The Year 2000 in Music

The year 2000 was an amazing year for music. In my opinion some of the greatest albums ever recorded were released in 2000. Radiohead was coming off their critically-acclaimed masterpiece, OK Computer and many were intrigued how they would follow it up. In the end, 2000 would be regarded as the year of post-rock and ambient mastery.


10. Mum - Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is Ok

It's hard to describe this album. Electronic, ambient, glitch, video game music. It might be all of these genres molded into one. The production is outstanding with very minimalistic beats and beeps casting their shadows on every track. Very Phillip Glass-ish. This is a very nostalgic sounding album. It's an album you would hear in your dreams as a young child. The opener, I'm 9 Today, and the closer, Slow Bicycle provide perfect symmetry for this album that flows seamlessly with no hiccups at all.

1. "I'm 9 Today" – 4:42 ~ 9.5
   
2. "Smell Memory" – 9:23 ~ 9.3
   
3. "There Is a Number of Small Things" – 6:32 ~ 9.4
   
4. "Random Summer" – 3:12 ~ 7.5
   
5. "Asleep on a Train" – 7:17 ~ 8.8
   
6. "Awake on a Train" – 9:23 ~ 9.0
   
7. "The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" – 5:25 ~ 9.3
   
8. "The Ballad of the Broken String" – 4:45 ~ 8.2
   
9. "Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling" – 8:10 ~ 8.0
   
10. "Slow Bicycle" – 8:47 ~ 9.5
    

Overall - 9.2 ~ ****