Question:
Here is the one for 2002, which with along with the 2000 year, might be the best year for music in the 00’s—in my eyes. The top five albums were monumental releases and there was a lot of other greats. The poll has my top 5, pick one and feel free to say why, comments on my list and any you feel were left out.

1. Beck – Sea Change
2. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. The Roots – Phrenology
4. Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights
5. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
6. Bright Eyes – Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
7. Eminem – The Eminem Show
8. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
9. Weezer - Maladroit
10. Sigur Ros- ( )
11. Talib Kweli- Quality
12. Norah Jones- Come Away With Me
13. Common- Electric Circus
14. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
15. The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages Of…

Choices:
Beck – Sea Change
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Roots – Phrenology
Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf

 

All really good albums, but I enjoy Yankee Hotel Foxtrot most.

Interpol-Turn On the Bright Lights by a mile, one of my favourite albums ever.

This was a pretty good year for music. I have a tough time deciding between Wilco and Interpol. I'd probably give the edge to Wilco slightly, just because I think YHF has more staying power. I'd also put Spoon's "Kill the Moonlight" as a strong contender. My vote for underrated album of the year goes to Reigning Sound's "Time Bomb High School", a little-heard garage rock masterpiece.

Other Great 2002 Albums:

Sleater-Kinney: One Beat
Coldplay: A Rush of Blood to the Head
Spoon: Kill the Moonlight
Neko Case: Blacklisted
Paul Westerberg: Stereo/Mono
The Walkmen: Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone
Hot Hot Heat: Make Up the Breakdown
Reigning Sound: Time Bomb High School

Can you tell I already had these lists made out before?

1 - Songs: Ohia – Didn’t It Rain
2 - Beck – Sea Change
3 - Delgados – Hate
4 - Mountain Goats – Tallahassee
5 - Ms. John Soda – No P or D
6 - Counting Crows – Hard Candy
7 - Something Corporate – Leaving Through the Window
8 - Out Hud – STREET DAD
9 - Iron and Wine – The Creek Drank the Cradle
10 - Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
11 - Doves – The Last Broadcast
12 - Extra Glenns – Martial Arts Weekend
13 - Mum – Finally We Are No One
14 - Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
15 - Ugly Casanova – Sharpen Your Teeth
16 - Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas
17 - Phantom Planet – The Guest
18 - Damien Jurado – I Break Chairs
19 - Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
20 - ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Source Tags and Codes

Tier 1: Wilco, Flaming Lips

Tier 2: Sleater-Kinney, Spoon, Rilo Kiley

Same here:

I know that there has to be some new people and also old people that would like to shar their lists of the top albums of 2002 or even mention an album or two.

My personal list has changed quite a bit, so I will need to re-post it. Personally, I love these kind of lists because it gives us a chance to debate some choices and also find new stuff that we have't heard.

This is a tough one between Interpol and Queens for me. Both albums are extremely good, but I've gotta give the edge to Interpol by just a bit.

Other great ones not on the poll:

The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
Liars - They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top

I guess I've never given it a retrospective, but '02 was a pretty solid year really. A lot of good stuff.

Yoshimi by a lot.

Another really fucking good year.

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Rilo Kiley - Execution of All Things
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
The Good Life - Black Out
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
Doves - Last Broadcast
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Nada Surf - Let Go

I'll just do a quick top 5:

1. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Reigning Sound - Time Bomb High School
4. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
5. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

Runner Up: Bright Eyes - Lifted

I'll do more for the other years when I get time.

01. Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights
02. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

These two are probably interchangeable in position, depending on my mood, and both are a notch above the rest of the 2002 releases.

03. Trail of Dead: Source Tags & Codes
04. Spoon: Kill the Moonlight
05. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
06. The Streets: Original Pirate Material
07. 2 Many DJs: Radio Soulwax, Volume II
08. The Books: Thought for Food
09. Sleater-Kinney: One Beat
10. Boards of Canada: Geogaddi

I made this list up a long time ago, haha.

Excellent year, probably the best of the decade so far. Here's my list.

1. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Beck- Sea Change
3. Mountain Goats- All Hail West Texas
4. The Walkmen- Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone
5. Bright Eyes- Lifted –or- the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
6. Mountain Goats- Tallahassee
7. Spoon- Kill the Moonlight
8. Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
9. Iron and Wine- The Creek Drank the Cradle
10. Decemberists- Castaways and Cutouts/Neko Case- Blacklisted (couldn’t choose just one)

I would still contend that 2002 was a spectacular year. This has also changed a ton and I think that all of the albums are "top five" quality but I can't stick sixteen albums in five slots. Nothing can touch the top album for me though.

1. Beck – Sea Change
2. Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
3. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
4. Bright Eyes – Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
5. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. The Roots – Phrenology
7. Tom Waits – Alice
8. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it in the People
9. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
10. Talib Kweli – Quality
11. Eminem – The Eminem Show
12. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
13. Weezer – Maladroit
14. Sigur Ros – ( )
15. Tom Waits – Blood Money
16. Common – Electric Circus

1. Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
2. Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
3. Norah Jones "Come Away With Me"
4. Queens of the Stone Age "Songs for the Deaf"
5. Sonic Youth "Murray Street"
6. George Harrison "Brainwashed"
7. Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
8. Roots "Phrenology"
9. Beck "Sea Change"
10. Bright Eyes "Lifted"
11. Pet Shop Boys "Release"
12. Tori Amos "Scarlet's Walk"
13. Elvis Costello "When I Was Cruel"
14. Ralph Stanley "Ralph Stanley"
15. Cracker "Forever"
16. Dixie Chicks "Home"
17. Foo Fighers "One By One"
18. Donnas "Spend the Night"
19. Peter Gabriel "Up"
20. Pearl Jam "Riot Act"

Does anyone go through a stage of musical ignorance for awhile? I had a deep interest from 1993-1999 then from 2003, i seem to have been not at all intersested in those years in-between, i own hardly any albums from that period. I may have to start to revisit after reading these posts.

1. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Beck – Sea Change
3. Darren Hanlon – Hello Stranger
4. Eminem – The Eminem Show
5. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
6. Sonic Youth – Murray Street
7. Tom Waits – Alice
8. Breeders – Title TK
9. Low – Trust
10. Steve Earle - Jerusalem
11. Elvis Costello – When I Was Cruel
12. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
13. Tom Waits – Blood Money
14. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
15. Augie March – Strange Bird
16. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
17. Weezer – Maladroit
18. J Mascis and the Fog – Free So Free
19. Beth Gibbons and Rustin’ Man – Out of Season
20. Ron Sexsmith – Cobblestone Runway

2002 is probably my second favorite year(2004) so far. #1 is #1, and it is tied for my favorite album of the decade.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Flaming Lips
Original Pirate Material - The Streets
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
Kill The Moonlight - Spoon
The Beginning Stages Of... - Polyphonic Spree
Up The Bracket - Libertines
Songs For the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite
About A Boy - Badly Drawn Boy
Phrenology - The Roots

Some of my favorites from 2002 were:
City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar
ISIS - Oceanic
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
Sigur Ros - ()

Not a list but dont forget:

Red Hot Chili Peppers- By The Way

N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...