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Highest Rated Albums of 2002

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2002

1. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

The Streets - Original Pirate Material

October 22, 2002

Score

100

2. David Cross - Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!

David Cross - Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!

November 5, 2002

Score

100

3. Metro Area - Metro Area

Metro Area - Metro Area

October 22, 2002

Score

100

4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

April 23, 2002

Alternative Rock

Score

100

5. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

August 27, 2002

Alternative Rock

Score

100

6. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

August 22, 2002

Post-Punk Revival

Score

100

7. Isis - Oceanic

September 16, 2002

Score

100

8. The Greenhornes - Dual Mono

The Greenhornes - Dual Mono

October 15, 2002

Score

90

9. Velvet Crush - Soft Sounds

Velvet Crush - Soft Sounds

October 8, 2002

Score

90

10. Novembers Doom - To Welcome the Fade

Novembers Doom - To Welcome the Fade

September 10, 2002

Score

90

11. Nurse with Wound - Man with the Woman Face

Nurse with Wound - Man with the Woman Face

March 3, 2002

Score

90

12. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

August 13, 2002

Score

90

13. Need New Body - Need New Body

Need New Body - Need New Body

March 19, 2002

Score

90

14. Circus Devils - The Harold Pig Memorial

Circus Devils - The Harold Pig Memorial

October 31, 2002

Score

90

15. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

February 26, 2002

Alternative Rock

Score

90

16. Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

August 20, 2002

Score

90

17. City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar

City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar

May 1, 2002

Score

90

18. Salif Keita - Moffou

Salif Keita - Moffou

March 26, 2002

Score

90

19. Thrice - The Illusion of Safety

Thrice - The Illusion of Safety

February 5, 2002

Score

90

20. Donnie - The Colored Section

Donnie - The Colored Section

Score

90

21. The Warlocks - Phoenix Album

The Warlocks - Phoenix Album

November 5, 2002

Psychedelic Rock

Score

90

22. Snoop Dogg - Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss

Snoop Dogg - Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss

November 26, 2002

Score

90

23. Radio 4 - Gotham!

Radio 4 - Gotham!

February 5, 2002

Score

90

24. Cousteau - Sirena

Cousteau - Sirena

July 9, 2002

Score

90

25. Oxbow - An Evil Heat

Oxbow - An Evil Heat

March 5, 2002

Experimental Rock

Score

90

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2002.

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