And now, my Top 10 Albums of 2002, in no particular order:

1 – Audioslave, Audioslave
2 – Jerry Cantrell, Degradation Trip Volumes 1 and 2
3 – Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, 1919*Eternal
4 – Dream Theater, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
5 – Down, Down II
6 – Disturbed, Believe
7 – Rush, Vapor Trails
8 – Stone Sour, Stone Sour
9 – Joe Satriani, Strange Beautiful Music
10 – Queens Of The Stone Age, Songs For The Deaf

…Compared to the Top 10 of 2001

1 – Aerosmith, Just Push Play
2 – Tool, Lateralus
3 – Jeff Beck, You Had It Coming
4 – Ozzy Osbourne, Down To Earth
5 – System Of A Down, Toxicity
6 – Monster Magnet, God Says No
7 – Tantric, Tantric
8 – Soil, Scars
9 – Eric Clapton, Reptile
10 – Stevie Nicks, Trouble In Shangri-La

And the five best Greatest Hits Albums of the year

1 – Aerosmith, O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
2 – The Rolling Stones, Forty Licks
3 – Nirvana, Nirvana
4 – The Who, The Ultimate Collection
5 – U2, Best Of: 1990-2000

And now, ten artists whose new releases I will be anxiously awaiting in 2003:

1 – Aerosmith
2 – Ozzy Osbourne
3 – AC/DC
4 – Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society
5 – Godsmack
6 – Sevendust
7 – Cinder
8 – A Perfect Circle
9 – Tapeworm
10 – Thursday

And lastly, Rest In Peace…

Randy Castillo
Dee Dee Ramone
Layne Staley
Jam Master Jay
John Entwistle
Dave Williams
Robin Crosby

Goodnight, and have a pleasant New Year.