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2004 __ Volume 5

The PLAY Lists >> The Best Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered CDs of 2003 — A Critical Consensus

Rufus Wainwright was the only GLBT artist to appear on the listing by The Advocate and to receive an Outmusic Award ("Outstanding New Recording—Male"). He was also the only one with critical recognition beyond the GLBT sources used to compile this Play List, appearing on the "best of 2003" rankings published by The Village Voice (16), Mojo (21), Rolling Stone (5), Paste (1), and Harp (10), so his No. 1 ranking here is well-deserved. Me'Shell NdegeOcello's Comfort Woman topped The Advocate's annual list.

	The Best GLBT CDs of 2003
First Purchase	Rufus Wainwright. Want One. (DreamWorks) [Source=TA, OM-2004 / Score=36.25] Me'Shell NdegeOcello. Comfort Woman. (Maverick) [Source=TA* / Score=25] Junior Senior. D-D-Don't Stop the Beat. (Atlantic) [Source=TA / Score=22.5]
Second Set	Pamela Means. Single Bullet Theory. (Wirl/Ladyslipper) [Source=TA, OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Jen Foster. Everybody's Girl. (RT/American Garage) [Source=TA, OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Jim Verraros. Unsaid and Understood. [Source=OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Girlyman. Remember Who I Am. (Clever Shark) [Source= OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Danielle Lo Presti and The Masses. 22 Mountains. (Say It Records) [Source=OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Transcendence Gospel Choir. Whosoever Believes. (TGC 1001) [Source=OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Metropolitan Klezmer. Surprising Finds. (Rhythm Media) [Source=OM-2004 / Score=16.25] Will Grega. Stereotronic. (Pop Front Music) [Source=OM-2003 / Score=16.25] Sharon Isbin. Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar. (Warner Classics) [Source=TA / Score=16] The Hidden Cameras. The Smell of Our Own. (Rough Trade) [Source=TA / Score=12] Various artists. Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton. (Sugar Hill) [Source=TA / Score=12] Flare. Hung. (Le Grand Magistery) [Source=TA / Score=12] Erase Errata. At Crystal Palace. (Troubleman Unlimited) [Source=TA / Score=12] Laura Love. Welcome to Pagan Place. (Koch) [Source=TA / Score=12]

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Quantifying Critical Consensus: Methodology >>

Just two sources were used there, so the data is a little skimpy. The Advocate's listing was ranked. The Outmusic Awards website makes no "record of the year" type designation, so all award winners were scored equally. Everything was weighted at 1.25 since only specialized, authoritative sources were used.

See Quantifying Critical Consensus for more detail.

Sources >>

[TA] — "Top 10 Music." The Advocate Issue 906 (January 20, 2004): p. 90.

[OM-2004] — "2004 Outmusic Awards" [ Online ] Available: http://www.outmusic.com/oma2004/index.html (Accessed 27 April 2004)

[OM-2003] — "2003 Outmusic Awards" [ Online ] Available: http://www.outmusic.com/oma2003/index.html (Accessed 27 April 2004)

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Rufus Wainwright was the only GLBT artist to appear on the listing by The Advocate and to receive an Outmusic Award ("Outstanding New Recording—Male"). He was also the only one with critical recognition beyond the GLBT sources used to compile this Play List, appearing on the "best of 2003" rankings published by The Village Voice (16), Mojo (21), Rolling Stone (5), Paste (1), and Harp (10), so his No. 1 ranking here is well-deserved. Me'Shell NdegeOcello's Comfort Woman topped *The Advocate*'s annual list.