Best Albums of 2002

Listed below are the best albums of 2002 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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2002 year 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 Boards Of Canada.
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"Were it not for the vocals, I can easily imagine this would be amazing, but those vocals are impossible to ignore (luckily enough there are many instrumentals parts, which are all highly enjoyable)."  Reply
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"One of the most overlooked Low albums, perhaps their best non 90's album. Its more or less a continuation of the style of Things we Lost in the Fire, but pushing in both more atmospheric, and rock-ish directions. We get catchy pop tracks (Canada), surprisingly anthemic moments (In the Drugs), the..."  [+]  Reply
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"Sacramento duo Blackalicious is fronted by one of the most underrated MC's in the business, Gift of Gab, whose raps are jam-packed with internal rhymes, allusions, metaphors, ten-cent words, and amazing tongue-twisting feats of skill. Blazing Arrow, one of the richest, most captivating albums eve..."  [+]  Reply
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"This is my fav album of MCR (compared to three cheers, and the black parade. I didn't check the last album). I think the latter two have a more professional approach and are definetly more produced and polished into detail, which is appreciated. But the roughness and honesty of this album just do..."  [+]  Reply
- UomoGZR | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"One of those records that falls victim of always being overshadowed (see what I did there?) by the preceding album which is an all time classic. Very good though it is."  Reply
- Graeme2 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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