Metacritic: Best Albums of 2004

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53 3Oh!3
76 Actress
75 Against Me!
56 Christina Aguilera
70 Allo Darlin'
83 Laurie Anderson
87 The Arcade Fire
85 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
77 Olafur Arnalds
81 As I Lay Dying
70 Audio Bullys
xx Autolux
51 Avenged Sevenfold
82 Avi Buffalo
67 B.o.B
69 Band Of Horses
73 Beach Fossils
80 Dierks Bentley
78 Best Coast
90 Big Boi
xx The Black Crowes
82 The Black Keys
76 Blitzen Trapper
61 Bombay Bicycle Club
77 Tracy Bonham
64 Booka Shade
82 The Books
66 Born Ruffians
71 Toni Braxton
77 Broken Social Scene
xx Buckcherry
63 Bullet For My Valentine
63 Mary Chapin Carpenter
71 The Chemical Brothers
73 Chrome Hoof
84 The Claudia Quintet
67 Club 8
59 CocoRosie
65 Court Yard Hounds
xx Cowboy Junkies
67 Sheryl Crow
75 Crowded House
61 Taio Cruz
77 Crystal Castles
48 Miley Cyrus
74 Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse
63 Fyfe Dangerfield
73 Danzig
70 The Dead Weather
71 Deer Tick
78 Deftones
78 Delorean
71 Delphic
74 Delta Spirit
73 Department Of Eagles
77 The Depreciation Guild
69 Devo
77 Drake
xx Dru Hill
74 The Drums
63 Eminem
74 Alejandro Escovedo
59 Melissa Etheridge
81 The Fall
81 Far
64 Faust
70 First Aid Kit
85 Flying Lotus
79 Foals
77 Fol Chen
68 Sage Francis
76 Free Energy
80 Frog Eyes
72 Future Islands
77 The Futureheads
79 The Gaslight Anthem
89 Mary Gauthier
76 Gayngs
60 Godsmack
73 Gogol Bordello
57 Macy Gray
67 Hanson
77 Ed Harcourt
82 Harvey Milk
75 Hawthorne Heights
76 HEALTH
71 Here We Go Magic
81 Micah P. Hinson
75 The Hold Steady
55 Hole
75 Holy Fuck
78 Jesca Hoop
68 Hot Hot Heat
62 How To Destroy Angels
83 I Am Kloot
54 Natalie Imbruglia
76 Indian Jewelry
66 The Infesticons
62 Jewel
69 Jack Johnson
83 Tom Jones
77 Damien Jurado
59 Keane
77 Kelis
85 Konono No. 1
59 Korn
72 Lali Puna
56 Cyndi Lauper
73 Bettye LaVette
84 LCD Soundsystem
76 Jamie Lidell
66 Light Pollution
80 The Like
59 Lil Jon
xx Los Lobos
69 M.I.A.
77 Male Bonding
72 Maps & Atlases
68 Marina & The Diamonds
80 Steve Mason
69 Travie McCoy
63 Sarah McLachlan
64 Meat Loaf
76 The Melvins
78 Menomena
73 Tift Merritt
xx Bret Michaels
66 Kylie Minogue
69 Minus The Bear
91 Janelle Monae
87 Jason Moran
52 Morcheeba
77 The Mynabirds
73 Mystery Jets
74 Nada Surf
71 Nas And Damian Marley
84 The National
71 The New Pornographers
61 New Young Pony Club
76 Oasis
73 Kele Okereke
61 Ozzy Osbourne
76 Mike Patton
71 Peggy Sue
70 Pernice Brothers
72 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
79 Phosphorescent
55 Plies
83 Pulled Apart By Horses
78 Punch Brothers
90 R.E.M.
70 Ratatat
80 Reflection Eternal
71 Rhymefest
79 Max Richter
80 Josh Ritter
74 Robert Randolph And The Family Band
76 Robyn
100 The Rolling Stones
47 Rooney
85 The Roots
80 Rick Ross
37 RPA & the United Nations of Sound
68 School of Seven Bells
71 Scissor Sisters
75 Ty Segall
71 Semi Precious Weapons
70 Sia
73 Sleepy Sun
84 Sleigh Bells
66 The Smashing Pumpkins
70 Stars
79 Steel Train
59 Stereophonics
64 Steve Miller Band
60 Sting
70 Stone Temple Pilots
76 Suckers
76 Sun Kil Moon
81 Teenage Fanclub
80 The-Dream
70 Thee Oh Sees
77 Tracey Thorn
69 Tobacco
72 Tokyo Police Club
83 Trash Talk
67 Two Door Cinema Club
48 Uffie
68 UNKLE
76 Various Artists
69 Venice Is Sinking
78 Villagers
xx Wavves
67 We Are Scientists
64 We Are The Fallen
85 Paul Weller
74 Widespread Panic
76 Wolf Parade
61 Zero 7

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database with a minimum of 7 reviews. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end top ten lists provided by various critics and publications.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
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The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year
1	SMiLE by Brian Wilson	2004	97
2	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn	2004	97
3	Madvillainy by Madvillain	2004	93
4	The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version] by Talking Heads	2004	93
5	Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal	2004	92
6	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets	2004	91
7	Funeral by The Arcade Fire	2004	90
8	HoboSapiens by John Cale	2004	89
9	Last Exit by Junior Boys	2004	89
10	Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen	2004	88
11	College Dropout by Kanye West	2004	88
12	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart	2004	88
13	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith	2004	88
14	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	2004	88
15	Showtime by Dizzee Rascal	2004	87
16	The Dirty South by Drive-By Truckers	2004	87
17	Now, More Than Ever by Jim Guthrie	2004	87
18	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand	2004	87
19	Favourite Colours by The Sadies	2004	87
20	Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens	2004	87
21	Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83	2004	86
22	Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2 by Jill Scott	2004	86
23	The Futureheads by The Futureheads	2004	86
24	Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine by Cee-Lo	2004	86
25	Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition by Murs	2004	85
26	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band	2004	85
27	The Real New Fall L.P. (Formerly Country On The Click) by The Fall	2004	85
28	Crimes by The Blood Brothers	2004	85
29	Medulla by Bjork	2004	84
30	Blue Cathedral by Comets On Fire	2004	84

Music Critics' Year-End Top Ten Lists

Village Voice 2004 Pazz & Jop Poll (a survey of 793 critics) Read The Full Results
1	The College Dropout by Kanye West
2	Smile by Brian Wilson
3	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
4	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
5	American Idiot by Green Day
6	Funeral by Arcade Fire
7	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
8	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
9	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
10	The Grey Album by Danger Mouse

Almost Cool
1	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
2	Fabulous Muscles by Xiu Xiu
3	Morals And Dogma by Deathprod
4	The Blue Notebooks by Max Richter
5	Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens
6	Virðulegu Forsetar by Jóhann Jóhannsson
7	It's All Around You by Tortoise
8	Lycanthropy by Patrick Wolf
9	Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team
10	Funeral by Arcade Fire

Blender
1	The College Dropout by Kanye West
2	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
3	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
4	Confessions by Usher
5	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley
6	You Are The Quarry by Morrissey
7	The Diary Of Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys
8	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
9	Get Away From Me by Nellie McKay
10	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco

Cokemachineglow
1	Smile by Brian Wilson
2	The Slow Wonder by A.C. Newman
3	Madvillainy by Madvillain
4	Funeral by Arcade Fire
5	The Blue Notebooks by Max Richter
6	The Folded Palm by Frog Eyes
7	The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
8	Hypnotic Underworld by Ghost
9	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
10	Nino Rojo and Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Drawer B
1	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
2	Antics by Interpol
3	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
4	The Futureheads by The Futureheads
5	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
6	Last Exit by Junior Boys
7	i by Magnetic Fields
8	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
9	Smile by Brian Wilson
10	You're A Woman, I'm A Machine by Death From Above 1979

Drowned In Sound
1	Antics by Interpol
2	Hot Fuss by The Killers
3	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
4	Logic Will Break Your Heart by The Stills
5	The Futureheads by The Futureheads
6	Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins
7	Miss Machine by The Dillinger Escape Plan
8	You Are The Quarry by Morrissey
9	Panopticon by Isis
10	Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Dusted (Otis Hart)
1	The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
2	Too Much Guitar by Reigning Sound
3	The Shining Example is Lying On the Floor by The Hotel Alexis
4	Espers by Espers
5	Bring The Neon War Home by Yellow Swans
6	Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Soft Pink Truth? by The Soft Pink Truth
7	Nouvelle Vague by Nouvelle Vague
8	Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens
9	Where I Am Today by Max de Wardener
10	Colorseries by Donnacha Costello

Entertainment Weekly (David Browne)
1	The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
2	Our Shadows Will Remain by Joseph Arthur
3	Rubber Factory by The Black Keys
4	The College Dropout by Kanye West
5	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
6	Afrodisiac by Brandy
7	Uh Huh Her by PJ Harvey
8	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
9	American Idiot by Green Day
10	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen

Entertainment Weekly (Tom Sinclair)
1	Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D.
2	Harder And Harder by The Paybacks
3	Love Songs For Patriots by American Music Club
4	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
5	Rubber Factory by The Black Keys
6	Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio
7	Who Killed The Zutons by The Zutons
8	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
9	Daddy Wants A Cold Beer And Other Million Sellers by The A-Bones
10	Survival Of The Sickest by Saliva

Filter
1	Funeral by Arcade Fire
2	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
3	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
4	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
5	Hot Fuss by The Killers
6	Now Here Is Nowhere by Secret Machines
7	Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83
8	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
9	Madvillainy by Madvillain
10	Up All Night by Razorlight

Junkmedia
1	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
2	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
3	N'ecoutez Pas by Le Fly Pan Am
4	The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
5	Backstroke by Matthew Dear
6	Rendezvous by Luna
7	Antics by Interpol
8	Invisible Architecture 08 by Taylor Deupree / Christopher Willits
9	Power by Q And Not U
10	Special Gunpowder by dj/rupture

Los Angeles Times (Robert Hilburn)
1	The College Dropout by Kanye West
2	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
3	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
4	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
5	Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
6	Funeral by Arcade Fire
7	Uh Huh Her by PJ Harvey
8	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
9	Encore by Eminem
10	Confessions by Usher

Los Angeles Times (Consensus)
1	Uh Huh Her by PJ Harvey
2	American Idiot by Green Day
3	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
4	The College Dropout by Kanye West
5	Smile by Brian Wilson
6	Funeral by Arcade Fire
7	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley
8	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
9	(tie) From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
9	(tie) Real Gone by Tom Waits

Lost At Sea
1	Funeral by Arcade Fire
2	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
3	Madvillainy by Madvillain
4	Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio
5	Sonic Nurse by Sonic Youth
6	Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces
7	Fabulous Muscles by Xiu Xiu
8	Misery Is A Butterfly by Blonde Redhead
9	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
10	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Magnet
1	Real Gone by Tom Waits
2	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
3	Conductor by Comas
4	The Slow Wonder by AC Newman
5	Blue Cathedral by Comets On Fire
6	Half Smiles Of The Decomposed by Guided By Voices
7	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
8	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band
9	Rubber Factory by Black Keys
10	Ambulance Ltd by Ambulance Ltd

Metacritic.com Music Editor
1	The Futureheads by The Futureheads
2	Funeral by Arcade Fire
3	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
4	The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version] by Talking Heads
5	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
6	The Power Out by Electrelane
7	ONoffON by Mission Of Burma
8	Sonic Nurse by Sonic Youth
9	Lesser Matters by The Radio Dept.
10	Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio
Great 2003 Album Not Heard Until 2004: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83

Mojo
1	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
2	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
3	Smile by Brian Wilson
4	Rejoicing In The Hands and Nino Rojo by Devendra Banhart
5	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band
6	Medulla by Bjork
7	Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins
8	The Delivery Man by Elvis Costello & The Imposters
9	Now Here Is Nowhere by Secret Machines
10	Trampin' by Patti Smith

The New York Times (Jon Pareles)
1	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
2	Egypt by Youssou N'Dour
3	Smile by Brian Wilson
4	Medulla by Bjork
5	American Idiot by Green Day
6	Tres Cosas by Juana Molina
7	The College Dropout by Kanye West
8	Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio
9	In Exile Deo by Juliana Hatfield
10	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective

NME
1	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
2	The Libertines by The Libertines
3	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
4	Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters
5	The Futureheads by The Futureheads
6	The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
7	The College Dropout by Kanye West
8	Up All Night by Razorlight
9	Lesser Matters by The Radio Dept.
10	No Cities Left by The Dears

No Ripcord
1	Funeral by Arcade Fire
2	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
3	Antics by Interpol
4	Sonic Nurse by Sonic Youth
5	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
6	The Futureheads by The Futureheads
7	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
8	Talkie Walkie by Air
9	Madvillainy by Madvillain
10	Last Exit by Junior Boys

The Onion (Andy Battaglia)
1	Thé Au Harem d'Archimède by Ricardo Villalobos
2	Get Away From Me by Nellie McKay
3	Louden Up Now by !!!
4	Showtime by Dizzee Rascal
5	The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
6	Here Comes Love by Superpitcher
7	Margerine Eclipse by Stereolab
8	The Meaning by Melchior Productions
9	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
10	Talkie Walkie by Air

The Onion (Josh Modell)
1	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
2	Antics by Interpol
3	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
4	The College Dropout by Kanye West
5	Funeral by Arcade Fire
6	Weightlifting by Trash Can Sinatras
7	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
8	Goodnight Nobody by Julie Doiron
9	Final Straw by Snow Patrol
10	Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens

The Onion (Noel Murray)
1	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
2	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
3	Elysium by The Velvet Teen
4	Too Much Guitar by Reigning Sound
5	The Tigers Have Spoken by Neko Case
6	Since We Last Spoke by RJD2
7	Cast Of Thousands by Elbow
8	Almost Killed Me by The Hold Steady
9	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
10	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley

The Onion (Keith Phipps)
1	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
2	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
3	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
4	The College Dropout by Kanye West
5	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
6	Smile by Brian Wilson
7	Get Away From Me by Nellie McKay
8	Tyrannosaurus Hives by The Hives
9	Nino Rojo by Devendra Banhart
10	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco

The Onion (Nathan Rabin)
1	The College Dropout by Kanye West
2	Madvillainy by Madvillain
3	The Pretty Toney Album by Ghostface
4	Connected by The Foreign Exchange
5	Mm.. Food by MF Doom
6	Murs 3:16-The 9th Edition by Murs
7	The Grind Date by De La Soul
8	The Tipping Point by The Roots
9	Since We Last Spoke by RJD2
10	A Job Ain't Nuthin' But Work by J-Zone

The Onion (Stephen Thompson)
1	Indiana by David Mead
2	Shake The Sheets by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
3	Get Off The Ground If You're Scared by Some By Sea
4	Violence In The Snowy Fields by Dolorean
5	Nino Rojo by Devendra Banhart
6	Kiss & Tell by Sahara Hotnights
7	The Slow Wonder by A.C. Newman
8	Just Like Blood by Tom McRae
9	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley
10	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse

Pitchfork
1	Funeral by Arcade Fire
2	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
3	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
4	Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces
5	Smile by Brian Wilson
6	Madvillainy by Madvillain
7	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart
8	Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team
9	The Pretty Toney Album by Ghostface
10	The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom

Playlouder
1	You Are The Quarry by Morrissey
2	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
3	The Royal Society by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
4	The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
5	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
6	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
7	Real Gone by Tom Waits
8	Antics by Interpol
9	Grey Will Fade by Charlotte Hatherley
10	Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Pop Matters
1	The College Dropout by Kanye West
2	Funeral by Arcade Fire
3	Smile by Brian Wilson
4	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
5	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
6	Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes by TV On The Radio
7	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
8	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
9	Madvillainy by Madvillain
10	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse

Q
1	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
2	Hopes And Fears by Keane
3	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
4	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
5	Up All Night by Razorlight
6	The Libertines by The Libertines
7	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
8	Hot Fuss by The Killers
9	Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo
10	Antics by Interpol

ShakingThrough (Kevin Forest Moreau)
1	American Idiot by Green Day
2	Final Straw by Snow Patrol
3	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band
4	The Dirty South by Drive-By Truckers
5	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
6	Real Gone by Tom Waits
7	She Loves You by The Twilight Singers
8	The Red Light District by Ludacris
9	Killers And Stars by Patterson Hood
10	Fall Back Open by Now It's Overhead

ShakingThrough (Laurence Station)
1	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
2	Smile by Brian Wilson
3	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
4	Madvillainy by Madvillain
5	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
6	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart
7	Inches by Les Savy Fav
8	The Real New Fall LP by The Fall
9	Showtime by Dizzee Rascal
10	Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine

Spin
1	The College Dropout by Kanye West
2	American Idiot by Green Day
3	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
4	Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse
5	The Grey Album by Danger Mouse
6	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
7	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
8	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
9	Antics by Interpol
10	Smile by Brian Wilson

Stylus
1	Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces
2	Madvillainy by Madvillain
3	Get Away From Me by Nellie McKay
4	Last Exit by Junior Boys
5	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
6	The Pretty Toney Album by Ghostface
7	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
8	///Codename:Dustsucker by Bark Psychosis
9	Fabulous Muscles by Xiu Xiu
10	Funeral by Arcade Fire

Tiny Mix Tapes
1	Funeral by Arcade Fire
2	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
3	Smile by Brian Wilson
4	Fabulous Muscles by Xiu Xiu
5	Madvillainy by Madvillain
6	The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
7	Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces
8	Sonic Nurse by Sonic Youth
9	Bows & Arrows by The Walkmen
10	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart

Uncut
1	Smile by Brian Wilson
2	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
3	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
4	Post To Wire by Richmond Fontaine
5	The Bootleg Series Volume 6 by Bob Dylan
6	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band
7	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets
8	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
9	Love Songs For Patriots by American Music Club
10	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Under The Radar
1	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
2	Antics by Interpol
3	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley
4	Medulla by Bjork
5	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
6	Talkie Walkie by Air
7	Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine
8	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
9	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart
10	Ambulance Ltd by Ambulance Ltd

Village Voice (Robert Christgau)
1	Smile by Brian Wilson
2	1977-1997 by Papa Wemba
3	The College Dropout by Kanye West
4	Egypt by Youssou N'Dour
5	More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley
6	Encore by Eminem
7	All the Fame of Lofty Deeds by Jon Langford
8	East Nashville Skyline by Todd Snider
9	America's Sweetheart by Courtney Love
10	We Shall All Be Healed by Mountain Goats

The Wire
1	Holy Ghost: Rare & Unreleased Recordings (1962-70) by Albert Ayler
2	Sonic Nurse by Sonic Youth
3	Venice by Fennesz
4	Deathprod Box by Deathprod
5	Sung Tongs by Animal Collective
6	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart
7	Burned Mind by Wolf Eyes
8	A Ghost Is Born by Wilco
9	The Well Of Memory by PG Six
10	Perpetuum Mobile by Einstürzende Neubate

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