albums 2003




Cliff's latest album, Something's Goin' On, entered the charts this year with a record number of votes, dominating this year's chart as no album has before. The previous record holder was Real As I Wanna Be, which scored 390 in 2002, and while a rising number of votes has naturally led to higher vote totals, Something's Goin' On's 18.5% of all votes in the top twenty is also the highest since the poll's inception. This album's expanded European release, For Life, also entered the charts at #16, as did the current compilation album The Platinum Collection at #11.
With the rise of SGO came the fall of last year's #1 album, Wanted, to #6. While Real As I Wanna Be held on to #2, it fell relative to perennial 3rd to 5th placed albums I'm Nearly Famous, Always Guaranteed and Stronger. Also falling significantly this year were The Album an impressive nine places to #15, 31st of February Street five places to #12, Rock'n'Roll Juvenile four places to #12.
Perhaps reflecting the timing of this poll, the greatest gainer of this year was Cliff At Christmas, which climbed six places to #7. Re-entering the charts was the 2000 compilation The Whole Story at #19. 
The charts were dominated this year by albums from the 1980s, which made up eight of the twenty-one albums in the list, followed by the 2000s with five albums.
Leaving the charts this year were Every Face Tells A Story, Small Corners and The World Tour.

# LY Title Points Year
1. NE Something's Goin' On 451 2004
2. #2 Real As I Wanna Be 188 1998
3. #3 I'm Nearly Famous 182 1976
4. #4 Always Guaranteed 181 1987
5. #5 Stronger 167 1989
6. #1 Wanted 148 2001
7. #13 Cliff At Christmas 138 2003
8. #8 Wired For Sound 110 1981
9. #11 From A Distance: The Event 95 1990
10. #10 Silver 86 1983
11. NE The Platinum Collection 85 2005
*12. #7 31st of February St 78 1974
*12. #15 I'm No Hero 78 1980
13. #9 Rock'n'Roll Juvenile 73 1979
14. #12 Green Light 63 1978
15. #6 The Album 61 1993
16. NE For Life 58 2005
17. #14 Now You See Me, Now You Don't 57 1982
18. #17 Dressed For The Occasion 47 1983
19. RE The Whole Story 46 2000
20. #18 Private Collection 45 1988
NE=New Entry
RE=Re-Entry
*=Tie

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