Your Top Five for 2003

Jet-get BOrn,the Darkness-Permission to land,White Stripes-Elephant,Strokes-room on fire,Libertines-up the bracket....

Beck "Sea Change"
Radiohead "Hail to the Thief"
Peter Gabriel "UP"
Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
B.B. King "Anthology"

Pat Metheny - "One Quiet Night"
Karrin Allyson - "In Blue"
Carl Saunders - "Be Bop Big Band"
Diana Krall - "Live in Paris"
Buckethead - "Electric Tears"

funny I thought these were 2003 releases
not music purchased this year

can't limit to 5 but 6 I can do

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Sarah McLachlan - Fallen
Lucinda Willams - World Without Tears
Daniel Lanois - Shine
Steely Dan - Everything Must Go

best live shows in 2003
two I did vacations around
Peter Gabriel Growing Up tour in Detroit
Steely Dan in Albequerque
and at home in New Orleans
Suzanne Vega
rescheduled Diana Krall
Brian Blade Orchestra
Randy Newman

CDs & SACDs together in no particular order...
[Can't remember if these are the BEST five bought but they seem to remain in heavy rotation]

1) Mariza "Fado en mim" (2 disk set with Live at Womad 2002 (UK)) - CD/World Connection
2) Bill Evans & Cannonball Adderley "Know What I Mean" - SACD/AnalogueProductions
3) Lizz Wright "Salt" - CD/Verve
4) Edgar Meyer "Bach Unnacompanied Cello Suites" performed on double bass - CD/SONY
5) The Bad Plus "These Are the Vistas" - CD/Columbia