| artist: | title: | label: |
| Agalloch | The Mantle | US-The End |
| Andrew W.K. | I Get Wet | US-Island Def Jam |
| Brave Captain | Advertisments for Myself | UK-Wichita |
| A Certain Ratio | Early | UK-Soul Jazz |
| Cody | Distance Learning | UK-Shinkansen |
| Cousteau | Sirena | US/UK-Palm Pictures |
| Dury, Baxter | Len Parrot's Memorial Lift | UK-Rough Trade |
| El-P | Fantastic Damage | US-Definitive Jux |
| ESG | ESG: A South Bronx Story (*) | UK-Universal Sound |
| Gabriel, Peter | catalogue reissues, especially Birdy and Passion | US-Real World / Geffen |
| Gathering, the | Black Light District | NE-Psychonaut |
| Gorillaz | Gorillaz (*) | UK-Parlophone |
| Jam | The Jam at the BBC | UK-Polydor |
| Kozelek, Mark | White Christmas Live (*) | US-Sub Pop |
| Lemon Jelly | Lost Horizons | UK-Impotent Fury/XL |
| Longwave | The Strangest Things | US-RCA / BMG |
| Music, the | Music, the | UK-Hut |
| Oasis | Heathen Chemistry | US-Epic |
| Opeth | Deliverance | US-Music for Nations / Koch |
| Pet Shop Boys | Release | US-Sanctuary / BMG |
| Selby Tigers | The Curse of the Selby Tigers | US-Hoperless Records |
| The Sound | catalogue reissues, especially Jeopardy and All Fall Down (*) | UK-Renascent |
| Static | Eject Your Head | GER-City Centre Offices |
| Sunn O)) | 3: Flight of the Behemoth | US-Southern Lord |
| Supersilent | 1-3 (*) | NOR-Rune Grammafon |
| Various Artists | Nigeria 70 (*) | UK-Strut |
| Various Artists | Tangent 2002: Disco Nouveau | US-Ghostly International |
| Xiu Xiu | Knife Play | US-5RC |
[* OK, so these weren't released this year. At least i have them now, right?]