Welcome to RARB Picks of '01. We asked each reviewer to pick their two favorite albums from those they reviewed in 2001. (Reviewers had to have reviewed at least four albums to make one choice and at least eight albums to make two choices.) Here are their choices for Picks and Honorable Mentions.

• Cadence - Frost-Free
• The House Jacks - Drive
• Amalgamates - Juice
• Talisman - Passage
• Five O'Clock Shadow - Wonders of the World
• Tonic Sol-Fa - Style
• Ball in the House - The Way It Has To Be
• The Magnets - Giving It All That
• Various Artists - BOCA 2001
• The Coats - On Christmas Time
• Various Artists - CARAs 1998
• The Humbuckers - Never Said Thanks
• The Hullabahoos - Xerox Nation

• Off the Beat - Tribulation
• The Shaggy Boys - Take Luck
• Dartmouth Aires - Interplanetairey
• Off the Beat - Off the Beat
• Academical Village People - Gracias, Por Favor!
• The Hyannis Sound - 110
• Boston College Acoustics - Perpetual Breakfast

Rebecca Christie

• The Humbuckers - Never Said Thanks
• Honorable Mention: Off the Beat - Tribulation

Brock Harris

• The Hullabahoos - Xerox Nation
• Honorable Mention: Dartmouth Aires - Interplanetairey

Benjamin Stevens

• Ball in the House - The Way It Has To Be
• Honorable Mention: Dartmouth Aires - Interplanetairey

Matt Cohen

• Amalgamates - Juice
• Honorable Mention: Off the Beat - Tribulation

Jonathan Sears

• The Magnets - Giving It All That
• Honorable Mention: Off the Beat - Tribulation

Elie Landau

• Cadence - Frost-Free
• Honorable Mention: The House Jacks - Drive

Hanna Stotland

• The House Jacks - Drive
• Honorable Mention: The Shaggy Boys - Take Luck

Bob McSwain

• Various Artists - BOCA 2001
• Honorable Mention: Boston College Acoustics - Perpetual Breakfast

Guang Ming Easlon

• Various Artists - CARAs 1998
• Honorable Mention: The Hyannis Sound - 110

Bernard Levin

• Cadence - Frost-Free
• Honorable Mention: Talisman - Passage

Jonathan Minkoff

• Cadence - Frost-Free
• Honorable Mention: Five O'Clock Shadow - Wonders of the World

Freddie Feldman

• Talisman - Passage
• Honorable Mention: Tonic Sol-Fa - Style

Glenda Millgate

• Tonic Sol-Fa - Style
• Honorable Mention: Academical Village People - Gracias, Por Favor!

Chris Saulnier

• The House Jacks - Drive
• Honorable Mention: The Shaggy Boys - Take Luck

Jevan Soo

• Amalgamates - Juice
• Honorable Mention: Off the Beat - Off the Beat

Geraldine Chung

• The Coats - On Christmas Time

Chris Miller

• Five O'Clock Shadow - Wonders of the World