Best Albums Of 2002
GOLD
1. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
2. Bill Hicks – Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 1 – Pittsburgh ’91 and Love, Laughter & Truth reissues (Rykodisc)
3. David Cross – Shut Up You Fucking Baby! (Sub Pop)
• Bad Penny article: “David Cross’ ‘I Drink For A Reason’: Loaded With Laughs – And Typos”
4. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac)
• Bad Penny interview: “Isis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’ ”
• Bad Penny essay: “Isis’ Oceanic: Mystery Revealed?”
5. The Reigning Sound – Time Bomb High School (In the Red)
SILVER
6. The Icarus Line – Mono (Crank!)
7. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
8. Pentagram – First Daze Here reissue (Relapse)
9. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
10. System of a Down – Steal This Album! (American/Columbia)
BRONZE:
11. Sparta – Wiretap Scars (Geffen)
12. Liars – They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top (Gern Blandsten)
13. Fugazi – The Argument (Dischord)
14. Melvins – Hostile Ambient Takeover (Ipecac)
15. Mushroom River Band – Bimsalabim (Meteor City)
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11/18/2010 at 8:17 pm
Some of my favorite records from the last 10 years are on this list, especially the Top 4. Awesome blog!