Top 77 Albums of 2002
ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | ||
1 | Beck | Sea Change | Geffen | |
2 | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | Warner | |
3 | The Soviettes | S/T 7" AND S/T split EP (with The Valentines) | Pop Riot | |
4 | Sleater Kinney | One Beat | Kill Rock Stars | |
5 | Tegan and Sara | If It Was You | Vapor | |
6 | Sigur Ros | ( ) | PIAS America | |
7 | Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Nonesuch | |
8 | Interpol | Turn on the Bright Lights | Matador | |
9 | Clinic | Walking With Thee | Domino | |
10 | Selby Tigers | Curse Of The Selby Tigers | Hopeless | |
11 | RJD2 | Deadringer | Definite Jux | |
12 | Mclusky | Mclusky Do Dallas | Too Pure | |
13 | Paul Westerberg | Stereo | Vagrant | |
14 | A Whisper in the Noise | Throught the Ides of March | (self-released) | |
15 | Jurassic 5 | Power In Numbers | Interscope | |
16 | Low | Trust | Kranky | |
17 | Mark Mallman | The Red Bedroom | Guilt Ridden Pop | |
18 | Johnny Cash | The Man Comes Around | Lost Highway | |
19 | Har Mar Superstar | You Can Feel Me | Record Collection | |
20 | Spoon | Kill the Moonlight | Merge | |
21 | 12 Rods | Lost Time | (self-released) | |
22 | Tom Waits | Alice | Anti | |
23 | Atmosphere | God Loves Ugly | Rhymesayers | |
24 | Black Heart Procession | Amore Del Tropico | Touch and Go | |
25 | Traditional Methods | S/T | (self-released) | |
26 | Pretty Girls Make Graves | Good Health | Lookout! | |
27 | Dillinger Four | Situationist Comedy | Fat Wreck Chords | |
28 | Aimee Mann | Lost In Space | SuperEgo | |
29 | Sahara Hotnights | Jennie Bomb | Jetset | |
30 | White Stripes | B-Sides from White Blood Cells | V2 | |
31 | Neko Case | Blacklisted | Bloodshot | |
32 | Ladytron | Light & Magic | Emperor Norton | |
33 | Work of Saws | The Pious Flats | Thick Furniture | |
34 | Mary Lou Lord | Speeding Motorcycle | Rubric | |
35 | Apartment Music | V/A | Free Election | |
36 | Bright Eyes | There Is No Beginning to the Story EP AND Lifted or the Story Is In The Soil…. CD | Saddle Creek | |
37 | Heiruspecs | Small Steps EP | Interlock | |
38 | The Breeders | Title TK | Elektra | |
39 | Blackalicious | Blazing Arrow | MCA | |
40 | The Hives | Veni Vidi Vicious | Burning Heart | |
41 | Song of Zarathustra | A View From Hight Tides | Troubleman Unlimited | |
42 | DJ Shadow | The Private Press | MCA | |
43 | The Promise Ring | Wood/Water | Anti | |
44 | Fog | Pneumonia (including 'Check Fraud' 12" remix) | Ninja Tune | |
45 | Death Cab For Cutie | You Can Play These Songs With Chords +10 AND The Stability EP | Barsuk | |
46 | Rilo Kiley | The Execution of All Things | Saddle Creek | |
47 | Sean Na Na | My Majesty | Frenchkiss | |
48 | Ben Kweller | Sha Sha | ATO | |
49 | Sweet J.A.P. | Virgin Vibe | 1+2 | |
50 | Lauryn Hill | Unplugged 2.0 | Columbia | |
51 | Elvis Costello | When I Was Cruel | Island | |
52 | The Shins | Know Your Onion! | Sub Pop | |
53 | Hem | Rabbit Songs | Bar None | |
54 | Polara | Jetpack Blues | Susstones | |
55 | Grandpa Boy | Mono | Vagrant | |
56 | Cornelius | Point | Matador | |
57 | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Plastic Fang | Matador | |
58 | The Icicles | Pure Sugar | Drive-In | |
59 | St. Germain | Boulevard | PIAS America | |
60 | Morcheeba | Charango | Reprise | |
61 | Future Bible Heroes | Eternal Youth | Instinct | |
62 | Cinerama | Torino | Manifesto | |
63 | Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | Interscope | |
64 | Pedro the Lion | Control | Jade Tree | |
65 | The Crush | This Is Where I Cross My Fingers | Adeline | |
66 | Verve//Remixed | V/A | Verve | |
67 | Radio 4 | Gotham! | Gern Blandsten | |
68 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | s/t | Shifty | |
69 | Stereo Total | Musique Automatique | Kill Rock Stars | |
70 | Cornershop | Handcream for a Generation | Beggars | |
71 | Müm | Finally We Are No One | Fatcat | |
72 | All Girl Summer Fun Band | S/T | K | |
73 | The Streets | Original Pirate Material | Vice Recordings | |
74 | Underworld | A Hundred Days Off | JBO | |
75 | Jets to Brazil | Perfecting Loneliness | Jade Tree | |
76 | Enon | High Society | Touch and Go | |
77 | Mia Doi Todd | The Golden State | Columbia |