NME’s best albums and tracks of 2002

By NME

Albums Of The Year

1
Coldplay
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
2The Vines
Highly Evolved
3The Streets
Original Pirate Material
4The Coral
The Coral
5Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
BRMC
6Queens Of The Stone Age
Songs For The Deaf
7Doves
The Last Broadcast
8Eminem
The Eminem Show
9The Datsuns
The Datsuns
10Interpol
Turn On The Bright Lights
  1. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
  2. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
  3. The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages Of…
  4. NERD – In Search Of…
  5. The Music – The Music
  6. Beck – Sea Change
  7. Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
  8. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Behind The Music
  9. The Hives – Your New Favourite Band
  10. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
  11. Foo Fighters – One By One
  12. Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper
  13. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2
  14. The Von Bondies – Lack Of Communication
  15. Missy Elliott – Under Construction
  16. Oasis – Heathen Chemistry
  17. Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station
  18. Idlewild – The Remote Part
  19. Ryan Adams – Demolition
  20. Primal Scream – Evil Heat
  1. The Cooper Temple Cause – See This Through And Leave
  2. Radio 4 – Gotham!
  3. Low – Trust
  4. Death In Vegas – Scorpio Rising
  5. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  6. Brendan Benson – Lapalco
  7. Badly Drawn Boy – About A Boy
  8. Jim O’Rourke – Insignificance
  9. The Breeders – Title TK
  10. Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways – Steady The Buffs
  11. Ladytron – Light And Magic
  12. Nada Surf – Let Go
  13. Cornershop – Handcream For A Generation
  14. Ikara Colt – Chat And Business
  15. Gonzales – Presidential Suite
  16. Bright Eyes – Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
  17. The Sights – Got What We Want
  18. The Electric Soft Parade – Holes In The Wall
  19. Raging Speedhorn – We Will Be Dead Tomorrow
  20. Liars – They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top

Tracks Of The Year

1
Doves
There Goes The Fear
2Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah EP
3The Hives
Hate To Say I Told You So
4The Coral
Dreaming Of You
5Queens Of The Stoneage
No One Knows
6The White Stripes
Fell In Love With A Girl
7Sugababes
Freak Like Me
8LCD Soundsystem
Losing My Edge
9Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Whatever Happened To My Rock ‘N’ Roll
10The Vines
Get Free
  1. The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
  2. The Libertines – What A Waster
  3. The Datsuns – In Love
  4. Eminem – Without Me
  5. The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
  6. The Streets – Let’s Push Things Forward
  7. Nelly – Hot In Here
  8. Fischerspooner – Emerge
  9. The Strokes – Someday
  10. The 80’s Mathbox B-Line Disaster – Celebrate Your Mother
  11. Missy Elliott – Work It
  12. The Polyphonic Spree – Soldier Girl
  13. Wild Willy Childish And The Buff Medways – Troubled Mind
  14. The Thrills – Santa Cruz
  15. Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
  16. Ms Dynamite – Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
  17. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Spread Your Love
  18. The Coral – Goodbye
  19. Tweet – Oops (Oh My)
  20. The Vines – Highly Evolved
  1. Ash – Envy
  2. Cornershop – Lessons Learned From Rocky I To III
  3. Idlewild – American English
  4. The Streets – Don’t Mug Yourself
  5. Massive Attack – I Against I
  6. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
  7. The Kills – Black Rooster Ep
  8. The Beatings – Jailhouse
  9. Truth Hurts – Addictive
  10. Aaliyah – More Than A Woman
  11. Ms Dynamite – It Takes More
  12. The Streets – Weak Become Heroes
  13. Coldplay – In My Place
  14. Idlewild – You Held The World In Your Arms
  15. The Bellrays – Fire On The Moon
  16. Doves – Pounding
  17. James Yorkston & The Athletes – The Long Term
  18. Pulp – Bad Cover Version
  19. Aqualung – Strange And Beautiful
  20. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Sister Surround
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