Best CDs of 04

Joanne · Post by **Joanne** » 12/20/2004, 8:08 pm

i had a lot of favorites this year, but most of the cd's i bought were not released this year. of the ones that were...

Howie Day - Stop all the World Now
Slivertide - Show and Tell
Velvet revolver - Contraband (could have been better, but was close enough to my standards )

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 12/21/2004, 1:40 am

nice to see alan is back

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 12/21/2004, 2:26 am

Man gum

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 12/21/2004, 8:43 am

xiu xiu's fabulous muscles. :drool:

ahh forgot about that one too.

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 12/21/2004, 10:18 am

smile for the camera alan!

.:x:Marissa:x:. · Post by **.:x:Marissa:x:.** » 12/21/2004, 10:55 am

Mine..would be Alexisonfire-WatchOut!, Atreyu-The Curse, Underoath-They're Only Chasing Safety.
:nod:

Jeff Mangum · Post by **Jeff Mangum** » 12/21/2004, 11:49 am

Hey, I just had to throw my favorite albums of the year out there.

Fabulous Muscles is an amazing album. The song of the same title, however, is rather creepy. I'm fairly certain it's the most disturbing love song I've ever heard.

You all knew I'd be back, just for this thread alone. I'll go away now.

Bye everyone!

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 12/21/2004, 3:34 pm

stop by once in a while.

we need music

bort8 · Post by **bort8** » 1/16/2005, 1:58 pm

15. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
14. The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show
13. Butch Walker - Letters
12. Bob Schneider - I'm Good Now
11. Grasshopper Takeover - Elephant Dreams
10. Lostprophets - Start Something
9. Garden State Soundtrack
8. Keane - Hopes and Fears
7. Better than Ezra - Live at House of Blues New Orleans
6. Collective Soul - Youth
5. N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die
4. Ash - Meltdown
3. Jimmy Eat World - Futures
2. Kanye West - The College Dropout
1. Green Day - American Idiot

Muse - Absolution would be on there, but its a 2003 album

I AM ME · Post by **I AM ME** » 1/16/2005, 5:41 pm

Strays - Janes Addiction was awesome but was that 2004?

other awesome albums:

Death From Above 1979 - You're a woman, i'm a machine
Muse - Absolution......it didn't come out here untill 04
Metric's album was cool
Billy Talent
The Trews - House of Ill Fame

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 1/23/2005, 12:47 am

Adding albums I just discovered:

The Blood Brothers - Crimes
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Tsunami Bomb - The Definitive Act

:drool:

Xavier870 · Post by **Xavier870** » 1/31/2005, 5:00 pm

I don't know if anyone mentioned this one or not... but Straylight Run's self titled = :drool:

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 1/31/2005, 5:08 pm

I did. I think Rob did too.

It's good, but I really believe they lost all the energy they had recording the demos. It sounds like they don't know what they did when they did to start, so they ended up copying themselves and sounding over rehearsed and under creative.

John Nolan said in an interview that they recorded the album basically by sequestering themself in a studio in the middle of nowhere and recording over and over and over again, like it was a job and he found the whole process tedious.

Eh. It's good. They lost the spark the had though.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/31/2005, 6:10 pm

michelle's songs are wayyyyyy better than the rest of them

but they're all pretty solid, except that sunrise highway thing.

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 1/31/2005, 7:24 pm

joe_canadian wrote:I did. I think Rob did too.

It's good, but I really believe they lost all the energy they had recording the demos. It sounds like they don't know what they did when they did to start, so they ended up copying themselves and sounding over rehearsed and under creative.

John Nolan said in an interview that they recorded the album basically by sequestering themself in a studio in the middle of nowhere and recording over and over and over again, like it was a job and he found the whole process tedious.

Eh. It's good. They lost the spark the had though.

yea that album is just boring.

the demos had this raw emotion that seemed like it could have evolved. Instead it just got slower and more boring. I think John needs to rock out some more because he had a screaming voice in Taking Back Sunday. The slow shit is good but it is just so over produced.

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 1/31/2005, 9:28 pm

i have been saying that since i got it

Xavier870 · Post by **Xavier870** » 1/31/2005, 11:30 pm

See them live. I agree that the album pales in comparison to the demos that were available on the website. The entire album (with the exception of Sympathy for the Martyr) is overproduced. But if you want to see that raw emotion, see them live.

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 2/1/2005, 1:18 am

i think everyone who has commented on them has seen them live at least once

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 2/1/2005, 1:16 pm

i have seen them three times and i dont think i would want to see them again for a while.

the shows are alright but they too feel a little to pre-planned

theo · Post by **theo** » 2/1/2005, 11:26 pm

my favorites of '04 (in no particular order)

modest mouse - gnfpwlbn
interpol - antics
arcade fire - funeral
william shatner - has been
walkmen - bows + arrows
ted leo & the pharmacists - shake the sheets
killers - hot fuss
pinback - summer in abaddon
dears - thank you, good night, sold out
snow patrol - final straw
tegan + sara - so jealous
matt good - wlrrr