the best of a great year

scoot yourself back from the edge of your seat... you'll fall!

you've all been waiting, and it's finally here. completely unable to compile something as restrictive as a top ten list, here's my top 25 albums of 2003*

(*-i reserve the right to update before dec. 31... if that razorlight album i'm expecting to get in the mail in the next week or so is as amazing as i've heard, there'll be some re-jiggering.)

1. the weakerthans, "reconstruction site." buy it.

2. the white stripes, "elephant." buy it.

3. the libertines, "i get along" ep. buy it.

4. !!!, "me and giuliani down by the school yard (a true story) ep. buy it.

5. holopaw, "holopaw." buy it.

6. kings of leon, "youth and young manhood." buy it.

7. the rapture, "echoes." buy it.

8. the shins, "chutes too narrow." buy it.

9. british sea power, "the decline of british sea power." buy it.

10. the pleased, "don't make things." buy it.

11. the vacation, "they were the sons" limited-edition ep. buy it.

12. califone, "quicksand: cradlesnakes." buy it.

13. adam green, "friends of mine." buy it.

14. the strokes, "room on fire." buy it.

15. grandaddy, "sumday." buy it.

16. jet, "get born." buy it.

17. the thrills, "so much for the city." buy it.

18. the constantines, "shine a light." buy it.

19. pinback, "offcell" ep. buy it.

20. less than jake, "anthem." buy it.

21. black rebel motorcycle club, "take them on, on your own." buy it.

22. popgun, "n.u. machine." buy it.

23. singapore sling, "the curse of singapore sling." buy it.

24. the books, "lemon of pink." buy it.

25. 22-20s, "such a fool/baby you're not in love" limited-edition 7" vinyl. out of print.

Comments

[Kenney]

QUICK STAT: 44% of hipster bands have names that start with "the."

[tball]

i'm glad somebody else did that calculation; i'd have guessed even more!