Results From the 2003 Reader's Poll

Voting has ended, and our readers have spoken. Unlike last year, when Wilco ran away from the pack, only a handful of votes separated the top four spots this year. The number in parenthesis is where we ranked the album. (HM) denotes an honerable mention.

1. The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music (7)

2. Over the Rhine - Ohio (2)

3. Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears (18)

4. Damien Rice - o (13)

5. The White Stripes - Elephant (15)

6. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (HM)

7. Rufus Wainwright - Want One (1)

8. Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll (20)

9. Kathleen Edwards - Failer

10. Outkast - Speakerboxx / the love below

11. Emmylou Harris - Stumble Into Grace

12. Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self-Destruction

13. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey

14. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers (19)

15. Alison Krauss + Union Station - Live

16. Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot

17. Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow

18. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (6)

18. Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside

20. Jack Johnson - On and On