It has become a tradition among my friends to release personal favorites each year shortly after the year ends. It is always one of the most arduous yet enjoyable tasks that i partake in regularly (last year’s list happened to be my first post on overstated). So without further delay, drumroll please…
Top 10 Albums of 2002
- the streets – original pirate material
- queens of the stone age – songs for the deaf
- lawrence – s/t
- wilco – yankee hotel foxtrot
- ekkehard ehlers – plays
- beck – sea change
- various – blue skied and clear
- drexciya – harnessed the storm
- rjd2 – deadringer
- people under the stairs – o.s.t.
Honorable mention
- two many dj’s – as heard on radio soulwax, pt. 2
- cornelius – point
- deadbeat – wildlife documentaries
- jurassic 5 – power in numbers
Top Movies of 2002
- 24 hour party people
- spirited away
- dogtown and z-boys
- gangs of new york
- bowling for columbine
- minority report
- about a boy
- human nature
- scratch
- 8 mile
Some of my friends are web savvy enough to post theirs: Ben, Carson…
Post your lists if you’ve got them, and let me know.. I always learn a lot about people through their favorites. Here’s some critical perspective to get you started:
overstated 
here’s my top ten lp’s for 2002:
1. David Cross: Shut up, you fucking baby!
2. Rjd2: Deadringer
3. The Black Heart Procession: Amore del Tropico
4. Sigur Ros: ( )
5. Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit: Secret Rhythms
6. Amon Tobin: Out From Out Where
7. Cephalic Carnage: Lucid Interval
8. Botch: An Anthology of Dead Ends
9. Sage Francis: Personal Journals
10. Mum: Finally We Are No One
honorable mentions:
the flaming lips (yoshimi…), wilco (yhf), and consonant (self-titled)
Good to see YHF by Wilco getting the props.
my top20 most played ipod/itunes list is here: http://www.blackbeltjones.com/work/mt/archives/000470.html#000470
A couple of Avalanches mixes were probably my favourites of the year, and favourite original album was either YHF, or ‘the last broadcast’ by The Doves.