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Your top CDs of 2003 The Globe critics have compiled their lists of the year's best music releases. Now here's your chance to share your favorite CDs of 2003 with other Boston.com users. What CDs stood out above the rest this year? Which ones would you recommend and why?
Page 13 Without a doubt....... OUTKAST..... shake it, sh-sh-sh- shake it all around! Johnny G, Medford 1. Blackout- Dropkick Murphy's James , Boston Kathleen Edwards' disc Failer is fantastic. Perhaps this technically came out in 2002, but it reached its audience in 2003. She's toured extensively and hit Boston quite a few times, and Boston gives her a lot of support. Go Kitty! Bethany, Boston My favorite cd of 2003 was/is Cyndi Lauper's At Last. It is just something that she has never done before (a covers/standards album)and her renditions of the songs just blew me away. So get all those preconceptions about Cyndi out of your head and get this cd. She really can sing!!! Kathy, Billerica Boston based artist/producer [munk]'s new CD (his second) called 'Severed' is probably one of the most under rated discs of the year. You really need to see this guy live too. Michael, Boston Top 4: Ryan, Calgary I can't understand why Mogwai's Happy Songs for Happy People didn't land on any list. "Killing All The Flies", "Hunted By A Freak", and "Ratts of the Capital" are 3 of the best songs i've heard all year. and jim sullivan's choice of Belle and Sebastian as the best band in scotland is kinda laughable when you've got mogwai, arab strap and the delgados to consider... other favorites of mine this year: - hala strana (both "fieldings" and the self-titled one; Steven R Smith (www.jewelledantler.com will help fill in the blanks) takes on the indigenous musics of eastern europe (bulgaria, albania, croatia, etc). Also of note was his solo recording "Kohl", a tremendous guitar record which is absolutely beautiful. Too bad he only made 50 copies. - delgados "Hate" (scotland's best songwriters' try to equal the marvel what was "The Great Eastern". they come close but don't quite get there. regardless, it's better than most anything else you'll hear in the pop (I use that term loosely) realm). - four tet "Rounds" (pastoral electronica; you can smell the english meadows even through the black haze of the london air) - spacemen 3 "Forged Prescriptions" (reissue of _The Perfect Prescription and some demos...essential) - uptight - "Live" (uber-heavy japanese band which makes High Rise sound like ABBA). Records I wanted to hear but never got around to buying were the mescaleros last one, the new john cale one, and the last zevon record. I'm sure there's a bnuch of obvious ones I'm missing, but to tell the truth I've been digging up older stuff i missed the 1st time around.tim, dublin 2003 was a good year with many older artists putting out career highlight recordings in my opinion. In no particular order... John Hiatt and the Goners - 'Beneath This Gruff Exterior', perhaps his best since 1987's 'Bring the Family' Richard Thompson - 'Old Kit Bag', another high quality release from English folk/rock guitar singer/songwriter master. His singing is particularly inspiring. Bruce Cockburn -'You've Never Seen Everything', as good or better than anything this Canadian folk singer/songwriter guitarist has ever released. Allman Brothers Band - 'Hittin' The Note', these guys can still play with real passion for their bluesy sometimes jazz-influenced rock. Ian Anderson - 'Rupi's Dance', this the Jethro Tull leader's best solo release. Tops even 2000's 'Secret Language of Birds' King Crimson - 'Power to Believe', These guys are still going strong behind original member Robert Fripp's lead after nearly 35 years. Cyrus Chestnut - 'You Are My Sunshine', one of my favorite jazz pianists does it again with a fine set of very engaging gospel/blues/jazz numbers. Robert Randolph and the Family Band - 'Unclassified', a relatively new band playing some great funky soulful grooves behind a taut rhythm section and killer pedal steel guitar from Robert Randolph..Chris , Marlborough
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