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: 3 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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"A startling return to form and their best LP at that point for 17 years, I cannot find any filler here, even the cover version Loop 41 which has to be the weakest track on offer has a certain charm to it. Theme From Sparta, Last Commands Of Xyralothep and Mountain Energei are all up there with th..."  [+]  Reply
- TheSmiths82-87 | 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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"Brilliant album from Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness. Only filler is Things I Want To Tell You. The rest are wonderful. It just surpasses Schoolyard Ghosts and Returning Jesus."  Reply
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"The CD-era length of "Say You Will" (approximately 70 minutes) causes the album to overstay its welcome; however, there are numerous gems throughout by Buckingham and Nicks; (McVie is missed.) Christine McVie - Fleetwood Mac's stalwart melody-maker, heaven-sent (see her: "Hold Me;" "Everywhere;" ..."  [+]  Reply
- JuJu83 | 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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"I can't help but notice that there are very few comments on this album. On other record review sites this album is put down a lot. I just don't get the hate. This is a great album IMHO. I'll admit that it's not on the top of the heap of concept albums like "Thick As A Brick", "2112" or "The Lamb ..."  [+]  Reply
- Poolman | 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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"If you like singer-songwriters and just really good poetic songwriting you'll love this album. There are very few weak tracks here and the highlights are incredible. "Kathleen", "Baby That's not All", "Bright Smile" are incredible. It's an 8.6/10 for me."  Reply
- Mercury | 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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