Best Albums of 2003
Explore the best albums of 2003, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"I hate to be the guy who isn't super enthusiastic about an album that is so unanimously praised - and this is good music, but it's not even the best of this year let alone a top 10 for this decade. It's pretty stylistically monotonous and the guitar work isn't as spectacular as I'd expect from ev..." [+] Reply
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corenfro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I think this album is the most 'Radiohead' album they've ever made. I will say though, I typically skip 'We Suck Young Blood'. Every other song is perfect though." Reply
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"My favorite album of all time. Combines all of the good things about Muse from old to new and combines everything I love in music and puts it on one album. Beautiful orchestrations and harmonies; catchy melodies; hard and fast rock; classical influence; incredible piano performances; amazing elec..." [+] Reply
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"The room's not the only thing on fire. The album is too." Reply
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koner1 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Another classic by the Shins. For the first few years of the decade, the Shins were definitely the best thing going on in the indie scene." Reply
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"Contains some classic Ben Gibbard lyrics that sounds super meaningful if you're just barely paying attention but actually are similar to things high schoolers would write in their notebooks for motivation. It's an interesting album but the beats are a little too simple to really grab me and Gibba..." [+] Reply
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babyBlueSedan | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"This album feels very sentimental and incredibly composed. All songs create the same atmosphere and that allows us to just glide through the music so easily. The instrumentation is brilliant, the guitar and piano work being personal standouts for me. You can see all the inspirations the artist ha..." [+] Reply
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"I like how I can pick what flavor of cry I would like to have. Phenomenal." Reply
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"ok. it's all rather impressing. but i still don't know if i LIKE it. perhaps I will find out if I should stumble to play this a third time. future will tell." Reply
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"This is one of my favourite albums of the 00's. Truly a beautiful and unique experience to listen to from beginning to end. EITS are one of the most underrated bands of our time." Reply
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jqmusiclove | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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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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180 | 18% | |
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55 | 6% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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Best Albums of 2003 chart changes
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