Another refelction on the year that past...

List and discuss the year's top albums here.


I'm going to take a little bit compiling my own list...

Cocorosie - La Maison de Mon Reve
Deerhoof - Milk Man
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
Hope of the States - The Lost Riots
Head Automatica - Decadence
Minus the Bear - They Make Beer Commercials Like This
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

The Arcade Fire-Funeral

cocorosie, joanna newsom, devendra banhart, air

Morrissey, You Are The Quarry

In this order:

Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
The Arcade Fire – Funeral
Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
Q and not U – Power
Wilco – A Ghost is Born
The Walkmen – Bows and Arrows
Album Leaf – In a Safe Place
Pinback – Summer in Abaddon
Sondre Lerche – Two Way Monologue
Aberfeldy – Young Forever
The Lilys – The Lilys
Brian Wilson – Smile
Six Parts Seven – Everywhere and Right Here
M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts
The Thrills – Lets Bottle Bohemia
Luna – Rendezvous
Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
Subtle – A New White
Interpol – Antics
Legends – Up Against the Legends
Chris Thile – Deceiver
Dijf Sanders – Mating Season
Elliot Smith – From a Basement on the Hill
Xela – Tangled Wool
Head Automatica – Decadence
The Velvet Teen – Elysium
Iron And Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
Athlete – Vehicles and Animals

Special Mentions:
Astaire – Don’t Whisper Lies EP
(I’m looking forward to hearing their debut, they’re incredible)

Jon Brion – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind OST
(soundtracks don’t really belong in this list, but Brion’s score is just so good)


Bring on some comments if you'd like

M83 was definitely 2003...

1. CocoRosie, La Maison de Mon Rêve
2. Elliott Smith, From a Basement on the Hill
3. Blonde Redhead, Misery is a Butterfly
4. Mauro Pawlowski & the Grooms, Black Europa
5. Pinback, Summer in Abaddon
6. Mark Lanegan Band, Bubblegum
7. Tom Waits, Real Gone
8. Einstürzende Neubauten, Perpetuum Mobile
9. Devendra Banhart, Rejoicing in the Hands
10.Zita Swoon, A Song about a Girls
Magnus, The Body Gave You Everything

not necessarily alternive, just my favourites of 2004

Here's my list from the rock section.

1. U2- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
2. Tom Waits - Real Gone
3. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Like Bad news
4. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
5. Mark Lanagan Band - Bubblegum
6. P.J. Harvey - Uh-huh Her
7. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
8. Patti Smith - Trampin'
9. Von Bondies - Pawne Shoppe Heart
10. Magnetic Fields - i

My favourite would have to be Please Describe Yourself by Dogs Die In Hot Cars.

Most of the others have already been mentioned, Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, Blonde Redhead, Pinback etc.

Dave