THE TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2003 1. SUN KIL MOON - Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jetset) 2. OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista) 3. THE POSTAL SERVICE - Give Up (Sub Pop) 4. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - You Forgot It In People (Arts & Crafts) 5. CAT POWER - You Are Free (Matador) 6. THE LIBERTINES - Up The Bracket (Rough Trade '02) 7. WARREN ZEVON - The Wind (Artemis) 8. JOHNNY CASH - Unearthed (American) 9. JUSTIN SULLIVAN - Navigating By The Stars (Attack Attack UK import) 10. THE FIERY FURNACES - Gallowsbird's Bark (Rough Trade) 11. PERNICE BROTHERS - Yours, Mine & Ours (Ashmont) 12. TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS - Hearts Of Oak (Lookout!) 13. THE MARS VOLTA - De-Loused In The Comatorium (Gold Standard Labs/Strummer/Universal) 14. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Electric Version (Matador) 15. DIZZEE RASCAL - Boy In Da Corner (XL UK import) 16. THE SHINS - Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop) 17. THE GO-BETWEENS - Bright Yellow Bright Orange (Jetset) 18. GRANDADDY - Sumday (V2) 19. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Transatlanticism (Barsuk) 20. ELECTRIC SIX - Fire (XL) 21. THE STROKES - Room On Fire (RCA) 22. VIC CHESNUTT - Silver Lake (New West) 23. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade) 24. STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - Pig Lib (Matador) 25 BRITISH SEA POWER - The Decline Of British Sea Power (Rough Trade) 26. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Fever To Tell (Interscope) 27. CURSIVE - The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek) 28. THE HIDDEN CAMERAS - The Smell Of Our Own (Rough Trade) 29. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Phantom Power (Epic UK/XL) 30. BETTIE SERVEERT - Log 22 (Palomine/Hidden Agenda) 31. FOUR TET - Rounds (Domino) 32. THE SLEEPY JACKSON - Lovers (EMI Australia/Astralwerks) 33. JOE HENRY - Tiny Voices (Anti-) 34. LYRICS BORN - Later That Day... (Quannum Projects) 35. BRITTA PHILLIPS & DEAN WAREHAM - L'Avventura (Jetset) 36. ARAB STRAP - Monday At The Hug & Pint (Chemikal Underground UK/Matador) 37. THE RAPTURE - Echoes (DFA/Strummer/Universal) 38. (SMOG) - Supper (Drag City) 39. THE CORAL - Magic And Medicine (Deltasonic UK import) 40. CLEARLAKE - Cedars (Domino) David Rawson