ever wish you could have a do-over? The Eagle asked for my top 10 list and this is what I gave them back then. I still stand by a lot of the same albums, but not in the same order...

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1. Starsailor, Love Is Here (Capitol)
2. The Polyphonic Spree, The Beginning Stages Of... (independent)
3. Bright Eyes, Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek)
4. Peter Gabriel, Up (Geffen)
5. Badly Drawn Boy, About A Boy Soundtrack (Artist Direct BMI)
6. The Roots, Phrenology (MCA)
7. Ben Kweller, Sha Sha (Big Hassle)
8. Musiq, Juslisen (Def Soul)
9. Our Lady Peace, Gravity (Columbia)
10. Kirk Franklin, The Rebirth Of... (Gospocentric)

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Good taste in tunes....

I would substitute only 3 or 4.

Wilco - YHF

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Sea Change - Beck (yes it was mellow, but I still listen to it 3 years later)

Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (I don't care how popular it is, it's great)

HM:
Doves - Last Broadcast
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
Sigur Ros - ( )

I'd add
Source Tags & Codes - ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

Another one a lot of people will mention. I think it's good, but I just don't like to listent to it very much:
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age

Wilco just could be the single most overrated band ever.

My tops in 02 were
Tom Waits: Alice
Ted Leo: Hearts Of Oak
Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights
Flaming Lips: Yoshimi
Elvis Costello: When I Was Cruel
Cody Chesnutt: Headphone Masterpiece

Hot Hot Heat - "Make Up The Breakdown"
British Sea Power - "The Decline Of British Sea Power"

as well as all the ones already mentioned. On a personal note

The Toadies - "Best Of: Live From Paradise"

DAMN! Looking at this thread, that was an INSANE year for great albums.