RETAIL THRILLS OF 2002

Did You Know That People Who Sell Records for a Living Actually Listen to Records for Fun?

Bob Bell/Wherehouse Music
1. Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
2. Kay Hanley, Cherry Marmalade
3. David Bowie, Heathen
4. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Last DJ
5. Peter Gabriel, Up
6. Aimee Mann, Lost in Space
7. Bob Dylan, Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue
8. Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
9. George Harrison, Brainwashed
10. OK Go, OK Go

Jim Utz/Vintage Vinyl
1. Anti-Pop Consortium, Arrhythmia
2. David Cross, Shut Up You Fucking Baby
3. Local H, Here Comes the Zoo
4. Mummydogs, Mummydogs
5. N.E.R.D., In Search Of...
6. 90 Day Men, To Everybody
7. Primal Scream, Evil Heat
8. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
9. The Roots, Phrenology
10. Doug Stanhope, Die Laughing

Mike Dreese/Newbury Comics
1. Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
2. Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
3. Sparks, Charged Particles
4. RockFour, Another Beginning
5. Sizzla, Da Real Thing
6. Eminem, The Eminem Show
7. Sondre Lerche, Faces Down
8. Soundtrack of Our Lives, Behind the Music
9. Beck, Sea Change
10. Libertines, Up the Bracket

Shannon Lumetta/Border’s Group Inc.
1. The Paybacks, Knock Loud
2. Dave Matthews Band, Live at Folsom FieldBoulder
3. Continental Drifters, Listen, Listen
4. Lamb, What Sound
5. The Vines, Highly Evolved
6. Doves, The Last Broadcast
7. The Streets, Original Pirate Material
8. Jackass, Soundtrack
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeah Yeah Yeahs [EP]
10. The Hives, Veni Vidi Vicious

Connie Young/Baker & Taylor
1 Lifehouse, Stanley Climbfall
2. Def Leppard, X
3. Joe Bonamassa, So, It’s Like That
4. Tori Amos, Scarlet’s Walk
5. Dishwalla, Opaline
6. Goo Goo Dolls, Gutterflower
7. Jason Mraz, Waiting for My Rocket to Come
8. Avril Lavigne, Let Go
9. Pina Kollars, Quick Look
10. Santana, Shaman

Jeff Davidson/HMV
1. Haven Between the, Senses
2. Josh Rouse, Under Cold Blue Stars
3. Doves, The Last Broadcast
4. Frou Frou, Details
5. Tori Amos, Scarlet’s Walk
6. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
7. Abra Moore, No Fear
8. Shannon McNally, Jukebox Sparrows
9. Tonic, Head On Straight
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers, By the Way

Terry Currier/Music MilleNnium
1. John Bunzo, Darkness & Light
2. Lonesome Bob, Things Change
3. Peter Wolf, Sleepless
4. Soundtrack of Our Lives, Behind the Music
5. Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
6. David Bowie, Heathen
7. Brendan Benson, Lapalco
8. Badly Drawn Boy, Have You Fed the Fish?
9. The Shazam, Tomorrow the World
10. Nils Lofgren, Break Away Angel

Lon Lindeland/Best Buy
1. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
2. Doves, The Last Broadcast
3. Beck, Sea Change
4. The Vines, Highly Evolved
5. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Foo Fighters, One by One
7. The Donnas, Spend the Night
8. Oasis, Heathen Chemistry
9. Beth Orton, Daybreaker
10. Badly Drawn Boy, Have You Fed the Fish?

Michael Solomon/Tower Records
1. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
2. Paul Weller, Days of Speed
3. Various artists, Buddha Lounge
4. Joe Cocker, Sheffield Steel
5. Marc Moulin, Top Secret
6. Hotel Costes V.2, La Suite
7. Chet Atkins, Chet Picks on the Grammys
8. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
9. Jorma Kaukonen, Blue Country Heart
10. Various artists, Buddha Sunset

Kevin Hawkins/Amazon.com
1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Brendan Benson, Lapalco
3. Citizen Bird, Citizen Bird
4. Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
5. Garageland, Scorpio Rising
6. Bobby Bare, Jr., Young Criminals Starvation League
7. Division of Laura Lee, Black City
8. Chuck Prophet, No Other Love
9. Soft Boys, Nextdoorland
10. Beck, Sea Change

Vince Szydlowski/Virgin Megastore
1. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Last DJ
2. Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
3. N.E.R.D., In Search Of...
4. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
5. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
6. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
7. Beck, Sea Change
8. Foo Fighters, One by One
9. Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World
10. Sheryl Crow, C’mon C’mon

Sam Cass/Universal One-Stop
1. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
2. David Gray, A New Day at Midnight
3. Solomon Burke, Don’t Give Up on Me
4. The Roots, Phrenology
5. Kasey Chambers, Barricades & Brick Walls
6. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
7. White Stripes, White Blood Cells
8. The Vines, Highly Evolved
9. Eminem, The Eminem Show
10. Audioslave, Audioslave

Ed Hogan/Musicland
1. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
2. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight
3. Sondre Lerche, Faces Down
4. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
5. Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
6. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
7. Eminem, The Eminem Show
8. N.E.R.D., In Search Of
9. Neko Case, Blacklisted
10. Koufax, Social Life

Paul Ignasinski/Handleman Co.
1. Hoobastank, Hoobastank
2. Disturbed, Believe
3. Our Lady Peace, Gravity
4. The Used, The Used
5. Eminem, The Eminem Show
6. Tonic, Head On Straight
7. Tori Amos, Scarlet’s Walk
8. Ra From, One
9. Liquid #9, There It Is

Alayna Hill-Alderman/Record Archive
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers, By the Way
2. Beck, Sea Change
3. Ryan Adams, Demolition
4. Porcupine Tree, In Absentia
5. Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights
6. Seafood, When Do We Start Fighting?
7. Marianne Faithfull, Kissin’ Time
8. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
9. Counting Crows, Hard Candy
10. Julee Cruise, Art of Being a Girl

Brian Stevens/Fred meyer
1. Rush, Vapor Trails
2. Roger Waters, In the Flesh Live
3. Concrete Blonde, Group Therapy
4. Joey Ramone, Don’t Worry About Me
5. Various artists, I Am Sam soundtrack
6. Pearl Jam, Riot Act
7. Puddle of Mudd, Come Clean
8. Bruce Cockburn, Anything, Anytime, Anywhere
9. Nirvana, Nirvana
10. Sheryl Crow, C’mon C’mon

Roxanne Petersen/Amoeba Music
1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
3. Aimee Mann, Lost in Space
4. Sleater-Kinney, One Beat
5. Tori Amos, Scarlet’s Walk
6. Iron & Wine Creek, Drank the Cradle
7. Kasey Chambers, Barricades & Brickwalls
8. Gary Jules, Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
9. Dolly Parton, Halos & Horns
10. Patty Griffin, 1,000 Kisses

Joe Nardone Jr.,/Gallery Of Sound
1. Common Rider, This Is Unity Music
2. Hot Hot Heat, Make Up the Breakdown
3. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
4. Bad Religion, Process of Belief
5. Sparta, Wiretap Scars
6. Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
7. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
8. Clinic, Walking With Thee
9. Piebald, We Are the Only Friends We Have
10. Guided by Voices, Universal Truths & Cycles

Karl Groeger Jr./Looney Tunes
1. Chevelle, Wonder What’s Next
2. Jack Johnson, Brushfire Fairytales
3. Audioslave, Audioslave
4. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
5. Solomon Burke, Don’t Give Up On Me
6. Audiovent, Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris
7. Joe Bonamassa, So, It’s Like That
8. Brand New Sin, Brand New Sin
9. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me

David Lang/CD World
1. Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
2. Van Morrison, Down the Road
3. Diana Krall, Live in Paris
4. Howie Day, Austraila
5. Heather Nova, South
6. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
7. Burning Brides, Fall of the Plastic Empire
8. Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
9. Peter Gabriel, Up
10. Tori Amos, Scarlet’s Walk

Jim Kelly/ZIA Records
1. Steve Earle, Jerusalem
2. Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
3. Uncle Tupelo, Anthology
4. Peter Gabriel, Up
5. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
7. Ryan Adams, Demolition
8. Denison Witmer, Philadelphia Songs
9. Black Sabbath, Symptom of the Universe
10. David Bowie, Heathen

Steve Roberts/Angott One-Stop
1. Jimmy Scott, But Beautiful
2. Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Cruel Smile/
3. Marianne Faithfull, Kissin’ Time
4. Me’Shell Ndege’Ocello, Cookie: The Anthropological
Mixtape
5. David Bowie, Heathen
6. Slum Village Trinity, (Past, Present & Future)
7. Heather Headley, This Is Who I Am
8. Beck, Sea Change
9. Various artists, Standing in the Shadows of Motown
soundtrack
10. Tom Petty, The Last DJ

Dilyn Radakovitz/Dimple Records
1. Art Garfunkel, Everything Waits to Be Noticed
2. Jack Johnson, Brushfire Fairytales
3. Missy Elliott, Under Construction
4. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
5. Nelly, Nellyville
6. Beck, Sea Change
7. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
8. Tweet, Southern Hummingbird
9. The Vines, Highly Evolved
10. Weezer, Lion & the Witch

Stephen Bowen/Cat’s Music
1. Neko Case, Blacklisted
2. Doyle Lawson, The Hard Game of Love
3. Ramsey Midwood, Shoot-Out at the O.K.Chinese
Restaurant
4. Buddy Miller, Midnight & Lonesome
5. Original Sinners, Original Sinners
6. Guy Clark, The Dark
7. Clothesline Revival, Of My Native Land
8. Johnny Irion, Unity Lodge
9. Various artists, Dressed in Black/Tribute to Johnny
Cash
10. Various artists, Kindred Spirits/Tribute to Johnny
Cash


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