This mix has a representative track from each of my Top 20 Albums of 2003.

1. AFI “Silver & Cold” Sing the Sorrow (Dreamworks)
2. The New Pornographers “It’s Only Divine Right”
Electric Version (Matador)
3. Kings of Leon “Holy Roller Novocaine” Youth & Young Manhood (RCA)
4. Outkast (Big Boi) “Church” Speakerboxxx (Arista/La Face)
5. 50 Cent “P.I.M.P.” Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (Interscope/Shady/Aftermath)
6. Jane’s Addiction “Just Because” Strays (Capitol)
7. Nas “I Can” God’s Son (Columbia)
8. Drive-By Truckers “Sinkhole” Decoration Day (New West)
9. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists “The Ballad of the Sin Eater” Hearts of Oak (Lookout!)
10. The Coral “I Remember When” The Coral (Columbia)
11. The Shins “Young Pilgrims” Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
12. Travis “Beautiful Occupation” 12 Memories (Epic)
13. Aesop Rock “Frijoles” Bazooka Tooth (Definitive Jux)
14. Turin Brakes “Pain Killer (Summer Rain)” Ether Song
(Astralwerks)
15. Alaska! “Love (To Be Your Main)” Emotions (B-Girl)
16. Ms. Dynamite “Dy-Na-Mi-Tee” A Little Deeper (Interscope)
17. The Fiery Furnaces “Crystal Clear” Gallowsbird’s Bark (Rough Trade)
18. Blink 182 “Easy Target” [Untitled] (Geffen)
19. The Jayhawks “Stumbling Through the Dark” Rainy Day Music (American)
20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Y Control” Fever To Tell (Interscope)