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 Brit rock/pop 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. Lupine Howl “Vaporizer” The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of… (Beggars Banquet)
2. Clinic “The Return of Evil Bill” Internal Wrangler (Domino)
3. Pulp “Weeds” We Love Life (Island)
4. Spiritualized “Do It All Over Again” Let It Come Down (Arista)
5. Echo & The Bunnymen “King of Kings” Flowers (Cooking Vinyl)
6. Beta Band “Squares” Hot Shots II (Astralwerks)
7. Gorillaz “Re-Hash” Gorillaz (Virgin)
8. Clinic “Internal Wrangler” Internal Wrangler (Domino)
9. Lupine Howl “125” The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of… (Beggars Banquet)
10. Charlatans UK “You’re So Pretty, We’re So Pretty” Wonderland (MCA)
11. Echo & The Bunnymen “An Eternity Turns” Flowers (Cooking Vinyl)
12. Stereophonics “Have A Nice Day” Just Enough Education to Perform (V2)
13. JJ72 “October Swimmer” JJ72 (Lakota/Sony)
14. Lupine Howl “The Jam That Ate Itself” The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of… (Beggars Banquet)
15. Charlatans UK “Love Is the Key” Wonderland (MCA)
16. Pulp “Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)” We Love Life (Island)
17. Travis “Flowers In the Windows” The Invisible Band (Epic)
18. Echo & The Bunnymen “Everybody Knows” Flowers (Cooking Vinyl)
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