Albums

1. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
2. Cat Power - You Are Free
3. The White Stripes - Elephant
4. Rhythm & Sound - W/ the Artists
5. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
6. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master and Everyone
8. José González - Veneer
9. Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydroponic Garden
10. The Knife - Deep Cuts
11. Massive Attack - 100th Window
12. Four Tet - Rounds
13. OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
15. Calexico - Feast of Wire
16. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
17. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
18. Blur - Think Tank
19. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
20. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium


Songs

1. OutKast - Hey Ya!
2. The Knife - Pass This On
3. Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin
4. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
5. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Joy and Jubilee
6. Sufjan Stevens - Holland
7. Britney Spears - Toxic
8. José González - Heartbeats
9. Four Tet - My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
10. Kraftwerk - Tour de France Étape 2
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
12. Sufjan Stevens - The Upper Peninsula
13. Mogwai - I Know You Are But What Am I?
14. Jay-Z - 99 Problems
15. Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
16. Postal Service - Such Great Heights
17. Keane - Everybody's Changing
18. Cat Power - Free
19. Massive Attack - Everywhen
20. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U

Albums:

1. Wrens - The Meadowlands
2. Broadcast - Haha Sound
3. Caribou/Manitoba - Up in Flames
4. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
5. Four Tet - Rounds
6. Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
7. Microphones - Mount Eerie
8. Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
9. Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
10. British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power
11. Blur - Think Tank
12. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
13. Songs : Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
14. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts
15. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power

Very deep album year, but I wish I had more time to listen. I definitely could have found more than 15 albums to list, and some of these sound like they could be all-timers with more listens.

~2003 Songs
20 Darkness, The - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
19 Kelis - Milkshake
18 White Stripes, The - The Hardest Button To Button
17 Clientele, The - E.M.P.T.Y.
16 National, The - Available
15 TV On The Radio - Young Liars
14 Postal Service, The - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
13 Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby
12 Wrens, The - Ex-Girl Collection
11 Jay-Z - 99 Problems
10 Caribou - Hendrix With Ko
09 Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
08 Wrens, The - She Sends Kisses
07 TV On The Radio - Staring At The Sun
06 Dizzee Rascal feat. Jeanine Jacques - I Luv U
05 Postal Service, The - Such Great Heights
04 White Stripes, The - Seven Nation Army
03 Outkast - Hey Ya!
02 Beyonce - Crazy In Love
01 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

If Ignition (Remix) came out in 2003, it'd take third place. But it came out in 2002.

~2003 Albums
10 Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
09 New Pornographers, The - Electric Version
08 National, The - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
07 Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster
06 Animal Collective - Here Comes The Indian
05 Fiery Furances, The - Gallowsbird Bark
04 Postal Service, The - Give Up
03 TV On The Radio - Young Liars
02 Wrens, The - The Meadowlands
01 Caribou - Up In Flames

Songs

1. The Wrens - She Sends Kisses
2. TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun
3. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
4. The Wrens - 13 Months in 6 Minutes
5. Songs : Ohia - Farewell Transmission
6. OutKast - Hey Ya!
7. Broadcast - Ominous Cloud
8. Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
9. 50 Cent - In da Club
10. Ulrich Schnauss - Clear Day
11. Lightning Bolt - Two Towers
12. Iron Maiden - Paschendale
13. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
14. Robert Wyatt - Insensatez
15. Caribou - Bijoux
16. Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
17. Strokes - Reptilia
18. Blur - Ambulance
19. Fout Tet - As Serious As Your Life
20. Cat Power - Free
21. Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own
22. British Sea Power - Remember Me
23. Super Furry Animals - Slow Life
24. Menomena - The Late Great Libido
25. Lightning Bolt - Dracula Mountain
26. Broadcast - Lunch Hour Pops
27. Robert Wyatt - Old Europe
28. M83 - Run into Flowers
29. Four Tet - She Moves She
30. Fiery Furnances - Asthma Attack

Strange year for songs for me; not a lot of all timers, but some really cool songs throughout that are likely to grow on me.

@nj I thought my votse for Strangely Isolated Place and Cuckooland would be enough to appease you.

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Henrik I love your # 1 and was surprised that it (Sufjan Stevens) wasn't included in that many lists.

Jackson I didn't know you liked Iron Maiden (I have no idea how they sounded in 2003, probably the same as in 1982 though)

There are a lot of early albums by bands I love that I haven't heard being voted for this year. I hope a few of 'em qualify so I have extra incentive to listen to them.