What was the best record released in 2004?

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Hope of the States - the lost riots
Arcade fire - funeral
Wilco - a ghost is born
Modest mouse - Good news…
Interpol - antics
Feist - let it die
Iron & wine - our endless numbered days
Rilo Kiley - more adventurous
The Dears - no cities left
The mountain goats - we shall all be healed
Sufjan - seven swan
Stars - set yourself
Pedro the Lion - achilles heel

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Garbage Picker was a tune!
Saw them supporting White Stripes once. Good band.

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Saw them at least once; definitely at The Luminaire. That first album was stunning (let’s not discuss their second). They had the look and sound for a short time and produced a brilliant album.

Haven’t heard the album in a long time. I’ll listen again to see if it or I have aged well/poorly. I definitely have aged badly every other way.

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I know the feeling :grinning:
Bass player joined Raconteurs and lead guy has been in a few movies (first spotted him in Walk The Line).
When I saw them the lineup was White Stripes, New York Dolls, Peaches, Blanche at an outdoor gig on a blistering hot day in Belfast if you can believe it. Weird day.

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Sounds like an excellent day.

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Definitely memorable!

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  1. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
  2. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
  3. Arcade Fire - Funeral

And three very honorable mentions to:

I think it might be the only year since 1990 where I don’t have enough for a top ten, but From a Basement on the Hill alone makes up for it.

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Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Ted Leo - Shake the Sheets

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Madvilliany
Lyre of Orpheus/Abattoir Blues
The Milk Eyed Mender.

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Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Les Savy Fav - Inches

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Nick Cave et al - Abbatoir blues / lyre of Orpheus
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

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Madvillainy
The College Dropout
Funeral

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Had to check that The Fall Of Math was released in 2004 because I was surprised no one had mentioned it.

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I was just going to!

Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Amplifier - Amplifier
65daysofstatic - fall of math

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ISIS - Panopticon
65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike

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  1. Hope of the States - The Lost Riots
  2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
  3. Madvillain - Madvillainy
  4. MF DOOM - Mm Food
  5. Interpol - Antics
  6. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
  7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus
  8. The Walkmen - Bows & Arrows
  9. Kanye West - The College Dropout
  10. The Futureheads - The Futureheads

Lost Riots is all time Top 10 for me.
Can’t pretend this would have been my list back in the day. 2004 me was obsessed with Franz Ferdinand and would never have listened to a record like Madvillainy.

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Yessssssss

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my favourite is probably still ISIS- Panopticon or Strung Out- Exile in Oblivian

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  1. Micah P Hinson & the gospels of progress
  2. Nick cave: Orpheus
  3. Mclusky: the difference…
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65dos
the go! team
arcade fire