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Highest Rated Albums of 2002

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1.

Kirov Orchestra / Valery Gergiev - Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
October 8, 2002
Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez / Christine Schäfer - Pli selon pli
April 2, 2002
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

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
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Frederic Rzewski - Rzewski Plays Rzewski: Piano Works 1975-1999
September 24, 2002
Modern Classical
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

David Cross - Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!
November 5, 2002
Comedy
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
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6.

Metro Area - Metro Area
October 22, 2002
Nu-Disco
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music

7.

Isis - Oceanic
September 16, 2002
Post-Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
August 20, 2002
Post-Punk Revival
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Beck - Sea Change
September 24, 2002
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
February 26, 2002
Post-Hardcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
August 27, 2002
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

The Streets - Original Pirate Material
October 22, 2002
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Inti-Illimani - Lugares Comunes
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

15.

3rd Force - Gentle Force
Smooth Jazz
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

16.

St. Lawrence String Quartet / Todd Palmer - Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbbuk
June 4, 2002
Chamber Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

17.

Orlando Consort - The Call of the Phoenix
November 4, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

18.

Karita Mattila / Anja Silja / Jorma Silvasti / Jerry Hadley / Eva Randová / Chorus And Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Bernard Haitink - Janáček: Jenůfa
December 17, 2002
Opera
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

19.

Maxim Vengerov - Vengerov Plays Bach, Shchedrin, Ysaÿe
November 5, 2002
Chamber Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

20.

Piotr Anderszewski - Bach: Partitas 1, 3, 6
October 7, 2002
Baroque Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

21.

Tõnu Kaljuste / Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Arvo Pärt: Orient & Occident
September 23, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

22.

Simone Young / Wiener Staatsoper / Soile Isokoski / Regina Schörg / Neil Shicoff / Zoran Todorovich / Alastair Miles - Jacques Fromental Halévy: La Juive
September 9, 2002
Opera
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

23.

Cantus Cölln / Konrad Junghänel - G.P. Telemann: Trauer-Actus; Kantaten
September 9, 2002
Baroque Music
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

24.

Mischa Maisky / Sergio Tiempo - Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas; Variations; 7 Songs Without Words
September 9, 2002
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

25.

The Nash Ensemble / Claron McFadden / Julia Watson / Martyn Brabbins - Harrison Birtwistle: The Woman and the Hare
September 24, 2002
Modern Classical
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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