Best CDs of 2003

from the listener poll on my favorite station, WFUV-FM, 90.7, at Fordham University in the Bronx . . . and you can listen to them online . . . http://www.wfuv.org/

2003 WFUV Listener Poll

1. The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music
2. Warren Zevon: The Wind
3. Lucinda Williams: World Without Tears
4. Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers
5. Damien Rice: O
6. TIE: Rufus Wainwright: Want One
The Thorns: The Thorns
7. Steve Winwood: About Time
8. Joss Stone: The Soul Sessions
9. The Thrills: So Much For The City
10. Mavericks: The Mavericks
11. White Stripes: Elephant
12. Richard Thompson: The Old Kit Bag
13. Rickie Lee Jones: The Evening of My Best Day
14. Roseanne Cash: Rules of Travel
15. Erin McKeown: Grand
16. Emmylou Harris: Stumble into Grace
17. Shelby Lynne: Identity Crisis
18. Josh Ritter: Hello Starling
19. Josh Rouse: 1972
20. Los Lonely Boys: Los Lonely Boys
21. Annie Lennox: Bare
22. Gillian Welch: Soul Journey
23. Joe Jackson: Volume 4
24. Neil Young: Greendale
25. Ben Harper: Diamonds on the Inside
26. Van Morrison: What's Wrong With This Picture
27. Elvis Costello: North
27. Kathleen Edwards: Failer
29. Radiohead: Hail to the Thief
30. Jack Johnson: On and On
31. Lyle Lovett: My Baby Don't Tolerate
32. Bruce Cockburn: You've Never Seen Everything
33. Eastmountainsouth: Eastmountainsouth
34. North Mississippi Allstars: Polaris
35. Dar Williams: The Beauty of the Rain
36. Beth Orton: The Other Side of Daybreak
37. Chris Smither: Train Home
38. Dave Matthews: Some Devil
39. Alexi Murdoch: Four Songs
40. Daniel Lanois: Shine
41. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Streetcore
42. John Hammond: Ready for Love
43. John Mayer: Heavier Things
44. Allman Brothers Band: Hittin' The Note
45. Dan Bern: Fleeting Days
46. Johnny Cash: Unearthed
47. David Bowie: Reality
48. Mary Lee's Corvette: 700 Miles
49. Patty Griffin: A Kiss in Time
50. Stephen Clair: Little Radio