Original 2002 Top 20

This list was made in mid-December, 2002. It includes (with the "not listed" category) all the CDs from 2002 I owned at that time. Rest assured, there will be changes made when the time for revision arrives, especially because there is a significant stock of 2002 CDs listed at the end of this post that I didn't get until Christmas or later. Oh, and the Flaming Lips are top ten, definitely--discuss.

1. Coldplay—Rush of Blood to the Head
2. David Gray—New Day at Midnight
3. Wilco—Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
4. Alanis Morissette—Under Rug Swept
5. Beck—Sea Change
6. Kylie Minogue—Fever
7. Lisa Loeb—Cake and Pie
8. Aimee Mann—Lost in Space
9. Counting Crows—Hard Candy
10. Bruce Springsteen—The Rising
11. Robbie Williams—Escapology (UK version)
12. Elvis Costello—When I Was Cruel
13. Flaming Lips—Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
14. French Kicks—One Time Bells
15. Moby—18
16. Ryan Adams—Demolition
17. George Harrison—Brainwashed
18. Chris Isaak—Always Got Tonight
19. Sheryl Crow—C’mon, C’mon
20. Dave Matthews Band—Busted Stuff

Not listed: Weezer—Maladroit , The Walkmen—Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone , Wallflowers—Red Letter Day , Phantom Planet—The Guest , Bonnie Raitt—Silver Lining , Oasis—Heathen Chemistry , Tom Petty—The Last DJ

Purchased after list: Foo Fighters—One by One , Bright Eyes—Lifted, or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground , Desaparecidos—Read Music/Speak Spanish , Shania Twain—Up! , Joseph Arthur—Redemption’s Son , Sigur Ros—( ) , Norah Jones—Come Away With Me , Tori Amos—Scarlet’s Walk , Eminem—The Eminem Show , James Taylor—October Road , Johnny Cash—American IV: The Man Comes Around , Feel—Feel