
Best of 2004
Best LPs of 2004
- The Libertines - The Libertines (Rough Trade)
- Interpol - Antics (Matador)
- Hope of the States - The Lost Riots (Sony)
- Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill (Domino)
- Auf Der Maur - Auf Der Maur (EMI)
- Morrissey - You Are the Quarry (Attack)
- PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (Island)
- Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
- Mum - Summer Make Good (Fat Cat)
- The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy (Universal)
- Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (Polydor)
- The Charlatans - Up At The Lake (MCA)
- The Streets - A Grand don't Come for Free (679)
- The Stills - Logic will break your heart (679)
- The Music - Welcome to the North (Virgin)
- Squarepusher - Ultravisitor (Warp)
- Junior Boys - Last Exit (Domino)
- Snow Patrol - Final Straw (Polydor)
- Etienne De Crecy - Super Discount 2 (Pias)
- Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (Mute)
- Phoenix - Alphabetical (Source)
- Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines (Parlophone)
- OOO - Upon Cycles (Planet Mu)
- Sebastien Tellier - Politics (EMI)
- Funkstörung - Disconnected (K7)
- Divine Comedy - Absent Friends (Parlophone)
- The Futureheads - The Futureheads (679)
- Bjork - Medulla (One Little Indian)
- The Killers - Hot Fuss (Lizard King)
- Mull Historical Society - This Is Hope (B Unique)
- Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum (Beggars Banquet)
- Jimmy Eat World - Futures (Interscope)
- Plastikman - Closer (Novamute)
- Ash - Meltdown (Infectious)
- Razorlight - Up All Night (Vertigo)
- Ian Brown - Solarized (Polydor)
- Air - Talkie Walkie (Source)
- Manic Street Preachers - Lifeblood (Sony Music UK)
- Mouse On Mars - Radical Connector (Sonig)
- Sparta - Porcelain (Dreamworks)
- Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse (Duophonic)
- Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart (Virgin America)
- Thavius Beck - Decomposition (Mush)
- Wilco - Baby monkey (Nonesuch)
- The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives (Polydor)
- !!! - Louden Up Now (Warp)
- Faithless - No Roots (Cheeky)
- Clouddead - Ten (Big Dada)
- U2 - How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Island)
- Badly Drawn Boy - One Plus One is One (Twisted Nerve)
Close but no cigar
- Hundred Reasons - Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge
- The Cure - The Cure
- Juana Molina - Segundo
- Lamb - Between Darkness and Wonder
- Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Care
- The Beta Band - Heroes To Zeroes
Most dissapointing LP's of the year
- REM - Around The Sun
- Keane - Hopes and Fears
- Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
- Orbital - Blue Album
- Zero 7 - When it Falls
- Tears for fears - Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
- Embrace - Out Of Nothing
- Biosphere - Autour de la Lune
- The Orb - Bicycles & Tricycles
- Bent - Ariels
Best Songs of 2004
- The Libertines - What Became Of The Likely Lads (The Libertines)
- Interpol - Take You On A Cruise (Antics)
- The Charlatans - Try Again Today (Up At The Lake)
- The Libertines - Cyclops (Can't Stand You Now B Side)
- Baby Shambles - Killamangiro (Single)
- Elliott Smith - Shooting Star (From A Basement On The Hill)
- Hope Of The States - 66 Sleepers To Summer (The Lost Riots)
- Morrissey - First of The Gang to Die (You are the Quarry)
- Junior Boys - Teach Me How To Fight (Last Exit)
- REM - Leaving New York (Around The Sun)
- Múm - Weeping Rock, Rock (Summer Make Good)
- The Stills - Changes Are No Good (Logic Will Break Your Heart)
- The Music - Bleed From Within (Welcome To The North)
- Squarepusher - Tetra-Sync (Ultravisitor)
- Auf Der Maur - Real A Lie (Auf Der Maur)
- Faithless - Mass Destruction (Single Version) (No Roots)
- Björk - Desired Constellation (Medulla)
- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
- Phoenix - Everything Is Everything (Alphabetical)
- The Polyphonic Spree - Hold Me Now (Together We're Heavy)
- Manic Street Preachers - Glasnost (Lifeblood)
- Kid 606 - Ecstasy Motherfucker (Kill Sound Before Sound Kills)
- Placebo - Protege Moi (Once More With Feeling)
- The Streets - Blinded By The Lights (A Grand Don't Come For Free)
- The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love (The Futureheads)
Other Years
Useless Info
- 21 Best LP's are British
- 14 are American
- 4 French
- 3 Canadian
- 2 Icelandic
- 2 Irish
- 2 German
- 1 Australian
- 1 Swedish