January 08, 2004
AND ANOTHER THING
The math error that got me going on this Menand thing in the first place ended up on the cutting room floor, somehow: There were four lists of 2003 pop albums in the Times, not three. Here are all four combined, with duplicates eliminated. (Multiple mentions are noted in brackets--R. Kelly wins!)
Just 34 albums, each with an easy-to-understand description (not included here):
1. 50 CENT: 'GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
2. AFI: 'SING THE SORROW'
3. ALICIA KEYS: 'THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS'
4. ANNIE LENNOX: 'BARE'
5. ANTHONY HAMILTON: 'COMIN' FROM WHERE I'M FROM'
6. BASEMENT JAXX: 'KISH KASH'
7. BEBO VALDES AND DIEGO EL CIGALA: 'LAGRIMAS NEGRAS'
8. BLUR: 'THINK TANK'
9. BRAND NEW: 'DEJA ENTENDU'
10. CABAS: 'CONTACTO'
11. CAFE TACUBA: 'CUATRO CAMINOS'
12. COHEED AND CAMBRIA: 'IN KEEPING SECRETS OF THE SILENT EARTH: 3'
13. DAVID BANNER: 'MTA2: BAPTIZED IN DIRTY WATER
OUTKAST: 'SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW'
14. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: 'TRANSATLANTICISM'
15. DIZZEE RASCAL: 'BOY IN DA CORNER'
16. EL GRAN SILENCIO: 'SUPERRIDDIM INTERNACIONAL VOL. 1'
17. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: 'WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS'
18. HOLLERTRONIX: 'NEVER SCARED'
19. JOHNNY CASH: 'UNEARTHED'
20. MARS VOLTA: 'DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM'
21. MIROSLAV VITOUS: 'UNIVERSAL SYNCOPATIONS'
22. MISSY ELLIOTT: 'THIS IS NOT A TEST!' (2)
23. OI VA VOI: 'LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS'
24. OTIS TAYLOR: 'TRUTH IS NOT FICTION'
25. OUTKAST: 'SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW'
26. R. KELLY: 'CHOCOLATE FACTORY' (3)
27. THE BAD PLUS: 'THESE ARE THE VISTAS'
28. THE POSTAL SERVICE: 'GIVE UP'
29. THE SLEEPY JACKSON: 'LOVERS'
30. THE THRILLS: 'SO MUCH FOR THE CITY'
31. WARREN ZEVON: 'THE WIND'
32. WAYNE SHORTER: 'ALEGRIA'
33. WHITE STRIPES: 'ELEPHANT'
34. YEAH YEAH YEAHS: 'FEVER TO TELL' (2)