2003. I can't believe that it's been 15 years. Seems like yesterday. This was a way better year than I remembered. Some great albums. Well, as usual, pick your favorite albums released between Jan 1 and Dec 31 2003. Choose as many or as few as you wish. Have fun! My favorite albums from 2003 in alphabetical order by artist: Johnny Cash - Unearthed The Decemberists - Her Majesty The Decemberists The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic Fountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers Grandaddy - Sumday Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music Muse - Absolution The New Pornographers - Electric Version Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts The Postal Service - Give Up Radiohead - Hail To The Thief Josh Rouse - 1972 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore Various Artists - A Mighty Wind Original Soundtrack The White Stripes - Elephant Warren Zevon - The Wind
Led Zeppelin - How the West was Won Norah Jones - Come Away with Me Allison Krauss & Union Station - Live Daniel Lanois - Shine OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Radiohead - Hail to the Thief The White Stripes - Elephant Drive-by Truckers - Southern Rock Opera The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow The Black Keys - Thickfreakness P!nk - Try This Amy Winehouse - Frank Joe Strummer & The Mescalaros - Streetcore Dido - Life for Rent
01. Sweet Trip - Velocity: Design: Comfort 02. The White Stripes - Elephant 03. Poison The Well - You Come Before You 04. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief 05. King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader 06. Amy Winehouse - Frank 07. The Books - The Lemon Of Pink 08. Stephanie McKay - McKay 09. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan 10. Melt Banana - Cell-Scape 11. The Wrens - The Meadowlands 12. Alamaailman Sevarat - Käärmelautakunta 13. Cunnilynguists - Southernunderground 14. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium 15. DJ Hell - NY Muscle 16. Irfan - Irfan 17. Four Tet - Rounds 18. Yat-Kha - Tuva. Rock 19. I Am Kloot - I Am Kloot 20. Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance 21. Alicia keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys 22. Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn 23. Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa 24. The Postal Service - Give Up 25. Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - "This Is Our Punk-Rock" 26. Aereogramme - Sleep And Release 27. The Dears - No Cities Left 28. Boris - At Last: Feedbacker 29. Kaizers Orchestra - Evig Pint 30. Calexico - Feast Of Wire 31. Various Artists - Electronic Experiences In African Music 32. Obie Trice - Cheers 33. Linkin Park - Meteora 34. Zea - I Forgot To Complain Today 35. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves 36. Rob Jungklas - Arkadelphia 37. Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below 38. Piano Magic - The Troubled Sleep Of Piano Magic 39. Dozer - Call It Conspiracy 40. Goldfrapp - Black Cherry 41. Boysetsfire - Tomorrow Come Today 42. José Gonzalez - Veneer 43. The Desert Sessions - Volume 9 & 10 44. Britney Spears - In The Zone 45. The Baptist Generals - No Silver/No Gold 46. Stuurbaard Bakkebaard - Mercedes 47. Jay-Z - The Black Album 48. The Angelic Process - Come Waering 49. Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Unclassified 50. The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side 51. T.I. - Trap Muzik 52. Dead Meadow - Shivering King And Others 53. Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day 54. Matmos - The Civil War 55. Shiina Ringo - Karuki Zamen Kuri No Hana 56. Cerberus Shoal - Charming The Knoblessone 57. Ween - Quebec 58. Pascal Plantinga - A Hammer A Day Keeps The Headache Away 59. Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain 60. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts 61. Paddy McAloon - I Trawl The MEGAHERTZ 62. Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion And Pornography 63. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy 64. u.n.p.o.c. - Fifth Column 65. Mintzkov Luna - M For Means And L For Love 66. Kelis - Tasty 67. Frog Eyes - The Golden River 68. Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye 69. Apparat - Duplex 70. Brand New - Deja Entendu 71. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden 72. A.R.E. Weapons - A.R.E. Weapons 73. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops II 74. Plump DJ's - Eargasm 75. Electric Six - Fire
Belle and Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress Camera Obscura Underachievers Please Try Harder Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nocturama The Darkness Permission to Land Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism Eels Shootenanny! Fleetwood Mac Say You Will Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers Grandaddy Sumday Mew Frengers Lou Reed The Raven Songs: Ohia The Magnolia Electric Co. Sting Sacred Love Richard Thompson The Old Kit Bag The Thrills So Much for the City Rufus Wainwright Want One Gillian Welch Soul Journey "Weird Al" Yankovic Poodle Hat Neil Young and Crazy Horse Greendale Warren Zevon The Wind
The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' The Note ZZ Top - Mescalero The Cramps - Fiends Of Dope Island The White Stripes - Elephant Prince - Xpectation, N.E.W.S. The Beatles - Let It Be...Naked Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
Paul McCartney - Back in the World Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress The High Llamas - Beet, Maize & Corn Ringo Starr - Ringo Rama Katie Melua - Call Off the Search
radiohead - hail to the thief evanescence - fallen muse - absolution dido - life for rent led zep - how the west was won switchfoot - beautiful letdown snow patrol - final straw black keys - thickfreakness the decemberists - her majesty powderfinger - vulture street ben harper - diamonds on the inside fleetwood mac - say you will (great album - seemingly overlooked) king crimson - the power to believe (which really needs to get the anniversary treatment) nick cave and the bad seeds - nocturama Thousand Foot Krutch - Phenomenon devin townsend - accelerated evolution frank zappa - halloween it's weird looking through the releases ... It looks like I started falling out of touch
Looking through my collection, it seems I had a somewhat bloozy year. That's one reason I like these retrospective threads, to fondly review the past. ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Hittin' the Note ERIC BIBB - Natural Light BLACK KEYS - The Moan BLACK KEYS - Thickfreakness THE BLUEBIRDS - Highway 80 East JOE BONAMASSA - Blues Deluxe DAVID BOWIE - Reality KENNY BROWN - Stingray JACK BRUCE - More Jack Than God JOHN CAMPBELLJOHN - The World is Crazy (Live) JACK CASADY - Dream Factor CASTRO, HALL, JONES - Triple Trouble BOBBY CHARLES - Last Train to Memphis GUY DAVIS - Chocolate to the Bone DELTA MOON - Live DIXIE CHICKS - Top of the World Tour DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - Decoration Day WILLIAM LEE ELLIS - Conqueroo NELLY FURTADO - Folklore TONY FURTADO AND THE AMERICAN GYPSIES - Live Gypsy GRANDPABOY (PAUL WESTERBERG) - Dead Man Shake BUDDY GUY - Blues Singer BEN HARPER - Diamonds on the Inside BETH HART - Leave the Light On BUGS HENDERSON - We're a Texas Band - Live JOHN HIATT - Beneath this Gruff Exterior ROGER HUBBARD - Danger! Deep Mud INDIGENOUS - Indigenous SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK (w/Bnois King) - Roadhouse Research SONNY LANDRETH - The Road We're On DANIEL LANOIS - Shine LITTLE FEAT - Kickin' It at the Barn LYLE LOVETT - My Baby Don't Tolerate MASSIVE ATTACK - 100th Window JAMES MATHUS & HIS KNOCKDOWN SOCIETY - "Stop and Let the Devil Ride" JOHN MELLENCAMP - Trouble No More NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS - Polaris OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - North Atlantic Drift LUCKY PETERSON - Black Midnight Sun PORCH GHOULS - Bluff City Ruckus GERRY RAFFERTY - Another World ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND - Unclassified HANK SHIZZOE & LOOSE GRAVEL - In Concert SMOG - Supper SOUNDTRACK - Kill Bill Vol. 1 SUFJAN STEVENS - Greetings from Michigan... JOSS STONE - The Soul Sessions OTIS TAYLOR - Truth is Not Fiction RICHARD THOMPSON - The Old Kit Bag MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD - Quixotic TRAIN - My Private Nation THE WHITE STRIPES - Elephant CHRIS WHITLEY - Hotel Vast Horizon WIDESPREAD PANIC - Night of Joy LUCINDA WILLIAMS - World Without Tears ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Live at Knebworth AMY WINEHOUSE - Frank STEVE WINWOOD - About Time
Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism Evanescence - Fallen Amy Grant - Simple Things The Honeydogs - 10,000 Years The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music Laurel Canyon Soundtrack Muse - Absolution My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves Pernice Brothers - Yours, Mine & Ours Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown Amy Winehouse - Frank
The Black Keys - Thickfreakness Sloan - Action Pact Metallica - St. Anger Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticsm Sufjan Stevens - Michigan M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow Kraftwork - Tour De France
The Who Royal Albert Hall Procol Harum The Well's on Fire Caravan The Unauthorized Breakfast Item Maddy Prior Lionhearts Richard Thompson The Old Kit Bag Strawbs Blue Angel Toyah Velvet Lined Shell King Crimson Power to Believe John Wetton Rock of Faith Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 2003
50 Cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin Death Cab for Cutie: Transatlanticism Edge of Sanity: Crimson II Explosions in the Sky: The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place Four Tet: Rounds Jay Z: The Black Album M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Opeth: Damnation Radiohead: Hail to the Thief Sleep: Dopesmoker Sufjan Steven: Michigan The Postal Service: Give Up The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow The White Stripes: Elephant
Muse--Absolution Monkees--Best of the Monkees Evanescence--Fallen Finger Eleven--s/t Jet--Get Born Dashboard Confessional--A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar Michael Buble--s/t Linkin Park--Meteora Jack Johnson--On and On
Here we go! The Beatles - Let It Be...Naked Brandford Marsalis Quartet - Romare Bearden Revealed Buddy Guy - Blues Singer Chris Thomas King - The Roots: The Soul Of Chris Thomas King The Derek Trucks Band - Soul Serenade Donovan - Storyteller Gillian Welch - Soul Journey Joe Henry - Tiny Voices Joe Strummer & The Mescalaros - Streetcore Kaki King - Everybody Love You Lightnin' Hopkins - Broken Hearted Blues Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale Rory Block - Last Fair Deal Ry Cooder & Manual Galban - Mambo Sinuendo I like
Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self Destruction Rancid - Indestructible Supersuckers - Mother----- Be Trippin' The White Stripes - Elephant The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side Kaki King - Everybody Loves You The Thrills - So Much For the City Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers Explosions in the Sky: The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
Opeth – Damnation Radiohead - Hail To The Thief The White Stripes - Elephant The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' The Note Areknames - s/t Sun Dial – Zen For Sale La Maschera Di Cera – Il Grande Labirinto Tomahawk – Mit Gas Motorpsycho + Jaga Jazzist Horns – In The Fishtank Ektroverde - Ukkossalama
