Best Alternative Rock Albums of 2003


01
Deftones
Hexagram

4.44
34 votes
02
Sweet Trip
Velocity : Design : Comfort

4.32
549 votes
03
Magnolia Electric Co
Magnolia Electric Co

4.3
257 votes
04
Rocky Votolato
Suicide Medicine

4.25
44 votes
05
Gnarkill
Gnarkill

4.25
30 votes
06
Jens Lekman
Maple Leaves

4.25
24 votes
07
The Weakerthans
Reconstruction Site

4.25
1046 votes
08
Sun Kil Moon
Ghosts of the Great Highway

4.24
647 votes
09
Saosin
Translating the Name

4.22
1430 votes
10
Oceansize
Effloresce

4.21
1374 votes
11
Nina Nastasia
Run to Ruin

4.21
38 votes
12
Mew
Frengers

4.21
951 votes
13
Matthew Good
Avalanche

4.21
326 votes
14
Coheed and Cambria
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

4.2
2834 votes
15
Deftones
Split w / Poison The Well

4.19
62 votes
16
Ween
Quebec

4.19
458 votes
17
Envy
A Dead Sinking Story

4.17
744 votes
18
The Wrens
The Meadowlands

4.17
672 votes
19
Logh
The Raging Sun

4.17
24 votes
20
Explosions in the Sky
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

4.15
5644 votes
21
Criteria
En Garde

4.14
22 votes
22
Pinback
Offcell

4.13
225 votes
23
Death Cab for Cutie
Transatlanticism

4.13
7248 votes
24
Cursive
The Ugly Organ

4.13
1085 votes
25
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
Streetcore

4.13
110 votes
26
The Gathering
Souvenirs

4.13
352 votes
27
Thrice
The Artist in the Ambulance

4.12
6614 votes
28
Brand New
Deja Entendu

4.11
9692 votes
29
High And Driving
High and Driving

4.09
16 votes
30
Hotwire
The Routine

4.09
23 votes
31
Jakob
Cale:Drew

4.09
134 votes
32
Unjust
Glow

4.08
24 votes
33
Murder by Death
Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?

4.08
346 votes
34
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines

4.08
13 votes
35
Nadja
Touched

4.08
124 votes
36
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Kimi Tsunagi Five M

4.08
118 votes
37
Hell Is For Heroes
The Neon Handshake

4.07
135 votes
38
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness

4.07
14 votes
39
The Mercury Program
Confines Of Heat Split

4.07
14 votes
40
Airiel
Winks & Kisses: Frosted

4.05
58 votes
41
Devics
The Stars at St. Andrea

4.05
20 votes
42
Kashmir
Zitilites

4.05
124 votes
43
The Notwist
Neon Golden

4.04
230 votes
44
O.A.R.
In Between Now And Then

4.04
36 votes
45
Lucero
That Much Further West

4.04
37 votes
46
31knots
It Was High Time To Escape

4.04
26 votes
47
The Angelic Process
Coma Waering

4.04
190 votes
48
Something Corporate
Songs for Silent Movies

4.03
30 votes
49
The Mayan Factor
In Lake 'CH

4.03
468 votes
50
The Exploding Hearts
Guitar Romantic

4.03
160 votes
51
Oceansize
Catalyst

4.03
32 votes
52
My Morning Jacket
It Still Moves

4.03
344 votes
53
TV on the Radio
Young Liars

4.02
162 votes
54
The Twilight Singers
Blackberry Belle

4.02
47 votes
55
The Postal Service
Give Up

4.02
1281 votes
56
Elliott
Song in the Air

4.02
94 votes
57
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Unclassified

4.02
25 votes
58
Colossal
Brave the Elements

4.02
25 votes
59
Oceansize
Remember Where You Are

4.02
52 votes
60
A Perfect Circle
Thirteenth Step

4.02
3201 votes
61
Brave Saint Saturn
The Light of Things Hoped For...

4.02
29 votes
62
The Libertines
Don't Look Back Into the Sun

4.02
60 votes
63
Bear vs. Shark
Right Now You're in the Best of Hands

4.02
405 votes
64
CapaRezza
Verità supposte

4.02
33 votes
65
Mihai Edrisch
L'un Sans L'Autre

4.01
106 votes
66
No-Man
Together We're Stranger

4.01
107 votes
67
MUCC
Zekuu

4.01
43 votes
68
The Microphones
Mount Eerie

4.01
936 votes
69
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Hearts of Oak

4
154 votes
70
The Cooper Temple Clause
Kick up the fire.....

4
33 votes
71
The Casket Lottery
Smoke And Mirrors

4
21 votes
72
Relient K
Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand

4
20 votes
73
I Am Kloot
I Am Kloot

4
18 votes
74
Bleach
Astronomy

4
15 votes
75
Anathallo
A Holiday At The Sea

4
14 votes
76
Muse
Absolution

4
4428 votes
77
Biffy Clyro
The Vertigo of Bliss

3.99
400 votes
78
Sufjan Stevens
Michigan

3.99
1126 votes
79
AFI
Sing the Sorrow

3.99
2298 votes
80
An Embrace of Angels
'Ere January Be Unwintered

3.99
30 votes
81
M83
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts

3.99
551 votes
82
Okkervil River
Down the River of Golden Dreams

3.98
316 votes
83
Cire
Adrenological

3.97
56 votes
84
Rise Against
Revolutions per Minute

3.97
1607 votes
85
Elysian Fields
Dreams That Breathe Your Name

3.97
16 votes
86
Josh Rouse
1972

3.97
16 votes
87
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls

3.97
233 votes
88
Revis
Places For Breathing

3.97
148 votes
89
Funeral for a Friend
Four Ways to Scream Your Name

3.96
70 votes
90
The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire

3.96
87 votes
91
Do Make Say Think
Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

3.96
568 votes
92
Steve Burns
Songs for Dustmites

3.96
105 votes
93
Kaizers Orchestra
Evig Pint

3.96
34 votes
94
The Unicorns
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

3.95
942 votes
95
The Pineapple Thief
Variations on a Dream

3.95
140 votes
96
doubleDrive
Blue in the Face

3.94
18 votes
97
John Murphy
28 Days Later Soundtrack

3.94
71 votes
98
Guster
Keep It Together

3.94
210 votes
99
Film School
alwaysnever

3.94
210 votes
100
Klimt 1918
Undressed Momento

3.94
48 votes
101
ASG
Amplification Of Self Gratification

3.94
24 votes
102
Spangle call Lilli line
or

3.94
16 votes
103
David Crowder Band
Illuminate

3.94
16 votes
104
Against Me!
As the Eternal Cowboy

3.93
691 votes
105
The Stills
Logic Will Break Your Heart

3.93
56 votes
106
Vaux
There Must Be Some Way To Stop Them

3.93
21 votes
107
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather and Sing

3.92
223 votes
108
Kinesis
Handshakes For Bullets

3.92
13 votes
109
The White Stripes
Elephant

3.92
4224 votes
110
Patrick Wolf
Lycanthropy

3.92
67 votes
111
Ulrich Schnauss
A Strangely Isolated Place

3.92
73 votes
112
Sleeping at Last
Ghosts

3.92
72 votes
113
The Evpatoria Report
The Evpatoria Report

3.92
30 votes
114
Aereogramme
Sleep and Release

3.91
206 votes
115
We Followed Tigers
And Then We Were Killed...

3.91
22 votes
116
Urgehal
Through Thick Fog Till Death

3.91
22 votes
117
Starflyer 59
Old

3.9
62 votes
118
Jose Gonzalez
Veneer

3.9
588 votes
119
Los Hermanos
Ventura

3.9
60 votes
120
Sargeist
Satanic Black Devotion

3.89
118 votes
121
Funeral for a Friend
Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation

3.89
948 votes
122
Mahumodo
Waves

3.89
70 votes
123
The Appleseed Cast
Two Conversations

3.89
576 votes
124
Mark Lanegan
Here Comes That Weird Chill

3.89
74 votes
125
Longwave
The Strangest Things

3.89
18 votes
126
Mogwai
Happy Songs for Happy People

3.89
839 votes
127
Tomahawk
Mit Gas

3.89
311 votes
128
The Fire Theft
The Fire Theft

3.88
79 votes
129
Slightly Stoopid
Everything You Need

3.88
125 votes
130
The Unicorns
Unicorns Are People Too

3.88
48 votes
131
Cafe Tacuba
Cuatro Caminos

3.88
48 votes
132
the GazettE
Akuyuukai

3.88
16 votes
133
The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow

3.87
1746 votes
134
The Early November
The Room's Too Cold

3.86
516 votes
135
The Radio Dept.
Lesser Matters

3.86
334 votes
136
Gregor Samsa
27:36

3.86
36 votes
137
yodaka
yodaka

3.86
18 votes
138
Damien Jurado
Where Shall You Take Me?

3.86
14 votes
139
Carpark North
Carpark North

3.86
14 votes
140
Oceansize
One Day All This Could Be Yours

3.85
62 votes
141
Hymie's Basement
Hymie's Basement

3.85
41 votes
142
Pelican
Australasia

3.85
728 votes
143
Franz Ferdinand
Darts of Pleasure

3.85
20 votes
144
Radiohead
Hail to the Thief

3.85
5022 votes
145
Powderfinger
Vulture Street

3.85
198 votes
146
Blue October
History for Sale

3.85
128 votes
147
Therapy?
High Anxiety

3.84
76 votes
148
Hala Strana
Fielding

3.84
19 votes
149
blink-182
Blink-182

3.84
3604 votes
150
The Little Explorer
The Little Explorer

3.84
25 votes
151
Billy Talent
Billy Talent

3.84
1116 votes
152
Low
Murderer

3.83
36 votes
153
Austin TV
La Ultima Noche Del Mundo

3.83
24 votes
154
From Monument To Masses
The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps

3.83
18 votes
155
The Black Keys
Thickfreakness

3.83
582 votes
156
Copeland
Beneath Medicine Tree

3.82
560 votes
157
The New Pornographers
Electric Version

3.82
364 votes
158
Sam Roberts Band
We Were Born In A Flame

3.82
87 votes
159
Cat Power
You Are Free

3.82
621 votes
160
Airiel
Winks & Kisses: Dizzy

3.82
50 votes
161
Belle and Sebastian
Dear Catastrophe Waitress

3.82
1080 votes
162
Kaki King
Everybody Loves You

3.82
98 votes
163
The Format
Interventions and Lullabies

3.81
508 votes
164
The Strokes
Room on Fire

3.81
3948 votes
165
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Fever To Tell

3.8
1652 votes
166
Arab Strap
Monday at the Hug & Pint

3.8
70 votes
167
In Reverent Fear
Written In The A.M.

3.8
20 votes
168
Hala Strana
Hala Strana

3.8
20 votes
169
Funeral for a Friend
Seven Ways To Scream Your Name

3.8
265 votes
170
The Radio Dept.
Pulling Our Weight

3.79
68 votes
171
Hawksley Workman
Lover/Fighter

3.79
17 votes
172
The Angels of Light
Everything Is Good Here/ Please Come Home

3.79
67 votes
173
Alkaline Trio
Good Mourning

3.79
734 votes
174
Eleven
Howling Book

3.79
18 votes
175
Beulah
Yoko

3.79
78 votes
176
Clann Zu
Rua

3.79
52 votes
177
Nothingface
Skeletons

3.79
186 votes
178
Adam Green
Friends of Mine

3.79
70 votes
179
Califone
Quicksand/Cradlesnakes

3.79
42 votes
180
Lampshade
Because Trees Can Fly

3.79
14 votes
181
Pram
Dark Island

3.79
27 votes
182
Wintersleep
Wintersleep

3.78
74 votes
183
M. Ward
Transfiguration of Vincent

3.78
60 votes
184
The Player Piano
Satellite

3.78
32 votes
185
Placebo
Sleeping with Ghosts

3.78
600 votes
186
Esmerine
If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be

3.78
25 votes
187
Piano Magic
The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic

3.78
18 votes
188
Mae
Destination: Beautiful

3.78
265 votes
189
Jaga Jazzist
The Stix

3.78
80 votes
190
Benton Falls
Guilt Beats Hate

3.78
40 votes
191
Sea Power
The Decline of British Sea Power

3.77
170 votes
192
Azure Ray
Hold On Love

3.77
23 votes
193
The Riverboat Gamblers
Something to Crow About

3.77
13 votes
194
Set Fire to Flames
Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in

3.77
90 votes
195
Mando Diao
Bring 'Em In

3.76
84 votes
196
downy
Mudai (3)

3.76
27 votes
197
Phantom Planet
The Guest

3.76
112 votes
198
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
...And This Is Our Music

3.75
76 votes
199
Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia
My Elixir; My Poison

3.75
40 votes
200
Watashi Wa
The Love Of Life

3.75
28 votes



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