2002

2002 is yet again an excellent year in music. List contains probably the best alternative country album of all times, excellent post rock, a weird and alternative concept album, beautiful ballads, rock opera manifest, heavy guitars, catchy pop melodies and singer songwriter brilliance! Some of the most iconic albums from 2000's are found on this list. I've come to realise that making a top 10 of one year is an extremely difficult thing to do, since there is so much excellent music around. There are always few albums that I heavy heartedly have to leave out of the list. When I'm done with this blog at some point I must give credit to all those albums, that were left out.

2003

This year's list doesn't stand out as anything exceptional even though it features some of my long-term favourites. I guess that the standards are just really high, since the first half of 2000's is full of amazing albums. I had again some difficulties with constructing the list in a way that nothing amazing is left out so there is nothing to complain about. Sunny melodic pop, power pop, folk, country, electronica and melancholic indie rock. All of these genres can be found on this list. There are albums from many different countries as well. Especially the Nordic Countries have a good representation here. 2003 was especially the year of Ben Gibbard, since he is the main author of two of these albums.