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Top 90 of 2003

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Every year we ask our listeners and members to vote on the Top 90 Albums of the Year. We count down the albums on New Years Eve until we reach Midnight. At Midnight we start the New Year by playing the Number 01 Album in its entirety.

Our Staff Picks are listed below the Top 90 List.

RankAlbumArtist
01THE WINDWARREN ZEVON
02HAIL TO THE THIEFRADIOHEAD
03WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERSFOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
04HELLO STARLING JOSH RITTER
05WANT ONERUFUS WAINWRIGHT
06GREENDALE NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
07UNCLASSIFIEDROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND
08IN TIME the best of R.E.M. 1988-2003R.E.M.
09WORLD WITHOUT TEARS LUCINDA WILLIAMS
10DAY I FORGOTPETE YORN
11STREETCORE JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
12MY BABY DON'T TOLERATE LYLE LOVETT
13RAINY DAY MUSICTHE JAYHAWKS
14DIAMONDS ON THE INSIDE BEN HARPER
15LET GONADA SURF
16SUMDAYGRANDADDY
17PRETZEL PARK4 WAY STREET
18NORTH ELVIS COSTELLO
19GRAND ERIN McKEOWN
20ROCK N ROLL RYAN ADAMS
21FAILERKATHLEEN EDWARDS
22REGRET OVER THE WIRESMATTHEW RYAN
23SO DAMN HAPPYLOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
24ABSOLUTELY 100% MADE IN NJDRAMARAMA
25BAREANNIE LENNOX
26THE BEAUTY OF THE RAIN DAR WILLIAMS
27NIGHT ON MY SIDE GEMMA HAYES
28CHINATOWN THE BE GOOD TANYAS
29DEAR CATASTROPHE WAITRESSBELLE & SEBASTIAN
30EVOLVEANI DiFRANCO
31THE HOUSE CARPENTER'S DAUGHTER NATALIE MERCHANT
32POLARIS NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL STARS
33WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?VAN MORRISON
34STUMBLE INTO GRACE EMMYLOU HARRIS
35VOLUME 4JOE JACKSON BAND
36RETROSPECTIVE:THE BEST OF SUZANNE VEGASUZANNE VEGASUZANNE VEGA
37LOS LONELY BOYSLOS LONELY BOYS
38WHO THE HELL IS JOHN EDDIE?JOHN EDDIE
39JUST AN AMERICAN BOY STEVE EARLE
40THE MAVERICKSTHE MAVERICKS
41quebecWEEN
42LIGHT OF DAY:TRIBUTE TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN GARLAND JEFFREYSVARIOUS ARTISTS
431972JOSH ROUSE
44THE FOLK YEARS 2003-2003 JILL SOBULE
45THE OLD KIT BAGRICHARD THOMPSON
46THE THORNS THE THORNS
47UP ALL NIGHTTHE WAIFS
48TEN FROM LITTLE WORLDS BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES
49COME FEEL ME TREMBLE PAUL WESTERBERG
50TOUGH LOVE HAMELL ON TRIAL
51VERVE//REMIXED 2 compilation VARIOUS ARTISTS
52SET LIST (Irish import)THE FRAMES
53REDEMPTION'S SON JOSEPH ARTHUR
54WAITING FOR MY ROCKET TO COME JASON MRAZ
55EVERYTHING MUST GO STEELY DAN
56SOUL JOURNEYGILLIAN WELCH
57HUMAN CONDITIONS RICHARD ASHCROFT
58DARK CHORDS ON A BIG GUITARJOAN BAEZ
59RECONSTRUCTION SITE THE WEAKERTHANS
60SO MUCH FOR THE CITY THE THRILLS
61IN SEED COMES FRUIT POI DOG PONDERING
62THE EVENING OF MY BEST DAY RICKIE LEE JONES
63FLY BELOW THE RADAR MINIBAR
64THE TROUBLE WITH HUMANSCHIP TAYLOR & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ
65YOKOBEULAH
66ABOUT TIME STEVE WINWOOD
67LET'S ROLL ETTA JAMES
68POETRY & AEROPLANES TEITUR
69SPOON AND RAFTER MOJAVE 3
70WHAT'S IN THE BAG? MARSHALL CRENSHAW
71EPRACHAEL YAMAGATA
72COLLIDE0SCOPELIVING COLOUR
73SAVE MY SOULBIG BAD VOODOO DADDY
74PALACE OF GOLD BLUE RODEO
75LONG TIME COMING JONNY LANG
76TRAIN HOME CHRIS SMITHER
77OLD FUTURES GONE JOHN GORKA
78SHOW ME YOUR TEARS FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS
79TINY VOICES JOE HENRY
80SIDE OF THE ROAD ELLIS PAUL & VANCE GILBERT
81SLOW DOWN KIDVAL EMMICH
82NOCTURAMA NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
83BENEATH THIS GRUFF EXTERIORJOHN HIATT & THE GONERS
84ISSUES & OPTIONS PHIL ROY
85FACE TO FACEJOHN LEE HOOKER
86RED=LUCKPATTY LARKIN
87BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S HEARTTIM EASTON
88TALKING TO STRANGERS SHEMEKIA COPELAND
89FROM EVERY SPHEREED HARCOURT
90TROUBLE NO MOREJOHN MELLENCAMP
90.5THE RED BANK SESSIONSNICOLE ATKINS

Staff Picks

Jeff Raspe's Picks
  1. UNCLASSIFIED- ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND
  2. THE WIND- WARREN ZEVON
  3. THE FINE ART OF SELF DESTRUCTION- JESSE MALIN
  4. HAIL TO THE THIEF- RADIOHEAD
  5. POETRY & AEROPLANES- TEITUR
  6. THE SOUL SESSIONS- JOSS STONE
  7. THE MAVERICKS- THE MAVERICKS
  8. PRETZEL PARK- 4 WAY STREET
  9. WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS- FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
  10. DIAMONDS ON THE INSIDE- BEN HARPER

Leo Zaccari's Picks
  1. HAIL TO THE THIEF - RADIOHEAD
  2. GRAND- ERIN MCKEOWN
  3. SET LIST (IRISH IMPORT)- THE FRAMES
  4. HUSH EP- VIRGINIA
  5. THE FOLK YEARS 2003-2003- JILL SOBULE
  6. THE RED BANK SESSIONS- NICOLE ATKINS
  7. ROCK N ROLL- RYAN ADAMS
  8. EVOLVE- ANI DiFRANCO
  9. 1972- JOSH ROUSE
  10. IN SEED COMES FRUIT- POI DOG PONDERING

Top Bluegrass Albums
  1. One Step Ahead- Rhonda Vincent
  2. It's Just the Night- Del McCoury Band
  3. Bona Fide- The Gibson Brothers
  4. Live at Charleston Music Hall -Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
  5. Shape of a Tear- Lynn Moris Band
  6. Coldest Part of Winter- Larry Parks
  7. Wondrous Love- Blue Highway
  8. Where Roads Divide- Wildfire
  9. No Other Way- Mountain Heart
  10. Alison Krauss & Union Station LIVE- Alison Krauss & Union Station
Tom Brennan's Picks
  1. Streetcore- Joe Strummer
  2. Unclassified- Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  3. North- Elvis Costello
  4. Grand- Erin McKeown
  5. Volume 4- Joe Jackson Band
  6. Verve//Remixed Volume 2- various
  7. Evolve- Ani DiFranco
  8. I Can't Stop- Al Green
  9. Everyone Deserves Music- Micheal Fanti & Sperhead
  10. Tough Love- Hammel on Trial

Top Local Albums
  1. ABSOLUTELY 100% MADE IN NJ- DRAMARAMA
  2. THE MEADOWLANDS- THE WRENS
  3. HUSH EP- VIRGINIA
  4. INNER ONWRITER- LANKY
  5. MR. MISUNDERSTOOD- SCOTT E. MOORE
  6. RED BANK SESSIONS- NICOLE ATKINS
  7. HOMELESS MUSIC- AMAZING MEET PROJECT
  8. THIS IS A STICKUP- THE MILWAUKEES
  9. HARMONY AND DISCORD- DARBY JONES
  10. THE UNSTUDIED SEA- FRANK BANGO

Top Indie Albums
  1. HELLO STARLING- JOSH RITTER
  2. STREETCORE- JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS
  3. EVERYONE DESERVES MUSIC- MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
  4. 1972- JOSH ROUSE
  5. IN SEED COMES FRUIT- POI DOG PONDERING
  6. VOLUME 4- JOE JACKSON BAND
  7. VERVE//REMIXED 2 compilation- VARIOUS ARTISTS
  8. THE OLD KIT BAG- RICHARD THOMPSON
  9. FEEL IT- SOME GIRLS
  10. SLOW DOWN KID- VAL EMMICH
Honorable Mention Import: SET LIST- THE FRAMES (2004 US release)
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