It speaks for itself really - 2 CDs that contain 42 tracks released in 2002 & selected by the Rough Trade team as the best new offerings, all genre defying. Artists include The Be Good Tanyas, Melt Banana, Bis, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Tom Waits, The Breeders, Kimya Dawson, Baxter Dury, Polyphonic Spree, Joyzipper, Bright Eyes, Langley School's Music Project, Cabaret Voltaire, Mountain Goats, & many more. Not available outside the UK. Mute. 2003.