Welcome to RARB Picks of '02. We asked each reviewer to pick their two favorite albums from those they reviewed in 2002. (Reviewers had to have reviewed at least four albums to make one choice and at least eight albums to make two choices.) Here are their choices for Picks and Honorable Mentions.

• Blue Jupiter - Ear Candy
• SoCal VoCals - V3: Previously Unreleased
• Eclipse - Think Twice
• The Nylons - Play On
• The Amalgamates - Bamboo
• Rajaton - Boundless
• Anonymous 4 - The Second Circle
• Essence - At Last
• USC Sirens - Nectar and Ambrosia
• Logarhythms - Superlogs
• Straight No Chaser - Thank You
• The Swingle Singers - Live in Japan
• Eclipse - Once
• The Buffalo Chips - One Eighty-Eight
• The Binghamton Crosbys - Crosbys 101

• Ensemble Amacord - Hear the Voice
• The Ambassadors of Harmony - Applause
• Lumen Valo - Gravity
• SoVoSó - Bridges
• The Hullabahoos - You Don't Know Me
• Hookslide - Original Spin
• Ursa Minors - Note to Self

Guang Ming Easlon

• The Nylons - Play On
• Honorable Mention: Eclipse - Think Twice

Benjamin Stevens

• Rajaton - Boundless
• Honorable Mention: Lumen Valo - Gravity

Hanna Stotland

• SoCal VoCals - V3: Previously Unreleased
• Honorable Mention: Ensemble Amacord - Hear the Voice

Rebecca Christie

• The Swingle Singers - Live in Japan
• Honorable Mention: The Amalgamates - Bamboo

Bernard Levin

• SoCal VoCals - V3: Previously Unreleased
• Honorable Mention: The Hullabahoos - You Don't Know Me

Jevan Soo

• Eclipse - Once

Jonathan Minkoff

• Blue Jupiter - Ear Candy
• Honorable Mention: The Nylons - Play On

Elie Landau

• Blue Jupiter - Ear Candy
• Honorable Mention: SoVoSó - Bridges

Jonathan Sears

• Essence - At Last
• Honorable Mention: The Ambassadors of Harmony - Applause

Bob McSwain

• Logarhythms - Superlogs
• Honorable Mention: The Ambassadors of Harmony - Applause

Brock Harris

• Anonymous 4 - The Second Circle
• Honorable Mention: Ensemble Amacord - Hear the Voice

Dave Trendler

• The Buffalo Chips - One Eighty-Eight
• Honorable Mention: Ursa Minors - Note to Self

Valerie Kolko

• Blue Jupiter - Ear Candy
• Honorable Mention: Hookslide - Original Spin

Mark Manley

• Straight No Chaser - Thank You

Thomas King aka TeKay

• The Amalgamates - Bamboo

Joshua Diamant

• Eclipse - Think Twice

Tom Czerwinski

• The Binghamton Crosbys - Crosbys 101

Eric Skalinder

• USC Sirens - Nectar and Ambrosia