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This is an ordered list of SPIN's highest rated albums of 2003. Check out
SPIN's Year End List
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1
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Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
August 31, 2003
Indie Pop
Score
100
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2
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Starlight Mints - Built on Squares
May 20, 2003
Indie Pop
Score
100
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Spotify
3
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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Pig Lib
March 18, 2003
Indie Rock
Score
100
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4
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The Jealous Sound - Kill Them with Kindness
June 3, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Midwest Emo
Score
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
5
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Café Tacvba - Cuatro Caminos
July 1, 2003
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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6
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Rosanne Cash - Rules of Travel
March 25, 2003
Americana
Score
100
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Amazon
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7
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The Wildhearts - The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
September 23, 2003
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Kid Koala - Some of My Best Friends Are DJs
October 7, 2003
Instrumental Hip Hop
,
Turntablism
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears
April 8, 2003
Alt-Country
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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The White Stripes - Elephant
April 1, 2003
Garage Rock Revival
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Alternative Rock
,
Blues Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Thursday - War All the Time
September 16, 2003
Post-Hardcore
,
Emo
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
June 10, 2003
Power Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
June 24, 2003
Progressive Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
July 21, 2003
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Progressive Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Grandaddy - Sumday
May 13, 2003
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
June 17, 2003
Southern Rock
,
Country Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Blur - Think Tank
May 6, 2003
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
June 9, 2003
Art Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
September 16, 2003
Country Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Warren Zevon - The Wind
August 26, 2003
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
,
Folk Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Iron & Wine - The Sea & The Rhythm
September 9, 2003
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway
February 25, 2003
East Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
CunninLynguists - SouthernUnderground
April 1, 2003
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Brand New - Deja Entendu
June 17, 2003
Alternative Rock
,
Emo-Pop
,
Emo
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Califone - Quicksand / Cradlesnakes
March 18, 2003
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings SPIN awarded albums throughout 2003.
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