Top 10 albums 2004
 

1. Brian Wilson – Smile
2. Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
3. Elliott Smith – From a basement on a hill
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
5. Air - Talkie Walkie
6. Devandra Banheart - Rejoicing/Nina Rojo
7. Sons and Daughters - Love the cup
8. Greenday - American Idiot
9. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
10. Delgados - Universal Audios

Actually I'd like to fit in the Hidden Cameras, Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand in there somewhere too.... hmm, what do you guys think?

I bet I get called 'opinionated' or something for this because I usually am but I can`t help think that the reason people are gushing over Smile is over what it represents rather than what it actually is.

to think 5/6 months ago franz ferdinand was my favourite album and the zutons and damian rice were actually in there. blaaaaaaady hell.

You get called various things because you reply to threads and yet rarely answer any topics, i.e, im interested to know what your faveourite albums of 2004 are?

On your comment about Smile, I'm not so sure... I can't speak for anyone else but it doesn't represent anything to me other than happiness, and thats merely because of the music. I'm not a massive beach boys fan other than a few, including Good Vibrations, which is on Smile therefore helping to make it my faveourite album this year.

Well i`ll get to my list when i`ve thought it out. I don`t see whats wrong with debating a part of somebody`s list. Just having endless lists & no discussion would make it boring & i`d say pretty much all of my replies are on topic.

As for Smile , I was talking generally rather than just your opinion. I just don`t see how an album thats had 35 odd years of mythology around it can be looked at in an unbiased way whether that be good or bad.

One persons opinion is valid when commenting on general opinion. The general public is made up with people just like me. What makes you so sure the reviews on smile are biased? I know a lot of heavily awaited albums failed miserably, no matter how much people anticipated and wanted them to be the best albums ever made.

Rise againsts "Siren Song of the Counter Culture" was sone of the best albums this year it was really good and A perfect Circles "emotive" was nice the first single imagine (jon lennon cover) was really awesome,I liked Interpols album "antics" thats a favorite oh and "You Are the Quarry," Morrissey that was a good one.

1. The Fiery Furnaces-Blueberry Boat
2. Sonic Youth- Sonic Nurse
3. The Decemberists- The Tain
4. The Libertines- The Libertines
5. PJ Harvey- Uh huh Her (reissue)
6. Wilco- A Ghost is Born
7. Comets on Fire- Blue Cathedral
8. The Futureheads- The Futureheads
9. The Blood Brothers- Crimes
10. The Black Keys- Rubber Factory

Social Distortion-"Sex, Love, and Rock n' Roll"
Rise Against-"Siren Song Of The Counter Culture"
Rainer Maria-"Anyone in Love With You (Already Knows)"
Amanda Rogers-"Daily News"
It Dies Today-"Caitiff Choir"
Onelinedrawing-"The Volunteers"
Bad Religion-"The Empire Strikes First"
The Living End-"MODERN ARTillery"
Rilo Kiley-"More Adventurous"
Slingshot Dakota-"Keener Sighs"

elliot smith - from a basement on the hill
hopesfall - a types
onelinedrawing - the volunteers
pj harvey - uh uh her
sonic youth - sonic nurse
mark lanegan - bubblegum
air - talkie walkie
eighteen visions - obsessions
fourtet - rounds
franz ferdinand

Graham Coxons debut is a really cool alternative album too, has a slight blur sound to it but then he was the brains behind them for about 11 years.

It`s not his debut it`s his 5th solo album

really? i had no idea. oh well, its his first solo ive heard and its pretty good.

Well most of the other 4 range from being hit & miss to total crap (Crow Sit On Blood Tree being the best example of crap)
His latest one is the first one where you get the impression he`s taking it seriously.

I never did do my top 10

1. Nick Cave - The Lyre Of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues
2. Hope Of The States - The Lost Riots
3. Kasabian - Kasabian
4. Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines
5. Blues Explosion - Damage
6. The Bees - Free The Bees
7. Beta Band - Zeros To Heros
8. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
9. Prince - Musicology
10 The Delgados - Universal Audio

Was that only 2004? I thought they were an older band, I only recently got into them. That shoulda been in my top 10 as well.

Slightly off-topic... they're touring now!! Woop.

The sad thing was most of the albums I was looking forward to this year weren`t very good.

Yes I mean you Gomez , Clinic , Ed Harcourt , Beastie Boys , Charlatans , Badly Drawn Boy , Ian Brown , The Thrills , REM , Prodigy :mad:

I personally liked Clinic's album, but I agree with Thrills, Gomez, and Badly Drawn Boy- disappointing.

Badly Drawn Boy has been disappointing since Bewilderbeast. That was the most beautifully composed album I'd heard in ages. I wasn't expecting much from the Thrills anyway, but I agree with Gomez, Ian Brown, REM, Ed, Prodigy and Charlatans. I liked Beasties and Clinic's albums though.

The problem I had with the Clinic album was there was no progression like there was from the first 2 albums.It sounded like the same song 12 times to me.

And the Beastie Boys album wasn`t so much bad , more totally forgettable

1. Black Keys - Rubber Factory
2. Sonic Youth - Nurse
3. Black Rebel Motocycle Club - Take them on on your own
4. The Vines - Winning Days
5. PJ Harvey - Uh Uh Her
6. Modest Mouse - Good news for people who love Bad news
7. Air - Walkie Talkie

I wasn't that impressed with PJ Harvey's newest album at all, or BRMC or the Vines.
Actually the vines was just awful.

Winning days wasn't as good as Highly Evolved. But it still deserves to be in my top 10 it has it's moments, and plus it is 100 times better then any pop-punk album released this year.

^^ Pj Harvey's was a re-release of Uh Huh Her, which was originally released a while ago (i dont remember when). But, it wasnt as good as Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea or To Bring You My Love.
And I agree with your comment about the Vines, although I never liked them to begin with.

Personally i think BRMC's "take them on, on your own" was the best album i heard and/or bought all year. suddenly, stop and six barrel shotgun should be alternative classics.

Top 25:

1) Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
2) Wilco - A Ghost is Born
3) Arcade Fire - Funeral
4) Modest Mouse - Good News...
5) Greenday - American Idiot
6) Air - Talkie Walkie
7) Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
8) U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
9) Interpol - Antics
10) Smile - Brian Wilson
11) The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
12) Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic
13) The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
14) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
15) The Futureheads - The Futureheads
16) Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
17) Probot - Probot
18) Snow Patrol – Final Straw
19) Uncut - Those Who Were Hung Hang Here
20) Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
21) R.E.M. - Around the Sun
22) Dungen - Ta Det Lungt
23) Bad Religion – The Empire Strikes First
24) The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
25) The Plastic Constellations - Mazatlan

Interpol-Antics
The Thrills-Lets Bottle Bohemia
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand
Rogue Wave-Out of the Shadow
Zutons-Who Killed the Zutons?
Modest Mouse-Good for people who love bad news
The Black Keys- Rubber Factory
Wilco-A Ghost is Born
Arcade Fire-Funeral
The Futerheads-The Futureheads
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:dj::drummer::dj::banghead:!!!!!

1. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2. The Libertines - The Libertines
3. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
4. 22-20's - 22-20's
5. Kasabian - Kasabian
6. Hope Of The States - The Lost Riots
7. Razorlight - Up All Night
8. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
9. Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines
10. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives

A lot of these lists look the same. I don't understand the fuss over some of the artists: interpol, modest mouse, franz, and the hives. These groups are probably given lots of attention for being the orgasm-of-the-year for total request junkies. do you think anyone woulda cared about modest mouse's new record if they didnt sign to a major label. after all, their older cd's were just as good if not a lot better than Good News. And, interpol's cd was overrated, not any better than Turn off the bright lights. and, franz- please. That 'take me out' song will probably be their bread and butter for the rest of their lives. And, the hives- i have no comment, because i never liked them or listen to them closely. Couple of others that werent that great were the Thrills album (just listen to it), the new Cure, and the beastie boys (highly overrated).

Wow I could have written that myself.

It`s almost like people are told what to like & whats good.

Hookers I was thinking the exact same thing when I looked at those lists. There were a few similar to mine, with albums I thought were good albums like Elliott Smith and Sonic Nurse, but there was one major difference. They all seemed to also feature Modest Mouse, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand and occasionally The Hives and The Thrills. I didn't get it either. Sounded more like a music magazine list, but that must be what people like, otherwise these bands wouldn't be so popular.
I also had Beasties on my list I think, but it was pretty far down as it wasn't that great an album compared to previous.

people can make up their own minds about whats good- they can also decide themselves who they want to like. bands like blink 182 and GC are continuously built up in the media- yet they dont seem too popular on this website.

it may just be personal taste? a bit far fetched of course..but it could be.

^ what! people can like different kinds of music?! now that's just crazy talk....

Mind you having said that most peoples lists are the same , one thing I have noticed is nobody has said the Kings Of Leon album.Which surprises me given all the hype around it.

Mind you it`s not all that great , It might just squeeze into my top 30 if I could be bothered to make a list of 30.

i really like KOL. i dunno, their just different to everything else around at the moment. they've got the whole hillbilly sleaze rock thing going on and unlike most stupid acts around at the moment they care more about the music than what they look like.

I agree completly.

[QUOTE=Sweet Jane]You get called various things because you reply to threads and yet rarely answer any topics, i.e, im interested to know what your faveourite albums of 2004 are?[QUOTE]

I don't want to come off as an advocate for Urban Hatemonger here but he did list his top 100 songs in the rock forum. So while you may not know his top X albums for 2004, but you have an idea of what he's about.

I did post them though

That's a pretty old post of mine you have quoted there. And yeah, he did post them.