The top 88.7 of 2002
Rank plays artist title label
1...105...Spoon...Kill the Moonlight...Merge
2...99...The Sames...EP...Pox World Empire
3...96...Various...400% Dynamite...Soul Jazz
4...93...Sonic Youth...Murray Street...DGC
5...90...Various...Studio One Soul...Soul Jazz
6...87...Various...Samba Soul 70!...Ziriguiboom
7...86...Flaming Lips...Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots...Warner
8...83...The Dirtbombs...Ultraglide in Black...In the red
9...82...Uncle Tupelo...89/93: An Anthology...Columbia
10...80...Hot Hot Heat...Make Up the Breakdown...Sup Pop
11...79...Joey Ramone...Don't Worry About Me...Sanctuary
12...79...Luna...Romantica...Jetset
13...79...Various...Studio One Rockers...Soul Jazz
14...76...Azure Ray...November...Saddle Creek
15...76...Belle & Sebastian...Storytelling...Matador
16...76...Various...Cinemaphonic 2: Soul Punch...Motel
17...76...Yeah Yeah Yeahs...Yeah Yeah Yeahs...Touch and Go
18...74...Cold Sides...2...self released
19...74...Death By Chocolate...Zap the World...Jetset
20...74...Dressy Bessy...Sound Go Round...Kindercore
21...74...Two Dollar Pistols...You Ruined Everything...Yep Roc
22...74...Various...Barrio Nuevo...Soul Jazz
23...74...Various...Chicano Power...Soul Jazz
24...74...Various...100% Dynamite...Soul Jazz
25...73...Elvis Costello...When I Was Cruel...Island
26...73...Interpol...Turn On the Bright Lights...Matador
27...73...Kinky...Kinky...Nettwerk America
28...73...Sleater-Kinney...One Beat...Kill Rock Stars
29...72...Los de Abajo...Cybertropic Chilango Power...Luaka Bop
30...72...Various...Funky 16 Corners...Stones Throw
31...72...Various...Hustle! (Reggae Disco)...Soul Jazz
32...72...Various...The Bottle Let Me Down...Bloodshot
33...71...Neko Case...Blacklisted...Bloodshot
34...70...Destroyer...This Night...Merge
35...70...Razzle...7-song CD 2001...self released
36...69...Barbara Manning & the Go-Luckys!...You Should Know By Now...Innerstate
37...69...DJ Shadow...The Private Press...MCA
38...69...French Kicks...One Time Bells...Star Time
39...69...Snitches...Star Witness...Oh! Tonito
40...69...Tift Merritt...Bramble Rose...Lost Highway
41...68...Hank Williams III...Lovesick, Broke & Driftin'...Curb
42...68...Imperial Teen...On...Merge
43...68...Jon Spencer Blues Explosion...Plastic Fang...Matador
44...68...Life Without Buildings...Any Other City...DC/Baltimore 2012
45...68...Various...Paris Lounge...Wagram Music
46...67...Gogol Bordello...Voi-La Intruder...Rubric
47...67...Pleasant...EP...self released
48...67...Wilco...Yankee Hotel Foxtrot...Nonesuch
49...66...Caitlin Cary...While You Weren't Looking...Yep Roc
50...66...Nathaniel Merriweather...Lovage...75 Ark
51...66...Piedmont Charisma...Piedmont Charisma...Slave
52...66...Radio Zumbido...Los Ultimos Dias Del AM...Palm
53...66...Various...In the Beginning There Was Rhythm...Soul Jazz
54...65...Various...Grazing In the Trash Volume 2...Soul Fire
55...65...Various...Survive and Advance...Merge
56...64...Meat Purveyors...All Relationships Are Doomed To Fail...Bloodshot
57...64...Steve Earle...Jerusalem...Artemis
58...63...Pixies...Pixies...Spinart
59...63...Rodeo Boy...The Pine and Promise...Sit-n-Spin
60...62...Gerty...Sweets From the Minibar...Eskimo Kiss
61...62...Mekons...OOOH!...Quarterstick
62...62...Richard Hell...Time...Matador
63...62...Suba...Tributo...Ziriguiboom
64...62...Tom Waits...Alice...Anti-
65...62...VHS or Beta...Le Funk...On!
66...61...Star Room Boys...This World Just Won't Leave You Alone...Slewfoot
67...61...Wire...Read & Burn...Pink Flag
68...60...Enon...High Society...Touch and Go
69...60...Various...Ethiopiques 10: Tezeta...Buda Musique
70...60...Slavic Soul Party...In Makedonija...Knitting Factory
71...59...Azure Ray...Burn and Shiver...Warm
72...59...Cornelius...Point...Matador
73...59...Mooney Suzuki...Electric Sweat...Gammon
74...59...Thee Headcoats...Headcoats Down...Damaged Goods
75...59...Orchestra Baobab...Pirates Choice...World Circuit/Nonesuch
76...58...Gogol Bordello...Multi Contra Kulti vs. Irony...Rubric
77...58...Capricons...In the Zone...Paroxysm
78...58...Hot Club of Cowtown...Ghost Train...Hightrain
79...58...Guided by Voices...Universal Truths and Cycles...Matador
80...58...Icicles...Pure Sugar EP...Drive-In
81...58...Iron & Wine...The Creek Drank the Cradle...Sup Pop
82...57...Clinic...Walking With Thee...Domino
83...57...Fad Gadget...The Best of Fad Gadget...Mute
84...57...Stereo Total...Musique Automatique...Bobsled
85...57...Be Good Tanyas...Blue Horse...Nettwerk America
86...57...Various...Afro Rock Volume One...Evolver
87...57...RJD2...Deadringer...Def Jux
88...56...Scrabbel...Scrabbel...Kittridge
88.7...56...David Kilgour...A Feather in the Engine...Merge