This was the year I got married and I've been looking back at all the great albums that were released in 2002. Some personal favorites off the top of my head:
RHCP-By The Way
Pearl Jam-Riot Act
QOTSA-Songs For The Deaf
DMB- Busted Stuff
Black Crowes-Live
Audioslave-Audioslave
Black Sabbath- Past Lives
I could keep listing, but I'm intentionally leaving some out and would rather hears others' chime in. I do long for years like this to make a return, where there's more than a couple of records or just live releases to be excited about. 2006 was also a pretty great year, but I'll make a separate thread for that one.
The Year In Music: 2002
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
Holy shit, yeah, 2002 was stacked. (Albums I think are GREAT in bold.)
Death from Above 1979 - Heads Up
Nas - God's Son
Lotus Eaters - Mind Control for Infants
System of a Down - Steal This Album!
Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
Audioslave - Audioslave
Pearl Jam - Riot Act
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Yanqui U.X.O.
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
The Delgados - Hate
dredg - El Cielo
Beck - Sea Change
Assjack - This Ain't Country
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony is a Dead Scene
QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
The Drones - Here Come the Lies
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
Eyedea - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart
David Bowie - Heathen
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
Interpol - Interpol (EP)
Pyogenesis - She Makes Me Wish I Had a Gun
Girls Against Boys - You Can't Fight What You Can't See
Moby - 18
Tom Waits - Alice
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover
36 Crazyfists - Bitterness the Star
Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - Rampton
Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey
Knut - Challenger
Down - Down II
...Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
The Cooper Temple Clause - See Through This and Leave
Bloodlet - Three Humid Nights in the Cypress Trees
Deadboy & the Elephantmen - If This is Hell, Then I'm Lucky
Talib Kweli - Quality
Death from Above 1979 - Heads Up
Nas - God's Son
Lotus Eaters - Mind Control for Infants
System of a Down - Steal This Album!
Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
Audioslave - Audioslave
Pearl Jam - Riot Act
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Yanqui U.X.O.
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
The Delgados - Hate
dredg - El Cielo
Beck - Sea Change
Assjack - This Ain't Country
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony is a Dead Scene
QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
The Drones - Here Come the Lies
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
Eyedea - The Many Faces of Oliver Hart
David Bowie - Heathen
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
Interpol - Interpol (EP)
Pyogenesis - She Makes Me Wish I Had a Gun
Girls Against Boys - You Can't Fight What You Can't See
Moby - 18
Tom Waits - Alice
Tom Waits - Blood Money
Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover
36 Crazyfists - Bitterness the Star
Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - Rampton
Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey
Knut - Challenger
Down - Down II
...Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
The Cooper Temple Clause - See Through This and Leave
Bloodlet - Three Humid Nights in the Cypress Trees
Deadboy & the Elephantmen - If This is Hell, Then I'm Lucky
Talib Kweli - Quality
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Sigur Ros - ()
Doves - Last Broadcast
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Sigur Ros - ()
Doves - Last Broadcast
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
Funny, I was just thinking about this yesterday on my walk to the train. I will always think that 2002 was the greatest year for new music in the past 2 decades.
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
I believe that there are still more than a couple of releases to be excited about.
2002 was wonderful anyways. You Forgot it in People, One Beat, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Riot Act, () and Murray Street are all great. (and Interpol might be growing on me, I should give it a serious listen soon)
You Forgot it in People particularly is probably my favorite from the aughts.
2002 was wonderful anyways. You Forgot it in People, One Beat, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Riot Act, () and Murray Street are all great. (and Interpol might be growing on me, I should give it a serious listen soon)
You Forgot it in People particularly is probably my favorite from the aughts.
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I was psyched to have a new PJ album and a new Cornell band at the same time. Yeah, wonderful year.
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Man! What a phenomenal year for music.
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
Best albums of 2002.
Kill the Moonlight - Spoon
Oceanic - Isis
Read & Burn 01 & 02 - Wire
Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Source Tags & Codes - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
One Beat - Sleater-Kinney
Deliverance - Opeth
Worst album of 2002.
Kill the Moonlight - Spoon
Oceanic - Isis
Read & Burn 01 & 02 - Wire
Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Source Tags & Codes - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
One Beat - Sleater-Kinney
Deliverance - Opeth
Worst album of 2002.
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
Hard to believe 30 Seconds to Mars had Maynard on that album.
The EL P album from 2002 is awesome, Fantastic Damage. I think Godlovesugly from Atmosphere was from 2002 as well.
McLusky Do Dallas was really good.
The EL P album from 2002 is awesome, Fantastic Damage. I think Godlovesugly from Atmosphere was from 2002 as well.
McLusky Do Dallas was really good.
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TGUK - On A Wire
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Everything else from 2002 is a distant second to Turn on the Bright Lights, let's be real
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I should revisit that record one of these days.
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Re: The Year In Music: 2002
Alice is my favorite Tom Waits album and thus one of my all-time favorite albums by anyone
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Oh yeah! And Blood Money came out the same year. Hot damn!theplatypus wrote:Alice is my favorite Tom Waits album and thus one of my all-time favorite albums by anyone
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i just listened to it again yesterday. it actually gets better with age.durdencommatyler wrote:I should revisit that record one of these days.
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Good to know.Chris_H_2 wrote:i just listened to it again yesterday. it actually gets better with age.durdencommatyler wrote:I should revisit that record one of these days.