Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2003

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Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2003

Listing for 377 records from 2003 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	King Sunny Ade: *The Best of the Classic Years* [Shanachie] De La Soul: *Timeless: The Singles Collection* [Tommy Boy/Rhino] *Postwar Jazz: An Arbitrary Roadmap* [no label/Weatherbird]
A	Bad Brains: *Banned in D.C.: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs* [Caroline] Buck 65: *Talkin' Honky Blues* [WEA] Bing Crosby: *A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings* [MCA/Decca] Missy Elliott: *This Is Not a Test!* [Elektra] Ella Fitzgerald: *The Best of the Concert Years* [Pablo] Jay-Z: *The Black Album* [Roc-A-Fella] Bettye Lavette: *A Woman Like Me* [Blues Express] The Libertines: *Up the Bracket* [Rough Trade] Lyrics Born: *Later That Day . . .* [Quannum Projects] Liz Phair: *Liz Phair* [Capitol] Art Tatum: *The Best of the Pablo Group Masterpieces* [Pablo] Viktor Vaughn: *Vaudeville Villain* [Sound-Ink] The Wrens: *The Meadowlands* [Absolutely Kosher] Yo La Tengo: *Summer Sun* [Matador] *The Best There Ever Was* [Yazoo] *Piano Blues: A Film by Clint Eastwood* [Columbia/Legacy] *The Sound of the City: New Orleans* [EMI]
A-	Akrobatik: *Balance* [Coup d'État] Amy Allison: *No Frills Friend* [Diesel Only] Gilad Atzmon: *Exile* [Enja] Bettie Serveert: *Log 22* [Palomine] Black Eyed Peas: *Elephunk* [A&M] The Blue Series Continuum: *GoodandEvil Sessions* [Thirsty Ear] The Bottle Rockets: *Blue Sky* [Sanctuary] Brother Ali: *Shadows on the Sun* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] The Dandy Warhols: *Welcome to the Monkey House* [Capitol] Kimya Dawson: *My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess* [Important] Drive-By Truckers: *Decoration Day* [New West] Electric Six: *Fire* [XL] Fannypack: *So Stylistic* [Tommy Boy] The Fever: *Pink on Pink* [Kemado EP] Fountains of Wayne: *Welcome Interstate Managers* [S-Curve] Four Tet: *Rounds* [Domino] Jean Grae: *The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP* [Babygrande EP] Al Green: *I Can't Stop* [Blue Note] Horace X: *Sackbutt* [Omnium] Kaito U.K.: *Band Red* [SpinArt] Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli: *Electro Bamako* [Palm] Gaby Kerpel: *Carnabailito* [Nonesuch] The Klezmatics: *Rise Up!/Shteyt Oyf!* [Rounder] Jon Langford and His Sadies: *Mayors of the Moon* [Bloodshot] LFTR-PLLR: *Soft Rock* [The Self-Starter Foundation] Lifesavas: *Spirit in Stone* [Quannum Projects] Jesse Malin: *The Fine Art of Self Destruction* [Artemis] Boban Markovic Orkestar: *Boban I Marko* [Piranha] McEnroe: *Disenfranchised* [Peanuts and Corn] Mr. Lif: *Sleepyheads* [Thought Wizard] Murs: *. . . The End of the Beginning* [Definitive Jux] Ramiro Musotto: *Sudaka* [Fast Horse] The Naysayer: *Pure Beauty* [Carrot Top EP] NOFX: *The War on Errorism* [Fat Wreck Chords] OutKast: *Speakerboxx/The Love Below* [Arista] Panjabi MC: *Beware* [Sequence] Party of One: *Caught the Blast* [Fat Cat] Charlie Patton: *The Best of Charlie Patton* [Yazoo] The Postal Service: *Give Up* [Sub Pop] Ma Rainey: *Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Ma Rainey* [Shout! Factory] Rancid: *Indestructible* [Hellcat] The Rapture: *Echoes* [Strummer/Universal] Amy Rigby: *Til the Wheels Fall Off* [Signature Sounds] Pete Rock & CL Smooth: *The Best of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (Good Life)* [Elektra/Rhino] The Shins: *Chutes Too Narrow* [Sub Pop] Todd Snider: *Todd Snider Live: Near Truths and Hotel Rooms* [Oh Boy] Super Mama Djombo: *Super Mama Djombo* [Cobiana] Television: *Live at the Old Waldorf* [Rhino Handmade] Timbaland and Magoo: *Under Construction Part II* [Blackground/Universal] James Blood Ulmer: *No Escape From the Blues* [Hyena] The Vulgar Boatmen: *Wide Awake* [No Nostalgia] Ethel Waters: *The Incomparable Ethel Waters* [Columbia/Legacy] The White Stripes: *Elephant* [V2] Wide Right: *Wide Right* [Poptop] Lucinda Williams: *World Without Tears* [Lost Highway] Wire: *Send* [Pinkflag] Warren Zevon: *The Wind* [Artemis] *Arabesque Tlata 3* [React] *Down in the Basement* [Old Hat] *Festival in the Desert* [World Village] *The Guitar and Gun* [Sterns/Earthworks] *The Kings of Highlife* [Wrasse] *Masters of the Boogie Piano* [Delmark] *Ragga Ragga Ragga! 2003* [Greensleeves] *The Rough Guide to Highlife* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Salsa Colombia* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to South African Gospel* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Egypt* [World Music Network] *When the Sun Goes Down: Poor Man's Heaven* [Bluebird]
B+	King Sunny Ade: *Synchro Series* [IndigeDisc] Rahim AlHaj: *Iraqi Music in a Time of War* [Voxlox] Besh O Drom: *Can't Make Me!* [Asphalt Tango] Miles Davis: *The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions* [Columbia/Legacy] Aretha Franklin: *So Damn Happy* [Arista] The Go-Betweens: *Bright Yellow Bright Orange* [Jetset] Macy Gray: *The Trouble With Being Myself* [Epic] Kid Koala: *Some of My Best Friends Are DJs* [Ninja Tune] Ludacris: *Chicken-N-Beer* [Def Jam South] Mates of State: *Team Boo* [Polyvinyl] The New Pornographers: *Electric Version* [Matador] Non-Prophets: *Hope* [Lex] Lou Reed: *The Raven* [Sire/Reprise] Boubacar Traoré: *The Best of Boubacar Traoré: The Bluesman From Mali* [Wrasse] Loudon Wainwright III: *So Damn Happy* [Sanctuary] Yeah Yeah Yeahs: *Fever to Tell* [Interscope] *Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot* [Archeophone]
*******	A3: *Power in the Blood* [One Little Indian] Atmosphere: *Seven's Travels* [Rhymesayers/Epitaph] Erykah Badu: *Worldwide Underground* [Motown] Mildred Bailey: *The Incomparable Mildred Bailey* [Columbia/Legacy] The Bangles: *Doll Revolution* [Koch] Basement Jaxx: *Kish Kash* [Astralwerks] The Beach Boys: *Sounds of Summer* [Capitol] Floxy Bee: *Ajulo* [Tman] Blink-182: *Blink-182* [Geffen] The Books: *The Lemon of Pink* [Tomlab] Camera Obscura: *Under Achievers Please Try Harder* [Merge] Rosanne Cash: *Rules of Travel* [Capitol] CherryWine: *Bright Black* [DCide] The Clean: *Anthology* [Merge] Clem Snide: *Soft Spot* [SpinArt] The Robert Cray Band: *Time Will Tell* [Sanctuary] Rodney Crowell: *Fate's Right Hand* [DMX/Epic] The Distillers: *Coral Fang* [Sire] Eek-A-Mouse: *The Very Best of Eek-a-Mouse Vol. 2* [Shanachie] Handsome Family: *Singing Bones* [Carrot Top] Jimi Hendrix: *Live at Berkeley* [Experience Hendrix] Hoosier Hot Shots: *The Definitive Hoosier Hotshots Collection* [Collectors' Choice] Immortal Technique: *Revolutionary Vol. 2* [Viper] The Jam: *The Sound of the Jam* [Polydor] Jedi Mind Tricks: *Visions of Gandhi* [Babygrande] The Libertines: *"I Get Along"* [Rough Trade EP] Local H: *The No Fun EP* [Thick EP] Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: *Pig Lib* [Matador] New Estate: *Considering . . .* [W.Minc] The Pop-O-Pies: *Pop-O-Anthology 1984-1993* [www.pop-o-pie.com] RZA: *Birth of a Prince* [Wu-Records/Sanctuary] Shesus: *Loves You . . . Love You Not* [Narnack] Sidestepper: *3AM (In Beats We Trust)* [Palm] Soul Position: *8 Million Stories* [Rhymesayers/Fat Beats] Bubba Sparxxx: *Deliverance* [Beat Club/Interscope] Tammy Faye Starlite: *Used Country Female* [Diesel Only] The Strokes: *Room on Fire* [RCA] Booker T. & the MG's: *Soul Men* [Stax] Thicke: *A Beautiful World* [Interscope] Ugly Duckling: *Taste the Secret* [Emperor Norton] Yerba Buena: *President Alien* [Razor & Tie] Ying Yang Twins: *Me & My Brother* [TVT] Neil Young & Crazy Horse: *Greendale* [Reprise] *Anthology of World Music: The Music of Afghanistan* [Rounder] *Mali Lolo!: Stars of Mali* [Smithsonian/Folkways] *Saucy Calypsos Volume One* [Ice] *Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals* [Rhino] *Urban Brazil* [Sterns/Earthworks]
**	Abyssinia Infinite: *Zion Roots* [Network] Aceyalone: *Love and Hate* [Decon] African Head Charge: *Shrunken Head* [On-U Sound] Baby Gramps Trio: *Hossradish* [Gramophone] Asha Bhosle: *The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Asha Bhosle* [World Music Network] Frank Black and the Catholics: *Show Me Your Tears* [SpinArt] British Sea Power: *The Decline of British Sea Power* [Rough Trade] Ralph Carney: *This Is! Ralph Carney* [Black Beauty] Terri Clark: *Pain to Kill* [Mercury] Marshall Crenshaw: *What's in the Bag?* [Razor & Tie] Cyod: **Better Sh!$ on the Way!* [Trust Me] Dead Prez: Get Free or Die Tryin' [Boss Up/Landspeed] Enrique Ferrer: Buenos Hermanos [Nonesuch] The Fiery Furnaces: Gallowsbird's Bark [Rough Trade] 50 Cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin' [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope] Gotan Project: La Revancha del Tango [XL] Merle Haggard: Like Never Before [Hag] Hamell on Trial: Tough Love [Righteous Babe] Jet: Get Born [Elektra] George Jones: The Gospel Collection [BNA] Chris Knight: The Jealous Kind [Dualtone] Jeffrey Lewis: It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through [Rough Trade] Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz: Part II [TVT EP] Madonna: American Life [Maverick/Warner Bros.] The Majesticons: Beauty Party [Big Dada] Souad Massi: Deb (Heart Broken) [GRC] Jason Mraz: Waiting for My Rocket to Come [Elektra] Maria Muldaur: Classic Live! [Dig Music] Maria Muldaur: A Woman Alone With the Blues [Telarc] Brad Paisley: Mud on the Tires [Arista] Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham: L'Avventura [Jetset] Pink: Try This [Arista] Roswell Rudd's Malicool With Toumani Diabate: Roswell Rudd's Malicool With Toumani Diabate [Sunnyside] Adrian Sherwood: Never Trust a Hippy [RealWorld] Stew: Something Deeper Than These Changes [Smile] Gary Stewart: Live at Billy Bob's Texas [Smith Music] Rod Stewart: As Time Goes By . . . The Great American Songbook Volume II [J] Hot Women [Kein & Aber] The Neptunes Present . . . Clones [Star Trak] Rasta Jamz [Razor & Tie] The Rough Guide to Salsa de Puerto Rico [World Music Network] The Rough Guide to the Music of Venezuela [World Music Network] Sampa Nova [Sterns Brasil] Tulear Never Sleeps [Sterns/Earthworks] Bad Boys II** [Bad Boy]
*	Ryan Adams: *Rock N Roll* [Lost Highway] Aesop Rock: *Bazooka Tooth* [Definitive Jux] A.R.E. Weapons: *A.R.E. Weapons* [Rough Trade] Andre Afram Asmar: *Race to the Bottom* [Mush] Beyoncé: *Dangerously in Love* [Columbia] Black Box Recorder: *Passionoia* [One Little Indian] Botnledja: *Iceland National Park* [Trust Me] Calexico: *Feast of Wire* [Quarterstick] Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup: *Rock Me Mama* [Bluebird/BMG Heritage] The Darkness: *Permission to Land* [Atlantic] Dashboard Confessional: *A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar* [Vagrant] Daughter: *Skin* [Aum Fidelity] Kathleen Edwards: *Failer* [Zoë] Elastica: *The Radio One Sessions* [Koch/Strange Fruit] The Exploding Hearts: *Guitar Romantics* [Dirtnap] 50 Cent: *Guess Who's Back?* [Full Clip] Freeway: *Philadelphia Freeway* [Roc-A-Fella] The Fugs: *The Fugs Final CD (Part 1)* [Artemis] Gang Starr: *The Ownerz* [Virgin] Grandaddy: *Sumday* [V2] Buddy Guy: *Blues Singer* [Silvertone] Anthony Hamilton: *Comin' From Where I'm From* [Arista] Kékélé: *Congo Life* [Sterns Africa] Led Zeppelin: *How the West Was Won* [Atlantic] Living Colour: *Collideoscope* [Sanctuary] John Mayer: *Heavier Things* [Aware/Columbia] Nada Surf: *Let Go* [Barsuk] The Preacher's Kids: *Wild Emotions* [Get Hip] Radiohead: *Hail to the Thief* [Capitol] Rainer Maria: *Long Knives Drawn* [Polyvinyl] Starlight Mints: *Built on Squares* [PIAS America] Steely Dan: *Everything Must Go* [Warner Bros.] Otis Taylor: *Truth Is Not Fiction* [Telarc] Richard Thompson: *The Old Kit Bag* [Cooking Vinyl/SpinArt] Those Unknown: *Those Unknown* [TKO] Tokyo Sex Destruction: *Le Red soul Program (10 Points Program)* [Dim Mak] Tricky: *Vulnerable* [Sanctuary] The Vitamen: *Mujer* [Vitamen] Rufus Wainwright: *Want One* [DreamWorks] Westside Connection: *Terrorist Threats* [Capitol] Yo La Tengo: *Today Is the Day* [Matador] *African Groove* [Putumayo World Music] *Salsa Around the World* [Putumayo World Music]
	Thomas Anderson: *Norman, Oklahoma* [Red River] Bitch and Animal: *Sour Juice and Rhyme* [Righteous Babe] Biz Markie: *Weekend Warrior* [Tommy Boy] Broken Social Scene: *You Forgot It in People* [Arts & Crafts] Joe Budden: *Joe Budden* [Def Jam] Blu Cantrell: *Bittersweet* [Arista] Johnny Cash: *The Mystery of Life* [Mercury] Chingy: *Jackpot* [Capitol] Clem Snide: *A Beautiful EP* [SpinArt EP] Bruce Cockburn: *You've Never Seen Everything* [Rounder/True North] Kimya Dawson: *Knock-Knock Who?* [Important] Death Cab for Cutie: *Transatlanticism* [Barsuk] Dido: *Life for Rent* [Arista] Dropkick Murphys: *Blackout* [Hellcat] Echoboy: *Giraffe* [Mute] The Evolution Control Committee: *Plagiarythm Nation* [Seeland] Ginuwine: *The Senior* [Epic] Hieroglyphics: *Full Circle* [Hiero Imperium] R. Kelly: *Chocolate Factory* [Jive] Kinky: *Atlas* [Nettwerk] The Corb Lund Band: *Five Dollar Bill* [Stony Plain] Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues: *Hanapepe Dream* [Tone-Cool] Stephin Merritt: *Pieces of April* [Nonesuch] Mutant Press and Friends: *Blood for Oil: Songs of the Fugs* [500 Pound Weasel] Peaches: *Fatherfucker* [Kitty-Yo] Iggy Pop: *Skull Ring* [Virgin] Prince Paul: *Politics of the Business* [Razor & Tie] The Raveonettes: *Chain Gang of Love* [Columbia] Josh Ritter: *Hello Starling* [Signature Sounds] Josh Rouse: *1972* [Ryko] Rubber City Rebels: *Pierce My Brain* [Smog Veil] Chris Smither: *Train Home* [HighTone] The Starting Line: *Make Yourself at Home EP* [Vagrant EP] Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: *Streetcore* [Hellcat] Sullen: *Paint the Moon* [Thick] Supersuckers: *Motherfuckers Be Trippin'* [Mid-Fi] Television: *Adventure* [Elektra/Rhino] Television: *Marquee Moon* [Elektra/Rhino] T.I.: *Trap Muzik* [Grand Hustle/Atlantic] Vortis: *God Won't Bless America* [Thick] *Jit Jive: Zimbabwean Street Party* [Sheer Sound] *Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Warming by the Devil's Fire* [Columbia/Legacy] *The Rough Guide to Brazilian Electronica* [World Music Network] *Yes New York* [Wolfgang Morden]
B	Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: *Hearts of Oak* [Lookout] Sole: *Selling Live Water* [Anticon]
B-	Ry Cooder/Manuel Galbán: *Mambo Sinuendo* [Nonesuch/Perro Verde] Evanescence: *Fallen* [Wind-Up] Bill Frisell: *The Intercontinentals* [Nonesuch] Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man: *Out of Season* [Sanctuary]
C+	The Gossip: *Movement* [Kill Rock Stars] Josh Groban: *Closer* [143/Reprise] Junior Senior: *D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat* [Chunky Frog/Atlantic] Kid Rock: *Kid Rock* [Atlantic] Daniel Lanois: *Shine* [Anti-] Los Lonely Boys: *Los Lonely Boys* [Epic] The Mars Volta: *De-Loused in the Comatorium* [Universal] Ms. Dynamite: *A Little Deeper* [Interscope] Joss Stone: *The Soul Sessions* [S-Curve] Obie Trice: *Cheers* [Shady/Interscope] Andrew W.K.: *The Wolf* [Island]
C	Ashanti: *Chapter II* [Murder Inc.] My Morning Jacket: *It Still Moves* [ATO] Lisa Marie Presley: *To Whom It May Concern* [Capitol] Talking Heads: *Once in a Lifetime* [Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino] The Thrills: *So Much for the City* [Virgin]
C-	Afro Celts: *Seed* [RealWorld] Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: *Vintage Slide Collections From Seattle, Vol. I* [Bar/None] Daryl Worley: *Have You Forgotten?* [DreamWorks]
D	Clay Aiken: *Measure of a Man* [RCA]
	Ryan Adams: *Love Is Hell Pt. 1* [Lost Highway EP] Ryan Adams: *Love Is Hell Pt. 2* [Lost Highway EP] The Aislers Set: *How I Learned to Write Backwards* [Suicide Squeeze] Joan Armatrading: *Lovers Speak* [Denon] David Banner: *Mississippi: The Album* [SRC/Universal] David Banner: *MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water* [SRC/Universal] Tywanna Jo Baskette: *Fancy Blue* [Sweet Tea] Benzino: *Redemption* [Elektra] Broadcast: *Haha Sound* [Warp] The Business: *Hardcore Hooligans* [BYO] Caitlin Cary: *I'm Staying Out* [Yep Roc] Kenny Chesney: *When the Sun Goes Down* [BNA] Guy Davis: *Chocolate to the Bone* [Red House] The Eels: *Shootenanny!* [DreamWorks] Elefant: *Gallery Girl* [Kemado EP] Elefant: *Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid* [Kemado] Everclear: *Slow Motion Daydream* [Capitol] Jay Farrar: *Terroir Blues* [Act/Resist] The Flaming Lips: *Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell* [Warner Bros.] G Unit: *Beg for Mercy* [G Unit/Interscope] Terry Hall & Mushtaq: *The Hour of Two Lights* [Astralwerks] Corey Harris: *Mississippi to Mali* [Rounder] Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos: *The Secret Sun* [Blue Thumb] Etta James: *Let's Roll* [Private Music] Josh Kelley: *For the Ride Home* [Hollywood] Alicia Keys: *The Diary of Alicia Keys* [J] Kings of Leon: *Youth & Young Manhood* [RCA] Josh Klein: *Everyone Loves a Winner* [One Little Indian] Leaves: *Breathe* [DreamWorks] Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: *Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead* [Lookout EP] Little Brother: *The Listening* [ABB] Living Things: *Turn In Your Friends and Neighbors* [3AM] The Locust: *Plague Soundscapes* [Anti-] Lonestar: *From There to Here: Greatest Hits* [BNA] Massive Attack: *100th Window* [Virgin] John Mayer: *Any Given Thursday* [Aware/Columbia] John McLaughlin: *Thieves and Poets* [Verve] John Mellencamp: *Trouble No More* [Columbia] Morcheeba: *Parts of the Process* [Sire/Reprise] Najma: *Vivid* [Mondo Melodia] Me'shell Ndegéocello: *Comfort Woman* [Maverick] Randy Newman: *The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1* [Nonesuch] The Notwist: *Different Cars and Trains* [Domino] Christopher O'Riley: *Love Waits: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead* [Odyssey] Phillips & Driver: *Together* [Bar/None] Pillar: *Fireproof* [MCA] The Polyphonic Spree: *The Beginning Stages of . . .* [Hollywood/Good] Prefuse 73: *One Word Extinguisher* [Warp] Damien Rice: O [Vector] Ursula Rucker: *Silver or Lead* [!K7] Singapore Sling: *The Curse of Singapore Sling* [Stinky] The Sleepy Jackson: *Lovers* [Astralwerks] Smash Mouth: *Get the Picture?* [Interscope] *Stellastarr:** Stellastarr* [RCA] The Stills: *Logic Will Break Your Heart* [Vice] Super Furry Animals: *Phantom Power* [XL/Beggars] Thursday: *War All the Time* [Island] Wheat: *Per Second, Per Second, Per Second . . . Every Second* [Aware/Columbia] Don White: *Live in Michigan* [Don White] Bernie Williams: *The Journey Within* [GRP] Wayne Wonder: *No Holding Back* [VP/Atlantic] Robert Wyatt: *Cuckooland* [Hannibal/Ryko] *The Bug Vs The Rootsman Feat. Daddy Freddy/Dj/Rupture* [Tigerbeat6] *Compilasian: The World of Indipop* [Narada World] *New York City Rock N Roll* [Radical]

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