WHERE ART THOU BRODY?

Albums Of The Year 2003 (written 17/12/2003)

10. Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll

The antidote to his two part aborted album Love Is Hell. Straight up rock - no frills.

Standout track: Wish You Were Here

  9. The White Stripes - Elephant

Jack and Meg beef their sound on their fourth album, but stay true to their blues roots

Standout track: Ball And Biscuit

  8. The Donnas - Spend The Night

What could be better than four girls singing about boys in a Ramones style?

Standout track: You Wanna Get Me High

  7. The Darkness - Permission To Land

Spandex, guitar solos and falsetto vocals. Irony sold separately.

Standout track: Stuck In A Rut

  6. Oceansize - Effloresce

Could launch the new wave of prog rock. The closing three songs is half an hour of wonder.

Standout track: Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs

  5. Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood

Three brothers and a cousin rocking tales of American south church town life.

Standout track: California Waiting

  4. The Electric Soft Parade - The American Adventure

The brothers White turn their back on Britpop for a Pink Floyd inspired masterpiece.

Standout track: The American Adventure

  3. The Strokes - Room On Fire

Second album and business as usual, with added inclusion of Soul and Reggae.

Standout track: Reptilia

  2. Josh Rouse - 1972

Written to sound it was made in 1972. If only everything released that year was this good.

Standout track: James

  1. The Distillers - Coral Fang

Brody Dalle combines the break up of one relationship and the beginning of another (with Tim Armstrong and Josh Homme respectively) to great effect with this intense album. All hail Brody, the new queen of rock.

Standout track: The Hunger