Top Ten CDs of 2004 so far

[King Hoarse]

Great records from the first half of 2004:

1. Lou Reed "Animal serenade" (live)
2. Nellie McKay "Get Away From Me"
3. Johnny Dowd "Cemetery Shoes"
4. Ron Sexsmith "Retriever"
5. Magnetic Fields "i"
6. Franz Ferdinand
7. The Streets "A Grand Don't Come For Free"
8. Wilco "A Ghost Is Born"
9. Bad Religion "The Empire Strikes First"
10. Morrissey "You Are The Quarry"

PS. SNFU "In The Meantime And In Between Time" would have been on the list, but I don't think it's been released yet. Haven't heard Forbert, Lobos or Loretta yet, but I'm pretty certain Morrissey will have to go if it doesn't grow on me fast. And my childhood sweethearts Bad Religion are in a tight spot too. The first eight will be hard to move, though. DS.

[El Vez]

....in no particular order

1. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
2. Graham Parker, Your Country
3. Dan Reeder, Dan Reeder
4. Los Lobos, The Ride
5. Steve Forbert, Just Like There's Nothing To It
6. David Cross, It's Not Funny
7. Jim Lauderdale, Headed For The Hills
8. The Stanley Brothers, An Evening Long Ago (Yeah, it's a vault recording from 1956......I DON'T CARE!)
9. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News
10. Ron Sexsmith, Retriever

I have yet to pick up new albums from Wilco, Johnny Dowd, Dave Alvin, Morrissey, The Magnetic Fields or.......Alanis Morrissette.

[wehitandrun]

I definitly second "The Streets", such a genius album.

I can't wait until "Decadence" - Head Automatica, album of the year!

[Branst]

My faves of 2004 are Brian Wilson's "Gettin' In Over My Head," Wilco's "A Ghost Is Born," and Magnetic Fields "i."

[wehitandrun]

All of this Wilco talk!

[Meadowmeal]

1 Blonde Redhead - Misery is a butterfly
2 Mice Parade - Obrigado saudade
3 Morrissey - You are the quarry
4 Encre - Flux
5 David Byrne - Grown backwards
6 Fennesz - Venice
7 Erlend Øye - DJ kicks
8 Franz Ferdinand - s/t
9 Tortoise - It's all around you
10 the Shins - Chutes too narrow (I know it's from 2003, it's my number 1 of 2003, but it only got a European release in march 2004, so I include it here too )

[Mr. Average]

Incomplete. So far through first half 2004:

1. Los Lobos "The Ride"
2. David Byrne "Grown Backwards"
3. Crystal Method "Legion of Boom"
4. Afro Celt Sound System "Pod"
5. Pat Metheny "One Quiet Night"
6. Graham Parker "Your Country" (with twangy version of Crawlin' from the wreckage)
7. Richard Thompson "Old Kit Bag" (2003, but feels like a 2004 release to me)
....

[wehitandrun]

No votes for "Guilt Show" - The Get Up Kids, after all of the E.C.-name-dropping they did in the publicising of it.

[miss buenos aires]

1 Blonde Redhead - Misery is a butterfly
2 Mice Parade - Obrigado saudade
3 Morrissey - You are the quarry
4 Encre - Flux
5 David Byrne - Grown backwards
6 Fennesz - Venice
7 Erlend Øye - DJ kicks
8 Franz Ferdinand - s/t
9 Tortoise - It's all around you
10 the Shins - Chutes too narrow (I know it's from 2003, it's my number 1 of 2003, but it only got a European release in march 2004, so I include it here too )

Meadowmeal, I like your style. Welcome aboard.

[El Vez]

King Hoarse,

What's the story with Cemetary Shoes? It hasn't been released stateside, isn't listed on Dowd's Allmusic page or even his own website. Do you guys have a deal with him for first dibs on all of his new material or something? If so, I need to look more seriously into this expat thing.

[girl out of time]

the ones that got me hooked.......

virginia creeper - grant lee phillips
retriever - ron sexsmith
the ride - los lobos