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2002 Country Album Releases
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Apr 23
Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
91
critic score
(16)
87
user score
(2,564)
Sep 24
Beck
Sea Change
81
critic score
(14)
80
user score
(754)
Nov 5
Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around
69
critic score
(10)
82
user score
(284)
Aug 20
Neko Case
Blacklisted
84
critic score
(8)
82
user score
(80)
Nov 18
Shania Twain
Up!
72
critic score
(6)
79
user score
(71)
Aug 27
Dixie Chicks
Home
80
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(71)
Apr 23
Wilco
Jesus, Etc.
94
user score
(57)
Feb 19
Lambchop
Is A Woman
70
critic score
(10)
79
user score
(52)
May 21
Ugly Casanova
Sharpen Your Teeth
71
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(47)
Sep 24
Ryan Adams
Demolition
67
critic score
(11)
74
user score
(36)
Mar 27
Woven Hand
Woven Hand
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(21)
Jun 17
Sixteen Horsepower
Folklore
80
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(19)
May 6
Bright Eyes
There Is No Beginning to the Story
81
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(15)
Oct 8
Keith Urban
Golden Road
70
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(11)
Oct 29
Rascal Flatts
Melt
69
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(9)
Sep 24
Steve Earle
Jerusalem
76
critic score
(9)
66
user score
(8)
Apr 23
Kenny Chesney
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
66
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(8)
Oct 29
Various Artists
Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 2: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music
72
user score
(7)
May 28
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Reckless Burning
77
user score
(6)
Aug 27
Uncle Kracker
No Stranger to Shame
74
critic score
(2)
48
user score
(6)
Nov 26
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
62
critic score
(3)
64
user score
(6)
Jan 15
Alan Jackson
Drive
73
critic score
(4)
63
user score
(5)
Oct 15
Faith Hill
Cry
59
critic score
(4)
69
user score
(4)
Sep 17
Guy Clark
The Dark
80
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(3)
Feb 26
Béla Fleck and The Flecktones
Live at the Quick
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(3)
May 17
Dixie Chicks
Long Time Gone
83
critic score
(1)
87
user score
(3)
Sep 24
Eyes Adrift
Eyes Adrift
53
critic score
(4)
70
user score
(3)
2002
Kacey Musgraves
Movin' On
60
user score
(3)
Oct 28
Alabama 3
Power in the Blood
67
critic score
(3)
64
user score
(2)
Sep 24
Slobberbone
Slippage
89
user score
(2)
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Nov 5
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss + Union Station Live
60
critic score
(1)
92
user score
(2)
2002
Shorty Long
Chickenboxer
48
user score
(1)
Mar 5
Richmond Fontaine
Winnemucca
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(1)
Jan 1
Various Artists
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
70
user score
(1)
Oct 8
Blue Rodeo
Palace Of Gold
60
critic score
(1)
10
user score
(1)
Apr 23
Various Artists
Bona Fide Bluegrass and Mountain Music
82
user score
(1)
Aug 20
Crystal Gayle
Christmas
40
critic score
(1)
Oct 15
Various Artists
Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas
Nov 5
Various Artists
O Christmas Tree: A Bluegrass Collection for the Holidays
60
critic score
(1)
May 7
Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley, And The Clinch Mountain Boys
Lost in the Lonesome Pines
80
critic score
(1)
2002
The Coffinshakers
Dark Wings Over Finland
Aug 27
Blackhawk
Spirit Dancer
60
critic score
(1)
Oct 15
Cledus T. Judd
Cledus Navidad
60
critic score
(1)
Sep 10
Jimmie Rodgers
RCA Country Legends
Mar 26
Rhett Akins
Friday Night in Dixie
70
critic score
(1)
Sep 17
The Chieftains
Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
2002
Steve Forbert
Any Old Time: Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
60
critic score
(1)
2002
Various Artists
The Country Bears
Oct 15
Buddy Miller
Midnight and Lonesome
80
critic score
(2)
Sep 10
Aaron Tippin
Stars & Stripes
80
critic score
(1)
Oct 22
Alan Jackson
Let It Be Christmas
69
critic score
(2)
Sep 24
Travis Tritt
Strong Enough
76
critic score
(2)
Jun 11
The Corb Lund Band
Five Dollar Bill
Jul 9
Mary Gauthier
Filth & Fire
80
critic score
(1)
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