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FLUX Quartet - Feldman Edition 6: String Quartet No. 2
February 1, 2002
Modern Classical
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Chamber Music
Score
100
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Christine Hintz / Masayuki Honda / Christiane Iven / Eiko Morikawa / Hans Peter Reutter / Mari Takano / Hubertus Dreyer / Thomas Gramatzki / Mike Rutledge / Yoko Nishi / Miki Maruta / Ko Ishikawa / Hi - Mari Takano: Women's Paradise
December 0, 2002
Modern Classical
Score
100
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3
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Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez / Christine Schäfer - Pli selon pli
April 2, 2002
Modern Classical
Score
100
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4
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Frederic Rzewski - Rzewski Plays Rzewski: Piano Works 1975-1999
September 24, 2002
Modern Classical
Score
100
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5
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Kirov Orchestra / Valery Gergiev - Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
October 8, 2002
Classical
Score
100
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Amazon
6
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Asko Ensemble / Schönberg Ensemble / Cappella Amsterdam / Amadinda Percussion Group / Reinbert De Leeuw / Daniel Reuss / Siegfried Palm / Katalin Károlyi / Frank Peter Zimmermann - The Ligeti Project III: Cello Concerto; Clocks and Clouds; Violin Concerto; Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
November 4, 2002
Modern Classical
Score
100
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7
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David Cross - Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!
November 5, 2002
Comedy
Score
100
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8
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Metro Area - Metro Area
October 22, 2002
Nu-Disco
,
Electro-Disco
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
9
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ISIS - Oceanic
September 16, 2002
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
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Post-Metal
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Missy Elliott - Under Construction
November 12, 2002
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
100
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Music
Spotify
11
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Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
August 20, 2002
Post-Punk Revival
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Beck - Sea Change
September 24, 2002
Singer-Songwriter
,
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
February 26, 2002
Post-Hardcore
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
August 27, 2002
Alternative Rock
,
Stoner Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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The Streets - Original Pirate Material
October 22, 2002
UK Garage
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Ed Motta - Dwitza
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
18
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My Computer - Vulnerabilia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
19
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Wadada Leo Smith - Luminous Axis (The Caravans of Winter and Summer)
November 26, 2002
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
20
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Fablefactory - Freak Out Hard On You
May 1, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
21
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Steffen Schleiermacher - John Cage: Complete Piano Music Vol. 9
September 24, 2002
Modern Classical
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
22
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Lone Star Ridaz - 40 Dayz / 40 Nightz
February 5, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
23
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Steve Roach & Jeffrey Fayman - Trance Spirits
August 20, 2002
Tribal Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
24
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Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - InnerZone
August 0, 2002
Tribal Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
25
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Sephardic Tinge - Our Beautiful Garden is Open
February 26, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2002.
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