not counting 'best of's

 

1. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

2. Jet - Get Born

3. Interpol - Antics

4. Keane - Hopes & Fears

5. Snow Patrol - Final Straw

1. U2 - HTDAAB

2. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

3. The Killers - Hot Fuss

4. Green Day - American Idiot

5. Keane - Hopes and Fears

A month later, here are my Top 10:

 

1. Brian Wilson - Smile - Quite literally one of the best albums ever recorded. The old guy finally finishes his true masterpiece. We can both die happy now.

2. Bjork - Medulla - Time and time again, Bjork proves herself to be one of the most creative songwriters and producers in the world. Who else could make an a capella album that gets classified as "electronic?"

3. Air - Talkie Walkie - Soooothing.

4. Liars - They Were Wrong So We Drowned - Beauty from chaos.

5. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans - Few people can make me tolerate songs about Jesus like Sufjan can.

6. Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse - Ten albums and these guys have barely lost a step.

7. Zero 7 - When it Falls - By far the sexiest album of 2004.

8. Cyann and Ben - Happy Like an Autumn Tree - Not an essential addition to the genre of psychedelic pop, but damn good nonetheless.

9. The Beta Band - Heroes to Zeroes - I, for one, will be sad to see these guys break up.

10. Fly Pan Am - N'Ecoutez Pas - Experimental in the truest sense of the word. Eleven instrumental tracks ranging from free form rhythm-less tones to concentrated rugged rock tunes, and more. Good stuff.

 

Also good:

Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

Fragile State - Voices From the Dust Bowl

Wilco - A Ghost is Born

The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy

Mum - Summer Make Good

Espers - Espers

7. Zero 7 - When it Falls - By far the sexiest album of 2004

 

ah i have Simple Things, but i never got the new one for some reaon :idea2:

 

yes U2 as well, nice :cool:

U2, snow patrol, keane, willy mason, eminem, avenged sevenfold, damien rice, green day, jay z+ linkin park, kasabian, kanye west, estelle, franz ferdinand, embrace, the killers, scissor sisters, lloyd banks, morrisey, nelly furtado, maroon 5, travis erm thats all i can think of at the mo

the list follows as :

xiu xiu - fabulous muscle

bright eyes - lua (thats right! a single is one of the best albums also)

morrissey- you are the quarry

elliott smith - from a basement on the hill

popul vuh - aguirre (well it did get remastered that year and got an additional track :rolleyes: )

 

these are the only good releases of last year. everything else otherwise sucked or should have been released in 1981

Incubus - A crow left of the murder

Kasabian - Kasabian

Snow Patrol - Final Straw

Lostprophets - Start Something

Hot Fuss - The Killers

Final Straw - Snow Patrol

Two Way Monologue - Sondre Lerche. Its a good one, and i think its underrated :idea2:

the list follows as :

xiu xiu - fabulous muscle

bright eyes - lua (thats right! a single is one of the best albums also)

morrissey- you are the quarry

elliott smith - from a basement on the hill

popul vuh - aguirre (well it did get remastered that year and got an additional track :rolleyes: )

 

these are the only good releases of last year. everything else otherwise sucked or should have been released in 1981

 

I'd add Morrissey and Xiu Xiu to that "should have been released in 1981" list. :smartass2:

 

But seriously... if that last sentence is what you actually think (which I really doubt it is), then the only conclusion I can come to is that you made no effort to actually hear anything in 2004. Either that or you had a much more extreme knee-jerk reaction to the Killers and their ilk than I did. :lol:

(1) Green Day - American Idiot

(2) U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

(3) Keane - Hope and Fears

 

is there actually a sound track to GTA:San Andreas?

defently absolution for Muse

Amon Amarth -- Fate of Norns

 

I'd also say Darkthrone -- Sardonic Wrath. But I'd be lying as I only bought one 2004 release this year.

Okay... I've bought and ... ähem... downloaded some albums from 2004 since my first post here... so it's time for an update...

These are my favourite 20 albums of the last year:

 

01 > Keane "Hopes and Fears"

02 > Eskobar "A Thousand Last Chances"

03 > U2 "How to dismantle an Atomic Bomb"

04 > Manic Street Preachers "Lifeblood"

05 > The Killers "Hot Fuss"

06 > The Streets "A Grant don't come for free"

07 > Juli "es ist Juli"

08 > Embrace "Out of Nothing"

09 > Outkast "Speakerboxx/ The Love below"

10 > Morrissey "You are the Quarry"

11 > Virginia Jetzt! "Anfänger"

12 > Kasabian "Kasabian"

13 > Interpol "Antics"

14 > Scissor Sisters "Scissor Sisters"

15 > Snow Patrol "Final Straw"

16 > Beatsteaks "SmackSmash"

17 > The Prodigy "Always outnumbered, never outgunned"

18 > Moneybrother "Blood Panic"

19 > Sportfreunde Stiller "Burli"

20 > Black Eyed Peas "Elephunk"

Two Way Monologue - Sondre Lerche. Its a good one' date=' and i think its underrated :idea2:[/quote']Missed the above... I have this album and it's only okay IMO. Just me.

my favourite singers or bands didn't released in 2004.

pity...... :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(