Day of the Doug: The Songs of Doug Sahm (Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.

Electro Melodier (Thirty Tigers Records). Review by Misty Marcus.

Trace (Rhino/ Warner Bros. Records). Review by James Mann.

Honky Tonk (Rounder Records). Review by James Mann.

Meadow (Merge). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Okemah and the Melody of Riot (Transmit Sound). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Killer on the Road (Gern Bladstein). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Dead Roses (Resonant Noise). Review by Aaron Shaul.

This Is Americana (Ryko). Review by Sean Slone.

Stone, Steel & Bright Lights (Transmit Sound). Review by Sean Slone.

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Roll (Messenger). Review by Sean Slone.

A Tribute to Uncle Tupelo (Flat Earth/NFN). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Terroir Blues (Act/Resist). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Sonic Youth calls in sick and Wilco offer a languid performance. No, it wasn’t all bad. It just could’ve been better. Rob Walsh was there.

Meres Of Twilight (Silverthree). Review by Matt Cibula.

ThirdShiftGrottoSlack (Artemis). Review by James Mann.

Songs Of Sahm (Bloodshot). Review by Sean Slone.

Telegraph (Safe House). Review by James Mann.

With the year drawing to a close, we thought it’d be appropriate for our staff to tell you what they thought the best stuff all year was. Features Editor James Mann kicks off with his choices for the Top 19 Albums of 2001.