It's that time again...

In order from most favorite purchase:

1-Bjork / Family Tree (Best of Box set)
2-Prince / One Night Alone Live
3-Zero 7 / Simple Things
4-Me'Shell N'Degeocello / Cookie: The Anthropological Mix Tape
5-Eileen Rose / Long Shot Novena
6-Coldplay / Rush of Blood To The Head
7-Beck / Sea Change
8-Two Loons for Tea / Searching for Landmarks
9-Telepopmusik / Genetic World
10-Yohimbe Brothers / Front End Lifter
[This message was edited Mon Jan 6 11:15:43 PST 2003 by SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy]

Umm, in no particular order:

1. David Bowie - Heathen
2. Prince - ONA
3. Prince - ONA live
4. Bjork - Family Tree
5. Missy Elliott - Under Construction
6. N.E.R.D. - In Search Of
7. Weezer - Maladroit
8. New Order - Retro
9. U2 - Best of 1990-2000
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Earphoria

Pink - Missundaztood
No Doubt - Rock Steady
TLC - 3D

All the other CDs I bought recently are old stuff.

2002 hasn't really inspired my passions enough to contemplate a top ten. While some stuff was good, it's the first year in a while that fell flat overall to me, no real favourites or classics emerged.

My Top Five of 2002:

• 1. Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
  
• 2. Me'shell Ndegéocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
  
• 3. Prince - One Nite Alone... Live
  
• 4. The Roots - Phrenology
  
• 5. India.Arie - Voyage To India

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hmmm...in no order...

Sigur Ros- ()
Coldplay- Rush of Blood to the Head
Prince- One Nite Alone
Missy Elliot- Under Construction
Bjork- Family Tree
Sinead O'Connor- Sean-Nos Nua
Primal Scream- Evil Heat
Pulp- We Love Life
Saint Etienne- Finisterre
Weezer- Maladroit

honorable mention goes to New Order's Back To Mine compilation...that's good stuff!

Albums that I really loved, really feeling and/or discovered in 2002 (note: some of the albums may not be from 2002, but it's the first time I truly heard them, so they were new to me

(no particular order)
1. Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
2. Darius Rucker - Back To Then
3. Ms. Dynamite - Little Deeper
4. Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I
5. Alana Davis - Fortune Cookies (She's better than the shoddy Norah Jones <-- Blah!!!)
6. Queen Latifah - She's A Queen
7. Queen Latifah - Black Reign
8. Grand Puba - 2000
9. Backroom Matches - Sota! (www.maasen.nu)
10. Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain
11. Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories
12. Kelis - Wanderland
13. No Doubt - Rock Steady
14. K'Alyn - Coco (www.kalynmusic.com)
15. Res - How I Do

in no particular order:

1. Sigur Ros - ()
2. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood Through The Head
3. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
4. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (love this one!)
5. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted 2002 Reissue
6. Audioslave - Audioslave
7. Prince - One Nite Alone...Live!
8. Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon
9. Ryan Adams - Demolition
10. Norah Jones - Come With Me (who the fuck is Alana Davis?)

abierman said:

Someone light years better than Norah "My daddy is famous" Jones.

JANFAN4L said:

who's her daddy?

Norah Jones' father is Ravi Shankar.

I must agree that Alana Davis is far superior -- to date, she has released two phenomenal (albeit un(der)promoted) albums. I have the projects by both artists, though, so it's all good.

No order at all:

on the positive side:
- Beck, Sea Change
- Christina, Stripped
- Irréversible-soundtrack
- Talib Kweli, Quality
- Pink was ok, and so was Missy and Eminem

on the negative side:
2002 was very so-so music wise

hmmm


No doubt rock steady
N.E.R.D
The streets-offical pirate music
coldplay-rush of blood to the head


the rest was old music i bought

no order...

1.common 'electric circus'
2.prince 'one nite alone'
3.basehead 'dc'
4.the roots 'phrenology'
5.david bowie 'the rise & fall of ziggy stardust & the spiders from mars 30th anniversary edition'
6.citizen cope 'citizen cope'
7.kd lang/tony bennet 'a wonderful world'
8.jurassic 5 'power in numbers'
9.prince 'one nite alone live'
10.missy elliot 'under construction'

i am having trouble remembering what all came out last year...i lose track..those are the ones that come to mind right now...so
when this same thread is started again in a few days by someone else, it may be a different list...but most of these should stay...unless i've forgotten something really big...

honorable mentions def'ly go to:
eminem for 'the eminem show', floetry, bowie for 'heathen', trick daddy, n.e.r.d, me'shelle, audioslave, cee-lo (was that last year?), raphael saadiq, i should stop thinking bout it or i may have to make some changes...
[This message was edited Tue Jan 7 22:37:12 PST 2003 by rio]

todd305 said:

Call me stupid, but who the hell is Ravi Shankar?

Raven said:

ditto

i even think Kylie had a good dance cd.

P!NK i bought late 2001 so that dont count this year.


Silverchair *Diorama*
Justin *justified*
Bruce *the rising*
Bon Jovi *Bounce*
Darren Hayes *Spin*
TLC *3D*

& yeah,jus lotsa old stuff this end too.

Eminem's album has its highlights

biggest dissappointment of 2002: LL Cool J "Ten"
was hoping 4 a big one from James Todd Smith & it just didnt do it 4 me,only 3-4 stand out trax here un4tun8ly

Off the top of my head:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and his Perfect Imperfections
Prince - One Night Alone Live
Beck - Sea Change
Missy Elliot - Under Construction
Common - Electric Circus
Norah JOnes - Come Away With Me


Musiq - Jusslissen is pretty good in places

Although 2002 wasn't a very good year music wise, my top CDs were:

Saadiq - Instant Vintage
Remy Shand - The Way I Feel
Prince - ONA Live
Donnie - The Colored Section

No one has mentioned the new one from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Can't remember the name of it.

Is that because you think it's shit?

I thought it rocked!

Come2getheras1 said:

Oh no!! don't even go there!! RHCP's new album is NO WAY CLOSE TO SHIT! "By the way" is a great album! And I would have mentioned it if I had seen this thread before now..
"by the way" is probably the best album of 2002!!!

Top 8 bought cds/cassettes of 2002 that weren't old school:

1) Remy Shand - The Way I Feel (yay he got some Grammy nods)

2) Raphael Saddiq - Instant Vintage (More yays for the nods, altho he was dropped by Universal two weeks ago. Better for him)

3) Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head (just got it, and have been playing it the whole week so far, it's excellent)

4) Audioslave - Audioslave (diggin' the combo of Rage and Soundgarden)

5) Norah Jones - Come With Me (it's growing on me. Took a few months.) Alana Davis' first single was '32 Flavors,' which is a remake of Ani DiFranco's song.

6) India.Arie - Voyage to India (Yay for Grammy nods as well, altho it didn't get nearly the attention as the first one, but it's just as potent)

7) John Mayer - Room For Squares (ditto on the Yays. He was on constant rotation last week)

8) The Roots - Phrenology (just bought it last week, so I haven't listened to it much. They are worth seeing live tho.)


Overall, I agree with those who weren't knocked off their feet by the year musically.

funkyslsistah said:

Funkysis, just curious if you heard Donnie and what you thought about it. Looks like we have the same taste in music so I would be interested as to what you thought.

Christina Aguilera - Stripped. The BEST album of 2002!

In no paticular order

christina aguilera- stripped
Prince- one nite alone live
David Bowie- heathen
TLC- 3D

I also bought Avril Lagine and Justin's albums, but i only liked a few songs.

All in all, I wasn't too impressed with 2002, music wise.

My faves are Coldplay and David Bowie.

A pretty dry year all in all.

Not sure if theyre all 2002, but thats when i got them.

By the Way - RHCP
About A Boy - Badly Drawn Boy
Heathen - David Bowie
Is This It? - The Strokes
Original Pirate Material - The Streets
A Little Deeper - Ms Dynamite
Demolition - Ryan Adams

1). Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
2). Common - Electric Circus
3). The Roots - Phrenology
4). David Bowie - Heathen
5). Genius/GZA - Legend of Liquid Sword
6). John Coltrane - Love Supreme (Deluxe)
7). The Who - My Generation (Deluxe)
8). Prince - ONA Live
9). Eminem - The Eminem Show
10). 8 Mile OST

intha916 said:

No I don't think I've heard of Donnie. Tell me about this person.

funkyslsistah said:

Donnie is this cat out of the ATL. I think he is Marvin Gayes cousin or something like that. Any way, his cd is great if you love that old Stevie/Maze feel. He has mad talent. His vocals have that real "church" sound. Check him out if you get a chance.