COMPILATIONS: 2002 The Album

By 2002 the UK charts had become saturated with manufactured novelty acts, poor US soft rock acts and appalling rappers. 

But there was still room in the charts for some real music, in a year that brought highly anticipated albums from Oasis, Primal Scream, Coldplay, as well as being a breakthrough year for Doves, Idlewild and A. And of course this was the year that brought us debut albums from The Music, The Coral, Hundred Reasons, The Cooper Temple Clause, Haven and The Libertines. 

In terms of actual albums being entirely consistant, 2002 probably wasn't the best year: A good example of this is Oasis's 'Heathen Chemistry' which was very patchy and certainly had a lot of filler, but amongst it were a few good tracks. Same with most of the other albums of the year, some duff tracks but when the songs were good they'd be VERY good indeed. But when you take all the best tracks off of those albums and compile them into a 'Best Of 2002', you end up with A LOT of tracks, not to mention a great compilation. So here it 2002: it's not as bad as it seemed at the time, if you take out the unnecessary bits.

2002: The Album

CD1

PRIMAL SCREAM - DEEP HIT OF MORNING SUN
THE D4 - ROCK N ROLL MOTHERFUCKER
OASIS - THE HINDU TIMES
THE MUSIC - TAKE THE LONG ROAD AND WALK IT
THE CORAL - SHADOWS FALL
FOO FIGHTERS - ALL MY LIFE
DOVES - WORDS
LEVELLERS - FOUR WINDS
COLDPLAY - POLITIK
FEEDER - COME BACK AROUND
SUPERGRASS - RUSH HOUR SOUL
THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE - WHO NEEDS ENEMIES
THE LIBERTINES - BOYS IN THE BAND
MUSE - IN YOUR WORLD
DEATH IN VEGAS FEAT LIAM GALLAGHER - SCORPIO RISING
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - NO ONE KNOWS
HUNDRED REASONS - I'LL FIND YOU
BADLY DRAWN BOY - BORN AGAIN
IDLEWILD - LIVE IN A HIDING PLACE
MANIC STREET PREACHERS  THERE BY THE GRACE OF GOD
PRIMAL SCREAM - DETROIT
LEVELLERS - COME ON


CD2

THE D4 - COME ON
THE CORAL - I REMEMBER WHEN
DOVES - THERE GOES THE FEAR
SUPERGRASS - BRECON BEACONS
FOO FIGHTERS - HAVE IT ALL
FEEDER - JUST THE WAY I'M FEELING
COLDPLAY - IN MY PLACE
THE VINES - COUNTRY YARD
HUNDRED REASONS - IF I COULD
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - MILLIONAIRE...
PAUL WELLER - A BULLET FOR EVERYONE
JOHN SQUIRE - I MISS YOU
A - SOMETHING'S GOING ON
INTERPOL - SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS
PRIMAL SCREAM - MISS LUCIFER
DOVES - M62 SONG
THE SHINING - I WONDER HOW
OASIS - LITTLE BY LITTLE
THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE - FILM MAKER
IDLEWILD - YOU HELD THE WORLD IN YOUR ARMS
COLDPLAY - GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE
THE VINES - OUTTATHAWAY
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - GO WITH THE FLOW
JOHNNY CASH - THE MAN COMES AROUND
SUPERGRASS - SEEN THE LIGHT
RICHARD ASHCROFT - SCIENCE OF SILENCE


CD3

FEEDER - COMFORT IN SOUND
LEVELLERS - BELIEVERS
A - TOOK IT AWAY
THE LIBERTINES - TIME FOR HEROES
DEATH IN VEGAS FEAT PAUL WELLER - SO YOU SAY YOU LOST YOUR BABY
DOVES - POUNDING
THE CORAL - GOODBYE
INTERPOL - PDA
BECK - LOST CAUSE
THE RAPTURE - HOUSE OF JEALOUS LOVERS
FOO FIGHTERS - TIMES LIKE THESE
THE DATSUNS - HARMONIC GENERATOR
OASIS - THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD TIMES
FEEDER - FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW
IDLEWILD - A MODERN WAY OF LETTING GO
ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE - EMPTY AT THE END
SUPERGRASS - CAN'T GET UP
MUSE - DEAD STAR
ASH - ENVY
THE PATTERN - FRAGILE AWARENESS
THE SHINING - CREST OF AN OCEAN
A - STARBUCKS
HAVEN - SAY SOMETHING


CD4

LEVELLERS - WILD AS ANGELS
THE D4 - GET LOOSE
THE MUSIC- GETAWAY
IDLEWILD - AMERICAN ENGLISH
THE DATSUNS - IN LOVE
OASIS - HUNG IN A BAD PLACE
MANIC STREET PREACHERS - DOOR TO THE RIVER
PRIMAL SCREAM - AUTOBAHN 66
THE LIBERTINES - UP THE BRACKET
PAUL WELLER - STANDING OUT IN THE UNIVERSE
THE VINES - FACTORY
COLDPLAY - A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
BADLY DRAWN BOY - YOU WERE RIGHT
THE CORAL - SKELETON KEY
HUNDRED REASONS - SILVER
FEEDER - LOVE POLLUTION
THE D4 - HEARTBREAKER
RICHARD ASHCROFT - LORD I'VE BEEN TRYING
PULP - LAST DAY OF THE MINER'S STRIKE
JOHNNY CASH - HURT