Top 40 Albums of 2003
1 Jayhawks, Rainy Day Music (American/Lost Highway)
2 Drive-By Truckers, Decoration Day (New West)
3 Rodney Crowell, Fate’s Right Hand (DMZ/Epic)
4 Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
5 Gillian Welch, Soul Journey (Acony)
6 Pernice Brothers, Yours Mine And Ours (Ashmont)
7 Kathleen Edwards, Failer (Zoe/Rounder)
8 Rosanne Cash, Rules Of Travel (Capitol)
9 Warren Zevon, The Wind (Artemis)
10 White Stripes, Elephant (V2/Third Man)
11 June Carter Cash, Wildwood Flower (Dualtone)
12 Patty Loveless, On Your Way Home (Epic)
13 Caitlin Cary, I’m Staying Out (Yep Roc)
14 Jay Farrar, Terroir Blues (Act/Resist/Artemis)
15 Ray Wylie Hubbard, Growl (Rounder)
16 Al Green, I Can’t Stop (Blue Note)
17 Shelby Lynne, Identity Crisis (Capitol)
18 Jeannie Kendall, self-titled (Rounder)
19 Emmylou Harris, Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch)
20 My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves (ATO)
21 Josh Ritter, Hello Starling (Signature Sounds)
22 Thad Cockrell, Warmth & Beauty (Yep Roc)
23 Lyle Lovett, My Baby Don’t Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway)
24 Ryan Adams, Rock N Roll (Lost Highway)
25 Del McCoury Band, It’s Just The Night (McCoury/Sugar Hill)
26 Various Artists, Livin’ Lovin’ Losin’: Songs Of The Louvin Brothers (Universal South)
27 Scott Miller, Upside Downside (Sugar Hill)
28 Fountains Of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve/Virgin)
29 Tim O’Brien, Traveler (Sugar Hill)
30 Bottle Rockets, Blue Sky (Sanctuary)
31 Calexico, Feast Of Wire (Quarterstick)
32 John Hiatt & the Goners, Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)
33 Robert Earl Keen, Farm Fresh Onions (Audium)
34 Joe Henry, Tiny Voices (Anti)
35 Danny Barnes, Dirt On The Angel (Terminus)
36 Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Streetcore (Hellcat/Epitaph)
37 Vic Chesnutt, Silver Lake (New West)
38 Damien Rice, O (Vector)
39 Chip Taylor/Carrie Rodriguez, The Trouble With Humans (TMG)
40 New Pornographers, Electric Version (Ole/Matador)
Top 20 Reissues
1 Neil Young, On The Beach (Reprise)
2 Willie Nelson, Crazy: The Demo Sessions (Sugar Hill)
3 Rank And File, The Slash Years (Rhino Handmade)
4 Uncle Tupelo, Anodyne (Rhino/Sire)
5 Byrds, Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Sony Legacy)
6 Waylon Jennings, Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition (RCA Nashville/BMG Heritage)
7 Television, Marquee Moon (Rhino)
8 Uncle Tupelo, No Depression (Columbia/Legacy)
9 Glen Campbell, The Legacy 1961-2002 (Capitol)
10 various artists, Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard 78s (Old Hat)
11 Johnny Cash, Unearthed (American?Lost Highway)
12 Billy Bragg, Must I Paint You A Picture (Elektra/Rhino)
13 Jessi Colter, An Outlaw…A Lady (Capitol)
14 Roscoe Holcomb, An Untamed Sense Of Control (Smithsonian Folkways)
15 Uncle Tupelo, Still Feel Gone (Columbia/Legacy)
16 Sam Cooke, Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (Abko)
17 Stanley Brothers, The King Years 1961-1965 (King)
18 Uncle Tupelo, March 16-20 1992 (Columbia/Legacy)
19 Elvis Costello, Get Happy (Rhino)
20 various artists, Goodbye Babylon (Dust-to-Digital)
Voters: Grant Alden, Brian T. Atkinson, David Baxter, Michael Berick, Sophie Best, Peter Blackstock, Jim Caligiuri, Paul Cantin, David Cantwell, Rick Cornell, John T. Davis, Jim Desmond, Danielle Dreilinger, Corey du Browa, Daniel Durchholz, Bill Friskics-Warren, Jon M. Gilbertson, David Greenberger, Jason Gross, Erik Hage, Russell Hall, Geoffrey Himes, Silas House, Roy Kasten, Rich Kienzle, Patrick Langston, Jim Manion, Emmet Matheson, Barry Mazor, Don McLeese, David Menconi, Fred Mills, Jim Musser, Joe Nick Patoski, Steve Pick, Linda Ray, Wayne Robins, Lloyd Sachs, Josh Schroeder, Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, William Michael Smith, Anders Smith Lindall, Allison Stewart, Mike Usinger, Jon Weisberger, Neal Weiss, Brian Whepley, Tom Wilk, Jerry Withrow, Ron Wynn
