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Best Albums
of 2004
(as voted on by staff) |
| Staff Picks for Best
Mid-Atlantic Releases of 2004
(in alphabetical order) | | | |
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Interpol:
Antics
[Matador]
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Alcian Blue:
Translucent EP
[self-released]
(Washington, D.C.)
Buy This Album
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The Arcade Fire:
Funeral
[Merge]
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Arms of Kismet:
Eponymous
[Wampus]
(Washington, D.C.)
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Read LOTD's Review | 3
(tie) |
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Morrissey:
You Are The Quarry
[Attack]
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Astropop 3:
Allies & Stepping Stones
[Planting Seeds]
(Norfolk,
VA)
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3
(tie) |
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Wilco:
A Ghost Is Born
[Nonesuch]
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Exit Clov:
Self-Titled
[self-released]
(Washington,
D.C.)
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This Album
Read LOTD's Review | 5
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The
Killers:
Hot Fuss
[Island]
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Los Hermanos Rodriguez:
LHR
[self-released]
(Washington,
D.C.)
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| 6 |
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Bjork:
Medulla
[Elektra]
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North Elementary:
Lose Your Favorite Things
[Sit-N-Spin]
(Chapel Hill, NC)
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7 |
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Air:
Talkie Walkie
[Astralwerks]
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Pagoda:
Dearly Departed
[Lazyline]
(Washington, D.C.)
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8 |
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Grails:
Redlight
[Neurot]
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Q And Not U:
Power
[Dischord]
(Washington, D.C.)
Buy This Album | | 9 |
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PJ Harvey:
Uh Huh Her
[Island]
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Schooner:
You Forgot About Your Heart
[Pox World Empire]
(Raleigh, NC)
Buy This Album
Read LOTD's Review | | 10 |
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Elliot Smith:
From a Basement on a Hill
[Anti]
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Summerset:
Summerset EP
[Send a Friend]
(Wilmington, NC)
Read LOTD's Review | | 11 |
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Pinback:
Summer in Abaddon
[Touch & Go]
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The Shakedowns:
The Shakedowns
[VMS/Morphius]
(Washington, D.C.)
Buy This Album
| | 12 |
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Secret Machines:
Now Here Is Nowhere
[Reprise]
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The Torch Marauder:
Boxers, Painters, & Snappers
[Pox World Empire]
(Durham,
NC)
Buy This Album
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Nancy Sinatra:
Nancy Sinatra
[Sanctuary]
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Trans Am:
Liberation
[Thrill Jockey]
(Washington, D.C.)
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(tie) |
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Junior Boys:
Last Exit
[Domino]
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Years:
Years
[self-released]
(Charlottesville, VA)
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14
(tie) |
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The Cure:
The Cure
[Geffen]
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Staff members
submitted between one and three votes for their favorite VA, NC, and DC
releases of 2004 or their favorite mid-Atlantic release that was reviewed by
LOTD during 2004. |
14
(tie) |
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Guided by Voices:
Half Smiles of the Decomposed
[Matador]
Buy This Album
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14
(tie) |
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Snow Patrol:
Final Straw
[A&M]
Buy This Album |
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18
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TV on the Radio:
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
[Touch & Go]
Buy This Album |
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19
(tie) |
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Slim Cessna's Auto Club:
The Bloody Truth Tenant & Peace
[Alternative Tentacles]
Buy This Album |
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19
(tie) |
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Luna:
Rendezvous
[Jetset]
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| Placement was based on
the sum of rankings by each staff member
multiplied by the number of votes the album received. |
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INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS' LISTS:
CATHERINE NICHOLAS
#1:
The Walkmen: Bows + Arrows [Record
Collection]
A
stirring, multi-layered rock album that takes mostly traditional themes and
instruments and filters them through signature production...
Read the rest of Catherine's list...
NESSIM HALIOUA
#1:
Dalida: Forever
[Orlando]
Yet another attempt to get the world to adore her more than Franoise Hardy...
Read the rest of Nessim's list...
JUSTIN RUDE
Read Justin's list...
DANNY ROWE
#1: The
Streets: A Grand Don't Come for Free [Vice]
Finally somebody has made a
concept album without getting all metaphorically pretentious...
Read the rest of Danny's list...
KEVIN MILLER
#1:
Blonde Redhead: Misery Is a Butterfly
[4AD/Beggar's]
Amazingly dense layers of
guitars meet dramatically mournful keyboards and delicately shredded vocals...
Read the rest of Kevin's list...
CHAZ MARTENSTEIN
#1:
William Shatner: Has Been [Shout!]
HmmI
think you know...
Read the rest of Chaz's list...
JONATHAN NOVAK
#1: The Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge]
This album, from the moment I heard it, reminded me of everything good about
music....
Read the rest of Jonathan's list...
GARY KNIGHT
#1: Feist: Let It Die [Universal]
A
gorgeous, sultry set of songs to warm/console your aching heart....
Read the rest of
Gary's list...
LISA TOWN
#1: The Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge]
The songs pull you into their world with the bands
incredible energy...
Read the rest of Lisa's list...
LUCAS WALKER
#1: Patty Griffin: Impossible Dream [ATO]
The best album for nursing wounds and finding love in a dark
world...
Read the rest of Lucas' list...
JOELLE SELIGSON
#1:
Interpol: Antics [Matador]
Interpol's antics are brash
and confident, while still maintaining the intensity of their debut...
Read the rest of Joelle's list...
CHELSEA COCHRAN
#1:
Tom Waits: Real Gone [Anti]
Stories
of the downtrodden and of political treachery until you are almost to the point
of tears...
Read the rest of Chelsea's list...
ALEX BAIA
#1:
Isis: Viva Emptiness [Ipecac]
A sinister soundscape fit for every dystopia...
Read the rest of Alex's list...
BRENNA KRAUSE
#1:
Gerling: Bad Blood [Fenway]
These Aussies mix sexiness
with stomping beats, and the result blows my mind...
Read the rest of Brenna's list...
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