52 Albums in 52 Weeks Status:
Last Updated: for Week 52 (closed December 31 2002, page updated January 5 2003.)
New Albums: 56
Albums left to meet goal: +4 over goal
Totally New Artists: 11
Expanded Artists: 13
Previous Artists: 22
Expanded Artists are: (A) artists who I've bought singles from before and have now bought an album of theirs for the first time (such as Paul Oakenfold), or (B) artists who I was already familiar with through other projects (such as Brother Sun Sister Moon, since I bought it based on Paul Robb's work with Information Society, or the Andromeda soundtrack, since I knew I wanted the theme song from having liked it on the TV show).
Previous Artists are more albums by the same artists I'd bought before.
To view which tracks have been added to BTR view the Rotation List.
| Artist | Album |
| Abigail | Feel Good |
| Afro-Celt Sound System | Volume 3: Further in Time |
| Air | Moon Safari |
| Kevin Sorbo's Matthew McCauley, Alex Lifeson |
Original Soundtrack |
| Art of Noise | Daft |
| Art of Noise | (Who's Afraid of) The Art of Noise |
| Barnes & Barnes | Yeah - The Essential Barnes & Barnes |
| Ben Folds Five | The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner |
| Big Pig | Bonk |
| Brother Sun Sister Moon | The Great Game |
| Johnny Cash | Crazy Country |
| The Crystal Method | Vegas |
| Dr. Demento | Basement Tapes No. 10 |
| Duran Duran | Medazzaland |
| Eagles | One of These Nights |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Out of the Blue |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Secret Messages |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Zoom |
| Enigma | LSD - Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits |
| Enterprise - Dennis McCarthy, Russel Watson |
Original Soundtrack |
| Fat Boy Slim | Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars |
| Free Kitten | Sentimental Education |
| Getter Robo Armegeddon (Shin Getter Robo) |
Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 |
| Getter Robo Armegeddon (Shin Getter Robo) |
Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 |
| Gundam | Gundam Singles History II |
| Steve Joliffe | Omni |
| Keller & Schonwalder | More Loops |
| Macross | Macross the Tribute |
| Macross - Mari Iijima | Mari Iijima Sings Lynn Minmay |
| Meco | Dance Your Asteroids Off: The Complete Star Wars Collection |
| Moby | I Like to Score: Music From Films Vol. 1 |
| Moby | 18 |
| The Muppets | The Muppet Show 25th Anniversary Collection: Music, Mayhem and More! |
| Paul Oakenfold | Perfecto Presents Another World |
| Ookla the Mok | Less Than Art |
| Ookla the Mok | Super Secret |
| Ookla the Mok | Smell No Evil |
| Orbital | The Middle of Nowhere |
| Orbital / various | Back to Mine |
| Para Para Max | Mecha Max |
| Pet Shop Boys | Release |
| Pet Shop Boys tribute - various |
Very Introspective, Actually: A Tribute to the Pet Shop Boys |
| Remy Zero | The Golden Hum |
| Robotech - Barry Fassman & John O'Kennedy |
Robotech Battlecry Game Soundtrack |
| Scream - various | Original Soundtrack |
| Smash Mouth | Smash Mouth |
| Spider-Man | Music From and Inspired By |
| Star Trek Nemesis - Jerry Goldsmith |
Original Soundtrack |
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - John Williams |
Original Soundtrack |
| Super Mario 64 - Nintendo 64 | Original Soundtracks |
| Super Robots (Compilation) | Super Robots Legend |
| Super Robots (Compilation) | TV Size! Super Robots Theme Songs |
| Supreme Beings of Leisure | Supreme Beings of Leisure |
| Transformers | Beast Wars Transformers Songs Best |
| Tricky | Blowback |
| Various / Quango Music | Lush Life Electronica |
Other new albums I started but didn't get around to finish in 2002 (and still haven't):
| Artist | Album |
| Chumbawamba | What You See Is What You Get |
| Electronic | Raise the Pressure |
Better Than Radio picks for best album of the year:
| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2004 | FRANKtunes | Interstellar Raceway |
| 2003 | FRANKtunes - tie - Ookla the Mok |
Monta - tie - Oh Okay LA |
| 2002 | Smashmouth | Smashmouth |
| 2001 | Blue Man Group - tie - Sifl & Olly |
Audio - tie - Songs of Season 1 |
| 2000 | Moby | Play |
| 1999 | Electric Light Orchestra | Time |
| 1998 | A3 | Exile on Coldharbour Lane |