year in music

 These are the 16 best albums of 2002, cuz I said so:

1. Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Sonic Youth, Murray Street
3. Boards of Canada, Geoggaddi
4. Sigur Ros, ()
5. Street Dad, Out Hud
6. DJ Shadow, The Private Press
7. Beck, Sea Change
8. Low, Trust
9. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
10. The Streets, Original Pirate Material
11. Clinic, Walking With Thee
12. Lambchop, Is A Woman
13. Mum, Finally We Are No One
14. Amon Tobin, Out From Out Where
15. Felix da Housecat, Kittenz and Thee Glitz
16. Tom Waits, Alice

 And, yeah, just What Is It that makes Minnesota music critics so different, so appealing?