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LOTD's Top Ten of 2002
(as voted on by staff) | | Staff Picks for Best Mid-Atlantic Releases of 2002
(in alphabetical order) |  | 1) Wilco:
Yankee Hotel
Foxtrot
[Nonesuch]
| |  | Denali:
Denali
[Jade Tree]
(Richmond, VA) |  | 2) Flaming Lips:
Yoshimi Battles
the Pink Robots
[WB] | |  | Engine Down:
Demure
[Lovitt]
(Richmond, VA) |  | 3) Paul Westerberg:
Stereo/Mono
[Vagrant] | |  | First Night on Earth:
No One Knows Anything
for Sure
[Liquilab]
(Charlotte, NC) |  | 4) ...And You Will
Know Us By the
Trail of Dead:
Source Tags and
Codes
[Interscope] | |  | Goner:
Dollar Movie
[Eskimo Kiss]
(Raleigh, NC) |  | 5) Bright Eyes:
Lifted, or The Story
is in the Soil, Keep
Your Ear to the
Ground
[Saddle Creek] | |  | The Mayflies USA:
Walking in a Straight Line
[Yep Roc]
(Chapel Hill, NC) |  | 6) Notwist:
Neon Golden
[City Slang/Virgin] | |  | Metropolitan:
Down for You Is Up
[Crank Automotive]
(Washington, D.C.) |  | 7) Nickel Creek:
This Side
[Sugarhill] | |  | Order of the Dying Orchid: Demo CD
[self-released]
(Harrisonburg, VA) |  | 8) The Roots:
Phrenology
[MCA] | |  | The Sames:
The Sames EP
[Pox World Empire]
(Durham, NC) |  | 9) Liars:
They Threw Us All
in a Trench and
Stuck a Monument
on Top
[re-issued by Mute] | | 
| Times Ten:
Our Love Is Amplified
[self-released]
(Richmond, VA) |  | 10) Teenage Fanclub:
Howdy!
[re-issued by
Thirsty Ear] | |  | Velcro Mary:
Attack and Decay
[self-released]
(Charlotte, NC) | | Placement was based on ranking by each staff member and number of votes the album received. | | Staff members submitted between one and three votes for their favorite VA, NC, and DC releases of 2002. |
Individual Staff Members' Lists:
NICK AMMERMAN
#1: The Walkmen: Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone [Startime]
An amazing pop album painted in smeary watercolors and soaked in gin...
Read the rest of Nick's list...
ALEX BAIA
#1: Porcupine Tree: In Abstentia[Atlantic]
A gorgeous blend of melody, harmony, and musical sensibility throughout...
Read the rest of Alex's list...
BART BEALMEAR
#1: Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch]
YHF will be remembered and revered long after everyone forgets about the sidebar story lines...
Read the rest of Bart's list...
ANDREA CAUMONT
#1: The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [WB]
Read the rest of Andrea's list...
NICK DOYLE
#1: Elvis Costello: When I Was Cruel[Universal]
He's pissed again and writing some of his best songs ever....
Read the rest of Nick's list...
JAKE CANSADO
#1: Beck: Sea Change [Interscope]
Its so good I might even forgive him for Midnight Vultures and Mutations....
Read the rest of Jake's list...
NESSIM HALIOUA
#1: Gogogo Airheart: Exitheuxa [Gold Standard Laboratories]
Ok, so I have no idea what that title means, but this album is amazing...
Read the rest of Nessim's list...
LOUIS MILLER
#1: Denali: Denali [Jade Tree]
Stark, haunting vocals over icy instrumentation...
Read the rest of Louis's list...
CATHERINE NICHOLAS
#1: Guided By Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles [Matador]
I remember once reading a quote that said, It's Robert Pollard's world; we just live in it..
Read the rest of Catherine's list...
JUSTIN RUDE
#1: Notwist: Neon Golden [Virgin]
Read the rest of Justin's list...
MATT SHERMAN
#1: Nickel Creek: This Side [Sugarhill]
Incredibly original music that hits on the gamut of emotions...
Read the rest of Matt's list...
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