Best Albums of 2004

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41.

Reise, Reise 

 Rammstein

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"Powerfull album of the great german Industrial Rock Music band. Amerika, Moskau and Ohne Dich are great songs."  Reply

- Maucat | 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:

87 charts

Rank Score:

527

Rank in 2004:

41

Rank in 2000s:

490

Overall Rank:

2,931

Average Rating:

 76 (134 votes)

Comments:

3

42.

Set Yourself On Fire 

 Stars (CA)

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

508

Rank in 2004:

42

Rank in 2000s:

507

Overall Rank:

3,019

Average Rating:

 77 (113 votes)

Comments:

2

43.

Blueberry Boat 

 The Fiery Furnaces

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"This album proves for me that even the music community is not purely deterministic; the truly great music will not always rise to the top. This album was initially met with either unnaturally high ratings or quite low ones. I saw on Metacritic that NME (but, seriously, screw NME) called it "Toe-c...""This album proves for me that even the music community is not purely deterministic; the truly great music will not always rise to the top. This album was initially met with either unnaturally high ratings or quite low ones. I saw on Metacritic that NME (but, seriously, screw NME) called it "Toe-curlingly unlistenable" whereas, say, Pitchfork gave it the rare score of 9.6 (the only albums to receive a 9.6 or higher since then are Funeral by Arcade Fire, Merriweather Post-Pavilion by Animal Collective, and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West, all of which are in the BEA top 100). So how did this album drop out of this canon of classics? It disappeared slowly. After both of the albums were released, Pitchfork released a list of the best albums from 2000-04 placing Blueberry Boat HIGHER than Funeral. At the year end, they put Funeral at #1 and Blueberry Boat at the still formidable #4. By the decade's end, Funeral was at #2 for the 2000s and Blueberry Boat sat all the way down at #145. The thing is that critics know this is a great album. It almost escapes the grasp of exegesis. But the general public somehow gets away with claims of it being "Too long" or "Too dense." This has pulled it out of sight. I'm not saying that Blueberry Boat is better than Funeral. I think it's close. But I definitely think it ranks higher than 2,047 (its current rank on BEA). "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 2004:

43

Rank in 2000s:

509

Overall Rank:

3,028

Average Rating:

 77 (132 votes)

Comments:

15

44.

Ta Det Lugnt 

 Dungen

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"Before Tame Impala there was Dungen."  Reply

- blueandthemoon | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 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:

105 charts

Rank Score:

493

Rank in 2004:

44

Rank in 2000s:

519

Overall Rank:

3,092

Average Rating:

 78 (92 votes)

Comments:

4

45.

Van Lear Rose 

 Loretta Lynn

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"Damn you Jack White, you magnificent son of a bitch!!! Exquisite country masterpiece..."  Reply

- covecove | 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:

155 charts

Rank Score:

492

Rank in 2004:

45

Rank in 2000s:

521

Overall Rank:

3,099

Average Rating:

 75 (108 votes)

Comments:

2

46.

Sonic Nurse 

 Sonic Youth

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"This is extremely underrated. Top 5 Sonic Youth album most definitely."  Reply

- mulidorerik | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 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:

142 charts

Rank Score:

491

Rank in 2004:

46

Rank in 2000s:

523

Overall Rank:

3,102

Average Rating:

 77 (167 votes)

Comments:

9

47.

The Silent Force 

 Within Temptation

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"Underrated WT album. Many fans complain about it being "commercialized", but I disagree. It's still solid and generally uncompromising symphonic metal."  Reply

- Deckiller | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 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:

68 charts

Rank Score:

484

Rank in 2004:

47

Rank in 2000s:

533

Overall Rank:

3,151

Average Rating:

 75 (90 votes)

Comments:

2

48.

Love.Angel.Music.Baby. 

 Gwen Stefani

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"a pop masterpiece. i found it really hard to listen to it beyond Hollaback Girl because the first three songs are total killers and the other can sound like filler. But not at all. My favourites is Luxurious and the first three. Special mention to A Long Way To Go, i found it really interesting."  Reply

- xdxrovied | 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:

92 charts

Rank Score:

481

Rank in 2004:

48

Rank in 2000s:

536

Overall Rank:

3,166

Average Rating:

 63 (135 votes)

Comments:

10

49.

Let It Die 

 Feist

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"Feist’s sweet and sultry singing holds together this set of eclectic songs as they vary from peppy to moody to soulful to (almost) disco. The album flows smoothly from one sound to the next; Feist incorporates organs on one track, horns and finger-snapping on the next, guitars on the next, but al...""Feist’s sweet and sultry singing holds together this set of eclectic songs as they vary from peppy to moody to soulful to (almost) disco. The album flows smoothly from one sound to the next; Feist incorporates organs on one track, horns and finger-snapping on the next, guitars on the next, but all of them are held together and better because of her unpolished-and-lovely voice."  [+]  Reply

- carpents | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 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:

124 charts

Rank Score:

478

Rank in 2004:

49

Rank in 2000s:

540

Overall Rank:

3,188

Average Rating:

 75 (151 votes)

Comments:

6

50.

Breakaway 

 Kelly Clarkson

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"Adele recently put out a pop album that received raves from critics, extraordinary sales numbers, and a countless number of awards. This was due to her incredible voice, emotionally written lyrics, and flat out enjoyable music. A few years prior, the album that fit the exact description above was...""Adele recently put out a pop album that received raves from critics, extraordinary sales numbers, and a countless number of awards. This was due to her incredible voice, emotionally written lyrics, and flat out enjoyable music. A few years prior, the album that fit the exact description above was this album right here. It won multiple Grammys, stayed in the top ten for two years, and was critically acclaimed. It has an enjoyable rock sound, emotionally powerful ballads, and a beautiful female voice to drive it all. Check most websites' lists of the best songs of the 2000s, and you'll likely see Since U Been Gone in the top 20, 10, or 5. I'll actually do one better and say that this album even tops Adele's stunning piece of work. Since U Been Gone has a better rock sound than Rolling In The Deep, Because Of You is more emotionally painful than Someone Like You, and Addicted is more outright powerfully passionate than Set Fire To The Rain. I make this comparison because like 21, Breakaway is one of the rare albums that fits in the center of the Venn Diagram of albums that are seriously accredited for their artistry, and albums that are commercially friendly. This is one of the three or four best pop albums of the last ten years for this exact reason. Ask any other pop vocalist around right now to sing like this, this sweetly, this emotionally poignant, or this powerfully, and very few of them will come even close. Add that on top of a great pop / rock sound, and beautiful ballads, and you've got something that will be remembered for a long time."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

475

Rank in 2004:

50

Rank in 2000s:

545

Overall Rank:

3,211

Average Rating:

 66 (130 votes)

Comments:

13

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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	%
	436	44%
	174	17%
	48	5%
	47	5%
	46	5%
	30	3%
	23	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	941	94%
Yes	59	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%