The GrEEN DoLPHiN's PoLL – 11

Best albums, bands / solo artists & musicians of 2002

Sigur Rós


B e s t   b a n d s / s o l o   a r t i s t s (213)
  1. Sigur Rós (Iceland) (69)
  2. Porcupine Tree (UK) (51)
  3. Peter Gabriel (UK) (47)
  4. Dream Theater (USA) (41)
  5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Canada) (40)
  6. The Flower Kings (Sweden) (36)
  7. King Crimson (UK/USA) (30)
  8. Múm (Iceland) (29)
  9. Sonic Youth (USA) (23)
    Yes (UK) (23)
  10. Univers Zero (Belgium) (21)
  11. Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) (20)
    Beck (USA) (20)
  12. Spock's Beard (USA) (19)
  13. Savoy Ground (UK) (17)
  14. Dredg (USA) (16)
    Hrvåtski (aka Keith Fullerton Whitman) (USA) (16)
    The Flaming Lips (USA) (16)
  15. Low (USA) (15)
  16. Mike Keneally Band (USA) (14)
    Rush (Canada) (14)
  17. Queens Of The Stone Age (USA) (13)
    Sixteen Horsepower (USA) (13)
  18. Cardiacs (UK) (12)
  19. Bill Frisell (USA) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best bands/solo artists of 2002"

Sigur Rós: ( )

Pete Gabriel: Up

Porcupine Tree: In Absentia

B e s t   a l b u m s (227)
  1. Sigur Rós "( )" (Fat Cat/PIAS/MCA) (75)
  2. Peter Gabriel "Up" (Real World/Virgin) (67)
  3. Porcupine Tree "In Absentia" (Lava/Atlantic) (54)
  4. The Flower Kings "Unfold The Future" (InsideOut) (40)
  5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Yanqui U.x.o." (Constellation) (35)
  6. Múm "Finally We Are No One" (Fat Cat) (33)
  7. Spock's Beard "Snow" (InsideOut/Metal Blade) (28)
  8. Sonic Youth "Murray Street" (Smells Like/Interscope/Universal) (25)
  9. Echolyn "Mei" (Velveteen) (24)
  10. Univers Zero "Rhythmix" (Cuneiform) (21)
  11. Beck "Sea Change" (Geffen/Interscope/Universal) (20)
    Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers "California, Norfolk" (Burning Shed) (20)
  12. The Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (Warner Bros.) (19)
  13. Deus Ex Machina "Cinque" (Cuneiform) (17)
    Dredg "El Cielo" (Interscope) (17)
    Queens Of The Stone Age "Songs For The Deaf" (Interscope/Universal) (17)
    Savoy Grand "Burn The Furniture" (Glitterhouse) (17)
  14. Boom Bip "Seed To Sun" (Lex) (16)
    French TV #7 "The Case Against Art" (Pretentious Dinosaur) (16)
  15. Low "Trust" (Kranky/Rough Trade) (15)
    Rush "Vapor Trails" (Anthem/Atlantic) (15)
  16. Hasse Bruniusson "Flying Food Circus" (Burlesco) (14)
    Andy West & Rama "Rama 1" (Magna Carta) (14)
  17. Centrozoon "The Cult Of Bibbiboo" (Burning Shed) (13)
  18. King Crimson "Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With" (Sanctuary) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best albums of 2002"
B e s t   f e m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (114)
  1. Björk (43)
    Tori Amos (43)
  2. Annie Haslam (Renaissance) (29)
  3. Beth Gibbons (24)
  4. Laurie Anderson (22)
  5. Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq/Nolan & Wakeman) (21)
  6. Joanne Hogg (Iona) (20)
  7. Lana Lane (Ayreon) (19)
  8. Diamanda Galás (17)
  9. Michelle Young (Nolan & Wakeman) (16)
    Stella Vander (Magma) (16)
  10. Haco (14)
    Neko Case (14)
  11. Julie Tippetts (13)
  12. Anneke van Giersbergen (Ayreon/The Gathering) (12)
    Magdalena Hagberg (Pär Lindh Project) (12)
  13. Sade (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best female vocalists of 2002"
B e s t   m a l e   v o c a l i s t s (109)
  1. Peter Gabriel (91)
  2. Jon Anderson (Yes) (34)
  3. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree/No-Man/Bass Communion/IEM) (33)
  4. James LaBrie (Dream Theater) (29)
  5. Jón Þór Birgisson (Sigur Rós) (28)
  6. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (26)
    Steve Hogarth (Marillion) (26)
  7. Robert Plant (24)
  8. David Bowie (21)
    Peter Hammill (21)
  9. Phil Minton (4 Walls) (19)
  10. Hasse Froberg (The Flower Kings) (18)
    Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) (18)
    Tom Waits (18)
  11. Graham Langley (Savoy Grand) (17)
    Tim Bowness (No-Man/Henry Fool/Darkroom/Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers) (17)
  12. Christian Vander (Magma) (16)
  13. Peter Nicholls (IQ) (15)
  14. Mike Patton (Fantomas/Tomahawk) (13)
    Neal Morse (Spock's Beard) (13)
  15. Paul McCartney (12)
  16. Antoinne Paganotti (Magma) (11)
    Beck (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best male vocalists of 2002"
B e s t   g u i t a r   p l a y e r s (104)
  1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) (59)
  2. Steve Howe (Yes) (37)
  3. Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/TransAtlantic/Kaipa) (35)
  4. John Petrucci (Dream Theater) (32)
  5. Derek Bailey (31)
  6. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) (28)
  7. Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree) (23)
  8. Bill Frisell (22)
  9. Alex Liefson (Rush) (20)
  10. Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) (19)
  11. Fred Frith (18)
    Mike Keneally (18)
  12. Steve Hackett (17)
  13. Alan Morse (Spock's Beard) (15)
    Steve Rothery (Marillion) (15)
  14. Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) (14)
  15. Steve Morse (Deep Purple/Steve Morse Band) (13)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best guitar players of 2002"
B e s t   b a s s   p l a y e r s (85)
  1. Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel/Tony Levin Band/California Guitar Trio/Magellan) (78)
  2. Chris Squire (Yes) (45)
  3. John Myung (Dream Theater) (33)
  4. Trey Gunn (Trey Gunn Band/King Crimson) (27)
  5. Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings) (24)
  6. Geddy Lee (Rush) (21)
  7. Philippe Bussonnet (Magma) (20)
  8. Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) (19)
    Dave Holland (19)
  9. Michael Manring (18)
  10. Hisashi Sasaki (Ruins) (17)
  11. Bill Laswell (15)
    Bryan Beller (Mike Keneally Band) (15)
    Dave Meros (Spock’s Beard) (15)
    Pete Trewavas (Marillion/TransAtlantic) (15)
  12. Billy Sheehan (14)
    Guy Segers (Pierre Vervloesem) (14)
  13. John Paul Jones (13)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best bass players of 2002"
B e s t   k e y b o a r d   p l a y e r s (92)
  1. Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) (56)
  2. Rick Wakeman (Yes) (48)
  3. Tomas Bodin (The Flower Kings) (42)
  4. Ryo Okumoto (Spock's Beard) (31)
  5. Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree/Jansen Barbieri Karn) (29)
  6. Derek Sherinian (Planet-X) (26)
  7. Lars Hollmer (16)
  8. Emmanuel Borghi (Magma/One Shot) (14)
    Peter Gabriel (14)
  9. Tom Brislin (Yes/Spiraling) (13)
  10. Clive Nolan (Arena/Nolan & Wakeman) (12)
    Keith Emerson (12)
    Martin Orford (IQ/The Lens/Jadis) (12)
  11. Kjartan Sveinsson (Sigur Rós) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best keyboard players of 2002"
B e s t   d r u m m e r s(86)
  1. Bill Bruford (Earthworks/Gordian Knot) (78)
  2. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/TransAtlantic) (44)
  3. Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson/California Guitar Trio) (40)
  4. Terry Bozzio (34)
  5. Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard) (32)
  6. Gavin Harisson (Porcupine Tree) (28)
    Manu Katche (Peter Gabriel) (28)
  7. Daniel Denis (Univers Zero) (23)
    Zoltan Czorsz (The Flower Kings) (23)
  8. Alan White (Yes) (22)
  9. Neil Peart (Rush) (19)
    Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins/Lars Hollmer's Global Home Project/Satoko Fujii) (19)
  10. Christian Vander (Magma) (18)
  11. Danny Carey (Tool) (17)
    Dave Lombardo (Slayer/Fantomas) (17)
  12. Chris Cutler (14)
    Susie Ibarra (14)
  13. Dave Grohl (Queens Of The Stone Age) (12)
    Jerry Marotta (Tony Levin) (12)
  14. Simon Phillips (Ryo Okumoto/Toto) (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best drummers of 2002"
B e s t   m i s c e l l a n e o u s   i n s t r u m e n t  p l a y e r s (98)
  1. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull/Magellan) - flute (27)
  2. David Jackson (Peter Hammill) - saxophone, flute (23)
  3. Michael Berckmans (Univers Zero) - oboe, english horn, bassoon (22)
  4. Lars Hollmer - accordeon (20)
  5. John Zorn - saxophone (19)
  6. Stuart Gordon (Peter Hammill) - violin (15)
  7. Theo Travis (Gong/No-Man) saxophone, flute (14)
  8. Trey Gunn (King Crimson) - Warr guitar (12)
  9. Bela Fleck - banjo (11)
The Green Dolphin's Poll Nr 11. "Best miscellaneous instrument players of 2002"
T h e  P a r t i c i p a n t s (34) [33 votes]


(Are from 14 countries: Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Macedonia, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, USA.)

  1. Salvador M. Guardiola (Spain) (Musician, Record label)    Slow Coloured Records
  2. Duncan Harris (England) (Critic, Collector)
  3. Phil Jackson (Scotland) (Musician, Writer)    pArAdOx OnE
  4. Jedd Beaudoin (USA) (Critic)    Progressive Rock One Stop
  5. Harm van Baar (The Netherlands) (Musician)
  6. Pete Maizitis (USA) (Unsigned artist, Manager)    CDBABY   IUMA   Soundclick
  7. Janez Golic (Slovenia) (Critic)    Rock Obrobje (Rock hinterland)
  8. Michael Butkus-Bomier (USA) (Musician, Producer, Collector, Manager, Composer, Retailer, Keyboardist)    PROG a genesis-rush-tull-yes band
  9. Jeffrey Thames (USA) (volunteer radio DJ)    Sound Awake   KPFT
  10. Carlos Tavares (Portugal) (Critic)   Guimaraes Art Rock     Progspace
  11. Toni Dimitrov (Macedonia) (Musician: Every Kid On Speed, Every Kid On Acid, Sound_00, Microsound_00;
    Critic: Urban magazine, Student word; Record label owner; Radio programme: Post globhal music, Post global sound scape)    Acidfake     Urbanmagazin     Fakezine
  12. René Margraff (Germany) (Musician : Ckid, Anorak; Critic, Radio)    Ckid   
  13. Sven - Arne Schmidt (Germany) (Musician: Sfumato, Soapbox, Seasons End; Critic: Eclipsed Magazine, Progressive Newsletter)    Sfumato    Soapbox    Seasons End    Progressive Newsletter
  14. Stephane Fougere (France) (Critic)     TRAVERSES (The "other" progressive musics)
  15. Christine Holz (USA) (Critic)    
  16. Bob Zorich & Cherokee (USA) (Critic)     Progressive Edge    Sci-Fi book: "Far Side of Forever"
  17. Sylvain Rodrigue (Canada) (Musician: Neural Mass)     Neural Mass
  18. Dominique Leone (USA) (Critic)    Ground And Sky     Pitchforkmedia.com
  19. Toms Circenis (Latvia) (ex Musician, Collector)
  20. Laurence Station (USA) (Critic)    Shaking Through.net - Your Online Authority for Pop Culture Reviews
  21. Thomas Fivian (Switzerland) (Musician: Ad` absurdum; Producer, Record label)    Ad` absurdum
  22. Jãnis Zilde (Latvia) (Musician: Satellites lv, Kuba; Store, Critic)    Satellites lv in Latvian     Satellites LV in Latvian     Kuba in English     Kuba in Latvian     TV Net par CD
  23. Dann Chinn (England) (Music zine editor: Misfit City; Cr: Misfit City, Evophonic, Organ)    Misfit City    Evophonic    The Organ
  24. Yuri Chernenok (Latvia) (Collector)
  25. Aigars Cervinskis (Latvia) (Critic, Musician: Holy Lamb)    Holy Lamb     Nokturnal Palace in Latvian
  26. Charles Imperatori (England) (Critic)    Evophonic
  27. Stéphane Colle (France) (Critic)    Autres Directions    Autres Directions
  28. Guy Manning (England) (Musician: Manning)    Manning
  29. Jaakko Huhtanen (Finland) (Collector)
  30. Mats Rydström (Sweden) (Musician)    backdraft.web.com
  31. Nathan Amundson (USA) (Critic, Musician: Rivulets)    Rivulets     Pretty Bruises
  32. Volkmar Mantei (Germany) (Critic, Collector)     Ragazzi-music
  33. Mark Cook (USA) (Musician: 99 Names Of God)    99 Names Of God
This poll was compiled by Dainis Bushmanis, January 16th, 2003.

The Green Dolphin's Poll, © Dainis Bushmanis, P.O. Box 345, Riga, LV-1050, LATVIA.
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