This list contains most recordings released in the Detroit metro area during 2001 that are eligible for inclusion in this year's awards nominating process.  The list will be updated periodically on this page.  To submit a recording that is not on this list, please e-mail the artist name, recording title, label and approximate release date to .

NATIONAL ALBUMS

Bliss 66, "Trip to the 13th’’
D-12, "Devils Night’’
Detroit Grand Pubahs, "Funk All Y’all’’
Five Horse Johnson, "The No. 6 Dance’’
Freda Payne, "Come See About Me’’
His Name is Alive, “Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth”
Kid Rock, "Cocky’’
Marshall Crenshaw,"I’ve Suffered For My Art...Now It’s Your Turn’’
Moods For Moderns, "Loud and Clear’’
Regina Carter (and Kenny Barron), "Freefall’’
Slumber Party, "Psychedelicate’’
StunGun, "Venus Envy’’
Suicide Machines, "Steal This Record’’
The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love, "H.O.M.E.S. Volume 1’’
The Temptations, "Awesome’’
White Stripes, "White Blood Cells’’

NATIONAL SINGLES

D12, "Purple Hills’’
Eminem, "Stan’’
Kid Rock, "Forever’’
Madonna, "Don’t Tell Me’’
Madonna, "...for a girl’’
Uncle Kracker, "Follow Me’’

REISSUES & COMPILATIONS

Alice Cooper, "The Beast of Alice Cooper’’
Alice Cooper, "Billion Dollar Babies (Deluxe Edition)’’
Mark Farner, "Herilooms: The Complete Atlantic Sessions’’
Stewart Francke, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang...The Best of Stewart Francke’’
Marvin Gaye, "What’s Going On (Deluxe Edition)’’
Marvin Gaye, "Let’s Get it On (Deluxe Edition)’’
Grand Funk, "Grand Funk Lives’’
Chris Richards, "Pathetic History 1990-2000’’
Various Artists, "Detroit Now 1.5’’
Various Artists, "Detroit Punk City’’
Various Artists, "Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit’’

LOCAL POP AND ROCK

2 Days Straight, “The Chrome Album”
96 West, “Everything’s Changed”
All Creation Wept, “The Bastard File”
Alpha Wave, “Furious Styles”
Altered Thought, “Mr. Dealer”
Auto Pilot, “Alpha/Omega”
Average Zero, “”No LIfe Till Jossie“
Billy Shock, “Psyko-Psykic”
Blue Method, “Portable”
Break Point X, “Within”
Broadzilla, "Lady Luck’’
Buck Enterprises, "Business as Usual’’
Cycosara, “Cycosara”
Dark Eden, “Dark Eden”
David Neil Cline, “Thorough Scrutiny”
David Neil Cline, “Thorough Scrutiny”
Detektive Riot, “Resist, Revolt, and Rejoice”
Detroit Grand Pubahs, Funk All Y’All
Dizzy Grace, “Beer Drinkin Party Rock “N Roll”
Ebeneezer Groove “Ebeneezer Groove”
Electric Sunshine, "Electric Sunshine’’
Elephant Gerald, "Six to Ten (Maybe)’’
Eleventh Hour, “11th Hour”
Gary Jibilian, “Jibilian/Glass”
GNS, “Broken Radio Machinations”
Happenstance, "Get There’’
Happenstance,“Get There”
Heart of the Sun’’
Inkvine,“Inkvine”
Jettison Red, “Clear As Day”
Jill Jack, "The Love Hotel’’
Johhny el Camino, “Johhny el Camino”
Johnny el Camino, “Grandmothers Basement”
Kush, “Kush”
Larval, “Hot Water”
Last Men on Earth, "Last Men on Earth’’
Lemon James, "Livin’ in the Sun’’
Life Thread, “Tomarrow Minus Yesterday”
Love Junkies, “Nasty Little Pleasures”
Lucid Jones, "Code’’
Modern Vagrant, "Whiz Jar’’
Modern Vagrant, “Whiz Jar”
Mossy Twyne, “Mossy Twyne”
Most Wanted, "Tattoo Girls’’
No Alternative, “Now Or Never”
No BBQ BBQ, "No Shirt, No Shoes...’’
Nooh, “Coming Soon To A Field Near You”
Nooh, “Nooh’
Of The Sun”
Paul Ritchie, "Don’t Say Goodbye’’
Paul Tripp, “Battery Operated Orange”
Phoenix Sidewinder, “Suburban Descent”
Pigz “N Shit, “Pigs In Shit”
Plaything, "A Time to Play’’
Pork Barrel Salamander, “Live At The Gold Dollar”
PSILOVEYOU, “Heart Of Stone”
Red September, “Wale Up Call”
Red Tree, “Sweet Daddy Fleetwood”
Ring, “Ring”
Ruiners, “Six of the Deadly Sins”
Scott Campbell Group, "2000 Light Years From Home/Set the Controls For the
Scott Campbell, “2000 Light Years From Home/Set The Controls For The Heart
Senator O’Brien, “Primary”
Small Craft Sighting, Lyndon
South Normal, "Emotion Picture’’
South Normal, “Emotion Picture”
Starlight Drifters, "Thirteen to Go’’
Starlight Drifters, “Thirteen To Go”
Steve Farmer, "Journey to the Dark Side of the Mind’’
Subdivine, “Subdivine”
Super TC, "Super TC’’
Sweet Crystal, “Still Standing...”
Tangerine Trousers, "Far Above Rubies’’
Ted Bundys, “Look What We Dug Up, Some More Porn Rock”
The Endz, “Filthy, Dirty, Raw and Loud”
The Loose Stools, "Served Up Hot’’
The Pop Project, Let’s Eat Green Beans
The Reefermen, "A Night at the Fifth’’
The Ruiners, “Post-Apocalipstick World”
The Shy, "All That Matters...’’
The Sunday Painters, “The Sunday Painters”
The Twin Pigs, “The Twin Pigs”
The Volebeats, "Mosquito Spiral’’
The Witches, "Universal Mall’’
They Come in Threes, "Blindsided, Pt. 1’’
Thrall, “Hung Like God”
Trash Brats, "American Disaster’’
Trash Brats, “American Disaster”
Trash Brats, “American Disaster”
Until Sunday, "...Are We There Yet?’’
Variac, "Hard Starward’’
Violet Skin, “Kabuki”
Voodo Highway, “Love The One You’re With”
Wafflehouse, “Anthem The Whisper”
Youth Corpse, “Liberty Or Death”

LOCAL R&B/FUNK

Paul Hill, ``Paul Hill’’
Steve Somers Band with Valerie Barrymore, ``Crazy’’
Stuart Scaggs, “I’ll Be There 4 You”
Mike’s Modern Music, “You’re Soaking In It”
Franki Venee, “You Gotta Love Me”
Paul Hill, “Need Me Some”

LOCAL BLUES

Harmonica Shah, ``Deep Detroit’’
Sweet Claudette, ``Ain’t Gonna Wash Your Dirty Clothes’’
The Alligators, “Ain’t Nothing But Love”
Lazy Lester, “Blues Stop Knockin’ “
Doreen Robideaux & Soul Kitchen, “It’s In The Can”
Scott Morgan, “Medium Rare 1970-2000”
Sweet Claudette, “Ain’t Gonna Wash Your Dirty Clothes”
The Martindales, “The Martindales”
Thornetta Davis, “Covered Live At The Music Menu”
Sharrie Williams, “Live At Wiseguy’s”
Mississippi Charles Bevel, “Not Of Seasons”
Lady Sunshine & The X Band, “Man Trouble”
Delta Children, “Completely Happy”
Delta Children, “A Dramatic Statement”
Gary Holmes Band, “I Got The Blues But I’m Not Crying”
Curtis Sumter Project, “Trials And Tribulations”
Motor City Josh, “Live In Atlanta”
Motor City Josh, “Acoustically Sound, 1995-2001”

LOCAL ACOUSTIC/FOLK ETC.

Annie Capps, "The Wrong Shoes’’
Dan Hazlett, "Family Album’’
Jan Krist, "Outpost of the Counter-Culture’’
Don Middlebrook & Greg "Fingers’’ Taylor, "A Summer to Remember’’
pôn, "pôn’’
Company of Strangers, "Scranton County Fair’’
Mark Lee Scott, “Fallen From Grace”
Plum Street, “Primo”
Swift Fox, “Wild Roses”
Jere Stormer, “Lingo”
Cobalt Party Revolution, “Slave to the Groove”
Dan Hazlett, “Family Album”
Terry Clark, “Poison Earth”
Lucy Webster, “Keeping My Fingers Crossed”
Gerard Smith, “Hamtramck:Heaven”
Blair, “Slaveships and Radiowaves”
Tangerine Trousers, "Far Above Rubies"

LOCAL HIP-HOP

Black Magic Crossing, "The Other Side’’
Dead Poets, "Tale of 2 Cities’’
DJ Assault, "Jefferson Avenue (The Accelerated Funk)’’
DJ Assault, "Off the Chain For the Y2K’’
QTMC, "Positive Influences’’
Paradime, "Vices’’
Disco D, Straight Out Tha Trunk
Uncle III, “The III Way
Forced Police Action,” Resurrection V1.3“
Poetic Menace, “ T.H.R.E.A.T.”
Poetic Menace, “They Gotta Have It”
The Hookup Man, “The Hookup Man”
DJ Butter, “Kill The DJ”
Jigsaw, “Industry Money”
Uncle Ill, “Y’All Know”
Fi-Staarz, “On Bump”
Dj Mario, “DJ Mario”
K.I.D.D., “Temper A Mental”
Poltergeist, Lifted Up“
North Park Drive, “From the Roots Up”
Roman, “Jungle Juice 3”
Various Artists, “Lowland Entertainment Presents The Album”
Backstab The Kingpin, “Backstab Projects”
Sideshow Mob, “1”
Mr. Wax, “The Phantom of Hip Hopera”

JAZZ

Danielle Blanchard, "Jazz Portrait’’
The Jeff Haas Trio & Friend, "Hagesher Chai -- The Bridge Lives’’
Sheila Landis and Rick Matle, "The Colors of Brazil’’
Dave McMurray, "Soul Searching’’
Orange Lake Drive, "Driven’’
Ubiquitus, "For Everybody in Here: Basement Music, Volume 1’’
Alexander Zonjic, "Reach For the Sky’’
Jason Benoit, “Electric Sunshine”
Gerald Cleaver & Veil Of Names, “Adjust”
Bird Of Paridise Orchestra, “Paris Blues”
Muruga & Global Village Ceremonial Band, “God Bless
America-Find The Piece”
Kate Patterson, “Kate Patterson”
Five Guys Named Moe, “Just Say Moe”
Jerry Neely, “And Then They Sang God Bless America”
Paul Vornhagen, “Heart”Los Gatos, “Cat’s Got Your Tongue?’
Ellen Rowe, “Sylvan Way”
Danielle Blanchard, “Jazz Portrait”
Rich K. w/Brazil & Beyond, “Amanha”
Orange Lake Drive, “Schu-Bu”
Easy Street Jazz Band, “Easy Street Strut”
Jake Reichbart, “Long Ago And Far Away”
Marcus Belgrave, “In The Tradition”
Lincoln Street Music Company, “Inner Beckoning”
Barbara Ware, “My Shining Hour”
Edie Herrold/Neil Gordon Small Band, “Think Big”
Claudia Schmidt & The Jump Boys, “I Thought About You”
Jim David, “Ambient Plus”
Pat Cronley, “Begin The Beguine”
Buddy Budson, “The Dancer”
Roe/Keller/Cleaver, “The Late, Late Show”
Oopapada, “Zug Island Style”
Oopapada, “We’re Household Names, Today, Baby!”
Gloria Carr Hicks, “Glorious On Teddy Edwards”
Alma Smith, “Ballads, Blues, Etc.”
Northwoods Improvisors, “Branches”
World’s Oldest Living Sax Section, “Still Swingin’ “
John E. Lawrence, “Summer Nights”
Reverend Richard L. Blank, “Jazz Praise, Vol II”
Jeff Haas/Hagesher Chai, “The Bridge Lives”
Ron Brooks Trio, “Three B In Flight”
John Cooper, “Watching For Watchung Plaza”
Steve Schuetz, “Ca Va”
Miyoko Honma & Vanessa Johnson, “Jazz! Jazz! Jazz!”
Marvin Thompson Jr., “Short Stories”
Lawrence Barris, “Lawrence Barris”
Marvin Kahn & Keith Vreeland, “Legacy”
Janice Franco, “Passion Of My Soul”
Alexander Zonjic, “Reach For The Sky”
Dave McMurray, “Soul Searching”
Blue Dog, “Blood Of A Poet”
Jazzhead, “Ancestor”
Sheila Landis/Rick Matle, Colors Of Brazil“
Edgar Wallace Jr., “On The Beach”

COUNTRY

Joseph James, "Joseph James’’
Donna Lee Holman, In The Moment
Judy Harrison, “Girl Most Likely To”
The Wrenfields, “21st Century Pioneer”
Tracy Leigh Bechard, “Take Me Anyway”
The Shy, “All That Matters”

WORLD MUSIC/AMBIANT/AVANT GARDE

Blackman & Arnold, "Live’’
47UMa, "47UMa’’
Steven Schuetz, "Ca va’’
Soul Rhythm, "Between 2 Seas’’
Jibilian/Glass, “Galaxy Rodeo”
Brian Starr and His Guitar, “With Sound Sculptors”
Paully Moonbeam, “Paully Moonbeam”
Dub Culture, “Dub Culture”
The Process, “Blood and Bones”
Soul Rhythm, “Foundation”
Soul Rhythm, “Coming Forth By Day”
Soul Rhythm, “Bless The Rhythm”
Justina, “Free to Be”

LOCAL TECHNO/ELECTRONIC/DANCE

DJ Assault, "Off the Chain For the Y2K’’
DJ Rap, "Propa Classics, Volume One’’
Various Artists, "All Access to Detroit’s Electronic Music Festivals’’
Various Artists, "Comin’ From Tha D: Blueprint’’
Silvercord, Swan on a Black Sea
V/A, “delectronict2”
Tadd Mullinix, Winking Makes a Face
Dabrye, Dabrye
4FR, Choice of 3 Types: Regular, Junior, Super
Adult., Resuscitation
Carl Craig, Designer Music
CyberTrybe, “Trust In Myths”
Red Carpet Orange, “Twentyfourseven”
Jealous Of Frank, “Future Folk”
Quaker Cage: Hogans, “4/07/01”
The Impaler, “Welcome to the Afterlife”
The Impaler, “A Contract with Satan”
Esion, “Pull”

GOSPEL

Lisa Page Brooks, "Lisa Page Brooks’’
Donnie McClurkin, "Live in London and More...’’
CeCe Winans, "CeCe Winans’’
Kelly & Kelly/God Bless America

CLASSICAL

Jeff Gibbs, “Hartman Street”
Laurel Federbush, “Walking Scandal”