Over the last couple of months, we asked you to vote for your favourite stuff of last year. The response has been quite amazing, and the result sometimes unexpected. As most of you have voted Board Of Canada’s Geogaddi as their favourite album of 2002, with Múm and Murcof following very closely, the worst album competition was won by no less than Michael Jackson – probably the first, and hopefully last time he will be mentioned on themilkfactory – with Underworld obviously not meeting much more respect with their fourth album. The single category sees Eminem, Missy Elliott and the Flaming Lips rubbing shoulders with Plaid, Dntel, Múm or Prefuse 73. Mike “The Streets” Skinner came up on top in the new comer category, with Murcof once again following closely, very much reflecting the vote in the office. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers made it to the top very unsurprisingly, but what has amused us the most was to see Tony Blair sharing the personality of the year distinction with Eminem, Mike Skinner, Aphex and Squarepusher.

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
01. Eminem
02. Mike Skinner (The Streets)
03. Tony Blair
04. Richard D. James
05. Tom Jenkinson

BEST ALBUMS OF 2002
01. BOARDS OF CANADA Geogaddi (Warp)
02. MÚM Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat Records)
03. MURCOF Martes (The Leaf Label)
04. SQUAREPUSHER Do You Know Squarepusher (Warp Records)
05. EMINEM The Eminem Show (Interscope)
06. BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN Out Of Season (Go Beat)
07. SONIC YOUTH Murray Street (Geffen)
08. CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA Everyday (Ninja Tune)
09. CAPITOL K Island Row (Planet Mu)
10. THE STREETS Original Pirate Material (Pure Groove Ltd)

WORST ALBUMS OF 2002
01. MICHAEL JACKSON Invicible (MJJ Music)
02. UNDERWORLD A Hundred Days Off (Junior Boy's Own)
03. THE STREETS Original Pirate Material (Pure Groove Ltd)
04. BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN Out Of Season (Go Beat)
05. EMINEM The Eminem Show (Interscope)

BEST SINGLES OF 2002
01. MÚM Green Grass Of Tunnel (Fat-Cat Records)
02. EMINEM Loose Yourself (Interscope)
03. PREFUSE 73 The 92 Vs 02 Collection (Warp Records)
04. FISCHERSPOONER Emerge (FS Studio)
05. DNTEL (This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan (Plug Research)
06. PLAID P Brane (Warp Records)
07. FLAMING LIPS Do You Realize (Warner Bros.)
08. EMINEM Without Me (Interscope)
09. MISSY ELLIOT Work It (Elektra)
10. UNDERWORLD Two Days Off (Junior Boy's Own)

WORST SINGLES OF 2002
01. LAS KETCHUP The Ketchup Song (Columbia)
02. NICKELBACK How You Remind Me (Roadrunner)
03. THE VINES Get Free (Heavenly)
04. JENNIFER LOPEZ Jenny From The Block (Epic)
05. PREFUSE 73 The 92 Vs 02 Collection (Warp Records)

NEW COMER OF THE YEAR
01. THE STREETS
02. MURCOF
03. DYKEHOUSE
04. SCHNEIDER TM
05. ASA-CHUNG & JUNRAY

BEST GIG
01. MÚM / INTERPOL Philadelphia, USA
02. APHEX TWIN Pukkelpop, Belgium
03. MAGIC BUS Hamburg Phonodrom, Germany
04. SIGUR RÓS Boston MA, USA
05. AIR Brixton Academy, UK