TOP RECORDINGS OF 2002

 

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THE BEST OF THE

2002 RELEASES

Plus Best and Most Irritating Musical Trends...

By Misha L. Ben-David, musician, songwriter, former member Austin (TX) Municipal Music Commission and BuzzMix® Raconteur-At-Large.

Top Ten Releases of 2002: in no particular order
  • Coldplay- A Rush Of Blood To The Head
  • Rush- Vapor Trails
  • Pearl Jam- Riot Act
  • The Vines- The Vines
  • Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  • James Taylor- October Road
  • Pat Metheny- Speaking Of Now
  • Bruce Springsteen- The Rising
  • Diana Krall- Live In Paris
  • Jerry Cantrell- Degradation Trip

 

Top Ten REISSUES and COMPILATIONS of 2002:                         in no particular order

  • Elvis Costello- Armed Forces
  • Grand Funk Railroad- E Pluribus Funk
  • John Coltrane- Love Supreme ( 2 cd set )
  • Black Sabbath- Symptom Of The Universe ( 2 cd set )
  • Miles Davis- Bitches Brew (box set)
  • Elvis Costello-This Year's Model
  • The Band- The Last Waltz (box set)
  • Grand Funk Railroad- Survival
  • Patti Smith- Land ( 2 cd set)
  • Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True

 

 

 

Best Musical Trend of 2002:

  • Exciting young pop bands that love Elvis Costello and Cheap Trick and are learning to write three dimensional songs

Most Irritating Musical Trend of 2002:

TIE:

  • Bands that think four repetitive chords make a song and who feature lead singers that sound like they are spitting a bag of anvils into an ashtray

AND:

  • Constipated middle aged white people who wear dowdy clothes, sing stale gospel songs and think they are breaking new ground. O'Brother, Get A Life...

 

 

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