Here are the Top Albums of 2002 as selected by the members of the Nanci
Net List:
| Votes | Artist | Title |
| 19 | Nanci Griffith | Winter Marquee |
| 16 | Patty Griffin | 1000 Kisses |
| 12 | Norah Jones | Come Away With Me |
| 11 | Steve Earle | Jerusalem |
| 10 | Bruce Springsteen | The Rising |
| 10 | Kate Campbell | Monuments |
| 10 | Kelly Willis | Easy |
| 9 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Live |
| 9 | Dixie Chicks | Home |
| 7 | Buddy Miller | Midnight and Lonesome |
| 5 | Allison Moorer | Miss Fortune |
| 5 | Eliza Gilkyson | Lost and Found |
| 5 | Jackson Browne | The Naked Ride Home |
| 5 | Susan Wernet | New Non-Fiction |
| 4 | James Taylor | October Road |
| 4 | Tift Merritt | Bramble Rose |
| 3 | Aimee Mann | Lost in Space |
| 3 | Caitlin Cary | When You Weren't Looking |
| 3 | Dolly Parton | Halos and Horns |
| 3 | Kennedys | Get it Right |
| 3 | Mark Erelli | The Memorial Hall Recordings |
| 3 | Mark Knopfler | Ragpicker's Dream |
| 3 | Richard Shindell | Courier |
| 3 | Suzzy & Maggie Roche | Zero Church |
| 3 | Tori Amos | Scarlet's Walk |
| 2 | Alanis Morissette | Under Rug Swept |
| 2 | Alice Peacock | Alice Peackock |
| 2 | Avril Lavigne | Let Go |
| 2 | Beck | Sea Change |
| 2 | Beth Nielsen Chapman | Deeper Still |
| 2 | Billy Joe Shaver | Freedom's Child |
| 2 | Chris Isaak | Always Got Tonight |
| 2 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| 2 | Diana Krall | Live in Paris |
| 2 | Eva Cassidy | Imagine |
| 2 | Flatlanders | Now Again |
| 2 | Indigo Girls | Become You |
| 2 | John Gorka | The Company You Keep |
| 2 | Kate Rusby | 10 |
| 2 | Kim Richey | Rise |
| 2 | Kris Delmhorst | Five Stories |
| 2 | Laura Cantrell | When The Roses Bloom Again |
| 2 | Linda Thompson | Fashionably Late |
| 2 | Mary Gauthier | Filth and Fire |
| 2 | Meat Purveyors | All Relationships are Doomed to Fail |
| 2 | Neil Finn | One All |
| 2 | Nerissa & Katryna Nields | Love and China |
| 2 | "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3" |
| 2 | Ryan Adams | Demolition |
| 2 | "Sheryl Crow | C'mon, C'mon" |
| 2 | Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
| 1 | Aimee Van Dyne | Owning Up |
| 1 | Alejandro Escovedo | By the Hand of the Father |
| 1 | Alvin Youngblood Hart | Down in the Alley |
| 1 | Amy Martin | This Fall |
| 1 | "Ani DiFranco | So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" |
| 1 | Biluna | Romantica |
| 1 | Boards of Canada | Geogadi |
| 1 | Bonnie Raitt | Silver Lining |
| 1 | Cara Dillon | Cara Dillon |
| 1 | Carrie Newcomer | Gathering of Spirits |
| 1 | Cliff Eberhardt | School For Love |
| 1 | Cnematic Orchestra | Everyday |
| 1 | Counting Crows | Hard Candy |
| 1 | "Danko, Fjed and Anderson | One More Shot" |
| 1 | Darden Smith | Sunflower |
| 1 | Dave Alvin | Out in California |
| 1 | Dick Gaughan | Prentice Piece |
| 1 | Eilis Kennedy | Time to Sail |
| 1 | Elizabeth Cook | Hey Y'All |
| 1 | Garrison Starr | Songs From Take-Off To Landing |
| 1 | George Harrison | Brainwashed |
| 1 | Gina Young | Intractable |
| 1 | Ginny Owens | Something More |
| 1 | James McMurtry | Saint Mary of the Woods |
| 1 | Jazzanova | InBetween |
| 1 | Jeff Finlin | Somewhere South of Wonder |
| 1 | Jenn Lindsay | Gotta Lotta |
| 1 | Jewel | This Way |
| 1 | Jim Lauderdale | The Hummingbirds |
| 1 | Jimmy Buffett | Far Side of the World |
| 1 | Joan Osborne | How Sweet It Is |
| 1 | John Hartford | Steam Powered Aerotakes |
| 1 | Jon Langford & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts & Various Artists | The Executioner's Last Songs Volume 1 |
| 1 | Josh Rouse | Under Cold Blue Stars |
| 1 | Kate Campbell | Twang on a Wire |
| 1 | Kimmie Rhodes | Love Me Like a Song |
| 1 | Kylie Minogue | Fever US version |
| 1 | Lambchop | Is A Woman |
| 1 | Lemon Jelly | Lemon Jelly |
| 1 | Lisa Miller | Car Tape |
| 1 | Los Lobos | Good Morning Azllon |
| 1 | Maggie Longmire | Teachers and Travelers |
| 1 | Mark Oldon and the Creek Dippers | December's Child |
| 1 | Martin Sexton | Live Wide Open |
| 1 | Melanie | Crazy Love |
| 1 | Melissa Ferrick | Listen Hard |
| 1 | Michael Sheehy | No Longer My Concern (Beggar’s Banquet) |
| 1 | Miss Kittin and the Hacker | The First Album |
| 1 | Moby | 18 |
| 1 | Morcheeba | Charango |
| 1 | Nathan Hamilton | All for Love and Wages |
| 1 | Neil Young | Are You Passionate |
| 1 | Neko Case | Blacklisted |
| 1 | "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3" |
| 1 | NRBQ | Alsa My Bamd |
| 1 | O Sister 2 | A WomenÕs Bluegrass Collection |
| 1 | Omar & The Howlers | Big Delta |
| 1 | Open Road | Cold Wind |
| 1 | Patty Loveless | Bluegrass and White Snow: A Mountain Christmas |
| 1 | Paul Westerberg | Siereo |
| 1 | Polyphonic Spree | The Beginning Stages |
| 1 | Rachael Sage | Illusion's Carnival |
| 1 | "Reeltime Travelers | Livin' Reeltime, Thinkin' Oldtime" |
| 1 | Rod Picott | Stray Dogs |
| 1 | Rolling Stones | Aftermath |
| 1 | Saint Etienne | Finisterre |
| 1 | Sara Storer | Beautiful Circle |
| 1 | Shakira | Laundry Service |
| 1 | Shana Morrison | 7 wishes |
| 1 | Silvio Rodriguez | Expedici—n |
| 1 | Sinead OâConnor | Sean-Nos Nua |
| 1 | Stephen Bruton | Spirit World |
| 1 | Telepopmusik | Genetic World |
| 1 | Todd Snider | New Connection |
| 1 | Tom Paxton | Looking for the Moon |
| 1 | Tom Russell | Museum of Memories |
| 1 | Tony Bennett and k.d. Lang | A Wonderful World |
| 1 | Tony Furtado | American Gypsy |
| 1 | Uncle Earl | She Went Upstairs |
| 1 | Underworld | One Hundred Days Off |
| 1 | Van Morrison | Down the Road |
| 1 | Very Girls | Elsewhere Bound |
| 1 | Vince Bell | Live in Texas |
| 1 | Will Kimbrough | Home Away |
| 1 | Willie Nelson & Friends | Stars & Guitars |