This Is The Thread Where We Post Every Single End of Year List We Can Find

From Kerrang 1982

1982:

1.Scorpions - Blackout
2.Van Halen - Diver Down
3.Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
4.Rush - Signals
5.Kiss - Creatures Of The Night
6.Tom Petty - Long After Dark
7.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
8.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
9.Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes
10.Rose Tattoo - Scarred For Life
10.Gillan - Magic
Kerrang! Singles of the year

1. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
2. Rainbow - Stone Cold
3. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
4. Marillion - Market Square Heroes
5. Diamond Head - Call Me

Only third? Man, I gotta hear those other two singles...

"La rédaction d'amazon.fr a sélectionné pour vous les meilleurs albums de soul et de rap de 2002. Best-sellers ou coups de cœur, ces disques sont déjà des incontournables".

1. Missy Elliott - Under Construction (12 novembre 2002)
2. Craig David - Slicker Than Your Average (12 novembre 2002)
3. Akhenaton - Black Album (Digipack)(5 novembre 2002)
4. The Roots - Phrenology (3 décembre 2002)
5. Ja Rule - The Last Temptation (26 novembre 2002)
6. Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper (26 août 2002)
7. Lauryn Hill - MTV Unplugged (7 mai 2002)
8. RJD2 - Dead Ringer (22 juillet 2002)
9. Doc Gyneco - Solitaire (27 août 2002)
10. 2Pac - Better Dayz (2 CD) (3 décembre 2002)
11. Eve - Eve-Olution (26 août 2002)
12. Eminem - The Eminem Show (28 mai 2002)
13. DJ Shadow - The Private Press (4 juin 2002)
14. El-P - Fantastic Damage (13 mai 2002)
15. Cunnie Williams - Night Time In Paris (11 juin 2002)
16. Xzibit - Man Vs Machine (1 octobre 2001)
17. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers (7 octobre 2002)
18. Nelly - Nellyville (24 juin 2002)
19. Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Cookie : The Anthropological Mixtape (4 juin 2002)
20. R. Kelly & Jay-Z - Best Of Both Worlds (19 mars 2002)
21. Ashanti - Ashanti (17 mai 2002)
22. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me (23 juillet 2002)
23. DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent (20 août 2002)
24. Slum Village - Trinity : Past, Present & The Future (12 août 2002)
25. Pit Baccardi - Le Poids des maux (22 octobre 2002)
26. TTC - Ceci n'est pas un disque (23 avril 2002)
27. 113 - 113 fout la merde (11 mars 2002)
28. IV My People - IV My People Zone (1 octobre 2002)
29. Nightmares On Wax - Mind Elevation (23 août 2002)
30. The Cinematic Orchestra - Every Day (14 mai 2002)

1. Streets, Original Pirate Material
2. . As Heard On Radio Soulwax Vol.2, Radio Soulwax
3. Angels With Dirty Faces, Sugababes
4. The Coral, The Coral
5. Mclusky Do Dallas, McLusky
6. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Flaming Lips
7. Songs For The Deaf, Queens of the Stone Age
8. Turn On The Bright Lights, Interpol
9. By The Way, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
10. A Little Deeper, Ms Dynamite
11. A Rush of Blood To The Head, Coldplay
12. Finisterre, St Etienne
13. Heathen, David Bowie
14. The Private Press, DJ Shadow
15. Title TK, Breeders
16. Satan Kidney Pie, Ten Benson
17. Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, Cee-Lo
18. Apricot Morning, Quantic
19. Loud, Timo Maas
20. Murray Street, Sonic Youth

Well, they got maybe two right. Cee-Lo is one of them.

1. The Streets ~ 'OPM'
2. Rainer ~ 'The Farm'
3. Derek Bailey ~ 'Standards'
4. David S Ware Quartet ~ 'Freedom Suite'
5. Langley Schools Music Project ~ 'Innocence and Despair'
6. Richard Youngs ~ 'May'
7. Eliza Carthy ~ 'Angelica'
8. Neko Case ~ 'Blacklisted'
9. Drive-By Truckers ~ 'Southern Rock opera'
10. Sonic Youth ~ 'Murray Street'

I can't believe I bothered to write all that. Oh well, it's done now.

DENNIS COOPER
1. Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World
2. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
3. Silverchair, Diorama
4. El-P, Fantastic Damage
5. The Breeders, Title TK
6. Guided by Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles
7. Weezer, Maladroit
8. Eddie Ruscha a.k.a. Future Pigeon, Dada Munchamonkey
9. Wire, Read & Burn 02
10. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights

BEN RATLIFF
1. Steve Coleman (Knitting Factory, NY, Feb. 4)
2. Abbey Lincoln (Alice Tully Hall, NY, Mar. 7-9)
3. Bill Charlap Trio (Jazz Standard, NY, Apr. 9)
4. Eddie Palmieri (Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Apr. 22)
5. Mark Turner Trio (Village Vanguard, NY, June 27)
6. Super Rail Band/Orchestra Baobab (Central Park Summerstage, July 14)
7. Hamiet Bluiett's Baritone Nation (Iridium, NY, Aug. 27)
8. El Gran Combo (Madison Square Garden, Sep. 7)
9. Grandmaster Flash (MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Sep. 14)
10. High on Fire (Northsix, Brooklyn, Sep. 27)

ANDREW HULTKRANS
1. Radar Brothers, And the Surrounding Mountains
2. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
3. The Notwist, Neon Golden
4. Beck, Sea Change
5. Wilco, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
6. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights
7. Love, Da Capo
8. Television Personalities, And Don't the Kids Just Love It
9. The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever
10. The White Stripes, White Blood Cells

CLIVE BELL
1. Stereolab (Royal Festival Hall, London, Feb. 1)
2. Marc Ribot (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Feb. 3)
3. Azio Suzuki (SOAS, London, Feb. 27)
4. Cornelius (Royal Festival Hall, London, May 6)
5. Jocelyn Pook (ICA, London, May 17)
6. Eleni Kallimopoulou/Pocket (Blue Camel at Arcola Theatre, London, May 19)
7. London Musicians Collective Festival (Purcell Room, London, June 2)
8. Jordi Savall (St. John's Smith Square, London, June 20)
9. Mick Beck (12 Bar Club, London, Aug. 25)
10. Michael Hurley (12 Bar Club, London, Sep. 19)

STEVE LAFRENIERE
1. Paperecordings, Splinter 05
2. Linda Thompson, Fashionably Late
3. Royksopp, Melody A.M.
4. Would-be-goods, The Camera Loves Me
5. Loraxx, Western Wear
6. Wire, Read & Burn 01 & 02
7. k-rakos, storynaught
8. Disco Not Disco 2
9. Six Organs of Admittance, Dark Noontide
10. Gus Gus, Attention

1. Akufen My Way (Force Inc.)
2. Jazzanova In Between (JCR/Fusion III)
3. The Cinematic Orchestra Every Day (Ninja Tune)
4. Ladytron Light & Magic (Emperor Norton)
5. Boards of Canada Geogaddi (Warp)
6. Felix da Housecat Kittenz and Thee Glitz. (Emperor Norton)
7. Chemical Brothers Come With Us (Astralwerks)
8. Moonstarr Dupont (Public Transit)
9. Timo Maas Loud (Kinetic)
10. Amon Tobin Out From Out Where (Ninja Tune)

1. "Divine Discontent" - Sixpence None the Richer (Reprise / Warner)
2. "All Right Here" - Sara Groves (INO)
3. "Hero" - Daily Planet (Reunion)
4. "A Place Where You Belong" - The Normals (Forefront)
5. "Stanley Climbfall" - Lifehouse (Sparrow / Dreamworks)
6. "The Eleventh Hour" - Jars of Clay (Essential)
7. "Myself When I Am Real" - Bebo Norman (Essential)
8. "The Art of Translation" - GRITS (Gotee)
9. "Then Is the New Now" - Denison Marrs (Floodgate)
10. "Psalms" - Shane Barnard & Shane Everett (Inpop)
11. "Contact" - The Benjamin Gate (Forefront)
12. "Thrive" - Newsboys (Sparrow)

1 Fear of music - Talking heads
2 Metal box - Public Image ltd.
3 Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
4 Setting sons - The Jam
5 Entertainment - Gang of four
6 Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
7 Do it yourself - Ian Dury
8 London Calling - The Clash
9 Squeezing out the sparks - Graham Parker
10 The Specials - The Specials
11 Forces of victory - Lintin Kwesi Johnson
12 The B52's - The B52's
13 Bop till you drop - Ry Cooder
14 The Raincoats - The Raincoats
15 Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine
16 I am - Earth, Wind & Fire
17 The Undertones - The Undertones
18 154 - Wire
19 Repeat when necessary - Dave Edmunds
20 Drums & Wires - XTC
21 New panic time - Pere Ubu
22 Cut - The Slits
23 Risque - Chic
24 Regatta de blank - Police
25 Humanity - The Royle Rasses
26 Same song - Israel Vibration
27 Katzenmusic - Michael Rother
28 Rust never sleeps - Neil Young
29 Brudder des schattens, sohne des.. - Popol Vuh
30 Dragnet - The Fall
31 Even serpents shine - The only ones
32 Eskimo - The Residents
33 Slow train coming - Bob Dylan
34 Blue valentine - Tom Waits
35 This heat - This heat
36 A train to Marineville - Swell maps
37 I’m the man - Joe Jackson
38 Soldier Talk - The red crayola
39 Reproduction - The Human League
40 Lodger - David Bowie

www.rocklist.net

Nice to see the usual NME tactic of a glaring omission from the list - where be "Off The Wall" then?

1= The Delgados - Hate
1= Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper
3 Masters At Work - Our Time Is Coming
4 The Streets - Original Pirate Material
5 QOTSA - Songs For The Deaf
6 Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces
7 Blak Twang - Kik Off
8 The Coral - s/t
9 Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air
10 DJ Shadow - The Private Press

We did try and make this democratic, but only about ten people could be fucked with voting... The Delgados were the only band that got more than one vote (to be precise, they got two).

Needs more disco anyway. They have Chic and that's about it.

1)"addictive" truth hurts
2)"lk" dj marky &xrs
3)"emerge" fischerspooner
4)"lazy" xpress 2
5)"house of jealous lovers" the rapture
6)"love story" layo & bushwacka!
7)"shake ur body" shy fx & t power
8)"two months off" underworld
9)"black water" octave one
10)"oops (oh my)" tweet
11)"it just won't do" tim deluxe
12)"take me with you" cosmos
13)"nothin" n.o.r.e.
14)"freak like me" sugababes
15)"transition" u.r.
16)"sunglasses at night" tiga & zyntherius
17)"where u at?" derrick carter
18)"air ep" var/renegade hardware
19)"you can't go home again" dj shadow
20)"oi!" more fire crew

it goes down to 40 but you've stopped reading already so i won' bother except to say that 21) = "so much love to give".
this is a strange list. also, truth hurts is number 1 in both the jockey slut and muzik charts. why?

Oddly enough the only one of the NME's 40 which I never bought was the Graham Parker. Why was it so high?

Then again, I've just been told what NME's Album of the Year is. Oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear.

(Clue: mark s might unknowingly like it)

tom just posted before i got this in. you bought and liked muzik, tom?

Yeah I thought Muzik was great this month too, don't know if the new editor is the reason or not, he worked in Mixmag for the few weeks I was there and he did really seem to love all sorts of stuff. I mean I liked it before but I like the jokey filler parts alot more than in any other dance mag really, for example the bit about hiphop skits. Is that list in the issue with Missy on the cover? I always get the feeling by their tunes of the month and reviews that they are really biased towards house and I like this alot, haha.

This is what comes of living in Ireland, I'll have to check the new one. I thought the CD with last months was pretty good, nice Stanton Warriors remix of Tim Deluxe, and that new Vitalic remix of Slam which is a bit meh for them but still a great and interestingly rocky tune.

It's interesting what you say about seeing the flaws, I think with the dance mags they tend to only give good reviews and it's more of an info to reader thing where if something sounds good by an artist you're into then you go and actually find it. I don't think I've heard any of the singles on the house page last month, not knowingly anyway.

VARIOUS ARTISTS Red Hot + Riot (MCA)
SALIF KEITA Moffou (Universal)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION Fairport Unconventional (Free Reed)
LO'JO Au Cabaret Sauvage (World Village)
OTIS TAYLOR Respect the Dead (Northern Blues)
VARIOUS ARTISTS Fanfares en Délire (Network)
NORMAN BLAKE AND PETER OSTROUSHKO Meeting On Southern Soil (Red House)
FERMIN MUGURUZA Brigadistak Sound System (Piranha)
CRISTINA BRANCO Corpo Illuminado (Decca)
OZZIE KOTANI To Honor a Queen (Dancing Cat)

1. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Vice/Atlantic)
2. Recloose, Cardiology (Planet E)
3. Kylie Minogue, Fever (Capitol)
4. Michael Mayer, Immer (Kompakt)
5. 2 Many DJ's, As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 (Pias)
6. Metro Area, Metro Area (Environ)
7. Fennesz, O'Rourke, Rehberg, The Return Of Fenn O'Berg (Mego)
8. MRI, All That Glitters (Forcetracks)
9. Clipse, Lord Willin' (Star Trak/Arista)
10. Spoon, Kill The Moonlight (Merge)

1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
2. Low, Trust (Kranky)
3. Coldplay, A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Capitol)
4. The Promise Ring, Wood/Water (Anti)
5. Ugly Casanova, Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop)
6. Beck, Sea Change (DGC)
7. McLusky, McLusky Do Dallas (Beggars Banquet)
8. Pedro The Lion, Control (Jade Tree)
9. Radar Brothers, ...And The Surrounding Mountains (Merge)
10. Hot Hot Heat, Make Up The Breakdown (Sub Pop)

d(r)eary me...

1. Blackalicious, Blazing Arrow (MCA)
2. Count Bass D, Dwight Spitz (High Times)
3. The Roots, Phrenology (MCA)
4. People Under The Stairs, O.S.T. (OM)
5. J-Live, All Of The Above (Coup D'Etat)
6. N*E*R*D, In Search Of... (Virgin)
7. Common, Electric Circus (MCA)
8. Cody ChesnuTT, The Headphone Masterpiece (Ready Set Go)
9. Devin The Dude, Just Tryin' Ta Live (Virgin)
10. Talib Kweli, Quality (MCA)

As trailed upthread, here's The Onion's "Least Essential Albums of 2002" feature:
http://www.theonionavclub.com/avclub3847/avfeature_3847.html

Anyway, LPs:
1. The Streets
2. GY!BE
3. 2 Many DJs
4. Liars
5. Missy Elliott
6. The Libertines
7. Ms Dynamite
8. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
9. QOTSA
10. Alain Bashung - L'imprudence
11. Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit (hooray!)
12. Flaming Lips
13. N*E*R*D
14. Radio 4
15. Metro Area
16. RJD2
17. Sigur Ros
18. La Rumeur - L'Ombre sur la mesure
19. DJ Shadow
20. Blackalicious
21. The Bellrays - Meet the Bellrays
22. TTC - Ceci n'est pas un disque
23. Boards of Canada
24. Beck
25. Lambchop
26. Dionysos - Western sous la neige
27. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
28. Múm
29. Johnny Cash
30. The Delgados
31. Derrick L Carter
32. The Notwist
33. Programme - L'Enfer tiède
34. Jackie O Mutherfucker - Change
35. Shivaree - Rough Dreams
36. Eminem
37. The Coral
38. Death In Vegas
39. Matthieu Boogaerts - 2000
40. DJ Mehdi - (The Story Of) Espion
41. J-Live - All Of The Above
42. Coldplay
43. Tom Waits - Alice
44. Interpol
45. Avril - That Horse Must Be Starving (NB: not Lavigne, sadly)
46. RHCP
47. Faultline - Your Love Means Everything
48. Chemical Brothers
49. The Vines
50. Moby

but if you *know* any specifics why a publication such as Les Inrockuptibles on purpos ignores an artist such as Tiersen, i'd be much obliged. really

;-)

Tiersen didn't make the "musiques" list of LPs either tho'. Can't be bothered to type out the whole 20 (but Arto Lindsay and David S. Ware are further down I notice), however here is the Top 10:

1. Tom Zé - 'Jogos de Armar'
2. Orchestra Baobab
3. Solomon Burke
4. Pierre-Yves Macé - 'Faux Jummeaux'
5. Salif Keita - 'Moffou'
6. Brad Mehldau - 'Largo'
7. 'Mali Music'
8. Mal Waldron - 'One More Time'
9. Jun Miyake - 'Innocent Bossa In The Mirror'
10. Precious Bryant - 'Fool Me Good'

IIRC, the Amélie Poulain soundtrack did very well in the les inrockuptibles poll of 2001, so perhaps they just didn't like C'était ici. As zebedee implies, no other chart in this thread features it, so why should les inrocks in particular?

i've never seen a copy of Les Inrock's in my life; just've encountered numerous favourable references to it over the years; and've had no idea as to how their polls are organised or what's their overall stance or 'tude

that Tiersen isn't featured on the "other charts" tells me next to nothing (that was to be expected, in my opinion);
and were he on the Les Inrock's list, i'm sure i wouldn't've cared to drop a line at all 'bout it; as he isn't, i'm mainly just getting curious -- as i'm in most cases when it seems that somebody is maybe deliberately ignoring something that's right under their nose ("why?", etc)

okay, my eye feels 'bit better too now

1. lcd soundsystem - losing my edge
2. max tundra - mastered by guy at the exchange
3. deerhoof -reveille
4. black dice - beaches and canyons
5. godspeed you! black emperor - yanqui u.x.o.
6. destroyer - this night
7. interpol - turn on the bright lights
8. blackalicious - blazing arrow
9. and you will know us by the trail of dead - source tags
10. the streets - original pirate material

honourable mention

11. fly pan am - ceux qui inventent n'ont jamais vecu (?)

Tom Breihan
1. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
2. Primal Scream Evil Heat (Sony)
3. Cex Tall, Dark, and Handcuffed 17
4. Atmosphere God Loves Ugly (Fat Beats Records/ Rhymesayers)
5. Radio 4, Gotham (Gern Blandsten)
6. Pretty Girls Make Graves, Good Health (Lookout!)
7. Jay-Z, The Blueprint 2: the Gift and the Curse (Def Jam)
8. Missy Elliott, Under Construction (Under Construction)
9. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Vice)
10. Mates of State Our Constant Concern (Polyvinyl)

Raymond Cummings
1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
2. Yume Bitsu, The Golden Vessyl Of Sound (K)
3. Kimya Dawson, I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade/Sanctuary)
4. Calvin Johnson, What Was Me (K)
5. Ladytron, Light & Magic (Emperor Norton)
6. Sonic Youth, Murray Street (DGC)
7. Chemical Brothers, Come With Us (Astralwerks)
8. Clinic, Walking With Thee (Domino)
9. Guided By Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles (Matador)
10. Eyes Adrift, Eyes Adrift (spinART)

Michaelangelo Matos
1. Boom Selection_Issue 01 (Boom Selection import)
2. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Vice)
3. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
4. Clipse Lord Willin’ (Star Trak)
5. Luna Romantica (Jetset)
6. Orchestra Super Mazembe Giants of East Africa (Earthworks)
7. Playgroup Playgroup (Source/Astralwerks)
8. Clinic Walking With Thee (Domino)
9. Missy Elliott Under Construction (Elektra)
10. Pantytec Pony Slaystation (Perlon)

Bret McCabe
1. Missy Elliott Under Construction (Elektra)
2. Kid606 The Action Packed Mentalist Brings You the Fucking Jams (Violent Turd)
3. Devendra Banhart Oh Me Oh My . . . The Way the Day Goes By the Sun is Setting Dogs are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (Young God)
4. Tall Dwarfs Sky Above, Mud Below (Flying Nun)
5. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
6. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
7. . . . And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)
8. Immortal Sons of Northern Darkness (Nuclear Blast)
9. Max Tundra Mastered By Guy at the Exchange (Tigerbeat6)
10. The Books Thoughts for Food (Tomlab)

Tina Plottel
1. Beck Sea Change (Geffen)
2. Canyon Empty Roots (Gern Blandsten)
3. Neko Case Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
4. Mercury Program Date Learn the Language 10
5. Sigur Ros ( )
6. Ivy Guest Room (Minty Fresh)
7. Most Secret method Our Success (Superbad)
8. Low Trust (Kranky)
9. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxttrot (Nonesuch)
10. Johnny Cash: American Recordings IV (American)

Jason Torres
1. The Roots Phrenology (MCA)
2. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
3. Beck Sea Change (Geffen)
4. Nas Lost tapes (Def Jam)
5. Clipse Lord Willin’ (Arista)
6. Foo Fighters Oine By One (BMG)
7. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (Mercury)
8. N.E.R.D. In Search of . . . (Vrigin)
9. Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed the Fish? (Artist Direct)
10. The Vines Highly Evolved (Capitol)

Tony Ware
1. The Notwist Neon Golden (City Slang)
2. Mum Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
3. Manual Ascend (Morr Music)
4. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Vice)
5. Doves The Last Broadcast (Capitol)
6. Idlewild The Remote Part (EMI International)
7. Sigur Ros ( )
8. . . . And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)
9. Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
10. RJD2 Dead Ringer (Def Jux)

Mikael Wood
1. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Vice)
2. N.E.R.D. In Search of... (Virgin)
3. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
4. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (Island)
5. Beck Sea Change (Geffen)
6. Neko Case Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
7. The Breeders Title TK (Elektra)
8. Eminem The Eminem Show (Interscope)
9. Blackalicious Blazing Arrow (MCA)
10. TLC 3D (Arista)

Tom Breihan
1. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
2. Primal Scream Evil Heat (Sony)
3. Cex Tall, Dark, and Handcuffed 17
4. Atmosphere God Loves Ugly (Fat Beats Records/ Rhymesayers)
5. Radio 4, Gotham (Gern Blandsten)
6. Pretty Girls Make Graves, Good Health (Lookout!)
7. Jay-Z, The Blueprint 2: the Gift and the Curse (Def Jam)
8. Missy Elliott, Under Construction (Under Construction)
9. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Vice)
10. Mates of State Our Constant Concern (Polyvinyl)

Raymond Cummings
1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
2. Yume Bitsu, The Golden Vessyl Of Sound (K)
3. Kimya Dawson, I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade/Sanctuary)
4. Calvin Johnson, What Was Me (K)
5. Ladytron, Light & Magic (Emperor Norton)
6. Sonic Youth, Murray Street (DGC)
7. Chemical Brothers, Come With Us (Astralwerks)
8. Clinic, Walking With Thee (Domino)
9. Guided By Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles (Matador)
10. Eyes Adrift, Eyes Adrift (spinART)

Michaelangelo Matos
1. Boom Selection_Issue 01 (Boom Selection import)
2. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Vice)
3. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
4. Clipse Lord Willin’ (Star Trak)
5. Luna Romantica (Jetset)
6. Orchestra Super Mazembe Giants of East Africa (Earthworks)
7. Playgroup Playgroup (Source/Astralwerks)
8. Clinic Walking With Thee (Domino)
9. Missy Elliott Under Construction (Elektra)
10. Pantytec Pony Slaystation (Perlon)

Bret McCabe
1. Missy Elliott Under Construction (Elektra)
2. Kid606 The Action Packed Mentalist Brings You the Fucking Jams (Violent Turd)
3. Devendra Banhart Oh Me Oh My . . . The Way the Day Goes By the Sun is Setting Dogs are Dreaming Lovesongs of the Christmas Spirit (Young God)
4. Tall Dwarfs Sky Above, Mud Below (Flying Nun)
5. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
6. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
7. . . . And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)
8. Immortal Sons of Northern Darkness (Nuclear Blast)
9. Max Tundra Mastered By Guy at the Exchange (Tigerbeat6)
10. The Books Thoughts for Food (Tomlab)

Tina Plottel
1. Beck Sea Change (Geffen)
2. Canyon Empty Roots (Gern Blandsten)
3. Neko Case Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
4. Mercury Program Date Learn the Language 10
5. Sigur Ros ( )
6. Ivy Guest Room (Minty Fresh)
7. Most Secret method Our Success (Superbad)
8. Low Trust (Kranky)
9. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxttrot (Nonesuch)
10. Johnny Cash: American Recordings IV (American)

Jason Torres
1. The Roots Phrenology (MCA)
2. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
3. Beck Sea Change (Geffen)
4. Nas Lost tapes (Def Jam)
5. Clipse Lord Willin’ (Arista)
6. Foo Fighters Oine By One (BMG)
7. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (Mercury)
8. N.E.R.D. In Search of . . . (Vrigin)
9. Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed the Fish? (Artist Direct)
10. The Vines Highly Evolved (Capitol)

Tony Ware
1. The Notwist Neon Golden (City Slang)
2. Mum Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
3. Manual Ascend (Morr Music)
4. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Vice)
5. Doves The Last Broadcast (Capitol)
6. Idlewild The Remote Part (EMI International)
7. Sigur Ros ( )
8. . . . And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)
9. Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
10. RJD2 Dead Ringer (Def Jux)

Mikael Wood
1. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Vice)
2. N.E.R.D. In Search of... (Virgin)
3. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
4. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (Island)
5. Beck Sea Change (Geffen)
6. Neko Case Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
7. The Breeders Title TK (Elektra)
8. Eminem The Eminem Show (Interscope)
9. Blackalicious Blazing Arrow (MCA)
10. TLC 3D (Arista)

lesinrocks.com is sweet. one of the best.
as is La Musik: http://www.livetsgoda.se/musik/index1.asp

1. LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
2. Eminem – Without Me
3. The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
4. Missy – Work It
5. DJ Falcon & Bangalter : Together – So Much Love To Give
6. The Libertines – What a Waster
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bang
8. Dizzy Rascal – I Love You
9. The Vines – Highly Evolved
10. Tim Deluxe – It Just Won’t Do
11. Stupeflip – J’fume pu d’shit
12. TTC – (Je n’arrive pas à) danser
13. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Celebrate Your Mother
14. Clipse – Grindin’
15. Ms Dynamite – Dy-na-mi-tee
16. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Palladium
17. Primal Scream – Autobahn 66
18. DJ Shadow – Six Days
19. The Bellrays – Fire on the Moon
20. Paul Oakenfold – Starry eyed Surprise

(21-40 includes lots of 'The' bands and other NME faves, but also Busta Rhymes at 23, 'Round Round' at 27, and Justin Timberlake at 30)

Greatest Hits, 2002

Jen Boyles, freelance writer
TOP TEN ALBUMS:
1. Underworld, A Hundred Days Off (JBO)
2. J-Live, All of the Above (Coup d'Etat)
3. Derrick L. Carter, Squaredancing in a Roundhouse (Classic)
4. Richie Hawtin & Sven Vath, The Sound of the Third Season (Mute)
5. Cassius, Au Rêve (Astralwerks)
6. Karl Who, Even Prime (self-released)
7. Gus Gus , Attention (Moonshine)
8. Jurassic 5, Power in Numbers (Interscope)
9. Marques Wyatt, For Those Who Like to Get Down (Om)
10.Morcheeba, Charango (Warner Bros.)

Paul Demko, staff writer, City Pages
TOP TEN ALBUMS:
1. Drive-By Truckers, Southern Rock Opera (Lost Highway)
2. various artists, Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sony Classical)
3. Mike Ireland, Try Again (Ashmont)
4. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
5. Steve Earle, Jerusalem (Artemis)
6. Jim Roll, Inhabiting the Ball (The Telegraph Company)
7. Slobberbone, Slippage (New West)
8. Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel (Island)
9. Ol' Yeller, Nuzzle (SMA)
10. Will Rigby, Paradoxaholic (Diesel Only)

John Dugan, freelance writer

TOP TEN ALBUMS:
1. Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World (Beggars Group/XL)
2. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Vice/Atlantic)
3. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
4. Beck, Sea Change (Geffen)
5. The Datsuns, Datsuns (V2)
6. Lee Hazlewood, For Every Solution There's A Problem (City Slang)
5. Tahiti 80, Wallpaper for the Soul (Minty Fresh)
6. Girls Against Boys, You Can't Fight What You Can't See (Jade Tree)
8. Cornershop, Handcream for a Generation (XL/Beggars Group)
9. Boas, Mansion (Overcoat Recordings)
10. VHS or Beta, Le Funk (On!)

Jess Harvell, freelance writer
TOP FIVE ALBUMS:
1. Michael Mayer, Immer (Kompakt)
2. 2 Many DJs, As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 (PIAS)
3. Herbert, Secondhand Sounds (Peacefrog)
4. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Locked On)
5. Farben, Textstar (Klang)

TOP FIVE SINGLES:
1. Nelly, "Hot in Herre," (Universal)
2. LCD Soundsystem, "Beat Connection" (DFA)
3. OT Crew Feat. Roll Deep and Flo Dan, "Dubplate" (white label)
4. Sugababes, "Freak Like Me" (Island)
5. Clipse, "Grindin (Selector Remix)" (Star Trak/Arista)

Dylan Hicks, freelance writer
TOP FIVE ALBUMS:
1. Orchestra Baobab, Specialist in All Styles (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
2. Sleater-Kinney, One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
3. Greg Osby, Inner Circle (Blue Note)
4. Solomon Burke, Don't Give Up on Me (Fat Possum)
5. Blackalicious, Blazing Arrow (MCA)

TOP FIVE SINGLES:
1. Kylie Minogue, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Capitol)
2. Missy Elliott, "Work It" (Elektra)
3. Nappy Roots, "Awnaw" (Atlantic)
4. Sean Na Na, "Double Date" (French Kiss)
5. Alan Jackson, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (Arista)

Steve Marsh, freelance writer
TOP TEN ALBUMS AND SINGLES:
1. Oasis, Heathen Chemistry (Sony)
2. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising (Sony)
3. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
4. Beck, "Lost Cause" (Geffen/Interscope)
5. Eminem, "Lose Yourself" (Interscope)
6. Faux Jean, "Nature" (Susstones)
7. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
8. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol)
9. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
10. J.Lo, "Jenny From the Block" (Sony)

Michaelangelo Matos, freelance writer
TOP TEN BOOTLEG ALBUMS:
1. various artists, Boom Selection_Issue 01 (Boom Selection import)
2. various artists, The Best of Boom Selector Vol. 2 (white label import)
3. 2 Many DJ's, As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 (Pias import)
4. 2 Many DJ's, As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 1 (Waxed Soul import)
5. 2 Many DJ's, As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 3 (Waxed Soul import)
6. Playgroup, Party-Mix Vol. 1 (Playgroup promo)
7. various artists, The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever (No Label import)
8. Freelance Hairdresser, "Marshall's Been Snookered" (MP3)
9. Musique Concrete S.A., "Third Edition" (white label)
10. Sugababes, "Freak Like Me," Angels With Dirty Faces (Island import)

Chuck Mindenhall, freelance writer

TOP TEN ALBUMS:
1. Scout Niblett, Sweet Heart Fever (Secretly Canadian)
2. Beck, Sea Change (Geffen/Interscope)
3. The Noise, S/T (Mason Fiend)
4. Silver, Red City (Substance)
5. Gary Jules, Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets (Down Up Down)
6. The White Stripes, White Blood Cells (V2/Third Man)
7. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising (Columbia)
8. The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious (Warner Bros.)
9. Liars, They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top (Mute)
10. The Kills, Black Rooser (Dim Mak)

Nate Patrin, freelance writer

TOP FIVE ALBUMS:
1. Clinic, Walking With Thee (Universal)
2. El-P, Fantastic Damage (Def Jux)
3. The Roots, Phrenology (MCA)
4. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
5. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)

TOP FIVE SINGLES:
1. Missy Elliott, "Work It" (Elektra/Asylum)
2. The Rapture, "House of Jealous Lovers" (DFA)
3. Eminem, "Lose Yourself" (Interscope)
4. Chemical Brothers, "Star Guitar" (Astralwerks)
5. Electric Six, "Danger! High Voltage!" (Beggars)

Nick Phillips, freelance writer
TOP FIVE ALBUMS:
1. Wolf Eyes, Dread (Hanson)
2. Beck, Sea Change (Geffen/Interscope)
3. Iannis Xenakis, Persepolis + Remixes (Asphodel)
4. Phantomsmasher, Phantomsmasher (Ipecac)
5. various artists, The Best Bootlegs in the World (No Label imprint)

TOP FOUR GREAT SINGLES ON REALLY BAD ALBUMS:
1. Nirvana, "You Know You're Right" (DGC)
2. J. Lo, "Jenny From the Block" (Universal)
3. Eminem, "Lose Yourself" (Interscope)
4. Justin Timberlake, "Like I Love You" (Jive)

Christina Schmitt, freelance writer

TOP FOUR ALBUMS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
various artists, The Tundra Sessions (Doomedelic)
Tom Petty, The Last DJ (Warner)
Beck, Sea Change (Geffen/Interscope)
Sahara Hotnights, Jennie Bomb (Jet Set)

Kate Silver, freelance writerTOP TEN ALBUMS:
1. Consonant, Consonant (Fenway)
2. The Hidden Chord, The Captain and his Entourage (Level Plane)
3. Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel (Island)
4. Deerhoof, Reveille (Kill Rock Stars/5RC)
5. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
6. Signal to Trust, Folklore (Modern Radio)
7. Radio 4, Gotham (Gern Blandsten)
8. Malachi Constant, Zenith (Guilt Ridden Pop/Double Indemnity)
9. A Whisper in the Noise, Through the Ides of March (self-released)
10. Askeleton, Sad Album (Blood of the Young)

Rod Smith, freelance writer
TOP TEN ALBUMS:

1. Neko Case, Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
2. Avey Tare/Panda Bear/Geologist, Hollinndagain (self-released)
3. Chris Bowden, Slightly Askew (NinjaTune)
4. Jean Grae, Jean Grae (Third Earth)
5. Thomas DiMuzio, Mono:Poly (Asphodel)
6. Denali, Denali (Jade Tree)
7. Casino vs. Japan, Whole Numbers Play the Basics (Carpark)
8. Sideways, Oblivion and Points Beyond (Susstones)
9. Steve Von Till, If I Should Fall to the Field (Neurot Recordings)
10. George Harrison, Brainwashed (Dark Horse/EMI)

Anders Smith Lindall, freelance writer

FIVE UNSUNG DEBUT ALBUMS WORTH YOUR TIME AND MONEY:
1. Boas, Mansion (Overcoat)
2. Neil Cleary, Numbers Add Up (Doozy)
3. Iron and Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle (Sub Pop)
4. Robert Skoro, Proof (Merciful)
5. Rosie Thomas, When We Were Small (Sub Pop)

FIVE '01 ALBUMS I WAS OBSESSED WITH IN '02:
1. The Frames, For the Birds (Overcoat)
2. Fruit Bats, Echolocation (Perishable)
3. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The Tyranny of Distance (Lookout!)
4. The Shins, Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)
5. The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Behind the Music (Universal)

Oliver Wang, freelance writer

TOP TEN POP POTPURRI:
1. Almost anything produced by the Neptunes
2. Common, Electric Circus (MCA)
3. DJ Shadow, Private Press concert v. 2.0
4. Ego Trip's Big Book of Racism (Regan Books)
5. Jurassic 5, Power in Numbers (Interscope)
6. Mr. Lif, I Phantom (Definitive Jux)
7. Scarface, The Fix (Def Jam)
8. Paul Jusman, director, Standing in the Shadows of Motown
9. Steinski, Nothing to Fear (Soul Ting)
10. Wax Poetics, issues 1-3

Brad Zellar, senior editor, City Pages
TOP TEN ALBUMS:
1. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Vice)
2. Solomon Burke, Don't Give Up on Me (Fat Possum)
3. James Luther Dickinson, Dixie Fried (Sepia Tone) [Reissue]
4. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
5. Interpol, Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
6. Orchestra Baobab, Pirate's Choice (Nonesuch)
7. Neil Halstead, Sleeping on Roads (4ad)
8. Kronos Quartet, Nuevo (Nonesuch)
9. Henri Salvador, Room With a View (Chambre Avec Vue) (Blue Note)
10. Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Music for Tomorrow's World (Atavistic)

Peter Scholtes, City Pages staff writer

1. Orchestra Baobab, Specialist in All Styles (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
2. The Streets, Original Pirate Material (Vice/Atlantic)
3. Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador)
4. DJ Shadow, The Private Press (MCA)
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, S/T (Shifty)
6. Spoon, Kill The Moonlight (Merge)
7. Bob Mould, Modulate (Granary Music)
8. Atmosphere, God Loves Ugly (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
9. The Suburbs, In Combo (Beejtar/Universal)
10. various artists, 20 Years of Dischord (Dischord)

Britt Robson, City Pages staff writer

1. The Roots, Phrenology (MCA)
2. Scarface, The Fix (Def South)
3. Ruben Blades, Mundo (Sony)
4. Tift Merritt, Bramble Rose (Lost Highway)
5. The Tragically Hip, In Violet Light (Zoe)
6. Hugh Ragin, Feel The Sunshine (Justin Time)
7. Cee-Lo, Cee-Lo Green and his Perfect Imperfections (Arista)
8. Badly Drawn Boy, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: About a Boy (XL)
9. Various Artists, Red Hot + Riot (MCA)
10. Jason Moran, Modernistic (Blue Note)

Josh Tryangiel

1. SEA CHANGE, Beck (Interscope)
2. THE BEST BOOTLEGS IN THE WORLD EVER..., Various
3. IN SEARCH OF..., N.E.R.D. (Virgin)
4. UP!, Shania Twain (Mercury)
5. UNDER CONSTRUCTION, Missy Elliot (Elektra/Asylum)
6. SONGS FOR THE DEAF, Queens of the Stone Age (Interscope)
7. THE EMINEM SHOW, Eminem (Interscope)
8. ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL, The Streets (Vice)
9. THE RISING, Bruce Springsteen (Sony)
10. CEE-LO GREEN & HIS PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS, Cee-lo (Arista)

Christopher John Farley

1. COME AWAY WITH ME, Norah Jones (Blue Note)
2. MTV UNPLUGGED 2.0, Lauryn Hill (Sony)
3. FANTASIA CUBANA, Chucho Valdes (Blue Note)
4. SEA CHANGE, Beck (Interscope)
5. SEAN-NOS NUA, Sinead O'Connor (Vanguard)
6. BRAMBLE ROSE, Tift Merritt (Lost Highway)
7. RED HOT + RIOT, Various (MCA)
8. PHRENOLOGY, The Roots (MCA)
9. WIRETAP SCARS, Sparta (Dreamworks)
10. HIGHLY EVOLVED, The Vines (Capitol)

HOW TO ARRIVE LATE AT THE PARTY – THE YEAR’S 27 BEST DEAD MEDIA

My end of year summary. Just includes those things that I fell to love in the year 2002, with aphorism followed by a write-up of each individual thing. This is just the list though but the write-ups will come, starting with the Russian Futurists above. Take care, and have a nice Christmas.

27. RECORDED IN HELL, MASTERED IN HEAVEN

The Russian Futurists – “Let’s Get Ready To Crumble”

26. THE AXIS OF ME-VILLE

(Smog) – “Accumulation: None”

25. BURNED DOWN A BARN, JUST TO SAVE THE NAILS

Catherine Irwin – “Cut Yourself A Switch”

24. “HE’S TRYING TOO HARD”

Justin Timberlake – “Like I Love You”

23. AND IT’S A MONSTER!

Halo

22. I COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DADDY

Fairly Odd Parents

21. STEEL BATTALION: COCKPIT EXPLAINED

Xinlisupreme – “Murder License EP”

20. THE QUIET HE MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH: A GROUNDSMAN’S QUIET

Matthew Ryan – “Concussion”

19. THE DYNAMO OF HER EYES SLOW MOULDER

Ladytron – “Light & Magic”

18. STAPLED LABIA

El-P – “Fantastic Damage”

17. CRYING? HEARD IT BEFORE

Nirvana – “You Know You’re Right”

16. IT’S NOT THAT WE FORGOT, WE JUST STOPPED CARING

Wilco – “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”

15. LIKE A PALSIED SYLPH

Christina Aguilera – “Dirrty”

14. POP SPRINT ENTRY #2

Nelly – “Hot In Herre”

13. I’LL TELL YOU IF I’M ‘KIDDING’

Desireless – “Voyage Voyage”

12. AN AFTERTASTE OF NETS

Hood – “Cold House”

11. A LION WITH AN ICE-CREAM HEADACHE

The Oxes – “oxxxes”

10. [insert aphorism containing ‘YAW’]

Baxter Dury – “Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift”

9. “BEST DANCE”

The Streets – “Original Pirate Material”

8. ANTI-COOL AS COOL

LCD Soundsystem – “Losing My Edge”

7. DRENCHED IN CARRION & FEMININE EFFLUVIA

Tweet – “Southern Hummingbird”

6. RINGING HALOS ROUND DISAPPEARING SHIFTS

Asa-Chang & Junray – “Jun Ray Song Chang”

5. SLOUCHIN’ AWAY FAE BETHLEHEM

Don Paterson – “God’s Gift To Women”

4. IN THE END, ALL THE WORLD WAS AMERICA

The Neptunes

3. “GNOMIC GOBSHITE”

Don Paterson – “Nil Nil”

2. THE YEAR POST-PUNK BROKE

Josef K – “The Young & Stupid”; The Sound – “From A Lion’s Mouth” & “Joepardy”; Gang of Four – “Entertainment”

1. THE WINDS OF TAKUTO

Tara Jane O’Neill – “In The Sun Lines”

(In no particular order and from no particular year: this is just my year in run-down form.)

MY TOP TEN MUSICAL MOMENTS OF 2002:

14:42-15:01 of the Avalanches' 2001 Ibiza show on Radio 1.

The morning of September 11th on a train headed to Montauk, with Steve Reich, MTV Party to Go '98 and Radio Disney Jams Vol. 3 on my headphones.

Charlemagne Palestine's Six Manifestations on Four Elements, while walking on a beach later that afternoon.

Being knocked down by a floating tree limb, falling on my ass, submerging me and my CD player, which plays Charlemagne Palestine for just a second or two more before dying.

Listening to New Order's "Temptation" in my head, riding a taxi home through midtown New York City on a gorgeous summer's afternoon.

Realizing that the Strokes song wasn't supposed to have female vocals on it.

Howling along with the ILx Terrastock crew in the immediate communal realization that the track on the bar jukebox was "Hard to Explain" and not "A Stroke of Genius."

Squealing with gurgly joussaint delight at Sonic Youth going into communal guitar mind-meld at Terrastock.

Spending a frozen moment for a half an hour with the last track of Merzbow's Dharma.

Obnoxiously loud early eighties synthpop at The Abbey while chatting up an ex-boyfriend-to-be.

1. Coldplay, "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (Capitol)
2. Queens of the Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
3. Wilco, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
4. Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me" (Blue Note)
5. Bruce Springsteen, "The Rising" (Columbia)
6. Steve Earle, "Jerusalem" (E-Squared/Artemis)
7. Beck, "Sea Change" (Geffen)
8. Solomon Burke, "Don't Give Up on Me" (Fat Possum/Epitaph)
9. Doves, "The Last Broadcast" (Capitol)
10. The Dixie Chicks, "Home" (Open Wide/Monument)

artists

MIKE McCREADY
Pearl Jam guitarist
1. Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
2. Jimmy Eat World, "The Middle"
3. Wallflowers, "Red Letter Days" (Interscope)
4. Audioslave, "Audioslave" (Epic)
5. Johnny Cash, "American IV: The Man Comes Around" (American)
6. All Rolling Stones reissues (ABKCO). Heaven!
7. U2, "Best of 1980-1990" / "Best of 1990-2000" (Interscope)
8. Tori Amos,"Scarlet's Walk" (Epic). Beautiful voice, sad songs.
9. Avril Lavigne, "Let Go" (Arista)
10. Jodi Watts, "6 x 3" (Stylus)

FATBOY SLIM
1. Tim Deluxe, "It Just Won't Do"
2. X-Press 2, "Lazy"
3. Glen Masters, "Hi Jackers"
4. Chamonix, "77 Strings"
5. AB/DC, "Untitled"
6. Layo + Bushwacka, "Love Story" (Tim Deluxe mix)
7. Cyclone, "Lord of the Land"
8. Underworld, "Two Months Off"
9. Space Cowboy, "Crazy Talk"
10. The Streets, "Weak Become Heroes" (Ashley Beedle mix)

BASEMENT JAXX
1. The Streets, "Original Pirate Material" (Vice/Atlantic)
2. The Neptunes
3. Tim Deluxe, "It Just Won't Do"
4. Erick Sermon, "React" (J)
5. Ms. Dynamite, "A Little Deeper" (Universal)
6. Peven Everett, "I Can't Believe I Loved Her" (Nite Grooves)
7. Yen Sung, "Do You"
8. Missy Elliott, "Work It"
9. Underworld, "Two Months Off"
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" EP (Touch & Go)

CLINIC
1. Boom Bip and Doseone, "Circle" (Leaf)
2. The Walkmen, "Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone" (Star Time International)
3. Various Artists, "Rough Trade Shops -- Rock and Roll 1"
4. The Elders, "Head Full of Blue"
5. Interpol, "Turn on The Bright Lights" (Matador)
6. Liars, "They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top" (Mute)
7. V-Twin, "The Blues Is a Minefield" (Domino)
8. Vinny Peculiar, "Ironing the Soul" (Uglyman)
9. Sonic Youth, "Murray Street" (DGC)
10. The Owls, "Curvature of the Earth"

DOVES
1. Beck, "Sea Change" (Geffen)
2. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, "Out Of Season" (Go Beat)
3. Badly Drawn Boy, "About a Boy" OST (XL/ArtistDirect)
4. Flaming Lips, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Warner Bros.)
5. Rebelski - Thanks for Your Thoughts
6. Richard Hawley - Late Night Final
7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
8. New Order - Back to Mine ( comp )
9. The Delgados - Hate
10. Wilco, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)

GREG DULLI
1. Atmosphere, "God Loves Ugly" (Mute)
2. Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me" (Blue Note)
3. Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
4. Rae And Christian, "Sleepwalking" (K7)
5. Beth Orton, "Daybreaker" (Astralwerks)
6. Susan Marshall, "Susan Marshall Is Honeymouth" (xx)
7. The Clipse, "Lord Willin'" (Star Trak/Arista)
8. A.I., "Artificial Intelligence" (DreamWorks)
9. Gillian Welch, "Time (The Revelator)" (Acony)
10. N*E*R*D, "In Search Of..." (Virgin)

GUY GARVEY
Elbow lead singer
In no particular order:
White Stripes, "White Blood Cells" (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Doves, "The Last Broadcast" (Capitol)
Missy Elliott, "Under Construction" (The Gold Mind/Elektra)
E.S.P., "xx" (xx)
RJD2, "Dead Ringer" (Definitive Jux)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club" (Virgin)
Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
Badly Drawn Boy, "Have You Fed the Fish?" (XL/ArtistDirect)
Radiohead, "Amnesiac" (Capitol)
Ms. Dynamite, "A Little Deeper" (Universal)

ED HARCOURT
1. Bright Eyes, "Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground" (Saddle Creek)
2. Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
3. Nada Surf, "Let Go" (Virgin)
4. Supergrass, "Life on Other Planets" (Parlophone)
5. Flaming Lips, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Warner Bros.)
6. Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, "Bavarian Fruit Bread" (Rough Trade/Sanctuary)
7. Tom Waits, "Alice"/"Blood Money" (Anti/Epitaph)
8. Doves, "The Last Broadcast" (Capitol)
9. Interpol, "Turn on the Bright Lights" (Matador)
10. They Might Be Giants, "No!" (Idlewild/Restless)

IDLEWILD
1. Bright Eyes, "Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground" (Saddle Creek)
2. The Shins, "Oh, Inverted World" (Sub Pop)
3. Kate Rusby, "Little Lights" (Compass)
4. Sonic Youth, "Murray Street" (DGC)
5. Ryan Adams, "Demolition" (Lost Highway)
6. Mum, "Finally We Are No One" (Fat Cat)
7. Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
8. Boards Of Canada, "Geogaddi" (Warp)
9. Ugly Casanova, "Sharpen Your Teeth" (Sub Pop)
10. Raging Speedhorn, "We Will Be Dead Tomorrow" (ZTT)

THE MUSIC
In no particular order:
DJ Shadow, "The Private Press" (MCA)
The Streets, "Original Pirate Material" (Vice/Atlantic)
The Coral, "The Coral" (Sony U.K.)
Chemical Brothers, "Come With Us" (Astralwerks)
Doves, "The Last Broadcast "Capitol)
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "By the Way" (Warner Bros.)
Underworld, "A Hundred Days Off" (V2)
The Vines, "Highly Evolved" (Capitol)
Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
Royksopp, "Melody A.M." (Astralwerks)

JOE SATRIANI
1. System Of A Down, "Toxicity" (American)
2. Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
3. Coldplay, "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (Capitol)
4. Foo Fighters, "One by One" (RCA)
5. Pink, "Missundaztood" (Arista)
6. Peter Gabriel, "Up" (Geffen)
7. Beck, "Sea Change" (Geffen)
8. Rolling Stones, "Forty Licks" (Virgin)
9. Yo Yo Ma, "Silk Road Journeys -- When Strangers Meet" (Sony Classical)
10. Joe Satriani, "Strange Beautiful Music" in 5.1 SACD (Epic)

TONY HAJJAR
Sparta drummer
1. Wilco, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
2. Flaming Lips, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Warner Bros.)
3. Beck, "Sea Change" (Geffen)
4. Jurassic 5, "Power in Numbers" (Interscope)
5. Coldplay, "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (Capitol)
6. Queens Of The Stone Age, "Songs for the Deaf" (Interscope)
7. Tom Waits, "Blood Money" (Anti/Epitaph)
8. DJ Shadow, "The Private Press" (MCA)
9. 400 Blows, "Black Rainbow" (Total Annihilation Records)
10. Peter Gabriel, "Up" (Geffen)

ROB SWIFT
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers, "By the Way" (Warner Bros.)
2. Jimi Hendrix, "Live at Woodstock"/"Smash Hits" (MCA)
3. System Of A Down, "Toxicity" (American)
4. D Styles, "Phantazmagorea" (Audio Research)
5. No Doubt, "Rock Steady" (Interscope)
6. Rolling Stones, "40 Licks" (ABKCO/Virgin)
7. Large Professor, "First Class" (Matador)
8. Jurassic 5, "Power in Numbers" (Interscope)
9. Nas, "The Lost Tapes" (Columbia)
10. The Beatnuts, "The Originators" (Landspeed)

CMU/ Update
http://www.theupdate.co.uk/

In the meantime here is the CMU Charts of the Year based on the votes of CMU readers (across the music media, music industry and college media) and the CMU review team.

We'll see you in the New Year - meantime have a very Happy Christmas and a Merry Hogmanay...

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CMU SINGLES OF 2002

1. Eminem - Lose Yourself (Universal / Interscope)
2. The Streets - Don't Mug Yourself (679)
3. Nirvana - You Know You're Right (Universal / Geffen)
4. Ms Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee (Universal / Polydor)
5. Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever (Global Warming)
6. 4 Hero - Hold It Down (Mercury / Talkin Loud)
7. Princess Superstar - Bad Babysitter (K7 / Rapster)
8. Paul Oakenfold - Starry Eyed Surprise (Mushroom / Perfecto)
9. A - Starbucks (London)
10. Timo Maas - To Get Down (Rock Thing) (Mushroom / Perfecto)
11. Death In Vegas - Scorpio Rising (BMG / Concrete)
12. Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me (BMG/J)
13. Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl (679)
14. Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (Virgin)
15. Tenacious D - Tribute (Sony / Epic)
16. The Coral - Dreaming Of You (Deltasonic)
17. The White Stripes - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (Beggars / XL)
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Machine (Wichita)
19. X-Press 2 - Lazy (Skint)
20. Electric Soft Parade - Silent To The Dark (DB)

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CMU ALBUMS OF 2002
1. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (679)
2. Coldplay - Rush Of Blood To The Head (EMI / Parlophone)
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (Warners)
4. Eminem - The Eminem Show (Universal / Interscope)
5. Flaming Lips - Yoshumi Battles The Pink Robots (Warners)
6. Mr Scruff - Trouser Jazz (Ninja Tune)
7. Super Grass - Life On Other Planets (EMI / Parlophone)
8. Soulwax - As Heard On Radio Soulwax (PIAS)
9. DJ Shadow - The Private Press (Universal / Island)
10. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Universal / Interscope)
11. Cinematic Orchestra - Everyday (Ninja Tune)
12. Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons (Beggars / XL)
13. Idlewild - The Remote Part (EMI / Parlophone)
14. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (Rough Trade)
15. 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog (Mercury)
16. NERD - In Search Of... (Virgin)
17. Foo Fighters - One By One (BMG/RCA)
18. Royksopp - Melody AM (Wall of Sound)
19. Doves - The Last Broadcast (EMI / Heavenly)
20. The Datsuns - The Datsuns (V2)

heartstopper!

1 EL-P 'Fantastic damage'
2 The Streets 'Original Pirate Material'
3 Sleater-Kinney 'One beat'
4 Song: Ohia 'Didn't it rain'
5 Programme 'L'enfer tiède'
6 Lauryn Hill 'Unplugged 2.o'
7 Ms. Dynamite 'A little deeper'
9 The Delgados 'Hate'
9 Today is the Day 'Sadness will previl'
10 Lambchop 'Is a woman'
11 SuperCollider 'Raw Digits'
12 Mr Lif 'I Phantom'
13 Johnny Cash 'American IV. The man comes around'
14 Boards of Canada 'Geogaddi'
15 Tom Waits 'Alice'
16 RJD2 'Deadringer'
17 Low 'Trust'
18 Tujiko Noriko 'Make me hard'
19 Neil Michael Hagerty 'Plays that good old rock'n'roll'
20 Dj Spooky 'Optometry'
21 Sutekh 'Incest/Lice'
22 Soul Center 'Soul center'
23 The Montgolfier Brothers 'The world is flat'
24 Dj Vadim 'U.S.S.R. - The arto of listening'
25 Red '33'
26 Dj/Rupture 'Minesweeper suite'
27 Youssou N'Dour 'Nothing's in vain'
28 Akufen 'My way'
29 Antipop Consortium 'Arrhythmia'
30 Faultline 'Your love means everything'
31 Dj Shadow 'The private press'
32 Wilco 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'
33 The Flaming Lips 'Yoshimi battles the pink robots'
34 Solomon Burke 'Don't give up on me'
35 ESG 'Step off'
36 David Grubbs 'Rickets and scurvy'
37 Sonic Youth 'Murray Street'
38 Early Day Miners 'Let us Garlands bring'
39 Baxter Dury 'Len Parrot's Memorial Lift'
40 múm 'Finally we are no one'

Sorry, couldn't be arsed deleting all the >s, so sue me.

> Triple J Listener's Best Albums Of 2002 (40,000 votes + registered):
>
> 10. Audioslave - Audioslave
> 9. Machine Gun Fellatio - Paging Mr. Strike
> 8. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
> 7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
> 6. Grinspoon - New Detention
> 5. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
> 4. George - Polyserena
> 3. Foo Fighters - One By One
> 2. The Vines - Highly Evolved
> 1. Silverchair - Diorama

Can't bring myself to recommend any of these: Machine Gun Fellatio are dire one-trick idiots who try to mask their total lack of musical talent with stupid costumes and a comedy name; Grinspoon are Nickelback for goth surfers, george are utterly insipid Dido-sans-beats, and as for nos. 1+2...oh forget it.

> Kingsmill's Top 10:
>
> 10. Bluebottle Kiss - Revenge Is Slow
> 9. N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...
> 8. Supergrass - Life On Other Planets
> 7. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
> 6. Silver Ray - New Love
> 5. Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy
> 4. Dismemberment Plan - Change
> 3. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
> 2. Augie March - Strange Bird
> 1. Beck - Sea Change

Shame that JJJ's own John Peel, long-term champ of all things Aussie and musical, has such a non-antipodean chart this year - Augie March at no.2 tho, that's a damn fine thing, top class strange Tindersticky pop.

> Costa Zouliou's Top 10:
>
> 10. George - Polyserena
> 9. Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip
> 8. The (International) Noise Conspiracy - A New Morning, Changing Weather
> 7. Rollerball - Superstructure
> 6. Pacifier - Pacifier
> 5. Bluebottle Kiss - Revenge Is Slow
> 4. Tom Waits - Alice
> 3. Audioslave - Audioslave
> 2. Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
> 1. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

Pacifier used to bew called Shihad but changed their name in the wake of September 11...no I don't really get it either. Bluebottle Kiss have a good rep (they've been around it seems) but I've not heard them - perhaps ESOJ could elucidate?

> Wil Anderson's Top 10:
>
> 10. Audioslave - Audioslave
> 9. Ben Lee - Hey You. Yes You.
> 8. Foo Fighters - One By One
> 7. Eminem - The Eminem Show
> 6. Gomez - In Our Gun
> 5. Beck - Sea Change
> 4. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
> 3. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
> 2. Seafood - When Do We Start Fighting
> 1. The Breeders - Title TK

Ben Lee? Very very good it is too, surprisingly enough. Seafood seem to be bafflingly popular here, nobody gives a toss about their unimaginative post-grungery in the UK.

> Robbie Buck's Top 10:
>
> 10. Machine Translations - Happy
> 9. The Notwist - Neon Golden
> 8. Gersey - Storms Dressed As Stars
> 7. Sigur Ros - ()
> 6. Cornelius - Point
> 5. Augie March - Strange Bird
> 4. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
> 3. Beck - Sea Change
> 2. Foo Fighters - One By One
> 1. Various Artists - Verve Remixed

Gersey - good rep, need more info please...

> Rosie Beaton's Top 10:
>
> 10. Speedstar - Bruises You Can Touch
> 9. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
> 8. Darren Hanlon - Hello Stranger
> 7. Eminem - The Eminem Show
> 6. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
> 5. Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows - Empty Arms, Broken Hearts
> 4. Beck - Sea Change
> 3. Silverchair - Diorama
> 2. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
> 1. 2 Many DJ's - As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt.2

...Ditto Speedstar. My friend Sonia rates Dan Brodie very highly but I've not heard enough to comment really - vaguely alt-country if you care. Darren Hanlon? Lovely as per.

> Adam Spencer's Top 10:
>
> 10. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
> 9. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
> 8. Hope Sandoval - Bavarian Fruit Bread
> 7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
> 6. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
> 5. Fischerspooner - #1
> 4. Gersey - Storms Dressed As Stars
> 3. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
> 2. The Datsuns - The Datsuns
> 1. The Vines - Highly Evolved

Funny, opinion on The Vines here in Sydney is more polarised than I've ever seen for any other band, seriously. Snipers all over say "if they had to go to America to make the album, why should we give a shit?", apologists simply shout "but they ROCK!"; every fucker bought the album anyway, so the hype worked whatever. Either way, Pro-Tools should be on points.

> Gaby Brown's Top 10:
>
> 10. Neil Halstead - Sleeping On Roads
> 9. N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...
> 8. Katalyst - Manipulating Agent
> 7. Chemical Brothers - Come With Us
> 6. David Holmes - Come Get It I Got It
> 5. Silverchair - Diorama
> 4. Zero 7 - Distractions
> 3. The Vines - Highly Evolved
> 2. 2 Many DJ's - As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt.2
> 1. 1 Giant Leap - 1 Giant Leap

Surprised at the lack of Aussie beats/hip-hop in anybody's chart - 1200 Techniques, Rhibosome and The Bird are all worth cherry-pick searching for hip-hop/breaks, funk/house and mental glitch-with-live-drumming lunacy respectively.

> Charlie Pickering's Top 10:
>
> 10. You Am I - Deliverance
> 9. Katalyst - Manipulating Agent
> 8. Ben Lee - Hey You. Yes You.
> 7. Phantom Planet - The Guest
> 6. Eminem - The Eminem Show
> 5. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
> 4. Tenacious D - Tenacious D
> 3. Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
> 2. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
> 1. The Vines - Highly Evolved

You Am I, still here after all these years, The Strokes love 'em but that could be just cos they supported the Youmers last year...they sound like The Faces playing Teenage Fanclub songs with more testosterone than that might suggest, and they're alright with it. Search singer Tim Rodgers's solo acoustic stuff, there are some great songs under all the unnecessary bluster.

> Scott "Dools" Dooley Top 10:
>
> 10. Morcheeba - Charango
> 9. Mark Rae - Rae Road
> 8. Ben Lee - Hey You. Yes You.
> 7. Doves - The Last Broadcast
> 6. Gomez - In Our Gun
> 5. Sparta - Wiretrap Scars
> 4. Tenacious D - Tenacious D
> 3. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
> 2. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
> 1. The Libertines - Up The Bracket

Ian Ball from Gomez has made a friend of Australia of late, hanging around in Bondi and helping out a buch of local bands, most notably producing Sydney's Gelbison. Sounds like, er, a slightly more electronic Gomez, really, so that's alright I s'pose.

> Jane (UK/OK) Gazzo's Top 10:
>
> 10. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
> 9. Ladytron - Light And Magic
> 8. Polyphonic Spree - Beginning Stages of..
> 7. The Faint - Danse Macarbe
> 6. Doves - Last Broadcast
> 5. Cornershop - Hand Cream For A Generation
> 4. Idlewild - The Remote Part
> 3. Radio 4 - Gotham
> 2. The Liars - They Threw Us All In A Trench...
> 1. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

Jane lives on London so doesn't really offer any cultural relevance here, but hey, she picked The Faint! Lovely.

bluebottle kiss: melodramatic sensitive indie boys with guitars sydney band - i like some (one) of their songs, 'return to the city of folded arms' is the one i can remember

Just found another chart courtesy the generally most reliable Tony Morley from Leaf:

Compiled by Tony Morley

Singles/Tracks of the year:

1. N.O.R.E. - Nothin' (Def Jam)
2. Lenky - Diwali Rhythm (Greensleeves)
3. Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (Interscope)
4. Ms Dynamite - Ramp (Bigger Beats)
5. Radioactive Man - Dive & Lie Wrecked EP (RGC)
6. Ghost Cauldron feat Apani B Fly - Whole World (Patrick Pulsinger Mix) (!K7)
7. Tweet - Oops (Oh My) (eastWest)
8. Clipse - Grindin' (Star Trak)
9. Colleen - Babies (Active Suspension)
10. Missy Elliot - Work It (Goldmine)
11. Seelenluft - Manila (Klein)
12. Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players - Fuck Back (Nonplace)
13. Tim Wright - Going Down (NovaMute)
14. Jan Jelinek - Avec The Exposures (~scape)
15. Iz & Diz - Mouth (Brad Peep's Remix For Friends) (Classic)
16. Björk - It's In Our Hands (One Little Indian)
17. X/Claim! Crew - Famine Rhythm (Greensleeves)
18. Water Lily - Shake A Leg (Mental Groove)
19. John Tejada & Arian Leviste - Syntax Free (Playhouse)
20. Fallacy & Fusion - The Groundbreaker (Wordplay)
21. Ms Dynamite - It Takes More (Polydor)
22. Truth Hurts feat Rakim - Addictive (Aftermath)
23. Angie Stone v African Brothers - Wish I Didn't Miss You (bootleg) (Nuffwish)
24. Super_Colider - Messagesacomin' (Rise Robots Rise)
25. XPress 2 - Lazy (Skint)
26. Swayzak - Ping Pong (!K7)
27. Chris de Luca and Peabird feat. Beans - Sooperglitcher (!K7)
28. Bus - Westen (HdR-Remix) (~Scape)
29. Fog - Pneumonia (Ninja Tune)
30. Snoop Dogg - From Tha Chuuuch to Da Palace (Priority)

Albums of the year:

1. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Interscope)
2. Andrew Pekler - Station To Station (~Scape)
3. Icarus - Misfits (N/A)
4. Keiron Phelan/David Sheppard - Keiron Phelan/David Sheppard (Rocket Girl)
5. Numb - Numb (Revirth)
6. Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough (Hefty)
7. The Notwist - Neon Golden (City Slang)
8. Anti-Pop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp)
9. Mileece* - Formations (Lo Recordings)
10. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (679/Locked On)
11. Vincent Gallo - Recordings Of Music For Film (Warp)
12. Stereotyp - My Sound (G-Stone)

Now that's more like it.

NEWBIE
MULTIBALL
(Creative Vibes)
Playing a complex selection of jazzy breaks, drum n' bass and deep house, Multiball are a very exciting group.

MUSIC TO MAKE LOVE TO YOUR OLD LADY BY
NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHER PRESENTS LOVAGE
(75 Ark/Shock)
Actually came out at the end of last year but simply too good a release to overlook. Dan the Automator responsible for classic work as Dr Octagon, Handsome Boy Modelling School and Deltron 3030 shows his tender side with lovage.

WAVE MOTION
FAT JON THE AMPLE SOUL PHYSICIAN
(Mush)
The Mush label is probably best known for its more abstract releases such as Radioinactive and Anticon. Fat Jon's latest walks a completely different path. Opting for the instrumental hip-hop route he's produced some excellent laidback and smooth tracks dripping with jazz and soul.

FLATSPIN
KEN ISHII
(Exceptional Records/Inertia)
There aren't too many names that pop up when you think of quality techno but Ken Ishii is one of the few that do. Flying the flag for experimental techno, Flatspin is proof that techno needn't be a mass of unintelligible banging.

KY FUNK 'N STUFF
KEVIN YOST
(I! Records)
'B sides and Session Tapes' is what the front cover of KY Funk n' Stuff says and if that gives you the impression that the CD's full of off-cuts and second-grade material, you're in for a nice surprise. Kevin Yost is an expert keyboardist and percussionist, two things that become quite apparent on listening to the album. Fun and games for everyone.

JUMP LEADS
FILA BRAZILIA
(twentythree/stomp)
Jump Leads is a diverse album covering a range of sounds and influences. From mellow blues on tracks to the melodic blend of country chords overlaid on top of electro synths to flute melodies.

SOLARIZED
SOLA ROSA
(FMR)
Attempting to pigeon-hole this album into a simple genre would prove impossible. Andrew Spraggon aka Sola Rosa has assembled an album rich with influences ranging from dub and reggae to soul and funk to hip hop and jazz to even a pit of twangy country tinged guitar work.

HINTERLAND
AIM
(Grand Central/Creative Vibes)
Following on from his 1999 debut, Aim's Andy Turner returns with the stunning Hinterland. This release progresses some of the sounds that were introduced and hinted at on Cold Water Music. As a whole this album is more introspective and self-conscious.

DEEPARTURE IN TIME
ARIL BRIKHA
(Transmat)
Frustrated by the requirements of local labels to produce harder tracks Aril went overseas to Derrick May's legendary Transmat imprint to get this debut released. The ground covered spans dance floor techno and house and moves over to the more ambient side of the spectrum.

HARNESSED THE STORM
DREXCIYA
(Tresor/Stomp)
Emerging in the early nineties only to dissolve years after, the pair have again solidified with their second full length release on German label Tresor. Just as with Neptune's Liar, Harnessed The Storm is another seminal release that ebbs and flows between haunting electronica, electro and techno.

GEOGADDI
BOARDS OF CANADA
(Warp/CreativeVibes)
While still maintaining that characteristic BOC feel, the group have experimented more with their musical tools giving some of the tracks a darker, sinister edge. The soundtrack element still remains with Geogaddi's full effect truly achieved with a start to finish listen.

BORN ON THE 24TH OF JULY
CHARLES WEBSTER
(Peacefrog/Inertia)
The sophomore effort from one Charles Webster is a most impressive one. Ambient beatscapes, jazz inflected R&B all mixed up with some mellow break and house beats. This release stands head and shoulders above the myriad café style beats and has a real sense of beauty, elegance and sophistication.

PLAYGROUP
PLAYGROUP
(Source/EMI)
Similar in scope to Dan the Automator's Gorillaz project, this is unapologetic pop music made to appeal to both a mainstream audience and to set sparkles alight in the eyes of those whose musical tastes are a little more left centre.

ALRIGHT ON TOP
LUKE SLATER
(Novamute)
Known today as one of the world's leading techno producers and DJs, Luke Slater withdrew from his usual banging beats and created an album tied firmly to his electro roots - an album that baffled a few and impressed many.

SECONDHAND SOUNDS
HERBERT
(Peacefrog/Inertia)
What has always been of Herbert's strengths is his ability to turn the somewhat bland and overused house structure into a forum for sound manipulation and experimentation. His latest release, Secondhand Sounds, is a collection of his remixes - both of other artists and his own work.

RESOLUTION
ANTHONY PAPPA
(React)
World class prog house from the Aussie boy. Pappa stays on the minimal progressive tip, deep and dark, with driving malevolent basslines. The album includes remixes by Lemon 8 and Satoshi Tomiie and tracks by Lexicon Avenue (Sander Kleinenberg) and Pappa and Gilbey.

COME GET IT, I GOT IT
DAVID HOLMES PRESENTS
(13 Amp/Ministry of Sound)
This contemporary outfit that delicately fuses old school grooves with modern production electronica provides the perfect link in a mix CD such has this, that makes year-old tracks like Johnny Jones' 'Purple Haze', Sixto Rodriguez's and Betty Adams 'Make it Real' seem relevant and essential in this modern world we live in.

PART ONE
KOOLISM
(Paraliax View/Creative Vibes)
Finally, for those out there with difficulty playing vinyl, Koolism brought together the best bits from their previous vinyl-only releases and compiled them for the CD massive. An excellent release showing how many musical influences can come together under the hip-hop roof.

RAINDROPS, RAINDROPS
KARIN KROG
(Crippled Dick Hot Wax/Inertia)
Krog has a lovely, breathy ease that belies her sometimes abstract, sometimes strangely phrased lyrics and a voice that doesn't just ooze sex, it oozes whole symphonies of sinful carnalities.

GLOBAL UNDERGROUND 022 MELBOURNE
MIXED BY DAVE SEAMAN
(Global Underground)
Our House's 'Soliton Wave' starts off the album, a beautifully reflective album signifying a departure from his previous GU style. The entire first CD is infused with long ambient stretches really pushing that progressive definition to its limit. Perhaps the last of the 'traditional' GU prog offerings?

CARDIOLOGY
RECLOOSE
(Planet E/!K7/Creative Vibes)
Now with Cardiology, Recloose has finally come of age with an album of incredible depth and diversity. The result is 11 tracks of what he himself describes his as, shapeshifting; the mixing together of chopped up beats and abstract rhythms, all loosely woven together with that distinct deep house styled thread of Detroit.

EXCURSIONS
FELIX DA HOUSECAT
(Obsessive/Inertia)
Welcome to the 1980s, electro 'clashes' with pop, synths take pride of place next to electric drum kits and winklepickers moonwalk across the dancefloor. Miss Kittin's showerscreen, please.

BACKTOBASICS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
DANNY TENAGLIA
(React Music)
Lots of vocals, mixing beyond detection, with tribal tinctures evident here and there and varying degrees of funk with the last CD sliding off into deep, dark and driving. How he pulls all these sounds together is why he's Danny and everyone else isn't.

MANIPULATING AGENT
KATALYST
(Invada/Inertia)
Manipulating Agent is sampling genius, with a distinct rare groove funk the album easily moves from introspective chilled grooves to upfront party jams - encompassing jazz, hip hop funk and soul in the process.

MMII
JOHN DIGWEED
(Bedrock)
It's a low key, gently moody affair that builds up slowly, an album with all the required bass and wistful vocal interludes needed to successfully tie up 70-minutes of Digweed. He may not be releasing his own material but here's a rich and emotive message from the man that music is still very much from the soul.

THE PRIVATE PRESS
DJ SHADOW
(Mo'Wax/Island)
The Private Press still maintains the trademark Shadow sound but it is no way a rehash of Endtroducing. If anything, the tracks are fuller, even verging on epic in some cases, and Shadow has moved away from traditional hip-hop, creating some sort of post-hop hybrid.

SUPERHERO MUSIC
FINGATHING
(Grand Central Records/Creative Vibes)
Aside from the title there is a very comic book feel to Fingathing's newest release Superhero Music. The style is melodic and has some very child like cartoon noises that would not sound out of place on a Hannah-Barbera Production.

FINALLY WE ARE NO ONE
MÚM
(Fatcat/Inertia)
Múm, the four piece Icelandic group have returned with a new album of blissful, slightly pop tinged melodies.

LIGHTS OUT
MIXED BY STEVE LAWLER
(Global Underground)
The Lights Out series is designed to reflect the sleazier side of clubbing and this album succeeds on all counts, no surprise given Lawler's predilection for dark and dirty under(over)tones hinted at in his Nubreed compilation. Listen to it with a friend.

CULTURE OF KINGS VOL 2
VARIOUS ARTISTS
(Obese Records/6 Distro)
If you're wondering what Australian hip-hop is sounding like these days then Culture of Kings Vol2 is an excellent place to start. With diverse beats and flows, it's an engaging listen from start to finish.

EVERYDAY
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA
(Ninja Tune/Creative Vibes)
There's not a lot to say about this release but beautiful, soulful jazz. With influences harking back to jazz's earliest days The Cinematic Orchestra sound anything but dated with their contemporary approach to the genre.

VOILE
JELLO
(Peacefrog/Inertia)
After releasing an album a while back under his Bola guise Darryl Fitton aka Bolamann returns as Jello. Similar in parts to Bola material, he's thrown some vocals, piano, drums and fender Rhodes into the mix.

NOBODY KNOWS
GEEZ 'N' GOSH
(Mille Plateux/Inertia)
Coming from the ever-prolific and eclectic Atom Heart, this is the second Geez 'n' Gosh release. Combines the extreme of machine music and 'soul' music with profound effect.

THE NIGHT GARDEN - REFLOWERED
WALDECK
(Creative Vibes)
The theme here is remixes of key tunes from Waldeck's well-received LP The Night Garden. Given the variety of remixers enlisted, it's not surprising that Reflowered runs through a huge number of styles.

ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY
PRETTY BOY CROSSOVER
(Clan Analogue/Creative Vibes)
Pretty Boy Crossover is the glitch-twitch, and fragilely melodic project of locals Cailan Burns and Jason Sweeney. First borne to fellow domestic electronica guru Tim Koch on his Adelaidan Surgery Records, PBXO amazed many with debut The Building and Formation.

HYGENE ATOMS
THE NEW POLLUTANTS
(Local Independent)
Inside the ghost of DJ Shadow, David Lynch and the souls of lost computer consoles create aural finishings of heavy-zombied beats, just-audible rhymes and cut and paste-like hip-hop meets electronic collages of guitar, organs and drums.

RAE ROAD
MARK RAE
(Grand Central Records/Dew Process)
Look no further than Grand Central Records Co-founder, Mark Rae's, first solo album Rae Road. Combing hip-hop and R&B with subtle blends of house and ragga, this release offers some very funky beats.

TOUCH TONES
VARIOUS
(Tummy Touch)
Like Fearless Funky and Five, the album is a collection of warm, fuzzy and quirky tracks with love themes and overall sensuousness central. Cute and cheeky, this is perverted pop at its most devious.

GTDJ001 MIXED BY JAMES ZABIELA
VARIOUS
(Groovetech)
This is a single disc mix from the 22 year old that moves through tech-house, prog, breaks, techno - sticking the genres together like it ain't no thang. An intelligent mix backed up by phat tunes and amazing technical ability.

PROTEX BLU
OOBLO
(OffWorld Sounds)
Their highly original sound is creative, innovative, and accessibly experimental. Instrumental length, jazzy tracks thrive around light, percussive, funky beats.

GU 023 - BARCELONA - MIXED BY JAMES LAVELLE
VARIOUS
(Globalunderground)
If Global Underground was at all starting to seem samey or lose its edge by being associated with the prog house everyone loves to hate, putting Lavelle on the roster has invigorated it beyond reproach. Hip-hop, breaks and tech house combine to create a surprisingly fresh mix.

THE ORIGINAL SOUND OF SHEFFIELD
CABERET VOLTAIRE
(Mute/EMI)
It's been well over a decade since Cabaret Voltaire last released a record, but their influence on modern electronica remains. Forming in Sheffield in 1973, the original line up of Richard H Kirk, Steve Mallinder and Chris Watson began the venture into sound manipulation initially inspired by the work of Throbbing Gristle.

FABRICLIVE MIXED BY GROOVERIDER
VARIOUS
(DMC)
When Grooverider drops the needle, we listen. Grooverider isn't just a pioneering DJ and producer, he's part of drum n' bass history. This latest serving from the man doesn't disappoint either. Fabric gets another notch in its Belt of Credibility.

THAT HORSE MUST BE STARVING
AVRIL
(F Communications/ Creative Vibes)
With inspired melodics, heavenly musical shifts and a unique vocal tone, Avril dips his brush into the vivid colours of pop and then with a sneer, sprays the sound canvas and whole studio with abstract musical noises and chunky, layered songs that trash standards whilst still being accessible.

DRY AND HEAVY
NEW CREATION
(Green Tea/Valve)
Anthemic and grandoise as many of the tracks are, they are still infused with reggae's spirit of experimentation and vital qualities.

SOUL OBSESSION
VARIOUS ARTISTS
(Cookin Records)
Soul Obsession is the latest and greatest from the Cookin imprint, the downtempo branch of the Good Looking mothership. This compilation runs the whole spectrum of styles and pairs up super-flavour with pristine production.

SIGUR ROS
(Fatcat/Festival)
Funereal, bleak, but luscious and uplifting at the same time, Sigur Ros' particular sensibilities when it comes to making music are evident at every point.

THE BOY AND THE TREE
SUSUMU YOKOTA
(Leaf/Inertia)
With his last effort on Leaf, Yokota took dusty piano loops and odd percussion, and a bit of everything else odd and turned it into strange sometimes dark, sometimes soft, sometimes loud soundscapes and musical journeys.

METRO AREA
METRO AREA
(Environ & EQ / Stomp)
It's a soulful and infectious sound, full of expansive chord swells mixed in with an angular disco beat, capturing the mood and minimalism of more recent electronic club music.

TIGERSUSHI PRESENTS MORE GDM
VARIOUS
(GQ/ Stomp)
There is no concept to this compilation other than picking tracks solely for their kick-ass quality, from the 70s retro disco punk from German nutters Cluster, to ultra suave futuristic house, this straddles itself across such a divide with the utmost style and panache.

MUSHROOM JAZZ 4 - MIXED BY DJ MARK FARINA
VARIOUS
(Om Records)
Farina says it all with the downbeats, the slightly oddball sounds, the minimal accidentals, and the myriad antiquated samples he layers to give the mix its own glowing character.

1. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2. Baptiste - Nothing Shines Like A Dying Heart
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
4. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
5. The Breeders - Title TK
6. The Coral
7. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
8. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
10. The Polyphonic Spree - ...The Beginning Stages Of

Dear Friends:

Welcome to Other Music's annual list of staff-picks for 2002, plus our
store's top 30 selling albums for this past year. We hope you find
these lists fun and informative and please feel free to share your
thoughts with us. Happy New Year!

OTHER MUSIC TOP 30 SELLERS FOR 2002

1. Boards of Canada "Geogaddi" (Warp)
2. Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights" (Matador)
3. Mum "Finally We Are No One" (Fat Cat)
4. Yo La Tengo "Sounds of the Sounds of Science" (Egon)
5. Clinic "Walking With Thee" (Domino)
6. Notwist "Neon Golden" (City Slang)
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" (Touch and Go)
8. Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Warner)
9. Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
10. Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
11. Gary Wilson "You Think You Really Know Me" reissue (Motel)
12. Ladytron "Light and Magic" (Emperor Norton)
13. Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man "Out of Season" (Go Beat)
14. Smokey and Miho "Smokey and Miho" (Afro Sambas)
15. Soviet "We Are Eyes We Are Builders" (Head)
16. RJD2 "Deadringer" (Def Jux)
17. Black Dice "Beaches and Canyons" (DFA)
18. Sigur Ros "()" (MCA)
19. A Certain Ratio "Early" (Soul Jazz)
20. Belle and Sebastian "Storytelling" (Jeepster/Matador)
21. Sleater-Kinney "One Beat" (Kill Rock Stars)
22. Various Artists "Blue Skied an' Clear" (Morr)
23. Various Artists "In the Beginning There Was Rhythm" (Soul Jazz)
24. The Streets "Original Pirate Material" (Pure Groove/Locked On)
25. DJ Shadow "Private Press" (MCA)
26. Beck "Sea Change" (DGC)
27. Pavement "Slanted & Enchanted/Luxe & Reduxe" reissue (Matador)
28. Cody Chesnutt "Headphone Masterpiece" (Ready Set Go)
29. Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ)
30. Boards of Canada "Twoism" reissue (Warp)

OTHER MUSIC STAFF PICKS FOR 2002

GEOFF ALBORES
Alice Coltrane "Universal Consciousness" reissue (Verve)
A Certain Ratio "Early" (Soul Jazz)
Mr. Lif "I Phantom" (Def Jux)
Super Collider "Raw Digits" (Rise Robots Rise)
Burnt Sugar "Volumes 1-3" (Trugoid)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
Town and Country "C'mon" (Thrill Jockey)
Fertile Ground "Seasons Change" (Counterpoint)
Derrick Carter "Square Dancing in a Round Room" (Classic)
Stereotyp "My Sound" (G Stone)
Nicole Mitchell "Afrika Rising" (Dreamtime)
William Parker "Raining on the Moon" (Thirsty Ear)
Sticks and Stones "Sticks and Stones" (482)
Mia Doi Todd "Golden State" (Sony)
Ethiopiques 11 "Alemu Aga/Harp of King David" (Buda Musique)

MATT CONNORS
A Certain Ratio "Early" (Soul Jazz)
Future/Human League "Golden Hour of the Future" reissue
(Black Melody)
Richard Hawley "Late Night Final" (Bar/None)
Horace Andy "Dance Hall Style" reissue (Wackies)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
Clinic "Walking With Thee (Domino)
Closer Music "After Love" (Kompakt)
Donovan "Open Road" reissue (Repertoire)
Ethiopiques 11 "Alemu Aga/Harp of King David" (Buda Musique)
Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights" (Matador)
[V.A.] "8 Women/Original Soundtrack" (Rhino)
Devendra Banhart "Oh Me Oh My" (Young God)

J DENNIS
Closer Musik "After Love" (Kompakt)
[V.A.] "Disco Not Disco 2" (Strut)
Donna Regina "Northern Classic" (Karaoke Kalk)
Annie Gosfield "Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery" (Tzadik)
Hrvatski "Swarm and Dither" (Planet Mu)
Love Joys "Lovers Rock" & "Reggae Vibes" reissues (Wackies)
Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ)
The Sound "Jeopardy" reissue (Renascent)
Swayzak "Dirty Dancing" (K7)
Theorem THX "Experiments in Synchronicity" (Minus)
Akufen "My Way" (Force Inc.)
Thomas Fehlmann "Visions of Blah" (Kompakt)
Smash TV "Electrified" (Bpitch)
Stereotyp "My Sound" (G Stone)
Tom and Joyce "Partir" (Yellow)

DANIEL DEROGATIS
Sutekh "Fell" (Orthlorng)
DJ/Rupture "Minesweeper Suite" (Tigerbeat6)
Ethiopiques 11 "Alemu Aga/Harp of King David" (Buda Musique)
Lawrence "Lawrence" (Ladomat)
Rhythm & Sound/Chosen Brothers "Making History" (Burial Mix)
Ekkehard Ehlers "Plays" (Staubgold)
Michael Mayer "Immer" (Kompakt)
William Basinski "Disintegration Loops" (Mosex)
Justus Kohncke "Was Ist Musik?" (Kompakt)
Missy Elliot "Under Construction" (Elektra)

LISA GARRETT
Revlon 9 "Revlon 9" (Self-released)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" (Touch and Go)
Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers" 12"-single (DFA)
[V.A.] "Studio One Hustle" (Soul Jazz)
Rogers Sisters "Purely Evil" (Troubleman)
Missy Elliot "Under Construction" (Elektra)
ESG "Step Off" (Soul Jazz)
Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ)
Polyphonic Spree - Live Show, Brooklyn Lyceum, CMJ 2002
Hot Hot Heat "Knock Knock Knock" (Sub Pop)

ANDY GILES
Orchid "Gatefold" (Ebullition)
Xiu Xiu "Knife Play" (5RC)
Frog Eyes "Bloody Hand" (Global Symphonic)
Sigur Ros "()" (MCA)
Death of Marat "All Eyes Open" (Stickfigure)
Josef K "Young and Stupid" reissue (LTM)
Jacobites "Robespierres Velvet Basement" reissue
(Secretly Canadian)
Die Todliche Doris "Kinderringellreihen Fur Wahren Toren" reissue
(Psychedelic Pig)
Swans "Great Annihilator" reissue (Young God)
Nikki Sudden/Roland S. Howard "Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc"
reissue (Secretly Canadian)

DANIEL GIVENS
Nettle "Build a Fort, Set That on Fire" (Agriculture)
Josh Abrams "Busride Interview" (Lucky Kitchen)
William Basinski "Disintegration Loops" (Mosex)
Rhythm and Sound "10-inch Series" (Basic Channel)
Guillermo E. Brown "Soul at the Hands of the Machine"
(Thirsty Ear/Blue Series)
Me'Shell NdegeOcello "Cookie" (Warner)
[V.A.] "Studio One Series" (Soul Jazz)
Stereotyp "My Sound" (G Stone)
Derrick Carter "Squaredancing in a Round House" (Classic)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
Ethiopiques 11 "Alemu Aga/Harp of King David" (Buda Musique)
ESG "Step Off" (Soul Jazz)

GERALD HAMMILL
Revlon 9 "Revlon 9" (Self-released)
Michael Mayer "Immer" (Kompakt)
ESG "Step Off" (Soul Jazz)
Mum "Finally We are No One" (Fat Cat)
[V. A.] "In the Beginning There Was Rhythm (Soul Jazz)
Love Joys "Lovers Rock" reissue (Wackies)
Donna Regina "Northern Classic" (Karaoke Kalk)
Keith Fullerton Whitman "Playthroughs" (Kranky)
Clinic "Walking With Thee" (Domino)
[V.A.] "Disco Not Disco 2" (Strut)
Noonday Underground "Surface Noise" (Setanta)
Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers" 12"-single (DFA)

ROB HATCH-MILLER
A Certain Ratio "Early" (Soul Jazz)
Notwist "Neon Golden" (City Slang)
[V.A.] "Can't Stop It" (Chapter)
Black Dice "Beaches and Canyons" (DFA)
Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
Marz "Love Streams" (Karaoke Kalk)
Casino Verus Japan "Whole Numbers Play the Basics" (Carpark)
Love Joys "Reggae Vibes" reissue (Wackies)
Archie Shepp "Yasmina, a Black Woman" reissue (Sunspots)
Fennesz "Field Recordings" (Touch)
Single of the Year: Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers" (DFA)

DUANE HARRIOTT
Amerie "Why Don't We Fall In Love" 12"-single (Sony)
Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers" 12"-single (DFA)
Revlon 9 "Revlon 9" (Self-released)
ESG "Step Off" (Soul Jazz)
Saint Etienne "Action" 12"-single (Heavenly)
Linda Lewis "Reach for the Truth" reissue (Rhino/WSM/Reprise)
[V.A.] "Disco Connection" (WSM)
Slum Village "Trinity" (Capitol)
Akfuen "Deck the House" 12"-single (Force Inc.)
Metro Area "Miura" 12"-single (Environ)

KEAN HOLTKAMP
Eliane Radigue ""Adnos 1 to 3" (Table of the Elements)
Minamo ".kgs" (360 Degree)
Mitchell Akiyama "Temporary Music" (Raster-Noton)
Michael Hurley "Blueberry Wine" reissue (Locust)
Toshiya Tsunoda "Pieces of Air" (Lucky Kitchen)
Phil Niblock "G2, 44+x2" (Moikai)
Charlemagne Palestine "Music for Big Ears" (Staalplaat)
Stina Nordenstam "This Is" (Independiente)
Music Tapes "2nd Imaginary Symphony" (Self-released)

DAN HOUGHLAND
The glow-sticks in the Paul McCartney "Back in the USA"
CD/DVD/Cassette commercial
Woodbine "Woodbine" (Domino) -skip to track 3, then it's expert
sailing
Trad, Gras Och Stenar "Djungelns Lag" reissue (1/2 Special)
Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ) & live at Joe's Pub on 12/27/02
Black Dice "Beaches and Canyons" (DFA)
Black Dice "Lost Valley" EP (Tigerbeat6)
Animal Collective "Hollinndagain Live" (Secretly Canadian)
The Double "CD-R" (forthcoming release)
The Occasion "CD-R" (forthcoming release)
No Neck Blues Band "Mr. a Fan" (Trademark Quality)
Vote Robot "Five Score Six Bicycle" (Catsup Plate)

MICHAEL KLAUSMAN
Devendra Banhart "Oh Me Oh My" (Young God)
Michael Hurley "Blueberry Wine" reissue (Locust)
Eliane Radigue "Geelriandre/Arthesis" (Fringes)
William Basinksi "Disintegration Loops" (Mosex)
Dando Shaft "Anthology" (RPM)
Ilitch "10 Suicides" reissue (Fractal)
Fairport Convention "Heyday" reissue (Island)
Duncan Browne "Duncan Browne" reissue (RAK/EMI)
Chris Smither "Don't Drag It On" reissue (Tomato)
23 Skidoo "Gospel Comes to New Guinea" (Ronin)

NICOLE LANG
Iron and Wine "Creek Drank the Cradle" (Sub Pop) - Favorite album
of 2002!
William Basinski "Disintegration Loops" (Mosex)
Henry Flynt "C Tune" (Locust Music)
Missy Elliot "Under Construction" (Elektra)
Sondre Lerche "Faces Down" (Astralwerks)
Joshua "Gold Cosmos" (Feather One's Nest)
Duncan Browne "Duncan Browne" reissue (RAK/EMI)
Les Rallizes Denude "Live 1977" reissue (Fun Fun Fun)
Out Hud "S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. (Kranky)
Breeders "Title TK (4AD/Elektra)

NOAH LENNOX
Theorem THX "Experiments in Synchronicity" (Minus)
Thomas and Richard Frost "Visualize" reissue (Revola)
Donna Regina "Northern Classic" (Karaoke Kalk)
Jay-Jay Johansen "Antenna" (RCA UK)
Lawrence "Lawrence" (Ladomat)
Durutti Column "Return of the Sporadic Recordings" reissue (Kooky)
Kaito "Special Life" (Kompakt)
Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (Capitol)
Maja Ratkje "Voice" (Rune Grammafon)
Youngsbower "Relayer" (VHF)

JOSH MADELL
Devendra Banhart "Oh Me Oh My" (Young God)
Akufen "My Way" (Force Inc.)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
Notwist "Neon Golden" (City Slang)
Noonday Underground "Surface Noise" (Setanta)
Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ)
ESG "Step Off" (Soul Jazz)
Polyphonic Spree "Beginning Stages of" (Good)

LIANE MOCCIA
Brendan Benson "Lapalco" (Star Time)
Ms. John Soda "No P. or D." (Morr)
Deerhoof "Reveille" (Kill Rock Stars)
Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights" (Matador)
Tyondai Braxton "History That Has No Effect" (JMZ)
Bola "Fyuti" (Skam)
Revlon 9 "Revlon 9" (Self-released)
Michael Hurley "Blueberry Wine" (Locust)
Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ)
El-P "Fantastic Damage" (Def Jux)

SCOTT MOU
Michael Mayer "Immer" (Kompakt)
[V.A.] "Opensource.code" (Source)
Carsten Jost "Pink/Silver" (Sender)
M. Mayer "Love is Stronger Than Pride" (Kompakt)
Donna Regina "Northern Classic" (Karaoke Kalk)
Suntanama "The Suntanama" (Drag City)
Future/Human League "The Golden Our of the Future" reissue
(Black Melody)
Lawrence "Lawrence" (Ladomat)
Jane - NYC - "Coconuts" (Self-released)
Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist "Hollindagain Live" (Secretly
Canadian)

JENNIFER OROZCO
Michael Hurley "Blueberry Wine" reissue (Locust)
Leslie Winer "Witch" reissue (Virgin France)
Love Joys "Lovers Rock" reissue (Wackies)
Sharon Jones "Dap Dippin'" (Daptones)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
A Certain Ratio "Early" (Soul Jazz)
ESG "Step Off" (Soul Jazz)
Nagisa Ni Te "On the Love Beach" reissue (Jagjaguwar)
Breeders "Title TK" (4AD/Elektra)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer "The Musical"

JEREMY SPONDER
Ryan Adams "Demolition" (Universal)
Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights" (Matador)
Akufen "My Way" (Force Inc.)
Anti-pop Consortium "Arrhythmia" (Warp)
Paul Westerberg "Stereo/Mono" (Vagrant)
Metro Area "Metro Area" (Environ)
Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head" (Capitol)
Doves "Last Broadcast" (Heavenly)
Mum "Finally We are No One" (Fat Cat)
Single of the Year: Rapture "House of Jealous Lovers" (DFA)

ROY STYLES
Destroyer "This Night" (Merge)
Richard and Thomas Frost "Visualize" reissue (Revola)
Sunshine Company "Sunshine Company" reissue (Revola)
Blades of Grass "Are Not for Smoking" reissue (Revola)
Sandy Salisbury "Falling to Pieces" reissue (Revola)
The Moon "Without Earth and the Moon" reissue (Revola)
Eternity's Children "Eternity's Children" reissue (Revola)
Polyphonic Spree "The Beginning Stages of" (Good)
Josef K "Only Fun in Town" reissue (LTM)
Mum "Finally We are No One" (Fat Cat)
Bola "Fyuti" (Skam)
[V.A.] "Blue Skied an' Clear" (Morr)
Black Dice "Lost Valley EP" (Tigerbeat6)
Clientele "Lost Weekend EP " (Acuarela)
Hrvatski "Swarm and Dither" (Planet Mu)

CHRIS VANDERLOO
Grandpaboy "Mono" (Vagrant)
Paul Westerberg "Stereo" (Vagrant)
[V.A.] "Kompakt Total 4" (Kompakt)
William Basinski "Disintegration Loops" (Mosex)
Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
Marz "Love Streams" (Karaoke Kalk)
Walkmen "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone" (Star Time)
Donovan "Open Road" reissue (Repertoire)

PHIL WALDORF
Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (Nonesuch)
Destroyer "This Night" (Merge)
Spoon "Kill the Moonlight" (Merge)
Fennesz "Field Recordings" (Touch)
Loscil "Submers" (Kranky)
Pavement "Slanted & Enchanted/Luxe & Reduxe" reissue (Matador)
Gary Wilson "You Think You Really Know Me" reissue (Motel)
Okkervil River "Don't Fall in Love With Everyone You See"
(Jagjaguwar)
Television Personalities "Painted Word" reissue (Fire)
[V.A.] "Madagascar: Merina Country" (Ocora)
Nikki Sudden (Various LPs reissued this year on Secretly Canadian)

http://www.hiphopcore.net/articles/top2002.php3

1. THE STREETS - Original Pirate Material (217 points)
2. VARIOUS ARTISTS - 2 Many DJs: As Heard On Radio Soulwax Part 2 (110 points)
3. SLEATER-KINNEY - One Beat (70 points)
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Boom Selection Issue-01 (64 points)
5. BOARD OF CANADA - Geogaddi (63 points)
6. FARBEN - Textstar (59 points)
7. WILCO - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (58 points)
8=. LOW - Trust
MISSY ELLIOT - Under Construction
SONIC YOUTH - Murray Street (all 55 points)
11. THE DELGADOS - Hate (54 points)
12. FLAMING LIPS - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (52)
13. THE BOOKS - Thought For Food (50)
14. INTERPOL - Turn On The Bright Lights (48)
15. DJ SHADOW - The Private Press (47)
16. METRO AREA - Metro Area (44)
17. TOM WAITS - Alice (43)
18. BLACKALICIOUS - Blazing Arrow (42)
19. SAINT ETIENNE - Finisterre (38)
20. SIGUR ROS - () (37)
21. MY COMPUTER - Vulnerabilia (35)
22. BEACHWOOD SPARKS - Make The Cowboy Robots Cry (32)
23=. IMMORTAL - Sons Of Northern Darkness
MAX TUNDRA - Mastered By Guy At The Exchange
NEKO CASE - Blacklisted
PAULINA RUBIO - Border Girl (30 each)
27. VARIOUS ARTISTS - The Best Bootlegs In The World...Ever (29)
28= BLACK DICE - Beaches And Canyons
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS - The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs (26 each)
30=. ANDREW WK - I Get Wet
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Hustle! (25 each)
32=. AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD - Source Tags And Codes
THE BEES - Sunshine Hit Me (23 each)
34=. BETH GIBBONS AND RUSTIN MAN - Out of Season
RECLOOSE - Cardiology
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Total 4 (22 each)
37=. BALLBOY - A Guide For The Daylight Hours
EKKHARD EHLERS - Plays
GOLDEN BOY/MISS KITTIN - Or
MEKONS - Oooh!
NINA NASTASIA - The Blackened Air
PRIMAL SCREAM - Evil Heat
SPOON - Kill The Moonlight
THE NOTWIST - Neon Golden (20 each)
45=. DJ YODA - How To Cut And Paste Vol.2
MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS - The World Is Flat
UNDERWORD - 100 Days Off (18 each)
48=. A CERTAIN RATIO - Early
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM - Arryhthmia
ASTROBOTNIA - Part 1
BRYAN FERRY - Frantic
DEERHOOF - Reveille
NERD - In Search Of...
OUTHUD - S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D.
PREFUSE 73 - 92 vs 02
SUGABABES - Angels With Dirty Faces (15 each)
57. DAVID HOLMES - Come Get It I Got It (14)
58=. DIGITAL - Dubzilla
LADYTRON - Light And Magic
ROYSKOPP - Melody AM (12 each)
61. CLIPSE - Lord Willin' (11)
62=. ELVIS COSTELLO - When I Was Cruel
WIRE - Read And Burn 01 (10)

album of the year

1. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
2. Sigur Ros - ( )
3. Low - Trust
4. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
5. Notwist - Neon Golden
6. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
7. Múm - Finally We Are No One
8. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
9. El-P - Fantastic Damage
10. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
11. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
12. Do Make Say Think - &yet &yet
13. Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
14. Tom Waits - Alice
15. Out Hud - Street Dad
16. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
17. Books - Thought for Food
18. Cornelius - Point
19. RJD2 - Deadringer
20. Nurse with Wound - Man with the Woman Face
21. Deerhoof - Revilie
22. Beck - Sea Change
23. Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia
24. Black Dice - Beaches & Canyons
25. Fennesz / O'Rourke / Rehberg - Return of Fenn O'Berg
26. Legendary Pink Dots - All the King's Horses
27. Tom Waits - Blood Money
28. Liars - They threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top
29. Clinic - Walking With Thee
30. DJ Shadow - The Private Press
31. Hrvatski - Swarm & Dither
32. Isis - Oceanic
33. Max Tundra - Mastered By The Guy At Exchange
34. Ms. John Soda - No P or D
35. Shalabi Effect- The Trial of St-Orange
36. Biosphere - Shenzhou
37. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
38. DJ /Rupture - Minesweeper Suite
39. Legendary Pink Dots - All the King's Men
40. Pan•American- The River Made No Sound

Pretty boring I think. Basically what you'd get if you polled a bunch of people who made all their record buying decisions by reading brainwashed...

Etherea's Top ten records of 2002Ê

Carolina:
1) iron and wine - the creek drank the cradle (sub pop)
2) super furry animals - rings around the world (XL)
3) interpol - turn on the bright lights (matador)
4) comets on fire - field recordings from the sun (badabing!)
5) michael mayer - immer mix cd (kompakt)
6) lowtec - secret corner (source)
7) yume bitsu - the golden vessyl of sound (k)
8) out hud - STREET DAD (kranky)
9) black dice - beaches and canyons (dfa)
10) john parish - how animals move (thrill jockey)

Cricket:
Iron and Wine -- The Creek Drank the Cradle
Songs: Ohia -- Didn't It Rain
Vincent Gallo -- Recordings of Music for Film
Lucky Dragons -- Dark Falcon
Mick Turner -- Moth
Notwist -- Neon Golden
Goodiepal -- Narc Beacon
Marz -- Love Streams
Piano Magic -- Writers Without Homes
Mountain Goats - Ghana

Matt:
Songs: Ohia -- Didn't It Rain
Iron and Wine -- The Creek Drank the Cradle
Ogurusu Norihide -- "Humour" ("Study" and "I")
V/A -- Real Intelligence IV
Murcof -- Martes
Ms. John Soda -- No P. or D.
Morgan Caney & Kamal Joory -- Magic Radios
Susumu Yokota -- The Boy and the Tree
Supersoul -- 40 Acres & a Moog
Pimmon -- Secret Sleeping Birds

Rich:
Iron and Wine- The Creek Drank the Cradle (Sub Pop)
Rivulets--s/t (Chair Kickers)Ê
Yo La Tengo - Sounds of the Sounds of ScienceÊ
Boards of Canada -Geogaddi (warp)
Azure Ray- Burn and Shiver (Warm)Ê
(various artists) Blue Skied and Clear (morr music)
Pan American--River made no Sound (kranky)
Mum--Finally We are No One (fat cat)
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)Ê
Sybarite- nonument (4AD)
Ê

Also, check out the spurious Smash Hits-esque charts at the end - that's where the real fun is...

Year-End Poll Results

#1 The Golden Toque Award (Best Canadian Album)
1451 - Our Lady Peace Gravity
1417 - Great Big Sea Sea Of No Cares
571 - Avril Lavigne Let Go
562 - Tragically Hip In Violet Light
355 - Sum 41 Does This Look Infected?
323 - Simple Plan No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls
221 - Nickelback Silver Side Up
196 - Robin Black Planet Fame
175 - Alanis Morissette Under Rug Swept
171 - Tegan And Sara If It Was You
167 - Treble Charger Detox
156 - Sam Roberts The Inhuman Condition
144 - Tuuli Here We Go
141 - Chore The Coastaline Fire
137 - Holly McNarland Home Is Where My Feet Are
127 - Hot Hot Heat Make Up The Breakdown
127 - FUBAR O.S.T.
106 - Hayden Skyscraper National Park
103 - Sarah Slean Night Bugs
94 - Edwin & The Pressure S/T
90 - Celine Dion A New Day Has Come
78 - Danko Jones Born A Lion
70 - Default Fallout
69 - Weekend Teaser
65 - Blue Rodeo Palace Of Gold
59 - Hawksley Workman Almost A Full Moon
55 - Ron Sexsmith Cobblestone Runway
51 - Buck 65 Square
50 - Hot Hot Heat Knock Knock Knock
47 - Swollen Members Bad Dreams
46 - Rush Vapor Trails
40 - Royal City Alone At The Microphone
38 - Dears Summer Of Protest
37 - Remy Shand The Way I Feel
36 - Lowest of the Low Nothing Short Of A Bullet
36 - K-OS Exit
31 - Swollen Members Monsters In The Closet
28 - Starling Stuff You Should Have Said Before
26 - Constantines Modern Sinners Nervous Man
23 - Not By Choice Maybe One Day
21 - Rheostatics Night of the Shooting Stars
21 - Young And Sexy Stand Up For Your Mother
19 - Jarvis Church Shake It Off
19 - Spider Man O.S.T.
18 - Theory Of A Deadman S/T
17 - Nathan Wiley Bottom Dollar
17 - Dayna Manning Shades
14 - Rascalz Reloaded
13 - Julie Doiron Heart & Crime
13 - Snow Two Hands Clapping
5 - Choclair Memoirs Of Blake Savage
1 - Dream Warriors The Legacy Continues

#2 The International Golden Toque Award (Best International Album)
779 - Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head
624 - Weezer Maladroit
348 - Incubus Morning View
345 - Foo Fighters One By One
310 - Dave Matthews Band Busted Stuff
299 - Eminem The Eminem Show
270 - Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way
250 - White Stripes White Blood Cells
247 - Queens Of The Stone Age Songs For The Deaf
236 - Strokes Is This It?
233 - Pink Missundaztood
214 - Creed Weathered
210 - Bruce Springsteen The Rising
185 - The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious
164 - Box Car Racer S/T
162 - Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
158 - No Doubt Rock Steady
149 - Lenny Kravitz Lenny
146 - And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Source Tags & Codes
143 - Radiohead I Might Be Wrong
130 - Shakira Laundry Service
115 - Beck Sea Changes
111 - 30 Seconds To Mars S/T
104 - 8 Mile O.S.T.
103 - Dashboard Confessional So Impossible
93 - Linkin Park Reanimation
82 - Vines Highly Evolved
81 - Sigur Ros ( )
73 - NIN And All The Things That Could've Been
66 - Christina Aguilera Stripped
61 - Korn Untouchables
60 - Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
59 - P.O.D. Satellite
54 - Oasis Heathen Chemistry
50 - Andrew WK I Get Wet
49 - Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights
46 - Doves The Last Broadcast
43 - Beth Orton Daybreaker
42 - Robbie Williams Escapology
42 - Sparta The Wiretap Scars
41 - Moby 18
38 - NERD In Search Of…
36 - Nelly Nellyville
35 - Chemical Brothers Come With Us
34 - Papa Roach lovehatetragedy
31 - Jurassic 5 Power In Numbers
31 - Sonic Youth Murray Street
23 - DJ Shadow The Private Press
22 - Super Furry Animals Rings Around The World
19 - Richard Ashcroft Human Condition
18 - Soundtrack Of Our Lives Behind The Music
6 - Ms. Dynamite A Little Deeper
4 - Telepopmusick Genetic World

#3 The Blissful Noise Award (Best Song)
644 - Matthew Good "Weapon"
553 - Our Lady Peace "Somewhere Out There"
516 - Avril Lavigne "Complicated"
485 - Treble Charger "Hundred Million"
466 - Tragically Hip "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken"
425 - David Usher "Black, Black Heart"
304 - Coldplay "In My Place"
292 - Simple Plan "I'm Just A Kid"
251 - White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl"
213 - Eminem "Lose Yourself"
198 - QOTSA "No One Knows"
188 - Strokes "Last Nite"
187 - Elvis Presley "A Little Less Conversation (The JXB Mix)"
160 - Weezer "Dope Nose"
158 - Sam Roberts "Brother Down"
158 - Foo Fighters "One By One"
146 - Pearl Jam "I Am Mine"
145 - U2 "Electrical Storm"
127 - Shakira "Wherever, Whenever"
114 - Nickelback "Too Bad"
106 - Danko Jones "Sound Of Love"
103 - Hives "Main Offender"
102 - Chad Kroeger "Hero"
100 - No Doubt "Hella Good"
88 - Bruce Springsteen "The Rising"
77 - Andrew W.K. "Party Hard"
73 - Shania Twain "I'm Gonna Getcha Good"
70 - Missy Elliott "Work It"
70 - Vines "Get Free"
67 - Kylie Minogue "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
65 - Default "Wasting My Time"
63 - Eminem "Without Me"
58 - Pink "Get The Party Started"
54 - Beck "Lost Cause"
51 - Dears "Summer Of Protest"
48 - Christina Aguilera "Dirrty"
48 - Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1"
44 - K-OS "Heaven Only Knows"
43 - Swollen Members "Fuel Injected"
42 - Santana "Game Of Love"
39 - Tom Petty "Last DJ"
32 - Robbie Williams "Feel"
30 - Moby "We Are All Made Of Stars"
27 - Chemical Brothers "Galaxy Bounce"
25 - T.A.T.U. "All The Things She Said"
23 - Nelly "Hot In Herre"
21 - Ludacris "Move Bitch"
12 - Remy Shand "Take A Message"
11 - Ashanti "Baby"
8 - Las Ketchup "Ketchup Song"
3 - Tweet "Oops, Oh My"

#4 The Throw Your Underwear Award Male (Sexiest Canadian Man)
842 - Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
680 - Todd Kerns (Static In Stereo)
511 - Deryk Whibley (Sum 41)
450 - Jeff Martin (The Tea Party)
440 - David Usher
355 - Matthew Good
332 - Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
328 - Sam Roberts
302 - Rufus Wainwright
236 - Brian Byrne (I Mother Earth)
192 - Greig Nori (Treble Charger)
177 - Hawksley Workman
147 - Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo)
137 - Leonard Cohen
117 - Hayden
116 - Edwin
105 - Dallas Smith (Default)
94 - Dave Genn
93 - Chris Murphy (Sloan)
87 - Danko Jones
87 - Robin Black
81 - James Black (Finger Eleven)
81 - Stuart Chatwood (Tea Party)
80 - Snow
77 - Buck 65
69 - Mad Child (Swollen Members)
66 - Andrew Scott (Sloan)
61 - Prevail (Swollen Members)
59 - Joel Plaskett
52 - Billy Hopeless
51 - Danny Michel
46 - Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat)
45 - Moka Only (Swollen Members)
43 - Aaron Riches (Royal City)
43 - Remy Shand
43 - Matt Murphy (Flashing Lights)
41 - Patrick Pentland (Sloan)
40 - Ron Hawkins
31 - Gerald Eaton (Jarvis Church)
29 - Jay Ferguson (Sloan)
26 - Jose Contreras (By Divine Right)
25 - Ryan Dahle (Limblifter)
22 - Choclair
21 - Murray Lightburn (The Dears)
20 - Andrew Rodriguez (Bodega)
20 - Starboy (Robin Black And The IRS)
14 - K-OS
8 - Kardinal Offishall

#5 The Throw Your Underwear Award Female (Sexiest Canadian Women)
1012 - Avril Lavigne
806 - Chantal Kreviazuk
665 - Bif Naked
636 - Shania Twain
494 - Dawn (Tuuli)
477 - Nelly Furtado
340 - Tegan And Sara
216 - Holly McNarland
214 - Melissa Auf Der Maur
213 - Alanis Morissette
173 - Sarah Harmer
172 - Sarah Slean
162 - Sarah Mclachlan
161 - Diana Krall
129 - Esthero
129 - Tara Slone (Joydrop)
103 - Nicole Hughes (Scratching Post)
76 - Emm Gryner
65 - Kim Bingham
65 - Celine Dion
64 - Colette Trudeau (Liveonrelease)
63 - Lindi
60 - Damhnait Doyle
58 - Deborah Cox
57 - Claire (Tuuli)
52 - Andrea Wasse (Weekend)
47 - Ivana Santilli
42 - Peaches
41 - Jenny (Tuuli)
37 - Morgan Landers (Kittie)
36 - Julie Doiron
36 - Heather Nova
36 - Alannah Myles
36 - Mitsou
28 - Dayna Manning
28 - Martina Sorbara
26 - Lorien Jones (The Weekend)
25 - Natalia Yanchak (The Dears)
23 - Lee Aaron
20 - Jayne Hill (Bran Van 3000)
20 - Carolyn Mark
18 - Margo Timmins
15 - Tara White (Elevator)
14 - Christine Fellows
11 - Michie Mee
6 - Jully Black

#6 The Lord Mullet Of Stanley Award (Best Haircut)
562 - Todd Kerns (Static In Stereo)
548 - Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
524 - Avril Lavigne
491 - Deryk Whibley (Sum 41)
454 - Jeff Martin (The Tea Party)
419 - David Usher
410 - Tegan And Sara
344 - Shania Twain
246 - Chris Murphy (Sloan)
237 - Matthew Good
199 - Sam Roberts
193 - Bif Naked
191 - Nelly Furtado
175 - Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)
168 - Alanis Morissette
158 - Rufus Wainwright
128 - Chantal Kreviazuk
125 - James Black (Finger Eleven)
115 - Prevail (Swollen Members)
113 - Robin Black
104 - Emm Gryner
96 - Hawksley Workman
84 - Jenny (Tuuli )
83 - Nicole Hughes (Scratching Post)
82 - Ian Blurton
75 - Sarah Slean
68 - Moka Only (Swollen Members)
67 - Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat)
64 - Dave "Braidee" Benedict (Default)
56 - Holly McNarland
56 - Jay Ferguson (Sloan)
52 - Melissa Auf Der Maur
51 - Andrew Scott (Sloan)
51 - Dallas Smith (Default)
47 - Danko Jones
45 - Dave Genn
40 - Peaches
35 - Starboy (Robin Black And The IRS)
28 - Martina Sorbara
26 - Ivana Santilli
25 - Tara Slone (Joydrop)
25 - Andrea Wasse (Weekend)
23 - Lorien Jones (Weekend)
22 - Kim Bingham
15 - Lee Aaron
15 - Tara White (Elevator)
11 - Margo Timmins
9 - Natalia Yanchak (The Dears)
7 - Michee Mee

#7 The Follow The Herd Award (Stupidest Trend)
874 - Girls Wearing Ties With Tank Tops
674 - Dressing Like A Slut
522 - Children's Thongs
395 - Ecstasy
383 - Born Again Virgins
381 - Goatees
330 - Fake Boobs
277 - Being "Goth"
265 - Fake Punk Rock T-Shirts
255 - Being "Indie"
224 - Pop Up Windows
205 - Chaps With Bikinis
197 - Osbournes
191 - Reality TV
188 - Brittany Murphy
160 - Going Vegan
157 - J-Lo Sunglasses
147 - Yu Gi Oh
133 - Hipster Mullets
132 - Retarded Ringtones
101 - Drinking Lattes And Moccacinos Instead Of Coffee
88 - Trying To Be Unique And Different
80 - Pencil-Thin Sideburns
77 - Beards
74 - Fauxhawks
69 - Low-rise Pants
69 - Piercings
67 - Winona Ryder
65 - Decorated Jeans
61 - Greed
55 - Eighties Cartoon Culture (GI Joe, Transformers, Thundercats)
50 - Using Drag Queens To "Cool-Up" An Event
41 - Jock Mohawks
40 - James Van Der Beek
34 - Dressing Like A Prude
30 - Dyed Hair
30 - Tattoos
28 - Fancy Flash Websites
27 - Off The Shoulder T-Shirts
25 - Stupid Belts
23 - Optimism
21 - Lame Online Surveys
20 - Having To Update Software
18 - Red Bull
8 - Specialty TV Channels

#8 The Thank You Much-Ly Award (Best Video)
604 - Weezer "Keep Fishin'"
525 - Coldplay "The Scientist"
499 - Sum 41 "Still Waiting"
491 - Our Lady Peace "Somewhere Out There"
481 - Avril Lavigne "Complicated"
369 - White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl"
348 - David Usher "Black Black Heart"
273 - Queens Of The Stone Age "No One Knows"
204 - U2 "Electrical Storm"
203 - Treble Charger "Hundred Million"
193 - Robin Black "Some Of You Boys And Most Of You Girls"
190 - Eminem "Without Me"
140 - Christina Aguilera "Dirrty"
136 - Shania Twain "I'm Gonna Getcha Good"
134 - Shakira "Wherever, Whenever"
132 - Eminem "Lose Yourself"
131 - Foo Fighters "One By One"
130 - Madonna "Die Another Day"
124 - Bucket Truck "Don't Call Me Judas/If It's All The Same"
124 - Sloan "The Other Man"
124 - Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Zeyphr Song"
123 - Strokes "Someday"
118 - Sam Roberts "Brother Down"
111 - Danko Jones "Lovercall"
106 - Pink "Get The Party Started"
103 - Chad Kroeger "Hero"
103 - Linkin Park "Points Of Authority"
96 - No Doubt "Hella Good"
84 - Robbie Williams "Feel"
83 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Spread Your Love"
81 - Kylie Minogue "Come Into My World"
70 - Missy Elliott "Work It"
62 - Moby "We Are All Made Of Stars"
57 - Default "Deny"
56 - Andrew W.K. "Party Hard"
51 - The Vines "Get Free"
41 - Nelly "Hot In Herre"
41 - Chemical Brothers "The Test"
40 - N*E*R*D "Rock Star"
36 - Swollen Members "Steppin' Through"
34 - Not By Choice "Standing All Alone"
28 - T.A.T.U. "All The Things She Said"
26 - Hatebreed "I Will Be Heard"
22 - Zero7 "Destiny"
20 - Remy Shand "Take A Message"
18 - Snoop "From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace"
18 - Ladytron "Seventeen"
14 - Ludacris "Move"
6 - Archive "Again"

#9 The That Rocked Award (Sweet Happenings In Music This Year)
1200 - Canadian Rock
511 - Nirvana's New Song
494 - Avril As The Anti-Britney
314 - Avril Haters
267 - FUBAR
263 - Chris Murphy Would Like You To Vote For Him
257 - Free DVDs With CD Purchases
250 - British Rock Bands
218 - Rock Boys Who Wear Make-Up
200 - Panties As Band Merch
194 - "The" In Band Names
193 - OLP Flip-Flopping On Pro Wrestling
191 - Matt Good's Low Profile
177 - Sam Roberts "Brother Down"
171 - Shakira's Ass-Shaking
170 - Andrew W.K.'s Party Machine
165 - "…So Take Off All Your Clothes…"
148 - Edgefest
143 - Dressing Like A White Stripe
124 - Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" Video
121 - Pop-Punk
117 - Rolling Stones Still Kicking Around
111 - Greig Nori Ruling The World
107 - Chad Kroeger Ruling The World
96 - Cheap Punk Comps
95 - American Idol
92 - Your Local Radio Station
85 - College Radio
82 - Emo Rock Sissies
79 - Ryan Adams
75 - Snow Jam
72 - Avril Lovers
71 - Guns N' Roses "Comeback"
60 - Pink
44 - Eminem's Effect On Teenage Boys
42 - Dark Country Rock
35 - Video Game Soundtracks
31 - Nu Garage
30 - Nu Metal
29 - Jam Bands
29 - Electroclash
28 - Current MuchMusic VJs
21 - Musicians Trying To Be Movie Stars
15 - Remix Records
8 - Movie Stars Trying To Be Musicians
6 - Hip-Hop Skits

#10 The That Sucked Award (Stinky Happenings In Music This Year)
799 - American Idol
768 - Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" Video
717 - Chad Kroeger Ruling The World
586 - Edgefest
540 - Avril Lovers
393 - "…So Take Off All Your Clothes…"
327 - Avril As The Anti-Britney
325 - Guns N' Roses "Comeback"
279 - Eminem's Effect On Teenage Boys
249 - Matt Good's Low Profile
200 - Shakira's Ass-Shaking
178 - Current MuchMusic VJs
178 - Your Local Radio Station
143 - Avril Haters
125 - Movie Stars Trying To Be Musicians
102 - "The" In Band Names
99 - Pop-Punk
98 - Emo Rock Sissies
88 - Nirvana's New Song
70 - Andrew W.K.'s Party Machine
68 - Musicians Trying To Be Movie Stars
63 - Rock Boys Who Wear Make-Up
59 - Video Game Soundtracks
57 - Nu Metal
55 - Dressing Like A White Stripe
52 - Panties As Band Merch
51 - Remix Records
49 - Rolling Stones Still Kicking Around
46 - Ryan Adams
43 - Chris Murphy Would Like You To Vote For Him
42 - Hip-Hop Skits
42 - Cheap Punk Comps
42 - Canadian Rock
39 - Dark Country Rock
38 - OLP Flip-Flopping On Pro Wrestling
38 - Pink
32 - FUBAR
27 - Sam Roberts "Brother Down"
27 - Greig Nori Ruling The World
27 - Snow Jam
27 - British Rock Bands
20 - Nu Garage
20 - Electroclash
16 - Jam Bands
14 - College Radio
8 - Free DVDs With CD Purchases

I wonder how she'd like being called not just a "trend" but a STUPID trend

Albums of the year:
1. Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live
2. Guy Barker - Soundtrack
3. Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Strange Place for Snow

Reissues of the year:
1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (deluxe edition)
2. Charlie Christian - Genius of the Electric Guitar
3. Duke Ellington - And His Mother Called Him Bill

the Pazz & Jop Poll Results
Vs
the Collated Critics Results at Jumping Fences [upto 65 Lists and not yet including P & J 2002]

[Some sad statto bastard do the maths? ;-) , please]

Pazz & Jop
http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/02/album_winners3.php

1 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Nonesuch 2328(201)
2 Beck Sea Change DGC 1506(139)
3 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Warner Bros. 1227(111)
4 The Streets Original Pirate Material Locked On/Vice 1189(101)
5 Sleater-Kinney One Beat Kill Rock Stars 1126(100)
6 Bruce Springsteen The Rising Columbia 1108(96)
7 The Roots Phrenology MCA 1092(109)
8 Eminem The Eminem Show Aftermath/Interscope 1012(93)
9 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head Capitol 964(88)
10 Missy Elliott Under Construction Elektra 942(90)
11 Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf Interscope 874(89)
12 Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me Fat Possum/Anti- 813(77)
13 Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel Island 797(77)
14 Spoon Kill the Moonlight Merge 795(79)
15 Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights Matador 772(75)
16 Norah Jones Come Away With Me Blue Note 712(71)
17 Bright Eyes Lifted, or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Saddle Creek 655(58)
18 DJ Shadow The Private Press MCA 625(55)
19 N.E.R.D. In Search of ... Virgin 516(57)
20 Sonic Youth Murray Street DGC 487(48)
21 The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph 481(51)
22 Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera Lost Highway 457(32)
23 Neko Case Blacklisted Bloodshot 455(45)
24 The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever No Label import 432(37)
25 Sigur Ros ( ) MCA 428(44)
26 2 Many DJ's As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 Pias import 414(34)
27 Steve Earle Jerusalem E Squared/Artemis 396(40)
28 Andrew W.K. I Get Wet Island 374(38)
Super Furry Animals Rings Around the World XL 374(33)
30 Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles Nonesuch 370(32)
Scarface The Fix Def Jam South 370(29)
32 The Doves The Last Broadcast Capitol 358(33)
33 Blackalicious Blazing Arrow MCA 352(38)
34 Common Electric Circus MCA 333(32)
Linda Thompson Fashionably Late Rounder 333(29)
36 Clinic Walking With Thee Domino 329(33)
37 Mekons OOOH! Quarterstick 321(31)
38 Soundtrack of Our Lives Behind the Music Republic/Universal 307(34)
39 Cee-Lo Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections Arista 268(27)
40 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah Yeah Yeahs Touch and Go 264(28)
40 RJD2 Deadringer Definitive Jux 264(23)
42 Dixie Chicks Home Open Wide/Monument 253(24)
43 The White Stripes White Blood Cells V2 233(21)
44 And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes Interscope 231(27)
Liars They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck A Monument on Top Blast First / Mute 231(26)
46 Tom Waits Alice Anti- 228(21)
47 Pink M!ssundaztood Arista 222(23)
48 Boards of Canada Geogaddi Warp 221(23)
49 Black Dice Beaches and Canyons DFA 220(21)
50 Various Artists Red Hot + Riot MCA 214(23)
51 Nas God's Son Columbia 211(18)
52 Salif Keita Moffou Universal 210(20)
53 Los Lobos Good Morning Aztlan Mammoth 207(19)
54 Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around American 206(21)
55 Cornershop Handcream for a Generation Beggars Banquet 204(16)
56 El-P Fantastic Damage Def Jux 202(18)
57 Metro Area Metro Area Environ 201(18)
58 Felix da Housecatt Kitten and Thee Glitz Emperor Norton 197(21)
59 Cassandra Wilson Belly of the Sun Blue Note 187(17)
Paul Westerberg / Grandpaboy Stereo/Mono Vagrant 187(16)
61 Badly Drawn Boy About A Boy XL 182(20)
62 Imperial Teen On Merge 181(19)
63 Notwist Neon Golden City Slang 178(16)
64 Me'Shell Ndegeocello Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape Maverick 174(16)
65 Kasey Chambers Barricades & Brickwalls Warner Bros. 169(16)
66 Beth Orton Daybreaker Astralwerks 165(20)
67 Mountain Goats Tallahassee 4AD 164(16)
Out Hud S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. Kranky 164(16)
69 Vines Highly Evolved Capitol 159(19)
70 Youssou N'Dour Nothing's In Vain (Coono du Réér) Nonesuch 157(16)
Rilo Kiley The Execution Of All Things Saddle Creek 157(16)
72 Jurassic 5 Power in Numbers Interscope 156(18)
73 Low Trust Kranky 155(12)
74 Ben Kweller Sha Sha ATO 153(17)
Tom Waits Blood Money Anti- 153(17)
76 Donnie The Colored Section Giant Step 151(14)
77 Rhett Miller The Instigator Elektra 150(16)
Kylie Minogue Fever Capitol 150(15)
79 Iron and Wine The Creek Drank the Cradle Sub Pop 144(14)
80 Cody Chesnutt The Headphone Masterpiece Ready Set Go! 143(14)
81 Clipse Lord Willin' Star Trak 142(17)
82 Röyksopp Melody A.M. Astralwerks 140(14)
83 Wire Read & Burn 01 Pinkflag 139(15)
Caitlin Cary When You Weren't Looking Yep Roc 139(11)
85 Ryan Adams Demolition Lost Highway 138(17)
86 Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975 — The Rolling Thunder Revue Columbia / Legacy 136(14)
Rocket from the Tombs The Day the Earth Met The Rocket from the Tombs Smog Veil 136(12)
88 Audioslave Audioslave Epic 134(14)
89 Mr. Lif I Phantom Def Jux 131(12)
90 Peter Gabriel Up Geffen 129(13)
91 Foo Fighters One By One RCA 127(14)
Lambchop Is A Woman Merge 127(12)
93 Desaparecidos Read Music / Speak Spanish Saddle Creek 126(13)
94 Sondre Lerche Faces Down Astralwerks 125(14)
Walkmen Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone Star Time 125(13)
No Doubt Rock Steady Interscope 125(11)
97 Mum Finally We Are No One FatCat 123(13)
Radio 4 Gotham! Gern Blandsten 123(12)
99 Eels SoulJacker DreamWorks 120(10)
100 Kronos Quartet Nuevo Nonesuch 118(11)

Critics' Best 100 Albums of 2002
http://www.geocities.com/jfences/Gr1000_2002critics.htm

1. The Streets Original Pirate Material Ø
2. The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Ø JF Pick
3. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Ø JF Pick
4. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf Ø
5. Beck Sea Change Ø JF Pick
6. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head Ø
7. Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights Ø
8. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Source Tags & Codes Ø
9. Bright Eyes Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Ø JF Pick
10. Eminem The Eminem Show Ø
11. The Notwist Neon Golden Ø
12. Doves The Last Broadcast Ø
13. Missy Elliott Under Construction Ø
14. Sigur Ros () Ø
15. Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me Ø
16. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man Out of Season Ø
17. Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around Ø
18. Boards of Canada Geogaddi Ø
19. Sonic Youth Murray Street Ø
20. The Libertines Up the Bracket Ø JF Pick
21. Bruce Springsteen The Rising Ø
22. Spoon Kill the Moonlight Ø
23. DJ Shadow The Private Press Ø
24. Lambchop Is a Woman Ø
25. Sleater-Kinney One Beat Ø
26. 2 Many DJ's As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 Ø
27. Mum Finally We Are No One Ø
28. The Roots Phrenology Ø
29. The Vines Highly Evolved Ø
30. Low Trust Ø
31. Liars They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top Ø
32. Tom Waits Alice Ø
33. Steve Earle Jerusalem Ø
34. Ms. Dynamite A Little Deeper Ø
35. Tom Waits Blood Money Ø
36. EL-P Fantastic Damage Ø
37. The Coral The Coral Ø
38. Paul Westerberg Stereo/Mono Ø
39. Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way Ø
40. Blackalicious Blazing Arrow Ø
41. The Polyphonic Spree The Beginning Stages of... Ø
42. RJD2 Dead Ringer Ø
43. Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel Ø
44. Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed the Fish? Ø
45. Norah Jones Come Away with Me Ø
46. Idlewild The Remote Part Ø
47. The Delgados Hate Ø
48. Cornershop Handcream for a Generation Ø JF Pick
49. Radio 4 Gotham! Ø
50. Clinic Walking with Thee Ø
51. McLusky McLusky Do Dallas Ø
52. David Bowie Heathen Ø
53. Tocotronic Tocotronic Ø
54. Godspeed You Black Emperor! Yanqui U.X.O. Ø
55. Foo Fighters One by One Ø
56. Badly Drawn Boy About a Boy Ø
57. Ryan Adams Demolition Ø
58. Akufen My Way Ø
59. Metro Area Metro Area Ø
60. Supergrass Life on Other Planets Ø
61. Neko Case Blacklisted Ø
62. Dixie Chicks Home Ø
63. Weezer Maladroit Ø
64. Cee-Lo Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections Ø
65. Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles Ø
66. Kent Vapen & Ammunition
67. Peter Gabriel Up Ø
68. Ladytron Light & Magic Ø
69. Hakan Hellstrom - Det Ar Sa Jag Sager Det
70. Nelly Nellyville Ø
71. Common Electric Circus Ø
72. Desaparecidos Read Music/Speak Spanish Ø
73. Scarface The Fix Ø
74. Ben Kweller Sha Sha Ø
75. Primal Scream Evil Heat Ø
76. The Walkmen Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone Ø
77. The Breeders Title TK Ø
78. Enon High Society Ø
79. Anti-Pop Consortium Arrhythmia Ø
80. L'Altra In the Afternoon Ø
81. Q and Not U Different Damage Ø
82. Paul Weller Illumination Ø
83. Brendan Benson Lapalco Ø JF Pick
84. Promise Ring Wood/Water Ø
85. Hot Hot Heat Make Up the Breakdown Ø
86. Programme L'Enfer Tiede Ø
87. Tori Amos Scarlet's Walk Ø
88. Audioslave Audioslave Ø
89. Jay-Z The Blueprint 2 Ø
90. Pink Missundaztood Ø
91. Mr. Lif I Phantom Ø
92. The Datsuns The Datsuns Ø
93. Jaheim Still Ghetto Ø
94. Pearl Jam Riot Act Ø
95. Jurassic 5 Power in Numbers Ø
96. Nada Surf Let Go Ø
97. Beth Orton Daybreaker Ø
98. Alain Bashung L'imprudence Ø
99. Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue Ø
100. Josh Rouse Under Cold Blue Stars Ø

Albums

1. Masta Ace - Long Hot Summer
2. Ghostface - Pretty Toney LP
3.Kanye West - College Dropout
4. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
5. Devin The Dude - To Tha X-Treme
6. Shock G - Fear Of A Mixed Planet
7. Prince Po - The SLickness
8. Skinnyman - Council Estate...
9. De La Soul - The Grind Date
10. 213 - The Hardway

Singles:

1. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
2. Ghostface, Jadakiss and Comp - Run
3. Lil Flip - Game Over
4. Dizzee Rascal - Stand up Tall
5. Terror Squad - Lean Back
6. Kanye West - Jesus Walks
7. D-12 - My Band
8. Ghostface - Holla
9. Skinnyman - I'll Be Surprised
10. BG - My World (I Want It)

Hot Boys represent!

Anyway, here's Sister Say/Selectadisc's albums of 2005...in November.

SISTER RAY/SELECTADISC TOP 30 ALBUMS 2005

As compiled lovingly by our 17 staff, here is the official Sister
Ray/Selectadisc Top 30 albums for 2005 – everyone has voted for their own
Top 20 and we then democratically compiled this final list. Hopefully it
will help with your Christmas shopping !

1. ARCADE FIRE – Funeral
2. KRAFTWERK – Minimum To Maximum
3. M.I.A. – Arular
4. THE FALL – Fall Heads Roll
5. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Feels
6. DANGER DOOM – The Mouse And The Mask
7. BROADCAST – Tender Buttons
8. SIGUR ROS – Takk
9. BRIAN ENO – Another Day On Earth
10. WHITE STRIPES – Get Behind Me Satan
11. DEVENDRA BANHART – Cripple Crow
12. FOG – 10th Avenue Freakout
13. JOSE GONZALEZ – Veneer
14. DELIA GONZALEZ & GAVIN RUSSOM – Days Of Mars
15. SMOG – A River Ain’t Too Much
16. ISOLEE – We Are Monster
17. JANE – Berzerker
18. GORILLAZ – Demon Days
19. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS – I Am A Bird Now
20. SUFJAN STEVENS – Illinoise
21. KATE BUSH – Aerial
22. VASHTI BUNYAN – Lookaftering
23. KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN – Mulitiples
24. AERIAL PINKS – Worn Copy
25. TRAIL OF DEAD – Worlds Apart
26. MOUNT EERIE – No Flashlight
27. SUPERGRASS – Road To Rouen
28. ALEX UNDER – Dispositives
29. HARD FI – Stars Of CCTV
30. SUNN O))) – Black One

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I've only heard/of 14 of 'em!