Get Some Perspective: What critically acclaimed records from 2002 do you still listen to regularly?

Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
Spoon: Kill the Moonlight
Steve Earle: Jerusalem
Soundtrack of Our Lives: Behind the Music

There are only three or four albums on that list that I liked at the time - the Sonic Youth, the DJ Shadow, the Missy and the Eminem KINDA. Even then none were favorites of mine, but I think they all hold up pretty well.

So generic, but Sonic Youth, the Streets, Wilco, Interpol.

Wow. I listen to a bunch of those. "Sea Change," "The Eminem Show," "The Rising," "Lifted," "Original Pirate Material," and "A Rush of Blood."

All of none. (I just pulled Electric Circus to sell. I think I listened to it regularly for two weeks.)

Not a single one (and as it stands I own only three).

I think 2002 was around when I decided that most new critically-acclaimed albums sucked.

From that list, Sleater-Kinney, Spoon and the Truckers. But the best record from that year was probably Lost In Revelry by the Mendoza Line.

I was gonna say I had no idea Electric Circus got such ink.

the Boom Selection CD

Original Pirate Material's still really great.

ALWAYS FORGET
http://www.heidieleelocke.com/images/music/heidie33.jpg

Boy, most of the Top 10 is pretty dull.

uh, Clipse. and Murray Street, once in a while.

Spoon and Wilco. maybe Interpol, once in a blue moon. I guess Trail of Dead isn't on that list, but if they were I wouldn't listen to them either.

god gershy are you posting andrew w.k.'s picture because i get wet is so obviously even more ridiculous in retrospect than beck and sleater kinney and sonic youth and whoever?

i get wet is one of the strongest albums i know from this decade.

(and I totally loved that Trail of Dead album for a good two or three years after it came out)

11. Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf (Interscope) 874 (89)
14. Spoon: Kill the Moonlight (Merge) 795 (79)
20. Sonic Youth: Murray Street (DGC) 487 (48)
22. Drive-By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera (Lost Highway) 457 (32)
28. Andrew W.K.: I Get Wet (Island) 374 (38)
31. Scarface: The Fix (Def Jam South) 370 (29)

all still okay-to-amazing singles:

1. Missy Elliott: "Work It" (Elektra) 212
3. Nelly: "Hot in Herre" (Fo' Real/Universal) 112
4. The Hives: "Hate to Say I Told You So" (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph) 98
6. The White Stripes: "Fell In Love With A Girl" (V2) 72
7. Kylie Minogue: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Capitol) 58
9. Rapture: "House of Jealous Lovers" (DFA) 54
10. Tweet: "Oops (Oh My)" (Elektra) 53
11. Queens of the Stone Age: "No One Knows" (Interscope) 51
12. Clipse: "Grindin'" (Star Trak) 50
LCD Soundsystem: "Losing My Edge" (DFA) 29
21. Nas: "Made You Look" (Columbia) 27
24. NORE: "Nothing" (Def Jam) 24
26. Andrew W.K.: "Party Hard" (Island) 2221
32. Scarface: "On My Block" (Def Jam South) 20
33. Justin Timberlake: "Like I Love You" (Jive) 19
35. Cam'ron: "Oh Boy" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 18

beck at #2 does seem pretty funny xpost to tim

murray street is my favorite sy album of the last 15 years

Shit, that was a good singles year.

i get wet is probably the greatest formalist piece of art from this decade so far

spoon and qotsa and truckers i listen to less often but still pull them out pretty regular (they've all made better albums)

anyone hating on the fix needs a boot in the ass

You left off "Gimme The Light" which is probably my favorite Sean Paul song

that's an AMAZINGLY solid top 10 considering

probably the greatest formalist piece of art from this decade so far

: D

you, me, and shasta are awk's big ILM defenders i think, tim

and tom ewing

I kinda like that Dirty Vegas song too, although mostly just for the video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5oqmhVNk3Hg

^^ YES

NOW HE DANCES TO BRING HER BACK

I'll join the AWK club here.

If we're talking about stuff I still listen to regularly (and I'm being honest), there are only 2 out of that list of 40.

I Get Wet and ( )

Andrew WK is fantastic, but I don't feel the need to defend him, because I just feel sorry for people who don't get it. Their lives must be devoid of butterflies and sunlight and joy.

the only album i like on that list is the doves album. but i haven't played it in a long time. i would probably like the andrew wk album too, but i don't own a copy.

oh wait i liked rings around the world too, but i haven't listened to it since then. which is okay. i wrote a rave review of it at the time. so i must have liked it a lot. though i think i sold my vinyl on ebay. but i think i still have the videos on dvd.

i liked that blackalicious album for a minute too. then never played it again.

awk album is definitely great

i liked that blackalicious album for a minute too. then never played it again.

Change the bandname around and any one of us has got 95% of the stuff one ever liked covered.

rave review:

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0214,seward,33570,22.html

haven't listened to them since. but i'm okay with that.

Anrewwk's final single: "took my shot (meant nothin')" with b side: "yesterday forever"

still listen to the two gorkiszygoticmynki albums i have though. the acoustic folke one and the one with the soda can on the cover. those are great.

Sleater-Kinney: One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf (Interscope) (first four songs)
Sonic Youth: Murray Street (DGC) 487 (48)
Drive-By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera (Lost Highway) 457 (32)
Neko Case: Blacklisted (Bloodshot)

...
'twas an insane year for singles

1. Missy Elliott: "Work It" (Elektra) 212
3. Nelly: "Hot in Herre" (Fo' Real/Universal) 112
4. The Hives: "Hate to Say I Told You So" (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph) 98
5. Eminem: "Without Me" (Aftermath/Interscope) 90
6. The White Stripes: "Fell In Love With A Girl" (V2) 72
7. Kylie Minogue: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Capitol) 58
8. Nirvana: "You Know You're Right" (DGC) 57
9. Rapture: "House of Jealous Lovers" (DFA) 54
10. Tweet: "Oops (Oh My)" (Elektra) 53
11. Queens of the Stone Age: "No One Knows" (Interscope) 51
12. Clipse: "Grindin'" (Star Trak) 50
14. Jimmy Eat World: "The Middle" (DreamWorks) 35
Norah Jones: "Don't Know Why" (Blue Note) 29
Avril Lavigne: "Complicated" (Arista) 29
21. Nas: "Made You Look" (Columbia) 27
22. Dirty Vegas: "Days Go By" (Capitol) 26
26. Andrew W.K.: "Party Hard" (Island) 22
32. Scarface: "On My Block" (Def Jam South) 20
Sean Paul: "Gimme The Light" (VP) 18
No Doubt: "Hey Baby" (Interscope)

the flaming lips and sleater-kinney albums definitely still do it for me. the wilco i can take or leave, but that's probably because i played it to death in 2002/2003.

I also like the Flaming Lips and Queens of the Stone Age albums. Never listen to them, though. I think I wore out Songs for the Deaf, and it's rare that I'm the right shade of melancholy for the battling of pink robots. And, come to think of it, I listen to The Wolf way more than I Get Wet. I Get Wet did keep me from falling asleep and crashing my car on the way home from Ozzfest one year, though, so I will forever be grateful to it for that.

Not like critical acclaim has ever had any effect on my listening habits, of course...

I've actually been re-discovering and enjoying Super Furry Animals-Rings Around The World. Maybe because they have a new album coming out soon. Also the obvious ones: Spoon, Interpol, Streets; Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious is still great too. Hate to say it but after "I Get Wet," AWK has done nothing for me... :(

i still love yankee hotel foxtrot. wilco's easy-rock phase got off to such a good start. original pirate material is obv. classic too. i never heard the streets' last album; did it have any hard menacing tracks like "geezers need excitement"?

and yoshimi is one of my fav summer albums.

8. Nirvana: "You Know You're Right" (DGC) 57

WORST SONG EVER RECORDED BY ANYONE

I still like "You Know You're Right."

lynyrd skynrd are better than all the albums on that list, and most of the singles

Avaunt and quit my sight.

though in ways it was one of the inadvertant heralds of the world that now gives us Decembrists stage shows.

okay, no

stop talking

:-)

These four still get considerable play.

1. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
5. Sleater-Kinney: One Beat
22. Drive-By Truckers: Southern Rock Opera
23. Neko Case: Blacklisted

Orchestra Baobab is the only one from that list that I still pull out and play.

If they were all sitting on a shelf in front of me now, I'd either pull out The Roots or Doves.

Of albums not mentioned, Salif Keita's Mouffou still gets played, as does Norah Jones when Old People come round for supper.

A track from the Beth Gibbons album came up on shuffle this morning, and sounded lovely.

Ought to get round to excavating Herrmann & Kleine Our Noise, DJ Shadow The Private Press, Jim O'Rourke Insignificance.

Singles with legs:
doves – there goes the fear
pet shop boys – home and dry
truth hurts featuring rakim – addictive
queens of the stone age – no one knows
frou frou – breathe in
tweet – oops (oh my)

I probably play YYYs, DJ Shadow, and Sonic Youth annually or a little less.

Albums I play more from '02 are:

Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
Ekkehard Ehlers Plays
Sparks - Lil' Beethoven
Wire - Read & Burn 01 & 02
Enon - High Society
RJD2 - Deadringer
Tom Waits - Blood Money

I own the Beth Gibbons album. I wind up listening to it about once a year to see if I can figure out why anybody ever liked it. I can't. Or at least haven't, yet.

I can't see how that DBT album is anything like Springsteen. Then again, I like the Truckers, and think Bruce should be pumping gas somewhere.

I actually just listened to all of these singles in succession and partied in my chair. It was awesome.

Was there an ILM poll?

i like the new andrew wk okay....it reminds me of if rob zombie and eddie money made a record together.

While "The Last Broadcast" isn't quite as great as it used to, let me second "There Goes The Fear" as a still excellent-sounding single.

21. Nas: "Made You Look"

Thread title keeps putting this in my head :/

The ILX Readers Poll 2002 - RECORDS OF THE YEAR

Things I still listen to:

Sea Change - When it's a sunny day but I want to feel dreary and sad.
Coldplay - When it's a dreary day but I want to feel like I died yesterday.
DJ Shadow - When I want to be reminded of how much Shadow disappointed me.
Common - When I want to be reminded that rapping off beat is annoying
Norah Jones - When I want to be reminded to just listen to some Ella instead.

Stuff from 2002 that I can recall playing in the last 6 months or so:

the Black Keys - the Big Come Up
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Low - Trust
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Wire - Read & Burn 01/02

OH RIGHT, and of course -

Mclusky Do Dallas

Under Construction
Murray Street
Come Away With Me

2002 is a hard year for albums as per everyone else in this thread, BUT:

Immer
Original Pirate Material
Under Construction
Textstar
Fever
NEW TRINA! (Diamond Princess)
Murray Street
Finnisterre

Here's how far behind I am: I'm still looking (not that hard, admittedly) for cheap copies of the Wilco, Spoon, Bright Eyes, Neko Case, Best Bootlegs In The World, and 2 Many DJs albums (just got the Super Furry Animals one shipped to me on Lala today!). Of the ones I have, I probably enjoy The Streets, DJ Shadow and N.E.R.D. the most, but that don't mean I listen to them a whole lot.

My Pazz & Jop ballot:

Albums
# artist title label points
1 Rocket from the Tombs The Day the Earth Met The Rocket from the Tombs Smog Veil 15
2 Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera Lost Highway 14
3 Lifter Puller Soft Rock Self-Starter Foundation 13
4 Styrenes It's Still Artastic ROIR 10
5 Epop Version_01: Point of View Epic 10
6 Northern State Dying In Stereo Northern State 9
7 Field Mob From tha Roota to tha Toota MCA 8
8 Gore Gore Girls Up All Night Get Hip 8
9 Toby Keith Unleashed DreamWorks 7
10 The Streets Original Pirate Material Locked On/Vice 6

Singles
# artist title label
1 Ty Herndon "Heather's Wall" Epic
2 Faith Hill "One" Warner Bros.
3 Cordelia's Dad "Camille's Not Afraid of the Barn" Kimchee
4 Missy Elliott "Work It" Elektra
5 T.A.T.U. "All the Things She Said" Interscope
6 LeAnn Rimes "Life Goes On" Curb
7 Truth Hurts "Addictive" Aftermath/Interscope
8 Paulina Rubio "The Last Goodbye" Universal
9 Bomfunk MCs "Freestyler" Sony International
10 P.O.D. "Youth of the Nation" Atlantic

Oh yeah that Field Mob album is fabulous.

why so little love for the interpol?

Interpol are insufficient.

interpol were the last boys-with-guitars band i really liked!

There are hundreds and hundreds of current boys-with-guitars bands that are way better than Interpol.

There are actually just over two thousand

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot has grown on me since its release, and I like Kill The Moonlight. I listen to some of the songs off When I Was Cruel occasionally, but it's generally not my first EC choice. As far as albums not on the list, I still play the Cynics' Living Is The Best Revenge, Superdrag's Last Call For Vitriol and the first half of Weezer's Maladroit.

I think the problem with that albums list is that, with a few exceptions (eg Coldplay) it reads like a 'Music Only Critics Like' parody list.

But A Rush Of Blood was the NME critics' album of the year in 2002!

Yeah, I don't get how Coldplay are an "exception."

Music Only Critics Like?

You wouldn't know it from the P&J list but 2002 was a really good year. The albums I still listen to didn't make the poll.

The Notwist - Neon Golden
Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air
My Computer - Vulnerabilia
Rob - Satyred Love
Plush - Fed
Arto Lindsay - Invoke
Nação Zumbí
Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
Schneider TM - Zoomer
Domenico +2 - Sincerely Hot
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
Ampop - Made For Market

Angels With Dirty Faces, The Joy of Sing-Sing and You Forgot It In People (out in Canada in 2002) are all great too.

the use of the phrase "boys with guitars" by the lex feels like a diminutive aimed at characterizing rock and roll, in general, as something small - a trifle. rock and roll, at its best, has been anything but small.

well, that's the intent

it's a pretty weak rhetorical device. but keep on rockin' in the free world, homie.

I listen to a lot of individual songs from those P'n'J albums (and of course plenty of the singles), but Turn On The Bright Lights is the only one I play in its entirety frequently.

stella i love you!

not from that list but album i still like/love from 2002:

Pedro the Lion - Control
Wilco - YFH
The Notwist - Neon Golden
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Doves - the Last Broadcast
Sigur Rós - ( )
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish
Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy
The Electric Soft Parade - Holes in the Wall
Baxter Dury - Len Parrot's Memorial Lift
John Vanderslice - the Life and Death of an American Fourtracker
JJ72 - I to Sky

Doves and (way up high) Wilco are on the list; I'm pretty sure Notwist and Libertines came out in the U.S. (and scored in the P&J poll) a year later.

25 more good ones from 2002 that I don't think anybody has mentioned yet:

Montgomery Gentry – My Town (Columbia)
Copperhead – Live & Lost (Eastwinds)
Dixie Chicks – Home (Open Wide/Sony)
Brazen Hussies – Brazen Hussies (peoplesound.com/artist/brazenhussies EP)
Hurricane Mason – Cast Iron Constitution (DitchBoy)
Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Thru This (Polydor)
Bad Company UK – Shot Down On Safari (BC Recordings/Human Imprint Recordings)
Mushroom With Gary Floyd – Mad Dogs & San Franciscans (Black Beauty)
Lil’ Wayne – 500 Degreez (Cash Money/Universal)
McEnroe – Disenfranchized (Peanuts & Corn)
Ms. Jade – Girl Interrupted (Beat Club/Interscope)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.- In C (Squealer)
Jessica Lurie Ensemble - !Zipa Buka! (Zipa! Music)
Tim McGraw – Tim McGraw (Curb)
Morel – Queen Of The Highway (Yoshitoshi Recordings)
Mindy McCready - Mindy McCready (Capitol)
Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory – Song For My Sister (Pi Recordings)
Allison Moorer – Miss Fortune (Universal South)
Cordelia’s Dad – What It Is (Kimchee)
Faith Hill – Cry (Warner Bros.)
The Charms – Charmed I’m Sure (Red Car)
Last Days Of May – Inner System Blues (Squealer)
Groovski – Groovski (groovski.com)
Nada Surf – Let Go (Barsuk)
Babasonicos – Jessico (Delanuco)

Polak - Rubbernecking

...and a good year it was. I still love all those records.

-- Mr. Odd

love that album as well but probably only Mr. Odd and i are the only ones.

forgot a few like Nada Surf and the Delgados, good year.

the lightning bolt album from that year is one i've kept, too

i really like that truth hurts song

rakim is very good at rapping

rakim is very good at rapping

-- max, Sunday, 8 July 2007 05:28 (49 minutes ago) Link

RONG

jk obv, qft

Unlikely revive but I can’t recall what I was looking for that led me here.

To answer the question: Beth Gibbons’ Out of Season is still a classic to me that I play around this time of year.

Artists that released albums in 2002 I was crazy about back then but very rarely feel like playing nowadays: the notwist, boards of canada, broken social scene, iron and wine, murcof, kevin drumm, low, do make say think, clinic, tom waits and derek bailey. I still play songs from their respective 2002 albums, but it’s been years since I play them without breaks or have been really excited about them, yet I played them obsessively back then.