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Web Maillist Pazz & Jop 2003

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2003 Ballot for: Stanley Whyte

1. Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner (XL) 16 [CG]
2. The Libertines: Up the Bracket (Rough Trade) 15 [CG]
3. Panjabi MC: Beware (Sequence) 13 [CG]
4. Festival in the Desert (World Village) 12 [CG]
5. Wire: Send (Pinkflag) 10 [CG]
6. Fannypack: So Stylistic (Tommy Boy) 9 [CG]
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell (Interscope) 7 [CG]
8. Rancid: Indestructible (Hellcat) 7 [CG]
9. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: Streetcore (Hellcat) 6 [CG]
10. Buck 65: Talkin' Honky Blues (WEA import) 5 [CG]
11. The New Pornographers: Electric Version (Matador) 3 [CG]
12. The Strokes: Room on Fire (RCA) 3 [CG]
13. Warren Zevon: The Wind (Artemis) 3 [CG]
14. Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve) 3 [CG]
15. OutKast: Speakerboxx/The Love Below (Arista) 3 [CG]
16. The Dandy Warhols: Welcome to the Monkey House (Capitol) 3 [CG]
17. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop) 3 [CG]
18. Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun (Matador) 3 [CG]
19. Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day (New West) 3 [CG]
20. The Wrens: The Meadowlands (Absolutely Kosher) 3 [CG]
21. The White Stripes: Elephant (V2) 2 [CG]
22. Bubba Sparxxx: Deliverance (Beat Club/Interscope) 2 [CG]
23. Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash (Astralwerks) 2 [CG]
24. Belle and Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade) 2  
25. Electric Six: Fire (XL) 2 [CG]
26. Arab Strap: Monday at the Hug and Pint (Matador) 2  
27. Liz Phair: Liz Phair (Capitol) 2 [CG]
28. Kings of Leon: Youth and Young Manhood (RCA) 2 [CG]
29. The Go-Betweens: Bright Yellow Bright Orange (Jetset) 2 [CG]
30. Lucinda Williams: World Without Tears (Lost Highway) 2 [CG]

Comments

In 2003 I continued to be afflicted with that social malady known "having a day job", and we had another baby in April, so the amount of listening time I could wring out of my life was severely limited. That said, I think this was the best year in many, as so many interesting discs actually lived up to the hype once I finally heard them. As usual, tons of stuff I didn't get to hear that I wish I had, many of which I am certain would've altered this list. However, I looked over the hundred or so discs I did hear that qualified and wrote down as many as I felt honestly deserved inclusion, and when I toted it up it came to exactly 30.

Voters

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