Best Albums of 2002

Listed below are the best albums of 2002 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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1.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 

 Wilco

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,672 charts

Rank Score:

17,444

Rank in 2002:

1

Rank in 2000s:

6

Overall Rank:

61

Average Rating:

 85 (1,957 votes)

Comments:

172

2.

Turn On The Bright Lights 

 Interpol

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

13,307

Rank in 2002:

2

Rank in 2000s:

9

Overall Rank:

90

Average Rating:

 84 (1,619 votes)

Comments:

128

3.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head 

 Coldplay

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,342 charts

Rank Score:

11,973

Rank in 2002:

3

Rank in 2000s:

12

Overall Rank:

108

Average Rating:

 79 (2,198 votes)

Comments:

186

4.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 

 The Flaming Lips

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,310 charts

Rank Score:

10,985

Rank in 2002:

4

Rank in 2000s:

15

Overall Rank:

121

Average Rating:

 83 (1,669 votes)

Comments:

107

5.

Songs For The Deaf 

 Queens Of The Stone Age

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,135 charts

Rank Score:

10,417

Rank in 2002:

5

Rank in 2000s:

17

Overall Rank:

130

Average Rating:

 83 (1,512 votes)

Comments:

74

6.

You Forgot It In People 

 Broken Social Scene

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

638 charts

Rank Score:

5,576

Rank in 2002:

6

Rank in 2000s:

45

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

 82 (708 votes)

Comments:

33

7.

Sea Change 

 Beck

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

725 charts

Rank Score:

5,072

Rank in 2002:

7

Rank in 2000s:

52

Overall Rank:

341

Average Rating:

 80 (974 votes)

Comments:

56

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 Sigur Rós

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

664 charts

Rank Score:

4,426

Rank in 2002:

8

Rank in 2000s:

61

Overall Rank:

384

Average Rating:

 82 (860 votes)

Comments:

44

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By The Way 

 Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

603 charts

Rank Score:

4,112

Rank in 2002:

9

Rank in 2000s:

65

Overall Rank:

414

Average Rating:

 76 (1,077 votes)

Comments:

60

10.

Geogaddi 

 Boards Of Canada

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Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

395 charts

Rank Score:

3,393

Rank in 2002:

10

Rank in 2000s:

82

Overall Rank:

517

Average Rating:

 80 (462 votes)

Comments:

27

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Best Albums of 2002 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	15	2%
Alanis Morissette	2	0%
Porcupine Tree	2	0%
Badly Drawn Boy	2	0%
King Crimson	2	0%
2raumwohnung	2	0%
Tom Waits	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	466	47%
	182	18%
	40	4%
	37	4%
	35	4%
	26	3%
	25	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	928	93%
Yes	72	7%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%