| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 | Herman Dune | Metal Mushrooms | Shrimper |
| 2 | Various Artists | Ragazza Pop | S.H.A.D.O. |
| 3 | Young People | The Single | Hand Held Heart |
| 4 | The Rip Off Artist | In Through The Out Door | Tigerbeat 6 |
| 5 | John Thill | The E'Tudes | Nightpass |
| 6 | Nobukazu Takemura | Songbook | Bubble Core |
| 7 | Sweet Trip | Design: Velocity: Comfort | Darla |
| 8 | Ex Models | Zoo Psychology | French Kiss |
| 9 | Watchers | To The Rooftops | Gern Blandsten |
| 10 | Die Monitr Batss | Youth Controllers | Dim Mak |
| 11 | Curse of The Golden Vampire | Mass Destruction | Ipecac |
| 12 | The Abstractions | Ars Vivende | Edgetone/Pax |
| 13 | The Suntanama | Another | Drag City |
| 14 | Sufjan Stevens | Michigan | |
| 15 | Various Artists | Open Up And Say @<%_I[!] | Tigerbeat 6 |
| 16 | Blanketship | Threeps | Stiff Eels |
| 17 | Bonobo | Dial 'M' for Monkey | Ninja Tune |
| 18 | Miracle Chosuke | The 7/8 Wonders of The World | Dim Mak |
| 19 | Monobox | Molecule | Logistic |
| 20 | Sentridoh | Wasted Pieces | Shrimper |
| 21 | Hint | Portakabin Fever | Ninja Tune |
| 22 | The Stolen Stars | An Anaphorian Dance Drama | Anaphoria |
| 23 | Cheer Up Poems | Nothing Imperial | Cheer Up Poems |
| 24 | Why? | Oaklandazulasylum | Anticon |
| 25 | HiM | Many In High Places Are Not Well | Bubble Core |
| 26 | A Frames | A Frames | S-S/Dragnet |
| 27 | Godstomper | Hell's Grim Tyrant | Enterruption |
| 28 | Vylear | The Great Rubber Audio | G25 |
| 29 | The Hospitals | The Hospitals | In The Red |
| 30 | Apes | Oddeyesee | French Kiss |
| 31 | Sin Ropas | Trickboxes On The Pony Line | Sad Robot |
| 32 | TV On The Radio | Young Liars | Touch & Go |
| 33 | Fatal Flying Guillotines | Get Knifed | Estrus |
| 34 | Unicorn/Man Is The Bastard Noise | Unicorn/Man Is The Bastard Noise | Thumbprint Press |
| 35 | Various Artists | Little Darla Has A Treat for You v.20 Summer 2003 | Darla |