Ranking   
NME 2002
Top 50 Albums of 2002
  1. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)
  2. The Vines - Highly Evolved (Heavenly)
  3. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (Locked on/679)
  4. The Coral - The Coral (Deltasonic)
  5. Black Rebel Motorcyce Club - BRMC (Virgin)
  6. Qween Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Interscope)
  7. Doves - The Last Broadcast (Heavenly)
  8. Eminem - The Eminem Show (Interscope)
  9. The Datsuns - The Datsuns (V2)
  10. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (Mtdor)
  11. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Warner Bros)
  12. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (Rough Trade)
  13. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages Of...The Polyphonic Spree (679)
  14. Nerd - In Serch Of... (Virgin)
  15. The Music - The Music (Hut)
  16. Beck - Sea Change (Geffen/Interscope)
  17. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi (Warp)
  18. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Behind The Music (Telegram/WEA)
  19. The Hives - Your New Fabourite Band (Poptones)
  20. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around (Lost Highway)
  21. Foo Fighters - One By One (RCA)
  22. Ms Dynamite - A Little Deeper (Polydor)
  23. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (Roc-A-Fella)
  24. The Von Bondies - Lack Of Communication (Sweet Nothing)
  25. Missy Elliot - Under Construction (Electra)
  26. Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (Big Brother)
  27. Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station (Columbia)
  28. Idlewild - The Remote Part (Parlophone)
  29. Ryan Adams - Demolition (Lost Highway)
  30. Primal Scream - Evil Heat (Columbia)
  31. The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through And Leave (Morning/BMG)
  32. Radio 4 - Gotham! (City Slang)
  33. Low - Trust (Rough Trade)
  34. Death In Vegas - Scorpio Rising (Concrete/BMG)
  35. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
  36. Brendan Benson - Lapulco (V2)
  37. Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy OST (Twisted Nerve/XL Recordings)
  38. Jim O'rourke - Insignificance (Domino)
  39. The Breeders - Title TK (4AD)
  40. Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways - Steady The Buffs (Transcopic)
  41. Ladytron - Light & Magic (Invicta Hi-fi)
  42. Nada Surf - Let Go (Heavenly)
  43. Cornershop - Handcream For The Generation (Wiiija)
  44. Ikara Colt - Chat And Business (Fantastic Plastic)
  45. Gonzales - Presidental Suite (Kitty-Yo!)
  46. Bright Eyes - Lifted: Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ears To The Ground (Wichita)
  47. The Sights - Got What We Want (Sweet Nothing)
  48. The Electric Soft Parade - Holes In The Wall (DB)
  49. Raging Speedhorn - We Will Be Dead Tomorrow (ZTT)
  50. Liars - They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (Blast First)
Top 50 Singles of 2003
  1. Doves - There Goes The Fear (Heavenly)
  2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP (Wichita)
  3. The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So (Poptones)
  4. The Coral - Dreaming Of You (Deltasonic)
  5. Qween Of The Stone Age - Know One Knoes (Interscope)
  6. The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (XL)
  7. Sugerbabes - Freak Like Me (Universal)
  8. LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (Output)
  9. Black Rebel Motorcyce Club - Whatever Happened To My Rock'n'roll(Punk Song) (Virgin)
  10. The Vines - Get Free (Heavenly)
  11. The Rapture - Hours Of Jealous Lovers (Output)
  12. The Libertines - What A Waster (Rough Trade)
  13. The Datsuns - In Love (V2)
  14. Eminem - Without Me (Interscope)
  15. The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? (Warner Bros)
  16. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward (Locked on/679)
  17. Nelly - Hot In Herre (MCA)
  18. Fischerspooner - Emerge (MINISTRY)
  19. The Strokes - Someday (Rough Trade)
  20. The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster - Celebrate Your Mother (No Death)
  21. Missy Elliott - Work It (Elektra)
  22. The Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl (Fiece Panda)
  23. Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways - Troubled Mind (Transcopic)
  24. The Thrills - Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far) (Virgin)
  25. Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (Polydor)
  26. Ms Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee (Polydor)
  27. Black Revel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love (Virgin)
  28. The Coral - Goodbye (Deltasonic)
  29. Tweet - Oops (Oh My) (Elektra)
  30. The Vines - Highly Evolved (Heavenly)
  31. Ash - Envy (Infectious)
  32. Cornershop - Lessons Learned From Rocky I To Rocky III (Wiiija)
  33. Idlewild - American English (Parlophone)
  34. The Streets - Don't Mug Yourself (679)
  35. Massive Attack/Mos Def - I Against I (Melankolic)
  36. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (Rough Trade)
  37. The Kills - Black Rooster EP (Domino)
  38. The Beatings - Jailhouse (Fantastic Plastic)
  39. Truth Hurts - Addictive (Aftermath)
  40. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman (Virgin)
  41. Ms Dynamite - It Takes More (Polydor)
  42. The Streets - Weak Become Heroes (679)
  43. Coldplay - In My Place (Parlophone)
  44. Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (Parlophone)
  45. The BellRays - Fire On The Moon (Poptones)
  46. Doves - Pounding (Heavnly)
  47. James Yorkston & The Athletes - The Lang Toun (Domino)
  48. Pulp - Bad Cover Version (Island)
  49. Aqualung - Strange & Beautiful (Parlophone)
  50. The Sound Track Of Our Lives - Sister Surround (WEA)