| 1 | 2001 | White Blood Cells | The White Stripes | Album | 4.25 | 19 |
| 2 | 2002 | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Wilco | Album | 4.35 | 14 |
| 3 | 2002 | Sea Change | Beck | Album | 3.85 | 22 |
| 4 | 2002 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | The Flaming Lips | Album | 4.1 | 17 |
| 5 | 2002 | The Eminem Show | Eminem | Album | 3.85 | 18 |
| 6 | 2002 | Maladroit | Weezer | Album | 3.8 | 10 |
| 7 | 2002 | Under Construction | Missy Elliott | Album | 3.25 | 9 |
| 8 | 2002 | Songs for the Deaf | Queens of the Stone Age | Album | 4.15 | 27 |
| 9 | 2001 | In Search Of… | N*E*R*D | Album | 3.55 | 12 |
| 10 | 2000 | Veni Vidi Vicious | The Hives | Album | 4.6 | 12 |
| 11 | 2001 | Kittenz and Thee Glitz | Felix da Housecat | Album | | 8 |
| 12 | 2002 | One Beat | Sleater‐Kinney | Album | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | 2002 | The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse | Jay‐Z | Album | 3.5 | 15 |
| 14 | 2002 | The Rising | Bruce Springsteen | Album | 4 | 73 |
| 15 | 2002 | Scarlet’s Walk | Tori Amos | Album | 4.3 | 10 |
| 16 | 2002 | Phrenology | The Roots | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 17 | 2002 | Original Pirate Material | The Streets | Album | 3.5 | 5 |
| 18 | 2002 | The Fix | Scarface | Album | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | 2002 | The Private Press | DJ Shadow | Album | 4.3 | 12 |
| 20 | 2002 | LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | Bright Eyes | Album | 5 | 8 |
| 21 | 2002 | One by One | Foo Fighters | Album | 4.25 | 22 |
| 22 | 2002 | ( ) | Sigur Rós | Album | 4.45 | 19 |
| 23 | 2001 | Southern Rock Opera | Drive‐By Truckers | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 24 | 2001 | We Love Life | Pulp | Album | 3.8 | 4 |
| 25 | 2002 | By the Way | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Album | 4.25 | 20 |
| 26 | 2002 | A Rush of Blood to the Head | Coldplay | Album | 4 | 27 |
| 27 | 2002 | Fantastic Damage | El‐P | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 28 | 2002 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | EP | 5 | 4 |
| 29 | 2002 | 18 | Moby | Album | 3.75 | 14 |
| 30 | 2001 | Behind the Music | The Soundtrack of Our Lives | Album | 4.5 | 4 |
| 31 | 2002 | Deadringer | RJD2 | Album | 4.4 | 6 |
| 32 | 2002 | Turn On the Bright Lights | Interpol | Album | 4.4 | 20 |
| 33 | 2002 | Demolition | Ryan Adams | Album | 5 | 5 |
| 34 | 2002 | Audioslave | Audioslave | Album | 4 | 13 |
| 35 | 2002 | MTV Road Rules: Don't Make Me Pull This Thing Over, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | | 1 |
| 36 | 2002 | Jerusalem | Steve Earle | Album | 5 | 4 |
| 37 | 2002 | The Headphone Masterpiece | Cody ChesnuTT | Album | | 3 |
| 38 | 2002 | Kill the Moonlight | Spoon | Album | 3.85 | 6 |
| 39 | 2001 | Rings Around the World | Super Furry Animals | Album | 4.75 | 7 |
| 40 | 2002 | As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Part 2 | 2 Many DJ’s | Album + Compilation + DJ-mix | 4.85 | 3 |
