Top 77 Albums of 2003

  ARTIST ALBUM LABEL
1 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell Interscope
2 Electric Six Fire Beggars XL
3 Postal Service Give Up Sub Pop
4 Cat Power You Are Free Matador
5 Soviettes The Soviettes LP Adeline
6 New Pornographers Electric Version Matador
7 Basement Jaxx Kish Kash Astralwerks
8 Radiohead Hail to the Thief Capitol
9 Roots Phrenology MCA
10 Metric Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? Everloving
11 White Stripes Elephant V2
12 Shins Chutes Too Narrow Sub Pop
13 Junior Senior D-d-don't Stop the Beat Crunchy Frog
14 Haley Bonar The Size of Planets Chairkickers
15 Nada Surf Let Go Barsuk
16 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists Hearts of Oak Lookout
17 Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism Barsuk
18 Belle And Sebastian Dear Catastropher Waitress Rough Trade
19 Faux Jean Dead Lover Susstones
20 Mountain Goats Tallahassee 4AD
21 The Libertines Up the Bracket Rough Trade
22 Mike Gunther Every Dream That's Dropped and Died Heart of a Champion
23 Polyphonic Spree Beginning Stages Of… Hollywood
24 Dandy Warhols Welcome to the Monkey House Capitol
25 Broken Social Scene You Forgot It in People Arts and Crafts
26 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Take Them On, On Your Own Virgin
27 Grandaddy Sumday V2
28 Cloud Cult They Love On the Sun Earthology
29 Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium Gold Standard Laboratories
30 Fischerspooner #1 Capitol
31 Idlewild The Remote Place Capitol
32 Gotan Project La Revancha del Tango Beggars XL
33 Atmosphere Seven's Travels Rhymesayers/Epitaph
34 Super Furry Animals Phantom Power XL Recordings/Beggars
35 King of France Salad Days Egret
36 The Kills Keep On Your Mean Side Sanctuary
37 Massive Attack 100th Window Virgin
38 Melt Banana Cell-Scape A-Zap
39 Kentucky Gag Order Old-Fashioned Sass for the Peacock and the Voyeur Angry Seed Records
40 Bright Eyes and Britt Daniels Home Vol. IV Post-Parlo Recordings
41 Deerhoof Apple O Kill Rock Stars
42 Jayhawks Rainy Day Music American
43 Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Arista
44 Royksopp Melody AM Astralwerks
45 Iron and Wine The Creek Drank the Cradle Sub Pop
46 Midnight Evils Straight Till Morning Estrus
47 Various Artists Stuck On AM 4: Live Performances From Radio K Radio K
48 Tiki Obmar High School Confidential Merck
49 Dressy Bessy Dressy Bessy Kindercore
50 TV On The Radio Young Liars Touch and Go
51 Fog Ether Teeth Ninja Tune
52 Kid Dakota So Pretty Chairkickers
53 Beulah Yoko Velocette
54 The Rapture Echoes DFA
55 Chemical Brothers Singles 93-03 Astralwerks
56 Fountains Of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers S-Curve/Virgin
57 Les Nubians One Step Forward Omtown
58 Mark Mallman Live from First Avenue Susstones
59 Blur Think Tank EMI
60 Yo La Tengo Summer Sun Matador
61 First Prize Killers The Powdery Parade Eclectone
62 Astronaut Wife Flying Saucer Susstones
63 Black Box Recorder Passionoia One Little Indian
64 Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man Out of Season Sanctuary
65 Hang Ups Hang Ups Trampoline Records
66 Her Space Holiday Young Machines Mush
67 Mates Of State Team Boo Polyvinyl
68 Notwist Neon Golden Domino
69 Rainer Maria Long Knives Drawn Polyvinyl
70 Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band A Special Album Emperor Norton
71 Clem Snide Soft Spot Spin Art
72 Superhopper Does This Sound Exciting Yet? Guilt Ridden Pop
73 Ween Quebec Sanctuary
74 Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham L'Avventura Jetset
75 My Morning Jacket It Still Moves ATO
76 Raveonettes Whip It On Columbia
77 The Coral The Coral Deltasonic/Columbia