Best of 2003 (official lists thread)

[Jack In The Box]

1. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
2. Interpol - Turn of the Bright Lights
3. Travis - 12 memories
4. White Stripes - Elephant
5. The Kills - Keep on your Mean Side
6. pending...
7. pending...
8. pending...
9. pending...
10. pending...

In order that you don't get angry, are 10

 

[Elvis Presley]

Interpol was 2002....

 

[jkayet]

Re: top ten

10. Elbow - Cast of thousands

I don't think it's out until 2004 in the US, or it definitely would've been on my list too!

 

[Elvis Presley]

you are correct....

 

[womanfish]

Re: Re: top ten

I don't think it's out until 2004 in the US, or it definitely would've been on my list too!

you are right. I have just heard the album and loved it and forgot it wasn't properly released yet. Ok Elvis, put Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash on there at number 10 for me instead.

 

[Jack In The Box]

Interpol was 2002....

it's true

 

[SkeeK]

1 The Notwist - Neon Golden
2 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
3 Lamb - Darkness in a World of Wonder
4 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
5 Outkast - Speakerboxxx/Love Below
6 Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash
7 Slovo - Nommo
8 Hybrid - Morning Sci Fi
9 Grandaddy - Sumday

the new one by the Wrens is seeming like it might just be totally excellent, too. and some other releases that i've listened to a bit but not fully formed an opinion on. so i'm leaving this as my wildcard spot for now. suckers!

 

[Mrs. Vedder]

can i pick 10 pearl jam live albums?

 

[Elvis Presley]

the new one by the Wrens is seeming like it might just be totally excellent, too.

It is, listen all week and I bet it makes your top 5...

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

I forgot one

Mull Historical Society - Us

 

[Elvis Presley]

anyone else?

 

[IWasBored]

i don't know but they better hury before i'm compelled to modify my list again

 

[Sweet Tart]

1. the strokes - room on fire
2. jet - get born
3. ryan adams - rock n roll
4. radiohead - hail to the theif
4. outkast - speakerboxxx/the love below
5. travis - 12 memories
6. ryan adams - love is hell
7. the white stripes - elephant
8. brmc - take them on, on your own
9. ????
10. ????

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

arrrrggghhh... what good is it, if someone mentions a band no one's heard of...

i mean, given a lot of us are indie in our own way, and obviously not MTV sugarpoppin teenieboppers... so how would votes work then?

 

[Elvis Presley]

arrrrggghhh... what good is it, if someone mentions a band no one's heard of...

i mean, given a lot of us are indie in our own way, and obviously not MTV sugarpoppin teenieboppers... so how would votes work then?

Well, if its a band I have not heard of it usually makes me want to check them out....

 

[SkeeK]

more people say the shins or i'm gonna go ninja on all y'all asses

 

[IWasBored]

i'm sure mofo would vote the shins somewhere on his list

if he'd get his ass back posting here

 

[Elvis Presley]

more people say the shins or i'm gonna go ninja on all y'all asses

Hell yeah, they deserve to be on every list....

 

[Elvis Presley]

not much time left....

 

[Bonochick]

I don't like my list anymore. It was created by a sheltered girl.

 

[Northeast]

i wanted too!!!
and the new Bowie album

 

[u2popmofo]

My Favorites:

1. The Shins - 'Chutes Too Narrow'
2. Radiohead - 'Hail to the Thief'
3. The Strokes - 'Room on Fire'
4. White Stripes - 'Elephant'
5. Postal Service - 'Give Up'
6. AFI - 'Sing the Sorrow'
7. Grandaddy - 'Sumday'
8. Bouncing Souls - 'Anchors Aweigh'
9. Zwan - 'Mary Star of the Sea'
10. Dropkick Murphys - 'Blackout'



11. Cat Power - 'You Are Free'
12. Outkast - 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'
13. Pretty Girls Make Graves - 'The New Romance'
14. New Pornographers - 'Electric Version' (so I havent heard all of this yet, I'm sure I'll rank it higher once I buy it)

Other prizes and awards:

Best Compilation of 2003 - Guided By Voices - 'Best of' - WOWZA!!! I likie!

Best Album that Came out in 2002 that I didnt get until 2003 - Audioslave (Great stuff)

Best Album I got in 2002, but most everyone else got in 2003 - Idlewild - 'The Remote Part'

 

[elevatedmole]

This is going to be REALLY hard. Especially after my browser closed after I finally decided. 10 to 1, 10 being best, 1 being least.

10: Rufus Wainwright - Want One
9: The Postal Service - Give Up
8: Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
7: Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines
6: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
5: Ryan Adams - Rock'n'Roll
4: The White Stripes - Elephant
3: Junior Senior - D-D-Don't Stop the Beat
2: Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
1: Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

It was really hard to choose putting Rufus Wainwright at #10.. so many albums were good this year, yet it's hard to pick which one was best.

 

[Basstrap]

good thing I saw this, eh?

I would have made another thread

Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Postal Service - Give up
Grandaddy - Sumday
Radiohead - Hail to the thief
Rufus Wainwright - Want One
Kid Koala - All my Best Friends are DJ's
the Constantines - Shine a Light
Mogwai - happy music for happy people
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Shins - Chutes too Narrow

this is not a final list and so I will not order them
there are still a few albums I want to hear first

such as, The Rapture, the Decemberists, etc...

 

[u2popmofo]

Ok, some editing is necessary after buying another 2003 album.

My Favorites:

1. The Shins - 'Chutes Too Narrow'
2. Radiohead - 'Hail to the Thief'
3. The Strokes - 'Room on Fire'
4. White Stripes - 'Elephant'
5. Postal Service - 'Give Up'
6. AFI - 'Sing the Sorrow'
7. Grandaddy - 'Sumday'
tied
7. New Pornographers - 'The Electric Version'
9. Bouncing Souls - 'Anchors Aweigh'
10. Zwan - 'Mary Star of the Sea'



11. Dropkick Murphys - 'Blackout'
12. Cat Power - 'You Are Free'
13. Outkast - 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'
14. Pretty Girls Make Graves - 'The New Romance'

Explanation: I find the New Pornographers cd to be very similar to Grandaddy's in that I think they're both extremely well done and more solid overall than each groups respective previous efforts (yet I dont think either have as big of stand out songs as both of their respective previous albums). DKM must move out of the top 10 (dont cry IWB).

 

[Elvis Presley]

mofo you old dog you...


last day to submit kids, im gonna tally the votes on Friday....

 

[celia]

1.) Tales of a Librarian - Tori Amos
2.) In Time - The Best of REM
3.) Hail to The Theif - Radiohead
4.) Elephant - White Stripes
5.) So Much For The City - The Thrills
6.) Some Devil - Dave Matthews
7.) Just like Blood - Tom McRae
8.) Life for Rent - Dido
9.) Permission To Land - The Darkness
10.) 12 Memories - Travis

 

[U2DMfan]

1. Tomahawk-Mit Gas
2. A Perfect Circle-The Thirteenth Step
3. Radiohead-HTTT
4. Pearl Jam-Lost Dogs
5. Porcupine Tree-In Absentia
6. Dave Gahan-Paper Monsters
7. David Bowie-Reality
8. Zwan-Mary, Star of the Sea
9. BRMC-Take them On, On Your Own
10. Outkast-Speakerboxx/Love Below

 

[brettig]

1. The Darkness - Permission To Land
2. The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
3. The White Stripes - Elephant
4. Zwan - Mary Star Of The Sea
5. Turin Brakes - Ether Song
6. The Raveonettes - Chain Gang Of Love
7. The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
8. Blur - Think Tank
9. Jet - Get Born
10. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

Honourable mentions and compilations:

Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
Powderfinger - Vulture Street
The Coral - Magic And Medicine
Spearhead - Everyone Deserves Music
You Am I - The Cream And The Crock: The Best Of
Primal Scream - Dirty Hits
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won

 

[Basstrap]

I spent all day working on this list

cos I'm alone and bored

here goes:

10. Kid Koala - All my Best Friends are DJ's

Give it up for a dj who has a lot of class. He doesn't butcher the songs he samples; he lets the old jazz and blues greats speak for themselves...he just gives them a modern day voice. Just a refreshing album to listen to all around.

9. Postal Service - Give Up

This is indie pop at it's best. The melodies addictive and the lyrics clever (if sometimes cheesy). I need say no more

8. The Rapture - Echoes

The title of this album is sort of fitting in that it sounds like Pink Floyd on Steroids! Even if his voice grates on you (and you will grow accustomed to it) the basslines and over all song structures exude talent and ambition.

7. The Shins - Chutes too Narrow

I was a skeptic at first. But now I realize that the Shins appeal to me in a way the Strokes could only wish for. It's the kind of album I finish listening to and then get a neurotic urge to put it on again

6. Manitoba - Up in Flames

absolutely brilliant!! 100% unique and original...yet very accessible. I guess, if the beach boys were mellowed out and had access to cutting edge electronic equipment, they'd sound similar!

5. Grandaddy - Sumday

Maybe the most immediatley accessible album of the year...and that alone give it reason to make the list. Well...not only that....that coupled with intelligent song writing

4. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher

*drool* glitch *drool*
I can't remember the last time my ears had so much fun while my brain almost combusted

3. Four Tet - Rounds

put it this way...the first time I heard this album, I was so moved by the melodies, as non verbal as they may be, that I had to start writing poetry.

2. Radiohead - Hail to the Theif

all year I thought for sure this would be the number one album...just more radiohead prefection. I was about to pen them in as number 1 when....

1. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, Lost Ghosts

Please...go get this. now
More beautiful and emotional than Sigur Ros?
yes yes yes
after the introduction called "birds" the beginning of an incredible musical journey takes places (pardon the corny cliche). The tones are exceedingly warm and the songs flawlessly constructed. Even if you are not the one for instrumental electronica stuff you will enjoy this...I promise...not a moment of boredom. Plus, there are a few words...if somewhat subdued.

Honorable Mention:

Rufus Wainwright - Want One
the Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Dead
Mogwai - Happy...