My first apolitical post - 2004: the year in music
Besides political issues, music is another obsession of mine. Below are my favorites songs/albums of 2004 (I interchange them because in the itunes era, I've bene buying songs much more than albums these days). Like the books list, it's in countdown -- most-favorite-appears-last order:
40. “Yours Is In Mine” – Mouse On Mars
39. “The Dark Of the Matinee” – Franz Ferdinand
38. “Toxic” - Britney Spears
37. “Your Honor” – Regina Spektor
36. “Shake That Shit” – Shawnna and Ludicrus
35. “1979 Semi-Finalist” - The Bad Plus
34. “Meat Grinder” - Madvillain
33. “Kote Don” – Rokia Traore
32. “Stilettos (Pumps)” – Crime Mob
31. “Drunk With Pain” – Numbers
30. “Straight Street” – Fiery Furnaces
29. “Myopic Books” – American Music Club
28. “Have Mercy” – Loretta Lynn
27. “Don’t Worry About It” – N.E.R.D.
26. “Love Means Never Having To say You’re Hungry” – Charlie Robison
25. Anything Goes album – Brad Mehldau
24. Norah Jones' album - forgot the name
23. “Ghostface” - Ghostface
22. “Wake In the City” – Ikara Colt
21. “Remember To Forget” – Dani Siciliano
20. “Microphone Diseases” – Bumblebeez
19. “Open Letter to NYC” – The Beastie Boys
18. “Powder Blue Egg Hatch” – Optimus Rhyme
17. “The City Consumes Us” – The Delgados
16. “It’s All Around You” - Tortoise
15. “Web” – The Roots
14. Maria Rita's debut album
13. “Galang” - M.I.A.
12. “Strange Creatures” - John Tejada
11. "Mr. Cavalucci" - Daddy Yankee
10. “Road Bin” – Keren Ann
9. “My Two Front Teeth Parts 2 and 3” – Travis Morrison
8. “Alpha Beta Gaga” – Air
7. “Margerine Melodie” – Stereolab
6. “Pocket Knife” – P.J. Harvey
5. “Come As You Are” – Caetano Veloso
4. “Wonderful Night” – Fat Boy Slim
3. “Belleville Rendezvous” - -M- (from Tripletts of Belleville)
2. “Calne” – Los Amigos Invisibles
1. The i album – Magnetic Fields
40. “Yours Is In Mine” – Mouse On Mars
39. “The Dark Of the Matinee” – Franz Ferdinand
38. “Toxic” - Britney Spears
37. “Your Honor” – Regina Spektor
36. “Shake That Shit” – Shawnna and Ludicrus
35. “1979 Semi-Finalist” - The Bad Plus
34. “Meat Grinder” - Madvillain
33. “Kote Don” – Rokia Traore
32. “Stilettos (Pumps)” – Crime Mob
31. “Drunk With Pain” – Numbers
30. “Straight Street” – Fiery Furnaces
29. “Myopic Books” – American Music Club
28. “Have Mercy” – Loretta Lynn
27. “Don’t Worry About It” – N.E.R.D.
26. “Love Means Never Having To say You’re Hungry” – Charlie Robison
25. Anything Goes album – Brad Mehldau
24. Norah Jones' album - forgot the name
23. “Ghostface” - Ghostface
22. “Wake In the City” – Ikara Colt
21. “Remember To Forget” – Dani Siciliano
20. “Microphone Diseases” – Bumblebeez
19. “Open Letter to NYC” – The Beastie Boys
18. “Powder Blue Egg Hatch” – Optimus Rhyme
17. “The City Consumes Us” – The Delgados
16. “It’s All Around You” - Tortoise
15. “Web” – The Roots
14. Maria Rita's debut album
13. “Galang” - M.I.A.
12. “Strange Creatures” - John Tejada
11. "Mr. Cavalucci" - Daddy Yankee
10. “Road Bin” – Keren Ann
9. “My Two Front Teeth Parts 2 and 3” – Travis Morrison
8. “Alpha Beta Gaga” – Air
7. “Margerine Melodie” – Stereolab
6. “Pocket Knife” – P.J. Harvey
5. “Come As You Are” – Caetano Veloso
4. “Wonderful Night” – Fat Boy Slim
3. “Belleville Rendezvous” - -M- (from Tripletts of Belleville)
2. “Calne” – Los Amigos Invisibles
1. The i album – Magnetic Fields
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posted by honestpartisan | 10:35 PM
6 Comments:
Thanks for the list Jack! I'm glad you gave the top spot to Merritt & co. I haven't seen that album on a lot of year-end lists (not that I've seen that many.) I think the MagFields might be a victim of their own success. Once you release a 69-song masterpiece, it's hard to match. Some of my favorite CDs from '04 were also by my old reliables of pop--They Might Be Giants, Cake, MTX, Tom Waits, Alice Donut. Really, really well-produced stuff. I just received the Fatboy Slim for Xmas and it is phenomenal--also strangely absent from a lot of critics' lists. Well, you know what they say about critics: critics are like assholes, everyone has one they are trying to avoid. Among other '04 faves--not that anyone asked--are the CD by DJ Nu-Mark, the new 50 Cent single, Sam Phillips's "How To Quit," Jon Brion's two soundtracks, and Clay Aiken's "Embraceable You," Gershwin finally sounds good!
A lot of the names/songs on your list are new to me--I'd love a mixtape if you got a minute. But I know your busy, saving the world from slumlords and all.
Dean Martin? "Sway Me Now"? Please somebody put it on a list. It made soundtracks!!A bow to the older blog readers!!
But,I must learn to keep up. You both inspire.EB
Gloryhound that I am, Jack Old Boy, I'm gonna have to take credit for exposing you to one or two of these favorite tunes of yours. Ethan, I need to burn a few more copies of my 2004 best of; I'll send you a copy once I do.... -- Steve www.stevegoz.com
Right you are Goz-man. Here is the credit for the tune sources:
itunes: 40, 38, 36, 27, 24, 19, 16, 15, 10, 5, 4, 2
Goz: 39, 29, 22, 17
Newell: 39 (he burned it, too)
Ratzlow: 37, 30, 28, 21
NYT: 35, 34, 32, 26, 25, 23, 20, 18, 13, 11
KEXP (Seattle radio station): 33, 31, 9, 8, 7, 6
Regnier: 14
Other Music: 12
Hurumph,
Well, I guess I was the source on a lot your faves of 1904. That's something.
Dude, where would I be without Maxine Sullivan, Frank Loesser, Jurassic Five, Eddie South, Ashe Bhosle, Caetano Veloso, Pauline En La Playa??? Don't let the arbitrary year thing bollix ya up.
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