It’s the annual ritual of music journalists everywhere: the end-of-year best list. My editor at liveDaily.com asked for a top ten, but the stacks of CDs in the office were too tall to limit my personal list to just that.

  1. Green Day - American Idiot
  2. Elvis Costello - Delivery Man
  3. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
  4. Patti Griffin - Impossible Dream
  5. Illogic - Celestial Clockwork
  6. U2 - Vertigo
  7. Van Hunt - Van Hunt
  8. Ambulance LTD - Ambulance LTD
  9. Los Lobos - The Ride
  10. Tift Merritt - Tambourine
  11. Velvet Revolver - Contraband
  12. Buddy Miller - Universal United House of Prayer
  13. Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room
  14. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
  15. Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
  16. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  17. Rachael Yamagata - Happenstance
  18. Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
  19. Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
  20. Brian Wilson - Smile
  21. Keren Ann - Not Going Anywhere
  22. The Killers - Hot Fuss
  23. Jem - Finally Woken
  24. Tom Waits - Real Gone
  25. Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul
  26. Arcade Fire - Funeral
  27. Damnwells - Bastards of the Beat
  28. Air - Talkie Walkie
  29. Keri Noble - Fearless
  30. Bob Schneider - I’m Good Now
  31. Polyphonic Spree - Together We’re heavy
  32. Gretchen Wilson - Here For The Party
  33. Kristin Mooney - Kristin Mooney
  34. Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
  35. Lambchop - Aw C’mon / No You C’mon
  36. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
  37. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
  38. Eleni Mandell - Afternoon
  39. Rufus Wainright - Want Two
  40. Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore

One Response to “Top 40 Albums of 2004”

  1. brooklynvegan Says:

    Keren Ann | Not Going Anywhere | Nolita
    Launch this Keren Ann player to listen to four tracks off her latest (U.S.) album, Not Going Anywhere. Listen while you read. Keren Ann = French. Not Going Anywhere is in English. The album was released in the U.S….

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