20 (or so) Favorite Albums - 2004

Submitted by Imposter on Fri, 01/07/2005 - 06:14
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  1. SMiLE - Brian Wilson
  2. In Rock - The Minus 5
  3. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
  4. The Delivery Man - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  5. Exhibit A - The Features
  6. Funeral - Arcade Fire
  7. Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn
  8. Tyrannosaurus Hives - The Hives
  9. A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
  10. A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
  11. Shake The Sheets - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
  12. Good New For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
  13. Everyone Is Here - The Finn Brothers
  14. Showtime - Dizzee Rascal
  15. The Dirty South - Drive-By Truckers
  16. Get Away From Me - Nellie McKay
  17. Everyone's Having Fun Tonight! - Eytan Mirsky
  18. The Tigers Have Spoken - Neko Case
  19. Cee-Lo Green...Is The Soul Machine - Cee-Lo
  20. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  21. Real Gone - Tom Waits
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Honorable Mentions:
(or things I haven't spent enough time with)
American Idiot - Green Day
The Revolution Starts...Now - Steve Earle
Walking With The Beggar Boys - Elf Power
Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth
To The 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys
The Libertines - The Libertines
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes - TV On The Radio
The College Dropout - Kanye West
Everyone's Having Fun Tonight! - Eytan Mirsky
Has Been - William Shatner

Favorite Compilations:
Enjoy Every Sandwich - The Songs Of Warren Zevon
Hard Headed Woman - A Celebration Of Wanda Jackson
Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo
This One's For The Fellows (Young Fresh Fellows tribute)
Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute To The Cars
The Late Great Daniel Johnston - Discovered Covered
Left Of The Dial - Dispatches From The 80s Underground
Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults
Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults

Favorite reissues:
London Calling - The Clash
The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
After School Session, St. Louis To Liverpool - Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger - Bo Diddley
The "Chirping" Crickets - The Crickets
Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
Rock 'n Roll - John Lennon
Seconds Of Pleasure - Rockpile
The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads - Talking Heads
Crashes - The Records
Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
Almost Blue, Goodbye Cruel World, Kojak Variety - Elvis Costello
Before And After Science, Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World - Brian Eno