Re: 2004 (Best Of)

Matt Smithwick writes:
i'd like to see some 2004 top ten lists from contributors to trouser press. especially ira -- any chance of seeing something like that?

I'll oblige:

ALBUMS
1. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - Domino/Sony
2. Cul de Sac and Damo Suzuki - Abhayamudra - Strange Attractors
3. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk - GO
4. The Blondes, Inc - The Blondes, Inc - Truthflies
5. Mission of Burma - OnOffOn - Matador
6. John Fogerty - Deja Vu All Over Again - Geffen
7. Chris Stamey - Travels in the South - Yep Roc
8. Shore - The Shore - Maverick
9. Brian Wilson - Smile - Nonesuch
10. Bigger Lovers - This Affair Never Happened... - Yep Roc

SINGLES
1. Terri Clark - "Girls Lie Too" - Mercury
2. Killers - "Somebody Told Me" - Island
3. Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Reprise
4. U2 - "All Because of You" - Island
5. Steve Earle - "The Revolution Starts Here" - E-Squared/Artemis
6. Skye Sweetnam - "Tangled Up in You" - Capitol
7. Eminem - "Just Lose It" - Interscope

Best live stuff I saw in ought4
Built to Spill
Modest Mouse
Deerhoof
Robert Randolph
Primordial Soup

I live for shite like this:

1. Mark Sandman - Sandbox
2. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
3. Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
4. The Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
5. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
6. U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
7. The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
8. Mike Doughty - Skittish/Rockity Roll
9. The Samples - Black and White
10. The Concretes - The Concretes

thanks be to Matt Smithwick and that other guy, Ira Robbins.

i want to mention also the following that i came to love after my list that i posted a few weeks ago:

Mendoza Line
Doug Gillard
Figgs
Reigning Sound
Grip Weeds
Hold Steady


an outstanding year!

and yes: Lanegan's bubblegum is great great--thanks for the earlier tip!

Very nice choices above...

Here's what has been stuck in my cd player in the past year:

Wilco - Ghost is born
Interpol - Antics
Arcade Fire - Funeral
VHS or Beta - Night on fire
Ambulance Ltd - self titled

my list...

LP’S/CD’S/10”

ÄÄRITILA-J Kaikki, Kuitenkin Päättyy Kuolemaan!
BEHIND ENEMY LINES-The Global Cannibal
BOXED IN-s/t
CUT THE ****-Marked For Life
DEAD STOP-Done With You
FUCKED UP-Epics In Minutes
KEGCHARGE-Sadistic War Glory
LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-s/t
NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS-s/t
DAS OATH-s/t
REFUSENIKS-s/t
REPOS-s/t
SAY GOODBYE-s/t
SCURVY DOGS-It’s All Gonna End
THE SERMON-Volume
STRAIGHT TO HELL-We Will Bury You
STRUNG UP-Society Rot In Hell
SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS-Kängnäve


7”
DEATHTOLL-s/t
DIRECT CONTROL-s/t
LIFE CRISIS-Unpeaceful Protest
NON FIKTION NOIS-¡Contaminación Mundial EP
RAT BASTARDS-s/t
REGULATIONS-Destroy
SKITKIDS/EXHALE-Split
SLEEPER CELL-both 7”s

Demos:
KEEP LAUGHING
SEND MORE COPS
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
CTS-Campaign To Shred

Reissues:
DMZ-s/t
REALLY RED-Teaching You The Fear
URBAN WASTE-s/t
WAR OF DESTRUCTION-Danish Collection
THE WORST-The Worst of the Worst

what about Mountain Con's Dust Zeros Dirty Ones?

and wtf is with the Killers on the list?

Me? I like the Killers single a lot, although the album blows.

I saw them on SNL last night... sounds like a jumble of old ideas... Edge guitar, a bit of the Sound/Echo, etc... pretentious delivery... ehh...

The 2 best records I heard this year were The Libertines and Ike Reilly Assassination "Sparkle in the Finish" - (Ira, no Ike Reilly entry yet?)Biggest fraud? Franz Ferdinand. 2 great tunes on that album and an annoying cutesy attitude. That's it.I know there's not much love for the Strokes on this board (fools!), but at least the Strokes write fully formed songs. Troubling, to say the very least........

My favorite albums of the year:

1. NELLY McKAY - Get Away From Me
2. VIVA VOCE - The Heat Can Melt Your Brain
3. ISIS - Panopticon
4. SECRET MACHINES - Now Here is Nowhere
5. WILLIAM SHATNER - Has Been
6. SAM PHILLIPS - A Boot and a Shoe
7. WOVEN HAND - Consider the Birds
8. RILO KILEY - More Adventures
9. ARCADE FIRE - Funeral
10. ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Spooked
10a. CITIZEN COPE - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings

Singles/Songs (it's hard to tell what's actually a single anymore)

1. SONS & DAUGHTERS - Johnny Cash
2. MODEST MOUSE - Float On
3. JOSEPH ARTHUR - Can't Exist
4. TEARS FOR FEARS - Call Me Mellow
5. PAUL WESTERBERG - As Far As I Know
6. DRESDEN DOLLS - Coin Operated Boy
7. RACHEL YAMAGATA - Worn Me Down
8. SCISSOR SISTERS - Take Your Mama Out
9. RILO KILEY - It's a Hit
10. COURTNEY LOVE - But Julian, I'm a Little Bit Older Than You
11. STEVE EARLE - The Revolution Starts...Now
12. VANESSA CARLTON - White Houses
13. THE THRILLS - Not For All the Love in the World
14. FRANZ FERDINAND - Take Me Out
15. U2 - Vertigo

MF Doom - MM ... Food
Hold Steady - ... Almost Killed Me
Dangermouse - The Grey Album
Iron & Wine
A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Mastodon - Leviathan
The Advantage

REISSUES
The Mice - For Amost Ever Scooter
KMD - Mr. Hood