2002 in Review

Songs of the year

2002 Albums

Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	Wilco	★★★★½	92	Rock	Alternative Rock	Indie Rock
By The Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	★★★★½	89	Rock	Alternative Rock
A Rush Of Blood To The Head	Coldplay	★★★★½	87	Rock	Alternative Rock	Britpop
Neon Golden	The Notwist	★★★★	84	Rock	Indie Pop	Indietronica
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots	The Flaming Lips	★★★★	83	Rock	Art Rock	Psychedelic Pop
Up the Bracket	The Libertines	★★★★	80	Rock	Punk Rock	Indie Rock
You Forgot It in People	Broken Social Scene	★★★★	76	Rock	Alternative Rock	Indie Rock
Tell All Your Friends	Taking Back Sunday	★★★★	76	Rock	Punk Rock	Emo
Songs For The Deaf	Queens Of The Stone Age	★★★★	75	Rock	Alternative Rock
Lord Willin	Clipse	★★★½	74	Hip-Hop
Turn On the Bright Lights	Interpol	★★★½	74	Rock	Alternative Rock	Post Punk
Come Away With Me	Norah Jones	★★★½	73	Pop	Jazz Pop
Original Pirate Material	The Streets	★★★½	70	Hip-Hop	British Hip-Hop
Geogaddi	Boards of Canada	★★★½	69	Electronic	Ambient	Trip-Hop
Phrenology	The Roots	★★★½	69	Hip-Hop	Alternative Hip-Hop
Kill the Moonlight	Spoon	★★★½	67	Rock	Alternative Rock
Sea Change	Beck	★★★½	65	Rock	Alternative Rock	Indie Folk
Blacklisted	Neko Case	★★★½	65	Rock	Country Rock
Fantastic Damage	El-P	★★★	64	Hip-Hop	Alternative Hip-Hop
Murray Street	Sonic Youth	★★★	63	Rock	Alternative Rock
The Creek Drank the Cradle	Iron & Wine	★★★	62	Rock	Singer-Songwriter	Indie Folk
Quality	Talib Kweli	★★★	62	Hip-Hop
Audioslave	Audioslave	★★★	61	Rock	Alternative Rock
Wonder What’s Next	Chevelle	★★★	61	Rock	Alternative Rock	Alternative Metal
Gutterflower	The Goo Goo Dolls	★★★	59	Rock	Pop Rock	Adult Contemporary
God’s Son	Nas	★★★	55	Hip-Hop
The All-American Rejects	The All-American Rejects	★★★	55	Rock	Alternative Rock	Emo
Songs About Jane	Maroon 5	★★½	54	Rock	Pop Rock
The Private Press	DJ Shadow	★★½	52	Electronic	Alternative Hip-Hop	Instrumental Hip-Hop
More Than You Think You Are	Matchbox Twenty	★★½	52	Rock	Pop Rock	Adult Contemporary
30 Seconds To Mars	30 Seconds To Mars	★★½	51	Rock	Alternative Rock
Lifted of the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground	Bright Eyes	★★½	50	Rock	Alternative Rock	Indie Rock
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love	My Chemical Romance	★★½	50	Rock	Alternative Rock	Emo
The Eminem Show	Eminem	★★½	48	Hip-Hop
One By One	Foo Fighters	★★½	47	Rock	Alternative Rock
Believe	Disturbed	★★½	46	Rock	Hard Rock	Alternative Metal
Steal this Album!	System of a Down	★★	44	Rock	Metal	Alternative Metal
Justified	Justin Timberlake	★★	44	Pop	Dance-Pop
Away From The Sun	3 Doors Down	★★	43	Rock	Hard Rock
Nellyville	Nelly	★★	42	Hip-Hop	Pop Hip-Hop

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