THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 2002 1. Crush On You - TEENAGE FANCLUB AND JAD FAIR Words Of Wisdom And Hope (Geographic/Alternative Tentacles) 2. PDA - INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights (Matador) 3. I Wish I Was The Moon - NEKO CASE Blacklisted (Bloodshot) 4. Lapdance - N.E.R.D. FEATURING LEE HARVEY AND VITA In Search Of ... (Virgin) 5. The Light Before We Land - THE DELGADOS Hate (Mantra UK import) 6. Oh, Goddamnit - HOT HOT HEAT Make Up The Breakdown (Sub Pop) 7. Lovedust - LUNA Romantica (Jetset) 8. Coney Island Baby - TOM WAITS Blood Money (Anti-) 9. Do You Realize?? - THE FLAMING LIPS Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Warner Bros.) 10. Alibi - ELVIS COSTELLO When I Was Cruel (Island) 11. Lose Yourself - EMINEM 8 Mile Soundtrack (Shady/Interscope) 12. Dreaming Of You - THE CORAL The Coral (Deltasonic UK import) 13. Let's Push Things Forward - THE STREETS Original Pirate Material (Locked On/679/Vice/Atlantic) 14. Pilot - THE NOTWIST Neon Golden (Big Store/City Slang Germany import) 15. You Held The World In Your Arms - IDLEWILD The Remote Part (Parlophone UK import) 16. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - WILCO Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch) 17. The Good That Won't Come Out - RILO KILEY The Execution Of All Things (Saddle Creek) 18. Can't Get You Out Of My Head - KYLIE MINOGUE Fever (Capitol '01) 19. Lover I Don't Have To Love - BRIGHT EYES Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek) 20. Smells Like Booty - FREELANCE HELLRAISER The Best Bootlegs In The World Ever (No Label import) 21. Autumn - MIA DOI TODD The Golden State (Columbia) 22. Near To You - TEENAGE FANCLUB AND JAD FAIR Words Of Wisdom And Hope (Geographic/Alternative Tentacles) 23. Made You Look - NAS God's Son (Ill Will/Columbia) 24. Sunlight Bathes Our Home - CLINIC Walking With Thee (Domino) 25. The Old You - SILKWORM Italian Platinum (Touch And Go) 26. The Golden Age - BECK Sea Change (DGC) 27. Thee Olde Trip To Jerusalem - MEKONS OOOH! (Quarterstick) 28. Small Stakes - SPOON Kill The Moonlight (Merge) 29. Talking To Myself - COUSTEAU Sirena (Palm Pictures) 30. The Chosen Few - DESTROYER This Night (Merge) 31. Back To The Lake - GUIDED BY VOICES Universal Truths And Cycles (Matador) 32. Work It - MISSY ELLIOTT Under Construction (Elektra) 33. Alice - TOM WAITS Alice (Anti-) 34. Man And Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods) - DESAPARECIDOS Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek) 35. You Know So Well - SONDRE LERCHE Faces Down (Virgin Records Norway/Astralwerks) 36. Out Of State - FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS Devil's Workshop (spinART) 37. Hate To Say I Told You So - THE HIVES Veni Vidi Vicious (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph) 38. Pop - THE ALUMINUM GROUP Happyness (Wishing Tree) 39. No One Knows - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Songs For The Deaf (Interscope) 40. Johnny Teardrop - EDWYN COLLINS Doctor Syntax (Setanta import) 41. A Stroke Of Genius - FREELANCE HELLRAISER The Best Bootlegs In The World Ever (No Label import) 42. Heavy Metal Drummer - WILCO Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch) 43. Hanging Around - THE POLYPHONIC SPREE The Beginning Stages Of... (Good) 44. Blue Chicago Moon - SONGS: OHIA Didn't It Rain (Secretly Canadian) 45. Consequence - THE NOTWIST Neon Golden (Big Store/City Slang Germany import) 46. Trouble Again - JOHN FORTE FEATURING TRICKY i, John (Transparent Music) 47. One Beat - SLEATER-KINNEY One Beat (Kill Rock Stars) 48. You And The Father - RADAR BROTHERS And The Surrounding Mountains (Merge) 49. John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" - CONSONANT Consonant (Fenway) 50. Deep Red Bells - NEKO CASE Blacklisted (Bloodshot) 51. My Defiance - COMET GAIN Realistes (Kill Rock Stars) 52. Trouble Every Day - TINDERSTICKS Trouble Every Day Original Soundtrack (Beggars Banquet '01) 53. Goin' Home - NEIL YOUNG Are You Passionate? (Reprise) 54. When The Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy) - GOGOL BORDELLO Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony (Rubric) 55. The Wrong Side - THE BEVIS FROND What Did For The Dinosaurs (Woronzow/Rubric) 56. Obstacle 1 - INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights (Matador) 57. Bul Ma Miin - ORCHESTRA BAOBAB Specialist In All Styles (World Circuit/Nonesuch) 58. Let The Bad Times Roll - PAUL WESTERBERG Stereo (Vagrant) 59. The Night I Fell In Love - PET SHOP BOYS Release (Parlophone/Sanctuary) 60. Goodbye - THE CORAL The Coral (Deltasonic UK import) 61. (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace - LOW Trust (Kranky) 62. Action - SAINT ETIENNE Finisterre (Mantra) 63. How You Went So Far - FRANK BLACK AND THE CATHOLICS Black Letter Days (SpinART) 64. Don't Mug Yourself - THE STREETS Original Pirate Material (Locked On/679/Vice/Atlantic) 65. How You Remember - AZURE RAY Burn And Shiver (Warm) 66. Bang - YEAH YEAH YEAHS Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Shifty '01/Touch And Go) 67. Home Of The Brave - MR. LIF Emergency Rations EP (Definitive Jux) 68. Can You See The Hard Helmet On My Head? - MY MORNING JACKET Chocolate And Ice EP (Badman) 69. Stepfather Factory - EL-P Fantastic Damage (Definitive Jux) 70. Obscured - SPRING HEEL JACK Amassed (Thirsty Ear) 71. The Stars Of Amateur Hour - THE REPUTATION The Reputation (Initial) 72. Sky Is Falling - BLACKALICIOUS Blazing Arrow (MCA) 73. This Magnificent Bird Will Rise - DEERHOOF Reveille (Kill Rock Stars/5 Rue Christine) 74. Status - MR. LIF FEATURING INSIGHT I Phantom (Definitive Jux) 75. It Was There That I Saw You - AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD Source Tags & Codes (Interscope) 76. Adirondacks - BRUTE Co-Balt (Widespread/Supercat) 77. There Goes The Fear - DOVES The Last Broadcast (Heavenly/EMI/Capitol) 78. This Is What It Is - NINA NASTASIA The Blackened Air (Touch And Go) 79. Untitled (Track 4) - SIGUR ROS () (Fat Cat/Pias/MCA) 80. Underneath It All - NO DOUBT FEATURING LADY SAW Rock Steady (Interscope '01) 81. The Drug Suite - STEW The Naked Dutch Painter And Other Songs (Smile) 82. Teeth Marks - IDAHO We Were Young And Needed The Money (Idaho Music) 83. Cat Girl Tights - CINERAMA Torino (Manifesto) 84. Seasons - NEIL HALSTEAD Sleeping On Roads (4AD) 85. Wanksta - 50 CENT 8 Mile Soundtrack (Shady/Interscope) 86. Dynamite Walls - HAYDEN Skyscraper National Park (Badman) 87. Heart (Things Never Shared) - DOUG MARTSCH - Now You Know (Warner Bros.) 88. Addictive - TRUTH HURTS FEATURING RAKIM Truthfully Speaking (Aftermath) 89. Parasites - UGLY CASANOVA Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop) 90 The Fuse - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The Rising (Columbia) 91. Whodunnit? - THE REINDEER SECTION Son Of Evil Reindeer (Bright Star/Pias America) 92. Blood Tree - MARY TIMONY The Golden Dove (Matador) 93. Cold Cold Water - MIRAH Advisory Committee (K) 94. Barry Farms - MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick) 95. Paris Train - BETH ORTON Daybreaker (Heavenly/EMI/Astralwerks) 96. Rainfall - THE APPLES IN STEREO Velocity Of Sound (spinART) 97. Today Is Gonna Be Mine - DAVID KILGOUR A Feather In The Engine (Merge) 98. Slay/Sway- BOB MOULD Modulate (Granary Music) 99. Canadian Song - MATT POND PA The Green Fury (Polyvinyl) 100. Losing Your Affection - FUTURE BIBLE HEROES Eternal Youth (Instinct) The Top 10 EPs Of 2002 1. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Shifty '01/Touch And Go) 2. WIRE - Read & Burn 01 (Pinkflag) 3. MR. LIF - Emergency Rations (Definitive Jux) 4. LUNA - Close Cover Before Striking (Jetset) 5. MY MORNING JACKET - Chocolate And Ice EP (Badman) 6. MY MORNING JACKET/SONGS: OHIA - My Morning Jacket/Songs: Ohia (Jade Tree) 7. THE CLIENTELE - Lost Weekend EP (Acuarela Spain import) 8. HOT HOT HEAT - Knock Knock Knock (Sub Pop) 9. CURSIVE/EASTERN YOUTH - 8 Teeth To Eat You (Five One/Better Looking) 10. CROOKED FINGERS - Reservoir Songs EP (Merge)