Now that it’s nearly a year later, looking back at my list of favorite records from 2002, I realized how much my personal tastes had changed and I remembered certain records that I had come to adore this past year; records that deserved inclusion. You’ll notice certain records were entirely excised and others moved up or down considerably. I would pontificate on the specifics of each move and cut if I had the time, energy, and if my temperature wasn’t nearly 101 degrees at the current moment. If you have any specific inquiries I may be able to answer them as tersely as possible in the comments at some point.

Favorite Records of 2002
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01) Xiu Xiu - Knife Play (5RC/Kill Rock Stars)
02) The Decemberists - Castaways & Cutouts (Hush)
03) Jay Munly - Jimmy Carter Syndrome (Smooch)
04) Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain (Secretly Canadian)
05) Sixteen Horsepower - Folklore (Jetset))
06) The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas (Emperor Jones)
07) Sigur Ros - () (MCA)
08) Rivulets - Rivulets (Chair Kickers’ Union)
09) Low - Trust (Kranky)
10) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
11) Sage Francis - Personal Journals (Anticon)
12) The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee (4AD)
13) Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air (Touch and Go)
14) Luna - Romantica (Jetset)
15) L’Altra - In The Afternoon (Aesthetics)
16) Books - Thought for Food (Tomlab)
17) Tanya Donelly - Beautysleep (4AD)
18) John Vanderslice - Life and Death of an American Fourtracker (Barsuk)
19) Life Without Buildings - Any Other City (DC Baltimore)
20) Lambchop - Is A Woman (Merge)
21) The pAper chAse - Hide The Kitchen Knives (Beatville)
22) …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes (Interscope)
23) Mirah - Advisory Committee (K)
24) M�m - Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
25) Black Tape for a Blue Girl - The Scavenger Bride (Projekt)

Favorite Records of 2002
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01) Xiu Xiu - Knife Play (5RC/Kill Rock Stars)
02) Books - Thought for Food (Tomlab)
03) Liars - They Threw Us All In A Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top (Mute)
04) Sigur R�s - () (MCA)
05) Rivulets - Rivulets (Chair Kickers’ Union)
06) Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas (Emperor Jones)
07) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (Matador)
08) Mirah - Advisory Committee (K)
09) Sage Francis - Personal Journals (Anticon)
10) Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
11) M�m - Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat)
12) Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air (Touch and Go)
13) Black Tape for a Blue Girl - The Scavenger Bride (Projekt)
14) L’Altra - In The Afternoon (Aesthetics)
15) Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain (Secretly Canadian)
16) …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes (Interscope)
17) Tanya Donelly - Beautysleep (4AD)
18) Life Without Buildings - Any Other City (DC Baltimore)
19) The Decemberists - Castaways & Cutouts (Hush)
20) Deerhoof - Reveille (5RC/Kill Rock Stars)
21) Lambchop - Is A Woman (Merge)
22) The pAper chAse - Hide The Kitchen Knives (Beatville)
23) Daedelus - Invention (EFA)
24) Luna - Romantica (Jetset)
25) Breeders - Title TK (Elektra)