WNCW`s Top 100 for 2002
1. Norah Jones --- Come Away With Me (Blue Note)
2. Alison Krauss & Union Station --- Live (Rounder)
3. Wilco --- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
4. Bruce Springsteen --- The Rising (Columbia)
5. Beck --- Sea Change (Geffen)
6. Bonnie Raitt --- Silver Lining (Capitol)
7. Nickel Creek --- This Side (Sugar Hill)
8. Blind Boys of Alabama --- Higher Ground (Realworld)
9. Widespread Panic --- Live In the Classic City (Sanctuary)
10. Big Daddy Bluegrass Band --- Big Daddy Bluegrass Band (Little King)
11. Steve Earle --- Jerusalem (Artemis/E-Squared)
12. Bela Fleck & The Flecktones --- Live At The Quick (Columbia)
13. Beth Orton --- Daybreaker (Astralwerks)
14. Trey Anastasio --- Trey Anastasio (Elektra)
15. Patty Griffin --- 1000 Kisses (ATO)
16. Los Lobos --- Good Moring Aztland (Mammoth)
17. Elvis Costello --- When I Was Cruel (Island)
18. Mark Knopfler --- The Ragpicker's Dream (Warner Bros.)
19. Ani Difranco --- So Much Shouting/So Much Laughter (Righteous Babe)
20. Kasey Chambers --- Barricades & Brick Walls (Warner Bros.)
21. Ryan Adams --- Demolition (Lost Highway)
22. Van Morrison --- Down the Road (Universal)
23. Doc Watson & Frosty Morn --- Round the Table Again (Sugar Hill)
24. Johnny Cash --- American IV: The Man Comes Around (Lost Highway)
25. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe --- The Bridge (Relaxed)
26. Gov't Mule --- The Deep End Vol. 2 (ATO)
27. Dolly Parton --- Halos and Horns (Sugar Hill)
28. Aimee Mann --- Lost in Space (Superego)
29. David Grisman Quartet --- Dawgnation (Acoustic Disc)
30. Tift Merritt --- Bramble Rose (Lost Highway)
31. Counting Crows --- Hard Candy (Geffen)
32. Dave Matthews --- Busted Stuff (RCA)
33. Jorma Kaukonen --- Blue Country Heart (Columbia)
34. David Gray --- A New Day at Midnight (Capitol/ATO)
35. Neil Young --- Are You Passionate? (Reprise)
36. Indigo Girls --- Become You (Epic)
37. Coldplay --- A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol)
38. Leftover Salmon --- Live (Compass)
39. Hank Williams III --- Lovesick, Broke, & Driftin' (Curb)
40. Willie Nelson --- The Great Divide (Lost Highway)
41. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon --- Clone (Private Music)
42. Jerry Douglas --- Lookout For Hope (Sugar Hill)
43. Various: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band --- Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 3 (Capitol)
44. Flatlanders --- Now Again (New West)
45. Steep Canyon Rangers --- Mr. Taylor's New Home (Bonfire)
46. Flaming Lips --- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Warner Bros.)
47. Delbert McClinton --- Room to Breathe (New West)
48. Buddy Miller --- Midnight & Lonesome (Hightone)
49. Guy Clark --- The Dark (Sugar Hill)
50. Peter Gabriel --- Up (Geffen)
51. Bruce Hornsby --- Big Swing Face (RCA)
52. Chieftains --- Down the Old Plank Road (RCA)
53. Joan Osborne --- How Sweet It Is (Compendia)
54. James McMurtry --- Saint Mary of the Woods (Sugar Hill)
55. Various --- Bonnaroo 2002 (Sanctuary)
56. Medeski, Martin, & Wood --- Uninvisible (Blue Note)
57. Keller Williams --- Laugh (SCIFidelity)
58. Michael Reno Harrell --- Southern Son (Dancing Bear)
59. Ralph Stanley --- Ralph Stanley (DMZ/Columbia)
60. Tom Waits --- Alice/Blood Money (Anti/Epitaph)
61. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers --- The Last DJ (Warner Bros.)
62. Jackson Browne --- The Naked Ride Home (Elektra)
63. Chuck Brodsky --- The Baseball Ballads (Chuckbrodsky.com Records)
64. George Harrison --- Brainwashed (Capitol)
65. Dirty Dozen Brass Band --- Medicated Magic (RopeADope)
66. Phil Lesh & Friends --- There and Back Again (Columbia)
67. Gourds --- Cow Fish Fowl or Pig (Sugar Hill)
68. Hot Rize --- So Long of a Journey (Sugar Hill)
69. Robert Randolph & The Family --- Live At The Wetlands (Dare)
70. Various --- I Am Sam Soundtrack (V2)
71. GiGi Dover --- Unpicked Flowers (Rockin' Ranch)
72. Caitlin Cary --- While You Weren't Looking (YepRoc)
73. Neko Case --- Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
74. Phish --- Round Room (Elektra)
75. Billy Bragg --- England, Half-English (Elektra)
76. Kim Richey --- Rise (Lost Highway)
77. Tracy Chapman --- Let It Rain (Elektra)
78. Cousteau --- Sirena (Palm Pictures)
79. Greg Brown --- Milk of the Moon (Red House)
80. Old & In the Gray --- Old & In the Gray (Acoustic Disc)
81. Kelly Willis --- Easy (Rykodisc)
82. Derek Trucks Band --- Joyful Noise (Columbia)
83. Sheryl Crow --- C'Mon, C'Mon A&M)
84. Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley --- Lost in the Lonesome Pines (Dualtone)
85. Michelle Shocked --- Deep Natural (Mighty Sound)
86. Ben Folds --- Live (Epic)
87. Todd Snider --- New Connection (Oh Boy)
88. Uncle Tupelo --- 89/93 Anthology (Columbia)
89. Alison Brown Quartet --- Replay (Compass)
90. Bottle Rockets --- Songs of Sahm (Bloodshot)
91. Gomez --- In Our Gun (Virgin)
92. Susan Tedeschi --- Wait for Me (Artemis/Tone-Cool)
93. Tori Amos --- Scarlet's Walk (Epic)
94. Nanci Griffith --- Winter Marquee (Rounder)
95. Eric Clapton --- One More Car, One More Rider (Reprise)
96. Dave Wilcox --- Live Songs & Stories (W.A.R.)
97. Dave Matthews --- Live At Folsom Field (RCA)
98. Steve Earle --- Sidetracks (Artemis/E-Squared)
99. Chris Isaak --- Always Got Tonight (Reprise)
100. Warren Zevon --- My Ride's Here (Artemis)