Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2001 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2001, these are the rest of the best electronic and synth pop/rock tracks of 2001. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2000 and November 30, 2001.

1. Basement Jaxx “Romeo” Rooty (Astralwerks)

2. Daft Punk “Harder, Better, Faster Stronger” Discovery (Virgin)

3. The Faint “Agenda Suicide” Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek)

4. Depeche Mode “Dream On” Exciter (Mute/Reprise)

5. Tricky featuring Alanis Morissette & Stephanie McKay “Excess” Blowback (Hollywood)

6. Bis “Protection” Return To Central (spinArt)

7. Daft Punk “One More Time” Discovery (Virgin)

8. The Faint “Your Retro Career Melted” Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek)

9. The Avalanches “Frontier Psychiatrist” Since I Left You (Modular/Sire)

10. MJ Cole “Slum King” Sincere (Talkin’ Loud/Island)

11. Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At?” Rooty (Astralwerks)

12. Tricky featuring Flea & John Frusciante “#1 Da Woman” Blowback (Hollywood)

13. The Crystal Method featuring Scott Weiland “Murder” Tweekend (Interscope)

14. Daft Punk “Face to Face” Discovery (Virgin)

15. The Faint “Posed To Death” Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek)

16. Now It’s Overhead “6^th Grade Roller” Now It’s Overhead (Saddle Creek)

17. Radiohead “Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box” Amnesiac (Capitol)

18. Ruby “Lilypad” Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool (Thirsty Ear)

19. Daft Punk “Something About Us” Discovery (Virgin)