2004 Best Music

On my high school web site, someone opined that there had been no good music made since the 80s -- the poster lamented that all his daughter liked was hip hop, although she was partial to Fountains of Wayne.

Fountains of Wayne is great -- Welcome Interstate Managers has been in heavy rotation in my CD player since my wife gave it to me for my last birthday. Was ecstatic that NFL Network lifted "All Kinds of Time" for a quarterback commercial.

As parent of a 10 year old, I'm not quite sure what to make of the fact that her favorite artists are Hilary Duff, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Who and Avril Lavigne. (Cannot push the Pretenders on her.) Although I was incredibly proud when she thought a track on Elvis Costello's last album remuinded her of Revolver.

In truth, there's plenty of good music out there in 2004. Here's a quick list from my system here at work: Bring on your comments.

  • Danger Mouse - The Grey Album - 05 99 Problems
  • Darkness - Permission to land - 04 I Believe In a Thing Called Love
  • Wilco - A Ghost Is Born - 09 I'm A Wheel
  • The Vines - Winning Days - 01 Ride
  • The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart - 03 C'mon C'mon
  • Snow Patrol - the final straw - 05 spitting games
  • The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free - 10 Dry Your Eyes
  • Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream - 06 Top of the World
  • Northern State - Dying in Stereo EP - 01 A Thousand Words
  • Brian Wilson - Smile - 01 Our Prayer-Gee
  • Elvis Costello-The Imposters - Delivery Man - 07 Monkey to Man
  • U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - 03 Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
  • Earlimart - Treble & Tremble - 10 Heaven Adores You
  • Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill - 06 A Fond Farewell
  • Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism - 04 Expo '86
  • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism - 03 Lady
  • Brandy - Afrodisiac - 15 Should I Go
  • Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart - 01 Mono
  • Rice, Damien - B-Sides [EP] - 03 Woman Like a Man [Live Unplugged] [Live]
  • Eminem - Encore Disc 1 - 06 Mosh
  • Kanye West - The College Dropout - 07 Jesus Walks
  • Magnetic Fields - i - 05 I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
  • Prince - Musicology - 06 Cinnamon Girl
  • Get Up Kids - 08 Lion And The Lamb - Get Up Kids
  • Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere - 08 Light's On
  • The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows - 02 The Rat
  • Usher - Confessions - 02 Yeah!
  • Rufus Wainwright - Want Two Disc 1 - 08 Gay Messiah
  • Joseph Arthur - Our Shadows Will Remain - 02 Can't Exist
  • Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous - 07 Accidntel Deth
  • Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk [Bonus Track] - 14 Let's Get It Started [-]
  • Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll - 07 Burning Photographs
  • Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs - 01 Ch-Check It Out
  • Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - 12 Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
  • The Pixies - Bam Thwok
  • Nada Surf - Inside of Love
  • Elefant - Misfit
  • Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
  • Scissor Sisters

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Anonymous said…
What? No Killers in your best of 2004 music??? Mr Brightside is the best power-pop tune of 2004!!!
3:20 PM
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