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April March - Triggers
Score
90
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2
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Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
August 20, 2002
Indie Rock
Score
90
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3
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Neko Case - Blacklisted
August 20, 2002
Alt-Country
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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4
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RJD2 - Deadringer
July 23, 2002
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Turntablism
Score
90
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Spotify
5
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Beck - Sea Change
September 24, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
October 15, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
7
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Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice
June 11, 2002
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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Amazon
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Spotify
8
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Destroyer - This Night
October 8, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
The Roots - Phrenology
November 26, 2002
Experimental Hip Hop
,
East Coast Hip Hop
Score
80
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Spotify
10
.
Common - Electric Circus
December 10, 2002
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
11
.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
August 20, 2002
Post-Punk Revival
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Sigur Rós - ( )
October 28, 2002
Post-Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
September 24, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Barry Adamson - The King of Nothing Hill
September 2, 2002
Acid Jazz
,
Electronic
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
October 22, 2002
UK Garage
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
17
.
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
July 16, 2002
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Cage - Movies for the Blind
August 6, 2002
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
You Am I - Deliverance
September 17, 2002
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish?
November 5, 2002
Indie Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Northern State - Dying in Stereo
June 3, 2002
Hip Hop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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MF Grimm - The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera
January 12, 2002
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Gemma Hayes - Night on My Side
May 24, 2002
Indie Pop
,
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Transplants - Transplants
October 22, 2002
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Damien Rice - O
February 1, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Contemporary Folk
,
Folk Rock
,
Indie Folk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Prefix awarded albums throughout 2002.
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