1.28.2003



I Am Music



For absolutely no rational purpose whatsoever, as far as i can discern, i began to compile a "Top Ten Albums of 2002" list, when i realized that i haven't heard some of the likely candidates for such a list. So, considering that i have yet to evaluate 2002 recordings from Beck, Patricia Barber, Blind Boys of Alabama, Sigur Ros and others, here is the list of ten as it is at present:



  1. Wilco
    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

  2. Common
    Electric Circus

  3. Flaming Lips
    Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

  4. Neko Case
    Blacklisted

  5. The Roots
    Phrenology

  6. Peter Gabriel
    Up

  7. Ely Guerra
    Lotofire

  8. Queens of the Stone Age
    Songs for the Deaf

  9. Steve Earle
    Jerusalem

  10. Brad Mehldau
    Largo





Some of these links may be sketchy. Do people still say sketchy?
Anyway, tell me your favorites or criticize mine. The list is evolving.