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12-10-2003, 04:56 PM
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Here are my choices for the top albums of 2003. Actually, these are my favorite albums, not necessarily the best releases, in no particular order:
Josh Rouse - 1972
Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
Robinella & the CC String Band
Kathleen Edwards - Failer
Tim Easton - Break Your Mother's Heart
Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
Scott Miller - Upside Downside
Bonnie Prince Billy - Master and Everyone
Warren Zevon - The Wind
Emmylou Harris - Stumble Into Grace
Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears
Rosie Thomas - Only With Laughter Can You Win
Steve Earle - Just An American Boy
Drive-by Truckers - Decoration Day
Honorable Mentions:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale (brave concept album)
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (very talented, but not something I'd listen to often)
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12-10-2003, 05:15 PM
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I will wait until after Christmas to do my complete list because I have a few cd's on my wish list. As of right now though my favorite so far is:
Arena - Contagion
Others I've liked are:
Zwan - Mary Star Of The Sea
Jane's Addiction - Strays
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
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12-10-2003, 05:58 PM
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Whoa, I haven't heard of three-quarters of these...where have I been?
"Music is a magic carpet loaded with oils and other soothing potions, it's just what you need when you don't know what you need, when you've got more questions than answers." - Bob Lefsetz
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12-10-2003, 06:03 PM
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1. Elephant - the White Stripes
2. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
3. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Those were the 3 major stand-outs for me this year.
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12-10-2003, 06:35 PM
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Radiohead "Hail to the Thief"
Steely Dan "Two Against Nature"
Tell me what you regard as your greatest strength, so I will know how best to undermine you; tell me of your greatest fear, so I will know which I must force you to face; tell me what you cherish most, so I will know what to take from you; and tell me what you crave, so that I might deny you.
-Darth Plageius
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12-10-2003, 06:38 PM
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1. Van Morrison - What's Wrong With This Picture?
2. Steely Dan - Everything Must Go
3. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Rainbow Body
4. Various - Four Generations of Miles
5. Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll
6. Eleanor McEvoy - Yola
Reissue mentions (tie)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway
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12-10-2003, 09:56 PM
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Ryan Adams - Rock n Roll
Steve Earle - Just an American Boy
Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble
Grandpaboy - Dead Man Shake
Cracker - Countrysides
The Ataris - So Long, Astoria
Eve 6 - It's All In Your Head
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
Josh Rouse - 1972
Chris Smither - Train Home
Scott Miller & the Commonwealth - Upside Downside
John Hiatt - Beneath This Gruff Exterior
Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot
Guster - Keep It Together
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12-11-2003, 01:16 PM
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- shine daniel lanois
- want one rufus wainwright
- stumble into grace emmylou harris
- what's wrong with this picture van morrison
- bach concertos hilary hahn, margaret batjer et al
- face a face: duos for violin & cello renaud and gautier capucon
- schubert: piano sonatas, D958, 959, 960 murray perahia
- let it be...naked the beatles
- the fine art of self destruction jessie malin
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12-11-2003, 09:40 PM
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Wow! 2003 was a kickass year for music! I have really different tastes than most of you, so my list will reflect that. So, enjoy my picks for the top albums of 2003!
Top Metal/Nu-Metal/Hardcore albums:
1. Chimaira - The Impossibility of Reason
2. Spineshank - Self-Destructive Pattern
3. Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
4. Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality
5. Blood Has Been Shed - Spirals
6. Mushroomhead - XIII
7. Metallica - St. Anger
8. Ill Nino - Confession
9. Superjoint Ritual - A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred
10. KoRn - Take A Look In The Mirror
Top Alternative Rock/Punk/Hard Rock/Pop-Punk albums:
1. AFI - Sing The Sorrow
2. Less Than Jake - Anthem
3. The Offspring - Splinter
4. Blink-182 - Blink-182
5. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
6. Jet - Get Born
7. Alien Ant Farm - TruANT
8. Forces Of Evil - Friend Or FOE?
9. Gob - Foot In Mouth Disease
10. Cold - Year of the Spider
Special mentions for...
Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance.
I applaud their originality in the rap genre! Bubba is the first rapper I know of to combine Country with Rap, and it actually sounds good!
2004 will be a big year with the new Killswitch Engage, Fear Factory, downthesun, Slipknot, Green Day, Jimmy Eat World, and hopefully Reel Big Fish and Meshuggah albums. Can't wait to see what else 2004 has in store! 
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