Artist	Song
Jennifer Paige	Stranded
The Calling	Wherever You Go
Travis	Side
Bob Schneider	Metal and Steel
Boz Scaggs	Payday
Elton John	Original Sin
Michael Jackson	You Rock My World
Stella Soleil	Pretty Young Thing
Janet Jackson	Someone To Call My Lover
Blu Cantrell	All You Had To Say
The Crystal Method	Over The Line
Ernest St. Laurent (mixed for the Groovejet Compilation)	Clumsy Lobster
Suzanne Vega	Penitent
Alison Krauss & Union Station	The Lucky One
Sara Evans	I Could Not Ask For More
The Soggy Bottom Boys	I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow

Comment:

I'm a sucker for lightweight pop stuff, etc., so imagine the amount of courage it took for me to post this here among the Sigur Roses and Death Cabs For Cuties. Heh heh. These are some of my favorite singles/tracks from 2001. Being that I'm one of about 500 U.S. music critics (i.e., pompous ink-stained wretches) who vote in the annual Village Voice (N.Y.) Pazz and Jop Poll, 10 of these will probably get my votes for best single/track. I'll go further out on a limb and predict Elton John will be nominated for Album of the Year when the Grammy nominations come out Friday, Jan. 4. Not because it's such a great record (it's actually not bad) but more because Grammy voters will gravitate again to major pop figures who have been ignored by the awards previously. (The last three AOTY Grammys have gone to Bob Dylan, Santana and Steely Dan). U2 probably will win the category this year, though. OK, the limb has snapped and I am falling ...

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