Pitchfork - Top 50 albums of 2004

 

1	Arcade fire	Funeral	2004
2	Animal collective	Sung tongs	2004
3	Streets	A grand don't come for free	2004
4	Fiery furnaces	Blueberry boat	2004
5	Brian Wilson	Smile	2004
6	Madvillain	Madvillainy	2004
7	Devendra Banhart	Rejoicing in the hands	2004
8	Go! team	Thunder lightning strike	2004
9	Ghostface killah	The pretty toney album	2004
10	Joanna Newsom	The milk-eyed mender	2004
11	Sonic youth	Sonic nurse	2004
12	M.I.A.	Piracy funds terrorism : volume 1	2004
13	Dungen	Ta det lugnt	2004
14	Erlend Oye	DJ-Kicks	2004
15	Annie	Anniemal	2004
16	Dizzee Rascal	Showtime	2004
17	Sufjan Stevens	Seven swans	2004
18	Kanye West	The college dropout	2004
19	Björk	Medúlla	2004
20	Air	Talkie walkie	2003
21	Fennesz	Venice	2004
22	Foreign exchange	Connected	2004
23	Modest mouse	Good news for people who love bad news	2004
24	TV on the radio	Desperate youth, blood thirsty babes	2004
25	#	DFA compilation #2	2004
26	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand	2004
27	Interpol	Antics	2004
28	Junior boys	Last exit	2004
29	A.C. Newman	The slow wonder	2004
30	William Basinski	Disintegration loops	2003
31	De la soul	The grind data	2004
32	Califone	Heron king blues	2003
33	Futureheads	The Futureheads	2004
34	Espers	Espers	2003
35	Mirah	C'mon miracle	2004
36	Excepter	Ka	2003
37	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Viròulega Forsetar	2004
38	Morrissey	You are the quarry	2004
39	Cee-Lo Green	Cee-lo Green is the soul machine	2004
40	Walkmen	Bows + arrows	2004
41	Les Savy fav	Inches	2004
42	DJ Rupture	Special gunpowder	2004
43	Scissor sisters	Scissor sisters	2004
44	Camera obscura	Underachievers please try harder	2004
45	Concretes	The Concretes	2004
46	Iron & wine	Our endless numbered days	2004
47	Comets on fire	Blue cathedral	2004
48	Loretta Lynn	Van Lear rose	2004
49	Max Richter	The Blue notebooks	2004
50	Xiu Xiu	Fabulous muscles	2004