| So here it is, the best albums of 2003 (for us anyway). The albums come from a variety of styles; there is no 'best album' just 20 wonderful albums, the only order is alphabetical. Each album is special in it's own way. We've not included reviews, instead we've collated a cross-section of reviews for these albums from various other websites and provided links to them for you to follow. So enjoy, the top 20 for 2003 are as follows... | ||
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Belle & Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress | 7 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Step Into My Office, Baby, Piazza New York Catcher | ||
British Sea Power | The Decline… | 2 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Fear Of Drowning, Carrion | ||
Calla | Televise | 4 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Astral, Strangler | ||
Cat Power | You Are Free | 3 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: I Don't Blame You, He War | ||
Cooper Temple Clause | Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose | 2 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Promises Promises, Music Box, New Toys | ||
Dresden Dolls | The Dresden Dolls | 1 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Coin Operated Boy, Girl Anachronism, Half Jack, and everything else… | ||
Ima Robot | Ima Robot | 1 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Alive, A Is For Action, Dynamite, Song #1 | ||
Kills, The | Keep on Your Mean Side | 9 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Cat Claw, Pull A U, Fuck The People | ||
Knife, The | Deep Cuts | 1 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: You Take My Breath Away, Heartbeats | ||
M. Ward | Transfiguration Of Vincent | 4 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Vincent O'Brien, Let's Dance | ||
m83 | Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts | 3 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Unrecoded, America | ||
Marilyn Manson | The Golden Age Of Grotesque | 4 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: mOBSCENE, This Is The New Shit | ||
My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves | 9 External Reviews |
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Nick Cave | Nocturama | 8 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Wonderful Life, He Wants You | ||
Postal Service, The | Give Up | 11 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: the district sleeps alone tonight, such great heights, brand new colony | ||
Radiohead | Hail to the Thief | 6 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Where I End And You Begin, Sit Down, Gloaming, I Will, Wolf. | ||
Rapture, The | Echoes | 3 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: House Of, Love Is All, Sister Saviour, Open Your Heart, Olio | ||
Sleepy Jackson, The | Lovers | 9 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Acid In My Heart, Come To This, Don't You Know, Rain Falls For Wind | ||
Songs Ohia | Magnolia Electric Co. | 8 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Every song is perfect | ||
Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever To Tell | 9 External Reviews |
| Standout Tracks: Maps, Tick, Rich, Date With Night, Pin | ||
Here are some other wonderful albums from 2003, that didn't quite make the cut | ||
| Angels of Light | Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home | |
| Bardo Pond | On the Ellipse | |
| Black Keys | thickfreakness | |
| Black Lipstick | Converted Thieves | 3 External Reviews |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Take Them On, On Your Own | 1 External Reviews |
| Broken Social Scene | You Forgot It in People | 7 External Reviews |
| Cyann & Ben | Spring | 1 External Reviews |
| David Bowie | Reality | |
| Dead Science | Submariner | |
| Decemberists, The | Her Majesty The Decemberists | 8 External Reviews |
| Ellen Allien | Berlinette | 3 External Reviews |
| Eskobar | Singles Collection 1 & 2 | |
| Fiery Furnaces, The | Gallows Bird | |
| Goldfrapp | Black Cherry | 5 External Reviews |
| Gossip, The | Movement | 2 External Reviews |
| Grandaddy | Sumday | 10 External Reviews |
| Hawksley Workman | Lover / Fighter | |
| Hedwig | Wig In A Box | 5 External Reviews |
| I Am Kloot | I Am Kloot | |
| John Rouse | 1972 | 4 External Reviews |
| Kings Of Leon | Youth and Young Manhood | 5 External Reviews |
| Mars Volta | De-Loused in the Comatorium | |
| Menomena | I Am The Fun Blame Monster | 3 External Reviews |
| Out Hud | S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. | 7 External Reviews |
| Patrick Wolf | lycanthropy (faith and Industry) | 3 External Reviews |
| Peaches | Fatherf***er | 1 External Reviews |
| Placebo | Sleeping With Ghosts | |
| Pretty Girls Make Graves | The New Romance | |
| Radio Dept, the | Lesser Matters | |
| Raveonettes, The | Chain Gang Of Love | |
| Relaxed Muscle | A Heavy Night With… | |
| Scout Niblett | I Am | |
| Shins, The | Chutes Too Narrow | 9 External Reviews |
| Stellastar* | Stellastar* | |
| Stereo Total | Monokini | 1 External Reviews |
| Stills, The | Logic Will Break Your Heart | |
| Super Furry Animals | Phantom Power | |
| Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | Hearts of Oak | |
| Thermals | More Parts Per Million | |
| Tindersticks | Waiting For The Moon | |
| Turbonegro | Scandinavian Leather | |
| Verve Remixed 2 | Verve Remixed 2 | 3 External Reviews |
| Vive La Fête | Nuit Blanche | |
| White Stripes | Elephant | 6 External Reviews |
| Wrens, The | Meadowlands | |
| Xiu Xiu | Promise | |
| Zoot Woman | Zoot Woman | |