2004: Freedom, From All Sides!!
While everyone else is doing their best of 2011, I'm going to break the mold. I will instead go back in time and do a list for the best of 2004. Just because I know until I can look back on 2011 in an unbiased way (and perhaps discover a good bit more music along the way), my list will be rather poor in quality. At any rate, 2004 was an interesting year for music. No matter what genre of music you liked, there was bound to be something to catch your interest, something to catch your ears, something that was bound to "free" you, as it were, from that problems that made up your everyday lives. Any and all subjects that could be covered, were. Essentially, it's a poptimist's wet-dream. Here's the list -- try not to finish before I do. |
40 | | Ozomatli Street Signs |
39 | | Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days |
38 | | Madvillain Madvillainy |
37 | | Jimmy Eat World Futures |
36 | | Wilco A Ghost is Born |
35 | | Dizzee Rascal Showtime |
34 | | Lloyd Banks The Hunger for More |
33 | | Rilo Kiley More Adventurous |
32 | | Regina Spektor Soviet Kitsch |
31 | | The Roots The Tipping Point |
30 | | Nelly Sweat
see also, Nelly - "Suit" |
29 | | Snow Patrol Final Straw |
28 | | Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 |
27 | | The Hives Tyrannosaurus Hives |
26 | | Gretchen Wilson Here for the Pary |
25 | | Nellie McKay Get Away From Me |
24 | | Mylo Destroy Rock And Roll |
23 | | N.E.R.D. Fly or Die |
22 | | TV on the Radio Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes |
21 | | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus |
20 | | Alicia Keys The Diary of Alicia Keys |
19 | | Big & Rich Horse of a Different Color |
18 | | Morrissey You Are the Quarry |
17 | | Usher Confessions |
16 | | The Libertines The Libertines |
15 | | The Killers Hot Fuss |
14 | | Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters |
13 | | Interpol Antics |
12 | | Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News |
11 | | U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb |
10 | | The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free |
9 | | Danger Mouse The Grey Album |
8 | | Gwen Stefani Love. Angel. Music. Baby. |
7 | | Bjork Medulla |
6 | | Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose |
5 | | Arcade Fire Funeral |
4 | | Brian Wilson SMiLE |
3 | | Green Day American Idiot |
2 | | Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand |
1 | | Kanye West The College Dropout |
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