery is a continuing process. I may favor one year now, and prefer another down the line based on what I discover after today. I hope that goes without saying...though I've already said it. Plus, 2009 has an unfair disadvantage in something like this because we've only had the year to discover anything released.
I figured this based on my top 50 of the decade list. 11 from the list were from 2001. The obvious winner. So here they are, alphabetically, I'd post images but can only do 4 per post.
Fantômas - The Director's Cut
Fugazi - The Argument
Juno - A Future Lived in Past Tense
Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
Pinback - Blue Screen Life
Plaid - Double Figure
Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
Radiohead - Amnesiac
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Tool - Lateralus
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Here's the breakdown of other years and the number of albums that made it on my top 50 (ok 54) list:
2000 - 6
2001 - 11
2002 - 6
2003 - 8
2004 - 5
2005 - 3
2006 - 7
2007 - 4
2008 - 3
2009 - 1
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