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December 25, 2004
Album of the Year?
While I was on my 5 hour drive back to St. Paul (MN) from Madison (WI) today, I was thinking about music in 2004. I concluded that I think the best album released this year is Talib Kweli's The Beautiful Struggle, with Green Day's American Idiot coming in an extremely close second. The Beautiful Struggle is a masterpiece - it's skillfully crafted, tactful, inspirational, beautiful, and all-around amazing. Talib Kweli has incredible lyrics and impeccable style. Green Day, back from the dead, has really grown up since their last album. American Idiot is the album I always suspected Green Day was capable of but never expected them to actually make. The album is a rock opera, with insightful social commentary and an amazing, mature sound. Last year's overwhelming winner according to me was Jay-Z's The Black Album. What do you think is the best album of 2004?
Posted by josh at December 25, 2004 11:26 PM
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Posted by: John at December 26, 2004 12:29 PM
Probably:
Elliott Smith → From a Basement on the Hill
Here are some other albums I really liked in 2004:
Local H → Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?
Grant Lee Phillips → Virginia Creeper
Maritime → Glass Floor
Wilco → A Ghost Is Born
Mike O' Neil → The Owl
Howie Beck → Howie Beck
Feist → Let It Die
Sarah Harmer → All Of Our Names
Destroyer → Your Blues
Modest Mouse → Good News...
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists → Shake the Sheets
Badly Drawn Boy → One Plus One Is One
The Magnetic Fields → i
Hayden → Elk-Lake Serenade
Ron Sexsmith → Retriever
Posted by: MIkeyC at December 31, 2004 10:38 AM