la lista del New Musical Express
L'NME ha scelto quelli che sono stati, a suo giudizio, i cinquanta migliori album pubblicati nel corso del 2004.
Eccoli:
50 22-20s, "22-20s"
49 Selfish Cunt, "No wicked heart shall prosper"
48 Joanna Newsom, "The milk-eyed mender"
47 Shins, "Chutes too narrow"
46 Sufjan Stevens, "Seven swans"
45 Green Day, "American idiot"
44 Wilco, "A ghost is born"
43 The Music, "Welcome to the North"
42 Regina Spektor, "Soviet kitsch"
41 Mos Def, "The new danger"
40 Bees, "Free the Bees"
39 Eminem, "Encore"
38 Goldie Lookin Chain, "Greatest hits"
37 Zutons, "Who killed the Zutons"
36 The Go!Team, "Thunder, lightning, strike"
35 Graham Coxon, "Happiness in magazines"
34 Amplifier, "Amplifier"
33 Brian Wilson, "Smile"
32 Kelis, "Tasty"
31 Devendra Banhart, "Rejoicing in the hands"
30 Dios, "Dios"
29 Hope Of The States, "The lost riots"
28 Ordinary Boys, "Over the counter culture"
27 Mylo, "Destroy rock'n'roll"
26 Secret Machines, "Now here is nowhere"
25 Kings Of Leon, "Aha shake heartbreak"
24 Elliott Smith, "From a basement on the hill"
23 Ryan Adams, "Love is hell (parts 1 & 2)"
22 Gwen Stefani, "Love, angel, music, baby"
21 Keane, "Hopes and fears"
20 Kasabian, "Kasabian"
19 Concretes, "The Concretes"
18 U2, "How to dismantle an atomic bomb"
17 TV On The Radio, "Desperate youth, blood thirsty babes"
16 Beastie Boys, "To the 5 boroughs"
15 Dizzee Rascal, "Showtime"
14 Nick Cave, "Abattoir blues/The lyre of Orpheus"
13 Killers, "Hot fuss"
12 Morrissey, "You are the quarry"
11 Interpol, "Antics"
10 Dears, "No cities left"
9 Radio Dept, "Lesser matters"
8 Razorlight, "Up all night"
7 Kanye West, "The college dropout"
6 Danger Mouse, "The grey album"
5 Futureheads, "The Futureheads"
4 Scissor Sisters, "Scissor Sisters"
3 The Streets, "A grand don't come for free"
2 Libertines, "The Libertines"
1 Franz Ferdinand, "Franz Ferdinand". (Fonte: "New Musical Express")