Best Albums of 2002

Listed below are the best albums of 2002 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of 2002 were Wilco, Interpol, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips, Queens Of The Stone Age, Broken Social Scene, Beck, Sigur Rós, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Porcupine Tree.
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 23 of 100

Best Albums of 2002 composition

Country Albums %


United States 467 47%
United Kingdom 183 18%
Canada 39 4%
Mixed Nationality 37 4%
Germany 36 4%
Sweden 27 3%
France 25 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 930 93%
Yes 70 7%
Live? Albums %
No 960 96%
Yes 40 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 17 2%
Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. In Utero by Nirvana
9. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
10. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
11. Grace by Jeff Buckley
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Dummy by Portishead
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Spiderland by Slint
20. Violator by Depeche Mode
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