Best Albums of 2003
Explore the best albums of 2003, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"Speakerboxxx - 80 The Love Below - 90" Reply
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2003
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"I can't believe some of these comments. This is what a strong debut looks like. Sorry to all of the people who fell in love with playing "Maps" on a rock band video game and expected the album to be all ballads!? This album is confident, feisty, and has a good mixture of both deep and shallow lyr..." [+] Reply
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"I've got to say, this is not a great album, not musically, not lyrically, not innovative, you can say it all sounds the same, but at the end what does it matter. I was 12 years old when this album came out, I couldnt stop listening to it, it was simply the best for me back then. Honestly Linkin P..." [+] Reply
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meruizh | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Man, what is it about Carry Me Ohio? Doesn't seem to be much song there but once it starts I want it to never end." Reply
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"Different from Illinois. A stark, single image of a rust belt state in decay rather than a meta-historical narrative. With a neo-social realist perspective, Stevens depicts the squalor and strife that made an impact on his youth and his vain search for hope and progress. Best songs: "Flint", "Det..." [+] Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is ma favorite Ween album and one of my favorite records evers as well, just get me to diferent atmospheres, is the brown town at their best..." Reply
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"Well ahead of it's time. One of it's kind still to this day, amazing album" Reply
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Pegasus | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"My favorite Jay-Z album. This album doesn't have great lyrical content (it's good though) but it's not great just because of Jay-Z. There were over 10 producers who collaborated to make this masterpiece. Names like; Kanye, Just Blaze, Rick Rubin, Timbaland, and more." Reply
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MCOTho | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Oh I used to love this album when it came out, remember seeing the original Evanescence lineup at bumbershoot back in 03... liked it a lot better at the time, given it seems rather silly with nearly a decade's hindsight and it really wasn't anything that other similar but more creative bands were..." [+] Reply
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"i like the tongue-in-cheekiness, embodied immediately on track #1, "step into my office, baby", a white collar romp with lines like "She gave me some dictation / But my strength is in administration / I took down all she said / I even took down her little red dress" and "I'm pushing for a raise /..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of 2003 composition
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| Various Artists | 15 | 2% | |
| William Basinski | 5 | 1% | |
| King Crimson | 3 | 0% | |
| Ryan Adams | 3 | 0% | |
| The Allman Brothers Band | 3 | 0% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 0% | |
| Hey | 2 | 0% | |
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453 | 45% | |
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180 | 18% | |
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54 | 5% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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Best Ever
Artists
1.
The Beatles
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Radiohead
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Pink Floyd
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David Bowie
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Bob Dylan
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Led Zeppelin
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Arcade Fire
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Neil Young
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Nirvana
