Best of '03 time

[DariusNYC]

I tend to buy a lot of albums at the end of the year, or immediately after the end of the year, inspired by others' (including magazines') "Best of 2003" recommendations, so this will definitely change once I've heard some more stuff, but here's a preliminary list of my five favorites:

1. Radiohead -- Hail to the Thief
2. Outkast -- Speakerboxx/The Love Below
3. The Strokes -- Room on Fire
4. Yo La Tengo -- Summer Sun
5. Super Furry Animals -- Phantom Power

I wanted to only list 5 because if I listed 10 I wouldn't be discriminating enough, because I didn't buy that many new albums this year so far. But there are definitely a few more that I like, that may make it on a top 10 list when all is said and done.

[Troy]

Like Darius, I don't have 10 yet. Give me another year to hear more.

Grandaddy- Sumday
Starlight Mints- built on Squares
King Crimson- The Power to Believe
Satellite- A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset
Calexico- Feast of Wire

[Dave_G]

I tell ya what ya'll sure do listen to some obscure and diverse stuff.

I have NONE of any of the titles listed in anyones post.

But I'm old and set im my ways and only listen to prog, rock, new wave, reggae, pop, and my 2 classical cd's.

But for me the only new stuff this year that is really any good are the concert dvd's that have been released, like the Flower Kings, the new Peter Gabriel one, and Arena's concert dvd.

"New" titles by new or old bands this year. I can't think of a single 2003 recording that could be put into a "best of" category.

I guess it's because mainly I have bought new prog, but most of it is stuff that wasn't recorded this year.

Dave