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Johnny Yen
= Cult of Ray =
USA
408 Posts |
 Posted - 12/28/2003 : 11:04:41
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| What are your top 10 albums for 2003? Anything released in '03 is valid, including reissues. Doesn't need to be in any order. |
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model consumer
- FB Fan -
USA
128 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2003 : 11:15:58
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hell... I doubt I even bought 10 albums in 2003, at least not that were released in 2003. The two that stand out I would think would probably be on my top 10 though and they are The Polyphonic Spree album and the Guided By Voices best-of album. Come to think of it the Polyphonic Spree album might have been released in 2002. Oh well. I need to get the new FB album.
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2003 : 12:28:45
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| Angels of Light, Frank Black, and The Fall recording my favorites for 2003. I have a feeling THe Decemberists will be up there as well, and of course Guided by Voices always deliver (though I found this one slightly below par). |
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Johnny Yen
= Cult of Ray =
USA
408 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2003 : 12:44:59
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I keep hearing people go blah blah blah about the decemberists. I should look into them.
Here's what I got, in no order:
FB&Cs: SMYT, Biz Markie: Weekend Warrior, Joe Strummer: Streetcore, Grandaddy: Sumday, Califone: Quicksand/Cradlesnakes, Various Artists: The Guitar & The Gun, Kekele: Congo Life, Michael Hurley: Sweetkorn, ET Mensah: Day By Day, Shins: Chutes Too Narrow |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2003 : 13:59:04
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Lisa Germano, Throwing Muses, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Kristin Hersh (haven't heard it yet), Frank Black, Richard Thompson, Guided By Voices (the Box seems to be good, Earthquak Glue was dissapionting), Grandaddy.
Lot's of good stuff
It was a great year
 "I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
6214 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2003 : 13:59:40
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Lisa Germano, Throwing Muses, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Kristin Hersh (haven't heard it yet), Frank Black, Richard Thompson, Guided By Voices (the Box seems to be good, Earthquak Glue was dissapionting), Grandaddy.
Lot's of good stuff
It was a great year
"I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 02:33:30
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don't think i bought 10 albums (new or old) this year....
mine(in order):
Mogwai - happy songs for happy people
Frank Black & The Catholics - show me your tears
Mono - one more step and you die
Kristin Hersh - the grotto
Explosions in the Sky - the earth is not a cold dead place
Cat Power - u r free
Throwing Muses - throwing muses |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 05:00:48
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Show Me Your Tears - FB&TC
Pig Lib - Steve Malkmus
Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses - Shudder to Think (re-issue)
20 Years of Dischord (Dischord Records box set)
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wicked witch
- FB Fan -
Germany
16 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 09:12:10
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have you ever listened to the long winters?
their new album 'when i pretend to fall' goes into your ears like melting butter.
check out 'blue diamonds', 'scared straight' or 'prom night at hater high'!
they're one of my faves this year.
oh. well, i should mention that smyt is great, too. |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 13:10:24
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| I already listed my favs and disappointments in a thread..anyone remember which one? |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 14:08:17
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Hola Carolyn, how was/is your holiday? Merry everything sweet to you and yours.
My faves from this year, in no order.
FB & the C's - SMYT
Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue
Ween - Quebec
Radiohead - Hail To the Theif
Deerhoof - Apple O'
Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Fever To Tell
Lifeguards - Mist King Urth
Kill Bill - Sndtrk.
Honourable mentions:
The Books
The Stills
The Darkness
Junior Senior
Manitoba
Metric
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 14:10:00
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| I am having trouble remembering five new CD's I bought this year. Very sad. Of course FB & TC's are up there and I also like Fever To Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. Billy Bragg released a best of (Must I Paint You a Picture) that I love, and Ben Lee's new CD was pretty good too. Oh, and I liked Aimee Mann's Lost in Space - which I think came out at the very beginning of the year. Other than that, I was totally looking forward to the new Liz Phair, and that broke my heart b/c it was crap. Oh well. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 14:11:58
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honourable mentions, heehee!
good good, freaking great!
and yours? oh you're still on holidays, you bastard!
Who's this Deerhoof?
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2003 : 14:22:37
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| Deerhoof are crazy. Get ready to shake your booty AND your head... in disbeleif! So much craziness! Mine holiday vast wunderkind. Man, I gotta stop listening to that version of "Mr. Grieves"... but I can't! It's too tasty! I'll be spending New Year's in Cowtown, so big up to Alberta. Much New Year's love to my FB Board bretheren. |
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2003 : 06:34:15
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CDs I bought:
Best:
Broken Social Scene
Really Good:
Cursive
Good:
Shins
Mogwai
Pinback
Grandaddy
Radiohead
Beulah
Frank Black And The Catholics
Outkast
Disappointing:
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Rainer Maria
Heard and liked:
Azure Ray
Ted Leo
Lost In Translation soundtrack
Erase Errata
My Morning Jacket |
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interloper
= Cult of Ray =
440 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2003 : 07:00:19
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Radiohead Theif record
Bowie - Reality
that's it
True cynics are nothing more than dissapointed idealists. |
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urmg17
- FB Fan -
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2003 : 09:32:30
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Deerhoof are amazing, saw them live this year and was in total Awe
Also:
Erase Errata - At Crystal Palace
Ween - Quebec
Matmos - The Civil War
Andre LaFosse - Normalized
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2003 : 10:58:07
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Originally posted by Dave Noisy
I already listed my favs and disappointments in a thread..anyone remember which one?
I bet you archived it already.
Join the Cult of Little Black Francis / Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2003 : 11:44:33
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Originally posted by urmg17
Deerhoof are amazing, saw them live this year and was in total Awe
Also:
Erase Errata - At Crystal Palace
I was Erase Errata at the Black Cat in DC months ago. I went to see the Scene Creamers, who opened for them (and they rocked.)
But I was utterly unimpressed w/ Errata...in short, they sucked.
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1120 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2003 : 12:53:57
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FB&C's - Show Me Your Tears
Evan Dando - Baby Im Bored
Calexico - Feast Of Wire
Nada Surf - Let Go
Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
Joe Strummer - Streetcore
Libertines - Up The Bracket
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2003 : 00:16:31
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my friend, who is the most obsessive indie music fan i know, made me these best of 2003 compilations.
for your review:
Vol I: Best Songs
1. Up the Bracket - The Libertines*
2. I'm a Cuckoo - Belle and Sebastian
3. Ears Ring - Rainer Maria
4. Death of an Interior Decorator - Death Cab for Cutie
5. Hearts of Oak - Ted Leo/Pharmacists
6. He War - Cat Power
7. Cinnamon - The Long Winters
8. You Can Never Leave - Crooked Fingers
9. Summertime - The Fire Theft*
10. Henry VIII - The Tyde
11. Salvador Sanchez - Sun Kil Moon
12. Dark Wave - Stephen Malkmus
13. Just One Thing - My Morning Jacket
14. I Was on the Moon - Apollo Sunshine*
15. Jesus the Mexican Boy - Iron and Wine
16. Bill Oddity - Mojave 3
17. The Late Great Cassiopea - The Essex Green
18. Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World - Grandaddy
19. All of Your Days Will Be Blessed - Ed Harcourt
20. Mr. Grieves - TV on the Radio*
* = debut album
Vol II: Best Albums
1. Ted Leo/Pharmacists - I'm a Ghost (from Hearts of Oak)
2. The Libertines - Vertigo (from Up the Bracket)
3. Belle and Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby (from Dear
Catastrophe Waitress)
4. Crooked Fingers - Angelina (from Red Devil Dawn)
5. Cat Power - Names (from You Are Free)
6. Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound of Settling (from
Transatlanticism)
7. The Raveonettes - Untamed Girls (from Chain Gang of Love)
8. Sun Kil Moon - Glenn Tipton (from Sun Kil Moon)
9. The Tyde - Crystal Canyons (from Twice)
10. Mojave 3 - Too Many Mornings (from Spoon and Rafter)
11. The Fire Theft - Houses (from The Fire Theft)
12. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (from
Give Up)
13. Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever (from Phantom Power)
14. The Shins - Kissing the Lipless (from Chutes Too Narrow)
15. The New Pornographers - Miss Teen Wordpower (from Electric
Version)
16. Broadcast - Before We Begin (from Ha Ha Sound)
17. The Pernice Brothers - Sometimes I Remember (from Yours, Mine &
Ours)
18. Ladybug Transistor - A Burial at Sea (from Ladybug Transistor)
19. Rainer Maria - Mystery and Misery (from Long Knives Drawn)
20. The Delgados - All You Need Is Hate (from Hate)
21. Beulah - My Side of the City (from Yoko)
22. Richard Hawley - Darlin' (from Lowedges)
23. The Long Winters - New Girl (from When I Pretend to Fall)
24. M. Ward - Vincent O'Brien (from Transfiguration of Vincent)
Vol III: Debuts
1. Bishop Allen - Charm School
2. Rosebuds - Big Heartbreak
3. TV on the Radio - Satellite
4. The Natural History - Facts Are
5. Communique - Evening in the City
6. The Raveonettes - New York Was Great
7. Jeff Hanson - Hiding Behind the Moon
8. The Joggers - Hot Autism
9. Metric - Combat Baby
10. Joy - Untitled
11. Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure
12. The Bad Plus - Smells Like Teen Spirit
13. Exploding Hearts - Sleeping Aids and Razorblades
14. Sleepy Jackson - Old Dirt Farmer
15. Elefant - Bokkie
16. Holopaw - Cinders
17. The Thermals - No Cultural Icons
18. British Sea Power - Remember Me
19. Owl & the Pussycat - Blinds
20. The Oranges Band - OK Apartment
21. Low Flying Owls - Georgie Shot Johnnie
22. The Hidden Cameras - Ban Marriage
23. Low Skies - Sad Hymn
Vol IV: Sophmore albums
1. Aereogramme - Indiscretion #243
2. Stars - Look Up
3. The Coral - Bill McCai
4. Ed Harcourt - Watching the Sun Come Up
5. Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses
6. The Decemberists - The Soldiering Life
7. Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes
8. The Gossip - Fire/Sign
9. The Constantines - On to You
10. All Girl Summer Fun Band - Dear Mr. and Mrs. Troublemanker
11. Rosie Thomas - I Play Music
12. Explosions in the Sky - Memorial
13. Pleasure Forever - Zodiac Speaking
14. Fruit Bats - A Bit of Wind
15. The Carlsonics - Ice People
16. Okkervil River - It Ends With Fall
17. The Mink Lungs - Catch Me
18. The Essex Green - Weatherman
19. Moore Brothers - Emotional Rollercoaster
20. Matt Suggs - Frontier Town
21. The Stratford 4 - Twelve Months
Vol V: Best of the Rest
1. Party of Helicopters - Mic My Mind
2. Andrew Bird - Action Adventure
3. Saturday Looks Good to Me - Meet Me by the Water
4. Azure Ray - Sea of Doubts
5. Isobel - Time Is Just the Same
6. Portastatic - Autumn Got Dark
7. Arab Strap - Who Named the Days?
8. Slumber Party - Air
9. Lilys - Will My Lord Be Gardening?
10. Mogwai - Golden Porsche
11. Earlimart - Burning the Cow
12. The Buzzcocks - Friends
13. Clem Snide - All Green
14. Ian McCulloch - Love in Veins
15. Mates of State - Ha Ha
16. Mike "Sport" Murphy - Bad Guest
17. Centro-Matic - Biology Tricks
18. Bonnie "Prince" Billie - Hard Life
19. The Sea and Cake - Left Side Clouded
20. Guided by Voices - My Kind of Soldier
21. Damien Jurado - Texas to Ohio
22. Yo La Tengo - Little Eyes
23. Quasi - Good Time Rock 'n' Roll
24. Daniel Johnston - Syrup of Tears |
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pinkashtray
- FB Fan -
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2003 : 16:08:32
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audio bullys - ego war
dandy warhols - welcome to the monkey house
the aislers set - how i learned to write backwords
notwist - neon golden
all girl summer fun band - 2
adult.- anxiety always
slumber party - 3
tegan and sara - if it was you
errase errata - at crystal place
moving units
metric - old world underground
-whatever i say is only spit- |
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The OK Pope
- FB Fan -
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2003 : 19:50:51
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Enon - Hocus Pocus. Great album.
Melt Banana - Cell Scape
Sick Lipstick - Sting, Sting, Sting
Haven't heard it yet, but really wanted to check out the Burden Brothers' debut album.
And Stephen Lynch - Superhero was released at end of December 2002, so close enough, but that's another great album. |
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SelfEscape
- FB Fan -
83 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2004 : 00:21:18
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Earlimart-Everyone Down Here
The Network-Money Money 2020
Frank Black-Show Me Your Tears
Stellastarr-Stellastarr |
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miguel
- FB Fan -
USA
213 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2004 : 23:13:20
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Hey a pixies tribute
You aint' me..
;)
"..and I work hard just like a butt spitfire.. I'm just doin' well like a burley key car..."
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andyn
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
169 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2004 : 05:01:30
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Floop, I agree with your friend's estimation of the brilliant Ed Harcourt but his last album was called "From Every Sphere".("Watching The Sun Come Up" was a single.)
I also liked;
FB & The Cs "SYMT"
Aqualung "Still Life"
The Darkness "Permission To Land"
Johnny Cash "The Man Comes Around"
The Thrills "So Much For The City" |
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tiredeyes
- FB Fan -
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 04:36:18
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artist & cd
death cab for cutie, transatlanticism
the shins, chutes too narrow
over the rhine, ohio
constantines, shine a light
the fire theft, the fire theft
david eugene edwards, woven hand
my morning jacket, it still moves
damein jurado, where shall you take me?
sun kil moon, ghosts of the lost highway
fighting jacks, the dying art of life |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:10:06
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FB - SMYT
Sonic Youth - Dirty
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
Outkast - The Love Below/Speakerboxxx
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog (er, scraping the barrel...)
British Sea Power - The Decline Of...
Cat On Form - Structure & Fear
Thats it.
 "I joined the Cult Of Cheese/E-Damn!" |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:15:15
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hey Cheeseman - curious about that Sonic Youth Dirty remaster - I understand it has some B-sides, how is the remastering? is it worth getting a copy if you have the prior version?
 Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:25:01
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To be honest, I don't have the original, but it sounds pretty ace to me. Truly stunning album, non? These are the BSides etc...
Stalker; Genetic; Hendrix Necro; The Destroyed Room; Is It My Body; Personality Crisis; The End Of The Ugly; Tamra.
Theres also another eleven tracks of rehearsal recordings, some of which are embryonic but noticeably different versions of songs that made it to the final cut.
In all... excellent, dude.
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