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January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years.
January 13 - The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, is arrested by Scotland Yard on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute such images, after pornographic images are found on his home computer.
January 15 - 2003 CDNOW Readers' Poll for all albums and new talent of 2002.
February 3 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector is arrested for investigation of homicide after the body of actress Lana Clarkson is found at his home in Alhambra, California. Police responded to the 911 phone call from one of Spector's neighbors and discovered Clarkson's body who was suffering from a gun shot wound. Clarkson pronounced dead at the scene.
February 20 - The Station nightclub fire: Fire engulfs a Rhode Island nightclub during a fireworks display which was part of the performance by rock band Great White. The fire quickly spreads across the ceiling, filling the building with thick, black smoke, killing 100 people and injuring 160 others as audience members rush for the exits. Many people were missing for some time, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley, who was later confirmed to be dead.
February 23 - New York City is the site of The 45th Annual Grammy Awards, featuring Nickelback, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Britney Spears, and other performers.
February 27 - Othar Turner, one of the last remaining and most well-known African-American fife-and-drum musicians, dies at the age of 93 in Gravel Springs, Mississippi. Fife-and-drum bands were a significant influence of early blues.
March 10 - Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to undergo treatment for pneumonia.
March 24 - Meteora by Linkin Park was released and debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.
March 24 - Ex-Neighbours star, Delta Goodrem releases debut album Innocent Eyes which became a monster smash hit of 2003 and included the releases of hits Born To Try & Lost Without You.
April 1 - Dozens of fans walk out during a Pearl Jam concert when lead singer Eddie Vedder made anti-war comments and insulting remarks about U.S. President George W. Bush. Other audience members booed and shouted at Vedder telling him to "shut up." Vedder attempted to calm the crowd by adding "just to clarify... we support the troops."
April 8 - Godsmack releases their third studio album Faceless
April 21 - S Club announce live on stage at London's Docklands Arena that they've decided to split up after five years together. Their final single, Say Goodbye, enters the chart at #2 a month after the announcement. Rachel Stevens from the group launched her successful solo career shortly afterwards with the song Sweet Dreams My LA Ex.
May 12 - Keane releases their third single, Everybody's Changing by the label Fierce Panda
June - David Del Tredici's Wondrous the Merge for string quartet and narrator, based on a homoerotic poem by James Broughton, makes its controversial debut at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
June 4 - Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera kicked off their summer Justified & Stripped tour.
June 14 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 11th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with AFI, The Ataris, Blur, Chevelle, Deftones, Finch, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Good Charlotte, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, Less Than Jake, Liam Lynch, Staind, Sum 41, Thrice, The Transplants, The Used, The White Stripes, and Pete Yorn.
Alice Cooper begins production of his 26th album. It is a departure from the heavy metal sound of previous albums and is more influenced by his albums of the '70s.
June 22nd - Nick Oshiro replaces Ken Jay after 30 Auditions in Static-X.
June 27 - June 29 - Glastonbury Festival, UK, headline acts included David Gray, R.E.M., Primal Scream, Morcheeba, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Super Furry Animals, Lamb, Macy Gray, Feeder, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, and Doves. The weather is mostly dry and the festival deemed a success from both a security and entertainment viewpoint by Michael Eavis.
July - A-Teens and many others perform at the Stockholm Pride
July 2 - Delta Goodrem is diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.
July 30 - The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, The Guess Who, and others headline a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS. With 450 000 spectators, it is the largest concert in Canadian history.
August 28 - Madonna sparks media controversy by kissing popstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. The situation even ignited a quick war of words between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera over the kiss.
September 22nd - Max Cavalera & Gloria Cavalera fire Marcello D. Rapp causing Roy Mayorga & Mike Doling to protest against this and leave the band Soulfly. This causes a whole new Lineup Change.
September 23 - Limp Bizkit release Results May Vary their first album in 3 years and their 4th album overall.
October 4 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's The Rising Tour concludes after 120 shows over 14 months, with record-setting sales in U.S. stadiums during the summer and early autumn.
October 16 - Simon and Garfunkel begin their "Old Friends" U.S. reunion tour, twenty years after their 1983 world tour.
October 21 - Delta Goodrem wins 7 ARIA Awards and defeats Amiel's Lovesong for and a Gold ARIA for Single Of The Year, Born to Try. ARIAs host Rove McManus announced that John Farnham will raise the very loud speakers to 1985/86's You're The Voice after being inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame.
October 30 - Steve O'Rourke, the manager for Pink Floyd passes away from a Stroke at age 63. In tribute, the legal incarnation of the band reunited to perform at his funeral.
November 5 - Evanescence lead guitarist and founding member Ben Moody leaves the band on their first world tour.
November 7 - Steve Kmak aka "Fuzz" is fired from Disturbed because Disturbed wasn't totally clicking — personally or musically with him as well as his reported Dave's bad personality, wanting Steve out causing Fricition.
November 11 - Dream Theater releases their seventh studio album titled Train of Thought, widely regarded as their heaviest album to date.
November 14th - Although Byron Stroud had been with Fear Factory for a month before hand, it wasn't until this date that he became an official member.
November 18 - Britney Spears releases In The Zone, she breaks her own record from being the first female artist to have 3 albums in #1 to being the first female artist to have 4 albums in #1 consecutively.
November 18 - Blink-182 releases 7th, and final self-titled album
November 19 - On Australian Idol, hosts Andrew G and James Mathison announced the winner and went to Guy Sebastian. He won the prize to BMG Australia and won a studio album, Just As I Am. Sebastian is beaten by Shannon Noll to make it the Monster Winner. He also won the prize single titled Angels Brought Me Here released in December 2003 as an end of decade Christmas present.
November 22 - The band, Five Iron Frenzy, plays its last show at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver.
November 30 - Michael Jackson is arrested on charges of child molestation
December 6 - P-Funk founder George Clinton is arrested and charged with drug possession in Tallahassee, Florida.
December 13/14 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 14th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas show with AFI, Blink-182, Brand New, Chevelle, The Distillers, Jane's Addiction, Jet, KoЯn, Linkin Park, The Offspring, P.O.D., Pennywise, Puddle of Mudd, Rancid, Staind, 311, Thrice and Trapt.
December 30/31 - The New Year's Eve Falls Festival in Australia, traditionally held in Lorne, Victoria, holds events in both Lorne and Marion Bay, Tasmania at the same time. The same artists perform at both events, alternating between the two venues each night.
Skinny Puppy reunites
Joel Madden of Good Charlotte records their song, "S.O.S." naked.
Lemon Demon releases "Clown Circus", his first album, and "Live from the Haunted Candle Shop", his second album, on MP3.com.
Ken Jay leaves Static-X because of Musical/Political Differeneces.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

Contents:	Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
7	Inertia	The Exies	-
13	Epica	Kamelot	-
13	Up All Night	The Waifs	-
14	Pain to Kill	Terri Clark	-
14	What You Want Is Now	House of Heroes	-
19	Summer 2003	Anthrax	EP
21	Such Great Heights	The Postal Service	EP
	The Lost & Found	Rasputina	EP
	Live in Japan 2002	Simple Plan	Live
	Music in High Places	Unwritten Law	Live
	Simple Things Remixes	Zero 7	Remix
28	New Arrival	A*Teens	-
	Master and Everyone	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	-
	Other People's Songs	Erasure	Covers album
	This Is It: The Best of Faith No More	Faith No More	Greatest Hits
	Playin' Around	Play	-
31	The Dreamer	Blake Shelton	-

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Disco 3	Pet Shop Boys	Compilation
4	Canterbury Fayre 2001	Hawkwind	Live
	Wormwood	moe.	-
	Chasing Daylight	Sister Hazel	-
	Keith Sweat Live	Keith Sweat	Live
	Halloween	Frank Zappa	Live
6	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	50 Cent	-
8	Calendar Days	The Rocket Summer	-
10	Another Late Night: Kid Loco	Kid Loco	Compilation
10	100th Window	Massive Attack	-
11	Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	-
	How to Start a Fire	Further Seems Forever	-
	Do It For Love	Hall & Oates	-
	Any Given Thursday	John Mayer	Live
	The Essential Ozzy Osbourne	Ozzy Osbourne	Compilation
	Strapping Young Lad	Strapping Young Lad	-
	The Essential Ozzy Osbourne	Ozzy Osbourne	Greatest Hits
	Ethnicity	Yanni	-
17	I Don't Want You Back	Eamon	-
17	Animositisomina	Ministry	-
18	Feast of Wire	Calexico	-
	Give Up	The Postal Service	-
	Chocolate Factory	R. Kelly	-
	Cyclorama	Styx	-
	Deep Water Slang V2.0	Zion I	-
19	The Black Mages	The Black Mages	-
19	All Else Failed	Zao	Re-issue
23	The Austin Sessions	Edwin McCain	-
24	Everything's Eventual	Appleton	-
24	Blood Duster	Blood Duster	-
25	The Art of Losing	American Hi-Fi	US
	Nocturama	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
	Valley of the Damned	DragonForce	-
	1st Round Draft Picks	Magno & Mike Jones	-
	The Music	The Music	US
	Nate Dogg	Nate Dogg	-
	Thalía's Hits Remixed	Thalía	Remix
	The Beautiful Letdown	Switchfoot	-
28	Chocolate Factory	R. Kelly	-

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Astronomy	Bleach	-
4	So Long, Astoria	The Ataris	-
	Fallen	Evanescence	US
	Street Dreams	Fabolous	-
	Avalanche	Matthew Good	-
	The Power to Believe	King Crimson	-
	Joyride	Oleander	-
	The Best of Run DMC	Run-D.M.C.	Greatest Hits
	Revolusongs	Sepultura	EP
	Magnolia Electric Co.	Songs: Ohia	-
6	too	Fantastic Plastic Machine	-
10	Reason	Melanie C	-
11	Sounds of St. Lucia: Live	Acoustic Alchemy	Live
	Sing the Sorrow	AFI	-
	Friends for Life	Buju Banton	-
	Level II	BLACKstreet	-
	The Essential Clash	The Clash	US; Compilation
	Evolve	Ani DiFranco	-
	Slow Motion Daydream	Everclear	-
	Recreation Day	Evergrey	-
	Everything Will Never Be OK	Fiction Plane	-
	Diamonds on the Inside	Ben Harper	-
	Monster	Killer Mike	-
	Hellalive	Machine Head	Live
	Just One More	Mad Caddies	-
	26 Songs	The Melvins	-
	I Love It	Craig Morgan	-
	Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do	Relient K	-
	Becoming i	Unloco	-
17	Back in the World	Paul McCartney	Live
	Hellraiser: Best of the Epic Years	Motörhead	Compilation
	Atticus: ...dragging the lake, Vol. 2	Various Artists	Compilation
18	Kill or Be Killed	Biohazard	-
	Live in Brazil	Concrete Blonde	Live
	Blackout	Hed PE	-
	Stash Box	Kottonmouth Kings	EP
	Pig Lib	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	-
	Moldy Peaches 2000: Unreleased Cutz and Live Jamz 1994-2002	The Moldy Peaches	Compilation
	Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology	Rainbow	Compilation
	Supper	Smog	-
19	Dix infernal	Moi dix Mois	-
23	Innocent Eyes	Delta Goodrem	-
24	26 Mixes for Cash	Aphex Twin	Remix
	U-Turn	Brian McKnight	-
	Ringo Rama	Ringo Starr	-
	The Pop Hits	Roxette	Greatest Hits
25	Mes courants électriques	Alizée	-
	Double Live Annihilation	Annihilator	Live
	One Heart	Celine Dion	-
	Top of the World Tour: Live	Dixie Chicks	Live
	Scattered Ashes: A Decade of Emperial Wrath	Emperor	Compilation
	The Trouble with Being Myself	Macy Gray	-
	Let 'Em Burn	Hot Boys	-
	Meteora	Linkin Park	-
	Regaining Unconsciousness	NOFX	EP
	Balls & My Word	Scarface	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
27	Likferd	Windir	-
31	The Very Best of the Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground	Compilation

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Weather Systems	Andrew Bird	-
	The Essential Electric Light Orchestra	Electric Light Orchestra	Compilation
	Danse Macabre Remixes	The Faint	Remix
	Keep on Your Mean Side	The Kills	-
	Sleeping with Ghosts	Placebo	-
	The Essential Stabbing Westward	Stabbing Westward	Compilation
	Elephant	The White Stripes	-
	Chris Cagle	Chris Cagle	-
2	Transatlantic Demos	Neal Morse	-
7	Vehicles and Animals	Athlete	-
7	The Very Best of Lighthouse Family	Lighthouse Family	Greatest Hits
8	Thickfreakness	The Black Keys	-
	Soul Food Taqueria	Tommy Guerrero	-
	Eiffel 65	Eiffel 65	-
	Hatefiles	Fear Factory	Compilation
	The Senior	Ginuwine	-
	Faceless	Godsmack	-
	The Blueprint 2.1	Jay-Z	-
	Blaze	Lagwagon	-
	West for Wishing	Matchbook Romance	EP
	Adoration: The Worship Album	Newsboys	-
	To Whom It May Concern	Lisa Marie Presley	-
	26 Miles	Sean Watkins	-
14	Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (U.K. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
14	Love Metal	HIM	-
15	Ball	Widespread Panic	-
	Say You Will	Fleetwood Mac	-
	Thankful	Kelly Clarkson	-
	Ball	Widespread Panic	-
	Have You Forgotten?	Darryl Worley	-
	Now	Jessica Andrews	-
	Day I Forgot	Pete Yorn	-
	Mescalero	ZZ Top	-
18	LeathaFace: The Legends Underground (Part I)	Krayzie Bone	-
22	Atomic Kitten	Atomic Kitten	-
	The Blessed Hellride	Black Label Society	-
	The Essential Byrds	The Byrds	Compilation
	39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)	Caesars	Compilation
	Into the Valley of Death	Death by Stereo	-
	Everybody Loves You	Kaki King	-
	Kristyles	KRS-One	-
	American Life	Madonna	-
	Damnation	Opeth	-
	Serart	Serart	-
	White1	Sunn O)))	-
	Kimi Ga Suki	Matthew Sweet	-
23	More Like the Moon	Wilco	EP
24	Exclusive	U2	EP; iTunes
28	Black Cherry	Goldfrapp	-
	The Trouble with Being Myself	Macy Gray	UK
	The World According to RZA	RZA	-
29	He's Keith Murray	Keith Murray	-
	Fever to Tell	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	-
	The Matrix Reloaded: The Album	Various Artists	Soundtrack

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Think Tank	Blur	-
	Welcome to the Monkey House	The Dandy Warhols	-
	Rounds	Four Tet	UK
	Mind Revolution	Skyfire	-
	High Anxiety	Therapy?	-
6	Blueprints for the Black Market	Anberlin	-
	We've Come for You All	Anthrax	-
	DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up	Daz Dillinger	-
	Committed to a Bright Future	Dog Fashion Disco	-
	Take This to Your Grave	Fall Out Boy	-
	Dirty Sweet	Jet	EP
	On and On	Jack Johnson	-
	As the Palaces Burn	Lamb of God	-
	Electric Version	The New Pornographers	-
	The War on Errorism	NOFX	-
	Figure Number Five	Soilwork	-
	Scandinavian Leather	Turbonegro	US
	Send	Wire	-
	Jalopy Go Far	Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer	-
7	Body Kiss	The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs	-
12	Singles Box Set 1981-1985	Duran Duran	Box Set
12	Late Night Tales: Nightmares on Wax	Nightmares on Wax	Compilation
13	Good Mourning	Alkaline Trio	-
	The Impossibility of Reason	Chimaira	-
	Year of the Spider	Cold	-
	On and On	Jack Johnson	-
	The Golden Age of Grotesque	Marilyn Manson	-
	Out of the Vein	Third Eye Blind	LP & DVD
19	Something Dangerous	Natacha Atlas	-
19	Vulnerable	Tricky	-
20	Harem	Sarah Brightman	-
	Deftones	Deftones	-
	Über Alles	Hanzel Und Gretyl	-
	Black Like Sunday	King's X	-
	Anthem	Less Than Jake	-
	Birds of Pray	Live	-
	Vicious Cycle	Lynyrd Skynyrd	-
	Transform	Powerman 5000	-
	Places for Breathing	Revis	-
	Cyborgs Revisited	Simply Saucer	Re-issue
	Born to Be Free	Sonique	-
	14 Shades of Grey	Staind	-
	Poodle Hat	"Weird Al" Yankovic	-
24	Lucky Bastards	Peter Pan Speedrock	-
26	Friend Or Foe?	blackmail	-
	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	DVD
	Where Have You Been Tonight? Live	Shed Seven	Live
27	How the West Was Won	Led Zeppelin	Live
	Falling Uphill	Lillix	-
	The No Fun EP	Local H	EP
	In Between Now and Then	O.A.R.	-
	Rooney	Rooney	-
	Tubular Bells 2003	Mike Oldfield	-
	Roorback	Sepultura	-
	Winterheart's Guild	Sonata Arctica	-

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation	Darkest Hour	-
	Paper Monsters	Dave Gahan	Europe
	Best - The Greatest Hits	S Club 7	-
3	Dream to Make Believe	Armor for Sleep	-
	Moe Life	Big Moe	-
	Shootenanny!	Eels	-
	Paper Monsters	Dave Gahan	North America
	0304	Jewel	-
	Trouble No More	John Mellencamp	-
	Mighty	The Planet Smashers	-
	Home	Simply Red	-
	In the Pursuit of Leisure	Sugar Ray	-
	From There to Here: Greatest Hits	Lonestar	Greatest Hits
	My Private Nation	Train	-
	Explode	The Unseen	-
	2003 Warped Tour Compilation	Various Artists	Compilation
	Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA	Various Artists	Compilation
5	Windwardtidesandwaywardsails	Down by Law	-
5	London Still	The Waifs	EP
6	St. Anger	Metallica	-
6	Greatest Hits	LeAnn Rimes	Greatest Hits
9	Hail to the Thief	Radiohead	-
10	Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys	The Beach Boys	Compilation
	Joe Budden	Joe Budden	-
	Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground	Digital Underground	Compilation
	Bare	Annie Lennox	-
	Blackout	Dropkick Murphys	-
	Welcome Interstate Managers	Fountains of Wayne	-
	Keep it Together	Guster	-
	The Movement	Inspectah Deck	-
	Ultimate Kenny G	Kenny G	Greatest Hits
	Mest	Mest	-
	The Movement	Mo Thugs	-
	Replay	Play	-
	Everything Must Go	Steely Dan	-
Dance with My Father	Luther Vandross	-
11	Everything Must Go	Steely Dan	-
13	Finger Eleven	Finger Eleven	-
13	First Demo Tape	Minor Threat	EP
16	The Vertigo of Bliss	Biffy Clyro	-
17	Stupidity	Bad Manners	-
	Ghost of a Rose	Blackmore's Night	-
	AttenCHUN!	Bone Crusher	-
	Deja Entendu	Brand New	-
	Finger Eleven	Finger Eleven	-
	A Blessing in Disguise	Green Carnation	-
	Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People	Hella	EP
	Happy Songs for Happy People	Mogwai	-
	After the Storm	Monica	-
	MCMLXXXV	Rufio	-
	Rememberese	The Stills	EP
	A Match and Some Gasoline	The Suicide Machines	-
	Waiting for the Moon	Tindersticks	-
18	Venus and Other Hits	Bananarama	Compilation
23	Live Kreation	Kreator	Live
24	Radio Contact	Acoustic Alchemy	-
	Elephunk	Black Eyed Peas	-
	Hotel Paper	Michelle Branch	-
	Southwest	Daz Dillinger	-
	Aesthetic	From First to Last	EP
	The Ownerz	Gang Starr	-
	Keep It Together	Guster	-
	A Flame to the Ground Beneath	Lost Horizon	-
	Almost Famous	Lumidee	-
	Re:Mix Momentum	tobyMac	-
	De-Loused in the Comatorium	The Mars Volta	-
	I Am the Movie	Motion City Soundtrack	-
	Liz Phair	Liz Phair	-
	Da Unbreakables	Three 6 Mafia	-
	Between the Never and the Now	Vendetta Red	-
25	Dangerously in Love	Beyoncé	-
30	Parts of the Process (The Very Best of Morcheeba)	Morcheeba	Greatest Hits

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Frail Words Collapse	As I Lay Dying	-
	Chapter II	Ashanti	-
	History for Sale	Blue October	-
	Worm Infested	Cannibal Corpse	EP
	Take a Break	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes	-
	Live	Our Lady Peace	Live
4	Vulture Street	Powderfinger	Australia
7	Permission to Land	The Darkness	-
	North Atlantic Drift	Ocean Colour Scene	-
	Officially Dead	Veruca Salt	EP
8	Scooby Snacks: The Collection	Fun Lovin' Criminals	Compilation
	Black August	Killah Priest	-
	Maybe Memories	The Used	Compilation
	Noise for Music's Sake	Napalm Death	Compilation
	Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1	Trace Adkins	Greatest Hits
	The District Sleeps Alone Tonight	The Postal Service	EP
	Far from Nowhere	Slick Shoes	-
	Thalía	Thalía	-
	Young Liars	TV on the Radio	EP
	Yes Remixes	Yes	Remix
14	Season for Assault	8 Foot Sativa	New Zealand
	Converting Vegetarians	Infected Mushroom	-
	Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)	Manic Street Preachers	Compilation
	Late Night Tales: Sly & Robbie	Sly & Robbie	Compilation
15	Greatest Hits Live 2003	April Wine	Live
	Red Dirt Road	Brooks & Dunn	-
	Jackpot	Chingy	-
	A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar	Dashboard Confessional	-
	Making the Grade	Diffuser	-
	The Trouble with Being Myself	Macy Gray	US
	Wave on Wave	Pat Green	-
	Comin' from Where I'm From	Anthony Hamilton	US
21	Feeler	Pete Murray	-
21	Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (U.K. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
22	Evolver	311	-
	Dude Descending a Staircase	Apollo 440	-
	Rip the Jacker	Canibus	-
	Man in the Air	Kurt Elling	-
	It's All in Your Head	Eve 6	-
	Speed Graphic	Ben Folds	EP
	Friends of Mine	Adam Green	US
	Strays	Jane's Addiction	-
	Moodring	Mya	US
	N.E.W.S	Prince	-
	Mud on the Tires	Brad Paisley	-
	Tribe	Queensrÿche	-
	Three Days Grace	Three Days Grace	-
	The Artist in the Ambulance	Thrice	-
	Ocean Avenue	Yellowcard	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
28	Magic and Medicine	The Coral	-
	Blue Street (Five Guitars)	Chris Rea	-
	The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection	Yes	UK; Box Set
29	Carpenters Perform Carpenter	Carpenters	Compilation
	Enemies of Reality	Nevermore	-
	Sink or Swim	Over My Dead Body	-
	War at the Warfield	Slayer	DVD

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Vinyl Countdown	Relient K	EP
4	Final Straw	Snow Patrol	UK
5	Jeff	Jeff Beck	-
	Truth Be Told	Blues Traveler	-
	Emotional Technology	BT	-
	Frozen Embers	The Crüxshadows	EP
	Best of Ballads & Blues	Poison	Compilation
	Thickskin	Skid Row	-
	Get the Picture?	Smash Mouth	-
	Quebec	Ween	-
8	Revolutions Per Minute	Rise Against	-
12	Go	Pat Benatar	-
	5 Alive!	Carbon Leaf	Live
	Legacy: the Absolute Best	The Doors	Compilation
	Total Bugs Bunny On Wild Bass	Hella	EP
	Classic Hits Live	Kottonmouth Kings	Live
	Greatest Hits Volume II	Alan Jackson	Greatest Hits
	Triggernometry	Onyx	-
	Dungeons & Dragons	Midnight Syndicate	Official soundtrack to the role-playing game
18	Live Box	Björk	Box Set
18	Cast of Thousands	Elbow	UK
19	Unstable	Adema	-
	TruANT	Alien Ant Farm	-
	Rupi's Dance	Ian Anderson	-
	Dierks Bentley	Dierks Bentley	-
	Unleashed	Bow Wow	-
	Giving the Devil His Due	Coal Chamber	Compilation
	Restless	Sara Evans	-
	Simple Things	Amy Grant	-
	Youth and Young Manhood	Kings of Leon	-
	Indestructible	Rancid	-
	In This Skin	Jessica Simpson	-
	Action Pact	Sloan	-
	Trap Muzik	T.I.	-
	Greendale	Neil Young	-
	The Neptunes Present... Clones	Various Artists	-
25	Take Them On, On Your Own	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	UK
25	Chain Gang of Love	The Raveonettes	-
26	Anthems of Rebellion	Arch Enemy	US
	Waking the Fallen	Avenged Sevenfold	-
	Hit & Run	Big Sugar	Greatest Hits
	Love & Life	Mary J. Blige	-
	Anchors Aweigh	The Bouncing Souls	-
	Metamorphosis	Hilary Duff	-
	The Wind	Warren Zevon	-
	Burning Down the Opera	Edguy	Live
	Visions of Gandhi	Jedi Mind Tricks	-
	Love, Hell or Right	Mathematics	-
	What Do I Have to Do?	Stabbing Westward	Compilation
Everything Goes Numb	Streetlight Manifesto	-

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	I Get Along EP	The Libertines	EP
1	Anthology	Ocean Colour Scene	Compilation
2	Take Them On, On Your Own	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	US
	Vintage	Michael Bolton	-
	Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?	Metric	-
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