Top 77 Albums of 2003
| ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
| 1 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever to Tell | Interscope |
| 2 | Electric Six | Fire | Beggars XL |
| 3 | Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop |
| 4 | Cat Power | You Are Free | Matador |
| 5 | Soviettes | The Soviettes LP | Adeline |
| 6 | New Pornographers | Electric Version | Matador |
| 7 | Basement Jaxx | Kish Kash | Astralwerks |
| 8 | Radiohead | Hail to the Thief | Capitol |
| 9 | Roots | Phrenology | MCA |
| 10 | Metric | Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? | Everloving |
| 11 | White Stripes | Elephant | V2 |
| 12 | Shins | Chutes Too Narrow | Sub Pop |
| 13 | Junior Senior | D-d-don't Stop the Beat | Crunchy Frog |
| 14 | Haley Bonar | The Size of Planets | Chairkickers |
| 15 | Nada Surf | Let Go | Barsuk |
| 16 | Ted Leo & The Pharmacists | Hearts of Oak | Lookout |
| 17 | Death Cab For Cutie | Transatlanticism | Barsuk |
| 18 | Belle And Sebastian | Dear Catastropher Waitress | Rough Trade |
| 19 | Faux Jean | Dead Lover | Susstones |
| 20 | Mountain Goats | Tallahassee | 4AD |
| 21 | The Libertines | Up the Bracket | Rough Trade |
| 22 | Mike Gunther | Every Dream That's Dropped and Died | Heart of a Champion |
| 23 | Polyphonic Spree | Beginning Stages Of… | Hollywood |
| 24 | Dandy Warhols | Welcome to the Monkey House | Capitol |
| 25 | Broken Social Scene | You Forgot It in People | Arts and Crafts |
| 26 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Take Them On, On Your Own | Virgin |
| 27 | Grandaddy | Sumday | V2 |
| 28 | Cloud Cult | They Love On the Sun | Earthology |
| 29 | Mars Volta | De-Loused in the Comatorium | Gold Standard Laboratories |
| 30 | Fischerspooner | #1 | Capitol |
| 31 | Idlewild | The Remote Place | Capitol |
| 32 | Gotan Project | La Revancha del Tango | Beggars XL |
| 33 | Atmosphere | Seven's Travels | Rhymesayers/Epitaph |
| 34 | Super Furry Animals | Phantom Power | XL Recordings/Beggars |
| 35 | King of France | Salad Days | Egret |
| 36 | The Kills | Keep On Your Mean Side | Sanctuary |
| 37 | Massive Attack | 100th Window | Virgin |
| 38 | Melt Banana | Cell-Scape | A-Zap |
| 39 | Kentucky Gag Order | Old-Fashioned Sass for the Peacock and the Voyeur | Angry Seed Records |
| 40 | Bright Eyes and Britt Daniels | Home Vol. IV | Post-Parlo Recordings |
| 41 | Deerhoof | Apple O | Kill Rock Stars |
| 42 | Jayhawks | Rainy Day Music | American |
| 43 | Outkast | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | Arista |
| 44 | Royksopp | Melody AM | Astralwerks |
| 45 | Iron and Wine | The Creek Drank the Cradle | Sub Pop |
| 46 | Midnight Evils | Straight Till Morning | Estrus |
| 47 | Various Artists | Stuck On AM 4: Live Performances From Radio K | Radio K |
| 48 | Tiki Obmar | High School Confidential | Merck |
| 49 | Dressy Bessy | Dressy Bessy | Kindercore |
| 50 | TV On The Radio | Young Liars | Touch and Go |
| 51 | Fog | Ether Teeth | Ninja Tune |
| 52 | Kid Dakota | So Pretty | Chairkickers |
| 53 | Beulah | Yoko | Velocette |
| 54 | The Rapture | Echoes | DFA |
| 55 | Chemical Brothers | Singles 93-03 | Astralwerks |
| 56 | Fountains Of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | S-Curve/Virgin |
| 57 | Les Nubians | One Step Forward | Omtown |
| 58 | Mark Mallman | Live from First Avenue | Susstones |
| 59 | Blur | Think Tank | EMI |
| 60 | Yo La Tengo | Summer Sun | Matador |
| 61 | First Prize Killers | The Powdery Parade | Eclectone |
| 62 | Astronaut Wife | Flying Saucer | Susstones |
| 63 | Black Box Recorder | Passionoia | One Little Indian |
| 64 | Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man | Out of Season | Sanctuary |
| 65 | Hang Ups | Hang Ups | Trampoline Records |
| 66 | Her Space Holiday | Young Machines | Mush |
| 67 | Mates Of State | Team Boo | Polyvinyl |
| 68 | Notwist | Neon Golden | Domino |
| 69 | Rainer Maria | Long Knives Drawn | Polyvinyl |
| 70 | Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band | A Special Album | Emperor Norton |
| 71 | Clem Snide | Soft Spot | Spin Art |
| 72 | Superhopper | Does This Sound Exciting Yet? | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| 73 | Ween | Quebec | Sanctuary |
| 74 | Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham | L'Avventura | Jetset |
| 75 | My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves | ATO |
| 76 | Raveonettes | Whip It On | Columbia |
| 77 | The Coral | The Coral | Deltasonic/Columbia |
