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| Top 50 Of 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Compiling a list of the most-worthy songs of 2003 that were featured on the Box proved to be a difficult task. An amazing amount of great music has been released in the past year, much of it a return to electronic pop from artists with different approaches and musical backgrounds. A technical note: Not all the songs on the countdown were originally released this past year, some tracks were singles, but all received plenty of "air" play on the Box. Enjoy and please let me know where I went wrong. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pet Shop Boys returned to their electro roots this year and ruled the Box. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Ladytron- Blue Jeans 2. Tomcraft- Loneliness 3. Pet Shop Boys- Miracles 4. Audio Bullys- We Don't Care 5. Client- Rock And Roll Machine 6. Goldfrapp- Strict Machine 7. Electric Six- Danger! (High Voltage) 8. Primal Scream- Some Velvet Morning 9. Chemical Brothers- The Golden Path 10. Groove Armada- Easy 11. Richard X vs Liberty X- Being Nobody 12. BT- Somnabulist 13. Jay-Jay Johanson- Automatic Lover 14. Freeland- We Want Your Soul 15. The Droyds- Take Me I'm Yours 16. Cause & Effect- Into The Light 17. Dave Gahan- I Need You 18. Erland Oye- A Sudden Rush 19. Dandy Warhols- We Used To Be Friends 20. Fluke- Zion 21. Alpinestars- Burning Up 22. Pet Shop Boys- Somebody Else's Business 23. Beth Orton- Anywhere 24. Massive Attack- Special Cases 25. Junkie XL featuring Robert Smith- Perfect Blue Sky 26. Chicks On Speed- We Don't Play Guitars 27. Client- Price Of Love 28. Groove Armada- Groove Is On 29. Tomcraft- Overdose 30. The Streets- Weak Become Heroes 31. Ladytron- Evil 32. Erasure- Solsbury Hill 33. Johnny Marr + The Healers- Down On The Corner 34. Richard X- Rock Jacket 35. Benny Benassi- Satisfaction 36. Placebo- The Bitter End 37. Goldfrapp- Train 38. My Robot Friend- We're The Pet Shop Boys 39. Cloudless- Some Distant Memory 40. Blank & Jones featuring Robert Smith- Forest 41. Massive Attack- What Your Soul Sings 42. Camouflage- Me And You 43. Miss Kittin & The Hacker- Stock Exchange 44. Martin Gore- Loverman 45. Royksopp- Sparks 46. Moonlife- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 47. Junior Senior- Rhythm Bandits 48. The Sounds- Dance With Me 49. Basement Jaxx- Cish Cash 50. The Dysfunctionals- Payback Time |
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| Ladytron managed to top the Box with two singles taken from last year's "Light & Magic." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Richard X mashed New Wave, R&B & Electronica together with style to spare. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Client's excellent debut album provided two electropop tracks in the Box's top 30. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| You would be hard pressed to find a better album in released in any year than Goldfrapp's genre defying "Black Cherry." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||