Dec. 27, 2002-
Jan. 9, 2002
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Critic's ballots:
Joe Banno
Andrew Beaujon
Matthew Borlik
Brent Burton
Jason Cherkis
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sean Daly
Glenn Dixon
John Dugan
David Dunlap Jr.
Sarah Godfrey
Todd Hitchcock
Mark Jenkins
Mike Kanin
Steve Kiviat
Josh Levin
Michael Little
Jacob Long
Shauna Miller
John Murph
Christopher Porter
Leonard Roberge
Joel E. Siegel
Joe Warminsky
Mark Williams
Pamela Murray Winters
Shannon Zimmerman
Arts in Review 2002
CPArts
![[The CP Top 20 of 2002]](2002top20.gif)
In November, the Washington City Paper asked its music writers to compile lists of their 10 favorite releases of the past year. Critics were required to divide a total of 100 points among their selections, awarding no more than 20 points—and no fewer than 1—to each. Any single, EP, album, or box set of old or new music released in any quantity anywhere in the world in 2002 was eligible. Eight weeks, 2,700 points, and a 13-way tie for 18th later, the City Paper’s top 20 releases of the year are:
| 1 |
Kill the Moonlight Spoon Merge |
99 pts |
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| 93 pts |
I Phantom Mr. Lif Definitive Jux |
2 | ||
| 3 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco Nonesuch |
85 pts |
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| 67 pts |
Trust Low Kranky |
4 | ||
| 5 |
One Beat Sleater-Kinney Kill Rock Stars |
48 pts |
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| 41 pts |
The Day the Earth Met the... Rocket From the Tombs Smog Veil Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The Flaming Lips Warner Bros |
6 | ||
| 7 |
Original Pirate Material The Streets Vice Phrenology The Roots MCA Super/System El Guapo Dischord |
39 pts |
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| 37 pts |
Surrounded by Thieves High on Fire Relapse |
8 | ||
| 9 |
Reveille Deerhoof Kill Rock Stars |
32 pts |
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| 30 pts |
Footprints Live! Wayne Shorter Verve I Get Wet Andrew W.K. Island |
10 | ||
| 11 |
The Evil One (Plus One) Roky Erickson & the Aliens Sympathy for the Record Industry |
28 pts |
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| 25 pts |
Rings Around the World Super Furry Animals XL Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe Pavement Matador This Night Destroyer Merge |
12 | ||
| 13 |
Fantastic Damage El-P Definitive Jux |
24 pts |
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| 22 pts |
Sea Change Beck Geffen Turn On the Bright Lights Interpol Matador |
14 | ||
| 15 |
20 Years of Dischord Various artists Dischord At Ratso's Volume 2 Carmen McRae Hitchcock Media The Eminem Show Eminem Aftermath/Interscope From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots Dälek Ipecac Life and Times of... Laddio Bolocko No Quarter OOOH! Mekons Quarterstick A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay Capitol Sha Sha Ben Kweller ATO Source Tags and Codes ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Interscope Travelogue Joni Mitchell Nonesuch |
20 pts |
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| 18 pts |
Sons of Northern Darkness Immortal Nuclear Blast |
16 | ||
| 17 |
Alice Tom Waits Anti- All of the Above J-Live Coup d'Etat Daylight Aesop Rock Definitive Jux Remission Mastodon Relapse |
16 pts |
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| 15 pts |
Accumulation: None Smog Drag City And the Surrounding Mountains Radar Brothers Merge The Colored Section Donnie Giant Step Concubine Rice Lone Pigeon Domino The Fix Scarface Universal The Hill for Company Sodastream Rough Trade/Sanctuary "Hot in Herre" Nelly Universal Instant Vintage Raphael Saadiq Universal Is a Woman Lambchop Merge The Last Broadcast Doves Capitol/Heavenly Lifted: Or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Bright Eyes Saddle Creek Murray Street Sonic Youth Geffen Put Your Hands Up! The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown Various artists Raw Venture |
18 | ||
| 19 |
EXITHEUXA GoGoGo Airheart Gold Standard Laboratories Falling in Love Is Wonderful Jimmy Scott Rhino Handmade First Daze Here: The Vintage Collection Pentagram Relapse Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5) Bob Dylan Sony Sound Restores Young Men Cynthia Dall Drag City |
13 pts |
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| 12 pts |
Denials, Delusions, and Decisions Jaguar Wright MCA Different Damage Q and Not U Dischord Jerusalem Steve Earle Artemis Semi-Detached Mock Tudor Richard Thompson Band Beeswing St Arkansas Pere Ubu SpinART Writers Without Homes Piano Magic 4AD |
20 | ||
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