KCRW's Top 50 Airplay Chart
and Specialty Charts
for the week of 12/03/2002 .  

1 THIEVERY CORPORATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Richest Man In Babylon
   label: [Eighteenth Street Lounge]

2 GROOVE ARMADA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lovebox
   label: [Jive]

3 BECK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Sea Change
   label: [Geffen]

4 WEEKEND PLAYERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pursuit Of Happiness
   label: [Multiply]

5 DJ SHADOW (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Private Press
   label: [Mca]

6 FATBOY SLIM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pimp
   label: [Astralwerks]

7 SIGUR ROS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Untitled
   label: [Mca]

8 GABIN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gabin
   label: [Astralwerks]

9 RED HOT COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Red Hot & Riot
   label: [Mca]

10 FC KAHUNA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Machine Says Yes
   label: [Nettwerk]

11 HOLMES, DAVID (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Presents The Free Association
   label: [13 Amp]

12 GRAY, DAVID (BUY THIS CD)
   title: New Day At Midnight
   label: [Rca]

13 DJ MARK FARINA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mushroom Jazz 4
   label: [Om]

14 LEMON JELLY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lost Horizons
   label: [Xl]

15 DZIHAN & KAMIEN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gran Riserva
   label: [Six Degrees Records]

16 WARREN, NICK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Back To Mine
   label: [Dmc]

17 ORTON, BETH (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Daybreaker
   label: [Astralwerks]

18 MANN, AIMEE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lost In Space
   label: [Superego]

19 JAZZANOVA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: In Between
   label: [Jazzanova Compost Records]

20 KWELI, TALIB (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Quality
   label: [Rawkus]

21 HARRISON, GEORGE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Brainwashed
   label: [Capitol]

22 ARIE, INDIA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Voyage To India
   label: [Motown]

23 ST ETIENNE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Finisterre
   label: [Mantra]

24 DEATH IN VEGAS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Scorpio Rising
   label: [Bmg Uk]

25 MINT ROYALE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Dancehall Places
   label: [Faith & Hope]

26 FLAMING LIPS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
   label: [Warner Bros.]

27 MEHLDAU, BRAD ET AL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ample Sampler
   label: [Warner Bros.]

28 WARLOCKS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Phoenix Album
   label: [Birdman]

29 ARTHUR, JOSEPH (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Redemption's Son
   label: [Realworld]

30 ALUMINUM GROUP (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Happyness
   label: [Wishing Tree]

31 FLUNK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: For Sleepyheads Only
   label: [Guidance]

32 TAHITI 80 (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Wallpaper For The Soul
   label: [Minty Fresh]

33 ORCHESTRA BAOBAB (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Specialist In All Styles
   label: [World Circuit]

34 MIDWOOD, RAMSAY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Shoot Out At The Ok Chinese Restaurant
   label: [Vanguard]

35 RYKODISC COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Arabesque
   label: [Rykodisc]

36 ECHO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Echo
   label: [New Line]

37 SPARKS, EMILY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: What Could Not Be Buried
   label: [Wishing Tree]

38 IVY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Guestroom
   label: [Minty Fresh]

39 UNDERWORLD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hundred Days Off
   label: [V2]

40 BRIGHT EYES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lifted
   label: [Saddle Creek]

41 RICE, DAMIEN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: O
   label: [Demo]

42 LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: New Sound Of Latin Music
   label: [Lamc]

43 STEWART, ROD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Reason To Believe - Complete Mercury
   label: [Mercury]

44 FRANCE & DOM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Modernism
   label: [Water Music]

45 SAKAMOTO, RYUICHI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Commercial - Television
   label: [Warner Bros Japan]

46 DYLAN, BOB (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Live 1975
   label: [Columbia/legacy]

47 DAN THE AUTOMATOR (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Bear Witness Iii
   label: [Mca]

48 LARUE, JOSHUA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Landscape Tracks
   label: [Afterhours/bubblecore]

49 LASWELL, BILL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Book Of Exit - Dub Chamber 4
   label: [Roir]

50 COSTELLO, ELVIS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Armed Forces
   label: [Rhino]

SPECIALTY CHARTS - 12/03/2002

WORLD

1 RED HOT COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Red Hot & Riot
   label: [Mca]

2 ORCHESTRA BAOBAB (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Specialist In All Styles
   label: [World Circuit]

3 RYKODISC COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Arabesque
   label: [Rykodisc]

4 LASWELL, BILL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Book Of Exit - Dub Chamber 4
   label: [Roir]

5 FONSECA & BASTOS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Juventude - Slow Motion Bossa Nova
   label: [Universal]

6 DUB SYNDICATE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Murder Tone
   label: [On-u Sound]

7 PUTUMAYO PRESENTS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Calypso
   label: [Putumayo Artists]

8 QUANGO COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Afrotech
   label: [Quango]

9 AFROBEAT COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nu Afrobeat Experience
   label: [Shanachie]

10 KANZA, LOKUA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Toyebi Te
   label: [Sunnyside]

RPM

1 THIEVERY CORPORATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Richest Man In Babylon
   label: [Eighteenth Street Lounge]

2 GROOVE ARMADA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lovebox
   label: [Jive]

3 WEEKEND PLAYERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pursuit Of Happiness
   label: [Multiply]

4 DJ SHADOW (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Private Press
   label: [Mca]

5 FATBOY SLIM (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pimp
   label: [Astralwerks]

6 GABIN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gabin
   label: [Astralwerks]

7 FC KAHUNA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Machine Says Yes
   label: [Nettwerk]

8 HOLMES, DAVID (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Presents The Free Association
   label: [13 Amp]

9 DJ MARK FARINA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mushroom Jazz 4
   label: [Om]

10 LEMON JELLY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lost Horizons
   label: [Xl]

Jazz

1 MEHLDAU, BRAD ET AL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ample Sampler
   label: [Warner Bros.]

2 LLOYD, CHARLES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Lift Every Voice
   label: [Ecm]

3 MCGRIFF, JIMMY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Mcgriff Avenue
   label: [Milestone]

4 RARE GROOVE COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Street Grooves
   label: [Fantasy]

5 COLE, NAT KING (BUY THIS CD)
   title: At The Sands
   label: [Capitol]

6 VALDES, CHUCHO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Fantasia Cubana
   label: [Blue Note]

7 MEHLDAU, BRAD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Largo
   label: [Warner Bros.]

8 CHARLAP, BILL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Stardust
   label: [Blue Note]

9 REDMAN, JOSHUA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Elastic
   label: [Warner Bros.]

10 CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Plays Bach
   label: [Fine Tune]

* Charts are determined by weekly airplay from KCRW's music programmers.