Spin's Top40 of 2004
 

Just wondering if anyone has seen the list, I saw the bottom five or whatever they allow at their site for free. I don't really hold their opinions in very high esteem but I'd like to see the list just for chuckles, if anyone has a subscription or has seen the list online, it would be great if you could share it with us. :D

I went to the site, and someone posted the top 20 on their message board... not sure it is from the Spin list, however.

20 Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets
19 Bjork - Medulla
18 Prince - Musicology
17 Madvillain - Madvillainy
16 The Killers - Hot Fuss
15 Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart
14 Various Artists - DFA Compilation #2
13 The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
12 TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
11 Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
10 Brian Wilson - Smile
9 Interpol - Antics
8 Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
7 The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
6 Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
5 Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
4 Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
3 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2 Green Day - American Idiot
1 Kanye West - The College Dropout

last year was not a good year for music :(

Maybe not mainstream music, but indie/underground seemed to do pretty well. Not as well as 2003, but pretty well.

If that's the Spin top 20, I'm happy that Ted Leo made it. But the only other two I've heard there (#12 and #8) weren't as good as Shake the Sheets.

Rogue Wave, Mason Jennings, and Sondre Lerche should be on there as well.

yeah, the loretta lynn album was good but i can't say i've been compelled to listen to it repeatedly. and i was big into tv on the radio for about a month; not so much anymore. i'd say about half of the list is pretty good though.

DJ Danger Mouse made it? I didnt realize that the grey album was an official release, i thought it was just some random DJ mixing the albums. Oh well, im happy, killers, green day, modest mouse, and franz ferdinand made it.

Here's Pitchforkmedia's top 50 List: (they're more indie/underground - whatever :p ...)

50. Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
49. Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
48. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
47. Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral
46. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
45. The Concretes - s/t
44. Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
43. Scissor Sisters - s/t
42. DJ/Rupture - Special Gunpowder
41. Les Savy Fav - Inches
40. The Walkmen - Bows And Arrows
39. Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green Is A Soul Machine
38. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
37. J��n J��nsson - Vir��gu Forsetar
36. Excepter - KA
35. Mirah - C'mon Miracle
34. Espers - s/t
33. The Futureheads - s/t
32. Califone - Heron King Blues
31. De La Soul - The Grind Date
30. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
29. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
28. Junior Boys - Last Exit
27. Interpol - Antics
26. Franz Ferdinand - s/t
25. Various Artists - DFA Compilation #2
24. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
23. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
22. The Foreign Exchange - Connected
21. Fennesz - Venice
20. Air - Talkie Walkie
19. Bj?- Medulla
18. Kanye West - The College Dropout
17. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
16. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
15. Annie - Anniemal
14. Erlend عe - DJ-Kicks
13. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
12. M.I.A. / Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1
11. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
10. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
9. Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album
8. The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
7. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
6. Madvillain - Madvillainy
5. Brian Wilson - Smile
4. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
3. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
2. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
1. The Arcade Fire - Funeral

I've heard of about 2/3's of them and i am pretty pleased with the list :)

I listened to the Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat once so far...and my first impression is that there may be a good deal of quality in it, but it's far too disjoint and long-winded to be deserving of the praise it's gotten.

But maybe I just need to listen to it more. It did seem to me like it'd be a grower.

i agree, that's one of those albums i could not get into. the melodies were a little weird.

anyway, since we're getting into other lists, here's a similar thread:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=79490

and here is GQ's list, kind of in the middle of spin and pitchfork

10. Drive-by Truckers - The Dirty South
9. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
8. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
7. Ted Leo + The Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
6. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
5. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
4. Modest Mouse - Good news for people who love bad news
3. Madvillain - Madvillainy
2. The arcade fire - Funeral
1. Kanye West - The College Dropout