Top Albums of 2003
1 |
81 |
The White Stripes |
Elephant |
Alternative Rock,
Blues Rock,
Garage Rock Revival
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2 |
298 |
OutKast |
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below |
Pop,
Pop Rap
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3 |
369 |
Dizzee Rascal |
Boy in da Corner |
Grime,
UK Hip Hop
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4 |
473 |
The Shins |
Chutes Too Narrow |
Indie Pop
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5 |
477 |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
Fever to Tell |
Garage Rock Revival,
Indie Rock
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6 |
565 |
The Postal Service |
Give Up |
Indie Pop,
Indietronica
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7 |
575 |
Radiohead |
Hail to the Thief |
Alternative Rock,
Art Rock
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8 |
648 |
Jay-Z |
The Black Album |
Hip Hop
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9 |
822 |
Death Cab for Cutie |
Transatlanticism |
Indie Pop,
Indie Rock
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10 |
915 |
Cat Power |
You Are Free |
Indie Folk,
Indie Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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11 |
949 |
Four Tet |
Rounds |
Folktronica
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12 |
995 |
Blur |
Think Tank |
Alternative Rock
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13 |
1087 |
The Wrens |
The Meadowlands |
Indie Rock
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14 |
1117 |
The Rapture |
Echoes |
Dance-Punk
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15 |
1263 |
The Mars Volta |
De-Loused in the Comatorium |
Progressive Rock
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16 |
1385 |
Sufjan Stevens |
Michigan |
Chamber Folk,
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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17 |
1515 |
Rufus Wainwright |
Want One |
Chamber Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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18 |
1524 |
My Morning Jacket |
It Still Moves |
Indie Rock
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19 |
1577 |
Calexico |
Feast of Wire |
Alt-Country,
Americana
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20 |
1586 |
The Strokes |
Room On Fire |
Garage Rock Revival,
Indie Rock
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21 |
1629 |
50 Cent |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
Gangsta Rap
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22 |
1669 |
Belle and Sebastian |
Dear Catastrophe Waitress |
Chamber Pop,
Twee Pop
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23 |
1673 |
Kings of Leon |
Youth & Young Manhood |
Garage Rock Revival,
Southern Rock
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24 |
1693 |
M83 |
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts |
Electronic
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25 |
1719 |
Ricardo Villalobos |
Alcachofa |
Microhouse,
Minimal Techno
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26 |
1782 |
Drive-By Truckers |
Decoration Day |
Country Rock,
Southern Rock
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27 |
1865 |
Muse |
Absolution |
Alternative Rock
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28 |
1911 |
The Black Keys |
Thickfreakness |
Blues Rock
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29 |
1931 |
Lucinda Williams |
World Without Tears |
Alt-Country
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30 |
2055 |
Fountains of Wayne |
Welcome Interstate Managers |
Indie Pop,
Power Pop
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31 |
2066 |
The New Pornographers |
Electric Version |
Indie Pop,
Power Pop
|
32 |
2183 |
Manitoba/Caribou |
Up in Flames |
Folktronica,
Indietronica,
Psychedelic Pop
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33 |
2390 |
Basement Jaxx |
Kish Kash |
Dance-Pop,
Funky House
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34 |
2472 |
The Unicorns |
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? |
Indie Pop
|
35 |
2609 |
The Darkness |
Permission to Land |
Hard Rock
|
36 |
2639 |
Broadcast |
Haha Sound |
Dream Pop,
Indietronica
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37 |
2937 |
M. Ward |
Transfiguration of Vincent |
Americana,
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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38 |
2965 |
Ted Leo, Rx/Pharmacists |
Hearts of Oak |
Indie Rock,
Power Pop
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39 |
2970 |
Lightning Bolt |
Wonderful Rainbow |
Noise Rock
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40 |
2978 |
Sun Kil Moon |
Ghosts of the Great Highway |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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41 |
2992 |
Ulrich Schnauss |
A Strangely Isolated Place |
Downtempo
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Led Zeppelin |
How the West Was Won |
Blues Rock,
Hard Rock
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Warren Zevon |
The Wind |
Singer/Songwriter
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Beyoncé |
Dangerously in Love |
Contemporary R&B,
Pop
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Prefuse 73 |
One Word Extinguisher |
Experimental Hip Hop,
Glitch Hop
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Ellen Allien |
Berlinette |
Glitch Pop
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Robert Wyatt |
Cuckooland |
Avant-Prog,
Canterbury Scene
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The Microphones |
Mount Eerie |
Avant-Folk,
Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock,
Psychedelic Folk
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British Sea Power |
The Decline of British Sea Power |
Post-Punk Revival
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The Knife |
Deep Cuts |
Electropop,
Synthpop
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José González |
Veneer |
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Grandaddy |
Sumday |
Indie Pop
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The Cardigans |
Long Gone Before Daylight |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock
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Goldfrapp |
Black Cherry |
Electropop,
Synthpop
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Bubba Sparxxx |
Deliverance |
Hip Hop
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Constantines |
Shine a Light |
Indie Rock
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Plastikman |
Closer |
Minimal Techno
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Viktor Vaughn |
Vaudeville Villain |
Abstract Hip Hop
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Nacho Vegas |
Cajas de Musica Dificiles de Parar |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Songs: Ohia |
Magnolia Electric Co. |
Alt-Country,
Contemporary Folk
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Rhythm & Sound |
W/ the Artists |
Dub
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The Jayhawks |
Rainy Day Music |
Alt-Country,
Pop Rock
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T.I. |
Trap Muzik |
Dirty South,
Gangsta Rap
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The Hidden Cameras |
The Smell of Our Own |
Chamber Pop
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Animal Collective |
Here Comes the Indian |
Experimental,
Experimental Rock,
Neo-Psychedelia
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The Decemberists |
Her Majesty |
Folk Rock,
Indie Pop
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Super Furry Animals |
Phantom Power |
Neo-Psychedelia,
Progressive Pop
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The Radio Dept. |
Lesser Matters |
Dream Pop,
Indie Pop
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Adam Green |
Friends of Mine |
Anti-Folk,
Indie Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
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Cursive |
The Ugly Organ |
Indie Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Café Tacvba |
Cuatro Caminos |
Indie Rock
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy |
Master and Everyone |
Americana,
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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The Books |
The Lemon of Pink |
Experimental,
Folktronica
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The Kills |
Keep On Your Mean Side |
Garage Rock Revival,
Indie Rock
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Snow Patrol |
Final Straw |
Alternative Rock
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The Sleepy Jackson |
Lovers |
Indie Pop
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Josh Rouse |
1972 |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Mogwai |
Happy Songs for Happy People |
Post-Rock
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The Thrills |
So Much for the City |
Indie Pop,
Pop Rock
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The Blood Brothers |
...Burn, Piano Island, Burn |
Noise Rock,
Post-Hardcore
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros |
Streetcore |
Alternative Rock
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Missy Elliott |
This Is Not a Test! |
Pop Rap
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Elbow |
Cast of Thousands |
Indie Rock
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Explosions in the Sky |
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place |
Post-Rock
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The Coral |
Magic & Medicine |
Indie Rock
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Califone |
Quicksand / Cradlesnakes |
Alt-Country
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Menomena |
I Am the Fun Blame Monster |
Art Rock,
Indie Rock
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club |
Take Them On, On Your Own |
Indie Rock
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Emmylou Harris |
Stumble into Grace |
Country
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John Cale |
Hobosapiens |
Art Rock
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Ryan Adams |
Rock n Roll |
Pop Rock
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Kraftwerk |
Tour De France Soundtracks |
Techno
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The Fiery Furnaces |
Gallowsbird's Bark |
Art Pop,
Indie Rock
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Rokia Traoré |
Bowmboi |
Mande Music
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R. Kelly |
Chocolate Factory |
Contemporary R&B
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Stephen Malkmus |
Pig Lib |
Indie Rock
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AFI |
Sing the Sorrow |
Alternative Rock,
Punk Rock
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Wire |
Send |
Post-Punk
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The Fall |
The Real New Fall LP: Formerly Country on the Click |
Post-Punk
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Peaches |
Fatherfucker |
Electroclash
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Ed Harcourt |
From Every Sphere |
Singer/Songwriter
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The Go-Betweens |
Bright Yellow Bright Orange |
Indie Pop,
Jangle Pop
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Evan Dando |
Baby I'm Bored |
Acoustic Rock,
Alternative Singer/Songwriter,
Indie Pop
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Pernice Brothers |
Yours, Mine & Ours |
Indie Pop
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Metallica |
St. Anger |
Alternative Metal
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The Raveonettes |
Chain Gang of Love |
Noise Pop
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Damien Jurado |
Where Shall You Take Me? |
Americana,
Indie Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Jane's Addiction |
Strays |
Alternative Rock
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Dashboard Confessional |
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar |
Emo-Pop,
Pop Rock
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Neil Young |
Greendale |
Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Zwan |
Mary Star of the Sea |
Alternative Rock
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The Clientele |
The Violet Hour |
Dream Pop,
Indie Pop
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Thursday |
War All the Time |
Post-Hardcore
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