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?

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I'd say "O" by Damien Rice would be my top pick for CD of the year. The highs and lows of his vocals hit you like a freight train. The album reminds me a little bit of Bob Dylan, with the only difference being that Rice can sing.

Andrew , Hudson, N.H.

Unfortunately, not too many great releases this past year. Here are a few though:

AF, Framingham

Travis - 12 Memories
If you've never heard a waltz on a banjo before, check out "Love Will Come Through" -- quite possibly the most beautiful song I've ever heard

Melody, Boston

For Against - Coalesced Shins - Chutes too Narrow
Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Constantines - Shine a Light
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Dears - No Cities Left
White Stripes - Elephant
Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side
Oranges Band - All Around

Brent , Brookline

I love Clay Aikens Measure of a man

Sandy, Boston

Dropkick Murphys - Blackout - awesome celtic/working class punk from a band that gets better with every album.

Keith , Pembroke

2003’s TOP CDs:
1. Death Cab For Cutie – Transatlanticism
2. The Stills – Logic Will Break Your Heart
3. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
4. Blur – Think Tank
5. Belle And Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress
6. Placebo – Sleeping With Ghosts
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
8. The Coral – Magic & Medicine (import)
9. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
10. New Pornographers – Electric Version

Keith, Boston, South End

My Top 13 CD's of 2003 (No particular order - They're all fantastic!):

Ron , Roslindale, MA