Best album of 2004: Round 2

[sundog]

Someone posted this the other night & I really didn't have a response. Nothing really grabbed me in 2004. But a friend brought a copy of Luna's "Rendezvous" over the other night. So now I have my answer:



Amazing.

What was your favorite of last year?

[Wickerman]

1. Their swan song

I was so disappointed in their last several that I didn't bother with this one. Guess I should pick this up - I keep hearing good stuff.

My fave of the year was Camper Van Beethoven, New Roman Times. Fantastic CD.

[sundog]

2. wow - thought I was the only one here :)

yes, it is truly amazing. The only thing in recent memory that has creeped into my soul.

Sometimes has almost an old Feelies vibe to it. Really sublime - pick it up :hi:

[Taverner]

6. I actually didnt like that

And I LOVE CvB's stuff - I just thought it was like the lesser tracks from key lime pie...

For me #1 album has to be Undermind by Phish

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

9. Undermind was great

nt

[artv28]

15. CvB

I'll have to check that one out. I like most of key lime pie and love the Feelies.

[Wickerman]

25. Great subversives, those Camper lads

The new one, 1st in 15 years, is a concept disc. The US is broken into warring factions. Texas is a provence ruled by fundamental Christians. They are at war with California. With titles like the following, you can't miss:

1. "Prelude" (0:55)
2. "Sons of the New Golden West" (2:55)
3. "51/7" (4:43)
4. "White Fluffy Clouds" (5:00)
5. "That Gum You Like Is Back in Style" (4:56)
6. "Might Makes Right" (2:46)
7. "Militia Song" (2:10)
8. "R 'N' R Uzbekistan" (1:13)
9. "Sons of the New Golden West (Reprise)" (0:21)
10. "New Roman Times" (4:47)
11. "The Poppies of Balmorhea" (3:23)
12. "The Long Plastic Hallway" (5:09)
13. "I Am Talking to This Flower" (2:30)
14. "Come Out" (1:44)
15. "Los Tigres Traficantes" (2:30)
16. "I Hate This Part of Texas" (2:45)
17. "Hippy Chix " (4:28)
18. "Civil Disobedience" (6:14)
19. "Discotheque CVB" (5:58)
20. "Hey Brother" (2:44)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

3. These are my top albums of 2004 in no order

1. Jimmy Eat World - Futures
2. Keane- Hopes and Fears
3. Snow Patrol - Final Straw
4. PhishLIVE - Conventry Weekend + Phish - Undermind
5. Greenday - American Idiot
6. Cake - Pressure Chief
7. Straylight Run (self titled)
8. Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be
9. Flogging Molly - Within a Mile From Home
10. Interpol - Antics
11. U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
12. Brian Wilson - Smile!
13. Morrissey - You are the Quarry
14. Presidents of The United States of America - Love Everybody
15. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
16. Hanson - Underneath
17. Kanye West - College Dropout
18. PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
19. Air - Talkie Walkie
20. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
21. Incubus - A Crow Left of The Murder
22. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (Or was this 03? Oh well.)
23. The Vines - Winning Days
24. The Tragically Hip - In Between Evolution
25. Muse - Absolution
26. The Used - In Love and Death
28. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
29. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
30. Chevelle - This Type Of Thinking Could Do Us In


This is for my good friend neo, we can't forget...
Si Money's "Must Be The Money" ;)

[sundog]

4. yeah

I'll back you up on the Air & Muse & Shins picks :7

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

5. I like EVERYTHING

everyone is bound to agree with me on at least one of those.

[Catholic Sensation]

7. $i Money is the full package, raps, acts, and does sing

if you'd listen carefully you'd learn a few things...

he put his life in a few songs if you'd care to watch it,
livin low budget like the Blair Witch Project...

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

8. Dude

He's climbin' his way up like Jack in da beanstalk

But he don't cuss in his songs, no sir.

[Catholic Sensation]

10. He's got the girls goin all wild and crazy

'cuz he's big pimping just like Jay Z

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

11. Some call him $i Money, some call him Shashi

people love him like joanie's chachi

[asthmaticeog]

20. Chevelle are repubs.

Rather sickening ones, too. Dig:
http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2207

So by all means, steal - don't pay for - their music.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

23. that's disturbing

I have a burned copy of that album, does that count as stealing?

[asthmaticeog]

27. Yes, yes it does.

In fact, by RIAA standards, overhearing it when the neighbors play it too loudly constitutes stealing.

[ALago1]

33. Hey Phish fan...

You liked the Coventry shows that much? I mean, they were fun and sentimental but the playing was, to put it lightly - subpar imo.

Otherwise your list is pretty interesting. I especially agree with American Idiot and SMiLE. Great stuff...

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

36. Sentimental value

Those aren't listed in any order. They weren't great shows by any means, but they're important none the less!

[Catholic Sensation]

12. Xzibit - Weapon of Mass Destruction

Eminem - Encore
Green Day - American Idiot
Alicia Keys - Diary of Alicia Keys

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

13. Eminem's Encore was good

I will admit

[Catholic Sensation]

17. you like snoop and kanye west too

soon you'll be listening to Ludacris and Lil Scrappy while watching Rap City tha Bassment

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

19. haha

Ludacris is terrible, and I've never heard Lil Scrappy. YOU WILL NEVER CONVERT ME.

[ZoCrowes]

14. Van Hunt

Modern R&B with an old school vibe. Great stuff highly recomend it

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

18. hey music snob!

There has to be more than one good album from 2004 that you liked! :hi:

[ZoCrowes]

21. There is

but the subject says "Best Album" as in a single album. You need to learn to read child lol

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

24. Well YOU KNOW WHAT

Darn

I have no comeback

:(

[screwfacecapone]

16. Here's what I've been bumping in 2004

Master P - good side bad side
nas - streets diciple
young buck - straight outta cashville
eightball and MJG - living legends
Cee-lo - the soul machine

[warrens]

22. My top three

The Real New Fall Album
Arcade Fire - Funeral
John Cale - HoboSapiens (sorta cheating, it only got wide release in 04)

[Magrittes Pipe]

26. My list:

10)The Ponys - Laced with Romance
9) Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
8) Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost: Rare and Unissued Recordings (1962-70)
7) Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar
6) The Roots - The Tipping Point
5) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
4) The Thermals - Fuckin A
3) The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
2) Brian Wilson - SMiLE
1) various artists - Goodbye Babylon (Dust-to-Digital)

[Tafiti]

28. My absolute favorite would have to be...

...A Perfect Circle's "Thirteenth Step". Beautifully amazing.

[Jessica]

29. Medeski, Martin & Wood - End of the World Party

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

37. ooh

good one.

[Pert_UK]

30. Scissor Sisters.....no contest IMHO.

And they were great live at Glastonbury.

P.

[Beware the Beast Man]

31. Mark Lanegan Band- "Bubblegum"

and Franz Ferdinand's CD. I didn't buy too many new CDs this past year, so I don't have much criteria to work with. I did think that the new CDs by the Hives and Wilco were letdowns, though.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

32. C Ray Walz - "We Live - The Black Samurai"

"We don't need fire trucks to help these cats get down"

I am biased towards any of the Definitive Juz Label artists but I have a soft spot for C Ray

http://sandbox.pair.com/abstract/djx93.html

[mattclearing]

34. I'm really diggin that Arcade Fire album.

I dislike 80's music and am not into gothy synth-pop stuff, but it's just so well done...produced, written, performed. I can't get enough.

[RandomKoolzip]

35. Karate: "Pockets."

Good shit. Their best effort yet.