Chris Collingwood must be a little tired and confused, what with all the
touring and the TV appearances and the interview-after-interviews that he's
been doing.



He must have forgotten that we've heard his "novelty record" concern before.
It's pretty much what he and Adam Schlesinger were saying when they refused
to let Atlantic Records release/promote that terrific cover of "Hit Me Baby,
One More Time" as a b-side to "Troubled Times," and ended up label-less
shortly thereafter.



Maybe he'll feel better when he sees that his records top two of my 2003

lists.



ALBUMS

1. Fountains of Wayne - "Welcome Interstate Managers"
2. Splitsville - "Incorporated"
3. Rooney - "Rooney"
4. The Dave Rave Group - "Everyday Magic"
5. The Thrills - "So Much for the City"
6. Robert Crenshaw - "Dog Dreams"
7. The Minus 5 - "Down with Wilco"
8. Kathleen Edwards - "Failer"
9. The Pillbugs - "The 3-Dimensional In-popcycle Dream"
10. Belle and Sebastian - "Dear Catstrophe Waitress"
11. Warren Zanes - "Memory Girls"
12. The Dandy Warhols - "Welcome to the Monkey House"
13. Rosanne Cash - "Rules of Travel"
14. Patty Larkin - "Red = Luck"
15. Pernice Brothers - "Yours, Mine and Ours"
16. Matthew Sweet - "Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu"
17. Neil Young - "Greendale"
18. Bitch and Animal - "Sour Juice and Rhyme"
19. The Jayhawks - "Rainy Day Music"
20. Owsley - "The Hard Way"


ARCHIVAL RELEASES

1. Neil Young - "On the Beach"
2. Led Zepelin - "How the West Was Won"
3. Rank and File - "The Slash Years"
4. Katrina and the Waves - "The Original Recordings: 1983-1984"
5. The Allman Brothers Band - "At Fillmore East" (Deluxe Edition)


SONGS (that aren't on any of the above-listed stuff)

1. Fountains of Wayne - "Trains and Boats and Planes"
2. The Bens - "Bruised"
3. Mandy Moore - "Can We Still Be Friends"
4. Ringo Starr - "Forever Without You"
5. The Thorns - "No Blue Sky"


Art Carey