Best Albums Of The 2000s

1. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
2. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac)
• Bad Penny interview: “Isis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’ ”
• Bad Penny essay: “Isis’ Oceanic: Mystery Revealed?”
3. Sweep the Leg Johnny – Sto Cazzo! (Southern)
4. Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake (Epic)
5. Mastodon – Crack the Skye (Warner Bros.)
• Bad Penny feature: “Doppelgängers: Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and Actor J.C. Quinn”
6. System of a Down – Toxicity (American)
7. Murder City Devils – In Name and Blood (Sub Pop)
• Bad Penny interview: “Spencer Moody On Murder City Devils’ Breakup: ‘Everyone Was Ready For A Change’ ”
8. The Mars Volta – De-Loused in the Comatorium (GSL/Universal/Strummer)
9. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas (Dangerbird)
10. Tomahawk – Tomahawk (Ipecac)
• Bad Penny interview: “Mike Patton And Duane Denison Talk Tomahawk ‘Downtime’ ”

Best box set: Nirvana‘s With the Lights Out (DGC)

Best comedy album: David Cross‘ Let America Laugh (Sub Pop)
• Bad Penny article: “David Cross’ ‘I Drink For A Reason’: Loaded With Laughs – And Typos”

Guiltiest pleasure: Tie between 3 Inches of Blood‘s Fire Up the Blades (Roadrunner) and the Electric Six‘s Fire (XL)
• Bad Penny inteview: “3 Inches Of Blood‘s Cam Pipes Geeks Out On Tolkien, ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ ”

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