Raoul Hernandez

1. Bob Dylan, Love and Theft (Columbia)

2. Radiohead, Amnesiac (Capitol)

3. Manu Chao, …Proxima Estacion… Esperanza (Virgin)

4. Aterciopelados, Gozo Poderoso (BMG)

5. Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor (J)

6. Blind Boys of Alabama, Spirit of the Century (Real World)

7. Orlando Cachaito Lopez (Nonesuch)

8. Buddy Guy, Sweet Tea (Silvertone)

9. Pete Yorn, Musicforthemorningafter (Columbia)

10. Beachwood Sparks, Once We Were Trees (Sub Pop)

Honorable Mention: Sigur Rós, Agætis Byrjun; The Strokes, Is This It; Lucinda Williams, Essence

10 More From the Boys Club

1. Ryan Adams, Gold (Lost Highway)

2. Rufus Wainwright, Poses (DreamWorks)

3. Swag, Catch-All (Yep Rock)

4. The Shins, Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)

5. Gorillaz, Gorillaz (Virgin)

6. Slimm Calhoun, The Skinny (Aquemini/Elektra)

7. The Incredible Moses Leroy, Electric Pocket Radio (Ultimatum)

8. Caetano Veloso, Omaggio a Federico e Giulietta (Nonesuch)

9. John Hammond, Wicked Grin (Pointblank)

10. Bob Schneider, Lonelyland (Universal)

This article appears in 2001.

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Greg Beets was born in Lubbock on the day Richard Nixon was elected president. He has covered music for the Chronicle since 1992, writing about everyone from Roky Erickson to Yanni. Beets has also written for Billboard,Uncut, Blurt, Elmore, and Pop Culture Press. Before his digestive tract cried uncle, he co-published Hey! Hey! Buffet!, an award-winning fanzine about all-you-can-eat buffets.

San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.