AllMusic Loves 2002
July 14th, 2009 | 3:45 pm est |
2002 didn’t suffer from quite the case of multiple personalities that 2001 did, but the changing of the musical guard was almost as apparent. While vets like Beck, Jurassic 5, Sonic Youth, Spoon, the Flaming Lips, and Wilco turned in some of the best work of their careers (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tied for first place in our poll), and the teen-pop boom held strong with massive hits like Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” acts that would shape the sounds of the rest of the decade made themselves known. Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lights — arguably 2002’s finest debut album — showed that the New York rock revival was still going strong, while the Libertines’ Up the Bracket found the U.K. responding in kind. Meanwhile, Devendra Banhart’s Oh Me Oh My, which arrived that fall, presaged the folk revival that became a major trend later in the decade. 2002 also had a bumper crop of great singles in all kinds of styles, ranging from “Beautiful” to Missy Elliott’s “Work It” to the White Stripes’ “Fell in Love with a Girl.” It’s only fitting, then, that this was also a great year for the mash-up: 2 Many DJ’s As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 felt like the perfect reflection of, and reaction to, 2002’s eclecticism.
John Bush
Devendra Banhart - Oh Me Oh My…
Roots Manuva - Dub Come Save Me
Beck - Sea Change
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
2 Many DJs - As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2
Brendan Benson - Lapalco
The Raymond Scott Orchestrette - Pushbutton Parfait
Sparta - Wiretap Scars
Kenny Chesney - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Missy Elliott - Under Construction
Badly Drawn Boy - About a Boy
Deerhoof - Reveille
Destroyer - This Night
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
Steinski - Nothing to Fear: A Rough Mix
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Jazzanova - In Between
The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Missy Elliott f/ Ludacris - “Gossip Folks”
Queens of the Stone Age - “No One Knows”
Roots Manuva - “Man Fi Cool”
The Streets - “The Irony of It All”
The Raymond Scott Orchestrette - “Little Miss Echo”
Devendra Banhart - “Michigan State”
Brendan Benson - “Life in the D”
Badly Drawn Boy - “Silent Sigh”
Beck - “The Golden Age”
Boards of Canada - “1969″
Kenny Chesney - “Young”
Broken Social Scene - “Lover’s Spit”
The Flaming Lips - “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pts. 1-2″
Jaheim f/ Tha Rayne - “Fabulous”
Jurassic 5 - “Break”
LCD Soundsystem - “Losing My Edge”
The Rapture - “House of Jealous Lovers”
Mum - “Green Grass of Tunnel”
Musiq - “Babygirl”
Ron Sexsmith - “These Days”
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Libertines - Up the Bracket
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Supergrass - Life on Other Planets
Beck - Sea Change
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
Weezer - Maladroit
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Trey Anastasio - Trey Anastasio
Clinic - Walking with Thee
Paul Weller - Illumination
The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Brendan Benson - Lapalco
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown
Sheryl Crow - C’mon C’mon
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
George Harrison - Brainwashed
Kylie Minogue - “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
Weezer - “Dope Nose”
Pulp - “Bad Cover Version”
No Doubt - “Hella Good”
Tracy Byrd - “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo”
Eminem - “Lose Yourself”
The Hives - “Hate to Say I Told You So”
Tweet - “Oops (Oh My)”
LCD Soundsystem - “Losing My Edge”
Electric Six - “Danger! High Voltage”
Clinic - “Walking with Thee”
The White Stripes - “Fell in Love with a Girl”
Queens of the Stone Age - “No One Knows”
Cornershop - “Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III”
Nirvana - “You Know You’re Right”
Vanessa Carlton - “A Thousand Miles”
Andrew WK - “Party Hard”
Kid Rock - “Picture”
Christina Aguilera - “Beautiful”
The Strokes - “Someday”
The White Stripes - “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”
Sheryl Crow - “Soak Up the Sun”
Remy Shand - “Take a Message”
Phantom Planet - “California”
Toby Keith - “Who’s Your Daddy”
Paula Carino
27 - Animal Life
Elk City - Hold Tight the Ropes
Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel
Guided by Voices - Universal Truths and Cycles
Imperial Teen - On
Jets to Brazil - Perfecting Loneliness
The Loud Family - From Ritual to Romance
Mia Doi Todd - The Golden State
Paul Hyde - The Big Book of Sad Songs, Vol. 1
Pretty Girls Make Graves - This Is Our Emergency
Richard Hawley - Late Night Final
The Soft Boys - Nextdoorland
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Tanya Donelly - Beautysleep
The Donnas - Spend the Night
The Figgs - Slow Charm
The Green Pajamas - Lust Never Sleeps
Twinemen - Twinemen
The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages Of…
Matt Collar
Beck - Sea Change
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Cody ChestnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Goldrush - Don’t Bring Me Down
Neil Halstead - Sleeping on Roads
Richard Hawley - Late Night Final
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
The Libertines - Up the Bracket
Luna - Romantica
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
Kylie Minogue - Fever
Pulp - We Love Life
The Roots - Phrenology
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Velvet Crush - Soft Sounds
The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Greg Heaney
Mr. Lif - I Phantom
Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
Oneida - Each One Teach One
Beck - Sea Change
Slum Village - Trinity (Past, Present and Future)
Brendan Benson - Lapalco
Clinic - Walking with Thee
Mike Doughty - Smofe + Smang
Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
Enon - High Society
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
High on Fire - Surrounded by Thieves
J Mascis + the Fog - Free So Free
Mastodon - Remission
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Isis - Oceanic
OK Go - OK Go
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
David Jeffries
Agent K - Feed the Cat
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Missy Elliott - Under Construction
Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician - Wave Motion
J-Zone - Pimps Don’t Pay Taxes
Kid606 - The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams
Talib Kweli - Quality
Madlib - Blunted in the Bomb Shelter Mix
Metro Area - Metro Area
Tom Middleton - The Sound of the Cosmos
Misty in Roots - Roots Controller
The Notwist - Neon Golden
John Peel - Fabriclive.07
Rjd2 - Dead Ringer
The Roots - Phrenology
Sandoz - Sandoz in Dub: Chant to Jah
Scion - Arrange and Process Basic Channel Tracks
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
Steinski - Nothing to Fear: A Rough Mix
Various Artists - Select Cuts from Echo Beach
Andy Kellman
Aardvarck - Find the Cow
Alex Attias - The Selector Series, Vol. 1
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Brandy - Full Moon
Brooks - You, Me and Us
Clipse - Lord Willin’
Closer Musik - After Love
Carl Craig - The Workout
Dimension 5 - Alien Artform
Drexciya - Harnessed the Storm
Farben - Textstar
Thomas Fehlmann - Visions of Blah
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Lawrence - Lawrence
Michael Mayer - Immer
Metro Area - Metro Area
Recloose - Cardiology
Scion - Arrange and Process Basic Channel Tracks
Triple R - Friends
Tweet - Southern Hummingbird
Agent K - “Feed the Cat”
Amerie - “Why Don’t We Fall in Love”
Amp Dog Knight - “I’m Doing Fine”
Brooks - “Dripping in Gold”
Clipse - “Grindin’”
Closer Musik - “You Don’t Know Me”
Coloma - “Transparent”
Missy Elliott - “Work It”
Peven Everett - “I Can’t Believe I Loved Her”
4hero - “Hold It Down (Bugz in the Attic Mix)”
Freeway - “What We Do”
Talib Kweli - “Get By” (YouTube)
LCD Soundsystem - “Beat Connection”
Luomo - “Body Speaking”
Charles Manier - “Bang Bang Lover (Dance Mix)”
Ms. Dynamite - “Dy-Na-Mi-Tee” (YouTube)
Theo Parrish - “Solitary Flight” (YouTube audio)
The Rapture - “House of Jealous Lovers (Morgan Geist Version)”
Sugababes - “Freak Like Me”
Tweet - “Oops (Oh My)”
Jason Lymangrover
Beck - Sea Change
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Busdriver - Temporary Forever
Cody ChesnuTT - The Headphone Masterpiece
Cornelius - Point
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown
Isis - Oceanic
The Libertines - Up the Bracket
Madlib - Blunted in the Bomb Shelter Mix
Mates of State - Our Constant Concern
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
The Soft Boys - Nextdoorland
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Ween - Live at Stubb’s, 7/2000
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
Ben Kweller - “Wasted and Ready”
Busta Rhymes - “Make It Clap”
Christina Aguilera - “Beautiful”
Clipse - “Grindin’”
The Distillers - “Seneca Falls”
Missy Elliott - “Work It”
Enon - “Natural Disasters” 
The Flaming Lips - “Do You Realize??”
Justin Timberlake - “Cry Me a River”
LCD Soundsystem - “Losing My Edge”
MC Paul Barman - “Excuse You”
Nas - “Made You Look”
The Roots - “The Seed (2.0)”
Supergrass - “Grace”
Spoon - “Back to the Life”
Timo Maas - “Shifter”
The Libertines - “Horrorshow”
Wilco - “Radio Cure”
Wire - “The Art of Stopping”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Bang”
James Christopher Monger
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Stew - The Naked Dutch Painter and Other Songs
The Gourds - Cow Fish Fowl or Pig
David Bowie - Heathen
Agalloch - The Mantle
Baby Dee - Love’s Small Song
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Jim Roll - Inhabiting the Ball
Augie March - Strange Bird
Tribalistas - Tribalistas
Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air
Stella Chiweshe - Talking Mbria: Spirits of Liberation
Dark Tranquility - Damage Done
Sinead O’Connor - Sean-Nós Nua
Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko
Spoon - Kill the Moonlight
Destroyer - This Night
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
Golden Shoulders - Let My Burden Be
The Delgados - “The Light Before We Land”
Sparks - “The Rhythm Thief”
The Black Heart Procession - “The Tropics of Love” ?" type="text/javascript">
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