Hot Press Readers Poll 2002: Best of Irish

GROUP

1 U2

2 The Frames

3 Ash

4 Divine Comedy

5 The Corrs

6 Aslan

7 JJ72

8 Altan

9 The Revs

10 The Undertones

FEMALE SINGER

1 Andrea Corr

2 Juliet Turner

3 Sinéad O’Connor

4 Gemma Hayes

5 Dolores O’Riordan

6 Samantha Mumba

7 Mary Stokes

8 Danielle Harrison

9 Eleanor McEvoy

10 Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh / Dawn Kenny

MALE SINGER

1 Bono

2 David Kitt

3 Glen Hansard

4 Christy Dignam

5 Jack L

6 Neil Hannon

7 Gary Lightbody

8 Paddy Casey

9 Christy Moore

10 Tim Wheeler

SINGLE

1 Ash: ‘Shining Light’

2 U2: ‘Elevation’

3 The Frames: ‘Lay Me Down’

4 David Kitt: ‘You Know What I Wanna Know’

5 Juliet Turner: ‘Burn The Black Suit’

6 U2: ‘Walk On’

7 The Corrs: ‘Would You Be Happier’

8 Aslan: ‘She’s So Beautiful’

9 Relish: ‘Let It Fly’

10 Ash: ‘Burn Baby Burn’

ALBUM

1 The Frames: For The Birds

2 David Kitt: The Big Romance

3 Ash: Free All Angels

4 Aslan: Waiting For The Madness To End

5 The Cranberries: Wake Up And Smell The

Coffee

6 Snow Patrol: When It’s All Over...

7 Divine Comedy: Regeneration

8 Jack L: Universe

9 The Devlins: Consent

10 Pierce Turner: 3-Minute World /

Altan: Another Sky

SONGWRITER

1 Bono/Edge

2 David Kitt

3 Paul Brady

4 Glen Hansard

5 Tim Wheeler

6 Juliet Turner

7 Christy Dignam

8 Pierce Turner

9 Paul Cleary

10 Andrea Corr

COMEDIAN

1 Après Match Team

2 Jason Byrne

3 Ed Byrne

4 Graham Norton

5 Tommy Tiernan

6 Ardal O’Hanlon

7 Dylan Moran

8 Podge & Rodge

9 D’Unbelievables

10 Deirdre O’Kane

MOST PROMISING GROUP

1 Relish

2 The Revs

3 Gemma Hayes

4 Skindive

5 Cara Dillon

6 Dawn Kenny

7 Melaton

8 Fresno

9 Sonora

10 The Sutras

FOLK/TRADITIONAL ACT

1 Altan

2 Kila

3 Paul Brady

4 Dervish

5 Christy Moore

6 Cara Dillon

7 Paddy Casey

8 Sharon Shannon

9 The Chieftains

10 John Spillane

DEBUT ALBUM

1 David Kitt: The Big Romance*

2 Relish: Wild Flowers

3 Cara Dillon: Cara Dillon

4 Snow Patrol: When It’s All Over...

5 Skindive: Skindive

* The Big Romance qualifies as David Kitt’s first full-length album. Clearly, his earlier Small Moments is considered a mini-album.

ALBUM SLEEVE

1 The Corrs: Greatest Hits

2 Ash: Free All Angels

3 Aslan: Waiting For The Madness To End

4 The Frames: For The Birds

5 The Jimmy Cake: Brains

LIVE ACT

1 U2

2 The Frames

3 Aslan

4 Ash

5 Paul Brady

6 The Corrs

7 David Kitt

8 Juliet Turner

9 Jack L

10 The Undertones /

Van Morrison

DANCE ACT

1 David Holmes

2 DeCal

3 Phil Kieran

4 Métisse

5 Moloko

6 Alan Pullen

7 Donncha Costello

8 Samantha Mumba

9 Billy Scurry

10 Mark McCabe

MUSICIAN

1 Edge

2 Glen Hansard

3 David Kitt

4 Martin Hayes

5 Paul Brady

6 Billy McGuinness (Aslan)

7 Van Morrison

8 Dermot Byrne (Altan)

9 Donal Lunny

10 Liam O’Maonlai