DJ Martian: Music of the 00s Portal

Updated: May 2nd 2009

Almost Cool: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Almost Cool - Readers: Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2001 Reader List Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2002 Reader List Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2003 Reader List Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2004 Reader List Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2005 Reader List Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2006 Reader List Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2007 Reader List
Aquarius Records staff faves: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 also: [ Aquarius Records : Customer Favorites 2007 ]
Boomkat: Boomkat 2002 Boomkat 2003 Boomkat 2004 Boomkat 2005 Boomkat 2006 Boomkat - 2007
Brainwashed Readers Poll: 2000 Year in Review - Get on yr scooter and ride! THE BRAIN - 2001 WINNERS THE BRAIN - 2002 - THE YEAR IN MEDIOCRITY THE BRAIN - YEAR-END POLL 2003 (THE RESULTS) THE BRAIN - READERS’ POLL 2004 Brainwashed - The Brainwashed 2005 Readers’ Poll Brainwashed - 2006 Readers’ Poll Finals! Brainwashed - 2007 Readers Poll Finals!
disquiet: disquiet: 2000 disquiet: 2001 disquiet: 2002 disquiet: 2003 disquiet: 2004 disquiet: 2005 disquiet: 2006 disquiet: 2007
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2000 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2001 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2002 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2003 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2004 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2005 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2006 Year-End Summary Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2007 Year-End Summary
Gagliarchives Poll: Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2000 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2001 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2002 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2003 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2004 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2005 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2006 Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2007
Tom Hull: Tom Hull - Music Year 2000 Tom Hull - Music Year 2001 Tom Hull - Music Year 2002 Tom Hull - Music Year 2003 Tom Hull - Music Year 2004 Tom Hull - Music Year 2005 Tom Hull - Music Year 2006 Tom Hull - Music Year 2007 Tom Hull - Music Year 2008
Idolator Jackin’ Pop 2006 Critics Poll Idolator Pop 07
Metal Storm: Top 20 albums of 2000 Top 20 albums of 2001 Top 20 albums of 2002 Top 20 albums of 2003 Top 20 albums of 2004 Top 20 albums of 2005 Top 20 albums of 2006 Top 20 albums of 2007 Top 20 albums of 2008
Pitchfork: Pitchfork - Top Albums of 2000 Pitchfork Feature: Top 20 Albums of 2001 Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2002 Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2003 Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2004 Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2005 Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2006 Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2007
Prog Archives: TOP 100 2000 TOP 100 2001 TOP 100 2002 TOP 100 2003 TOP 100 2004 TOP 100 2005 TOP 100 2006 TOP 100 2007 TOP 100 2008
Star’s End: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Terrorizer: End of Year Lists: Terrorizer
Village Voice: Pazz & Jop Pazz & Jop 2000 Pazz & Jop 2001 Pazz & Jop 2002 Pazz & Jop 2003 Pazz & Jop 2004 Pazz & Jop 2005 Pazz & Jop 2006 Pazz & Jop 2007
The Wire: 2000 Rewind 2001 Rewind 2002 Rewind 2003 Rewind 2004 Rewind 2005 Rewind 2006 Rewind The Wire : 2007 Rewind 50 Records Of The Year

2000 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2000 Albums
2000 Lists: Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - Reviews of 2000 albums * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2000
2000 Collated: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2000 Metacritic Music: Best of 2000
2000 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2000 Esoteric Albums of 2000

2001 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2001 Albums
2001 Lists: Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2001 Album Reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2001
2001 Collated: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2001 Metacritic Music: Best of 2001
2001 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2001 Esoteric Albums of 2001

2002 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2002 Albums
2002 Lists: Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2002 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2002
2002 Collated: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2002 Metacritic Music: Best of 2002
2002 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2002 Esoteric Albums of 2002

2003 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2003 Albums
2003 Lists: Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2003 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2003
2003 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2003
2003 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2003 Esoteric Albums of 2003

2004 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2004 Albums
2004 lists: Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2004 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2004
2004 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2004
2004 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2004 Esoteric Albums of 2004

2005 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2005 Albums
2005 Lists Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2005 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2005
2005 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2005
2005 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2005 Esoteric Albums of 2005

2006 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2006 Albums
2006 Lists Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2006 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2006
2006 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2006
2006 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2006 Esoteric Albums of 2006

2007 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2007 Albums
2007 Lists Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2007 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2007
2007 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2007
2007 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2007 Esoteric Albums of 2007

2008 rateyourmusic.com: DJ Martian 2008 Albums
2008 Lists Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Scaruffi - 2008 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2008
2008 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2008 [Soon]
2008 rateyourmusic.com Top rated albums of 2008 Esoteric Albums of 2008

Resources
Top albums 2000s— Rate Your Music
Esoteric Albums of the 2000s - Rate Your Music
fast ‘n’ bulbous: The Best New Artists of the 00s
ILM Top 100 2000-2004: ALBUMS
Metacritic Music High and Low Scores
Discussion: The 100 greatest albums of the ’00s
Piero Scaruffi - Best rock albums of the 2000’s
Scaruffi - History of Rock Music - 2000s

Music Webzine Polls: Half Decade
Cokemachineglow.com - Top 60 Albums of the ’00s
The Critical Indieots Top 100 of 2000-2004 — Rate Your Music
2000-2004: The Top 100 Albums of the Decade’s First Half: Pitchfork Feature and Pitchfork: Top Albums of 2000-2004
Porcys top 100 albums from 2000-2004
The Top 50 Albums: 2000-2005 - Article - Stylus Magazine

2008 Music Links

Webpage updated: March 2nd 2009

2008 Best Music Links New 2008 Lists: updates: b2008 2008music_links Bookmarks Largehearted Boy: 2008 Year-End Online Music Lists Largehearted Boy: Updates 2008 Archives Fimoculous.com: 2008 Lists - Music 2008 best albums - Elbows Music Blog Aggregator More Lists: Acclaimed Music Forum Albums of the Year (2008) 2008’s Top 10 Jazz Recordings Collated Rankings: Metacritic: Best Albums of 2008 2008 Most Popular Music Albums [Prog Archives] Top 1000 Albums of 2008 - Rate Your Music Top 1000 EPs of 2008 - Rate Your Music Esoteric 1000 Albums of 2008 - Rate Your Music [Highly rated by a small number of users] Meta Ranking Updates: BEST ALBUMS OF 2008: MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2008 Others: Basement Galaxy The Best Albums of 2008. Dusted Features [ End of the Year: 2008 ] fast ‘n’ bulbous Fester’s Lucky 13: The Best Albums of 2008 Tom Hull - Music Year 2008 Top 10s for 2008: It’s a Trap! Best of 2008: livejournal PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008

The purpose of this webpage is to create a central resource for 2008 music lists/ information.

Best of Lists 2008: del.icio.us/djmartian/b2008 [RSS feed]

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Webpage updated: December 8th 2008

The purpose of this webpage is to create a central resource for 2007 music lists/ information.

More Music 2007: fast ‘n’ bulbous Tom Hull - Music Year 2007 Metacritic Best Albums of 2007 Scaruffi The Best Rock Albums of 2007 Scaruffi 2007 Album Reviews TOP 100 2007 Most Popular Music Albums [Prog Archives]
New 2007 Lists: b2007 Largehearted Boy: 2007 Year-End Online Music Lists Fimoculous.com: 2007 Lists - Music 2007 best albums - Elbows Music Blog Aggregator More Lists: Acclaimed Music Forum fastnbulbous - 2007 End of Year Lists Collated Rankings: Idolator 2007 Poll - Results Metacritic: Best Albums of 2007 TOP 100 2007 Albums - Prog Archives Top 1000 Albums of 2007 - Rate Your Music Top 1000 EPs of 2007 - Rate Your Music Esoteric 1000 Albums of 2007 - Rate Your Music [Highly rated by a small number of users] Meta Ranking Updates: UPDATE : 17/01/2008 : BEST ALBUMS OF 2007 (NOW 196 LISTS SUMMED UP): Acclaimed Music Forum: Stefan’s 2007 Albums Stats On-Going Updates: Basement Galaxy The Best Albums of 2007. Dusted Features [ End of the Year: 2007 ] Best of 2007: livejournal 2007 review - Music Musings and Miscellany PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007 Others: Top 10s for 2007: It’s a Trap! Contribute: Top Albums of 2007 Readers Lists - Almost Cool Music Reviews

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Webpage updated: December 8th 2008

More Music 2006: fast ‘n’ bulbous: 2006 Tom Hull - Music Year 2006 Metacritic Best Albums of 2006 Scaruffi The Best Rock Albums of 2006 Scaruffi 2006 Album Reviews Lists: Fimoculous.com: 2006 Lists: Music
Music 2006 Lists: b2006 Fimoculous.com: 2006 Lists: Music Largehearted Boy: 2006 Lists Archives Lists: More Sources Acclaimed Music Forum Year-End Lists - BuzzFeed Almost Cool Readers Lists of 2006 - Almost Cool Music Reviews Fast ‘n’ Bulbous Fester’s Lucky 13: The Best Albums of 2006 Magazine: The Wire - 2006 Rewind Retailer: Boomkat - Albums of 2006 Stats: Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Albums from 2006 Jackin’ Pop 2006 Critics Poll - Idolator 2006 Jackin’ Pop critical alignment ratings Indie For BUNNIES - MUSIC BLOG TOP 100 ALBUM 2006 Metacritic: Best Albums of 2006 2006 Music Bloggregate - Main (heartonastick.blog-city.com) Top 1000 Albums of 2006 - Rate Your Music SOMB top albums of 2006 list Stefan’s 2006 Albums Stats

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Best of 2004 Music Links

2004 Music Lists: Almost Cool - Top Albums Of 2004 Readers Lists * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2004 Year-End Summary * rateyourmusic - Top rated albums of 2004 * Scaruffi - 2004 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2004
2004 Collated: Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 2004 Metacritic: Best Albums of 2004

Webpage updated: February 20th 2005

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Meta:
Acclaimed Music: Updates
del.icio.us DJ Martian 2004
fimoculous.com - Best of 2004: includes a music section
rateyourmusic - recent lists
Rocklist - The Lists by Year - including some from 2004
97X Message Boards - Net: Album of The Year lists…

Resources
Acclaimed Music The Top Albums from 2004
EFIP - What’s New 2004
Gnosis
Gothic, Ethereal, & DarkSynth/EBM 2004 Releases and Top 20 Albums and Vote: Best Gothic/Ethereal/EBM/Synthpop album of 2004
Metacritic - Music
Metacritic: Best Albums of 2004
prog nose: Albums 2004 
Rocklist: The Year So Far: 2004
2004 in music: Wikipedia

BBC
BBC - collective - albums of 2004
BBC Collective: 2004 [preview]
BBC - Manchester - The Best Mancunian Album of 2004
BBC - Manchester - The Best Mancunian Debut Album of 2004
BBC - Music - Reviews - Album Of The Year 2004
BBC - Music - Classical - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Classic Rock / Pop - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Dance - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Experimental - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Folk & Country - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Jazz - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Pop - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Rock & Alt - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - World - Album Of The Year
BBC - Radio 1 - Gilles Peterson - Worldwide Awards 2004
Gilles Peterson - Worldwide Winners Results 2004

Broadcasters: Other
!earshot : features : The Best, The Worst and the Rest : 2004
KEXP 90.3 FM - Top 90 Albums of 2004
Musikbyr�n - Best Albums of 2004
Planet Sound - Top 50 Albums & Singles of 2004 
RECOMENDACIONES TELESC�PICAS - 2004
RTQE 15 of the Top Ten Recordings of 2004
triple j’s best albums of the year
WFMU STAFF YEAR-END LISTS - 2004
woxy.com the best of 97X - The 97 Best Of 2004
WNYU-FM New Afternoon Show Top 89.1 of 2004
WZBC - DJ Top 10s of 2004
Xfm Nominations for Best Single 2004
Xfm Nominations for Best Album 2004

Discussion
AbsolutePunk.net - Best and Worst of Everything in 2004
Ask MetaFilter | Top music 04
Barbelith Underground Music Albums of 2004?
Dissensus - Favorite Albums of 04 
Hypnos Forum: Top Ten Ambient CD’s of 2004 (so far)
OTF Albums of the Year
Progressive Ears - album of the year 2004?
Side-Line - Albums of the year (2004)

Vote For
NAR Lifestyle Music Awards Nominees

ILM
2004’s Electro-House Classics
ILM: Great (or good) albums of 2004?
ILM: OK, it’s almost March - what is your favorite release of 2004 so far?
ILM: With Three Months Down, My Favorite Records of the Year So Far
ILM: Rolling 2004 Metal Thread
ILM: June preliminary Pazz & Jop 2004 ballot
ILM: recommend one album from 2004 [that may be below the radar]
ILM: Top 5 albums of the year?
ILM: In General: Your Favorite Music Things in 2004

Individual Writers/ Critics
John Book’s Top Ish Of 2004
2004. gada albumi - Dainis Bu�manis
Chad Pastepunk’s Top 20 Albums of 2004
Christgau 2004
Diligent Worker - the year in music 2004
Efterklangs Top 15 of 2004
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous
and Fester’s Lucky 13: The Best Albums of 2004
The Ethereal Digest: Best Of 2004 by FREDofLA
Top 25 Albums of the Year - by chris fazio
freeform.org music : favorites - inc. 2004 Favorites (so far)
Haunted Ink: Michael Heumann’s Best Albums of 2004
Dylan Hicks’s “Best of 2004” List
Tom Hull - Music Year 2004
The Village Voice: Music: Jazz Top Ten 2004: Sonic liberations and elements of style by Tom Hull
..: it’s a trap! - Top 10 albums of 2004 (in alphabetical order)
Chicago Music and Events - Albums of Note - Greg Kot
PopMatters Music Feature | Best Music of 2004 by Zeth Lundy
Momus - Click opera - 2004: the year in music
Viewmag Online Edition - MISSED GEMS EIGHT ALBUMS FROM 2004 THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS By Sean Palmerston
Questionable Content: Top 10 Records of 2004
Pop Goes 2004 - Rock chivalry, gangsta jabberwocky, and other notable trends in music this year. By Jody Rosen
Scaruffi - 2004 album reviews
Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2004
PopMatters Music Feature | …And That’s the Way It Was (2004 Yearbook) by Patrick Schabe
TranZFusion.net - Skruff’s Top 10 Albums of 2004
Tricky Mickey’s - Best Albums 2004
Type records : Charts

Votes/ Voted for Polls/ Collated Lists
Amy’s Robot: Every “Top Ten Albums of 2004” List on the Planet
THE BRAIN - READERS’ POLL 2004
dagensskiva.com - Top 100 Selling Albums in Sweden in 2004
Drum ‘n’ Bass Arena - …Top 20 dnb tunes of 2004
Gagliarchives Top 100 of 2004 and The Global Progressive Rock Top Discs of 2004 Music Poll
HMV’s annual Poll of Polls 2004
ILM TOP ALBUMS OF 2004
ORGAN: GOLDEN ORGAN AWARDS - 2004
Pazz & Jop 2004
Pazz & Jop 2004 - Albums
Pazz & Jop 2004 - Singles
501tech: 2004 Pazz & Jop critical alignment ratings
PLAYLOUDER | - Readers Poll!
PLUG: Independent Music Awards
rateyourmusic - Top 100 rated albums of 2004
Top 200 rated albums of 2004 - rateyourmusic
The 100 most “popular” 2004 albums in the RYM database (updated frequently) — Rate Your Music
Rate Your Music: Best Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music
Sound Opinions Message Board -> SOMB TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2004

End of Year Best of 2004 Lists: Commercial Print Magazines/ Websites
allmusic/ AMG - Editors’ Choice 2004 
Amazon.com: Music / Best of 2004 / Top 100 Editors’ Picks
Billboard 2004 The Year in Music
Acclaimed Music Forum: Blender Top 50 Albums of 2004
CMJ’s Top 20 of 2004 - CMJ Bulletin Boards
Best Norwegian releases 2004 (Dagbladet) — Rate Your Music
dagensskiva.com - top 61 albums of 2004
Eindlijst Heaven 2004
The Daily News etc. magazine Staff music critics pick year’s favorites
eye - Joy decision - 12.30.04
Guardian Unlimited | Arts | 14.12.04 Interactive. Music critics’ top ten at Christmas
Intro - 2004: intro critics top 50 albums
Kerrang Albums Of The Year 2004
LES INROCKUPTIBLES ALBUMS OF 2004 - listed @ [Acclaimed Music Forum]
Best (and worst) music of 2004 (Metro Times Detroit)
MOJO - Mojo Recordings Of 2004
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year
Jaarlijst Oor 2004
musica di repubblica: 2004 best 100 - listed @ [Acclaimed Music Forum]
NME 2004 and NME albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music
N�jesguiden (Sweden) - The 50 Best Albums of 2004
Observer Music Monthly | From glam to grime, the year in music
OMM’s Albums of 2004
Q Magazine Top 50 Albums of the Year
RollingStone.com: Records of the Year 2004
Rumore’s best albums of the year [Italian Music Mag]
Seattle Weekly: Music: 2004: Year in Review: Triple Trouble by Michaelangelo Matos
Seattle Weekly: Music: 2004: Year in Review: 2004 in the Mix
Spin albums of the year 2004
The Sunday Times - The best classical, pop and jazz of 2004
Terrorizer Writer’s Poll 2004 Results
Uncut New Albums Of The Year 2004 — Rate Your Music
Wire 2004 Rewind

End of Year Best of 2004 Lists: Others e.g Webzines
afxlab.egloos.com
Almost Cool - Top Albums Of 2004
Almost Cool - Top Albums Of 2004 Readers Lists
Artforum Music Best of 2004
betterPropaganda 2004 Year in Review betterPropaganda
THEE 2004 BUTTERSCOTCH-AWARDS including from a 38 year old: BEST ALBUMS OF 2004! - THE 38 BEST ALBUMS OF 2004
Top 2004 de la Blogotheque
Cokemachineglow.com - Review Archive
Cokemachineglow.com - 2004 Year In Music: Top 50 Combined Ratings
cokemachineglow.com albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music
Delusions of Adequacy Top 10 of 2004
disquiet 2004, in review
Drawer B Top 20 Albums of the Year
Drowned in Sound - News - DiS end of year polls! Records! Bands! Gigs!
drownedinsound.com albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music

Dusted Features [ End of the Year: 2004 ]
Dusted Features [ 2004 Year-End Directory ]
Dusted Features [ Dusted Notes by Tad Abney ]
Dusted Features [ The Good Times Are Killing Me ] - Daniel Levin Becker
Dusted Features [ Worlds of Sound, Lost and Found by Kevin Macneil Brown ]
Dusted Features [ Midwestward, Ho! by Joel Calahan ]
Dusted Features [Through the Past, Darkly by Ethan Covey]
Dusted Features [ What Will We Tell the Children? ] - Michael Crumsho
Dusted Features [ Dropping The Pressure on 2004 by David Day ]
Dusted Features [ 2004: Punk Snot Is Dead, Disco Popes Crap Out, Yay by Ben Donnelly ]
Dusted Features [ Mahow About That! - Otis Hart]
Dusted Features [ 2004, Down the Dustpipe - Sam Hunt]
Dusted Features [ A Long March for Someone with Nothing to Chant - The Year in Fear by Alexander Provan ]
Dusted Features [ End of the Year: 2004 ] - Adam Strohm
Dusted Features [ The Year In Music by Derek Taylor ]
Dusted Features [ Going Where, You Say? by Stewart Voegtlin ]
Dusted Features [ Some Favorites of 2004 by Matt Wellins ]
Dusted Features [End of the Year 2004 by Charlie Wilmoth]
Dusted Features [ Let’s Everybody Just Calm Down: The Year in Music 2004 by Tom Zimpleman ]

Exclaim - Year in Review 2004
foxy digitalis online :: the best of 2004
FREEwilliamsburg: The Top 25 Releases of 2004
The Glide 20: Our Top Albums Of 2004
Grace Hotel - Best of 2004
Gridface: 2004 Top Ten
2004 Top Albums: imsmarterthanyou.com
indielondon.co.uk - music - The albums of 2004
Ink 19 :: The Top 19 of 2004 - Rob Levy
Junkmedia, 2004: The Year in Music
KindaMuzik :: Features EINDEJAARSLIJSTJES GALORE 2004  [in Dutch]
LEFT OFF THE DIAL - Best Albums of 2004
Leonard’s Lair - The Best Albums 2004
Lost At Sea - Top 20 of 2004
themilkfactory The 2004 Review
Moving Hands Music Magazine - Top 5 albums 2004 according to Moving Hands editors
The Music Box: The Best Albums of 2004
Top Albums 2004 : MusicEmissions.com
Musique Machine / Multi-Genre Music Magazine - 2004 Listed
New-Noise Top 100 albums of the year
No Ripcord - The Top Fifty Albums of 2004
The Onion A.V. Club | Feature: Best Albums of 2004
Pitchfork - Best New Music
Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2004 and pitchforkmedia.com albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music
Pitchfork: Top Reissues of 2004
Pitchfork: Top 50 Singles of 2004
PLAYLOUDER | top50 albums 2004 and playlouder.com albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music
PLAYLOUDER | top50 singles 2004
popmatters.com albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music
PopMatters Music Feature | Best Music of 2004
prefixmag . best albums of 2004
2004: Top 20 Albums - ProgressoR / Uzbekistan Progressive Rock Pages
PSF | Perfect Sound Forever: 2004 in Review
Regen Mag Wrap-up 2004 - The best new music of the past year
Favorite Albums of 2004 and More - RES Magazine
Scene Point Blank :: Top 30 Records of 2004
Shake N Stir: The Best Albums of 2004
somewherecold.com :: 2004 Somewhere Cold Awards ..
soundgenerator.com | Soundgenerator’s top 20 albums of 2004
Lists: The Sound Opinions Best Music of 2004
Stayfun - Albums of 2004
Studio M - Best of 2004
The Top 40 Albums of 2004 - Article - Stylus Magazine and stylusmagazine.com’s top 40 best albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music
Textura 2004 Top 20s
30music.com “30’s Top 30 Albums of 2004”
Tiny Mix Tapes - Top 25 Albums of 2004
Tiny Mix Tapes - B Sides - [Some Experimental Music Albums of 2004]
Tiny Mix Tapes Top 20 Album Covers of 2004

End of Year Best of 2004 Lists: Blogosphere

I haven’t listed many blogs lists this year as there are too many Indie Rock robots [i.e Magnet Magazine readers.] that list the same 10/ 20/ 30/ 40 albums over and over again.

Artifakts
ArtsJournal: Blog Riley - Best of 2004
auspicious fish - nick southall - music 2004
The Best Albums of 2004 - Basement Galaxy
blissblog faves of 2004 [Simon Reynolds]
Koons Really Does Think He’s Michelangelo: Marcelo Carlin MC’S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: PART I
Koons Really Does Think He’s Michelangelo: Marcelo Carlin MC’S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: PART II
Koons Really Does Think He’s Michelangelo: Marcelo Carlin MC’S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: PART III
Koons Really Does Think He’s Michelangelo: Marcelo Carlin MC’S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: PART IV
Koons Really Does Think He’s Michelangelo: Marcelo Carlin MC’S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: THE TOP TEN, WITH THE SEASON ACKNOWLEDGED
Cheek - Top Ten Records of 2004
cityofsound: My Rating - is - 5 stars AND Year - is - 2004
Donewaiting.com’s Favorite Albums of 2004
Doubt Beat 2004
Erase The World
Friends and Enemies: My Favourite Albums of 2004
Jess Harvell: 2004: Making Time Until Something Cool Happens and blackie lawless fanclub
He made their glowing colours - top twenty albums of 2004
Deviated Septum Top Albums of 2004 - Kevin Keenan
k-punk: END OF YEAR ROUND UP
largehearted boy: 2004’s Best Albums or Davey Goes To Eleven
Matos ‘04 and Michaelangelo Matos 2004 Rewind
MUSICA GENERICA’S TOP 20 FOR 2004 (PLUS FIVE MORE)
Mystery and Misery: Mystery and Misery’s Best of 2004
narrowcast: My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2004
the blank generation: The Noiseboy’s Top 30 of 2004
No Frontin’, Just Music MP3 Blog: Top 100 Albums of 2004
No One Here Is Asking: Best of 2004
One Louder :: a blog about music and NYC
One Louder :: a blog about music and NYC
the original soundtrack
Melissa - Quicksilver Shapeshifter - Top 51 Albums of 2004 
the rub - 2004 Music
SF/J BEST OF 2004
philip sherburne: The wrap-up
SHOT: 20 Favourite Discs of 2004.
silence is a rhythm too - My Top 25 26 Albums of the Year
Kate Silver: 2004: Favorite Records
stereogum: Stereogum’s Top Catorce Of 2004
[Stumblings in the dark] - Top music for 2004
submeat ‘04
Telephone Thing: First Annual Bonanza of Dubious Taste
TRAVELERS DIAGRAM FAVORITE MUSIC 2004
Trouble Crunk: Best of 2004
What Do I Know - Favorite Albums of 2004
Womblife - best of 2004

Rate Your Music
My favourites of 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by Anselmo
My Top of Two Thousand and Four — Rate Your Music A list by arcadefire
Top albums 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by astron
Sort of 2004. — Rate Your Music - A list by Ayemelek
Best Metal Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Belphegor
BEST METAL FOR 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Breaker99
Bryan’s Top 50 Albums from 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Bry29
The Best Albums Of 2004 (So Far) — Rate Your Music A list by bsabbath666
records that came out in 2004 that i like quite a bit indeed. — Rate Your Music - A list by caitlin
Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by cheggers
best of 2004 (so far) — Rate Your Music A list by cyan
Best albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by david_b
Favourite Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by jondesouza
2004 — Rate Your Music A list by JonDouglas
top 50 2004 albums - A list by drexciyan
MY 2004 TOP 50 — Rate Your Music - A list by ErGv
Norwegian albums in the national Top 40 in 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by erlend
04 — Rate Your Music - A list by exhaust
Best of 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by hefnerhymns
+21 (2004) — Rate Your Music - A list by hepiladron
My Top 40 Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by GeirH
50 Best Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by gregrey
Best Metal of 2004… — Rate Your Music - A list by Horfixion
Best of 2004 (so far) — Rate Your Music A list by ignatius
Top Metal Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Jarlaxle73
Top Albums Of ‘04 — Rate Your Music - A list by jewicide
2004 Contenders — Rate Your Music - A list by jkra3168
Great Albums 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by joskim
The best albums of the year we living in (dangerously or not) — Rate Your Music A list by kaos
Best of 2004 (so far) — Rate Your Music A list by Karel
2004 Wish List — Rate Your Music A list by kowdarek
Top Albums 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by langemann
the_lethal_error’s list of albums he enjoyed that were released in the year 2000 and four — Rate Your Music
2004 — Rate Your Music A list by mayortom
Best Metal Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Mira
2004 list — Rate Your Music A list by munk
My Favourite Albums Of 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by nail
Best of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Norville
2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Ollie
Topp 20 - ‘04 — Rate Your Music A list by ozymandiaz
Best of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by PerryParkas
2004 albums Top — Rate Your Music : A list by Pieta
2004 - Albums I Would Like to Hear — Rate Your Music - A list by Pistachio
The Best of 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by Prkl
Best of 2004 (so far) — Rate Your Music A list by psychocandy
Top 50 Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by returning
The Best of 2004, a Work in Progress — Rate Your Music - A list by rollerslayer
2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by Schmucky
Albums I Heard in 2004 and Put in Order Based on How Much I Liked Them — Rate Your Music - A list by starscream
Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by StrawDog
Favorite Releases for 2004 — Rate Your Music A list by Teenbeat
2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by Tickle
The kind of year it has been: The best of 2004, always under construction — Rate Your Music A list by troutmask
Best of 2004… so far — Rate Your Music A list by useful_idiot
TheGregWitul’s Top Fifty Favorite Albums of 2004 — Rate Your Music
the random 2004 — Rate Your Music - A list by yankosky
Best prog albums - 2004 A list by PhilZ
Best of 2004 (so far…) — Rate Your Music A list by zerb

Jazz & Related

From All About Jazz:

All About Jazz Highlights | January 2005: [includes 2004: YEAR IN REVIEW]
AAJ: Year in Review: 2004
AAJ: Publisher’s Top Picks for 2004
AAJ: Contributor Picks for 2004
All About Jazz Bulletin Board - Favourites of 2004
All About Jazz Bulletin Board - Best of 2004….So Far
AAJ Publisher’s Picks of the Week
AAJ: New York’s Best of 2004
C. Michael Bailey’s Picks for 2004
2004 in Review: From John Cage to John Peel by By John Eyles
AAJ: Best of 2004 by Nils Jacobson
Dan McClenaghan’s Top Ten List for 2004

Borders - List 2004 - Jazz
Chicago Public Radio - Top Twenty Jazz Music Albums of 2004
All That Jazz - The year’s best records. By Fred Kaplan
DenverPost.com - Bret Saunders
Jazzcorner’s Speakeasy - Best of 2004
Jazzitude | Best Jazz 2004
2004 Lists from Jazz Journalists Association: JJA 2004
Jazz Online - Best of 2004
Jazzmatazz - New & Recent Jazz Releases 2004
Jazzmatazz 2004 Best-of-Year

From Jazzreview.com:
2004 Rundown @ jazzreview.com - Viewpoint by: Glenn Astarita
Jazz Viewpoint - The Best Jazz and Blues of 2004 @ jazzreview.com Viewpoint by: Mark E. Gallo
Something Old, Something Blue, But Not Much New @ jazzreview.com - Viewpoint by: C. Andrew Hovan
OH NO! Not another look back at 2004! @ jazzreview.com - Viewpoint by: Mark Keresman

Jazz | JazzTimes Magazine > 2004 Critics’ Picks
Jazz | JazzTimes Magazine JazzTimes Critics’ Picks 2004 - Top 50
Jazz Views - BEST ALBUMS OF 2004
The New Yorker: Goings On About Town: Recordings
OFN Top 10 2004 : Features : One Final Note
Favorite jazz albums of 2004 | The San Diego Union-Tribune

Metal
BW & BK (Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles) albums of the year 2004 — Rate Your Music
deadtime.com - best of 2004
DigitalMetal.com - Ten Albums of 2004 
Digital Metal - Message Board - years best 2004
Live 4 Metal - Metal Albums of 2004
MAXIMUM METAL : Staff Year End Awards for 2004 
The Metal Crypt: Metal Crypt Staff Top Picks of 2004
METALEATER.COM - Metaleater 2004 Recap
METAL JUDGMENT | Top 10 of 2004
METAL REIGNS: TOP 25 Of 2004
MetalReview - what did u pick as your top ten out of the choices
METAL REVIEWS 2004 AWARDS !!! Thumbs Up !
Metal-Rules.com - Best of 2004
Metal Storm - Metal Storm Awards 2004
mtvhell.com - 21 Best Metal Albums of 2004
Radio Mute - Music Forum - 2004’s Best Metal Albums
Sex to 9 with Maria - Best of 2004
SnakeNet Metal Radio - The Top 100 Albums of 2004!
TARTAREAN DESIRE BEST ALBUMS OF 2004
Ultimate Metal Forum - Quick roundup of best albums of 2004 thus far
Ultimate Metal Forum - Staff Picks of 2004
UNRESTRAINED! Magazine - Top 20 Albums of 2004
Uranium Music - The Top 20 Albums of 2004
Vampire Magazine - Yearlist 2004

2004 Music Lists from Retailers:
Amoeba Music’s Best of 2004 so far
Andy G’s CD Services Reviews - BEST OF 2004
[ aquarius records staff faves 2004 ]
Backroads Music - Best of 2004
Boomkat - Home Listening Selection 2004
Boomkat - Top 50 Albums of 2004
Boomkat - Top 50 Singles of 2004
Forced Exposure - 2004 Music Lists
insound - Insound Top 100 of 2004
Other Music Year End Recap (December 15, 2004)
Parasol Records : Mail Order : Top Picks of 2004
piccadilly top 100 albums 2004
Rough Trade Album of the Week
Rough Trade Shops - Top 100 Albums of 2004
Djouls presents
djouls: THE BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUMS OF 2004 PART 1
djous: FOLK, ROCK & POP ALBUMS FOR 2004
djouls: HIP HOP ALBUMS (AND SINGLES) FOR 2004
djouls: JAZZ, SOUL & FUNK GROOVES ALBUMS FOR 2004
djouls: REGGAE, DUB & WORLD GROOVES ALBUMS FOR 2004
djouls: Compilations
also related: Best Of 2004 - SAOUNDS.COM

2003 Lists: Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2003 Reader List * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2003 Year-End Summary * rateyourmusic Top rated albums of 2003 * Scaruffi - 2003 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2003
2003 Collated: Metacritic - Music - Best of 2003

Webpage updated: December 3rd 2004

Note, if any of the below links no longer work try: Internet Archive - The Wayback Machine by searching the webpage URL.

Some 2003 Resources: Best Albums of 2003 lists

The purpose of this webpage is to create a central resource for 2003 music lists.

BBC
BBC Collective - A Year in Music
BBC Collective - Best Albums of 2003
BBC Collective - Best Albums of 2003 [Discussion Thread]
BBC Music: Album Of The Year - Classic Rock/ Pop
BBC Music: Album Of The Year - Dance
BBC Music: Album Of The Year - Experimental
BBC Music: Album Of The Year - Jazz
BBC Music: Album Of The Year - Rock & Alt
BBC Music: Album Of The Year - Urban
The 2003 Annual Nightingale Awards

Discussion
CMJ.com - Best Albums of 2003
De Subjectivisten - Uw Jaarlijst 2003 Hier!
Hydrogen audio Top 2003 albums:,Only real Metal! [Discussion]
Musique Machine - Best of 2003 [Discussion Thread]
Onetouchmusic - Albums of the Year [Discussion]
Radio Mute - so,what are the best electronic album�s of the year [Discussion]
Radio Mute - Best Jazz of 2003 [Discussion]
Sound Opinions - THE OFFICIAL “BEST ALBUMS OF 2003” THREAD, Stepping Up to the Plate
Sound Opinions - OFFICIAL BEST OF 2003 DISCUSSION, For everything but the lists …

Individual Opinions
Almost Cool - Top 20 Albums of 2003
John-Book.com TOP 15 ALBUMS OF 2003
The Butterscotch Threshold presents 37 Best Albums of 2003
chezlubacov - Year End Lists 2003
Chief’s Top Music 2003
Christgau 2003
Clink Staff Picks for the Best Albums of 2003
Crud Music Magazine - TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2003
Delusions of Adequacy - Top 10 of 2003
Diligent Worker
Diligent Worker - Top 30 Albums of 2003
Disquiet - Best of 2003
Dogmatic - The Best of 2003
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous - 2003 Year-End Summary including Fester’s Lucky 13 — The Best Albums of 2003
Fred of La - Best Albums of 2003
Freeform.org 2003 Favorites (so far)
Tom Hull - 2003
JF’s Best Albums of 2003
Leonard’s Lair
Citypages.com. Melissa Maerz Now Here This
Of the Record - The Best Albums of 2003
Opus zine Special Features… Favorite Albums Of 2003 
Pause Record: Best Albums of 2003 By Christopher Orman
Pause Record: da Flower Punk’s 11 Favorite CDs of 2003 
Pause Record: Top Ten CDs for 2003 by Tom Montgomery
Perfect Sounds Forever - Favorite Music of 2003
PK @ electroambientdreampop � ELECTRO-AMBIENT-DREAMPOP
Derk Richardson - Derk’s Dozen Favorite antipop CDs of 2003
Denverpost.com: The best jazz of 2003 By Bret Saunders, including new releases and reissues.
Scaruffi - 2003 album reviews
Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2003
Skrufff’s top 10 albums for 2003
Skrufff Selected Top 10 Compilations of 2003
Stayfun.co.uk Albums of the Year
Chuck Van Zyl - Star’s End: Significant Releases of 2003 (non-ranking order)

Resources
Boomkat - End of Year 2003
Dusted Features - End of the Year: 2003
earshot charts - top 200 of 2003
EFIP - What’s New 2003
Gnosis
Jazzmatazz - New & Recent Jazz Releases 2003
Jumping Fences: Critics’ Best Albums of 2003
Pitchfork - Best New Music
Rocklist.net The Year So Far: 2003
Tracking 2003

Votes/ Voted for/ Polls/ Collated Lists
Almost Cool - Readers - Top Albums of 2003
BBC News: OutKast album named year’s best [Poll-of-polls of UK Magazines]
THE 2003 BRAINWASHED READERS’ POLL
Gagliarchives - Top 100 Discs of 2003 [Progressive/ Art Rock related]
Metacritic - Music
Metacritic - Music - Best of 2003
MetalBite - Top Ranked Metal Albums of 2003
Pazz & Jop Critics Poll 2003
Pazz & Jop Critics Poll 2003 - Albums
2003 Pazz & Jop critical alignment ratings
Readers Votes 2003: the milkfactory.co.uk
Vote: musicfolio.com Best Gothic/Ethereal/EBM/Synthpop album of 2003
Rate Your Music Top rated albums of 2003
Triple J - vote for the BEST ALBUMS OF 2003

End of Year Best of 2003 Lists: The Good, The Bad and the Damn Right Dull !

Also check » Acclaimed Music - Updates
Also check » fimoculous.com - Year End 2003 Lists: including music
Also check » Rocklist - The Lists by Year - including many from 2003

Aftenpost - Best of 2003
AAJ: NY Best of 2003 Lists
All About Jazz - Publisher’s Top Picks for 2003
All About Jazz - Contributors Picks for 2003
All About Jazz - Best of 2003 - By Nils Jacobson
Aquarius Records staff faves 2003
Astralwerks - Year in Review: Top 10 Albums as chosen by our staff
Artforum.com Best of 2003: Music
BACKROADS MUSIC - BEST OF 2003
Bagatellen 2003 Preferred
Bang - Best of 2003
The Badger Herald Online - The Top 26 Albums of 2003
Barcode - Album of 2003
Baltimore City Paper year-end top ten
Big O’s Albums of the Year
canned’s Top 20 Albums of 2003
Chicago Public Radio - Best Jazz Albums of 2003
Citypages.com - Top-Ten-o-Matic
Cokemachineglow
DiS Staff Top 75 Albums of 2003
DOTMUSIC YEAR END POLL
Ejazznews.com Top 10 2003
Exploding Plastic . com - Top Electronic and Dance Albums Of 2003
freewilliamsburg: Best in Music 2003
Gridface - 2003 Top 10
Indieville - Best of 2003
Indieworkshop - Top Tens… 2003 Edition
JAZZITUDE BEST OF 2003
Jazz Online’s Best of 2003
JazzTimes Critics’ Picks 2003
KERRANG! Albums Of The Year 2003 
KindaMuzik - EINDEJAARSLIJSTJES GALORE 2003 
KNAC Staff Top 10 Albums of 2003 With Commentaries
Lost At Sea - 20 Albums of 2003
Metal Judgement - Top 10 Albums of 2003
MetalReview.com: 2003 Staff Top Ten Picks are posted
MetalReview.com Reader Top Ten Picks for 2003
Metal-Rules.com - Best of 2003 - including The Top 50 Heavy Metal Albums of 2003
themilkfactory.co.uk - 2003 Review
Mojo Albums of 2003
MTVHell.com - Best of 2003
MusicEmissions.com - Top 10 Albums of 2003
Musicfolio’s Top 20 Albums of 2003 - Gothic, Ethereal, & DarkSynth/EBM 2003 Releases
Musique Machine - Yearlists 2003
Neumu - Daily Reports: Various End of Lists from Contributors
NME Top 50 Albums of 2003
THE NO RIPCORD TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2003
Observer Music Monthly - Albums of 2003
The Onion A.V Club - Best Albums of 2003 
Only Angels Have Wings - 2003 lists
Other Music - Year End Recap
Parasolarians’ Top Picks of 2003
Piccadilly Staff Top 50 Albums of 2003
Pete’s Razor Cuts albums of the year 2003 - Virgin Radio
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2003
Playlouder - Top 50 Albums of 2003
PopMatters - Best of 2003 inc Top 50 Albums
Prefix - Top 25 Albums of 2003
Q Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2003
Rolling Stone - 50 Best Albums of 2003
Rolling Stone - Our Critics Top Albums of 2003
Rough Trade Shop Top 100 2003
RTQE - Best of 2003
Spin Top 40 Albums of 2003
Stylus Magazine’s Favorite Albums of 2003
Tiny Mix Tapes - Top 25 Albums of 2003
Uncut Albums of 2003
Xfm Nominations for Best Album of 2003
The Wind and Wire Reviewers choose the Best Recordings of 2003 
The Wire 2003 Rewind

End of Year Best of 2003 Lists: Music Blogosphere

A Face in the Crowd
Ain’t No Good Thing Ever Dies - 30 Albums of the Year
Alacran
Basement Galaxy
Marcello Carlin - The Naked Maja: TOP 50 REISSUES AND COMPILATIONS OF 2003 and Top 50 Albums of 2003
Cityofsound - My Rating - is - 5 stars AND Year - is - 2003
Deviated Septum
Donewaiting.com - 2003 Favorites By the Donewaiting.com Staff
Elastique - Best 20 Albums of 2003
fimoculous.com - Top 23 Albums of 2003
Jess Harvell * Technicolor Top 25 Albums of 2003 and 2003, In Review
It’s a trap! top 10 records of 2003…
K Punk - 03’S MADELEINES (part 1)
Melissa’s Quicksilver Shapeshifter: Top 60 Albums of 2003
The Morning News - The Top 10 Albums of 2003 
Musica Generica - Top 25 Albums of 2003 
Popdrone - My fave musical items of 2003
Record Geek
Simon Reynolds presents FAVES 2003 @ Blissblog
S/ FJ BEST OF MY 2003 LOVE [dated Oct 2nd]
silence is a rhythm too - Top 50 of 2003
Seaworthy Southeast Thesaurus
Auspicious Fish: Nick Southall’s Top 20 Albums of 2003
Thrown Askew - 10 in 2003 
Dave Stelfox - Albums, comps and mixes 2003
Worlds of Possibility
Tufluv’s Albums of the Year 2003*
Woebot - 2003 Listening

Best of 2002 Music Links

Almost Cool - Top Albums of 2002 Reader List * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2002 Year-End Summary * rateyourmusic Top rated albums of 2002 * Scaruffi - 2002 album reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2002
2002 Collated: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2002 Metacritic Music: Best of 2002

Webpage updated: December 7th 2004

Note, if any of the below links no longer work try: Internet Archive - The Wayback Machine by searching the webpage URL.

Some 2002 Resources

Almost Cool: Top Albums of 2002 Reader List
Amazon.com Top 10 Jazz Releaes of 2002
Dusted a Year in Review
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous
Gothic, Ethereal, & DarkSynth/EBM 2002 Releases
FreeJazz.org - Best of 2002 Thread
Jumping Fences
Jumping Fences, collate: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2002
Metacritic Music
Neumu - Writers 2002 Articles
Pazz & Jop 2002
2002 - TheRocklist
Scaruffi - 2002 album reviews
Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2002
DJ Martian’s Page - December Archive - includes various end of year lists

End of Year Best of 2002 Lists: The Good, The Bad and the Damn Right Dull !

All About Jazz:Publisher’s Top Picks for 2002
Almost Cool - My Top 20 Albums of 2002 
Amazon.co.uk’s Best of 2002
Amazon.com Best of 2002 Top 100 Editor’s Picks
AMG - Best of 2002
Analog Roam - Best Albums of 2002 (I guess)
Aquarius Records Staff Faves 2002
Aquarius Records Customer Faves 2002
Backroads Music - Best of 2002
BBCi Collective - Albums of the Year
BigO’s Albums of 2002
Bleedmusic: Albums of the Year 2002
Info on: Blender’s Top 50 Albums of 2002
Boomkat End of Year Lists and @ Boomkat
Braquage - Best of 2002
Brainwashed Brain - 2002 - THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Jim Brenholt’s TOP 100 for 2002
Buddyhead - Best and Worst Albums of 2002
burnitblue.com - 20 OF THE BEST ALBUMS
Matt Cibula’s Top Ten Albums of 2002
Chezlubacov - Various Lists
Choler Magazine - Best Albums of 2002
Christgau 2002
Chromewaves - Best of 2002
CMJ Staff Picks of 2002 and CMJ Community
Cool Music Database - The best albums of 2002 - Top 50
Culture Dose - Presents the 30 Best Albums of 2002
dagsavisen
Delusions of Adequacy - Top 10 of 2002
Jim De Rogatis’ Best Albums
DIE Z�NDFUNK-ALBEN DES JAHRES 2002
The Diligent Worker - 2002 List
Diskant - 2002 in review: albums
Disquiet - Best of 2002: The 10 best ambient/electronic releases of the year
DiS Staff: Top 20 Albums Of the Year and The �Official� Drowned in Sound.com Top 41 Albums of 2002
Do Something Pretty - Class of 2002
DroneOn 2002 Poll
ElasticHeart - Top 20 Albums of 2002
2002 - Year in Review by Exclaim
FakeJazz - the List 2002
Fast n Bulbous: 2002 Year-End Summary / Fester’s Lucky 13 — The Best Albums of 2002 
Fred of LA electroambientdreampop
FreeStyle - 2002 Essential Selections
Gallery of Sound - Top 30 Albums of 2002
Gary Giddins @ Village Voice: Best Jazz CDs of 2002
Andy Gill @ The Independent - The top 10 albums of 2002
Go Magazine
Gridface: The Top 10 Releases of 2002
Tom Hull - Music Year2002
Hybrid Magazine Albums of the Year 2002
Indie London.co.uk - The top 40 albums of 2002
Indieville.com Best of 2002
Inkblot - The Year In Music
Jazz Weekly - Best of 2002
Junkmedia - Top 10 Albums of 2002
Greg Kot’s Best Albums
LA Weekly - The Year In Music
Left of the Dial - Top 10 Albums of 2002
Lost at Sea - 20 Albums from 2002
Metalbite.com: Top Ranked Metal Albums of 2002
Milkfactory.co.uk - Top 20 Albums of 2002
music-critic.com
MusicEmissions.com : Top Albums of 2002
NME 2002 Lists
Noiseloop - Nominations for the best albums of 2002 Thread
No Ripcord - The Top Fifty Albums of 2002
The Onion A.V Club - The Best Albums of 2002
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS 2002
OOR Best of 2002
Other Music - 2002 Recap
PANORAMIQUE 2002
Parasol Employees’ Top 10 Picks of 2002
Pause Record - Best Albums of 2002 by Christopher Orman
Perfect Sound Forever Best of 2002
Piccadilly Records - 2002 Year End Chart
Piccadilly Records - Genre Charts
Piccadilly Records - Staff Charts
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2002
Playlouder top50 albums 2002 and Playlouder Readers Poll Albums & Singles of 2002
PopMatters - BEST MUSIC OF 2002
POPnews 2002
ProgressiveWorld.net - Top Picks
ThePRP.com - Best of 2002
Q Magazine - Q Albums of 2002
Radiovista: [various] FAVS OF THE PAST YEAR aka 2002 TOP TEN LISTS
Rec.Music.Progressive - Best of 2002
Release Music Magazine - Best of 2002
Simon Reynolds
By Derk Richardson, special to SF Gate:The Best Of 2002 Jazz, Avant-Garde and Beyond
Jody Beth Rosen’s Top Fifty Albums of 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Top 100 of 2002
The Rub’s Year-End Album List
Philip Sherburne’s Favorite Recordings Of 2002
Slowthrills - reader’s poll
SoundsXP - The Best of… 2002
Spex
Star’s End - 2002 in Review
StarVox - 2002 Best of Year End
Yancey Strickler’s Favorite Recordings Of 2002
Stylus 20 Favourite Albums of 2002
Stylus Magazine Forum - Don’t post your best albums of 2002 lists here
TinyMix Tapes Top 20 Albums of 2002
Triple J - Best Albums of 2002
The Washington City Paper Top 20 of 2002
WFMU’s BEST OF 2002
The Wire’s Albums Of The Year
Mel W Quicksilvershapeshifter Top 50 Albums of 2002
Woxy97X 97 Best of 2002
Xfm Albums of the Year Shortlist - 50 of 2002 and Best of 2002: Xfm Presenters Have Their Say

2001 Lists: Almost Cool - Top Albums of 2001 Reader List * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous * Fast ‘n’ Bulbous: 2001 Year-End Summary * rateyourmusic Top rated albums of 2001 * Scaruffi - 2001 Album Reviews * Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2001
2001 Collated: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2001 Metacritic Music: Best of 2001

Note, if any of the below links no longer work try: Internet Archive - The Wayback Machine by searching the webpage URL.

AAJ Editor’s Choice Best of 2001
Almost Cool - Top 20 Albums of 2001
Almost Cool - Top Albums of 2001 Readers Lists
Aquarius Staff Favorites 2001
BigO’s Albums of 2001
Bleed Music - The Albums Of The Year - Top 33
Bleed Music - The Albums Of The Year - 34 - 66
Bleed Music - The Albums Of The Year - 67 - 100
The Brainwashed Brain - The Best/Worst of 2001
Christgau 2001
Chunky Customers Poll
CMJ - The Best of 2001
Cool Music Central - The Best Albums of 2001
Cracked Machine - 2001
Delusions of Adequacy - Top 10 of 2001
Downtown Music Gallery Best of 2001 List
Drowned In Sound - Best of 2001
Fake Jazz - 2001
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous
Fast ‘n’ Bulbous Fester’s Lucky 13 - The Best Albums of 2001
Gagliarchives - Top 100 of 2001
Michael Goldberg - 2001: The Music That Mattered
Gothic, Ethereal, & DarkSynth/EBM 2001 Releases
The Green Dolphin’s Poll # 9 2001
Tom Hull Music Year 2001
Hybrid Magazine - Our Favourite Albums of 2001
ILM the BEST of the BEST of 2001
ILM Top five LPs of 2001…
Inkblot - The Year in Music 2001
Jumping Fences - collates: Critics’ Best 100 Albums of 2001
Jumping Fences - collates: Miscellaneous 2001 Lists
Lost At Sea 2001
Mel W - Top 50 Albums of 2001
Metacritic - Best of 2001
themilkfactory - Albums of the Year
MusicEmissions.com - Top Albums of 2001
NME Top 50 Albums 2001
Noiseloop - Nominations for best album of 2001 
The Onion A.V. Club | Feature: The Best Albums of 2001
Other Music - Top 10s for 2001 
Perfect Sound Forever - Staff top 10 lists for 2001
Pitchfork The top 20 Best Albums of 2001
Playlouder - Top 50 Albums 2001
Simon Reynolds - Faves of 2001
Rough Trade - 100 albums of 2001
Scaruffi - The Best Rock Albums of 2001
Scaruffi - 2001 Album Reviews
SoundsXp - albums of the year 2001
Star’s End 2001 in Review
Starvox Staff Top 10 of 2001
Surface Vs Depth: best of the ‘01
Terrorizer - Best Albums 2001
Triple J - Best Albums of 2001
Unpop’s Top 10 Albums of 2001
The Wire - Best of 2001
The Wire 2001 Rewind
Woxy 97X - 97 Best of 2001 

Webpage updated: December 7th 2004