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TOP OF 2003
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It's been a long time since the last update, and for that I apologize. I've been seeing a lot of shows, so you at least have more reviews to look forward to some day. For now, though, let's enjoy this list of the top 100 albums of 2003 that I've been working on forever. This is in no way a comprehensive list of the best albums of 2003, but merely represents my favorite albums of that time. I can see now that things are missing that I really enjoyed... like Outkast. But, if I put that on here, who would have faith in me anymore. (A Grammy winner??) But, what I can say is that I love all of these albums. Especially about 1-75, but I wanted to give the full idea of how things compare to each other. 1. The Postal Service: Give Up 2. The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? 3. Radiohead: Hail to the Thief 4. Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People 5. Rainer Maria: Long Knives Drawn 6. Songs: Ohia: Magnolia Electric Co. 7. Pretty Girls Make Graves: Modern Romance 8. The Decemberists: Her Majesty 9. The Books: The Lemon of Pink 10. Cursive: The Ugly Organ 11. Ted Leo / Pharmacists: Hearts of Oak 12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell 13. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow 14. Xiu Xiu: A Promise 15. The New Pornographers: Electric Version 16. Ben Gibbard/Andrew Kenny: Home Vol. 5 [EP] 17. The Rapture: Echoes 18 Cat Power: You Are Free 19. Mogwai: Happy Songs for Happy People 20. Belle & Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress 21. The Wrens: The Meadowlands 22. The Hidden Cameras: The Smell of Our Own 23. The Quails: The Song Is Love 24. Plus/Minus: You Are Here 25. Do Make Say Think: Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn 26. Grandaddy: Sumday 27. The Gossip: Movement 28. TV on the Radio: Young Liars EP 29. Starlight Mints: Built on Squares 30. Kimya Dawson: My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess 31. The Decemberists: Castaways and Cutouts 32. The Silver Mt. Zion: "This is Our Punk Rock" Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing 33. Arab Strap: Monday at the Hug & Pint 34. Supergrass: Life On Other Planets 35. Calla: Televise 36. Lightning Bolt: Wonderful Rainbow 37. Mates of State: Team Boo 38. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man: Out of Season 39. The Aislers Set: How I Learned to Write Backwards 40. British Sea Power: The Decline of British Sea Power 41. Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun 42. Goldfrapp: Black Cherry 43. Erase Errata: At Crystal Palace 44. Calexico: Feast of Wire 45. The Kills: Keep On Your Mean Side 46. Statistics: S/T EP 47. Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power 48. Manitoba: Up In Flames 49. Azure Ray: Hold On Love 50. Saturday Looks Good to Me: All Your Summer Songs 51. Death Cab for Cutie: Transatlanticism 52. Beulah: Yoko 53. Animal Collective: Here Comes the Indian 54. Adult.: Anxiety Always 55. Travis: 12 Memories 56. The Raveonettes: Chain Gang of Love 57. Black Eyes: S/T 58. Fruit Bats: Mouthfuls 59. The Strokes: Room On Fire 60. Mayday: I Know Your Troubles Been Long 61. Adam Green: Friends of Mine 62. The Rogers Sisters: Purely Evil 63. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Master And Everyone 64. Deerhoof: Apple O' 65. Hint Hint: Sex Is Everything 66. Denali: The Instinct 67. Damien Rice: O 68. Sorry About Dresden: Let It Rest 69. Enon: Hocus Pocus 70. Stephen Malkmus: Pig Lib 71. The Party of Helicopters: Please Believe It 72. Placebo: Sleeping With Ghosts 73. American Analog Set: Promise of Love 74. Ima Robot: S/T 75. Criteria: En Garde 76. Turin Brakes: Ether Song 77. The Blood Brothers: Burn Piano Island, Burn 78. Black Box Recorder: Passionoia 79. Broken Spindles: S/T 80. The Appleseed Cast: Two Conversations 81. Quasi: Hot Shit 82. Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat 83. Matmos: The Civil War 84. Head of Femur: Ringdom or Proctor 85. Eisley: Laughing City EP 86. Mojave 3: Spoon and Rafter 87. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Take Them On, On Your Own 88. Lying in States: Most Every Night 89. Idlewild: The Remote Part 90. Glass Candy & the Shattered Glass Theater: Love Love Love 91. Rufus Wainwright: Want One 92. Even in Blackouts: Foreshadows on the Wall EP 93. Atom & His Package: Attention! Blah Blah Blah. 94. Eels: Shootenanny 95. Joan of Arc: In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust 96. Constantines: Shine a Light 97. Elliott: Song in the Air 98. The White Stripes: Elephant 99. Electric Six: Fire 100. Nada Surf: Let Go At some point, I'd like to revisit last year's list, so I'll try to get that done soon. If you want to be kept up to date on upcoming reviews, join the Mailing List and you'll always be the first to hear (well, maybe not, because the list can take a few hours). What I will say is that the next review will be for a disappointing Death Cab for Cutie show. Related Reviews: Top of 2002 [[click]] Posted at 3:47 p.m. on 02.12.2004 Grandaddy (4-3-04) @ the vic Saves the day, hey mercedes - February 22, 2005 Pretty girls make graves @ bottom lounge (4-2-04) Mahjongg, red light sting - February 20, 2005 Ted leo/pharmacists @ logan sq. (3-23-04) Electrelane, perfect panther - February 19, 2005 Liars @ logan sq. auditorium (3-20-04) Young people, goldfish - February 02, 2005 Mates of state @ bottom lounge (3-18-04) Scotland yard gospel choir, new constitution - January 31, 2005 |