Album of The Year - Endgame

Joe Mac said:
1. Hope of the States - The Lost Riots
2. The Futureheads
3. The Libertines
4. Arcade Fire - Funeral
5. Franz Ferdinand
6. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
7. Feist - Let It Die
8. Interpol - Antics
9. The Killers - Hot Fuss
10. The Polyphonic Spree - Together We’re Heavy

In another world where their makers weren’t deplorable human beings Love Is Hell (my fav RA) and You Are The Quarry would have been 1 & 2...
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I thought Hope of the States would be on your list. It #1? Bravo!
 
cbl said:
well, '04 was sneaky good. there's very little separation 1-10 for me here

1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
2. Bob Schneider - I'm Good Now
3. Interpol - Antics
4. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on a Hill
5. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
6. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
7. Kasabian - Kasabian
8. Citizen Cope - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral
10. Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street

Honorable Mention:
Air - Talkie Walkie
The Helio Sequence - Love and Distance
Mos Def - The New Danger
Matt Pond PA - Emblems
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Iron&Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
The Helio Sequence - Love and Distance
Mos Def - The New Danger
Matt Pond PA - Emblems
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
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Wow, can't believe you were the first to mention From A Basement on the Hill, Love that album. Wonder what it would have sounded like if he had completed it himself. R.I.P.



 
2004:
  1. Interpol - Antics
  2. Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
  3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
  4. Madvillain - Madvillainy
  5. Arcade Fire - Funeral
  6. MF DOOM - Mm.. Food
  7. of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic
  8. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
  9. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
  10. Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
 
whatwhatsaywhat said:
they never really went on with it, did they?

dug that album big time, and the live show when they toured oztraya was a blast
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Hope of the States?

Their lead guitarist, who was hugely responsible for the signature guitar sound on their first album, committed suicide only a few weeks before their debut was released. I know they made a second, very good but not quite as good, album but I don’t think that they ever fully recovered from that.
 
1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Feist - Let it Die
3. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
4. The National - Cherry Tree
5. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
6. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
7. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
8. Björk - Medúlla
9. Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
10. Sia - Colour the Small One

Honourable Mentions:
Franz Ferdinand - S/T
Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
The Veils - The Runaway Found
Alanis Morissette - So-Called Chaos
 
1. Madvillain - Madvillainy
2. Kanye West - The College Dropout
3. MF DOOM - MM...Food
4. Bjork - Medulla
5. M.I.A - Piracy Funds Terrorism
6. Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
7. Annie - Anniemal
8. The Foreign Exchange - Connected
9. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
10. Usher - Confessions
 
There’s a LOT from ‘04 that I haven’t listened to, and so little that I actually have that I was only able to conjure up a top 7.
  1. Madvillain - Madvillainy
  2. Green Day - American Idiot
  3. MF DOOM - MM FOOD
  4. Prince - Musicology
  5. Kanye West - The College Dropout
  6. Feist - Let It Die
  7. Usher - Confessions
...and here‘s a Spotify playlist of the top 100 songs of that year according to Billboard. A great list if you like crunk & R&B (which I do)!
 
Wicked Dreamer said:
There’s a LOT from ‘04 that I haven’t listened to, and so little that I actually have that I was only able to conjure up a top 7.
  1. Madvillain - Madvillainy
  2. Green Day - American Idiot
  3. MF DOOM - MM FOOD
  4. Prince - Musicology
  5. Kanye West - The College Dropout
  6. Feist - Let It Die
  7. Usher - Confessions
...and here‘s a Spotify playlist of the top 100 songs of that year according to Billboard. A great list if you like crunk & R&B (which I do)!
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100% you would really dig Teedra Moses’ album “Complex Simplicity”! My favourite R&B album from 2004 and one of the best R&B albums of the decade! The production on that album from Paul Poli is incredible! Teedra Moses’ is a bit like a poet as well lyrically. I can just imagine you really liking Complex Simplicity! Check it out :)
 
2004


1. Tom Waits ‎– Real Gone
2. Mastodon ‎– Leviathan
3. MF Doom ‎– MM..Food
4. Madvillain ‎– Madvillainy
5. Green Day ‎– American Idiot
6. Incubus ‎– A Crow Left Of The Murder...
7. Chevelle ‎– This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
8. Wilco ‎– A Ghost Is Born
9. Various ‎– Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack)
10. Beastie Boys ‎– To The 5 Boroughs
 
cbl said:
also, I noticed it on a few lists on scroll...Bloc Party's Silent Alarm was '05
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Carden said:
Hmm, I put it on mine because discogs has it as released in 2004 but Wikipedia says 2005
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Since there are 2 promo CD releases that came out in 2004, it makes the master a 2004 release - it's a known bug that they don't seem to want to fix.

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Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

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then:
OrderArtistTitle
1​
Arcade FireFuneral
2​
Kanye WestThe College Dropout
3​
The WalkmenBows + Arrows
4​
The Black KeysRubber Factory
5​
The LibertinesThe Libertines
6​
Eskimo JoeA Song Is A City
7​
The StreetsA Grand Don't Come For Free
8​
Kings of LeonAha Shake Heartbreak
9​
Modest MouseGood News For People Who Love Bad News
10​
Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand

now:
OrderArtistTitle
1​
Arcade FireFuneral
2​
Kanye WestThe College Dropout
3​
The WalkmenBows + Arrows
4​
The StreetsA Grand Don't Come For Free
5​
The Black KeysRubber Factory
6​
The LibertinesThe Libertines
7​
Eskimo JoeA Song Is A City
8​
Kings of LeonAha Shake Heartbreak
9​
Modest MouseGood News For People Who Love Bad News
10​
Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand
11​
ElbowCast of Thousands
12​
TV on the RadioDesperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
13​
Danger MouseThe Grey Album
14​
WilcoA Ghost Is Born
15​
Mark Lanegan BandBubblegum
16​
FeistLet It Die
17​
Iron & WineOur Endless Numbered Days
18​
PhoenixAlphabetical
19​
Loretta LynnVan Lear Rose
20​
The VinesWinning Days

oztrayan only:
OrderArtistTitle
1​
Eskimo JoeA Song Is A City
2​
The VinesWinning Days
3​
The Devoted FewBillboard Noises
4​
Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsAbattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
5​
Sarah BlaskoThe Overture & the Underscore
6​
Big Heavy StuffDear Friends & Enemies
7​
PurplenePurplene
8​
GyroscopeSound Shattering Sound
9​
SpiderbaitTonight Alright
10​
Youth GroupSkeleton Jar
 
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Woob_woob said:
I hated Good News For People Who Love Bad News back in 2004, mainly because it's a subpar Modest Mouse album. Its grown on me over the years, but I still feel some kind of way about it.
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I agree that it's a definite step down from their run before that (which is pretty flawless imo). I haven't listened to the whole thing in a long time but I still love Ocean Breathes Salty.
 
This is a super strong year in my opinion and I could have made this 20 deep easily, but then again most of the first half of that decade I could say the same for...

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Madvillian - Madvillainy
3. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
4. Kanye West - The College Dropout
5. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
6. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
7. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
8. The Libertines - The Libertines
9. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
10. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
 
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