With Damon Albarn branching out and co-creating Gorillaz, and guitarist Graham Coxon leaving the band, it certainly seemed possible that Blur's best work was well behind them. Think Tank proved with flying, sonic colors that this clearly wasn't the case. I believe that the diverse Think Tank is the best record of the band's career and while my top 25 is populated with some truly outstanding artists, this is without a doubt my favorite CD of 2003. With the catchy opening number "Ambulance," the zany "Crazy Beat," the short but sweet ode to punk "We've Got a File on You," and my favorite track, the smooth "On the Way to the Club," Blur proved that they still have great albums to make. And if Think Tank weren't grand enough, the band proved they can still capture an audience live. Of the seventy plus bands that played at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival last April, Blur was easily one of the top three best acts to strut their stuff. Think Tank is a must!

1 - Blur - Think Tank
2 - Outkast - Speakerboxx/Love Below
3 - Elvis Costello - North
4 - Elefant - Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
5 - Rufus Wainwright - Want One
6 - Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
7 - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
8 - Strokes - Room on Fire
9 - Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There To Come Back
10 - David Bowie - Reality
11- Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
12 - Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside
13 - Supergrass - Life on other PlanetsThe
14 -The Mavericks - The Mavericks
15 - Howie Day - Stop All The World Now
17 - Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot
18 - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
19 - Postal Service - Give Up
20 - South - With the Tides
21 - Sting - Sacred Love
22 - Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
23 - The Thrills - So Much for the City
24 - Cursive - Ugly Organ
25 - My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves