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2002 Contemporary Folk Album Releases
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Aug 13
Agalloch
The Mantle
90
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(553)
Aug 13
Bright Eyes
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
81
critic score
(12)
84
user score
(349)
Feb 19
The Mountain Goats
All Hail West Texas
85
critic score
(6)
84
user score
(312)
Nov 5
The Mountain Goats
Tallahassee
77
critic score
(10)
83
user score
(262)
Feb 1
Damien Rice
O
77
critic score
(14)
81
user score
(193)
Mar 5
Songs: Ohia
Didn't It Rain
88
critic score
(7)
83
user score
(181)
Oct 28
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
Out of Season
80
critic score
(11)
81
user score
(151)
May 21
The Decemberists
Castaways and Cutouts
85
critic score
(5)
81
user score
(142)
Aug 20
The Microphones
Song Islands
74
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(106)
Sep 13
The Microphones
Little Bird Flies Into a Big Black Cloud
75
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(99)
Sep 16
Jim O'Rourke
Live at Japan 2002.9.16
82
user score
(55)
May 21
Ugly Casanova
Sharpen Your Teeth
71
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(47)
Jan 1
Regina Spektor
Songs
74
user score
(45)
Jan 22
Okkervil River
Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See
66
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(28)
2002
Joanna Newsom
Walnut Whales
77
user score
(27)
Oct 14
Augie March
Strange Bird
88
critic score
(5)
72
user score
(17)
2002
Beck
Lost Cause
91
user score
(14)
2002
In Gowan Ring
Hazel Steps through a Weathered Home
75
user score
(13)
Feb 19
Six Organs of Admittance
Dark Noontide
82
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(12)
Jan 1
Dr. Dog
Toothbrush
74
user score
(11)
Oct 8
Sinéad O'Connor
Sean-Nós Nua
71
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(11)
Jan 29
The Extra Glenns
Martial Arts Weekend
79
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(7)
Jan 28
Neil Halstead
Sleeping on Roads
66
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(6)
Oct
Tori Amos
A Sorta Fairytale
96
user score
(6)
2002
Kaki King
Everybody Loves You
76
user score
(6)
Apr 9
Azure Ray
Burn and Shiver
74
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(6)
Apr
Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου [Thanasis Papakonstantinou]
Αγρύπνια
81
user score
(6)
Aug 13
James Taylor
October Road
79
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(3)
Nov 2
Ron Sexsmith
Cobblestone Runway
82
critic score
(6)
65
user score
(3)
Dec 3
Jean Leloup
La vallée des réputations
78
user score
(3)
Advertisement
2002
Sunburned Hand Of The Man
Headdress
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(3)
2002
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Tantric Lover
69
user score
(2)
Apr 22
Yıldız Tilbe
Haberi Olsun
94
user score
(1)
Jul 9
D'Gary
Akata Meso
85
critic score
(2)
90
user score
(1)
Dec 14
Various Artists
Anti-folk Vol.1
70
user score
(1)
2002
Murat Yılmazyıldırım
Cennet (Düş Sokağı Sakinleri)
74
user score
(1)
2002
Orplid
Nächtliche Jünger
85
user score
(1)
Sep 1
Jandek
I Threw You Away
67
user score
(1)
Dec 1
Jandek
The Humility of Pain
71
user score
(1)
2002
Holly Near
Early Warnings
53
user score
(1)
Jun 24
Murat Çelik
Seyyah
82
user score
(1)
2002
Ghost Mice
Ghost Mice
2002
Егор Летов
Вершки и корешки ч. II
2002
Ostara
Kingdom Gone
2002
Boyd Rice and Fiends
Wolf Pact
Sep 23
XTC
Instruvenus
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