Best Albums of 2004

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121.

Up All Night 

 Razorlight

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"Razorlight's brand of old-school-meets-indie-rock is made by the hits -- "rock'n'roll lies", "vice" (great rock song), "golden touch" and "stumble and fall". The rest of the album is rollicking-good fun too, especially "rip it up", "get it and go" and "dalston". But when Razorlight sing "L.O.V.E....""Razorlight's brand of old-school-meets-indie-rock is made by the hits -- "rock'n'roll lies", "vice" (great rock song), "golden touch" and "stumble and fall". The rest of the album is rollicking-good fun too, especially "rip it up", "get it and go" and "dalston". But when Razorlight sing "L.O.V.E., i'll see ya later" in "vice", they R.A.W.K. tha howse. This is such simple, rocking fun i almost feel like docking it for it's "simple" and (old school) "rock" qualities."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

157

Rank in 2004:

121

Rank in 2000s:

1,389

Overall Rank:

7,991

Average Rating:

 70 (74 votes)

Comments:

4

122.

Peace, Love, Death Metal 

 Eagles Of Death Metal

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"Awesome stuff, but clearly loaded on the back end. Eager to hear more. This is what blues rock should sound like."  Reply

- ruckermanley | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 2004:

122

Rank in 2000s:

1,393

Overall Rank:

8,019

Average Rating:

 75 (75 votes)

Comments:

5

123.

Of Natural History 

 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

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"This band has the honour of the best band name origin story in the history of band name origin stories. Based on an early 20th century anti-humanist organisation called the Sleepytime Gorilla Press, their music is equally strange and incredibly accomplished. They even invent their own instruments...""This band has the honour of the best band name origin story in the history of band name origin stories. Based on an early 20th century anti-humanist organisation called the Sleepytime Gorilla Press, their music is equally strange and incredibly accomplished. They even invent their own instruments (one of which is tastefully named The Sledgehammered Dulcimer)."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

155

Rank in 2004:

123

Rank in 2000s:

1,399

Overall Rank:

8,071

Average Rating:

 75 (21 votes)

Comments:

1

124.

///Codename: Dustsucker 

 Bark Psychosis

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"Fabulous ! reminds me of Massive Attack's Mezzanine."  Reply

- cartoken | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

154

Rank in 2004:

124

Rank in 2000s:

1,402

Overall Rank:

8,102

Average Rating:

 78 (50 votes)

Comments:

3

125.

Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined 

 Mono

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

154

Rank in 2004:

125

Rank in 2000s:

1,408

Overall Rank:

8,128

Average Rating:

 77 (26 votes)

Comments:

0

126.

When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog 

 Jens Lekman

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"This one took me a few listens to get into as I expected something poppier along the lines of Night Falls Over Kortedala. It's much more intimate and only really bursts open on a couple tracks ("You Are the Light" and the closer), but after a few listens the subtlety of the other tracks started t...""This one took me a few listens to get into as I expected something poppier along the lines of Night Falls Over Kortedala. It's much more intimate and only really bursts open on a couple tracks ("You Are the Light" and the closer), but after a few listens the subtlety of the other tracks started to hit me as well. The crackling backing of "Tram No 7" and the orchestral "You Are the Light" stand in sharp contrast to the a capella "Do You Remember the Riots," but the best songs are somewhere in between. "If You Ever Need a Stranger" is beautiful and foreshadows the lyrical themes Jens would tackle on future albums. The strongest bit of the album is the last three songs, starting with the plaintive and hypnotic "Psychogirl," which segues into the title track, the most touching song on the album. The triumphant closer is the perfect way to wrap that sequence up, with Jens being as cheeky as ever with that opening bit about suffocating while making out and finding God. His cleverness is already apparent here, though I do think this brilliant turns of phrase aren't always quite worked out here and sometimes feel a bit clumsy. The "red in the face as a lobster" line from "Do You Remember the Riots" still feels like a forced rhyme even though I now enjoy the song, and the "I don't think we should reveal her name" bit from "Psychogirl" is just tedious. " I'll forgive "We went home to her place and cooked up some chili, it warmed us from the inside cuz the outside was chilly" because how can you not? Speaking of that track - "The Cold Swedish Winter" - it has the most beautiful line on the album about wanting to kiss someone because of passion and not because of circumstances. Overall this is a great debut but he'd do better; I wouldn't mind cutting "Julia" and "Sylvia" because they're both in the style of "Pyschogirl" and the latter is easily the best of the three. But the rest is all excellent and worth listening to."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

150

Rank in 2004:

126

Rank in 2000s:

1,431

Overall Rank:

8,255

Average Rating:

 74 (37 votes)

Comments:

4

127.

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Terrifyer 

 Pig Destroyer

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

149

Rank in 2004:

127

Rank in 2000s:

1,439

Overall Rank:

8,308

Average Rating:

 74 (24 votes)

Comments:

0

128.

The Cure 

 The Cure

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"This is sort of heavy and odd. I don't like it."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

146

Rank in 2004:

128

Rank in 2000s:

1,460

Overall Rank:

8,452

Average Rating:

 69 (165 votes)

Comments:

7

129.

The Fall Of Math 

 65daysofstatic

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"Samey, monotonous, but nevertheless a decent album. Just very, very repetitive, and that's not usually a good sign for an instrumental album."  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

146

Rank in 2004:

129

Rank in 2000s:

1,468

Overall Rank:

8,481

Average Rating:

 74 (53 votes)

Comments:

4

130.

A Crow Left Of The Murder... 

 Incubus

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"Coming off the critical and commercial successes of Morning View and Make Yourself, Incubus knew they had to go for a different sound than the previous two that are very similar. A Crow Left of the Murder would have been a fantastic EP. A tale of two sides, tracks 1-6 stand up to the best Incubus...""Coming off the critical and commercial successes of Morning View and Make Yourself, Incubus knew they had to go for a different sound than the previous two that are very similar. A Crow Left of the Murder would have been a fantastic EP. A tale of two sides, tracks 1-6 stand up to the best Incubus. It falls fast from there and saves itself a little bit with the last two tracks. Everything here is more challenging and less accessible for the listener. The vocal melodies on all the songs save Megalomaniac go to different notes than you would expect and they don't always seem to fit. There are times where you expect a certain vocal delivery but that would be too simple and too expected. It seems like a conscious effort to sing the unexpected note with the guitar riffs and this can be challenging and sometimes frustrating. But it does give A Crow Left of the Murder its own unique sound compared to other Incubus albums. That and the questionable production decisions on some of these tracks Megalomaniac is typical Incubus at its best. Sick Sad Little World is a great prog-rock epic. The whole thing is a little out in left field but high fives for trying something different even if the end result is a little underwhelming. I consider this album as experimental as Incubus gets. Light Grenades to follow is standard modern rock fare and If not Now When enters adult contemporary blandness"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

145

Rank in 2004:

130

Rank in 2000s:

1,477

Overall Rank:

8,522

Average Rating:

 73 (122 votes)

Comments:

3

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Best Albums of 2004 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	10	1%
John Frusciante	3	0%
The Rolling Stones	3	0%
The Cure	2	0%
Madvillain	2	0%
Björk	2	0%
Pearl Jam	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	432	43%
	176	18%
	49	5%
	46	5%
	46	5%
	30	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	59	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	32	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	18	2%