Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2002 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2002, these are the rest of the best lighter/mellow rock tracks of 2002. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2001 and November 30, 2002.

1. Sondre Lerche “Modern Nature” Faces Down (Astralwerks)
2. Matt Pond PA “Measure 3” The Green Fury (Polyvinyl)
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dosed” By the Way (Warner Brothers)
4. Ours “Places” Precious (Dreamworks)
5. Bright Eyes “Waste of Paint” Lifted or The Story Is In the Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground (Saddle Creek)
6. Jack Johnson featuring Ben Harper “Flake” Brushfire Fairytales (Enjoy/Universal)
7. Super Furry Animals “It’s Not The End of the World” Rings Around the World (Epic)
8. Starsailor “Alcoholic” Love Is Here (Capitol)
9. Norah Jones “I’ve Got to See You Again” Come Away
With Me (Blue Note)
10. Beth Orton featuring Emmylou Harris and Ryan Adams “God Song” Daybreaker (Astralwerks)
11. Neko Case “Deep Red Bells” Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
12. South “I Know What You’re Like” From Here on In (Kinetic)
13. Beck “Lost Cause” Sea Change (Geffen/Interscope)
14. Coldplay “Clocks” A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol)
15. The Flaming Lips “Are You A Hypnotist?” Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner Brothers)
16. Luna “Lovedust” Romantica (Jetset)
17. Counting Crows “Butterfly In Reverse” Hard Candy (Geffen)
18. Granfaloon Bus “South” Exploded View (Future Farmer)
19. Neko Case “Stinging Velvet” Blacklisted (Bloodshot)