Let’s pick another year at random… 2002. Here’s a mixtape I made at the time:
And here’s list of the best albums of that year, as decided by how much I’ve listened to them:
 | DJ Rupture | Gold Teeth Thief |
DJ /rupture - Gold Teeth Thief  | ||
 | The Notwist | Neon Golden |
The Notwist - Consequence  | ||
 | Pet Shop Boys | Disco 3 |
Sexy Northerner (Superchumbo Remix)  | ||
 | DJ Rupture | Minesweeper Suite |
DJ /rupture - 20 - Bloody Nora / Rough & Rugged  | ||
 | Arto Lindsay | Invoke |
Arto Lindsay - Ultra Privileged  | ||
 | Juana Molina | Tres Cosas |
Juana Molina - Ay, No Se Ofendan (Live on KEXP)  | ||
 | Various | Disco Not Disco 2 |
Lex ''Fourteen Days''  | ||
 | Moloko | Statues |
Moloko - Forever more (extended)  | ||
 | Propaganda | Outside World |
Propaganda - Dr Mabuse  | ||
) | Various | Secondhand Sounds: Herbert Remixes |
Merciful (Herbert's We Mix)  | ||
 | Max Tundra | Mastered By Guy At The Exchange |
Max Tundra - Lysine  | ||
 | Jan Jelinek | Computer Soup |
Straight Life  | ||
) | Tuxedomoon | Concert In St. Petersburg |
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 | Nobukazu Takemura | 10th |
Cons  | ||
 | ESG | Step Off |
Be Good To Me  | ||
 | Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft | Out Here. In There. |
Sidsel Endresen and Bugge Wesseltoft Try  | ||
 | The Breeders | Title TK |
The Breeders - Huffer (Official Video)  | ||
And… 2002 was a great year! It’s all bangers. We get both of the bootleg remix epics from DJ\Rupture, and we get folktronica classics from The Notwist, as well as glitchy pop from Nobukazu Takemura, Jan Jelinek and Max Tundra.
It’s all good stuff.