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KGNU Top Specialty Recordings - 2002: Based on all shows reporting
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| Artist | Title | Label | |
| New World | |||
| 1 | Kronos Quartet | Nuevo | Nonesuch Records |
| 2 | Various Artists | Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamtown | Blood & Fire |
| 3 | Various Artists | Traveler '02 | Six Degrees |
| 4 | Various Artists | Red Hot + Riot | MCA Records |
| 5 | Issa Bagayogo | Timbuktu | Six Degrees |
| 6 | Susana Baca | Espiritu Vivo | Luaka Bop |
| 7 | 1 Giant Leap | 1 Giant Leap | Palm Pictures |
| 8 | Various Artists | Afro Rock Vol.1 | Kona Records |
| 9 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Legend | Tuff Gong |
| 10 | Various Artists | Sahara Groove | Arc |
| 11 | Hasna El Becharia | Djazair Johara | Indigo |
| 12 | Various Artists | Globalista Import-Export | Trikont |
| 13 | Various Artists | Samba Bossa Nova | Putumayo |
| 14 | Various Artists | Rough Guide To Paris Café Music | World Music Network |
| 15 | Mary Youngblood | Beneath The Raven Moon | Silver Wave Records |
| 16 | Sainkho Namtchylak | Stepmother City | Ponderosa Music & Arts |
| 17 | Mali Music | Mali Music | Astralwerks |
| 18 | Kodo | Mondo Head | Sony Music |
| 19 | Tama | Espace | Real World |
| 20 | Orchestra Baobob | Pirates Choice | World Circuit |
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| 1 | Medeski Martin & Wood | Uninvisible | Blue Note Records |
| 2 | Matthew Shipp | Nu Bop | Thirsty Ear |
| 3 | Cinematic Orchestra | Every Day | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | DJ Spooky | Optometry | Thirsty Ear |
| 5 | Ron Miles | Heaven | Sterling Circle Records |
| 6 | Guillermo E. Brown | Soul At The Hands Of The Machine | Thirsty Ear |
| 7 | Cassandra Wilson | Belly Of The Sun | Blue Note Records |
| 8 | Bobby McFerrin | Beyond Words | Blue Note Records |
| 9 | Patricia Barber | Verse | Premonition |
| 10 | Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | Blue Note Records |
| 11 | Soulive | Next | Blue Note Records |
| 12 | Bill Frisell | The Willies | Nonesuch Records |
| 13 | William Parker Quartet | Raining On The Moon | Thirsty Ear Communication |
| 14 | Tied & Tickled Trio | Electric Avenue Tapes | Rooftop Promotion |
| 15 | Art Ensemble Of Chicage | :Rarum Vi | ECM Records |
| 16 | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Medicated Magic | Ropeadope |
| 17 | Chicago Underground Duo | Axis And Alignment | Thrill Jockey |
| 18 | Pfeuti | Pigeon Post | Oh!Tonito |
| 19 | John Surman/Jack Dejohnette | Invisible Nature | ECM Records |
| 20 | Chet Baker | Deep In A Dream | Capitol Records |
| Rap/R&B [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Little Axe | Hard Grind | Fat Possum |
| 2 | Various Artists | Africa Raps | Trikont |
| 3 | Blackalicious | Blazing Arrow | MCA Records |
| 4 | United Dope Front | Constant Elevation | Self Produced |
| 5 | DJ Shadow | The Private Press | MCA Records |
| 6 | Ttc | Ceci N'est Pas Un Disque | Big Dada/Ninja |
| 7 | Herbaliser | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | Karl Denson | The Bridge | Relaxed Records |
| 9 | Various Artists | Grazing In The Trash Vol 2 | Soul Fire |
| 10 | Massive Attack | Blue Lines | Capitol Records |
| 11 | Martha Redbone | Home Of The Brave | Self Produced |
| 12 | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Dap-Dippin' With... | Daptone |
| 13 | Various Artists | Funky 16 Corners | Stones Throw Records |
| 14 | Solomon Burke | Don't Give Up On Me | Fat Possum |
| 15 | Dilated Peoples | Expansion Team | Capitol Records |
| 16 | Robert Randolf And The Family Band | Live At The Wetlands | |
| 17 | The Coup | Party Music | 75 Ark |
| 18 | Jamiroquai | A Funk Odyssey | Epic Records |
| 19 | Whitefield Brothers | In The Raw | Soul Fire |
| 20 | X-Ecutioners | Built From Scratch | Loud Records |
| Techno/Electronica [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Organic Grooves | Black Cherry | Aum Fidelity |
| 2 | Various Artists | Verve//REMIxed | Verve Records |
| 3 | Oojami | Bellydancing Breakbeats | Mondo Melodia |
| 4 | Ursula 1000 | Kinda' Kinky | 18th Street Lounge |
| 5 | Zap Mama | Push It To The Max | Luaka Bop |
| 6 | Various Artists | Suba Tributo | Six Degrees |
| 7 | ChEMIcal Brothers | Come With Us | Virgin Records |
| 8 | St. Germaine | Boulevard | F Communications |
| 9 | DJ Cheb I Sabbah | Krishna Lila | Six Degrees |
| 10 | Various Artists | Zen And The Art Of Chilling, Vol One | Mondo Melodia |
| 11 | Tabla Beat Science | Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove | Palm Pictures |
| 12 | Various Artists | I Love Serge: Electronica Gainsbourg | Pagan Records |
| 13 | Nitin Sawhney | Prophesy | V2 Music |
| 14 | Telepopmusik | Genetic World | Capitol Records |
| 15 | Thievery Corporation | The Richest Man In Babylon | 18th Street Lounge |
| 16 | Tino | Tino's Breaks | Self Produced |
| 17 | Kabul Workshop | Trigana | Tinder Records |
| 18 | Various Artists | Recline | Six Degrees |
| 19 | Various Artists | Rough Guide To Arabesque | World Music Network |
| 20 | Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble | Cd | Shanachie Entertainment |
| Modern/Avant Garde [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Beau Hunks | Kodachrome-Compositions Of Raymond Scott | Basta |
| 2 | Frank Pahl & Klimperei | Music For Desserts | Self Produced |
| 3 | Amy Denio & Petunia | To Lie Tenderly | Self Produced |
| 4 | Residents | The Residents' Petting Zoo | East Side Digital |
| 5 | Bang On A Can | Bang On A Can Classics | Cantaloupe Music |
| 6 | Fred Frith | Accidental | Rer |
| 7 | Lutz Glandien | The 5th Elephant | Rer |
| 8 | Meredith Monk | Mercy | ECM Records |
| 9 | Negativland | Dick Vaughn's Moribund Music Of The '70's | Seeland |
| 10 | Fred Frith | Gravity | Rer |
| 11 | Unamunos Quorum | Between Breaths | Self Produced |
| 12 | Controlled Bleeding | Can You Smell The Rain Between | Tone Casualties |
| 13 | Pfly | Duckapus | Self Produced |
| 14 | Banabila | Spherics | Tone Casualties |
| 15 | Drexciya | Harnessed The Storm | Rooftop Promotion |
| 16 | Codec Scovill | Clinical Imperfections | Nonresponse |
| 17 | The Coma Savants | Coma Savant | Uvulittle |
| 18 | Iannis Xenakis | Persepolis & REMIxes | Asphodel |
| 19 | Joscha Oetz | Vieles Ist Eins | Accretions |
| 20 | Marcos Fernandez | Hybrid Vigor | Accretions |
| Classical [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Seim/Braekke/Johansen | The Source And Different Cikadas | ECM Records |
| 2 | Misha Alperin | Night | ECM Records |
| 3 | Paul Hillier | Fragments: Theatre Of Voices | Harmonia Mundi |
| 4 | Eleni Karaindrou | Music For Trojan Women By Euripides | ECM New Series |
| 5 | Martha Masters | Guitar Recital | Naxos |
| 6 | Rick Sprague | Dreams Of Love | Self Produced |
| 7 | Dennis James | Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages | Sony Classical |
| 8 | John Adams | Naive And Sentimental Music | Nonesuch Records |
| 9 | The Harp Consort Feat: Andrew Lawrence-King | Missa Mexicana | Harmonia Mundi |
| 10 | Luciano Berio | Voci | ECM New Series |
| 11 | Angele Dubeau & La Pieta | It Etait Une Fois | Analekta |
| 12 | Paquito D'rivera | The Clarinetist | Pimienta |
| 13 | Erik Satie | Pianoworks: Riri Shimada | Legacy |
| 14 | Bela Bartok | 44 Duos For Two Violins: Andras Keller, Janos Pilz | ECM New Series |
| 15 | Steve Reich | Tehillim The Desert Music | Cantaloupe Music |
| 16 | Michael Gordon | Decasia | Cantaloupe Music |
| 17 | Yo-Yo Ma | Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music Of John Williams | Sony Classical |
| 18 | Elizabeth Dolin/Francine Kay | Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Janacek | Analekta |
| 19 | Xenia Ensemble | Eastern Approaches | Felmay |
| 20 | Yo-Yo Ma | Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach | Legacy |
| Americana (Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Blues) [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Otis Taylor | Respect The Dead | Northern Blues |
| 2 | The Flatlanders | Now Again | New West |
| 3 | Various Artists | Dressed In Black | Dualtone |
| 4 | Tony Furtado | American Gypsy | What Are Records? |
| 5 | Pete Wernick's Live Five | Up All Night | Self Produced |
| 6 | Hank Williams III | Risin Outlaw | Curb Records |
| 7 | Corey Harris | Downhome Sophisticate | Rounder |
| 8 | Steve Earle | Sidetracks | E-Squared |
| 9 | Eva Cassidy | Imagine | Blix Street |
| 10 | Hank Williams III | Lovesick Broke & Driftin' | Curb Records |
| 11 | The Hot Club Of Cowtown | Ghost Town | Hightone Records |
| 12 | Bela Fleck And The Flecktones | Live At The Quick | Columbia Records |
| 13 | Various Artists | Mississippi Blues | Putumayo |
| 14 | Jerry Douglas | Lookout For Hope | Sugar Hill Records |
| 15 | Jorma Kaukonen | Blue Country Heart | Columbia Records |
| 16 | David Grisman Quintet | Dawgnation | Acoustic Disc |
| 17 | Various Artists | Ultimate Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras |
| 18 | Reeltime Travelers | Livin' Reeltime, Thinkin' Old-Time | Self Produced |
| 19 | Nickel Creek | This Side | Sugar Hill Records |
| 20 | Various Artists | Caught In The Webb | Koch |
| Blues [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Otis Taylor | Respect The Dead | Northern Blues |
| 2 | Corey Harris | Downhome Sophisticate | Rounder |
| 3 | Various Artists | Mississippi Blues | Putumayo |
| 4 | Various Artists | Ultimate Mardi Gras | Mardi Gras |
| 5 | R L Burnside & The Sound Machine | Raw Electric 1979-1980 | Inside Sounds/Inside Memp |
| 6 | Delbert McClinton | Room To Breathe | New West |
| 7 | Rory Block | I'm Every Woman | Rounder |
| 8 | Ruthie Foster | Runaway Soul | Self Produced |
| 9 | Various Artists | Colorado Blues Society 2001 | Self Produced |
| 10 | Elliott Sharp's Terraplane | Music For Yellowman | Zoar Music |
| 11 | Roy Rogers | Slideways | Evidence |
| 12 | John Mooney | All I Want | Blind Pig Records |
| 13 | Various Artists | Rough Guide To Delta Blues | World Music Network |
| 14 | Shemekia Copeland | Talking To Strangers | Alligator Records |
| 15 | Washboard Chaz Blues Trio | Courtyard Blues | Corrugated |
| 16 | Rick Holmstrom | Hydraulic | Tone Cool Records |
| 17 | Charlie Musselwhite | One Night In America | Telarc Blues |
| 18 | Omar & The Howlers | Big Delta | Blind Pig Records |
| 19 | BB King & Pee Wee Crayton | Blue On Blues | Fuel 2000 |
| 20 | T-Model Ford | Bad Man | Fat Possum |
| Space [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Danny Heines | What Worlds They Bring | Vada Disc |
| 2 | Various Artists | Trance Planet | Triloka Records |
| 3 | Carlos Santana | Divine Light | Legacy |
| 4 | Kitaro | An Ancient Journey | Domo |
| 5 | Alias Zone | Lucid Dreams | Cybermotion |
| 6 | Steve Tibbets | A Man About A Horse | ECM Records |
| 7 | Gabrielle Roth And The Mirrors | Bardo | Raven |
| 8 | Various Artists | 156 Strings | Cuneiform Records |
| 9 | Mark Deutsch | Fool | Self Produced |
| 10 | Bill Douglas | Homeland | Hearts Of Space |
| 11 | Kazu Matsui | Bamboo | Narada |
| 12 | Mercan Dede | Nar | Double Moon |
| 13 | Steve Skinner | Dream River | Flying Dog |
| 14 | Bozo Adagio | Magic Music | Marx |
| 15 | Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes | Trance Union | Self Produced |
| 16 | Ancient Future | Planet Passion | Self Produced |
| 17 | Scott Medina | Nectar Of The Strings | Self Produced |
| 18 | Cybertribe | Sacred Memories | New Earth |
| 19 | Steve Gorn | Colors Of The Mind | Dharma Moon |
| 20 | Jonathan Goldman | Medicine Buddha | Etherean Music |
| Rock [ top ] | |||
| 1 | John Trudell | Bone Days | Daemon |
| 2 | The Bran Flakes | Bounces | Happi Tyme |
| 3 | Tom Waits | Blood Money | Anti/Epitaph |
| 4 | Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Nonesuch Records |
| 5 | Tom Waits | Alice | Anti/Epitaph |
| 6 | Keller Williams | Laugh | Sci Fidelity |
| 7 | Michelle Shocked | Deep Natural | Mighty Sound |
| 8 | Bonnie Raitt | Silver Lining | Capitol Records |
| 9 | Los Lobos | Good Morning Aztlan | Mammoth Records |
| 10 | Eels | Souljacker | Dreamworks |
| 11 | Various Artists | Japan For Sale Vol. Two | Sony Music Imports |
| 12 | Buffalo Daughter | I | Emperor Norton |
| 13 | Van Morrison | Down The Road | Universal Records |
| 14 | Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | Warner Bros Records |
| 15 | Steve Earle | Jerusalem | ArtEMIs |
| 16 | Giant Sand | Cover Magazine | Thrill Jockey |
| 17 | Rasputina | Cabin Fever | Instinct Records |
| 18 | Sonic Youth | Murray Street | Geffen Records |
| 19 | The Residents | Demons Dance Alone | East Side Digital |
| 20 | Smokey & Miho | Smokey & Miho | Self Produced |
| Gospel [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Madame W.M.Andrews | Make Up For The Time I've Lost | Self Produced |
| 2 | Blind Boys Of Alabama | Higher Ground | Realworld Records |
| 3 | Staple Singers | Uncloudy Day | Rhino Records |
| 4 | Various Artists | Wow Gospel 2002 | Verity |
| 5 | Various Artists | Sacred Steel Convention | Arhoolie Productions |
| 6 | Various Artists | The Rough Guide To Gospel | World Music Network |
| 7 | Holmes Brothers | Righteous! | Rounder |
| 8 | The New Spiritual Wonders | Gospel Of The Rockies | Self Produced |
| 9 | Christianaires | Thank You | Marxan |
| 10 | Various Artists | Saved! - Northernblues Gospel Allstars | Northern Blues |
| 11 | Women Of Excellence Mass Choir | Where There's A Will There's A Way | Self Produced |
| 12 | Helen Baylor | My Everything | Diadem |
| 13 | Various Artists | Praise In His Presence Live | Harborwood |
| 14 | The Sprituals Project Choir | Cd | Self Produced |
| 15 | Various Artists | The Gospel Divas | Tommy Boy Records |
| 16 | Various Artists | None But The Righteous: Masters Of Sacred Steel | Ropeadope |
| 17 | Fred Hammond | Speak Those Things: Pol Chapter 3 | Verity |
| 18 | Various Artists | Gospel Greats Vol 8:The Diary Of A Worshipper | Verity |
| 19 | Excelsior | Soul Interpretations | Verity |
| 20 | Ben Tankard | The Best Of Ben Tankard | Verity |
| Ñ Alternative [ top ] | |||
| 1 | Various Artists | Y Tu Mama Tambien | Zomba/Verity |
| 2 | Trio Mocoto | Samba Rock | Six Degrees |
| 3 | Radio Zumbido | Los Ultimos Dias Del Am | Palm Pictures |
| 4 | Los De Abajo | Cybertropic Chilango Power | Luaka Bop |
| 5 | Manu Chao | Radio Bemba Sound System | EMI Latino |
| 6 | Various Artists | Miguel Rios Y Las Estrellas Del Rock Latino | BMG |
| 7 | Various Artists | Tributo A Soda Stereo | BMG |
| 8 | Ziroq | Cd | Triloka Records |
| 9 | Babasonicos | Jessico | Delanuca |
| 10 | Los Cafres | Espejitos | Dln |
| 11 | Various Artists | Wea Rock Sampler | Wea Latina |
| 12 | Aleks Syntek | De Noche En La Ciudad | EMI Latino |
| 13 | Quetzal | Sing The Real | Vanguard |
| 14 | Manu Chao | Esperanza | Virgin Records |
| 15 | Kapanga | Operacion Rebenque | Delanuca |
| 16 | Cafe Tacuba | Vale Callampa | MCA Records |
| 17 | Vico C | Emboscada | EMI Latino |
| 18 | Los Violadores | Lo Mejor De Los Violadores | Delanuca |
| 19 | Ozomatli | Embrace The Chaos | Interscope |
| 20 | Voz De Mano | Polen | Self Produced |