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Ten Plus One:
Best of 2002
by Gregg Shapiro
2002-12-25

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In 2002, a year in which many more CDs were released than necessary, I was faced with the daunting task of narrowing down the multitude of assembling a list of discs that represented the best releases of the year. I have used various criteria over the years--was I knocked out of my seat on the first listen? Was the album as popular
with the public as it was with me? Did it represent artistic growth? A new direction? A road less traveled?

For me, this was the year of repeat usage. In the rare moments when I wasn't listening to something new and just released for review, to what albums did I return time and time again? The list below is a representation of that. From start to finish, these albums gave me pleasure, challenged me, entertained me, and even made me cry when the timing was right.

1. Ron Sexsmith Cobblestone Runway (Nettwerk America)
2. Marianne Faithfull - Kissin Time (Virgin)
3. Jenny Toomey - Tempting: Jenny Toomey Sings The Songs of Franklin Bruno (Misra)
4. Neko Case - Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
5. Future Bible Heroes - Eternal Youth (Instinct)
6. Wilco - Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (Nonesuch)
7. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (Vice)
8. Bruce Springsteen &endash; The Rising (Columbia)
9. Mates of State - Our Constant Concern (Polyvinyl) / John Ashfield - Harmony Bunny (Pop Squared) - tie
10. Marti Jones - My Tidy Doily Dream (D.A.R.) / John Doe - Dim Stars, Bright Sky (iMusic/BMG) - tie
11. Super 8 Cum Shot - Super 8 Cum Shot Volume 1 (Big Dixie) / Tegan & Sara - If It Was You (Vapor) /- tie

The best of the rest (in this order, more or less): Travelogue - Joni Mitchell, Louise Goffin - Sometimes A Circle, Norah Jones - Come Away With Me, Indigo Girls - Become You, Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The Moon, Luna - Romantica, Clinic - Walking With Thee, Sleater-Kinney - One Beat, The Aluminum Group - Happyness, Sigur Ros - ( ), , Neil Finn - One All and Seven Worlds Collide, Volovan - Volovan, David Clement - Your Free Gift, Aimee Mann - Lost In Space, Dot Allison- We Are Science, Imperial Teen - On, Mary Gauthier - Filth & Fire, Bric-A-Brac - 16 Luxury Units, Morel - Queen Of The Highway, Inner - Lovetheonlyway, Bob Mould - Modulate, Kristian Hoffman - &, Juha - Polari, Erika Luckett - The New Orleans Sessions, Pet Shop Boys - Release.

And also Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses, Julia Fordham - Concrete Love, Spoon - Kill The Moonlight, Cousteau - Sirena, The Bigger Lovers - Honey In The Hive, Phantom Planet - The Guest, Lamya - Learning From Falling, Sicks In The City - Kinsey Sicks, Nickel Creek - This Side, Felix da Housecat - Kittenz and Thee Glitz, DJ Shadow - The Private Press, Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around, Chris Mills - The Silver Line, David Bowie - Heathen, Brian Ferry - Frantic, Peter Gabriel - Up, Bright Eyes - There Is No Beginning To The Story, Beck - Sea Change, The White Stripes - White Blood Cells, Pulp - We Love Life, OK Go - OK Go, Coldplay - A Cold Rush of Blood To The Head, No. 2 - What Does Good Luck Bring?,Supreme Beings of Leisure - Divine Operating System, Megan Mullally - Big As A Berry, TLC - 3D.

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