I have quite a few to choose from this year... but, based on some fellow boardies recommendations.. I purchased these cds and found myself pleasantly surprised to have enjoyed them very much. The first of these...

 

Keane- Hopes and Fears

 

At first I found myself saying.. "bah.. I cant get into this record"... but I slowly grew into it.. I started listening to it everynight before I went to bed.. and BAM! I fell in love.. it also happens to be the my best album pick for 2004. :cool: (thanks Esther! :kiss:)

 

The second one...

 

Snow Patrol- Final Straw

 

I heard it like 2x before really sinking my teeth into this one. Then again.. a fellow boardie told me.. "give it a few listens.. it'll come to you" and low and behold... he was right! :) "Gleaming Auction" is one of my favorite tracks and of course "Run"... the entire album really.. its a great record. :)

 

So there you have it.. those are just two of my most surprising albums of 2004.. what are some of yours?? :cool:

My vote: Snow Patrol / Final Straw

Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

Wow, Keane and Snow Patrol had me surprised too, I thought they were terrible albums.

 

 

My surprise was Gwen's L.A.M.B album.... I am still getting used to how weird it is.

i think Franz Ferdinands album was a suprise, i really didn't think it was gonna turn out good, and i was scared when i bought it that i was gonna hate it

 

tand snow patrol, well when i first heard them i thought they'd have most of there songs like run, but then i heard the more upbreat songs (spitting games) and now im addicted :D

Killers - hot Fuss, didnt know much about them, then saw them on TV at Glastonbury...and now i got the album and it rawks

FF & Interpol!

 

 

:cool:

Keane, Killers, Razorlight, Thirteen Senses... :cool:

But how do these 'surprise' you??

i didn't even know the kings were making a cd :cool:

KEANE "Hopes and Fears" .. I though this one could be very good but I never ever thought that it would be THAT great.

 

ESKOBAR "A thousand last Chances" ... great Scandinavian Pop

 

U2 "How to dismantle an atomic bomb" ... also over my expectectations. I didn't think that they would be that good again :D

Snow Patrol- Final Straw

 

I heard it like 2x before really sinking my teeth into this one. Then again.. a fellow boardie told me.. "give it a few listens.. it'll come to you" and low and behold... he was right! "Gleaming Auction" is one of my favorite tracks and of course "Run"... the entire album really.. its a great record.

 

:D

 

yeah i thought keane were shite then i heard the album and it's quite good

:smug:

But how do these 'surprise' you??

 

 

 

thank you!

 

share the stories kids... com'on! :cool:

U2 - How to dismantle an atomic bomb. I thought it was going to be like Pop (eeeeeew)... It´s good to hear their revival to old stuff :D

Keane' date=' Killers, Razorlight, Thirteen Senses... :cool:[/quote']

 

 

you clearly got taste...;)

Beverly Knight~affirmation

Green Day - American Idiot

 

bombs every rock album released this year, out of the water.

 

U2 is still good tho! The album is worth the four year wait

The Killers' album - it was a big surprise, there isn't a bad song on the whole album.

It's very non-skippable :D

:cool:

Snow Patrol - Final Straw

Such a great album! i'm glad I know them now :)

 

The Frames - Burn The Maps

Album of this year :P ...my opinion :P

Pure music, charismatic singer, sexy bassist.... :cool: :lol:

Try "Finally" and you'll see.....

My surprise of the year is Sufjan Stevens' Seven Swans. I'm a relative newcomer to Sufjan's music, and when I bought Seven Swans on the recommendation of a friend I wasn't really expecting to like it too much, based on what I'd read about it. But I ended up loving it and buying the rest of his records (Michigan's my favorite though). :D

hmm...well biggest album surprise of 2004 was 'sunlight makes me paranoid' by elefant. completely amazing record.

hmm...well biggest album surprise of 2004 was 'sunlight makes me paranoid' by elefant. completely amazing record.

that was 2003

hmm...well biggest album surprise of 2004 was 'sunlight makes me paranoid' by elefant. completely amazing record.

that was 2003

 

hah. i'm such an ass. well, regardless it was the last album surprise i had.

 

i didn't know about elefant until 4 months ago and when i looked at their official website it said the album was new? infact...yep - still does.

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