Best Albums of 2003

Listed below are the best albums of 2003 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
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2003 year summaryThe best artists of 2003 were The White Stripes, Radiohead, Muse, The Strokes, The Shins, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina and The Mars Volta.
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""Everything Must Go" is Steely Dan's second album since their re-union - and at this point their latest. I have noticed that it is often considered weaker than its predecessor, "Two Against Nature". I'm not sure I agree. Without quite reaching the heights of the 1970s there are on this album some..."  [+]  Reply
- Rovers | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"I can't believe the low rating and ranking of this album... I prefer this to their 80s/90s albums. Not a bad song on it (despite a slight drop-off in the last 3 songs), all great rock songs with awesome guitar riffs. My favourites are Just Because, Superhero, The Riches and True Nature. If you're..."  [+]  Reply
- wizardalien | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Tracks 2 and 4 are the sickest sci-fi dark progressive music I've ever heard. Puts Tool to shame. Completely groundbreaking music. The other 4 real songs are really cool too. Some filler on the album unfortunately."  Reply
- somers252 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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Love Is Hell 
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"One of Ryan Adams' best albums. It was originally two separate records but here is the collective edition. Some fine songs here including, this house is not for sale, avalanche, I see monsters, and, anybody wanna take me home. For an Adams album it's extremely consistent, not something he's renou..."  [+]  Reply
- garycottier | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Absolutely insane album. The lyrics are dark, cryptic, and over the top in the best way possible. The vocal performances are powerful and the songs display a heavy ferocity. The production blends all of the sounds together in a way that makes the listener feel as though they are trapped in a stor..."  [+]  Reply
- OFarrio | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Probably my favorite spanish language album. I heard they were the "spanish radiohead" at the time and that title is somewhat justified in how they explore outside of typical (spanish) rock boundaries."  Reply
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"Rouse uses the sonic textures of the year of his birth as the basis for 1972. Specifically, he doesn’t draw so much on the fringe genres such as Black Sabbath’s heavy metal or Yes’ symphonic progressive rock, but on the mainstream soft rock that dominated AM radio, such as Carole King, The Carpen..."  [+]  Reply
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