Album of the Year 2003

[ska invita]

Starting the thread because Knotted asked someone else to.

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Best albums of 2003 - RYM/Sonemic

The greatest albums of 2003, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users

rateyourmusic.com

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/genre/6-electronic/2003/pitchfork/

Top Albums of 2003

Top Albums of 2003 is a chart from The Wire, created in 2003. This chart consists of 50 entries and the top-ranked entry in this chart is Cuckooland by Robert Wyatt. BestEverAlbums.com brings together over 60,000 charts and calculates an overall ranking of the best albums of all time.

www.besteveralbums.com

100 Greatest Albums of 2003

List of 100 greatest rock and pop music albums released in 2003 featuring "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" by OutKast at number 1.

digitaldreamdoor.com

Top 40 Hip Hop Albums 2003 - Hip Hop Golden Age

Top 40 Hip Hop Albums 2003: Check out our ranking of 2003's best Hip Hop albums and feel free to start a debate if you disagree with this ranking!

hiphopgoldenage.com

 

[Spandex]

Zongamin - Zongamin

I happened across this... I don't even know how to describe it; psychedelic-disco-punk I guess?... act by chance, playing live before an Andy Weatherall DJ set I'd gone to dance to at a club. It remains one of the best gigs I've seen. I can't even remember anything about what Weatherall played 20 years later but Zongamin leaping around the stage wearing a balaclava backed by a band dressed like a new wave act - sharp suits, white shirts, skinny ties - remains burnt into my brain. Definitely my most played album from 2003. An easy choice for my no. 1 this year.

 

[Spandex]

Thanks for starting the thread ska invita

 

[Knotted]

Yeah thanks. I was about to get round to it....

 

[Knotted]

Still send your lists to me. I'm thinking we could collaborate on the duties. And we'll make it the end of the month because that seems to work. Usual formatting and rules.

 

[Spandex]

Kraftwerk's first album for 17 years, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tour De France (it missed it's intended release date to coincide with the actual anniversary by a month). A post-techno take on the sound they created.

 

[hitmouse]

I had been thinking of getting around to it, but if I'd started the thread then the OP would've been something like "Fever to Tell came out in 2003, fuck off if you think there was owt better than that."
Anyway, here's a long article about the 20th anniversary of Fever to Tell, written by someone who was vaguely around that scene:

Yeah Yeah (Yeah), Cool Cool (Cool): Fever To Tell at 20

The Personal Stuff Regarding Fever To Tell, the debut long player released by New York City’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2003, I have my biases. My feelings for Fever To Tell will always (I hope) be tied up with my friendship with YYYs’ guitarist Nick Zinner, who—along with

zacharylipez.ghost.io

ska invita might appreciate this bit:

Maybe, maybe, maybe the kids were suckered into liking it because the songs carried the freight of potential sex, a potential scene, and the promise of horizontal stripes n’ sweat, NYC below 14th Street credibility, and upskirt bohemia. Maybe. The heart can be a sly and secret (occasionally double) agent.

 

[hitmouse]

A pretty massive grime landmark from that year:

 

[hitmouse]

Huh, I was convinced World Burns to Death - Sucking of the Missile Cock was 2003 but apparently it came out in 2002 and we all just forgot to vote for it, I'm sure they would've knocked Johnny Cash off the top spot if we'd realised. Buck 65's Talkin' Honky Blues actually did come out in 2003 though, good slice of like country-ish Canadian hiphop?

It's not as good as his 2005 album Secret House Against the World though. Or indeed as good as Sucking of the Missile Cock.

 

[hitmouse]

Chicks on Speed - 99 Cents is probably a top 50 electroclash album of all time:

 

[hitmouse]

But it didn't have Strict Machine on, whereas Black Cherry by Goldfrapp does:

 

[hitmouse]

On a similar note, the Knife's Deep Cuts:

And the Rapture's Echoes:

Maybe not great albums all the way through, but the singles were great.

 

[hitmouse]

Bollocks, Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things is another great album that I hadn't realised was from 2002 and now cannot vote for in this poll. But The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site is a great album that actually did come out in 2003:

 

[heinous seamus]

Ooh. I might actually know enough albums to submit a list for this year!

 

[hitmouse]

And the Postal Service - Give Up:

God, remember the 2000s? Where does the time go, eh? (Not that I was listening to the Postal Service in 2003, more like 2009 or so, but it's all water under the bridge now.)

 

[ska invita]

Fez recommended this

hhiphop remix album based on Blue Note Records archive

Madlib - Shades Of Blue

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 Vinyl release of "Shades Of Blue" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[ska invita]

Couple I've found this week are

Pablo Gad - Don't Push Jah

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 Vinyl release of "Don't Push Jah" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Vocals from Hard Times Stylee Pablo Gad over modern UK digidub productions from Dougie Wardrop (Bush Chemists etc) and Barry Issac - I really like this album a lot. Sounds great at volume . Nothing revolutionary but everything is just right and Dougies production always have a lot of energy to them.
Track 2 suits today...and most days tbh

Talking of energy theres this

Coachwhips - Bangers Vs. Fuckers

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 Vinyl release of "Bangers Vs. Fuckers" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Lofi garage rock attack, tunes under 2 minutes, a really great sound - I really appreciate the overdriven production on this - unique sounding though the music itself is simplistic its smashed out

 

[Spandex]

Kelis bought all the boys to the yard with Tasty. I think Trick Me just edges out Milkshake as the best track, but it's a great album all through.

 

[Fez909]

Outkast released a massive album this year. Ghettomusick is my fav. Amazing pop

OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below

Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Speakerboxxx / The Love Below by OutKast. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[ska invita]

As with every other album in 2003 Ive not heard this Moodymann
am feeling it so far
eta; very good ----lower level sunday lurking just right

Moodymann - Silence In The Secret Garden

Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Silence In The Secret Garden by Moodymann. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[RainbowTown]

Two really standout albums for me from 2003:

De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta.

A dissonance, mental mix of Zappa, Can, prog rock, and all manner of bonkers stuff shot through the prism of someone experiencing a deranged acid trip. Glorious.




Think Tank by Blur.

For me Blur's best album by far, even though Damon Albarn has at times been critical of it.. However, Bowie rated it highly and so do I. Especially this track which I love:

 

[zahir]

Johnny Cash - Unearthed

 

[hitmouse]

Couple I've found this week are

Pablo Gad - Don't Push Jah

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 Vinyl release of "Don't Push Jah" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Vocals from Hard Times Stylee Pablo Gad over modern UK digidub productions from Dougie Wardrop (Bush Chemists etc) and Barry Issac - I really like this album a lot. Sounds great at volume . Nothing revolutionary but everything is just right and Dougies production always have a lot of energy to them.
Track 2 suits today...and most days tbh

Do you know the King Gheedorah album? I don't know as much MF DOOM as I should, but that one I do know pretty well:

 

[DaveCinzano]

I have been preparing over the weekend

The Bug - ‘Pressure’

 

[DaveCinzano]

Chris T-T - ‘London Is Sinking’

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cléan - 'Universal Language'

 

[DaveCinzano]

Evolution Control Committee - ‘Plagiarhythm Nation’

 

[DaveCinzano]

Freeland - 'Now And Them'

 

[DaveCinzano]

Goldfrapp - ‘Black Cherry’

 

[DaveCinzano]

Gravenhurst - 'Flashlight Seasons'
n.b. originally released 2003 on Ben Shillabeer's Sink & Stove before international rerelease by Warp 2004