Best Albums of 2003

Listed below are the best albums of 2003 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours 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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""Time (The Revelator)" is usually considered Gillian's best album, and objectively speaking I can't argue that it's at least as good as this one, but I like Soul Journey a tiny bit better. This albums has several of my all time favorite songs, the ones I constantly catch myself singing in the sho..."  [+]  Reply
- alexfields | 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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"Billy Corgan has an unmistakable voice. Due to this, the overall sound is not far enough removed as to make it basically like a 2nd tier Pumpkins album. Couple of decent tracks but most come across as quite dull."  Reply
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"Hobosapiens is a triumph, an amazing album that any fan of Cale or of experimental music should own. The first four tracks and the last four tracks are all brilliant, but my favourites are “Over Her Head” and “Things”. Also, I love the nice little message hidden in the small print. Not all artist..."  [+]  Reply
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Best Albums of 2003 composition

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2. The Strokes
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5. Magdalena Bay
6. Fontaines D.C.
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8. Big Thief
9. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
10. The Smile
11. Taylor Swift
12. Phoebe Bridgers
13. Fiona Apple
14. Black Midi
15. Lana Del Rey
16. The Weeknd
17. Sufjan Stevens
18. Tyler, The Creator
19. Jessie Ware
20. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra