2003 Music Journals

[murlough23]

The Best of 2003:
1. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State A+
2. Steven Delopoulos - Me Died Blue A
3. Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown A-
4. Jars of Clay - Who We Are Instead A-
5. Sleeping at Last - Ghosts A-
6. David Crowder Band - Illuminate A-
7. Evanescence - Fallen B+
8. The Juliana Theory - Love B+
9. Skillet - Collide B+
10. Eastmountainsouth - Eastmountainsouth B+
11. The Echoing Green - The Winter of Our Discontent B+
12. Chris Rice - Run the Earth, Watch the Sky B+
13. Dream Theater - Train of Thought B
14. Linkin Park - Meteora B
15. Joe Henry - Tiny Voices B
16. Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market B
17. ZOEgirl - Different Kind of FREE B
18. Over the Rhine - Ohio B-
19. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief B-
20. Christine Dente - Becoming B-

Honorable Mention:
21. Relient K - Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do B-
22. Big Dismal - Believe B-
23. Dakona - Perfect Change B-
24. Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance B-
25. Muse - Absolution B-
26. Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone B-
27. downhere - So Much for Substitutes B-
28. Shaun Groves - Twilight B-
29. Derek Webb - She Must and Shall Go Free B-
30. Andrew Peterson - Love and Thunder B-

The Rest:
Neal Morse - Testimony B-
Dave Matthews - Some Devil B-
Passion Worship Band - Sacred Revolution B-
Relient K - Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand B-
Mew - Frengers B-
Plus One - Exodus C+
Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper C+
Charlie Hall - On the Road to Beautiful C+
Jars of Clay - Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage C+
John Mayer - Heavier Things C+
Fiction Plane - Everything Will Never Be OK C+
Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat C+
Hoobastank - The Reason C+
Plumb - Beautiful Lumps of Coal C+
P.O.D. - Payable on Death C+
Steven Curtis Chapman - All About Love C+
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step C+
Cool Hand Luke - Wake Up O Sleeper C+
Various Artists - Smash-Ups C+
Mark Schultz - Stories & Songs C+
Jill Paquette - Jill Paquette C+
The New Pornographers - Electric Version C
Caedmon's Call - Back Home C
Warren Barfield - Warren Barfield C
The Innocence Mission - Befriended C
Five Iron Frenzy - Cheeses of Nazareth C

Dishonorable Mention:
19. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow C-
18. Vertical Horizon - Go D+
17. Tait - Lose This Life D+
16. Third Day - Offerings II: All I Have to Give D+
15. Dido - Life for Rent D+
14. Audio Adrenaline - Worldwide D+
13. The Juliana Theory - Live 10.13.2001 D+
12. Stacie Orrico - Stacie Orrico D+
11. Thousand Foot Krutch - Phenomenon D
10. Amy Grant - Simple Things D
9. Sarah MacLachlan - Afterglow D
8. Newsboys - Adoration D
7. Jump5 - Accelerate D
6. Casting Crowns - Casting Crowns D
5. Jaci Velasquez - Unspoken D-
4. 4Him - Visible D-
3. Grand Incredible - G. I. Gantic F+
2. Train - My Private Nation F+
1. GlassByrd - Open Wide This Window F

Compilations and EPs:
No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 A

Looking Back:
1991-2002 Music Journals

(Last Update: 2/16/10)

[bloop]

The memorable items on your list (obviously excluding those things I never listened to).  In the interest of maintaining a comparable list, I'll go with letters also.

A.M. Radio - Radioactive C+
Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market B+
Blur - Think Tank B+
British Sea Power - The Decline of... B+
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People A
Cat Power - You Are Free A-
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism B+
The Decemberists - Her Majesty B
Steven Delopoulos - Me Died Blue A
Evanescence - Fallen C+
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers B-
Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue A-
Joe Henry - Tiny Voices A
The Innocence Mission - Befriended B+
Jars of Clay - Who We Are Instead A-
Jay-Z - The Black Album B-
Linkin Park - Meteora C-
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium B+
Dave Matthews - Some Devil B-
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below A/A-
Over the Rhine - Ohio A+
Pillar - Fireproof D-
P.O.D. - Payable on Death C-
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief A
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow A
Sleeping at Last - Ghosts A-
Spiritualized - Amazing Grace B-
Starflyer 59 - Old B+
Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power B
Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown B+
Derek Webb - She Must and Shall Go Free B+
The White Stripes - Elephant B
The Wrens - The Meadowlands A+
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea B-

Digesting:
debuts from Stellastarr and Steadman that Andree just sent me.

I'll add more later and edit as I think of adding them.  This would be a lot easier with the little memos I have on my main computer or as a 2004 list.

*updated 5/26/04*

[Josh]

David Bowie-- Reality D+
Elvis Costello-- North B+
Steven Delopoulos-- Me Died Blue B+
Downhere-- So Much for Substitutes C-
Eastmountainsouth-- Eastmountainsouth B-
Beth Gibbons-- Out of Season A
Emmylou Harris-- Stumble Into Grace A
Joe Henry-- Tiny Voices A+
The Innocence Mission-- Befriended A
Jars of Clay-- Who we Are Instead B+
Daniel Lanois-- Shine A
The Minus Five-- Down With Wilco B
Over the Rhine-- Ohio A
Radiohead-- Hail to the Thief A
Damien Rice-- O B-
The Shins-- Chutes Too Narrow B
Sleeping at Last-- Ghosts B
Switchfoot-- The Beautiful Letdown B
Derek Webb-- She Must and Shall Go Free A-
Lucinda Williams-- World Without Tears A-
Crossing Jordan soundtrack B+

[dgp11776]

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[worldofcm]

[Jrodder]

Here's my take on the ones David listed (that I've heard):

Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market B+
Audio Adrenaline - Worldwide D
Big Dismal - Believe C+
Steven Curtis Chapman - All About Love C
Dakona - Perfect Change B
The Echoing Green - The Winter of Our Discontent B
Evanescence - Fallen B
Five Iron Frenzy - Cheeses of Nazareth C
Grand Incredible - G. I. Gantic D-
Hoobastank - The Reason B-
Jars of Clay - Who We Are Instead B+
The Juliana Theory - Love C+
Linkin Park - Meteora B
Newsboys - Adoration: The Worship Album C-
Over the Rhine - Ohio B
Plumb - Beautiful Lumps of Coal B-
P.O.D. - Payable on Death C
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief B
Relient K - Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do B
Skillet - Collide B
Sleeping at Last - Ghosts A-
Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown A-
Tait - Lose This Life D+
Jaci Velasquez - Unspoken F
Derek Webb - She Must and Shall Go Free B
Various Artists - Smash-Ups D+
 

[dgp11776]

I'm bumping this back up.  I have a few additions, and I'm pretty sure others do, too.