Tannen-bomb tracks

The Mirror's music writers choose their
top 10 CDs of 2003

by MIRROR MUSIC STAFF

Rupert Bottenberg:
Basement Jaxx Kish Kash (XL/Select)
Cinematic Orchestra Man With a Movie Camera (Ninja Tune/Outside)
The Dears No Cities Left (Maple/Universal)
Fannypack So Stylistic (Tommy Boy)
Arthur H Négresse blanche (Polydor/Universal)
Junior Senior D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (Atlantic/Warner)
The Neptunes Clones (Star Trak/BMG)
Ramasutra El Pipo del Taxi EP (Semprini/Fusion III)
Stefie Shock Le décor (Atlantis/Select)
Zongamin self-titled (XL/Select)

Lorraine Carpenter:
Broadcast Ha Ha Sound (Warp/Outside)
The Dears No Cities Left (MapleMusic/Universal)
The High Dials A New Devotion (Rainbow Quartz/Fusion III)
Peaches Fatherfucker (XL/Beggars)
Stars Heart (Paper Bag/Outside)
Super Furry Animals
Phantom Power (XL/Select)
Various Lost in Translation soundtrack (Emperor Norton/Outside)
Various Morrissey Under the Influence (DMC/Fusion III)
The White Stripes Elephant (V2/BMG)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell (Interscope/Universal)

Scott C:
DJ Format Music For the Mature B-Boy (PIAS/Select)
Dwele Subject (Virgin/EMI)
Jaylib Champion Sound (Stones Throw/Koch)
Pavel Kostiuk The Musicals (2000Black)
Moka Only Lowdown Suite (Battle Axe/Caroline)
Prefuse 73 One Word Extinguisher (Warp/Outside)
The Quantic Soul Orchestra Stampede (Tru-Thoughts/Outside)
Rednose Distrikt Iller Dan Je Ouders (Kindred Spirits)
Various Ghana Soundz: Afrobeat, Funk & Fusion in 70s Ghana (Soundway/Fusion III)
Various The Detroit Experiment (Rope-a-Dope/Outside)

Johnson Cummins:
The Allman Brothers Band Hittin' the Note (Sanctuary/BMG)
The Black Keys Thickfreakness (Fat Possum/Epitaph)
Dead Meadow Shivering King and Others (Matador/Select)
The Dirtbombs Dangerous Magical Noise (In the Red)
Steve Earle Just an American Boy: The Audio Documentary (Artemis/Red)
Buddy Guy Blues Singer (Silvertone/BMG)
Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won (Atlantic/Warner)
MC5 The Baddest & Maddest of the MC5: Human Being Lawnmower (Total Energy/Bomp)
Randy Welfare Problems (Burning Heart/Epitaph)
Soft Canyon Broken Spirit, I Will Mend Your Wings (Alien 8/Sonic Unyon)

Gerard Dee:
Kindred the Family Soul Surrender to Love (Hidden Beach)
Donnie The Colored Section (Motown/Universal)
R. Kelly Chocolate Factory (Jive/BMG)
Lizz Wright Salt (Verve/Universal)
Les Nubians One Step Forward (Higher Octave)
Various Church: Songs of Soul & Inspiration (Utv)
Erykah Badu Worldwide Underground (Motown/Universal)
Rhian Benson Gold Coast (DKG)
Anthony Hamilton Comin' From Where I'm From (Arista/BMG)
Yahzarah Blackstar (Three Keys)

Len Dobbin:
Dorothée Berryman P.S. I Love You (Factrie/Select)
Michael Brecker Wide Angles (Verve/Universal)
Bob Brookmeyer/Kenny Wheeler Island (Artists House)
Brian Browne Blue Browne (Sea Jam)
Allen Eager In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee (Uptown/Fusion III)
John Hicks Fatha's Day (High Note/Fusion III)
Sheila Jordan Little Song (High Note/Fusion III)
Joe Lovano On This Day (Blue Note/EMI)
Martial Solal Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note/EMI)
Lennie Tristano Intuition (Proper Box/SRI)

Raf Katigbak:
Mileece Formations (Lo)
Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista/BMG)
Basement Jaxx Kish Kash (XL/Select)
LFO Sheath (Warp/Outside)
Dizzee Rascal Boy in da Corner (XL/Select)
Ricardo Villalobos Alcachofa (Playhouse)
Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow (Load)
Manitoba Up In Flames (Leaf)
Noriko Tujiko Make Me Hard (Mego)
Set Fires to Flames Mouth Trapped in Static (Alien8/Sonic Unyon)

Peter Lightburn:
Common Electric Circus (MCA/Universal)
DJ Spinna Here to There (BBE/Fusion III)
Donnie The Colored Section (Giant Step/Universal)
Floetry Floetic (Dreamworks/Universal)
Jamiroquai Late Night Tales (Whoa/Fusion III)
MKL & Soy Sos 3 Generations Walking (Spiritual Life)
Nappy Roots Wooden Leather (Atlantic/Warner)
Various Red Star Sounds (Def Jamaica)
Various Verve Remixed Vol. 2 (Verve/Universal)
Louie Vega Elements of Life (MAW)

Lateef Martin:
Goldfrapp Black Cherry (Mute/Fusion III)
Pete Rock Lost and Found (BBE/Rapster/Fusion III) Living Colour CollideOscope (Sanctuary/BMG)
Deftones self-titled (Maverick/Warner)
Jean Grae The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP (Babygrande)
5 Line Legacy The Stockholm Syndrome EP (independent)
A Perfect Circle The Thirteenth Step (Virgin/EMI)
The Roots Phrenology (MCA/Universal)
Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista/BMG)
The Mars Volta De-loused in the Comatorium (GSL/Universal)