Christopher said:

That you are.

abierman said:

Stop making me spontaneously combust with envy, will you!



I wish I lived closer to Amsterdam so I could come and see
all those cool performers at Paradiso.

abierman said:

Where there people in the crowd shouting out

"Do 'Summer of 69'!" ??



I hear he gets that a lot from dumb fucks.

Cloudbuster said:

ive put you here for safe keeping


kljik

joecoco said:

Great album.

I can't think of 10 great albums from this year, but I know that would be one of them.

Christopher said:

coqui said:

Indeed. It freaked me out when I first heard it but since
then I've grown to love it tremendously.

IstenSzek said:

I saw them live in Zürich about 2 weeks ago. Hell, they really rock!

IstenSzek said:

This was the 2nd time I saw him perform (after Vredenburg last year, solo) and it hasn't happened. It was on the infamous Holland - Scotland soccer-match and at one point in between songs somebody from the audience shouted: '4-0!' and the crowd cheered. Ryan just gazed at everybody at said something like: 'Whatever...' and continued playing. He was pretty intoxicated I believe, but it was a great show: 1.5 hours with band acting like a rockstar, and then another 45 minutes just him with acoustic guitar and harmonica. Chillin'!

Top 5

Speakerboxxx/The love below - Outkast
Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas
Kish Kash - Basement Jaxx
The Headphone Masterpiece - Cody ChesnuTT
McKay - McKay

phunkymunky said:

I just bought this last week and haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. Looking forward to it, I've heard alot of good things about it.

joecoco said:

yea, i saw them a couple years ago before the Tremulant EP came out. they only played 4 songs opening for The Anniversary but they tore the roof off of the tiny club it was in. I'm glad to see they picked up right where At the Drive In left off and kicked it up another notch. I miss At the Drive In with all my heart. They were the best thing in rock music. The Mars Volta is almost, dare I say, better than At the Drive In. They are both fantastic though.

Navjot said:

It's kinda cool. His voice ranges from the sublime to the utter shite, and a lot of the songs are full of background hiss, but i think that's half the charm of the record. 'upstarts in a blowout', 'Michelle' 'the world is coming to my party' and 'serve this royalty' are all cool songs.

I saw him live a while ago and he was pretty good

In no particular order (NOTE: I did not include any compilations or live albums):


Hail To The Thief- Radiohead
Mary Star Of The Sea- Zwan
Thirteenth Step- A Perfect Circle
Say You Will- Fleetwood Mac
Sacred Love- Sting
Life For Rent- Dido
Reality- David Bowie
Paper Monsters- Dave Gahan
Fallen- Evanescence
Worldwide Underground- Eryka Badu

Honorable mentions:

N.E.W.S.- Prince
The Complex- Blue Man Group
American Life- Madonna
Elephant- The White Stripes



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Andre 3000- The Love Below
Elvis Costello- North
Steely Dan- Everything Must Go
Sugar Ray- In the Pursuit of Leisure
R Kelly- The Chocolate Factory
Mya- Moodring
Prince- Xpectation
Nelly Furtado- Folklore
Sting- Sacred Love
Meshell Ndegeocello- Comfort Woman

This was one tough year. I might have took look over my CDs at home and think about it again but for now, here goes:

Madonna "American Life" (had it been any other year, this might not be true)
Fleetwood Mac "Say You Will"
Luther Vandross-"Dance With My Father"
Outkast-"The Love Below"/"Speakerbozzz"
Dannii Minogue-"Neon Nights"
White Stripes-"Elephant"
Annie Lennox-"Bare"
Al Green-"I Can't Stop"
Jody Wately "Midnight Lounge"
Prince -"N.E.W.S"

Best Single: Donna Summer "You're So Beautiful"

I didn't have much faith in rock this year, except for The White Stripes who were a favorite of mine last year.
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TRON said:

what happened to Dannii?

Outkast - The Love Below / Speakerboxxx

Missy - Under Construction

R Kelly - Chocolate Factory

Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground

Isley Brothers - Body Kiss

Lil Kim - La Bella Mafia

Meshell - Comfort Woman

Prince - NEWS

Mariah - Charmbracelet

Jay Z - The Black Album

Most of the "new" shit I'm playing is from 2001 or 2002. 2003 was an awful year in music. I only found 5 all year worth buying so I'll list those.

1. SPEAKERBOXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
2. TASTY - Kelis
3. MOODRING - Mya
4. LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES - Raphael Saadiq
5. COMIN' FROM WHERE I'M FROM- Anthony Hamilton

1). SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
2). THINK TANK - Blur
3). XPECTATION - Prince
4). CHOCOLATE FACTORY - R. Kelly
5). TASTY - Kelis
6). SKULL RING - Iggy Pop
7). AMATEUR NIGHT IN THE BIG TOP - Shaun W. Ryder
8). COUNTRY ON THE CLICK - The Fall
9). THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE RZA - The Rza
10). C NOTE - Prince

this is the first time, ever, that i have not included a new prince disc in my favorites of the year list. so sad. i hope that changes.

1.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
2.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
3.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
4.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
5.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
6.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
7.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
8.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
9.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast
10.SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW - Outkast

AaronAlmighty said:

She's bubbling right beneath the surface.

And I totally forgot about the Zwan album. I thought that came out last year for some reason. Throw that in my list somewhere.

This is my list ~ not in any order because it's just too difficult and changes depending on my mood. Also, I get to cheat big time ~ I just got the first two this year and had never heard either of them (seriously) and they WERE released in 2003.

Aladdin Sane ~ David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust ~ David Bowie
Bjork ~ Live Box
Tori Amos ~ Tales Of A Librarian
David Sylvian ~ Blemish
David Bowie ~ Reality
Prince ~ NEWS
Annie Lennox ~ Bare
Charles Webster ~ Born on the 24th of July (just got this
in 2003 and even though it isn't in my general range of
favorite music I LOVE it)
Madonna ~ American Life

bratchildsfriend said:

What about Low and "Heroes"?

Anxiety said:

oh,is kenna good??i read about that and wanted that.I downloaded a song from there about a yera ago.i thought it got scrapped or something.

Anxiety said:

hey,i saw bjork on hbo performing in a cathedral.that was badass.is that part of this box?what's the name of that album.i want that!

Navjot said:

"Bitch,I'm Broke" is so alarmingly blunt that it's funny.I wasn't expecting that on teh cd.