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Top 20 Albums 2003

1 The Juliana Theory - 'Love' (Epic)

2 White Light Motorcade - 'Thank-you, Goodnight!' (Octone)

3 Year Of The Rabbit - 'Year Of The Rabbit' (Elektra)

4 The Exies - 'Inertia' (Virgin)

5 Marilyn Manson - 'The Golden Age Of Grotesque' (Nothing)

6 Five Star Iris - 'Five Star Iris' (The Orchard)

7 Richie Kotzen - 'Changes' (Frontiers)

8 Jane's Addiction 'Strays' (Capitol)

9 The Ataris 'So Long Astoria' (Columbia)

10 40ft Ringo - 'Funny Thing' (Atenzia)

11 The Millions - 'Million Dollar Rock' (Not Lame)

12 Kiss - 'Symphony: Alive IV' (Kiss/Sanctuary)

13 Melodine 'Out Of Your Hands' (Atenzia)

14 Zwan 'Mary Star Of The Sea' (Warner Brothers)

15 Vertical Horizon - 'Go' (RCA)

16 On The Rise - 'On The Rise' (Frontiers)

17 Strange Celebrity  - 'Remedy' (Warner Brothers)

18 Mike Tramp - 'More To Life Than This' (UlfTone)

19 Matthew Good - 'Avalanche' (Universal Music)

20 Something Corporate - 'North' (Drive-Thru)

Bubbling under:

Vertigo - 'Vertigo' (Frontiers)

Placebo - 'Sleeping With Ghosts' (Astralwerks)

Pride Of Lions - 'Pride Of Lions' (Frontiers)

Oleander - 'Joyride' (Sanctuary)

Post Stardom Depression - 'Ordinary Miracles' (Control Group)

Top 'Pop' albums of 2003

1 Kelly Rowland - 'Simply Deep' (Sony)

2 Alicia Keys - 'The Diary Of Alicia Keys' (J)

3 Martina Topley-Bird - 'Quixotic' (Independiente)

4 Goldfrapp - 'Black Cherry' (Mute)

5 KelliAli- 'Tigermouth' (One Little Indian)

6 Sugababes 'Three' (Universal Music)

7 Annie Lennox 'Bare' (J)

Ten bands for 2004

1 The Start - A new deal with Nitro and a new album on the way.

2 The Fags - Detroit's finest pop rock trio. Brand new album on its way in 2004.

3 Five Star Iris - Atlanta's modern melodic rock gods to gain significant label deal.

4 White Light Motorcade - Is there a better band from New York out there right now?

5 Spin Gallery - Atenzia's new Swedish AOR gods from the brainchild of Tommy Denander.

6 Xoch - The One returns with her second album as a follow-up to Now And Then debut.

7 Jet City Fix - Seattle punk popsters add a touch of 80s glam to proceedings.

8 White Lion - The return of big game. Unlikely to include Vito Bratta on board though....

9 Post Stardom Depression - Another very interesting new band to watch from Pacific North West!

10 New Generation Superstars - Brit pop punk quartet raised on The Throbs, The Dolls and Ramones.

Top 10 Albums most wanted re-issues

1 Reggie Knighton Band - 'Reggie Knighton Band'

2 Desmond Child And Rouge - 'Runners In The Night'

3 The Strand - 'The Strand'

4 Trigger - Trigger

5 Back Seat Sally - 'Back Seat Sally'

6 Illusion - 'Illusion'

7 St. Paradise - 'St. Paradise'

8 Shanghai - 'Shanghai'

9 Hotel 'Half Moon Silver'

10 Warning - 'Metamorphose'