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