BEST CDs of 2002

REISSUES

1. SEA CHANGES, Beck (Dreamworks) 2. THE PRIVATE PRESS, DJ Shadow (MCA) 3. NO OTHER LOVE, Chuck Prophet (New West) 4. LOOSE SCREW, the Pretenders (Artemis) 5. ONE BEAT, Sleater Kinney (Kill Rock Stars) 6. LIVE IN BAHIA, Caetano Veloso (Nonesuch) 7. NOTHING'S IN VAIN, Youssou N'Dour (Nonesuch) 8. ARE YOU PASSIONATE, Neil Young (Warner Bros.) 9. SPEND THE NIGHT, The Donnas (Atlantic) 10. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE soundtrack, Various Artists (Warners) 11. SILVER LINING, Bonnie Raitt (Warner Bros.) 12. CONSONANT, Consonant (Fenway) 13. RED CITIES, Chris Brokaw (12XU) 14. STEREO/MONO, Paul Westerberg (Vagrant Records) 15. THE EMINEM SHOW, Enimem (Aftermath) 16. MISS FORTUNE, Alison Moorer (Universal) 17. OOOH! (Out of Our Heads), the Mekons (Quarterstick) 18. ESTOY COMO NUNCA, Eliades Ochoa (Higher Octave) 19. KISSIN' TIME, Marianne Faithfull (Virgin) 20. HIGHLY EVOLVED, The Vines (Capitol)

1. MY GENERATION, The Who (MCA) 2. THE VINTAGE YEARS LIVE, Fleetwood Mac (Eagle Records) 3. ELECTRIC SPANKING OF WAR BABIES [et al], Funkadelic (Priority) 4. BEFORE HOLLYWOOD [et al], Go-Betweens (Circus/Jetset) 5. THE BEST OF RIDE, Ride (The First Time) 6. CHARLIE CHRISTIAN box (Sony Legacy) 7. SOUL STIRRERS WITH SAM COOKE (Specialty) 8. LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST, Miles Davis (Sony Legacy) 9. IS THIS REAL, the Wipers (Zenorecords) 10. SLANTED AND ENCHANTED, Pavement (Matador) ASTERISKS: YANKEE FOXTROT HOTEL, Wilco (Nonesuch) LIVE AT TOWN HALL, Laurie Anderson (Nonesuch) TRAIL OF MEMORIES: RANDY TRAVIS ANTHOLOGY (WB/Rhino) GOOD MORNING AZTLAN, Los Lobos (Mammoth) BEHIND THE MUSIC, The Soundtrack of our Lives (Telegram)